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Amazon trials humanoid robots to 'free up' staff (www.bbc.co.uk)

A union said Amazon had “been treating their workers like robots for years”....

I made a thing to make playing YouTube videos locally from your browser easier (gitlab.com)

The other day someone was complaining about the new ad blocker-blocker on YouTube and I mentioned that it might be fun to write a Firefox extension that would just load up yt-dlp and play the video through mpv....

Overview: How UEFI Secure Boot Works in Linux (tiffybelle.vivaldi.net)

Been down the rabbit hole lately of UEFI Secure Boot issues, and decided to write an overview of how it works out-of-the-box in the excellent Debian-based Linux Mint LMDE 6....

Fedora Sway Gets Sassy (lemmy.ml)

Found this gem in one of the config files for Fedora Sway:...

More presumed human remains recovered from submersible that imploded, killing 5, Coast Guard says (apnews.com)

The Coast Guard has recovered remaining debris, including presumed human remains, from a submersible that imploded on its way to explore the wreck of the Titanic, killing all five onboard, deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean’s surface, officials said Tuesday....

UAW will not expand strikes at Detroit automakers after last-minute GM proposal (www.cnbc.com)

Stricter state laws are chipping away at sex education in K-12 schools (apnews.com)

A dozen state or county agencies have parted ways with tens of thousands of dollars in federal grants meant to help monitor teenagers’ sexual behaviors and try to lower rates of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases....

Oh, Starfleet captains can be so cruel. (lemmy.world)

Apple is locking down the iPhone App Store to comply with a new law in China (www.theverge.com)

China forced Apple to remove any app where the developer isn’t registered in China. Meaning they asked Apple to remove 95% of the apps and games available in the App Store....

America’s War in Afghanistan Devastated the Country’s Environment in Ways That May Never Be Cleaned Up (insideclimatenews.org)

Time for sleeb (i.imgur.com)

Taliban meets Huawei to discuss mass surveillance plan in Afghanistan (www.verdict.co.uk)

Police arrest repeat offender suspected in murder of Baltimore tech CEO (www.nbcnews.com)

Authorities have arrested the man suspected of killing of Baltimore tech entrepreneur Pava LaPere, a U.S. Marshal confirmed, as police announced plans to reveal details of the capture following a major manhunt....

Supreme Court rejects Alabama’s bid to use congressional map with just one majority-Black district (www.nbcnews.com)

The Supreme Court on Tuesday handed a defeat to Alabama Republicans for the second time in three months, rejecting their latest attempt to use a congressional map that includes only one majority-Black district....

Russian state TV promotes new Tucker Carlson show (archive.ph)

How Four Friends Built a ‘Hypercube’ to Play Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Together in 2023 (www.ign.com)

Missile hits Russia's Black Sea fleet HQ (www.bbc.com)

Russia says a soldier is missing after an attack on its flagship Black Sea fleet in Crimea....

Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month | Kagi Blog (blog.kagi.com)

Kagi is a paid alternative to ad-supported search engines like Google and DuckDuckGo. It has recently revised its pricing model, reducing the cost for a plan with unmetered searches from $25 per month to $10....

Average Lemmy user experience (lemmy.ml)

5 Games Made in Godot To UNIFY You (youtu.be)

Godot is a cross-platform, free and open-source game engine released under the permissive MIT license. It was initially developed by Argentine software developers Juan Linietsky and Ariel Manzur for several companies in Latin America prior to its public release in 2014....

27 Russian Troops Killed by ‘Friendly Fire’ During Botched Retreat Near Opytne (www.kyivpost.com)

Former Australian Deputy Premier wins $715,000 settlement against Google/YouTube for enabling comedian and journalist Jordan Shanks aka FriendlyJordies to mock him online (2022) (lemmy.world)

The Guardian | Michael McGowan | @mmcgowan Mon 6 Jun 2022 05.17 BST...