Commented - kbin.life - A general use kbin instance with a slight emphasis on the technical

Why Big Tech's bet on AI assistants is so risky (www.technologyreview.com)

How a Big Pharma Company Stalled a Potentially Lifesaving Vaccine in Pursuit of Bigger Profits (www.propublica.org)

A vaccine against tuberculosis, the world’s deadliest infectious disease, has never been closer to reality, with the potential to save millions of lives. But its development slowed after its corporate owner focused on more profitable vaccines....

Pope urges rich world to make profound changes to tackle climate crisis (www.theguardian.com)

Schrödinger's date format (sh.itjust.works)

Forgive the photo, when I tried to screenshot, it changed to “this field cannot be left blank”

Firefox rolls out ECH enabled by default in 118 (blog.mozilla.org)

ECH (encrypted client hello) is going or get enabled by default (already existed in a hidden setting) with version 118....

Repair? UNKNOWN TECHNOLOGY (lemmy.world)

John Zitzner, Founder of Breakthrough Charter Schools, Arrested in Human Trafficking Sting (www.clevescene.com)

We Added 690 New Words to the Dictionary for September 2023 | merriam-webster.com (www.merriam-webster.com)

America’s War in Afghanistan Devastated the Country’s Environment in Ways That May Never Be Cleaned Up (insideclimatenews.org)

Bark more (sh.itjust.works)

Tech disrupts the school bus — A Silicon Valley start-up promised to modernize school transportation. Instead, it stranded thousands of students (slate.com)

Tech disrupts the school bus — A Silicon Valley start-up promised to modernize school transportation. Instead, it stranded thousands of students::When disruption is just disruptive.

Have any of you used Tailscale's AirDrop alternative Taildrop? (tailscale.com)

I just discovered it today and I’m considering setting it up to use instead of LocalSend. Have any of you used TailDrop before? I don’t use TailScale so I’m not really sure I want to set it up just for sending files from my phone to my PC but the share menu options does seem convenient and it would be cool to be able to...

Gotta date yourself sometimes (lemmy.zip)

US agency sues Tesla as Black workers report “swastikas, threats, and nooses” (arstechnica.com)

US agency sues Tesla as Black workers report “swastikas, threats, and nooses”::“I saw KKK epithets, a swastika, and the N-word," Black worker says.

Google is shutting down its Jamboard whiteboarding app (www.theverge.com)

BookWyrm.world (bookwyrm.world)

I did it again… started another Fediverse service, this time a Bookwyrm instance....

Groovy (lemmy.world)

Houston approves $5M to relocate residents living near polluted Union Pacific rail yard (apnews.com)

Residents and local officials have long blamed the high number of cancer cases on contamination from a rail yard originally owned by Southern Pacific and later bought by Union Pacific near two historically Black neighborhoods, Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens. The wood preservative creosote, which has been associated with an...

Spotify is launching an eerie new AI-led feature that mimics podcasters' voices and translates them into different languages (www.businessinsider.com)

I'm a night owl, I'll be fine (lemmus.org)

When Zionists redefine ‘antisemitism’ into a political cudgel (therealnews.com)

Sony asking Gaming Heads to destroy all Playstation merchandises, including those have been paid and ready to be shipped (which Sony has received royalty payment for) (www.resetera.com)

Here's the screenshot of the letter from Gaming Heads to the communityimage...

What set off the latest South China Sea row between China and Philippines? (www.aljazeera.com)

Beijing has warned Manila not to “stir up trouble” after the Philippine coastguard removed a floating barrier at a disputed reef that was deployed by China to block Filipinos from the traditional fishing ground within their country’s own exclusive economic zone (EEZ)....