Commented - kbin.life - A general use kbin instance with a slight emphasis on the technical

Disney faces strike threat as thousands of California workers vote on walkout (www.theguardian.com)

Company could endure biggest US strike of 2024 as unions accuse it of intimidation during contract negotiations...

Players Celebrate Mod That Deletes Homeless People in Cities: Skylines II (www.404media.co)

New Hellblade 2 Sales Data Offers a Clearer Picture of How It Did on Xbox Game Pass and the Charts (ign.com)

(It didn’t sell well)

The President Ordered a Board to Probe a Massive Russian Cyberattack. It Never Did. (www.propublica.org)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/24651183...

‘I’m bored, so I shoot’: The Israeli army’s approval of free-for-all violence in Gaza (www.972mag.com)

The six sources — all except one of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity — recounted how Israeli soldiers routinely executed Palestinian civilians simply because they entered an area that the military defined as a “no-go zone.” The testimonies paint a picture of a landscape littered with civilian corpses, which are...

‘Will you stop exploring yours?’: Latin America forges ahead on new oil frontier (www.theguardian.com)

About half the countries in the region are experiencing a rush in oil exploration that threatens the global drive to achieve net zero. But many argue that they have a right to enrich themselves in the same way the west has...

The Lancet points out that a realistic estimate for the number of people killed in Gaza is in the hundreds of thousands now (www.thelancet.com)

Nothing CMF Phone 1 review (www.gsmarena.com)

Hungary's Orban unexpectedly visits China, backs Xi's peace plan (www.reuters.com)

China sat out the Swiss meeting – “The international community should create conditions for the resumption of direct dialogue and negotiations between the two sides and provide assistance,” Xi told Orban, according to Chinese state media.

Israel Bombs Yet Another UN School in Gaza as It Enters Month 10 of Genocide (truthout.org)

Boeing 747s still get critical updates via floppy disks (www.theverge.com)

Apple Vision Pro vulnerability fills victim’s room with spiders and bats (www.ryanpickren.com)

China could lead the world to net zero (www.pv-magazine.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17669528

Kansas’ top court rejects 2 anti-abortion laws, bolstering a state right to abortion access (apnews.com)

Kansas’ highest court on Friday struck down state laws regulating abortion providers more strictly than other health care professionals and a ban on a common second-trimester procedure, reaffirming its stance that the state constitution protects abortion access....

Japan sets world record for the fastest internet speed ever (www.newsnationnow.com)

Tool preventing AI mimicry cracked; artists wonder what’s next (arstechnica.com)

Threads hits 175 million users on first anniversary (www.rawstory.com)

Author who recommended killing Palestinian journalists receives German ‘peace prize’ (skwawkbox.org)

cross-posted from: mander.xyz/post/14790362

GM will pay $146 million in penalties because 5.9 million older vehicles emit excess carbon dioxide (apnews.com)

General Motors will pay nearly $146 million in penalties to the federal government because 5.9 million of its older vehicles do not comply with emissions and fuel economy standards....

[UK] General election - live: Sunak ‘fears losing own seat’ as poll predicts bigger Labour landslide than 1997 (www.independent.co.uk)

A company called GamesCare has created their own version of the Sega Neptune called the GF1 Neptune (retrododo.com)

Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks (www.reuters.com)

Democratic lawyers get ready: ‘If Trump wins, there will be chaos’ (www.politico.com)

When Donald Trump issued a ban on travelers from some Muslim-majority countries just a week into his presidency, Democratic attorneys general were caught off guard. They hadn’t expected the policy, long promised by Trump on the campaign trail, to materialize so quickly....