Millions of smart meters will fail when 2G and 3G turns off (www.theregister.com)
Toyota Will Adopt Tesla-Style Cast Bodies That Might Be Impossible to Fix (www.thedrive.com)
Black history 'Underground Railroad' forms across US after DeSantis, others ban books (www.usatoday.com)
Educators, lawmakers, activists and faith leaders have launched efforts to teach Black history after a crackdown on more inclusive lesson plans.
Suffers a single consequence (imgflip.com)
The consequences
I want an easy to remember password (beehaw.org)
Saudi Arabia makes USB-C mandatory for electronic devices (9to5mac.com)
iPhone 15 is coming next month, and multiple rumors suggest Apple will finally switch from its proprietary Lightning connector to...
Twitter’s rebrand to X may actually be happening soon (www.theverge.com)
Younger veterans feel uncomfortable when told thank you for service: Poll (thehill.com)
A majority of younger veterans said they feel uncomfortable when they are told “thank you for your service,” a new poll found....
Rivian CEO issues strong statement about people who purchase gas-powered cars: ‘Sort of like building a horse barn in 1910’ (www.yahoo.com)
Rivian CEO issues strong statement about people who purchase gas-powered cars: ‘Sort of like building a horse barn in 1910’::“I don’t think I would have believed it.”
"Reduce stress" lol ok (sh.itjust.works)
X user “super pissed” that Musk ordered takeover of his @music account (arstechnica.com)
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In-N-Out bans employees from wearing masks (www.latimes.com)
AAA pulls back from offering insurance in Florida, following Farmers (www.cbsnews.com)
More insurance companies are fleeing the state because of the growing threat from natural disasters.
“Millions” of sensitive US military emails were reportedly sent to Mali due to a typo (www.theverge.com)
For over 10 years, millions of emails associated with the US military have been getting sent to Mali, a West African country allied with Russia, due to a typo, according to a report from the Financial Times. Instead of appending the military’s .MIL domain to their recipient’s email address, people frequently type .ML, the...
Near-total internet blackout hits Gaza as Israel ramps up strikes (www.nbcnews.com)
Microsoft now thirstily injects a poll when you download Google Chrome (www.theverge.com)
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Global billionaire tax could yield $250 billion annually, study says (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/7812500...
[US] House Republicans drop Jim Jordan as their nominee for speaker, falling back to square one (apnews.com)
Republicans dropped Rep. Jim Jordan on Friday as their nominee for House speaker, making the decision during a closed-door session after the hard-edged ally of Donald Trump failed badly on a third ballot for the gavel....
Mathematician warns NSA may be weakening next-gen encryption (www.newscientist.com)
Mathematician warns NSA may be weakening next-gen encryption::Quantum computers may soon be able to crack encryption methods in use today, so plans are already under way to replace them with new, secure algorithms. Now it seems the US National Security Agency may be undermining that process
The Fairphone 5 is less about what comes in the box and more about what you get over the years (www.theverge.com)
Biden expected to create Grand Canyon national monument to block new mining, sources say (www.washingtonpost.com)
The Arizona monument would be aimed at safeguarding areas near Grand Canyon National Park that local tribes want to protect from uranium extraction
Produce (slrpnk.net)
American XL bully dogs to be banned after attacks, Rishi Sunak says (news.sky.com)
tittle (lemmy.world)
Russia's gas production collapses to late-stage USSR levels (www.newsweek.com)
