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Microsoft completes Activision Blizzard acquisition, Call of Duty now part of Xbox (www.theverge.com)

Why BBC doesn't call Hamas militants 'terrorists' - John Simpson (www.bbc.com)

Terrorism is a loaded word, which people use about an outfit they disapprove of morally. It’s simply not the BBC’s job to tell people who to support and who to condemn - who are the good guys and who are the bad guys....

‘Archer’s’ Final Mission: Sterling and His Frenemies Sign Off After 142 Episodes of Awful Behavior. We Will Miss Them. (variety.com)

I first heard about FX’s “Archer” in the ready room of VAQ-135, a navy squadron who were serving an interminable deployment aboard an aircraft carrier somewhere near Midway Island. (This sounds very much like a humblebrag that Sterling Archer would obnoxiously drop into conversation). It was 2010, and the pilots had lost...

Ex-Human Rights Watch chief - Israel violating humanitarian law in Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)

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'Too dangerous:' Why even Google was afraid to release this technology (www.npr.org)

A startup called PimEyes allows anyone to identify a stranger within seconds with just a photo of the person's face. The technology has alarmed privacy advocates worldwide.

"Fair" coin flips appear to not be all that fair (arxiv.org)

The paper shows some significant evidence that human coin flips are not as fair as I would have expected (plus probably a bunch of people would agree with me). There’s always some probability that this happened by chance, but this is pretty low....

Undersea pipeline damage appears to be deliberate, says Finland (www.theguardian.com)

EndeavourOS Moving to KDE Plasma by Default (endeavouros.com)

EndeavourOS is moving to KDE Plasma for its live environment and offline installer from Xfce. You’ll hear no complaints from me!

At Least 600 Israelis Killed, 2,000 Wounded as Surprise Infiltration, Massive Barrages Rock Israel; Civilians and Soldiers Held Hostage in Gaza (www.haaretz.com)

Former soldier searched Google, Reddit for spying tips, prosecutors say — Investigators say they found a document on the man's computer titled: “Important Information to Share with Chinese Governme... (taskandpurpose.com)

Former soldier searched Google, Reddit for spying tips, prosecutors say — Investigators say they found a document on the man’s computer titled: “Important Information to Share with Chinese Governme…::A document titled “Important Information to Share with Chinese Government" was allegedly found on the former soldier’s...

Android Auto bug removes the navigation bar which is, you know, pretty important (9to5google.com)

The Age of Social Media Is Changing and Entering a Less Toxic Era (www.businessinsider.com)

Musk refused to testify in Twitter stock probe — After being sued by SEC, says he wants US regulators to be punished (arstechnica.com)

Musk refused to testify in Twitter stock probe — After being sued by SEC, says he wants US regulators to be punished::After being sued by SEC, Musk says he wants US regulators to be punished.

Driverless Cruise car runs over woman hit by another driver (www.theregister.com)

Victim in critical condition

Google launches Android 14, rolling out today to Pixel (9to5google.com)

Meta Plans to Charge $14 a Month for Ad-Free Instagram or Facebook (www.wsj.com)

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Exclusive: Meta to lay off employees in metaverse silicon unit on Wednesday (www.reuters.com)

Jony Ive and OpenAI CEO Raise $1B to Design the 'iPhone of AI' (gizmodo.com)

Plan is to reinvent the smartphone with AI, in the same way the touchscreen on the iPhone reinvented the smartphone....

You have a organizational identity right? (lemmy.zip)

This Sims 2 ad from 2002 (lemmings.world)

Bank that handles Infowars money appears to be cutting ties with Alex Jones’ company, lawyer says (apnews.com)

A bank recently shut down the accounts of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ media company, citing unauthorized transactions — a move that caused panic at the business when its balances suddenly dropped from more than $2 million to zero, according to a lawyer for the company....

Epic Games Is Cutting About 900 Jobs, or 16% of Staff (www.bloomberg.com)

Ukrainian children as young as 4 months old are being forcibly taken to Russia. Officials don't know what is happening to them. (www.businessinsider.com)

cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/3977938...

Russia, China, Iran state media see boost on X after removal of ‘state-affiliated’ labels (thehill.com)

The accounts of several Russian, Chinese and Iranian state media outlets saw a 70 percent increase in engagement on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, after it removed labels identifying them as “state-affiliated,” according to a new report released Tuesday....