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How does everyone feel about Samsung phones?

Hold on tight, we are almost back…...

Do you approve sex work? Why or why not?

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Reddit CEO teases AI search features and paid subreddits (www.engadget.com)

Oklahoma schools head Ryan Walters: Teachers who won't teach Bible could lose license (www.nbcnews.com)

Tesla Shareholders Approve Musk's $56 Billion Pay Package in Early Voting (www.ibtimes.co.uk)

Deactivating Facebook for just a few weeks reduces belief in fake news (english.elpais.com)

Using Ubuntu may give off hipster vibes to the average PC user, but within the Linux community its has the opposite effect.

hot take?...

What is Reddit doing (feddit.nl)

I don’t use Reddit anymore, but I wanted to search something that I couldn’t find anywhere. This is what I saw. After killing all the other apps, Reddit now is trying to force us to use their own spyware app.

Judge finds Donald Trump in contempt for 10th time over gag order and threatens jail time (www.cnn.com)

Trump threatens to prosecute Bidens if he’s re-elected unless he gets immunity (www.theguardian.com)

Time magazine called the ex-president’s plans ‘an imperial presidency that would reshape America and its role in the world’...

TikTok's CEO is feeling the pressure and users are freaking out (www.businessinsider.com)

Signs you're getting old?

My knee still doesn’t feel right after that hiking trip two weeks ago....

Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu (www.theverge.com)

The software maker will use the Recommended section of the Start menu, which usually shows file recommendations, to suggest apps from the Microsoft Store.

Do you prefer the headphone jack to be at the top or at the bottom on a phone, and why?

J.K. Rowling will not be arrested for comments about transgender women, police say (www.nbcnews.com)

The “Harry Potter” author slammed a newly enacted hate-crime law in Scotland in a series of posts on X in which she referred to transgender women as men....

What exotic science fiction technology would you finance research into, if you had billions of dollars?

HP wants you to pay up to $36/month to rent a printer that it monitors (arstechnica.com)

HP wants you to pay up to $36/month to rent a printer that it monitors::“Never own a printer again.”

Oprah Exits Weight Watchers Board After Admitting She Took Weight Loss Meds, Stock Tumbling (futurism.com)

Lemmy has so few comments that I am now reading many more articles

What's a good phone now that doesn't force ads on me?

I’m using a Pixel 6 Pro right now, and I’m looking around to see if there are any good phones. However, I have heard that there are ads in the newer flagship phones (Samsung, Xiaomi). I am willing to spend around USD$750 on a new phone, but I just don’t want any crazy ads or preinstalled apps like Facebook. Are there...

Ron DeSantis condemned as Florida removes sociology as core college class (www.theguardian.com)

Board of education replaces course at 12 public universities with own US history curriculum, in latest ‘anti-woke’ attack...