One surviving Reddit app plans to charge based on how much you use it (www.theverge.com)
Judge rules Florida law banning some Chinese property purchases can be enforced (apnews.com)
new law that bans citizens of China and some other countries from purchasing property in large swaths of Florida can be enforced while being challenged in court, a federal judge ruled Thursday....
Google will soon remind you to clean your filthy Pixel Buds (9to5google.com)
Welcome to 'The Great Detachment': Workers are checked out—and so are their bosses (fortune.com)
Paywall removed: archive.is/Gsm0k
He was tired of dating apps. So he bought a billboard. (www.washingtonpost.com)
The Open Source Computer Science Degree (github.com)
TIL: Queen frontman Freddie Mercury left his London estate to his ex-girlfriend, who put it up for sale at $38 million (www.elledecor.com)
Ukraine reports largest surrender by Russian troops of war (www.bloomberg.com)
Ukrainian Security Service captured 102 soldiers on Wednesday...
Apple vs the “free market” (pluralistic.net)
Every artist, performer and creator on Patreon is about to get screwed out of 30% of their gross revenue, which will be diverted to Apple, the most valuable company on the planet. Apple contributes nothing to their work, but it will get to steal a third of their wages. How is this possible? Enshittification.
Ukraine’s Surprise Attack Has Forced Russia to Change Plans (www.nytimes.com)
Since its surprise incursion into Russia more than a week ago, Ukraine has steadily gained ground, saying it advanced even deeper into Russian territory on Wednesday. It says it has captured hundreds of soldiers, as Russia has evacuated more than 130,000 people from nearby communities and declared a new state of emergency in one...
ANOTHER SETTLEMENT NEEDS OUR HELP! (sh.itjust.works)
r*ddit
Break-in reported at Trump campaign office in Virginia (www.politico.com)
Authorities said Monday they are investigating a burglary at a Donald Trump campaign office in suburban Virginia, circulating surveillance video of a man inside the building with what appears to be a full backpack....
EU sends warning letter to Musk ahead of Trump interview (thehill.com)
Minetest 5.9.0 released! (blog.minetest.net)
US decides not to restrict military aid to Israeli unit accused of human rights violations (www.cnn.com)
Reddit CEO Suggests Some Subreddits Could Be Paywalled (www.macrumors.com)
Not even if they were the last SM on earth as far as I’m concerned....
TIL in 1818, an Englishman accused of murder demanded a trial by combat. Surprisingly, the law that allowed for trial by combat was still valid, and the man was acquitted when his accuser declined the (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL in 1818, an Englishman accused of murder demanded a trial by combat. Surprisingly, the law that allowed for trial by combat was still valid, and the man was acquitted when his accuser declined the offer of battle. Trial by combat was abolished the following year.
A Scientist Says Humans Will Reach the Singularity Within 21 Years (www.popularmechanics.com)
Final Fantasy 1-6 Pixel Remaster games 20% off through this weekend (www.polygon.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/26619304...
Ukraine justifies Kursk attack in first acknowledgment of incursion into Russia (www.theguardian.com)
Zelenskiy aide says ‘root cause of any escalation’, including into Kursk, is Moscow’s ‘unequivocal aggression’...
Powerful former North Dakota lawmaker pleads guilty to traveling to Europe to pay for sex with minor (apnews.com)
A powerful former North Dakota lawmaker pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to a charge that he traveled to Europe with the intent to pay for sex with a minor....
Russian chess champion caught poisoning childhood rival with mercury (www.independent.co.uk)
The world of chess has been rocked after a Russian chess champion attempted to poison her childhood rival by covering her pieces in deadly mercury....
The PS5 Has Now Sold Over 61 Million Units Outpacing The PS4 (press-start.com.au)
The floor is Java (sh.itjust.works)
FBI: California woman brought sword, whip and other weapons into Capitol during Jan. 6 riot (www.ctvnews.ca)
Kennedy Lindsey had a short sword, a steel tactical whip, a collapsible baton, pepper spray, a butterfly knife and a flashlight taser in her possession when a U.S. Secret Service officer searched her backpack, according to an FBI affidavit....
