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COVID antiviral Paxlovid to see price increase following 400% vaccine hike (arstechnica.com)

a tale as old as time (lemmy.zip)

Americans failed to pay record $688 billion in taxes in 2021, IRS says. Look for more audits. (www.cbsnews.com)

Six months ago NPR left X. The effects have been negligible — X wasn’t worth the effort, at least in terms of traffic (niemanreports.org)

Six months ago NPR left X. The effects have been negligible — X wasn’t worth the effort, at least in terms of traffic::Covering thought leadership in journalism

'Too dangerous:' Why even Google was afraid to release this technology (www.npr.org)

A startup called PimEyes allows anyone to identify a stranger within seconds with just a photo of the person's face. The technology has alarmed privacy advocates worldwide.

After Axing Headlines, Elon Musk To Hide Retweet, Like Buttons On Twitter (www.pcmag.com)

How Google Alters Search Queries to Get at Your Wallet (www.wired.com)

Google likely alters queries billions of times a day in trillions of different variations. Here’s how it works. Say you search for “children’s clothing.” Google converts it, without your knowledge, to a search for “NIKOLAI-brand kidswear,” making a behind-the-scenes substitution of your actual query with a different...

I wish Android 14 inspired as many app updates as iOS 17 did - 9to5Google (9to5google.com)

An NYPD security robot will be patrolling the Times Square subway station (www.engadget.com)

An NYPD security robot will be patrolling the Times Square subway station::The NYPD is deploying a robot with four cameras to patrol the Times Square subway station.

In Poland, Testing Women for Abortion Drugs Is a Reality. It Could Happen Here. (www.nytimes.com)

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Massive flooding in Eastern Libya claims over 8,000 lives (www.nbcnews.com)

Book ban defenders use sex scenes to make their point at Senate hearing (thehill.com)

A Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on book bans took a racy turn Tuesday, as Republican senators and a witness read scenes of various sexual content into the congressional record to defend the banning of multiple titles from U.S. schools....

Z-Library Opens ‘Z-Points’ Around the World to Share Paper Books (torrentfreak.com)

Sharing Paper Books...

Biden, Modi and G20 allies unveil rail and shipping project linking India to Middle East and Europe (apnews.com)

President Joe Biden and his allies on Saturday announced plans to build a rail and shipping corridor linking India with the Middle East and Europe, an ambitious project aimed at fostering economic growth and political cooperation....

With Postmarks, social bookmarking is back -- but this time it's built on the fediverse | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

Video codecs: Adding AV1 stateless video decoder support to Linux (www.collabora.com)

Macron: there can be no Russian flag at Paris 2024 (www.reuters.com)

Capitalism meme (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

Starfield review controversy traces game journalism's orbital decay (www.gamesindustry.biz)

More concerning than Bethesda’s decision to withhold early review codes from certain outlets is how heavily some sites are relying on the game to drive their business.

New York police will use drones to monitor backyard parties this weekend, spurring privacy concerns (apnews.com)

New York police will use drones to monitor backyard parties this weekend, spurring privacy concerns::Those attending outdoor parties or barbecues in New York City this weekend may find an uninvited guest looming over their festivities: a police drone.

Belgium to no longer provide shelter to single male asylum seekers (www.aljazeera.com)

Its government has been criticised for failing to provide enough shelter to thousands of people seeking asylum....

loud whining noises (sh.itjust.works)

UPS workers approve 5-year contract, with 86% of votes cast in favor (apnews.com)

Under the tentative agreement, full- and part-time union workers will get $2.75 more per hour in 2023, and $7.50 more in total by the end of the five-year contract. Starting hourly pay for part-time employees also got bumped up to $21, but some workers said that fell short of their expectations....