TIL Bob Barker was an enrolled member of the Sioux Tribe and grew up on a reservation in South Dakota (en.wikipedia.org)
Europe is cracking down on Big Tech. This is what will change when you sign on (techxplore.com)
Europe is cracking down on Big Tech. This is what will change when you sign on::Starting Friday, Europeans will see their online life change.
Climate change: Thousands of penguins die in Antarctic ice breakup (www.bbc.com)
Vast numbers of emperor penguin chicks drown as sea-ice melts and collapses underneath them.
NSA Orders Employees to Spy “With Dignity and Respect” (theintercept.com)
NSA Orders Employees to Spy “With Dignity and Respect”::In a new directive, the head of the notoriously invasive NSA ordered employees to spy on the world with “with dignity and respect”
Friday night fun (feddit.uk)
Starfield will serve as the "starting gun" for additional first-party releases, Xbox says (www.gamescensor.com)
The riverbank booksellers of Paris refuse to move for the 2024 Summer Olympics (english.elpais.com)
Wagner Group commander Dmitry Utkin was on plane that crashed north of Moscow, Russian civil aviation authority says (news.sky.com)
TIL The average POTUS has been charged with two felonies. (thepoliticswatcher.com)
Burning Man, tech bros' favorite party, is in jeopardy because of Tropical Storm Hilary (www.businessinsider.com)
Burning Man, the festival beloved by Silicon Valley’s elite, is at risk of quenched by Tropical Storm Hilary....
Canada demands Meta lift news ban to allow wildfire info sharing (www.reuters.com)
Angry Birds developer Rovio got acquired by Sega (toucharcade.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/3377932
Silent Film Gifs - A place to share your favourite silent film gifs. (lemmy.world)
https://lemmy.world/c/silentfilmgifs...
One surviving Reddit app plans to charge based on how much you use it (www.theverge.com)
Judge rules Florida law banning some Chinese property purchases can be enforced (apnews.com)
new law that bans citizens of China and some other countries from purchasing property in large swaths of Florida can be enforced while being challenged in court, a federal judge ruled Thursday....
Google will soon remind you to clean your filthy Pixel Buds (9to5google.com)
‘Z-Library ‘Fugitives’ Should Be Brought to Trial in The United States’. (torrentfreak.com)
Mexico Demands Texas Remove Floating Barrier of Buoys with Saw Blades in Rio Grande (www.democracynow.org)
Revealed: Hawaii official refused to release water for Maui fires until it was too late (www.rawstory.com)
The fight over water is nothing new on Maui. But the impact on the county’s ability to battle fires is coming clear....
‘Flying Aliens’ Harassing Village in Peru Are Actually Illegal Miners With Jetpacks, Cops Say (www.vice.com)
More states expect schools to keep trans girls off girls teams as K-12 classes resume (apnews.com)
As children across the U.S. head back to classes and practices for fall sports, four more states are expecting their K-12 schools to keep transgender girls off their girls teams....
Kremlin blames loose monetary policy as rouble slides past 101 vs dollar. (www.reuters.com)
President Vladimir Putin’s economic adviser rebuked the central bank on Monday as the rouble slid past 101 per U.S. dollar, blaming its 30% year-to-date slump on loose monetary policy and revealing growing discord among Russia’s monetary authorities.
Hawaii has a robust emergency siren warning system. It sat silent during the deadly wildfires (www.cnn.com)
Hawaii has a robust emergency siren warning system. It sat silent during the deadly wildfires::Some Maui residents are questioning the effectiveness of the emergency warning system employed as the wildfires spread rapidly across Lahaina and other parts on Tuesday. Hawaii’s attorney general is leading a review of the emergency...
Anti-magnetizing-vaccine doctor loses medical license (arstechnica.com)
Serves her right.
EU blindsided by ‘spectacular’ solar rollout (www.politico.eu)
Large majority of EU countries will hit 2030 solar targets ahead of schedule, according to new data.
