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You aren’t imagining things — drivers are more distracted by their phones than ever (www.vox.com)

During the pandemic, distracted driving increased, and it hasn’t gone down since....

Russian troops raped and tortured children in Ukraine, U.N. panel says (www.nbcnews.com)

The findings by the United Nations experts are the latest allegations of war crimes against Russia since its invasion of Ukraine....

Was the allegations against michael jackson ever proven right or wrong ?

Do explain your answers answers much as you can. Like which of the ones were proved right/wrong , how did it come to be .etc.etc.

Air Canada must pay damages after chatbot lies to grieving passenger about discount – Airline tried arguing virtual assistant was solely responsible for its own actions (www.theregister.com)

As requested (lemmy.today)

Beginner questions: VPN safe enough? How to use all these tools?

Hi, I’d like to set the sails due to being frustrated with streaming services, but I have some questions beforehand. I hope, you can help me with that, since lurking and reading the Megathread/Wiki didn’t really answer my questions. Thanks for your help....

Microsoft's Bitlocker & TPM encryption combo defeated with a $10 Raspberry Pi (www.pcgamer.com)

Microsoft’s Bitlocker & TPM encryption combo defeated with a $10 Raspberry Pi::The point of Microsoft’s Bitlocker security feature is to protect personal data stored locally on devices and particularly when those devices are lost or otherwise physically compromised. With Bi

Xbox is still committed to making consoles, says boss Phil Spencer (www.eurogamer.net)

Skiff, the private email provider has been acquired by Notion. It is set to shut down its services after 6 months. (skiff.com)

All skiff users have received a mail in this regard and Skiff has also tweeted about the same.

My jaw hit the floor when I watched an AI master one of the world's toughest physical games in just six hours (www.techradar.com)

'YOLO spenders' have created a 'super-duper' credit bubble in the US economy, top economist David Rosenberg says (www.businessinsider.com)

Cargo train locomotive derails in Colorado, spilling 100s of gallons of diesel (apnews.com)

The locomotive of a cargo train derailed in northern Colorado early Wednesday, spilling hundreds of gallons of diesel, authorities said....

Is she into me? I really just can't tell.

I am sorry, but this is a long one....

'Category 5' was considered the worst hurricane. There's something scarier, study says. (www.usatoday.com)

AI chatbots tend to choose violence and nuclear strikes in wargames (www.newscientist.com)

Did nobody really question the usability of language models in designing war strategies?

What’s Usenet and how can I access it with modern hardware (phones/laptops)?

Pretty much the question. I heard about Usenet a while back but never managed to wrap my head around it.

U.S. launches retaliatory strikes in Iraq and Syria in response to Jordan drone attack (www.nbcnews.com)

Israel accuses Australia of forgetting ‘Hamas’s culpability’ for Gaza war as ministers consider UNRWA funding (www.theguardian.com)

As an Australian, no we didn’t. We just had it put in context. Jews around the world are great people, the Israeli government and the hardline supporters are absolute monsters. I hope the Australian government tells them as much. Israel deserves no support and everything that may happen when it’s withdrawn.