Mike Johnson's ties to Christian nationalism revealed (www.newsweek.com)
Why Unity felt the need to “rush out” its controversial install-fee program (arstechnica.com)
China Calls for Complete Lifting of US Empire’s Illegal Sanctions Against Venezuela (orinocotribune.com)
AI-generated child sexual abuse images could flood the internet. A watchdog is calling for action (apnews.com)
Families in Gaza wear ID bracelets in case of death (www.middleeasteye.net)
MiddleEastEye.net
Young people think vapes aren’t harmful because they are so easy to buy, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Most Water-Repellent Surface Ever Created Challenges Existing Ideas on Friction (thedebrief.org)
A team of researchers says they have created the most water-repellent surface ever, challenging existing ideas about how friction works. Known as a self-assembled monolayer (SAM), the ingenious new surface, which is assembled at the molecular level, has the potential to impact hundreds of commercial and industrial applications,...
Tinder now lets mom pick your next date (www.theverge.com)
Meet the men hiding their FIFA Ultimate Team addiction from their families (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
A great article on video games gambling addictions.
Ukraine fears drone shortages due to China restrictions - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)
China ship is focus of pipeline damage probe, Finland says (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/7659731...
EU reopens probe into Adobe's $20 billion acquisition of Figma (www.gizchina.com)
Don't worry, ladies, I got this (slrpnk.net)
Hundreds arrested as US Jews protest against Israel’s Gaza assault (www.theguardian.com)
GNOME Foundation hires "Professional Shaman" as new Executive Director (lunduke.locals.com)
The secret life of Jimmy Zhong, who stole – and lost – more than $3 billion (www.cnbc.com)
The secret life of Jimmy Zhong, who stole – and lost – more than $3 billion::CNBC obtained never-before-seen body camera footage that shows how investigators linked Jimmy Zhong to the Silk Road hack
Elite Dangerous studio Frontier Developments announce layoffs and "organisational review" (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
Oh no… (sh.itjust.works)
Banned...again (kbin.social)
At this point, I do not know why I try anymore. I got banned again from Reddit because it appeared that some of the opinions I expressed got their sweaty manties in a bunch to ban together to get me ousted. After about a month of trying again to be active....
Mathematician warns US spies may be weakening next-gen encryption (www.newscientist.com)
The US is moving quickly to boost Israel's military. A look at what assistance it's providing (apnews.com)
United States is rapidly increasing support to Israel. This assistance includes the deployment of warships and aircraft to the region, with a second carrier strike group dispatched from Virginia....
She was told her twin sons wouldn’t survive. Texas law made her give birth anyway. (www.texastribune.org)
In December 2022, Miranda and her partner, Levi Langley, packed up the whole family, all their possessions and their pet chameleon and set out for Texas. It was time to come home....
Google Pixel 8's Tensor G3 GPU tests show weak performance but decent efficiency (m.gsmarena.com)
Google teamed up with Samsung once again to build the Tensor G3, the chipset that powers the new Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro. It comes out of Samsung’s 4nm foundries and features a 9-core CPU (1x Cortex-X3 + 4x A715 + 4x A510) and an ARM Mali-G715 GPU.
How to install Linux (learn.microsoft.com)
Starlink Direct to Cell (direct.starlink.com)
