Why Americans aren’t buying more EVs (arstechnica.com)
McDonald’s will stop testing AI to take drive-thru orders, for now (www.theverge.com)
Start ups when that VC funding kicks in
What's the worst invention of the 21st century?
Stonehenge sprayed with orange powder paint by Just Stop Oil activists (www.theguardian.com)
If you ever wanted to read about fake druids vs. environmental activists, now’s your chance.
Prosecutors say Alec Baldwin was ‘engaged in horseplay’ with gun before fatal shooting (www.theguardian.com)
Fewer than three weeks before actor Alec Baldwin is due to go on trial in Santa Fe, New Mexico, prosecutors have said that he “engaged in horseplay with the revolver”, including firing a blank round at a crew member on the set of Rust before the tragic accident occurred....
After Supreme Court immunity ruling, Biden draws sharp contrast with Trump on obeying rule of law (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden warned Monday that a Supreme Court ruling granting presidents broad immunity from prosecutionwould make an unchecked Republican Donald Trump “more emboldened to do whatever he wants” if he regains the White House in November’s election....
TIL humans are the only animal with a chin. We aren't sure why. (www.smithsonianmag.com)
MAGA panics before Donald Trump's first debate with Biden (www.newsweek.com)
Tethered Bottle Caps (www.neue-verpackung.de)
Yes I am aware that they’re somehow supposed to reduce plastic waste because the cap can’t get lost … unless you cut it off, of course....
The Supreme Court rules that state officials can engage in a little corruption, as a treat (www.vox.com)
Boeing CEO admits company has retaliated against whistleblowers during Senate hearing (www.independent.co.uk)
Real
Clarence Thomas takes aim at a new target: Eliminating OSHA (www.businessinsider.com)
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has set his sights on eliminating the Occupational Safety and Health Administration....
Are there any games you're planning to pick up during the Steam and GOG sales?
We’ve got two big sales going on, and I’m currently deciding what I would like to pick up. I’m planning to get Expeditions: Rome since it’s 60% off, and I’m trying to decide if I want to finally get Terra Invicta....
I’ve been locked out of PayPal for years because of their mistake
About 3 or 4 years ago PayPal added the option to buy cryptocurrency, which I thought I’d try. (Dumb idea 🙄)...
Flathub has passed 2 billion downloads
flathub.org/statistics
What was your first operating system or Linux Distribution?
Cloudflare is bad. Youre right.
Centralization is bad for everyone everywhere....
Dell said return to the office or else—nearly half of workers chose “or else” (arstechnica.com)
How bad is Microsoft? (www.microsoft.com)
I was curious what the Linux people think about Microsoft and any bad practices that most people should know about already?
Outrage over ‘massacre’ in Gaza as Israel rescued four hostages (www.theguardian.com)
At least 274 Palestinians were killed and 698 wounded in Israeli strikes on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, Gaza’s health ministry said on Sunday. The Israeli military said its forces came under heavy fire during the daytime operation....
Rock Eagle Flag (lemmy.world)
Sauce: i hate it here
Ex-Trump Official Makes Stunning Revelation: Trump Talked About Executing People At Several WH Meetings (www.mediaite.com)
HP bricks ProBook laptops with bad BIOS delivered via automatic updates — many users face black screen after Windows pushes new firmware (www.tomshardware.com)
On May 26, a user on HP’s support forums reported that a forced, automatic BIOS update had bricked their HP ProBook 455 G7 into an unusable state. Subsequently, other users have joined the thread to sound off about experiencing the same issue....
