Commented

Google kills two-year “Pixel Pass” subscription after just 22 months (arstechnica.com)

Google kills two-year “Pixel Pass” subscription after just 22 months::Two years on a Pixel Pass was supposed to get you a new phone.

Scientist warn 1 billion on track to die from climate change. (www.sciencealert.com)

AMD won't patch all chips affected by severe data theft vulnerability — Ryzen 3000, 2000, and 1000 will not get patched for 'Sinkclose' (www.tomshardware.com)

Here we are - 3600 which was still under manufacture 2-3 years ago are not get patched. Shame on you AMD, if it is true.

What are your favorite open-source games?

Switching back to Windows. For now.

The amount of bullshit there is to make things work is… not that bad. When it comes to games, I just can’t. Having to reboot just to fix common FPS issues is too much. I’ve had a bunch of things that require a config change, which then has caused other issues....

Outrage after French MP says Israelis 'not welcome' at Olympics (uk.news.yahoo.com)

New York’s Fat Beach Day gives plus-size people a space to be themselves (www.theguardian.com)

Jacob Riis Beach hosts the day of body positivity and fun, in the city at the heart of the fat acceptance movement...

Yuntai: Hiker finds pipe feeding China's tallest waterfall (www.bbc.com)

A controversy over a waterfall has cascaded into a social media storm in China, even prompting an explanation from the water body itself....

Using Google whilst Duck Duck Go is down. How long has Google been this bad?

So ddg is down, so I visit Google. It’s been some years....

Judge blocks Biden administration rule capping credit card late fees at $8 (www.cnn.com)

A federal judge in Fort Worth, Texas, on Friday blocked a new Biden administration rule that would prohibit credit card companies from charging customers late fees higher than $8....

EA is looking at putting in-game ads in AAA games — 'We'll be very thoughtful as we move into that,' says CEO (www.tomshardware.com)

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek surprised by how much laying off 1,500 employees negatively affected the streaming giant’s operations (fortune.com)

When Spotify announced its largest-ever round of layoffs in December, CEO Daniel Ek hailed a new age of efficiency at the streaming giant. But four months on, it seems he and his executives weren’t prepared for how tough filling in for 1,500 axed workers would be....

Microsoft won't update your Windows 11 PC if it has these apps (www.xda-developers.com)

This is a Test (lemmy.world)

Serial Killers Have Rapidly Declined Since The 1980s (www.discovermagazine.com)

Windows 10 and its shortage of "Never shove this screen in my face again" buttons (lemmy.world)

Can’t wait to graduate so I don’t have to run Respondus and keep dealing with this crap

What is your favorite alcoholic cocktail?

Or what has been your go to lately? I’m usually a whiskey and ginger kinda guy but I’m trying to branch out a little these days. What’re you drinking?...

Veterans Burn Their Uniforms at Vigil for US Airman Aaron Bushnell (uk.news.yahoo.com)

Starfield has lost 97% of its Steam players in less than six months (archive.is)

Unity bans VLC from Unity Store. (mfkl.github.io)

Everyone can agree on VLC being the best video player, right? Game developers can agree on it too, since it is a great utility for playing multimedia in games, and/or have a video player included. However, disaster struck; Unity has now banned VLC from the Unity Store, seemingly due to it being under the LGPL license which is a...

Auschwitz Museum Decries Israeli Mayor's 'Sick' Call to 'Empty' Gaza (www.commondreams.org)

CommonDreams.org

Putin: Russia will concentrate more military units near Finland (yle.fi)

As a Finn I say this is fine. Every military resource that is tied down and not raping and destroying Ukraine is net positive.

'Morale is at an all-time low': Ex-Googler writes scathing latter slamming layoffs and 'eroded' culture (www.businessinsider.com)

‘Morale is at an all-time low’: Ex-Googler writes scathing latter slamming layoffs and ‘eroded’ culture::An ex-Googler wrote a 1,500-word letter criticizing the firm and CEO Sundar Pichai’s lack of “visionary leadership.”