Reddit protests see r/Place experiment immediately hijacked with grotesque graffiti (www.independent.co.uk)
Twitter’s Surge in Harmful Content a Barrier to Advertiser Return (www.msn.com)
Firefox has surpassed Chrome on Speedometer (treeherder.mozilla.org)
Firefox has surpassed Chrome on Speedometer::undefined
Threads backtracks flagging right-wing users for spreading disinformation (mashable.com)
When Threads launched on Wednesday, numerous right-wing users shared(opens in a new tab) their dissatisfaction(opens in a new tab) with Twitter’s biggest competitor — on Twitter of course — over having their accounts flagged for disinformation. As of Friday, however, it seems the warning label on accounts that reported the...
Intel bets big against ChatGPT's OpenAI, invests heavily in Stability AI, makers of Stable Diffusion (www.firstpost.com)
8GB RAM on M3 MacBook Pro 'Analogous to 16GB' on PCs, Claims Apple (www.macrumors.com)
8GB RAM on M3 MacBook Pro ‘Analogous to 16GB’ on PCs, Claims Apple::Following the unveiling of new MacBook Pro models last week, Apple surprised some with the introduction of a base 14-inch MacBook Pro with M3 chip,…
Librarians turn to civil rights agency to oppose book bans and their firings (apnews.com)
She refused to ban books, many of them about racism and the experiences of LGBTQ+ people. And for that, Suzette Baker was fired as a library director in a rural county in central Texas....
Man arrested for ramming car through gate at S.C. nuclear power plant (www.upi.com)
Worst fear confirmed: You can't launch Modern Warfare 3 without first launching Modern Warfare 2 (www.pcgamer.com)
I…what the…HUH??...
Mouth in gear, mind in neutral (lemmings.world)
Small business owners say they're pressured to hire off-duty MPD cops for security - Minnesota Reformer (minnesotareformer.com)
Small business owners say they’re pressured to hire off-duty MPD cops for security - Minnesota Reformer
Poland begins retraining coal miners to work in wind farms (notesfrompoland.com)
Polish coal miners have begun training in operating and servicing wind turbines as part of a programme to support workers leaving the mining sector.
RFK Jr. spent years stoking fear and mistrust of vaccines. Here's who gets hurt by Kennedy's work (apnews.com)
Deep in their grief a few months later, Gina and Padrig Fahey received news that shocked them to their core: A favorite photo of their beloved son was plastered on the cover of a book that falsely argues COVID-19 vaccines caused a spike of sudden deaths among healthy young people....
I might bring down captialism, but the room is a Sysphean task (slrpnk.net)
Lenovo PC boss: 4 in 5 of our devices will be repairable by 2025 (www.theregister.com)
US Sees Highest Ever Increase in Poverty (consortiumnews.com)
Halliburton equipment worth $7.1m imported into Russia in past year, customs records show (www.theguardian.com)
Kaiser to pay $49 million to California for illegally dumping private medical records, medical waste (abc7.com)
Healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente is settling a $49 million dollar lawsuit with the state and multiple counties throughout California....
Sony raising PS Plus pricing by 33% (www.pushsquare.com)
Tier Original Pricing. New Pricing...
ERCOT asks Texans to conserve energy for third straight day (www.fox4news.com)
Yevgeny Prigozhin on passenger list of plane in fatal crash, says Russia (www.theguardian.com)
Woman with severe allergy ‘left with no choice’ but to buy every packet of peanuts on flight (www.independent.co.uk)
Elon Musk’s ‘fund your legal bill’ tweet is a brand new level of bullshit (www.theverge.com)
Sorry, another news from this asshole, but this is too much assholery to don’t be shared...
Futurama has accidentally become a fascinating document of social change (www.independent.co.uk)
I’ve just found this article about Futurama on The Independent, a UK newspaper. It comments on the changes in Futurama reflecting the changes in society in general.
Houston-area teacher fired for attending drag show at downtown bar (www.chron.com)
The 19-year veteran teacher was let go based on social media posts on her personal account from a drag performance at Houston's Hamburger Mary's.