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

Two authors are suing OpenAI for training ChatGPT with their books. Could they win? (theconversation.com)

FBI Hired Social Media Surveillance Firm That Labeled Black Lives Matter Organizers “Threat Actors” (theintercept.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1111823...

You can't post ass, Threads is doomed (techcrunch.com)

/r/PICS moderators receive /u/ModCodeofConduct message accusing them of breaking site rules by switching to NSFW; mods can't reply, so post public response instead (www.reddit.com)

Improving soil could keep world within 1.5C heating target, research suggests (www.theguardian.com)

Marginal improvements to agricultural soils around the world would store enough carbon to keep the world within 1.5C of global heating, new research suggests....

YSK: One of Bowser's Koopa Kids is named Lemmy (mario.fandom.com)

And he is a total spaz. Look at this guy he’s straight up looney toons...

Car Headlights - Why not red? (kbin.social)

So, just finished reading an article on WaPo about fireflies/lightening bugs and got me thinking further... Car headlights suck. They mess up our night vision when we pass another dickhead running white/blue lights. We mess up the habit(at) of many animals/bugs. So why not red lights? My hiking/camping headlamp has a red light...

Gizmodo and Kotaku Staff Furious After Owner Announces Move to AI Content (futurism.com)

G/O Media, a major online media company that runs publications including Gizmodo, Kotaku, Quartz, Jezebel, and Deadspin, has announced that it will begin a “modest test” of AI content on its sites....

Infinite Diversity In Infinite Combinations: Star Trek Was Woke From The Beginning (subspacechatter.substack.com)

Macron Blames Video Games For Riots, Calls On Parents To Help (www.channelstv.com)

In Nazi diatribe, Trump calls for mass deportations of socialists and communists (www.wsws.org)

What "third generation" Trek is worth watching? (kbin.social)

I started with Star Trek after watching the Star Trek (2009) movie in college. After that I went wild watching everything I could since I was young with loads of time. I watched most of TOS, all of TNS, all of DS9, all of Voyager, all of Enterprise and all of the movies. I then stopped since I didn't have the time and wasn't...

TIL psychedelics supposedly work by desynchronizing the brain (www.nature.com)

Joe Biden pulls out of 2024 US presidential race (news.sky.com)

This is not a prank - Joe Biden finally gave in to the pressure and pulled out from the presidential race. I wonder who will represent the democrats now?

Forum User Returns After 100,000 Hour Ban to Continue the Same Argument That Got Them Banned in 2013 (www.pcgamer.com)

Tesla Sales Drop 17% in California (cleantechnica.com)

Leaked Cellebrite Tool Docs Reveal List of Phones That Can Be Unlocked (cybersecuritynews.com)

According to the documents, Cellebrite could not unlock any iPhones running iOS 17.4 or newer as of April 2024, labeling them as “In Research.” For iOS versions 17.1 to 17.3.1, the company could unlock the iPhone XR and iPhone 11 series using their “Supersonic BF” (brute force) capability. However, iPhone 12 and newer...

US disinflation and the COVID-19 supply shock (www.brookings.edu)

FBI, DHS warn of possible retaliation for attack on Trump (www.politico.com)

Archived at web.archive.org/…/fbi-dhs-possible-retaliation-tr…

The amount of sugar consumed by children from soft drinks in the UK halved within a year of the sugar tax being introduced, a study has found. (www.theguardian.com)

cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/22143130

Transcend Wifi SD Card Is A Tiny Linux Server (hackaday.com)

Medicaid is paying millions for salty, fat-laden ‘medically tailored’ cheeseburgers and sandwiches (www.statnews.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/17483630...

Biden says Israel-Gaza war should end now and Israel must not occupy Gaza (www.straitstimes.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17891878

German Navy to replace aging 8-inch floppy drives with an emulated solution for its anti-submarine frigates (www.tomshardware.com)

The German Navy is searching for a new storage system to replace the aging 8-inch (20cm) floppy disks which are vital to the running of its Brandenburg class F123 frigates. According to an official tender document, the ideal answer to the German Navy’s problems would be a drop-in floppy disk replacement based upon a storage...