Evan Prodromou, co-author of ActivityPub (the protocol of the fediverse) was hospitalized 4 weeks ago after getting hit by a truck and is slowly recovering (evanp.me)
Tasks.md: 2.4.0 released (github.com)
Hey guys, version 2.4.0 of Tasks.md was just released. The biggest change is the improved drag-and-drop experience, which feels much better to use. For touch devices it was fully overhauled, since it was not really working before (which is embarrassing tbh). You can see below a comparison between the previous version and the...
Sam Altman urges formation of US-led AI freedom coalition • The Register (www.theregister.com)
This guy! 😮💨
Millions are trying FDA-authorized alternatives to Big Pharma’s weight loss drugs. (virginiamercury.com)
Author left the job (sh.itjust.works)
How ordinary failure could have a seismic effect on an industrial giant (www.bbc.com)
Earlier this year, a Boeing aircraft’s door plug fell out in flight – all because crucial bolts were missing. The incident shows why simple failures like this are often a sign of larger problems, says John Downer.
CrowdStrike offers a $10 apology gift card to say sorry for outage | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity firm that crashed millions of computers with a botched update all over the world last week, is offering its partners a $10 Uber Eats gift card as an apology, according to several peoplewho say they received the gift card, as well as a source who also received one....
I spoke with Llama 3.1-405B (medium.com)
How a North Korean Fake IT Worker Tried to Infiltrate Security Awareness Firm KnowBe4 (blog.knowbe4.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/1094761...
Trump’s Sons Keep Falsely Blaming Democrats for the Assassination Attempt (www.motherjones.com)
Asus’ new ROG Ally software is broken. The brand new ACSE 1.5 software is entering a never ending install loop, but thankfully some ROG Ally owners have figured out a fix [also here in comments] (www.pcgamesn.com)
Find the Armoury Crate SE shortcut on the Windows desktop...
Will you pay for satellite features? (www.androidauthority.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/17858715...
The American dream is over: Why some first-generation Gen Zers are moving abroad (www.nbcnews.com)
How fast can a human possibly run 100 meters? (answer: about 7 seconds) (bigthink.com)
Nipah virus: Kerala state issues alert after 14-year-old dies (www.bbc.com)
Health authorities in India’s Kerala state have issued an alert after a 14-year-old boy died of the Nipah virus....
Biden to 'Stand Down'; Will Address Nation Later This Week. (www.commondreams.org)
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Bethesda Officially Becomes the First Microsoft Game Studio to Fully Unionize - IGN (www.ign.com)
To Fix CrowdStrike Blue Screen of Death Simply Reboot 15 Straight Times, Microsoft Says (www.404media.co)
Businesses are harvesting our biometric data. We need new protections (thenextweb.com)
These days, our biometric data is valuable to businesses for security purposes, to enhance customer experience or to improve their own efficiency....
HMD Skyline arrives with Nokia N9-reminiscent design and easy repairability (m.gsmarena.com)
Highly infectious poliovirus found in Gaza sewage samples (www.theguardian.com)
FCC closes “final loopholes” that keep prison phone prices exorbitantly high (arstechnica.com)
FCC wasn’t able to cap intrastate prices until Congress granted new authority....
Water (lemmy.world)
Russian anger builds as Greece prepares a military deal with Ukraine (www.aljazeera.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/846586...
Baldur's Gate 3 - Community Update #28 Closed Beta (store.steampowered.com)
Coming to you this September, Patch 7 rolls out the perfect escape with split screen updates, brand new cinematics for evil endings, plenty of bug fixes, plus our official modding toolkit which we talked more about in our last Community Update!
