Desperate TikTok lobbying effort backfires on Capitol Hill (www.bbc.com)
Rupert Murdoch engaged, at 92, for 6th time, to Roman Abramovich's former mother-in-law (abcnews.go.com)
Yeah... 😬 (sh.itjust.works)
China drops 'peaceful reunification' reference to Taiwan (www.reuters.com)
China will boost its defence spending by 7.2% this year, fuelling a military budget that has more than doubled under President Xi Jinping’s 11 years in office as Beijing hardens its stance on Taiwan, according to official reports on Tuesday....
Meta platforms are down (www.theverge.com)
The Meta owned platforms are down, forcing some users to log out. Some dispaly error messages.
In Indonesia, Women Pirate More Music and Movies Than Men (torrentfreak.com)
Do you find yourself residing in bygone days? (slrpnk.net)
Burger chain Wendy's looking to test surge pricing at restaurants as early as next year (apnews.com)
Wendy's Is Introducing Uber-Style 'Surge Pricing' (www.foodandwine.com)
About federation with Threads: how is it possible that lemmy.world is federated? (lemmy.world)
Hi everyone, I’m one of the administrators of the Lemmy feddit.it instance - my nick is @[email protected]...
Stop the threats and toxicity over Baldur’s Gate 3, Larian dev says (www.pcgamesn.com)
Beginner looking for NAS advice (kbin.social)
I'm looking for advice on how to get started with a NAS, probably Synology since it's beginner friendly and often well recommended. I'm thinking of a 2 bay case with 2x4TB HDDs in RAID1 setup. What do I have to look out for in a device to get the best bang for my bucks?...
Alabama’s supreme court ruled embryos are ‘extrauterine children’. IVF patients are worried (www.theguardian.com)
Last Epoch 1.0 Patch Notes (forum.lastepoch.com)
How Google is killing independent sites like ours (housefresh.com)
How Google is killing independent sites like ours::And why you shouldn’t trust product reviews from big media publishers ranking at the top of Google.
Near-record winds over the Northeast push passenger planes to speeds over 800 mph (wamu.org)
Strong high-altitude winds over the Mid-Atlantic sped up sky traffic on Saturday night, getting passengers on at least two commercial planes to their destinations early, after both aircraft hit supersonic speeds topping 800 mph....
brutal (slrpnk.net)
Mark Zuckerberg explains why so many tech companies are doing layoffs right now (www.businessinsider.com)
Mark Zuckerberg explains why so many tech companies are doing layoffs right now::Meta’s CEO said tech execs realized doing tough layoffs didn’t end their companies — and there can be benefits to being leaner.
New GNOME Mutter Code Prepares Fractional Scaling For XWayland (www.phoronix.com)
Trump faces a $370m fine in New York fraud trial. How would he pay it? (www.bbc.com)
Trump could secure a bond, but it will cost him...
Conservative group tells judge it has no evidence to back its claims of Georgia ballot stuffing (apnews.com)
A conservative group that claimed to uncover a ballot stuffing scheme in Georgia has told a judge it has no evidence to back up its allegations.
Steamdeck compatibility could take a huge leap forward with ULWGL-launcher, a universal game compatibility tool and collaborative effort between Glorious Eggroll, Lutris, Bottles, and Heroic Launcher! (www.pcgamesn.com)
Apple Vision Pro Could Take Four Generations to Reach 'Ideal Form' (www.macrumors.com)
Apple Vision Pro Could Take Four Generations to Reach ‘Ideal Form’::Realizing the Apple Vision Pro headset’s “ideal form” could take four successive generations of the device, some people in Apple’s…
Tucker Carlson interview with Putin to test EU law regulating tech companies (www.theguardian.com)
Tucker Carlson interview with Putin to test EU law regulating tech companies::Law obliges social media platforms to remove illegal content – with fears that interview will give Russian leader propaganda coup
I was just listening to eons in my car and specifically the episode about armored fish, and the thought occurred to me: isn't evolution ultimately selecting for adaptability? (m.youtube.com)
It would seem the design that can survive the most extinctions would be the clear winner in the end.