Microsoft has begun sending out refunds for both the Xbox and Steam versions of the Redfall 'Bite Back' Edition (www.windowscentral.com)
Why is China targeting #MeToo activists? (www.dw.com)
After a court in China handed prison terms to two activists, DW looks at the motivations behind Beijing’s crackdown on social justice campaigners and rights activists’ struggle for accountability....
EU chat control law proposes scanning your messages — even encrypted ones (www.theverge.com)
China’s war games near Taiwan threaten international peace and security, researcher says (theconversation.com)
By Kuan-Wei Chen, Researcher, Air and Space Law, McGill University...
A supermarket trip may soon look different, thanks to electronic shelf labels (www.npr.org)
Grocery store prices are changing faster than ever before — literally. This month, Walmart became the latest retailer to announce it’s replacing the price stickers in its aisles with electronic shelf labels. The new labels allow employees to change prices as often as every ten seconds....
I'm Not a Programmer, but Here’s Why Linux Is My Daily Driver (www.howtogeek.com)
China could start building world’s biggest particle collider in 2027 (www.nature.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17080518
Amy Coney Barrett may be poised to split conservatives on the Supreme Court... (www.politico.com)
A rift is emerging among the Supreme Court’s conservatives — and it could thwart the court’s recent march to expand gun rights....
I Will Fucking Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again — Ludicity (ludic.mataroa.blog)
How stupid do you have to be to believe that only 8% of companies have seen failed AI projects? We can’t manage this consistently with CRUD apps and people think that this number isn’t laughable? Some companies have seen benefits during the LLM craze, but not 92% of them. 34% of companies report that generative AI...
How Does Our Sense of Humor Change With Age? A Statistical Analysis (www.statsignificant.com)
GenAI more buzz than biz as tech barely dents jobs (www.theregister.com)
OpenAI’s former chief scientist is starting a new AI company (www.theverge.com)
Church of Scientology ignored woman’s ‘very real psychosis,’ stopped her from receiving mental health care before suicide, lawsuit claims (lawandcrime.com)
Adobe Says It Won’t Train AI Using Artists’ Work. Creatives Aren’t Convinced (www.wired.com)
Texas doctor charged for leaking health records of transgender kids to far-right extremist (www.advocate.com)
Sunak protection cop arrested over alleged bets on UK election date (www.politico.eu)
'Complete fabrication': Milwaukee mayor 'stunned' by Trump lie about GOP convention (www.rawstory.com)
More countries to reach NATO's 2% defense spending goal (www.dw.com)
Congress Debates Expanded Draft Amid Military Recruitment Challenges (www.nytimes.com)
Rishi Sunak’s California escape hatch: His $7.2 million beach home (www.politico.com)
Arm found on Illinois beach identified as belonging to Milwaukee student dismembered on first date (www.independent.co.uk)
