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Stories and 10 Years of Telegram (telegram.org)

Today August 23rd, Telegram celebrates its 10th birthday – with our biggest update yet. Over the past decade we’ve built hundreds of new features that are now used by over 800 million people. In this update, we launch Stories – with a unique dual camera mode, granular privacy settings, flexible duration options and much...

all of my firearm knowledge comes from Call of Duty and CS:GO (sh.itjust.works)

Repeated Police Misconduct by 116 Officers Cost Chicago Taxpayers $91.3M Over 3 Years: Analysis (news.wttw.com)

Chicago taxpayers paid $91.3 million to resolve lawsuits that named 116 Chicago police officers whose alleged misconduct led more than once to payouts between 2019 and 2021, according to an analysis of city data by WTTW News....

gluetun: VPN client in a thin Docker container for multiple VPN providers (github.com)

Americans at high risk advised to wear masks as new Covid variant detected (www.theguardian.com)

As authorities revealed that a new Covid-19 variant has been detected in the US, medical experts are emphasizing that high-risk persons resume masking to prevent potentially deadly infection. Warnings from these physicians come amid an ongoing increase in Covid-19 hospitalizations....

Samsung shows system storage correctly in Android 14 (9to5google.com)

cross-posted from !samsung

Meta is shutting down Messenger Lite for Android in September (techcrunch.com)

Meta is retiring Messenger Lite, a simpler version of Messenger aimed at phones with lower-end specs....

In Reversal Because of A.I., Office Jobs Are Now More at Risk (www.nytimes.com)

The American workers who have had their careers upended by automation in recent decades have largely been less educated, especially men working in manufacturing....

Putin breaks silence on Wagner boss Prigozhin’s death (www.reuters.com)

Baldur's Gate 3 will be released on Xbox this year, with split-screen features removed for Series S (www.gamescensor.com)

This S.F. deputy earns $2.2 million in overtime by clocking more than 100 hours a week (www.sfchronicle.com)

For the better part of the last decade, nearly every waking hour of San Francisco Deputy Sheriff Barry Bloom’s life was spent on the clock....

Prigozhin plane crash live updates: Kremlin silent on mercenary chief's fate (www.nbcnews.com)

Google's Dysfunctional AR Division Plans Apple Vision Pro Clone With Samsung (tech.slashdot.org)

UK Ambassador Simmons: ‘People are waking up to understanding of Russia being colonial fascist-leaning country’’ (kyivindependent.com)

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CDC warns not to 'kiss or cuddle your turtle' as salmonella outbreak spreads to 11 states (abcnews.go.com)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned people to not “kiss or cuddle your turtle” after a salmonella outbreak linked to small turtles has sickened at least 26 people across 11 states....

A Christian Crowdfunding Site Has a White-Power Problem (www.rollingstone.com)

The crowdfunding platform preferred by Trump’s alleged co-conspirators is also a hit with neo-Nazis

What we know about the gunman who shot Laura Carleton over Pride flag (www.independent.co.uk)

Suspect tore down Pride flag and hurled homophobic slurs before killing California store owner, say police

Still trying to figure out this Lemmy ordeal. lots of overlapping and not enough specific groups, so I feel this should belong here (lemmy.world)

So I’m struggling to understand all the different types of usb standards like 2.0, 3.1, 3.2, 4.0, etc. I am interested in only USB c to USB c. I’ve read about higher data transfer speeds? I’m confused by what that actually means. Is that like transferring files from your laptop to an external drive? Basically sending files...