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Telcos are barely done rolling out 5G networks — and they're already talking about '5.5G' (www.cnbc.com)

A ship earlier hit by Yemen's Houthi rebels sinks in the Red Sea, the first vessel lost in conflict (apnews.com)

Boiling tap water may be solution to microplastics (thehill.com)

In the study, scientists put the three plastic compounds into ‘hard water’ — a common type of U.S. freshwater that contains high levels of calcium carbonate and magnesium...

Meta accused of ‘massive, illegal’ data collection operation by European consumer rights groups. | CNN Business (edition.cnn.com)

Meta accused of ‘massive, illegal’ data collection operation by European consumer rights groups. | CNN Business::European consumer rights groups are accusing Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, of carrying out a “massive” and “illegal” operation of collecting data from hundreds of millions of its users in the...

Humpback sex photographed for first time – and both whales were male (www.theguardian.com)

Scientists confirm sighting of two same-sex marine giants copulating in amorous encounter off Hawaii coast

AMD HDMI2.1 proposal rejected by HDMI forum (gitlab.freedesktop.org)

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Honda built a powered chair to zoom around theme parks while wearing an AR headset. (www.engadget.com)

At the upcoming SXSW Conference… Honda will give attendees a chance to try out a new mobility device… specifically designed for mixed reality entertainment experiences....

Conservative MP Says He Trusts Porn Companies Won’t Leak Digital IDs of Canadians Who Visit Porn Websites (pressprogress.ca)

Conservative MP Says He Trusts Porn Companies Won’t Leak Digital IDs of Canadians Who Visit Porn Websites::Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives voted to introduce digital IDs for porn users

Why did we move from startrek.website to Lemmy.world? I guess I'll stay behind and try to maintain the pleasure planet (lemmy.zip)

Judge says Mike Lindell must pay $5 million to man who won his 'Prove Mike Wrong' challenge (www.nbcnews.com)

China has a birth-rate problem. It's also the 2nd-least affordable country in the world to raise a child, says a Beijing think tank. (www.businessinsider.com)

China is one of the world’s most unaffordable places to raise a child, a Beijing think tank says....

US tells allies Russia could launch space nuke this year: NYT (thehill.com)

The U.S. informed its NATO and Asian allies that Russia could deploy a nuclear weapon into space this year after details of American intelligence assessments of its ambitions circulated last week, according to The New York Times....

immich update has breaking changes (github.com)

Spam attack on Twitter/X rival Mastodon highlights 'fediverse' vulnerabilities (techcrunch.com)

This tiny, tamper-proof ID tag can authenticate almost anything (news.mit.edu)

TL;DR MIT researchers have developed an antitampering ID tag that is tiny, cheap, and secure. It is several times smaller and significantly cheaper than the traditional radio frequency tags that are used to verify product authenticity. The tags use glue containing microscopic metal particles. This glue forms unique patterns that...

New roguelike game Deep Rock Galactic Survivor instantly tops original on Steam (www.pcgamesn.com)

Amazon argues that national labor board is unconstitutional, joining SpaceX and Trader Joe's (apnews.com)

Amazon is arguing in a legal filing that the 88-year-old National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional, echoing similar arguments made this year by Elon Musk’s SpaceX and the grocery store chain Trader Joe’s in disputes about workers’ rights and organizing....

Iran claims ownership over Antarctica and plans military base there (www.washingtonexaminer.com)

Iranian navy Rear Adm. Shahram Irani declared that his country has “property rights” in Antarctica, particularly the South Pole, in a newly surfaced video....

To keep trade flowing, the US is now using aircraft carriers to move containers around the globe (sh.itjust.works)

The Dating App Paradox: Why dating apps may be 'worse than ever' (www.npr.org)

The Dating App Paradox: Why dating apps may be ‘worse than ever’::undefined

Apple’s iMessage is not a “core platform” in EU, so it can stay walled off (arstechnica.com)

Texas man gets jail time for drugging wife's drinks to induce an abortion (www.cbsnews.com)

A Texas man who drugged his wife’s drinks in an attempt to induce an abortion was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 10 years on probation....

‘Boycott Tesla’ ads to air during Super Bowl — “Tesla dances away from liability in Autopilot crashes by pointing to a note buried deep in the owner’s manual, that says Autopilot is only safe on fr... (www.washingtonpost.com)

‘Boycott Tesla’ ads to air during Super Bowl — “Tesla dances away from liability in Autopilot crashes by pointing to a note buried deep in the owner’s manual, that says Autopilot is only safe on fr…::undefined