TikTok confirms it offered US government a 'kill switch' (www.bbc.com)
TikTok says it offered the US government the power to shut the platform down in an attempt to address lawmakers’ data protection and national security concerns....
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Perplexity Plagiarized Our Story About How Perplexity Is a Bullshit Machine (www.wired.com)
Experts aren’t unanimous about whether the AI-powered search startup’s practices could expose it to legal claims ranging from infringement to defamation—but some say plaintiffs would have strong cases.
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I Will Fucking Piledrive You if You mention AI Again (ludic.mataroa.blog)
Just like the pros (youtube.com)
Nissan to close auto plant in China amid intensifying EV price war (english.kyodonews.net)
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Tomba! 2 coming to PS5, PS4, Switch, and PC in 2025 (www.gematsu.com)
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Appeals court denies Bannon bid to stave off July 1 jail sentence (www.politico.com)
A federal appeals court has denied a last-minute bid by Steve Bannon, a longtime Donald Trump adviser and prominent conservative podcaster, to stave off a four-month jail sentence for defying a subpoena from the Jan. 6 select committee three years ago....
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Dell said return to the office or else—nearly half of workers chose “or else” (arstechnica.com)
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Dell said return to the office or else—nearly half of workers chose “or else” - Workers stayed remote even when told they could no longer be promoted. (arstechnica.com)
Big tech companies are still trying to rally workers back into physical offices, and many workers are still not having it. Based on a recent report, computer-maker Dell has stumbled even more than most....
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Namibia high court overturns law banning consensual gay sex (www.theguardian.com)
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Recycling Plastic Is a Dangerous Waste of Time (quillette.com)
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Spectrum Call Center in Charlotte, NC Reportedly Provided Fried Chicken and Watermelon to Employees for Juneteenth (thencbeat.com)
“We want to acknowledge some feedback received regarding our Juneteenth celebration,” Pezzuto said in his letter obtained by The North Carolina Beat. “Although our intent was to celebrate this nationally recognized day, some of you voiced your concerns regarding the associated food choices.”...
Aaron J. Waltke is doing an AMA on the Strange New Pod's Discord server tonight to promote Prodigy season 2 (mastodon.social)
@GoodAaron is joining for a Prodigy “Preludes” watchalong, as well as an AMA afterwards to promote season 2 of Prodigy....
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Systemd 256.1 Maintenance Release Fixes Home Directory Deletion Bug (debugpointnews.com)
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Animal homosexual behaviour under-reported by scientists, survey shows (www.theguardian.com)
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Gabon detects first case of bird flu since 2022 at poultry market (www.reuters.com)
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Embracer Group put out their plans for AI in game development (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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Lawmakers in Philippines push for probe into Pentagon's anti-vax propaganda operation (www.reuters.com)
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Climate change made killer heat wave in Mexico, Southwest US even warmer and 35 times more likely (apnews.com)
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Gaza: MSF hospitals facing "unthinkable reality" amid critically low supplies (msf.org.uk)
Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) teams in Gaza are facing critical shortages of essential medicines and equipment, having been unable to bring any medical supplies into Gaza since the end of April....
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Plastic Fantasy (www.propublica.org)
I’ll be surprised if by the end of the current century if the petrol companies don’t see a class action suit similar to the tobacco companies for damages wrought upon humanity....
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Telehealth Company Accused of Being Pill Mill for Adderall Says It Will Continue Treating Patients (gizmodo.com)
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Coke—and Dozens of Others—Pledged to Quit Russia. They’re Still There. (www.bloomberg.com)
After Vladimir Putin’s troops surged over the Ukrainian border in February 2022, the Coca-Cola Co. was among the first multinationals to pledge it would quit Russia in protest. Aiming to avoid the inevitable headaches of complying with expected Western sanctions on the Kremlin, Coke asked its partners there to pull its cans...
Bored of the MIT and GPL Licenses? Switch From That Lame Old Legalese to One of These 10 Awesome Licenses! (lowendbox.com)
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