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America Is Missing Out on the Best Electric Cars: Whatever kind of EV you might want, chances are China has it. (www.theatlantic.com)

Gen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents do. The generation that grew up with the internet isn’t invulnerable to becoming the victim of online hackers and scammers. (www.vox.com)

Gen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents do. The generation that grew up with the internet isn’t invulnerable to becoming the victim of online hackers and scammers.::undefined

Your next Windows PC may need at least 16GB of RAM (www.ghacks.net)

Trump Demands Total Presidential Immunity -- Even for Acts That 'Cross the Line' (www.rollingstone.com)

The former president has made clear once again that he believes the office should have absolute power...

Up to 10 hospital patients in Oregon died from tap water injections instead of fentanyl: report (www.businessinsider.com)

Inside sources within Asante have since disclosed details surrounding the reported deaths, per NBC5 News. It is alleged that up to 10 patients died of infections contracted at the hospital....

New Zealand granny fined US$1,995 for bringing chicken sandwich into Australia (www.scmp.com)

Meta given 30 days to cease using the name Threads by company that trademarked it 11 years ago (www.techspot.com)

Meta given 30 days to cease using the name Threads by company that trademarked it 11 years ago::undefined

Meet Nightshade, the new tool allowing artists to ‘poison’ AI models with corrupted training data (venturebeat.com)

Israel says no exceptions to Gaza siege unless hostages freed (www.reuters.com)

The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion - 02-10-2023 (lemmy.world)

Have you been spending hours trying to pass a level? Or maybe you are completely addicted to a newly bought game. Do you have a question about a game or would like to share something else? In the Weekly Discussion Thread, you can do it all!...

You can no longer activate new Windows 11 builds with Windows 7 or 8 keys; maybe last chance to activate using Windows 7 or 8 keys, for 22H2. (www.neowin.net)

The Chandrayaan-3 mission has successfully landed on the Moon’s south pole (www.theverge.com)

[DISCUSS] IBM using LLMs to convert COBOL to Java (techcrunch.com)

It’s not the 1st time a language/tool will be lost to the annals of the job market, eg VB6 or FoxPro. Though previously all such cases used to happen gradually, giving most people enough time to adapt to the changes....

This is the $300 Android phone to beat in 2023 - and it even has a stylus (www.zdnet.com)

Be wary of spiteful Reddit users (kbin.social)

In the past week and a half, I've noticed Reddit behaviors starting to try and poison all of the places that people are taking refuge in to get away from the toxicity, myself included. They've started to DDoS Lemmy for a while, which is a Reddit thing to do and what they're notorious of doing whenever they feel they don't like...

'Zionist-free zone': Israelis are increasingly unwanted at global tourism sites (www.haaretz.com)

From a hotel in Kyoto to a sandwich joint in Edinburgh, the world is becoming hostile toward Israelis who are learning that a vacation won’t shield them from the Gaza war....

Washington man arrested after fatally shooting teen who had BB gun (www.usatoday.com)

Myers, who says he’s a licensed security guard, was sitting in his car Wednesday to conduct “overwatch” while his son trains because “he has seen numerous crimes occur” in the parking lot, according to the probable cause statement....