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The best Android phone to buy in 2023 - The Verge (www.theverge.com)

Netflix confirms it is increasing subscription prices, again, after adding 8.8 million customers (www.techspot.com)

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My new favourite password manager (keepass.info)

I’ve always hated the idea of using a subscription/cloud hosting for password management. I feel like I should have a LOT more control over that stuff and I don’t really want to hand all my keys over to a company....

Grisham, Martin join authors suing OpenAI: “There is nothing fair about this” (arstechnica.com)

Yesterday, popular authors including John Grisham, Jonathan Franzen, George R.R. Martin, Jodi Picoult, and George Saunders joined the Authors Guild in suing OpenAI, alleging that training the company’s large language models (LLMs) used to power AI tools like ChatGPT on pirated versions of their books violates copyright laws...

Meta is bolstering perks like happy hours and company swag as it pushes staff to return to office, despite its 'year of efficiency' (www.businessinsider.com)

Meta is bolstering perks like happy hours and company swag as it pushes staff to return to office, despite its ‘year of efficiency’::The company has revived a number of employee perks, according to Bloomberg, including branded t-shirts, laundry services, and free haircuts.

Sony raising PS Plus pricing by 33% (www.pushsquare.com)

Tier Original Pricing. New Pricing...

Return-to-office orders look like a way for elite, work-obsessed CEOs to grab power back from employees (www.businessinsider.com)

White-collar workers temporarily enjoyed unprecedented power during the pandemic to decide where and how they worked.

Growing share of Americans favor more nuclear power (www.pewresearch.org)

When asked about the federal government’s role, 41% of Americans say it should encourage the production of nuclear power....

'Near Collisions' of Commercial Jets Happen All the Time: FAA Records (gizmodo.com)

More Baby Boomers are living alone. One reason why: ‘gray divorce’ (www.cnn.com)

The number of older Americans living alone is on the rise. Nearly 16 million people aged 65 and older in the US lived solo in 2022, three times as many who lived alone in that age group in the 1960s. And as Baby Boomers age, that number is expected to grow even more, raising big questions about the country’s future.

EPA Approved a Fuel Ingredient Even Though It Could Cause Cancer in Virtually Every Person Exposed Over a Lifetime (www.propublica.org)

The Environmental Protection Agency approved a component of boat fuel made from discarded plastic that the agency’s own risk formula determined was so hazardous, everyone exposed to the substance continually over a lifetime would be expected to develop cancer. Current and former EPA scientists said that threat level is unheard...

NovaLauncher: Today marks 1 year since our announcement that we've joined the Branch and Sesame teams! 🎉 That also means it has been 1 year since we promised your data would be safe... (nitter.net)

Nitter link provided instead of Twitter post. Screenshot below....

Spread Out: How To Speed Up Lemmy (lemmy.fediverse.observer)

There are many lemmy instances in the world, but currently most people are using lemmy.world. This is why everything has gotten so slow....

These queer farmers and ranchers are boycotting Tractor Supply and want you to join them (www.advocate.com)

Singer sues hospital, says staff thought he was mentally ill and wasn't member of Four Tops (apnews.com)

The lead singer of the Four Tops said a Detroit-area hospital restrained him and ordered a psychological exam after refusing to believe that he was part of the Motown music group....

Chiquita found liable for financing paramilitary group (www.cnn.com)

Why Is the World Ignoring a Looming Genocide in Sudan? (foreignpolicy.com)

Aid workers fear a new disaster as militia forces close in on a major Darfur city....

Piracy (sh.itjust.works)

IGN immediately lays off every non-UK person at their newly bought sites, including some key members like deputy editor Alice Bell (aftermath.site)

Welp, this didn’t take long....