Yuzu developers agreed to pay $2.4 million in damages to Nintendo to settle their lawsuit (storage.courtlistener.com)
Everyone in the emulation scene can breathe a sigh of relief.
Measles is a 'heat-seeking missile' experts warn as Florida outbreak grows (www.nbcnews.com)
A seventh case, the first in a child under age 5, follows the state’s controversial surgeon general’s decision to let parents decide whether to quarantine children or keep them in school....
Biden administration cancels student loans of more than 150,000 borrowers under new plan (www.nbcnews.com)
How far can cities go to clear homeless camps? The U.S. Supreme Court will decide (wamu.org)
In April, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a major case that could reshape how cities manage homelessness. The legal issue is whether they can fine or arrest people for sleeping outside if there’s no shelter available. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has deemed this cruel and unusual punishment, and this case is a...
Car insurance prices surge (www.newsweek.com)
Car insurance rates are surging as Americans struggle to pay for basic necessities and ongoing debt....
Zendaya's original dress (feddit.it)
I knew I already saw that…
Want to watch porn in Britain? Get your passport ready (www.politico.eu)
Bridgy Fed, a bridge between the Fediverse and other protocols such as BlueSky, is using an opt-out model and that raises a lot of discussion (github.com)
Github ticket: github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/835
Senators release $118 billion package pairing border policy with aid for Ukraine and Israel (www.pbs.org)
Senators on Sunday released a highly anticipated $118 billion package that pairs border enforcement policy with wartime aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies, setting off a long-shot effort to push the bill through heavy skepticism from Republicans, including House Speaker Mike Johnson....
What Meta’s Fediverse Plans Mean for Threads Users (www.wired.com)
Meta is treading carefully, doing a phased implementation while continuing conversations with Fediverse leaders. This will give the company more time to iron out some of the integration kinks. “Do we adapt the protocol to be able to support this?” Lambert asks. “Or do we try to do some kind of interesting, unique...
Musk says Tesla will hold shareholder vote ‘immediately’ to move company’s incorporation to Texas (www.forbes.com.au)
Musk says Tesla will hold shareholder vote ‘immediately’ to move company’s incorporation to Texas::Billionaire Elon Musk justified the decision on the results of an unscientific poll run on his X account a day earlier.
PC gaming's many launchers, reviewed for 2024: Steam still puts the rest to shame (www.pcgamer.com)
HP CEO Says They Brick Printers That Use Third-Party Ink Because of … Hackers (www.wired.com)
HP CEO Says They Brick Printers That Use Third-Party Ink Because of … Hackers::The company says it wants to protect you from “viruses.” Experts are skeptical.
Netflix is turning into cable TV (www.theverge.com)
Netflix is turning into cable TV::After the loss of behind-the-scenes talent and the acquisition of rights to WWE, Netflix is starting to feel more and more like basic cable.
Roguelike vs Roguelite - what's the difference? (whatnerd.com)
My takeaway is that it’s only original Rogue fans that care about the delineation of the terms. Is there a modern (i.e. post 2000s game) that matches the definition of a roguelike as given in the article?
As folks freeze to death in Milwaukee, Ohio pastor charged for offering shelter (www.jsonline.com)
Putin Orders Hunt for Property of Russian Empire, Soviet Union (www.bloomberg.com)
Vladimir Putin is going on a property hunt, ordering officials to find Russian assets that once belonged to its former empire or were owned by the Soviet Union....
Biden says air strikes against Houthis in Yemen will continue (www.bbc.com)
US President Joe Biden has said that attacks on the Houthis will continue even as he acknowledged that the group have not stopped their Red Sea attacks....
Biden administration demands Texas immediately stop blocking Border Patrol access (www.cnn.com)
It's a mystery (lemmy.ml)
Trump: Civil War didn't need to happen, could have been "negotiated" (boingboing.net)
Germany mulls reintroduction of compulsory military service (www.dw.com)
At the end of October, the Bundeswehr said it counted 181,383 soldiers in its ranks — that’s still some distance from the target of 203,000 that the German military hopes to reach by 2025. This has given rise to concern in times of Russia’s war against Ukraine, which has once again reminded Germans how quickly conflicts...