U.S. Intel Warns of Imminent Iranian Strike on Israel: Report (www.thedailybeast.com)
A crowd destroyed a driverless Waymo car in San Francisco (www.theverge.com)
A crowd destroyed a driverless Waymo car in San Francisco::A Waymo car was destroyed in San Francisco as a crowd began vandalizing it and ultimately set the car on fire. Nobody was in the vehicle at the time.
A 7,000-Pound Car Smashed Through a Guardrail. That’s Bad News for All of Us. (slate.com)
Overdraft fees could drop to as low as $3 under new Biden proposal (apnews.com)
The cost to overdraw a bank account could drop to as little as $3 under a proposal announced by the White House, the latest effort by the Biden administration to combat fees it says pose an unnecessary burden on American consumers, particularly those living paycheck to paycheck....
Amazon Prime Video will start showing ads on January 29th unless you pay extra for ad-free (www.theverge.com)
Discord users are cancelling their Nitro after new mobile layout update (www.dexerto.com)
Discord users are cancelling their Nitro after new mobile layout update::undefined
Ex-officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in George Floyd’s killing, stabbed in prison (apnews.com)
Microsoft might want to be making Windows 12 a subscription OS, suggests leak (www.neowin.net)
NY woman who fatally shoved singing coach, age 87, is sentenced to more time in prison than expected (apnews.com)
A New York judge sentenced a woman who pleaded guilty to fatally shoving an 87-year-old Broadway singing coach onto a Manhattan sidewalk to six months more in prison than the eight years that had been previously reached in a plea deal.
It's not just you — no one is posting on social media anymore (www.businessinsider.com)
It’s not just you — no one is posting on social media anymore::Social media is on the decline. Instagram is all ads. No one’s posting on BeReal. TikTok is for influencers. The new place for sharing: group chats.
Fairphone 5 Released (shop.fairphone.com)
With 5 years of OS support and 8 years of security update....
San Francisco bakery sparks debate by refusing to serve armed police (www.independent.co.uk)
Business says it doesn’t serve anyone who is armed
'Eco-friendly' paper and bamboo straws contain PFAS chemicals, study finds (www.nbcnews.com)
Researchers found low concentrations of so-called forever chemicals in various "eco-friendly" straws, raising doubts about whether they're an appropriate alternative.
Russian soldier admits proudly his comrades were killing POWs (euromaidanpress.com)
Oregon lifts ban on self-serve gas, leaving N.J. as the only state prohibiting it (www.nbcnews.com)
For the first time in more than seven decades, drivers in Oregon are allowed to pump their own gas.
Sweden charges Greta Thunberg for blockading oil port (www.bbc.co.uk)
Google Chrome ships a default, hidden extension that allows code on *.google.com access to private APIs, including your current CPU usage (fedi.simonwillison.net)
cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/23752739...
Donald Trump Says He'll Stop All Electric Car Sales (Update: He Was Talking About Made-In-Mexico Chinese EVs) (gizmodo.com)
The Verge shows how Google search is useless (www.theverge.com)
The Verge published this spam article about the “best printers of 2024” to demonstrate how terrible Google’s search results are. It now appears as the top non-sponsored post if you search “best printer” on Google....
ByteDance won't sell TikTok, would rather pull it from the US (www.androidauthority.com)
Aldi plans to open 800 new locations in the US as Americans feel pinch of high food prices (www.cnn.com)
Reddit’s IPO Filing Shows Lots Of Losses After Nearly 20 Years (www.forbes.com)
Animal shelters overflow as Americans dump 'pandemic puppies' in droves. They're too broke to keep their dogs (fortune.com)
Top Apple analyst says MacBook demand has fallen 'significantly' (www.cnbc.com)
Top Apple analyst says MacBook demand has fallen ‘significantly’::A top Apple analyst said Wednesday that shipments for MacBook computers will decline around 30% year over year.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, an 'icon for women in politics,' dies at 90, source confirms (abc7news.com)
Senator Dianne Feinstein's career was filled with firsts, including first woman mayor of San Francisco and one of two of the first women elected to the U.S. Senate from California.
