Commented - kbin.life - A general use kbin instance with a slight emphasis on the technical

queer.af, a Mastodon instance, has been killed by the Taliban (archive.fo)

The admin stated they won’t be renewing the domain because .af is now controlled by the Taliban....

Engine maker Cummins to repair 600,000 Ram trucks in $2 billion emissions cheating scandal (apnews.com)

Engine maker Cummins Inc. will recall 600,000 Ram trucks as part of a settlement with federal and California authorities that also requires the company to remedy environmental damage caused by illegal software that let it skirt diesel emissions tests....

Teslas Have a Minor Issue Where the Wheels Fly Off While Driving, Documents Show (1ft.io)

Tens of thousands of Tesla owners have had the suspension or steering of their vehicles — even in practically brand new ones — fail in recent years. Newly obtained documents show how Tesla engineers internally called these incidents “flaws” and “failures.”...

‘I would not have pulled Lush out of Russia if it weren’t for public pressure’ (www.telegraph.co.uk)

TIL Happy Holidays literally means Happy Holy Day (en.m.wikipedia.org)

Happy Holidays to you all! Get bent, FOX news. Let everyone celebrate the season. Now, I am off to prepare for Festivus at my house.

Tech Billionaires Launch Fund to Create New Libertarian Societies (www.vice.com)

More efforts from tech bros to build Rapture....

AMD says overclocking blows a hidden fuse on Ryzen Threadripper 7000 to show if you've overclocked the chip, but it doesn't automatically void your CPU's warranty (www.tomshardware.com)

AMD says overclocking blows a hidden fuse on Ryzen Threadripper 7000 to show if you’ve overclocked the chip, but it doesn’t automatically void your CPU’s warranty::AMD explains the hidden fuses behind Ryzen Threadripper 7000 processors and how it will handle warranty claims.

More than 15% of teens say they’re on YouTube or TikTok ‘almost constantly’ (www.cnbc.com)

More than 15% of teens say they’re on YouTube or TikTok ‘almost constantly’::A new Pew Research Center study finds that more than 15% of teens say they’re on YouTube or TikTok “almost constantly.”

Analog problems require kickass solutions (lemmy.ca)

Renting alone is too expensive for Gen Z (www.axios.com)

Report: Truce fell apart after Hamas refused to release more Israeli female hostages (www.timesofisrael.com)

Israeli official says Hamas doesn’t want to release remaining women because it doesn’t want them speaking publicly about what they endured on Oct. 7 and in their time in captivity...

Return to office is ‘dead,’ Stanford economist says. Here’s why (www.cnbc.com)

Israel Knew Hamas’s Attack Plan More Than a Year Ago (www.nytimes.com)

PlayStation Portal review: impressive hardware but is Remote Play itself good enough? (www.eurogamer.net)

‘Astounding’: Alabama woman with two uteruses is pregnant in both wombs (www.theguardian.com)

Kelsey Hatcher, a 32-year-old mom of three was born with a rare uterine anomaly called uterus didelphys, or two uteruses. However, she was not diagnosed with the condition until last spring, when she discovered she was pregnant – in each uterus....

Xi denies 2027 Taiwan invasion plans, but analysts say island should remain vigilant (www.straitstimes.com)

Pro-Palestinian Activists Take Over Amsterdam Central Station (unicornriot.ninja)

'They Want To Be The Gatekeepers': Car Dealers Are Stopping Customers From Buying EVs (jalopnik.com)

The only way forward (lemmy.world)

Does Gmail want to be instant messaging? New UI experiment says “yes” (arstechnica.com)

Landlord torches New York home after tenants stop paying rent, become squatters (www.foxbusiness.com)

Brooklyn landlord Rafiqul Islam faces arson and attempted murder charges

Apple officially unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max: 3 nanometer, Dynamic Caching GPU, more (9to5mac.com)

Bagged, precut onions linked to salmonella outbreak that has sickened 73 people in 22 states (apnews.com)

An outbreak of salmonella poisoning linked to bagged, precut onions has sickened at least 73 people in 22 states, including 15 who were hospitalized, U.S. health officials said Tuesday....