Meta wants to be the Microsoft of headsets (www.theverge.com)
Introducing... Octopi Launcher (lemmy.world)
Hi everyone!...
Risk of bird flu spreading to humans is ‘enormous concern’, says WHO (www.theguardian.com)
The World Health Organization has raised concerns about the spread of H5N1 bird flu, which has an “extraordinarily high” mortality rate in humans....
Why Donald Trump ‘hates Ukraine’: The once and possibly future U.S. president blames the country for his political woes (www.politico.eu)
Donald Trump doesn’t easily forgive or forget....
Open source versus Microsoft: The new rebellion begins (www.theregister.com)
Israeli Firms Are Working Overtime to Sell Stolen Palestinian Land to US Jews (truthout.org)
Google mocks Epic’s proposed reforms to end Android app market monopoly (arstechnica.com)
Finance guru Dave Ramsey slams 'awful' Gen Zers and millennials who live with their parents: 'They suck. They can't buy a house because they don't work' (fortune.com)
Dang it, why are they not working more jobs?!
O.J. Simpson, Athlete Whose Trial Riveted the Nation, Dies at 76 (www.nytimes.com)
Explicit GPU Synchronization for Xwayland now merged (www.gamingonlinux.com)
This merge resquest has finally been merged into XWayland, which means NVIDIA users are just one beta driver release away (May 15th) from probably having a good experience on Wayland now!
Quick video demonstrating that lemmy.world sends every activity out twice (i.imgur.com)
I realise this is a known issue and that lemmy.world isn’t the only instance that does this. Also, I’m aware that there are other things affecting federation. But I’m seeing some things not federate, and can’t help thinking that things would be going smoother if all the output from the biggest lemmy instance wasn’t 50%...
From skipping meals to working more to moving in with mom and dad—that's how Americans are trying to afford housing (fortune.com)
🎵 If you █████ ██ in the ███ 🎶 (sopuli.xyz)
Former armed forces minister James Heappey says UK must prepare for war despite being 'long way behind' (news.sky.com)
On the bunker drill, the former minister said that all secretaries of state - not just defence - have a desk and a bed ready for them in a bunker....
Sad, but it's true (sh.itjust.works)
Roku’s New HDMI Tech Could Show Ads When You Pause Your Game (kotaku.com)
Russian military ‘almost completely reconstituted,’ US official says (www.defensenews.com)
Best printer 2024, best printer for home use, office use, printing labels, printer for school, homework printer you are a printer we are all printers (www.theverge.com)
Verge editor laments the perverse incentives of SEO rankings.
Tesla (TSLA) releases Q1 2024 deliveries: disastrous results (electrek.co)
Nuclear fusion experiment sets record for time at 100 million degrees Celsius (edition.cnn.com)
‘Section 31’ Movie Director Says It’s A “Different” Star Trek + New Character Details Revealed (trekmovie.com)
Ex-Trump adviser says former president ‘hasn’t got the brains’ for dictatorship (www.theguardian.com)
A former national security adviser in the Donald Trump White House has said that the ex-president “hasn’t got the brains” to helm a dictatorship, despite his admiration for such rulers....
Best Buy offers to screen LGBTQ nonprofit donations after conservative pressure, filing shows (www.nbcnews.com)
In an email exchange with a conservative think tank, tucked into an SEC filing, the electronics retailer offered to screen its employee groups’ donations to LGBTQ causes....
A new US-run pier off Gaza could help deliver 2 million meals a day – but it comes with security risks (theconversation.com)
Migrant workers who helped build modern China have scant or no pensions, and can't retire (apnews.com)
At 53, Guan Junling is too old to get hired at factories anymore. But for migrant workers like her, not working is not an option....
