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

Facebook, Instagram, and Threads are all down (www.theverge.com)

U.S. Airdrops Food to Gaza While Arming Israel to Drop Bombs (www.democracynow.org)

Tinder to ban web developers who use 'engineer' in their bio (www.theolognion.com)

cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/10877951...

Well at least they ain't jeans (lemmy.zip)

Fake Ukrainian Assassination Attempt on Tucker Carlson Hits Millions on X via Russian Disinfo Laundering Scheme (www.polygraph.info)

Even when confronted with the truth, millions have the anger and fear permanently imprinted on their minds. That’s why Putin’s psyops war fare is so incredibly effective, particularly against the poorly educated.

Brain drain be like that sometimes (lemmy.world)

u mad, state? (lemmy.world)

Texas farmers claim company sold them PFAS-contaminated sludge that killed livestock (www.theguardian.com)

A Texas county has launched a first-of-its-kind criminal investigation into waste management giant Synagro over PFAS-contaminated sewage sludge it is selling to Texas farmers as a cheap alternative to fertilizer....

Macron stands by remarks about sending troops to Ukraine (www.politico.eu)

French president has faced a barrage of criticism, but said his comments were “weighed, thought through and measured.”...

AI deepfakes are cheap, easy, and coming for the 2024 election (www.theverge.com)

Israel-Hamas war has now killed at least 30,000 Palestinians, most of them civilians (www.nbcnews.com)

GitHub besieged by millions of malicious repositories in ongoing attack (arstechnica.com)

cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/9771976...

Jinux (sopuli.xyz)

ZTE launches the world's first 5G+AI eyewear-free 3D tablet nubia Pad 3D II at MWC 2024 (www.zte.com.cn)

Tecno Pocket Go is like a Steamdeck that replaces a screen with a wearable display (www.notebookcheck.net)

I think this is really the way going forward with portable gaming....

1st left (slrpnk.net)

Tumblr and Wordpress to Sell Users’ Data to Train AI Tools (www.404media.co)

Tumblr and Wordpress are preparing to sell user data to Midjourney and OpenAI, according to a source with internal knowledge about the deals and internal documentation referring to the deals....

Western troops on the ground in Ukraine is not 'ruled out' in the future, French leader says (apnews.com)

French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that sending Western troops on the ground in Ukraine is not “ruled out” in the future after the issue was debated at a gathering if European leaders, as Russia’s full-scale invasion grinds into a third year....

Bronx medical school students receive free tuition after $1 billion donation (abcnews.go.com)

Portugal’s far right on rise as election campaign begins (www.theguardian.com)

Multiple corruption scandals fuel support for populist Chega party led by André Ventura...

sacré bleu (lemmy.ca)

A 32-year market vet warns the US economy is hurtling toward a recession as inflation flares back up — and shares 2 technical indicators that show stocks could be on the verge of a significant decline (www.businessinsider.com)

FTC Takes Action Against Tax Prep Company H and R Block For Wiping Consumers’ Data, Deceptively Marketing ‘Free’ Online Filing (www.ftc.gov)

In an administrative complaint, FTC staff alleges that H&R Block’s online tax filing products lead consumers into higher-cost products made for more complicated tax filings, despite many consumers not needing the additional tax forms and schedules offered by those products. In addition, H&R Block fails to clearly explain which...