Stars leave Oppenheimer premiere as Hollywood actors' strike called (www.bbc.com)
FTC says it will appeal to block Microsoft-Activision deal (www.cnbc.com)
System76's first in-house Laptop Virgo will have a open source Motherboard design. Licensed under GPLv3 (fosstodon.org)
Dutch government has officially launched their Mastodon server (kbin.social)
The server is now live and in use at social.overheid.nl...
A response to the Sarah Silverman suing OpenAI post from yesterday: [AI doesn't read or write like humans, and we shouldn't act like it does.] (agrobertson.substack.com)
A long form response to the concerns and comments and general principles many people had in the post about authors suing companies creating LLMs.
Gboard is preparing to add an "Undo" function (t.me)
Inside Reddit's path to an IPO, where employees see 'thrash' from constant pivots and say more managers may leave amid a flattening (www.businessinsider.com)
Without Paywall: https://archive.fo/L402K
The fifth TNG movie that never was (memory-alpha.fandom.com)
Spiner himself explained,...
At the RNC Prayer Breakfast, Speakers Said the Quiet Part Out Loud (www.motherjones.com)
JD Vance pick adds to European fears over Trump presidency (www.bbc.com)
European politicians and diplomats had already prepared for changes to their relationship with the US in the event of a second Donald Trump presidency....
Trump Allies Try to Bully Dems, Media to Shut Up About His Fascist Plans (www.rollingstone.com)
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, America’s diminutive and pioneering sex therapist, dies at 96 (apnews.com)
Israeli weapons packed with shrapnel causing devastating injuries to children in Gaza, doctors say (www.theguardian.com)
Treasury, IRS announce 'major milestone' of $1 billion in past-due taxes collected from millionaires (www.cnbc.com)
The Treasury Department and the IRS announced the collection of more than $1 billion in tax debt from high-income individuals over the past year....
Milk, eggs and now bullets for sale in handful of US grocery stores with ammo vending machines (apnews.com)
This Patch Boosts Linux Gaming Performance By 50%+ (And other programs) (news.itsfoss.com)
Elon Musk's X / Twitter is getting rid of repost, like, and reply buttons and counts (mashable.com)
Jaw-Dropping SNES Mod Fixes One Of The Console's Biggest Problems | Time Extension (www.timeextension.com)
What’s the Scoop?...
Apple bows to Kremlin pressure to remove leading VPNs from Russian AppStore (novayagazeta.eu)
Are we There yet? Current adoption status of various technologies (github.com)
Are we Wayland yet? Are we JPEGXL yet? Are we Rust yet?...
SpaceX Wins $843-Million NASA Contract to Destroy the International Space Station (www.scientificamerican.com)
Can the SATA-to-USB adapter affect the result of the bad sectors scan? (lemmy.world)
Hi, I am planning to purchase a 2.5-inch HDD. If I connect it to my computer using a SATA to USB adapter instead of directly to the computer’s SATA, can it somehow affect the result of this scan?...
Coming to a theatre of war near you! (sh.itjust.works)
r*ddit
Online shop selling USED TAMPONS to strangers: 'Lucrative business'. (au.news.yahoo.com)
Too bad I’m in menopause.