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

They panic-bought bidets during the pandemic. It changed their lives. (archive.ph)

Four years after the toilet paper shortage of 2020, bidet converts say they’re never going back...

Experimental Video Game Made Purely With AI Failed Because Tech Was 'Unable to Replace Talent' (www.ign.com)

The Steam Spring Sale is now in full swing (www.destructoid.com)

To comply with DMA, WhatsApp and Messenger will become interoperable via Signal protocol (techcrunch.com)

McConnell endorses Trump for president. He once blamed Trump for ‘disgraceful’ Jan. 6, 2021, attack (apnews.com)

With McConnell’s endorsement of Trump, it gives the green light to other remaining skeptical Republicans — and the deep-pocketed donors who fuel campaigns — to fall in line despite any reservations they may have about a return to the Trump era....

Yuzu agrees to pay Nintendo $2.4 million and will entirely shut down (www.gamingonlinux.com)

Up to 30% of Apple Vision Pro Returns Are Because Users Don't Get It, Analyst Says (gizmodo.com)

Up to 30% of Apple Vision Pro Returns Are Because Users Don’t Get It, Analyst Says::While Vision Pro returns were uncommon, many came down to owners not figuring out its spatial computing.

Hobbycraft refused to sell paint to black man as ‘he may use it for graffiti’ (www.theguardian.com)

Louis Gray says he was racially profiled after trying to buy spray paint to make over his son’s bicycle helmet

Recent AI failures are cracks in the magic (www.theintrinsicperspective.com)

Altered Carbon (slrpnk.net)

Everest Climbers To Bring Poop Down With Them As Mountain Starts To Stink (www.iflscience.com)

Israel appears to be in breach of ICJ orders on Gaza, senior UN official says. (amp.theguardian.com)

US officials: "We realize that efforts, implied or explicit, to shape or change the PRC over several decades did not succeed" (www.whitehouse.gov)

Working longer won’t solve the retirement crisis — seniors need a ‘Gray New Deal’ to retire with dignity, this economist says (finance.yahoo.com)

Nitter is shutting down (github.com)

nitter.d420.de...

DOJ: Ex-IRS employee who leaked Trump's tax returns intentionally got job to disclose records (www.usatoday.com)

A former Internal Revenue Service contractor, who leaked tax information about Donald Trump and other wealthy individuals to news organizations, got his job to intentionally to spread the confidential records, according to Justice Department prosecutors....

US to relist Yemen's Houthis as specially designated global terrorists, AP sources say (apnews.com)

The Biden administration is expected to soon announce plans to redesignate Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen as specially designated global terrorists, according to two people familiar with the White House decision and a U.S. official....

Far-right mass killer Breivik sues Norway for human rights abuse (www.aljazeera.com)

A lawsuit launched by far-right fanatic and mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik accusing the state of abusing his human rights has opened in Norway....

Body Cameras Were Sold as a Tool of Police Reform. Ten Years Later, Most of the Footage Is Kept From Public View. (www.propublica.org)

At least 1,201 people were killed in 2022 by law enforcement officers, about 100 deaths a month, according to Mapping Police Violence, a nonprofit research group that tracks police killings. ProPublica examined the 101 deaths that occurred in June 2022, a time frame chosen because enough time had elapsed that investigations...

Israeli military says its troops shot and killed three hostages by mistake (www.theguardian.com)

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Biden tells donors Israel is losing support, Netanyahu must change his government | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)

President Joe Biden said Tuesday Israel’s prime minister needs to change his hardline government and support for the country’s military campaign is waning amid heavy bombardment of Gaza. … “This is the most conservative government in Israel’s history,” Biden said, adding that the Israeli government “doesn’t want...