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Chromium Blog: Towards HTTPS by default (blog.chromium.org)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/3301227...

Google wants to reduce hearing loss with Android 14's latest safety feature (www.androidpolice.com)

"Adopting" by Sarah C. Andersen (Sarah's Scribbles) (64.media.tumblr.com)

cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/4456204...

In 2023, console video game players will spend $21B on in-game items and subscriptions, as "live service games" make the market more akin to mobile (www.ft.com)

Games console industry tries to adapt to rise of free-to-play titles...

How Canada poached 10,000 tech workers from the U.S. — in just 48 hours (www.thestar.com)

How Canada poached 10,000 tech workers from the U.S. — in just 48 hours::Canadian tech employers want the immigration ministry to extend the program launched last month — and it’s just common sense it should, David Olive writes.

‘Flying Aliens’ Harassing Village in Peru Are Actually Illegal Miners With Jetpacks, Cops Say (www.vice.com)

"U.S. bullying ends now!" - Putin issues stunning military plan | Redacted w Clayton Morris (rumble.com)

Putin offering arms to other countries. Russian version of NATO....

Australian ex-priest has prison sentence extended to 40 years for molesting 72nd child victim (apnews.com)

An Australian ex-priest convicted of sexually abusing children had another 12 months added to his 39-year prison sentence on Tuesday for molesting a 72nd victim.

The questions that keep you up at night (lemmy.world)

ULTRARAM may be a silly name but it's the holy grail for memory tech and means your PC could hibernate for over 1,000 years (www.pcgamer.com)

I once speculated to a friend about 15 years ago that eventually solid state storage space would be so fast that it could serve as active memory. I can’t wait to tell him.

Beeper Finally In Public Invite Stage! (refer.beeper.com)

If any of y’all were curious of Beeper when it came out (a Matrix backed chat app) but weren’t able to get an invite for whatever reason, then here ya go! Feel free to ask any questions about it if you got any! (No I don’t work for Beeper, just like this more than Element and self-hosting)

Was Elon Musk Full Of Sh*t About Free Speech??? (www.youtube.com)

AI summary:...

Mark Zuckerberg shuts door on cage fight, saying Elon Musk ‘isn’t serious’ (www.theguardian.com)

Meta boss says ‘time to move on’ after Twitter owner fails to name date and says he needs surgery

TIL that British judges and lawyers wear white wigs to bring formality, solemnity, and anonymity to the courtroom (people.howstuffworks.com)

Have you ever smoked crack? What was it like?

I never really did a lot of drugs besides smoking pot a few times but I tried crack once at a party in college and I felt pretty ashamed of myself immediately after despite high. I didn’t try it again and am actually a sober adult now, not because I had a drug problem but I just grew out of wanting to try them and never liked...

What's the first movie you added to your movie watch list, but haven't gotten around to watch it yet?

Google sends emails that 100% look like phishing

No, it’s not phishing, it’s legit, the header match with google and the link goes to accounts.google.com/AccountChooser/signinchooser?……...

SteamOS could see a general distribution release, work with other handheld gaming PCs soon (www.techspot.com)

Civil servants cannot wear ‘fetish gear’ to work, minister confirms (www.telegraph.co.uk)

Staff at the DWP reportedly objected to the clothes of Saorsa-Amatheia Tweedale, a trans woman who co-chairs the LGBT+ Civil Service Network

Battles rage in Russia as Kremlin struggles to repel surprise Ukraine incursion (www.nbcnews.com)

The unprecedented assault entered its fourth day Friday with Moscow rushing reinforcements and bombing its own territory to try and contain the Ukrainian advance....

Noah Lyles Wins Bronze in 200 Meters, Then Reveals He Has Covid (www.nytimes.com)

YSK there are more than 3 US credit bureaus

Why YSK: Locking your credit with the main 3 places is not enough....

Vance runs a Swift Boat attack against Walz’s military service (www.politico.com)

Ohio Sen. JD Vance slammed the timing of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s retirement from a more-than-two-decades-long military career as a means of avoiding a deployment to Iraq on Wednesday, calling it “stolen valor garbage” and testing a new line of attack on the newly minted Democratic vice presidential contender....