South Korea has jailed a man for using AI to create sexual images of children in a first for country's courts (edition.cnn.com)
Open source community figures out problems with performance in Starfield (www.destructoid.com)
According to Hans-Kristian Arntzen, a prominent open-source developer working on Vkd3d, a DirectX 12 to Vulkan translation layer, Starfield is not interacting properly with graphics card drivers.
Linux 6.6 To Better Protect Against The Illicit Behavior Of NVIDIA's Proprietary Driver (www.phoronix.com)
Luis Chamberlain sent out the modules changes today for the Linux 6.6 merge window. Most notable with the modules update is a change that better builds up the defenses against NVIDIA’s proprietary kernel driver from using GPL-only symbols. Or in other words, bits that only true open-source drivers should be utilizing and not...
Elon Musk appearance at Valorant Champions tournament met with boos, crowd chanting 'Bring back Twitter' (www.pcgamer.com)
Well well well, if it isn't the consequences of my own actions.
Threads is automatically hiding comments that mention Pixelfed (mastodon.social)
For anyone wondering if Threads and Facebook at large will be a fine neighbor in the space and compatible with other apps/services in the fediverse: they’re already automatically hiding comments that mention Pixelfed mastodon.social/
‘The Movement to Convince Biden to Not Run Is Real’ (www.politico.com)
One House Democrat said he spoke for others in the wake of the president’s stunningly feeble debate performance on Thursday: “The movement to convince Biden to not run is real.”...
Why Charging Your Gadgets Over 80% Is Such a Bad Idea | iFixit News (www.ifixit.com)
Windows 11 24H2 goes from “unsupported” to “unbootable” on some older PCs (arstechnica.com)
Ending support for Windows 10 could send 240 million computers to the landfill. Why not install Linux on them? (gadgettendency.com)
With support ending for Windows 10, the most popular desktop operating system in the world currently, possibly 240 million pcs may be sent to the landfill. This is mostly due to Windows 11’s exorbitant requirements. This will most likely result in many pcs being immediately outdated, and prone to viruses. GNU/Linux may be...
Company tells employees to run miles each month if they want their bonuses (www.techspot.com)
It’s an Absolutely Terrifying Night in Gaza Right Now (www.yahoo.com)
Some people, communicating via satellite phones, have described the attack as the “heaviest bombardment yet,” according to independent journalist Sharif Kouddous....
Apple users bash new iPhone 15: ‘Innovation died with Steve Jobs’ (nypost.com)
Apple users bash new iPhone 15: ‘Innovation died with Steve Jobs’::Smart phone fans are griping about Apple’s new devices since the arguably anti-climactic announcement of the forthcoming iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus on Tuesday.
It’s not just boomers, young people are voting far right too (www.politico.eu)
Ahead of the European election, striking data shows where Gen Z and millennials’ allegiances lie....
Systemd wants to expand to include a sudo replacement (outpost.fosspost.org)
Threads is officially starting to test ActivityPub integration (www.theverge.com)
Jon Stewart’s Apple TV Plus show ends, reportedly over coverage of AI and China (www.theverge.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/6745228...
USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversible (www.pcgamer.com)
TIL the US is the only rich country offering no national paid parental leave (www.bbc.com)
Twitter now blocking all DMs from non-Twitter Blue subscribers by default (mashable.com)
Self-Driving Tesla Nearly Hits Oncoming Train, Raises New Concern On Car's Safety (lemmy.zip)
Craig Doty II, a Tesla owner, narrowly avoided a collision after his vehicle, in Full Self-Driving (FSD) mode, allegedly steered towards an oncoming train....
Nuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C for a record-breaking 48 seconds (www.livescience.com)
48 seconds. I predict a glut of helium. balloons for everyone
Texas Superintendent Defends Suspending Black Student Over Locs Hairstyle in Full-Page Ad: ‘Being American Requires Conformity' (themessenger.com)
A full-page newspaper defends the punishment high school student Darryl George has faced over his hairstyle.
US approves potential $500m sale of military equipment to Taiwan (www.aljazeera.com)
Linux Desktop Share keeps increasing, 3.13% now. Narrowing the gap to ChromeOs 3.24% (gs.statcounter.com)
Iran launches drone attack against Israel as Biden rushes to White House (www.theguardian.com)
Iran said it launched dozens of drones and ballistic missiles towards Israel on Saturday in a major attack following days of acute tension building up in the region and warnings from the US and elsewhere about a wider conflict erupting....
