kbin.life - A general use kbin instance with a slight emphasis on the technical

He remains at large

‘Julian Assange is free’: Wikileaks founder freed in deal with US (www.aljazeera.com)

Bankruptcy trustee discloses plan to shut down Alex Jones' Infowars and liquidate assets (apnews.com)

Fearing Losses, Banks Are Quietly Dumping Real Estate Loans (www.nytimes.com)

If landlords can’t pay back loans on office buildings, the lenders will suffer. Some banks are trying to avoid that fate....

Even Apple finally admits that 8GB RAM isn't enough (www.xda-developers.com)

There were a number of exciting announcements from Apple at WWDC 2024, from macOS Sequoia to Apple Intelligence. However, a subtle addition to Xcode 16 — the development environment for Apple platforms, like iOS and macOS — is a feature called Predictive Code Completion. Unfortunately, if you bought into Apple’s claim that...

I ordered my daughter a pizza, something I don't usually do. I got Domino's smallest size with two toppings. I got her cheese sticks and two sauces and tipped the driver 20%. $31.07. (lemmy.world)

Note I did not buy any food for myself....

Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free (www.nbcnews.com)

Dr Disrespect fired by the game studio he co-founded: 'It is our duty to act with dignity on behalf of all individuals involved' (www.pcgamer.com)

Hey she tried her best ok (lemmy.world)

Looking for a music server

Hi! I’m currently using navidrome, but eventually I will probably need support for multiple users (each user has access to different music or the same music) which isn’t supported in navidrome right now. I don’t really want to run two containers of the same thing if I can avoid it. Thanks

How I date (jlai.lu)

My Health Insurance Company Is Trying To Kill Me (www.huffpost.com)

One such encounter went like this:...

Am I the only one preferring low quality media over high quality one?

I have a very slow Internet connection (5 Mbps down, and even less for upload). Given that, I always download movies at 720p, since they have low file size, which means I can download them more quickly. Also, I don’t notice much of a difference between 1080p and 720p. As for 4K, because I don’t have a screen that can display...

US Record Labels Sue AI Music Generators Suno and Udio for Copyright Infringement (www.wired.com)

The music industry has officially declared war on Suno and Udio, two of the most prominent AI music generators. A group of music labels including Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony Music Group has filed lawsuits in US federal court on Monday morning alleging copyright infringement on a “massive scale.”...