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Threaded has hit the App Store! (apps.apple.com)

Threaded is a very simple Mastodon client, that is meant to look like the newest social media Threads made by Meta Platforms. It integrates perfectly with your Mastodon account, and matches the Threads vibe, while having Mastodon-only features....

Qualcomm hires former AMD ray tracing expert for its GPU team (www.tomshardware.com)

Inside the 'Nightmare' Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town (time.com)

Over the course of several months in 2024, TIME spoke to more than 40 people in the Granbury area who reported a medical ailment that they believe is connected to the arrival of the Bitcoin mine: hypertension, heart palpitations, chest pain, vertigo, tinnitus, migraines, panic attacks. At least 10 people went to urgent care or...

The world’s power grids are failing as the planet warms (www.japantimes.co.jp)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/18013671

Google Maps directions, sheets redesign rolling out on Android (9to5google.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/17574522...

YSK about the studies done about Online Disinhibition (www.sciencedirect.com)

The name of the article is “The Measure of Online Disinhibition (MOD): Assessing perceptions of reductions in restraint in the online environment”...

Armies buy expensive weapons, fishermen make do (sh.itjust.works)

r*ddit

‘Fear of facing students’: South Korea teachers grapple with high rates of abuse and suicide (www.channelnewsasia.com)

Is there a way to know by checking all of the boxes, if it's safe to swim here? (green2.kingcounty.gov)

My friends keep begging me to go swimming at this location. I’ve been told by locals that it’s not a wise decision. I was wondering how I can tell? I don’t think it’s about bacteria, but more there are a ton of boats, planes and former industrial waste in the area. Can I tell from these tests?...

Chinese warships spotted off Alaska coast, US Coast Guard says (www.theguardian.com)

Four Chinese vessels were ‘transiting in international waters but still inside the US exclusive economic zone’...

‘Like an oven’: death at US women’s prison amid heatwave sparks cries for help (www.theguardian.com)

Archived at web.archive.org/…/california-heat-wave-prison-inm…

'Not a hoax!'—Valve writers confirm the official Team Fortress 2 comic will continue, after over 7 years on ice (www.pcgamer.com)

China says its recent threats of the death penalty effects "a very small number" of "diehard" advocates for Taiwanese independence, but others say these laws apply to nearly everyone in Taiwan (www.dw.com)

cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/705089...

New Alzheimer's Nasal Spray Clears Toxic Tangles in Human Neurons And Mice (www.sciencealert.com)

After meeting with Putin in Moscow, Hungary's Orbán brings "peace mission" to Trump at Mar-a-Lago (www.salon.com)

Apple Vision Pro U.S. Sales Are All But Dead, Market Analysts Say (gizmodo.com)

Games on Whales - Stream multiple desktops and games from a single host (games-on-whales.github.io)

After 3 years in the making I’m excited to announce the launch of Games on Whales, an innovative open-source project that revolutionizes virtual desktops and gaming. Our mission is to enable multiple users to stream different content from a single machine, with full HW acceleration and low latency....

Chinese risk perilous journey in search of ‘freedom’ in the United States: “I want to say whatever I want and don’t have to worry about the police knocking on my door.” (www.aljazeera.com)

Many middle-class Chinese trekking to the US are college-educated, have an established career or business in China and know how to use a VPN to avoid official censorship and access the free internet....

US justice department says it disrupted Russian social media influence operation (www.theguardian.com)

Brett Favre is asking an appeals court to reinstate his defamation lawsuit against Shannon Sharpe (apnews.com)

Lawyers for retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to revive a defamation lawsuit Favre filed against a fellow Pro Football Hall of Fame member, former tight end Shannon Sharpe, amid the backdrop of a Mississippi welfare scandal that is one of the state’s largest public corruption cases....

High-ranking corrupt officials in China earn eight to fourteen times their regular salary by profiting from corruption, study based on official data says (www.zew.de)

cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/610385...