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Surge in Wendy's complaints exposes limits to consumer tolerance of unstable prices (apnews.com)

Wait. Why is Reddit losing so much money? (web.archive.org)

Reddit kind of anticipates this critique in its investor docs, and argues that it didn’t really start operating as a serious business until 2018 when it finally started “meaningful monetization efforts” — that is, trying to make money for real....

South Korean companies are offering workers $75,000 to have babies amid the country's desperate bid for more children (www.businessinsider.com)

Two very rare Covid vaccine side-effects detected in global study of 99 million (www.theguardian.com)

Results confirm how uncommon known complications are as researchers confirm benefits from vaccines still ‘vastly outweigh the risks’...

Nvidia’s finally replacing GeForce Experience with this all-in-one ‘Nvidia app’ - The Verge (www.theverge.com)

RIP Gamestream?

Everytime (lemmy.ml)

Disney+ has started cracking down on password sharing in the US (www.engadget.com)

Disney+ started getting strict about password sharing in Canada last year, and now it’s expanding the restriction to the US. According to The Verge, the streaming service has been sending out emails to its subscribers in the country, notifying them about a change in its terms of service. Its service agreement now states that...

“My next child could be retarded. So could yours.” Barbra Streisand for The National Association for Retarded Children (NARC) - Imgur (imgur.com)

Tesla plunged into Norway fjord before ‘screaming’ occupants rescued by passing floating sauna (nypost.com)

“I don’t think people could hold there more than five minutes in this water, especially with clothes on,” he added. It was very good luck this floating sauna was nearby.”...

Biden's retaliatory strikes in Middle East come with significant political risk: Experts (abcnews.go.com)

NASA invented wheels that never get punctured (www.zmescience.com)

NASA invented wheels that never get punctured::Would you use this type of tire?

Alaska Airlines CEO: We found 'many' loose bolts on our Max 9 planes following near-disaster (www.nbcnews.com)

Israel drops leaflets on under-siege Palestinians asking for their help to find Israeli hostages, as Gaza death toll hits 25,000 (www.businessinsider.com)

Microsoft sets 16GB default for RAM for AI PCs – machines will also need 40 TOPS of AI compute: Report (www.tomshardware.com)

Tax our wealth, super-rich tell politicians at Davos (www.theguardian.com)

Abigail Disney, Brian Cox and Valerie Rockefeller among signatories of open letter condemning inequality...

Two Navy SEALS Presumed Dead in Raid on Ship Carrying Iranian-Supplied Weapons (www.vice.com)

I'm happy he did actually say it

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Prince William County admits election tally in 2020 shorted Joe Biden (www.nbcwashington.com)

A Northern Virginia county acknowledged it underreported President Joe Biden’s margin of victory over Donald Trump there in the 2020 presidential election by about 4,000 votes, the first detailed accounting of errors that came to light in 2022 as part of a criminal case....