Google owes $338.7 mln in Chromecast patent case, US jury says (www.reuters.com)
Pokémon Sleep: Japanese walkthrough site lists “sleeping pills” as a tool for real competitive sleepers, but quickly backtracks (automaton-media.com)
A Japanese video game walkthrough listing sleeping pills as one of their recommended methods to get high scores in Pokémon Sleep has gone viral on Japanese Twitter recently. The mention of sleeping aid has since been deleted from the site.
Nitter is a read-only front end for Twitter (nitter.net)
Since Twitter was bought by the world’s biggest manbaby I’ve been using Nitter to avoid giving them any traffic/analytics/etc....
Analysis | Twitter rival Mastodon rife with child-abuse material, study finds (www.washingtonpost.com)
EndlessOS for my partner (www.endlessos.org)
Tonight I am about to install endless os for my non technical partner. Do you think that is a good idea? Would you do the same?
Reddit app score changed dramatically (kbin.social)
Did Google help reddit? A short time ago the score for the reddit app was down around 3.2 as everyone gave it 1 star for how bad it was and all the drama going on. I just opened the play store today and the app has a 4.2. Did Google delete or discount some of those reviews?
Spotify’s first US price hike for Premium is coming next week (www.theverge.com)
The TSA will use facial recognition in over 400 airports (www.theverge.com)
Bethesda Game Studios has unionized! (x.com)
no official CWA press release yet, but here’s the union’s:...
CrowdStrike Update Causes Global Microsoft Outage Affecting Banks, Airlines And More (www.forbes.com)
A global Microsoft Windows outage, caused by a CrowdStrike software update, has disrupted airlines, banking services, and 911 lines, leading to grounded flights and long queues....
Inflation is cooling, yet many Americans say they're living paycheck to paycheck (www.cbsnews.com)
Even as inflation continues to cool into the second half of 2024, many Americans say they’re still struggling to make ends meet....
How Hamas Is Fighting in Gaza (www.nytimes.com)
An analysis of battlefield videos released by Hamas and interviews with three Hamas members and scores of Israeli soldiers...
Nearly all AT&T cell customers’ call and text records exposed in a massive breach (amp.cnn.com)
Microsoft asks many Game Pass subscribers to pay more for less (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/17448835...
Not a single video wants to be played. · Issue #11255 · TeamNewPipe/NewPipe (github.com)
Police pulled over a Waymo car for driving in the oncoming lane (www.theverge.com)
Christian conservative leader wants federal law to sue teachers who "groom" kids with "sodomy" (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Dr Disrespect fired by the game studio he co-founded: 'It is our duty to act with dignity on behalf of all individuals involved' (www.pcgamer.com)
UAE to legalise abortion in cases of rape and incest in landmark reform (tribune.com.pk)
Women have more rights now in UAE than US?
Putin threatens to arm North Korea, warns U.S. ally South against 'big mistake' (www.nbcnews.com)
The Russian president said Friday that his country will continue to develop its nuclear arsenal, days after signing a new mutual defense pact with Kim Jong Un....
Disney told L.A. residents to move to Florida for a planned campus. They did, it was canceled and now they're suing (www.latimes.com)
Walt Disney Co. continues to face fallout from its scuttled plans to move 2,000 California employees to a proposed Florida campus — a controversial decision the company reversed last year following the return of Chief Executive Bob Iger....
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax (www.propublica.org)
Fisker files for bankruptcy protection, the second electric vehicle maker to do so in the past year (apnews.com)
Electric vehicle maker Fisker filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the second electric startup to do so in the last year as even industry leaders struggle to lure more buyers beyond the early adapters of the technology....