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The people going 'monk mode' to limit social media use (www.bbc.com)

The people going ‘monk mode’ to limit social media use::A growing number of individuals are using apps to block access to social media and the internet.

US expands probe into Ford engine failures to include two motors and nearly 709,000 vehicles (apnews.com)

U.S. auto safety investigators have expanded a probe into Ford Motor Co. engine failures to include nearly 709,000 vehicles....

Robin Williams' Daughter Speaks Out Against AI Recreations Of Actors' Voices: "I Find It Personally Disturbing" (screenrant.com)

Robin Williams’ Daughter Speaks Out Against AI Recreations Of Actors’ Voices: “I Find It Personally Disturbing”::Robin Williams’ daughter speaks out against AI recreations of actors’ voices, explaining her own “disturbing” experiences with the controversial tech.

same great taste! (slrpnk.net)

DOJ finally posted that “embarrassing” court doc Google wanted to hide (arstechnica.com)

DOJ finally posted that “embarrassing” court doc Google wanted to hide::Google exec said users get hooked on search engine like “cigarettes or drugs.”

Russian-owned cars gather dust at Helsinki Airport (yle.fi)

GPUs from all major suppliers are vulnerable to new pixel-stealing attack (arstechnica.com)

Drivers Co-op is doing a kickstarter to expand their Uber alternative thats owned by the drivers. (www.kickstarter.com)

I remember seeing this app a couple months ago and being excited about a team finally doing this. They’ve been available in New York City for a while and now they’re trying to raise money to expand to more places. Hopefully they open source the app\server in the future since it would be great to have more co-op apps for the...

Famous Sycamore Gap tree at Hadrian’s Wall found cut down (www.theguardian.com)

Police investigating after former tree of the year winner, estimated to be several hundred years old, felled...

Why the end of federal child care funding matters — whether or not you have young kids (www.nbcnews.com)

Food Delivery Robots Are Feeding Camera Footage to the LAPD, Internal Emails Show (www.404media.co)

fxsync-docker: Self host the new Firefox sync server (github.com)

This repository is holding a working docker-compose setup for documentation pourpuses because syncstorage-rs’s documentation is not very good to explain how to self host the new rust syncserver....

Canadian Air Force Investigating After Fighter Jet Uses Call Sign ‘DICK69' (themessenger.com)

Threads is struggling to retain users — but it could still catch up to X (www.theverge.com)

New Orleans braces for drinking water emergency from drought-stricken Mississippi River (www.nbcnews.com)

Officials in Louisiana are in a race against time as salt water from the Gulf of Mexico threatens drinking water supplies in New Orleans and its surrounding areas because of unusually low levels in the drought-addled Mississippi River....

Before Jan. 6, the FBI predicted extremists would be 'very willing to take action' over a 2020 election dispute (www.nbcnews.com)

An FBI “red cell” report predicted that law enforcement action and a “lack of coordination” between groups would prevent widespread violence in response to a disputed election....

I bet I will (sh.itjust.works)

Return to the office? These workers quit instead. (news.yahoo.com)

Return to the office? These workers quit instead.::When Rowan Rosenthal heard about Grindr’s return-to-office mandate during a virtual town hall meeting in August, anxiety, confusion and anger set in. The principal product designer lived within a 25-minute bike ride from the company’s Brooklyn office but instead was required...