World of Warcraft boss says Microsoft is happy to 'let Blizzard be Blizzard,' but I'm not sure that's entirely true (www.pcgamer.com)
Trump and the RNC say they will recruit 100,000 poll watchers. Experts are skeptical (www.usatoday.com)
Almost a quarter of kids aged 5-7 have smartphones (www.bbc.com)
Nearly a quarter of UK five-to-seven-year-olds now have their own smartphone, Ofcom research suggests....
An elderly couple were billed £200 for pay-per-view adult films they claim they never ordered (c.l3n.co)
a git cheat sheet - Julia Evans (lemmy.ml)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/14581344...
Hasbro 'talking to lots of partners' to find developer for Baldur's Gate 3 sequel (dotesports.com)
Red Lobster considers bankruptcy to deal with leases and labour costs. (www.bloomberg.com)
Big Tech Is Faking AI (www.youtube.com)
A new report has shown that Amazon’s “Just Walk Out” AI checkout process is actually processed by 1,000 staff in India.Tech companies are under pressure to d…
In search of software for managing my life (like a helpdesk but in a lite format)
Hello fellow selfhosters, I tried to find a piece of software that could achieve my goal but maybe I am not searching in the correct areas. So I thought of asking here for suggestions or directions I could take....
Making deepfake porn without consent could soon be a crime in England (www.cnn.com)
Just a few attention-grabbing retro game ads that would land studios in hot water today. (more in post body) (lemmy.world)
I know they’re insensitive and tacky, but I have to admit that a part of me misses when games ads were off the walls like this....
Scared the shit out of me ngl (lemmy.world)
If the Egyptian pyramids were actually part of a larger structure what purpose would they have served?
I’m thinking anchor for space elevator
Unequipped and outgunned, Ukrainian military often can’t evacuate its wounded (kyivindependent.com)
The main reason for the absence of medical evacuation is simple and gruesome: The fighting is just too intense....
China supporting Russia in massive military expansion, US says (www.theguardian.com)
US officials said that China provided more than 70% of the $900m (£723m) in machine tools – probably used to build ballistic missiles – imported in the last quarter of 2023 by Russia....
Tesla Owner Calls Police on Rivian Driver Using Supercharger (www.pcmag.com)
cross-posted from: fedia.io/m/[email protected]/t/707049
Many FBI agents are struggling to make ends meet. Housing costs are to blame (www.wbur.org)
Many FBI agents based in cities with a high cost of living are struggling to make ends meet, forcing them to make hours-long commutes or double up in apartments, according to bureau and Justice Department officials....
Beeper is joining Automattic (blog.beeper.com)
Automattic has added Beeper to their project roster that includes Wordpress, WooCommerce, Penpot and more....
Kobo's new color E Ink eReaders start at only $150 (www.pocket-lint.com)
On a post about goats clearing an open space of weeds (lemmy.world)
The word "phonetic" is not spelled phonetically.
"The largest campaign ever to stop publishers destroying games". (www.youtube.com)
stopkillinggames.com
Washington's Lottery AI site turned user photo into porn (mynorthwest.com)
Google might make users pay for AI features in search results (arstechnica.com)
Google might start charging for access to search results that use generative artificial intelligence tools. That’s according to a new Financial Times report citing “three people with knowledge of [Google’s] plans.”...