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ChatGPT plays doctor with 72% success (www.axios.com)

As AI capabilities advance in complex medical scenarios that doctors face on a daily basis, the technology remains controversial in medical communities.

No we are not implementing blockchain to our backup systems (lemmy.world)

China claims ownership of the Taiwan Strait. Canada just sailed a warship through it (www.cbc.ca)

After months of secretive planning, and preparing the crew to defend their ship if necessary, the Royal Canadian Navy has transited the Taiwan Strait....

With all the ad shenanigans going on with Google, would you still buy a Pixel phone?

These days its very hard to buy a phone from a reputable brand.

Blocked blocked blocked (startrek.website)

Windows 11 and local accounts (www.techrepublic.com)

Does this trick actually work?

Mozilla flunks 25 major car brands for data privacy fails (www.theregister.com)

…and the related Mozilla report

How do you deal with your loneliness (to those of you who feel it)?

Does your major in college really matters?

I’m in my last year of college and for some reason, I decided to design my own major, and I feel like I made a mistake, I’m looking at jobs RN and feel like no employer is going to understand it at all. And that I don’t really have much in demand skills? (FYI - it’s a BA in community development, so kinda like urban...

Smash Mouth Singer Steve Harwell Reportedly Has ‘Days To Live’ After Liver Failure Diagnosis (hollywoodlife.com)

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 - Official 2023 Announcement Trailer (www.youtube.com)

This game is apparently NOT dead!

Nord VPN tv commercials are incredibly misleading (www.ispot.tv)

A VPN isn’t going to protect you from malware or trackers. I’m not sure how they can get away with this marketing....

Texas eliminates 'tampon tax' on menstrual products, sales tax on baby items (goodmorningamerica.com)

Shoppers in Texas no longer have to pay a sales tax on menstrual products, making the state one of the few in the nation to eliminate the so-called “tampon tax.”...

WM recommendation (I know Python but not enough to take much priority)

I want the easiest to configure/theme wm and one that comes with sane defaults. Also I currently use cinnamon, and I’m not sure how to escape from that(everything in it is just so nice) but I want the speed of a wm

[Video, The Verge] Hear how the best ANC headphones handle real world and lab tests (www.youtube.com)

Most refreshing shower of my life 😫 (lemmy.ml)

This is NOT how you make a popsicle (runt-of-the-web.com)

Pope Francis calls US Catholic Church 'reactionary' (www.dw.com)

Pope Francis has lamented a “very strong reactionary attitude” in the US Catholic Church, saying that ideology had replaced faith in some parts of it and some members had failed to understand “there is an appropriate evolution in understanding matters of faith and morals.”...

Arkansas drops AP African American Studies course (www.ualrpublicradio.org)

Just 48 hours before the first day of school, the Arkansas Department of Education announced that Advanced Placement African American Studies wouldn’t count towards graduation. They said they’re reviewing the course for possible indoctrination....

Your dreams are a gateway into a parallel universe -- Can you prove it?

Your dreams and imagination evolved as a view into another universe. As with the current beliefs, you cannot decipher technical information – no words in books, no details of how devices work, so even if you can describe things you see from another place, you could not reproduce a working version....