Google paid Samsung $8 billion to be the default search engine, app store and voice assistant (www.cnbctv18.com)
Firefox Development Is Moving From Mercurial To Git (groups.google.com)
For a long time Firefox Desktop development has supported both Mercurial and Git users. This dual SCM requirement places a significant burden on teams which are already stretched thin in parts. We have made the decision to move Firefox development to Git....
The hidden culprit driving America’s apocalypse of boarded-up storefronts is the banks (www.businessinsider.com)
Privacy advocate challenges YouTube's ad blocking detection (www.theregister.com)
Privacy advocate challenges YouTube’s ad blocking detection::Irish eyes may not be smiling
‘Archer’s’ Final Mission: Sterling and His Frenemies Sign Off After 142 Episodes of Awful Behavior. We Will Miss Them. (variety.com)
I first heard about FX’s “Archer” in the ready room of VAQ-135, a navy squadron who were serving an interminable deployment aboard an aircraft carrier somewhere near Midway Island. (This sounds very much like a humblebrag that Sterling Archer would obnoxiously drop into conversation). It was 2010, and the pilots had lost...
Unity CEO John Riccitiello 'retiring' from company weeks after pricing controversy (www.eurogamer.net)
Thousands of US workers are on strike today. Here's a rundown of major work stoppages happening now (apnews.com)
It’s been a big year for labor organizing in the U.S. And from auto production lines to Hollywood, all eyes are on strikes taking the world of work by storm....
What's something that's not common knowledge but you think everyone should know? (kbin.social)
Specifically thinking of stuff that make your life better in the long run but all kinds of answers are welcome!...
Biden brushes off House impeachment inquiry and says Republicans want to shut down the government (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden late Wednesday brushed off the House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry, saying the way he sees it, they launched the investigation against him because they want to shut down the federal government....
Another real estate software company sued over apartment price-fixing claims — The lawsuit follows claims of similar tactics by Richardson software company RealPage (www.dallasnews.com)
Another real estate software company sued over apartment price-fixing claims — The lawsuit follows claims of similar tactics by Richardson software company RealPage::Software company Yardi Systems Inc. and 18 property management companies were named in an antitrust class-action lawsuit Friday accusing the companies of a…
Some workers who rebuild homes after hurricanes are afraid to go to Florida. They blame a law DeSantis championed (www.cnn.com)
Ukraine expands conscription, removes medical exemptions for HIV, hepatitis, mental disorders and more (archive.ph)
Now, the words and figures “with the exception of articles 2-c, 4-c, 5-c, 12-c, 13-c, 14-c, 17-c, 21-c and 22-c” have been removed from the Regulation, i.e. everyone will be recognised as fit under the “controversial” articles:...
Just saw this HILARIOUS image my grandson showed me (lemm.ee)
That orange cat is so funny
Meta updates RTO policy with stricter mandate, saying workers may lose their jobs if they don't show up 3 days a week (www.businessinsider.com)
Meta updates RTO policy with stricter mandate, saying workers may lose their jobs if they don’t show up 3 days a week::Meta, formerly known as Facebook, told employees that its new RTO policy would be enforced by management.
Linus Tech Tips pauses production as controversy swirls - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
Last night, at approximately 2AM ET, a former employee, Madison Reeve, posted a thread on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, accusing Linus Media Group of cultivating a toxic work environment and encouraging a work culture that was detrimental to her health as well as sexual harassment directed at her by Linus Media...
My Favorite Derp (sh.itjust.works)
Russia's ruble hits a 17-month low to the dollar as the Ukraine war bites | CNN Business (edition.cnn.com)
AP: Utah man suspected of threatening President Joe Biden shot and killed as FBI served warrant (apnews.com)
Moscow targeted again as Kyiv steps up drone attacks inside Russia (www.cnn.com)
Russia says Ukraine targeted Moscow with drones on Sunday, the latest in a series of attacks that have brought the Ukraine war to Russia’s capital.
'I’m here for my grandchildren': Two pensioners storm Wimbledon court to demand climate action (www.euronews.com)
Military told FBI of Capitol riot suspect after Jan. 6 attack. He remained free for years (www.usatoday.com)
Archived at ghostarchive.org/archive/EdUMg?wr=true
Earth just had its hottest year on record — climate change is to blame (www.nature.com)
Americans may soon get warnings about ultra-processed foods: Report (arstechnica.com)
After decades lost, Star Trek’s original Enterprise model may have been found (arstechnica.com)
The listing went down quickly, and Roddenberry’s son is trying to track it down.
A grandmother was fatally shot in her car by an officer. It’s not his force’s only deadly encounter under scrutiny | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Early in their roughly nine-minute encounter, the 45-year-old, who said she’d been visiting someone at the address, told the officer she was looking for her misplaced keys, footage from his body-worn camera shows. Then the woman, Teresa Gomez, and the officer discussed why she and the passenger were parked outside a public...
