Shell called out for promoting fossil fuels to youth via Fortnite game (www.theguardian.com)
Climate activists condemn oil giant for paying influencers to showcase marketing game from new gasoline campaign
Netflix is planning to raise prices... again (www.theverge.com)
Apple reduces raises given to retail employees after weak iPhone quarter (appleinsider.com)
Apple reduces raises given to retail employees after weak iPhone quarter::The smartphone market and general economy have slowed down post-pandemic, and Apple is reacting with a lower raise for employees in 2023 versus 2022.
Man formerly on death row gets murder case dismissed after 48 years (abcnews.go.com)
After 48 years, a man who says he was wrongfully convicted of murder has officially had his case dismissed....
The Republican Party infighting is driving America toward a government shutdown (www.cnn.com)
The Republican Party’s war on itself has turned its inoperative House majority into a “clown show” and a “dysfunction caucus” and is handing wins to the Chinese Communist Party – and that’s just what some of its own members say about it....
Earth is outside its 'safe operating space for humanity' on most key measurements, study says (apnews.com)
BMW Stops Subscription Service For Heated Seats After Backlash (www.carscoops.com)
BMW Stops Subscription Service For Heated Seats After Backlash::BMW believes software and service-related functions like driving assistance and parking assistance work well as subscription services
The world's largest chipmaker promised to create thousands of US jobs. There are growing tensions over whether US workers have the skills or work ethic to do them. (www.businessinsider.com)
The world’s largest chipmaker promised to create thousands of US jobs. There are growing tensions over whether US workers have the skills or work ethic to do them.::Jobs at the TSMC semiconductor factory in Arizona could require long hours and total obedience. Americans may push back on the company’s culture.
2 female hikers found dead in a Nevada state park amid heat wave (www.nbcnews.com)
State police released no details of the hikers’ identities or possible causes of death. Southern Nevada remains under an excessive heat warning; the high temperature Saturday was 114 degrees.
Floods, fires and deadly heat are the alarm bells of a planet on the brink (www.washingtonpost.com)
Internet providers say the FCC should not investigate broadband prices (arstechnica.com)
Gee, I wonder why 🤔
MS Edge browser wants really hard to stay (www.theverge.com)
Look at that shit! Before it was here are your two browsers choose! Now it’s…how about for the letter A? Suppose a website starts with an A, would you choose Edge to be your default browser?.. then you choose chrome or Firefox, and when you click on a link Edge Pops up with some shit like…Are you really sure you wanna use...
Twitch Streamer Hasan Piker Raises $550,000 for Palestinian Relief Organizations (www.msn.com)
Link to donate.
Gotta be at least a 27 incher (sh.itjust.works)
meet project primrose, adobe’s real-life interactive dress that changes design every second (www.designboom.com)
Sign for “whites-only” moms and tots group in Metro Vancouver sparks outrage (dailyhive.com)
A sign hung in Port Coquitlam advertising a “whites-only” moms and tots group is causing outrage online after photos of a poster were shared on social media.
Shoplifting up driven by rising cost of living - Coles responding with employee body cams (www.abc.net.au)
More Cities Address ‘Shade Deserts’ as Extreme Heat Triggers Health Issues (kffhealthnews.org)
Neighborhoods with more trees and green space stay cooler, while those coated with layers of asphalt swelter. Lower-income neighborhoods tend to be hottest, a city report found, and they have the least tree canopy....
SanDisk Extreme SSDs are “worthless,” multiple lawsuits against WD say (arstechnica.com)
Archived version: archive.ph/KYO3X...
SUSE To Be Taken Private By Its Largest Shareholder (www.phoronix.com)
Marcel LUX III SARL (Marcel) as the largest shareholder in SUSE is planning to take the company private and delist it from the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. SUSE will be merged with an unlisted Luxembourg entity. Marcel currently owns a 79% stake in SUSE....
EU blindsided by ‘spectacular’ solar rollout (www.politico.eu)
Large majority of EU countries will hit 2030 solar targets ahead of schedule, according to new data.
Death toll from Maui wildfire reaches 89, making it the deadliest in the US in more than 100 years (apnews.com)
Flag of Canada but it’s approaching you (sh.itjust.works)
Riots in France have already cost businesses more than $1 billion | CNN Business (edition.cnn.com)
Just weeks after hugely disruptive protests and strikes over pension reforms in France finally died down, businesses in the country are grappling with the fallout from a week of rioting.
This year set to be warmest in 125,000 years, EU scientists say (www.ksl.com)
