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LIVE UPDATES: TRUMP GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS IN HUSH-MONEY CASE (www.nytimes.com)

edit: I have changed my title to match the new NYTimes headline. Sorry about the all caps, I guess they are really excited about this lol...

alternative to trees (feddit.de)

Survive the zombie apocalypse (lemmy.zip)

What are people daily driving these days?

I’m between distros and looking for a new daily driver for my laptop. What are people daily driving these days? Are there any new cool things to try?...

Double standards or something, I don't know... (lemmy.ml)

Not sure how the girl's skin tone is relevant, but apart from that... (lemmy.ml)

there is Indeed a problem (lemmy.world)

Streaming Has Reached Its Sad, Predictable Fate | What should I watch? is now a much easier question than How do I watch it? (www.theatlantic.com)

Streaming Has Reached Its Sad, Predictable Fate | What should I watch? is now a much easier question than How do I watch it?::What should I watch? is now a much easier question than How do I watch it?

Zed on Linux is out! (zed.dev)

Zed is a modern open-source code editor, built from the ground up in Rust with a GPU-accelerated renderer.

Netflix Windows app is set to remove its downloads feature, while introducing ads (www.techradar.com)

Netflix has managed to annoy a good number of its users with an announcement about an upcoming update to its Windows 11 (and Windows 10) app: support for adverts and live events will be added, but the ability to download content is being taken away....

'Oppenheimer' finally premieres in Japan to mixed reactions and high emotions (www.npr.org)

Make no mistake, the owning class is actively working against your interests (i.redd.it)

OpenAI wants to raise 5-7 trillion dollars. Yes, Trillion (decrypt.co)

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is in talks with investors, including from the United Arab Emirates, to raise between $5 trillion to $7 trillion in funding. The goal, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal, is to increase the world's chip manufacturing capacity and enhance AI capabilities....

Bill Gates thinks the super-wealthy should pay more tax – and plenty of rich people agree (www.businessinsider.com)

Bill Gates wants ultra-wealthy individuals to pay more tax — and now a growing chorus of billionaires agree....

People have been cleaning their ears with cotton swabs for years. What other tools are being inadvertently used wrong?

Far-right hosts are blaming the GOP's big election losses on Taylor Swift (www.businessinsider.com)

Israel-Palestine escalation live: Strikes hit Gaza after Hamas offensive (www.aljazeera.com)

Trump was just indicted for trying to steal the 2020 election (www.vox.com)

Former President Donald Trump was indicted for an unprecedented third time on August 1, adding another set of serious federal charges to the mounting legal issues he faces.

New German citizens required to affirm Israel's right to exist (www.middleeasteye.net)

Roger Stone Caught on Tape Discussing Trump’s Plan to Challenge 2024 Election (www.thedailybeast.com)

How rental ‘libraries of things’ have become the new way to save money (www.theguardian.com)

The theory is simple: instead of buying a household item or a piece of clothing or some equipment you might use once or twice, you take it out and return it.