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Elon Musk's X follower count bloated by millions of new, inactive accounts (mashable.com)

We took a close look at Elon Musk's more than 150 million followers on X aka Twitter. What we found is…concerning.

An Instacart customer said she discovered the app's higher prices cost her nearly $100 after accidentally seeing the store's paper receipt (www.businessinsider.com)

An Instacart customer said she discovered the app’s higher prices cost her nearly $100 after accidentally seeing the store’s paper receipt::undefined

Argentine peso plunges after rightist who admires Trump comes first in primary vote (apnews.com)

Italy!? You must mean Pizza (sh.itjust.works)

Source: www.reddit.com/r/memes/comments/…/usa_or_europe/?…

Sam Bankman-Fried sent to jail as judge revokes bail over witness tampering, VPN use (www.theverge.com)

Judge Lewis A. Kaplan ordered the former billionaire remanded after prosecutors pushed to have his bail revoked, citing violations that included Bankman-Fried’s admitted usage of VPN software that he said was to watch an NFL game and the judge’s view that he had attempted to tamper with witnesses “at least twice.”

Russia to build up forces in west to counter NATO threat - Shoigu (www.reuters.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1253052...

Crosspost: Beyoncé selling "only listening" tickets (lemmy.world)

Summary: “Beyoncé is selling “listening only” tickets > for her Renaissance tour. The seats are behind the > > stage, so you can’t see any of the set or dancing, but > they only cost $157 compared to the ~$900 fans have been paying for regular US tickets.”...

Obscure games talk (sh.itjust.works)

Tell me what is the most recent game that you played that could be considered obscure to the average person. For me it would have to be cdda/cataclysm:Dark Days Ahead. This screenshot was made by me if you’re wondering.

'Limitless' energy: how floating solar panels near the equator could power future population hotspots (theconversation.com)

‘Limitless’ energy: how floating solar panels near the equator could power future population hotspots::New research shows densely populated countries in Southeast Asia and West Africa could harvest effectively unlimited energy from solar panels floating on calm tropical seas near the equator.

"Web Environment Integrity" is an all-out attack on the free Internet (www.fsf.org)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/2546109...

Zuck Says the Elon Cage Match Isn't Happening (gizmodo.com)

With The 745-mile Solid-state Battery, Toyota Just Became A Force To Reckon With (www.topspeed.com)

With The 745-mile Solid-state Battery, Toyota Just Became A Force To Reckon With::Toyota has been criticized for not being the most proactive manufacturer out there, but with this new solid-state battery, it just changed the game.

Lab-Grown Cotton Enters The Market (www.forbes.com)

Ukraine is now the most mined country. It will take decades to make safe (archive.is)

Alabama GOP refuses to draw second Black district, despite Supreme Court order (www.nbcnews.com)

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., have been calling state legislators about the map, which could affect control of Congress.

CSIS now says that China’s control over gallium is a national security threat for US (features.csis.org)

Plays stupid games, win stupid prizes as the saying goes.

Linux has nearly half of the desktop OS Linux market (www.theregister.com)

Twitter's valuation has been slashed by 47% at Ark Invest since Elon Musk took over (markets.businessinsider.com)

How America fell out of love with ice cream (www.cnn.com)

Consumption of regular dairy ice cream, which does not include frozen yogurt, sherbet or non- and low-fat ice creams, has been falling for years, according to the US Department of Agriculture.

Spanish tourist trampled to death by elephants in South Africa (www.theguardian.com)

A Spanish tourist has been trampled to death by elephants in a South African national park after apparently trying to take pictures of a breeding herd that included three calves....