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Official history of the world (web.archive.org)

One of my back teeth is aching at the moment (literature.cafe)

Windows 12 is likely to debut in the second half of 2024 with AI-focused features (www.gizmochina.com)

AI Doomerism: Intelligence Is Not Enough -- “The lack of arms and legs becomes really load-bearing when you want to kill all humans.” (thenewstack.io)

Apple responds to the Beeper iMessage saga: ‘We took steps to protect our users’ (www.theverge.com)

Apple responds to the Beeper iMessage saga: ‘We took steps to protect our users’::Beeper, like Sunbird and Texts, sought to find a way to bring iMessage to Android users. Its app, Beeper Mini, worked well. But a few days after it launched, Apple took steps to shut it down.

Assuming the earth is flat, how many people are part of the conspiracy

Just a thought experiment, let’s say the earth is flat, looks like many professionals would know, including...

Popular gay YouTuber deletes online presence after video accuses him of rampant plagiarism (www.lgbtqnation.com)

James Somerton was making $170,000 a year with nearly 6 million views and 267,000 subscribers on YouTube, until...

An open-source, cross-platform terminal for seamless workflows (waveterm.dev)

Render anything inline. Save sessions and history. Powered by open web standards....

Bill Gates feels Generative AI has plateaued, says GPT-5 will not be any better (indianexpress.com)

Bill Gates feels Generative AI has plateaued, says GPT-5 will not be any better::The billionaire philanthropist in an interview with German newspaper Handelsblatt, shared his thoughts on Artificial general intelligence, climate change, and the scope of AI in the future.

Ajit Pai Elected To Public Television Board Of Trustees (indiawest.com)

Pai, who chaired the FCC from 2017 to 2021, during the Donald Trump administration and was often derided online mostly for undoing the net neutrality rules, is now a partner at Searchlight Capital Partners, a global investment firm....

Google caught placing big-brand ads on hardcore porn sites, report says (arstechnica.com)

A Googler who just resigned after 18 years reflects on the decline of the company he loved (ln.hixie.ch)

What a ripoff! (lemmy.world)

Beware imposters... (i.chzbgr.com)

I'm so sick of dinky shitty devices with garbage rechargeable batteries

you always have to manage a million different cables for each one, and they all suck. why can’t we just use AAA batteries instead of these shitty lithium ones? it’s so fucking frustrating. where can I find gadgets that work while plugged in, or at least don’t need to be recharged every two fucking days?

Internet providers say the FCC should not investigate broadband prices (arstechnica.com)

WhatsApp seems set on introducing ads, but they won't appear in your inbox (www.androidpolice.com)

Best Nova Launcher substitute?

I’m looking for something as close to Nova Launcher as possible.

Advice on helping a loved one through alcoholism?

My fiance has been struggling a lot lately with this and it’s taking a toll on me. I’m doing all I can and all I know how to do but it’s getting really hard and exhausting to deal with the constant cycle of abuse and then apology and then abuse and then apology over and over and over again for months. Usually day by day. I...