Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft is starting to enable ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11 for all users. After testing these briefly with Windows Insiders earlier this month, Microsoft has started to distribute update KB5036980 to Windows 11 users this week, which includes “recommendations” for apps from the Microsoft Store in the Start menu....
New Biden rule would make 4 million white-collar workers eligible for overtime pay (www.usatoday.com)
The Biden administration on Tuesday announced a new rule that would make millions of white-collar workers newly eligible for overtime pay....
The moon lander from Japan was not designed to withstand a lunar night lasting weeks (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
Follow the journey of Japan's SLIM lander as it withstands lunar challenges, showcasing technological prowess and pushing the boundaries of space
"Being Homeless in Grants Pass Is an Absolute Nightmare" (www.thecut.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/she-was-fined-thousands-of-doll…
TikTok’s Pro-China Tilt (www.nytimes.com)
The times dives into an intelligence report on how TikTok’s political algorithm anomalies align with the CCP’s Geostrategic Objectives networkcontagion.us/…/A-Tik-Tok-ing-Timebomb_12.2…...
Cleveland 'stalled' on police reforms because of city's failure to turn over records, federal judge says (www.news5cleveland.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/cleveland-stalled-on-police-ref…
USDA updates rules for school meals that limit added sugars for the first time (apnews.com)
Arizona judge declares mistrial in the case of a rancher accused of fatally shooting a migrant (apnews.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/border-rancher-migrant-killing-…
Introducing selfh.st/companions, a Directory of Companion Apps for Self-Hosted Software (selfh.st)
Not my website. Interested to see how this will play out though!
An Illinois law was supposed to help people earn time off their sentences, but poor implementation is leaving some locked up (www.opencampusmedia.org)
[A] new law… gives new credits for participating in education, work, and other programs....
Advocacy groups say Texas inmates are 'being cooked to death' in state prisons without air conditioning (www.usatoday.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/web/…/73419881007/
Arizona Democrats attempt to repeal the state’s 19th century abortion ban (apnews.com)
For a third straight week, Democrats at the Arizona Legislature are attempting Wednesday to repeal the state’s near-total ban on abortions, again spotlighting an issue that has put Republicans on the defensive in a battleground state for the presidential election....
Framework won’t be just a laptop company anymore (www.theverge.com)
It started with notebooks, but that wasn’t the master plan.
Every distro is fork of Hannah Montanna Linux (lemm.ee)
Internet Archive: Huge collection of amateur radio equipment manuals (archive.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14642241...
Israel-Palestine war: Mass graves in Gaza show victims’ hands were tied, says UN rights office (news.un.org)
Cross posted from: feddit.de/post/11406566...
Maine lawmakers approve shield law for providers of abortion and gender-affirming care (www.pbs.org)
The Democratic-controlled Maine Legislature gave final approval Friday to a bill that would protect health care workers who provide abortion and gender-affirming care from legal action brought in other states....
N.C. report finds wilderness camp failed to ensure boy was breathing before he died (www.nbcnews.com)
A state inspection report offers new details on the hours leading up to a 12-year-old’s death at Trails Carolina, a camp for troubled adolescents....
Two Turning Point USA members admit to assaulting queer professor (www.theguardian.com)
Kalen D’Almeida and Braden Ellis accosted David Boyles, also co-founder of Drag Story Hour Arizona, last October...
Substack Competitor Ghost Announces ActivityPub Integration (wedistribute.org)
You can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000 (arstechnica.com)
NVK Vulkan Driver Adds Implicit Pipeline Caching To Boost DXVK Performance (www.phoronix.com)
New federal rule to guarantee hassle-free airline cash refunds, administration says (www.nbcnews.com)
Airlines will be required to give refunds in cash for things like canceled or seriously changed or delayed flights, the administration said....