Amazon made $1 billion through secret price raising algorithm -US FTC (www.reuters.com)
‘Ranting, rambling, and paranoid’: Federal appeals court suspends 96-year-old judge until she passes mental exam (lawandcrime.com)
Judge Newman has threatened to have staff arrested, forcibly removed from the building, and fired. She accused staff of trickery, deceit, acting as her adversary, stealing her computer, stealing her files, and depriving her of secretarial support. Staff have described Judge Newman in their interactions with her as “aggressive,...
Why We’re Pulling Our Recommendation of Wyze Security Cameras (www.nytimes.com)
After six years of reviewing a variety of Wyze security cameras at Wirecutter, we’ve made the decision to suspend our recommendation of them from all our guides....
Senate confirms Biden FCC pick as 5 Republicans join Democrats in 55-43 vote. Anna Gomez confirmation means "FCC can act swiftly to restore net neutrality." (arstechnica.com)
Senate confirms Biden FCC pick as 5 Republicans join Democrats in 55-43 vote. Anna Gomez confirmation means “FCC can act swiftly to restore net neutrality.”::Anna Gomez confirmation means “FCC can act swiftly to restore net neutrality.”
DeSantis' redistricting map in Florida is unconstitutional and must be redrawn, judge says (apnews.com)
A judge says that a Florida redistricting plan pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis violates the state constitution.
Firefox to become first mobile browser to support desktop extensions later this year (blog.mozilla.org)
Source: blog.mozilla.org/…/prepare-your-firefox-desktop-e…...
Unity’s new “per-install” pricing enrages the game development community (arstechnica.com)
Fees of up to $0.20 per install threaten to upend large chunks of the industry.
Most of My Instagram Ads Are for Drugs, Stolen Credit Cards, Hacked Accounts, Counterfeit Money, and Weapons (www.404media.co)
vscodium, vscode without spyware (github.com)
This new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AI (www.technologyreview.com)
A new tool lets artists add invisible changes to the pixels in their art before they upload it online so that if it’s scraped into an AI training set, it can cause the resulting model to break in chaotic and unpredictable ways....
‘They Treat Us Worse Than Animals’: Working Without Water at Amazon (tribunemag.co.uk)
India just landed on the Moon for less than it cost to make Interstellar | The Independent (www.independent.co.uk)
India just landed on the Moon for less than it cost to make Interstellar | The Independent::undefined
Ex-Linus Tech Tips employee alleges mistreatment and poor conditions: “no one gets a break” - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)
Ex-Linus Tech Tips employee alleges mistreatment and poor conditions: “no one gets a break” - Dexerto::undefined
Mexico Has Fully Recognized the State of Palestine (jacobin.com)
In fealty to US foreign policy, Mexico has long refused to recognize Palestinian statehood. Last week, that finally changed, with AMLO’s government officially acknowledging Palestinian statehood and establishing a full embassy in Mexico City....
Tech CEOs Fleeing to Non-Extradition Countries (sh.itjust.works)
Praise Cheeses (feddit.de)
Biden Warns Israel Not to Occupy Gaza (www.nytimes.com)
Trump charged by Justice Department for efforts to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss (apnews.com)
As Twitter flounders, Mastodon refreshes its official app for Android users (techcrunch.com)
Brave browser quietly slips a VPN service onto your Windows PC (www.androidcentral.com)
How do I turn this stupid brain of mine off? (slrpnk.net)
Microsoft - keep your filthy hands off Valve, leak shows MSFT would buy Valve (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Two yellow Lamborghinis crashed in Singapore (lemmy.world)
Mike Johnson Admits He and His Son Monitor Each Other's Porn Intake in Resurfaced Video (www.rollingstone.com)
It’s like watching a clown show. Maybe he should watch more porn and grow up.
X wants permission to start collecting your biometric data and employment history (www.theverge.com)
“Based on your consent, we may collect and use your biometric information for safety, security, and identification purposes,” the privacy policy reads. It doesn’t include any details on what kind of biometric information this includes — or how X plans to collect it — but it typically involves fingerprints, iris...
