Police in China rescue over 1,000 cats from being slaughtered and sold as mutton, pork (www.straitstimes.com)
Meta is promoting Threads posts on Facebook and there’s no way to opt out (www.engadget.com)
Meta is starting to ramp up its growth-hacking tactics for Threads in a bid to boost engagement on the Twitter competitor.
The best Android phone to buy in 2023 - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
Netflix confirms it is increasing subscription prices, again, after adding 8.8 million customers (www.techspot.com)
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My new favourite password manager (keepass.info)
I’ve always hated the idea of using a subscription/cloud hosting for password management. I feel like I should have a LOT more control over that stuff and I don’t really want to hand all my keys over to a company....
Grisham, Martin join authors suing OpenAI: “There is nothing fair about this” (arstechnica.com)
Yesterday, popular authors including John Grisham, Jonathan Franzen, George R.R. Martin, Jodi Picoult, and George Saunders joined the Authors Guild in suing OpenAI, alleging that training the company’s large language models (LLMs) used to power AI tools like ChatGPT on pirated versions of their books violates copyright laws...
Meta is bolstering perks like happy hours and company swag as it pushes staff to return to office, despite its 'year of efficiency' (www.businessinsider.com)
Meta is bolstering perks like happy hours and company swag as it pushes staff to return to office, despite its ‘year of efficiency’::The company has revived a number of employee perks, according to Bloomberg, including branded t-shirts, laundry services, and free haircuts.
Sony raising PS Plus pricing by 33% (www.pushsquare.com)
Tier Original Pricing. New Pricing...
Return-to-office orders look like a way for elite, work-obsessed CEOs to grab power back from employees (www.businessinsider.com)
White-collar workers temporarily enjoyed unprecedented power during the pandemic to decide where and how they worked.
Growing share of Americans favor more nuclear power (www.pewresearch.org)
When asked about the federal government’s role, 41% of Americans say it should encourage the production of nuclear power....
'Near Collisions' of Commercial Jets Happen All the Time: FAA Records (gizmodo.com)
Google threatened tech influencers unless they ‘preferred’ the Pixel (www.theverge.com)
Disney creates best argument for piracy in a century. (odysee.com)
Elon Musk draws fire for playing down impact of America’s atomic bombing of Japan: ‘Not as scary as people think’ (www.independent.co.uk)
Elon and Trump make the worst possible argument for nuclear power I have ever heard:...
Biden, Harris head to Situation Room as Iran threatens attack on Israel (thehill.com)
RFK Jr admits to dumping bear carcass in New York's Central Park (www.bbc.com)
Independent presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr has posted a video on social media in which he admits that he dumped a dead bear cub in New York City’s Central Park in 2014....
No Man’s Sky soars again as new update prompts biggest discount yet (www.pcgamesn.com)
Nancy Pelosi's Portfolio Returned Over 700% In a Decade (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
According to the alternative data platform Quiver Quantitative, replicating Nancy Pelosi’s stock trades would have yielded returns exceeding 720% since May 2014.
These queer farmers and ranchers are boycotting Tractor Supply and want you to join them (www.advocate.com)
Singer sues hospital, says staff thought he was mentally ill and wasn't member of Four Tops (apnews.com)
The lead singer of the Four Tops said a Detroit-area hospital restrained him and ordered a psychological exam after refusing to believe that he was part of the Motown music group....
Chiquita found liable for financing paramilitary group (www.cnn.com)
Why Is the World Ignoring a Looming Genocide in Sudan? (foreignpolicy.com)
Aid workers fear a new disaster as militia forces close in on a major Darfur city....
Piracy (sh.itjust.works)
IGN immediately lays off every non-UK person at their newly bought sites, including some key members like deputy editor Alice Bell (aftermath.site)
Welp, this didn’t take long....
Four US daycare workers charged with spiking children’s food with melatonin (www.theguardian.com)
Four New Hampshire daycare employees allegedly spiked children’s food with the sleep supplement melatonin and were arrested on Thursday....
