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Ultraviolet light can kill almost all the viruses in a room. Why isn’t it everywhere? (www.vox.com)

Ultraviolet light can kill almost all the viruses in a room. Why isn’t it everywhere?::Can special lightbulbs end the next pandemic before it starts?

Meta admits using pirated books to train AI, but won't pay for it (www.techspot.com)

Australia bans Nazi salute, swastika, other hate symbols in public as antisemitism spikes (www.cbsnews.com)

Australian lawmakers have banned the performance of the Nazi salute in public and outlawed the display or sale of Nazi hate symbols such as the swastika in landmark legislation that went into effect in the country Monday. The new laws also make the act of glorifying OR praising acts of terrorism a criminal offense....

Moderna’s mRNA cancer vaccine works even better than thought (www.freethink.com)

Hackers steal NFTs worth millions. In other news, NFTs worth millions. (www.theblock.co)

The way I read the article, the “worth millions” is the sum of the ransom demand....

Applesauce pouches may have been contaminated on purpose, FDA foods chief says (www.politico.com)

Tainted cinnamon applesauce pouches that have sickened scores of children in the U.S. may have been purposefully contaminated with lead, according to FDA’s Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods Jim Jones....

How did Lemmy World become the default instance?

World was already the biggest by far when I first started lurking back in July, and it’s just getting more dominant. Before, there was quite some diversity in the distribution of generic communities, but nowadays the vast majority of posts that reach the top are from over there....

Elon Musk calls strikes ‘insane’ as Swedish workers take on Tesla (www.theguardian.com)

Elon Musk has decried a wave of “insane” strikes focused on Tesla workshops in Sweden, as workers target the US electric car manufacturer in a strike calling for collective bargaining rights....

Don't be a no-poster (sh.itjust.works)

8GB RAM in M3 MacBook Pro Proves the Bottleneck in Real-World Tests (www.macrumors.com)

8GB RAM in M3 MacBook Pro Proves the Bottleneck in Real-World Tests::Apple’s new MacBook Pro models are powered by cutting-edge M3 Apple silicon, but the base configuration 14-inch model starting at $1,599…

and where did that bring you? (lemmy.ml)

Back to Ted

Ok Lemmy Rorschach test time. Tell me what you see. (lemmy.world)

A good fantasy book? you know, wizards, dragons, princesses, that kind of stuff

Well I’m craving something in this genre but I’m a bit overwhelmed and underwhelmed at the same time. So many titles and yet I’m not sure what to read. Maybe you can help?...

Linux vs Windows tested in 10 games - Linux 17% faster on Average (video.hardlimit.com)

Linux vs Windows tested in 10 games - Linux 17% faster on Average::Computers, hardware, software and gaming in Spanish and English

Funtastic 😅 (endlesstalk.org)

do you think the framework laptop is a good long term investment? (frame.work)

m.youtube.com/watch?v=u01AbiCn_Nwmental outlaw video:...

Shani Louk is still alive, mother reveals (www.newsweek.com)

The mother of Shani Louk, a 22-year-old German national believed to have been kidnapped by Hamas fighters during the militant group’s surprise attack on Israel on Saturday, said on Tuesday that her daughter is alive....

Cyberpunk runs 30% faster on linux than on windows 11 (m.youtube.com)

The YouTube channel “Maximum Fury” conducted a technical test of the new Cyberpunk add-on called “Phantom Liberty” on an older AMD hardware system, testing it separately on Linux and Windows 11. The Linux system, specifically the Fedora distribution called Nobara, performed significantly better, delivering 31% more...

California fast food workers to get $20 minimum wage under new deal between labor and the industry (www.kcra.com)

Phoenix breaks heat record as city hits 110F for the 54th consecutive day (www.theguardian.com)

Saturday’s temperature had triggered an excessive heat warning across Arizona as lows were expected to range between 80F and 86F...

Do younger people go home earlier now? Or go out less? Is it since COVID?

Someone asked a question about how frequently young people have time to socialize and it made me think about what people do with their evenings. I recently asked my son to go to a concert (free ticket to see a band i know he likes) and he declined because it was an hour away on a weeknight. If we invite our kids or niece/nephew...