Fitbit ends sales in nearly 30 countries to 'align' with Pixel (9to5google.com)
Ukrainian PoWs being sent to fight their own army, Russian news claims (www.theguardian.com)
Bing Chat so hungry for GPUs, Microsoft will rent them from Oracle (www.theregister.com)
WhatsApp head Will Cathcart says the chat app could introduce ads in Status (techcrunch.com)
Ryan Reynolds! No!!! (lemmy.world)
mwac0q.jpg (lemmy.world)
The future of warfare: A $400 drone killing a $2M tank (www.politico.eu)
mmm pasta (cdn.discordapp.com)
South Korean court upholds ban on gay sex within armed forces (www.reuters.com)
South Korea’s constitutional court on Thursday narrowly upheld a law banning same-sex relations within the armed forces, citing a possible risk to the military’s combat readiness in a ruling criticised by activists as a setback for gay rights....
"One-To-One Problem, Yes. Five-To-One Problem, Too Much Ask Anyone." (i.imgflip.com)
China said the US is a disruptor of peace in response to Pentagon report on China’s military buildup (abcnews.go.com)
China said the United States is the “biggest disruptor of regional peace and stability” in the world in a scathing response Wednesday to a Pentagon report on China’s growing military buildup....
West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse is 'unavoidable' says study (www.dw.com)
Google urges US lawmakers not to ban teenagers from social media. (indusbusinessjournal.com)
Google urges US lawmakers not to ban teenagers from social media.::San Francisco– Google has asked the US Congress not to ban teenagers from social media, urging lawmakers to drop problematic protections like age-verification technology. The tech giant released its ‘Legislative Framework to Protect Children and Teens...
‘We will cut out your tongue’: Filipino activists recount kidnap ordeal (www.aljazeera.com)
Tropical parasite gains a foothold in the US, especially in Texas (www.livescience.com)
About 2,000 U.S. troops told to prepare for deployment in response to Israel-Hamas war (www.nbcnews.com)
Amazon, Tripadvisor and other companies team up to battle fake reviews while FTC seeks to ban them (apnews.com)
The war between Israel and Hamas is testing the Republican Party's isolationist shift (apnews.com)
Nikki Haley vowed to stand with Israel “every step of the way.” She promised to “decimate” the Iranian economy. And she called for continued funding for Ukraine as it fights to repel the Russian invasion....
Ukraine finance minister says donor 'tiredness' growing as war drags on (www.reuters.com)
Ukraine is finding it harder to secure financial support as the attention of officials in key donor countries shifts to upcoming elections and geopolitical tensions heighten, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko told Reuters on Saturday....
[Interview with Israeli] Ex-PM: First 'get rid of' Hamas, then Netanyahu (www.youtube.com)
26m video interview. Blurb:...
Four Americans killed in Israel attacks, with death toll expected to rise, sources say (www.cnn.com)
Four Americans have been killed in the attacks in Israel close to the Gaza border and the death toll is expected to rise, sources familiar with a Sunday briefing to key House committees told CNN....
tough times (lemmy.world)
This tankie thinks they know more about my country's history than I do (sh.itjust.works)
How Google Alters Search Queries to Get at Your Wallet - WIRED (www.wired.com)
cross-posted from !google...