Colorado officials reach $8.5 million settlement with woman who was left handcuffed in a police car that was hit by a train (www.cnn.com)
Local Colorado officials have reached an $8.5 million settlement with a woman who was hospitalized in 2022 after being left handcuffed in a police SUV that was then hit by a train....
Google might keep your Pixel during a repair if you're caught using non-OEM parts (www.androidpolice.com)
Intel’s Anti-Upgrade Tricks Defeated With Kapton Tape (hackaday.com)
Italian teenager nicknamed ‘God’s influencer’ set to become Catholic Church’s first millennial saint (edition.cnn.com)
Voters in 13 Oregon Counties Approve 'Greater Idaho' Measure Seeking to Secede From Liberal-Run State (www.nysun.com)
Thirteen counties in Oregon have voted in favor of measures to begin negotiations on seceding from the state and joining neighboring Idaho....
Microsoft's new Recall AI will take screenshots of everything you do - freaky [Mircosoft: "capabilities to take images of your active screen every few seconds"] (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Ubisoft insists yet again that its uncanny AI-generated 'NEO-NPCs' will make games 'more alive and richer', whatever that means (www.pcgamer.com)
Let's discuss: Half-Life (beehaw.org)
The format of these posts is simple: let’s discuss a specific game or series!...
Medical residents are increasingly avoiding states with abortion restrictions (kffhealthnews.org)
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Google blasted for AI that refuses to say how many Jews were killed by the Nazis (nypost.com)
Google is coming in for sharp criticism after video went viral of the Google Nest assistant refusing to answer basic questions about the Holocaust — but having no problem answer questions about the Nakba.
Full scan of 1 cubic millimeter of brain tissue took 1.4 petabytes of data, equivalent to 14,000 4K movies — Google's AI experts assist researchers (www.tomshardware.com)
Chinese woman jailed for reporting on Covid in Wuhan to be freed after four years (www.theguardian.com)
Citizen journalist Zhang Zhan’s search for the truth during the early days of the pandemic was seen as a threat by the authorities...
Making good, profitable games 'will no longer keep you safe': industry expresses fury and heartbreak over closure of Hi-Fi Rush and Prey studios (www.pcgamer.com)
Judge’s warning provides dilemma for Trump over whether he will risk jail for a political point (www.cnn.com)
Donald Trump and the judge presiding over his hush money trial are staring each other down with profound implications for the former president, the coming election and the rule of law in the United States....
Nintendo makes first Switch 2 announcement (www.eurogamer.net)
Dual headphone jack smartphone scores high in new reparability video (www.notebookcheck.net)
No, you don't need a 'very bespoke AOSP' to turn your phone into a Rabbit R1 — here's proof (www.androidauthority.com)
Rabbit R1, AI gadget, runs on Android app, not requiring “very bespoke AOSP” firmware as claimed by Rabbit....
Debian Thong (lemmy.zip)
This is real
Trump Media auditor charged by SEC with 'massive fraud,' permanently barred from public company audits (www.cnbc.com)
House passes bill to expand definition of antisemitism amid growing campus protests over Gaza war (apnews.com)
‘If passed by the Senate and signed into law, the bill would broaden the legal definition of antisemitism to include the “targeting of the state of Israel, conceived as a Jewish collectivity.’"...
Elon Musk publicly dumped California for Texas—now Golden State customers are getting revenge, dumping Tesla in droves (fortune.com)
The Tesla Model 3 dropped from first place to third, behind the Toyota Camry and the Honda Civic, among all passenger cars sold.
Google Is Worth $2 Trillion Now (www.businessinsider.com)
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, hit a new milestone on Friday: a $2 trillion market cap....
Let's discuss: Mass Effect (beehaw.org)
The format of these posts is simple: let’s discuss a specific game or series!...
What a TikTok Ban Would Mean for the U.S. Defense of an Open Internet (www.nytimes.com)
Global digital rights advocates are watching to see if Congress acts, worried that other countries could follow suit with app bans of their own.