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I made an app to install websites as desktop applications on Linux (flathub.org)

Needle therapy (sh.itjust.works)

Major ChatGPT-4o update allows audio-video talks with an “emotional” AI chatbot (arstechnica.com)

Flavor Flav is the official hype man for the US women's water polo team in the Paris Olympics (apnews.com)

Bumble Founder Shares Odd Future of Dating: Your AI Dates My AI (gizmodo.com)

Politics gets in the way of pop as Israel’s war in Gaza overshadows Eurovision Song Contest (www.nbcnews.com)

Colorado Passes Its Third ‘Right To Repair’ Bill (www.techdirt.com)

RFK Jr. says he had parasitic brain worm and undisclosed memory loss (www.washingtonpost.com)

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Transgender activists flood Utah tip line with hoax reports to block bathroom law enforcement (apnews.com)

Transgender activists have flooded a Utah tip line created to alert state officials to possible violations of a new bathroom law with thousands of hoax reports in an effort to shield trans residents and their allies from any legitimate complaints that could lead to an investigation....

Hades 2 early access launch on Steam reaches over 100k concurrent players 24 hours after launch (www.eurogamer.net)

BREAKING: Microsoft has closed Redfall's Arkane Austin, HiFi Rush's Tango Gameworks, and more in devastating cuts at Bethesda. | IGN (twitter.com)

The Man Who Destroyed Google Search (www.wheresyoured.at)

It’s a story from April, I tried seeing if it was posted before, however it’s the story about how the advertising and finance team beat the search team into submission by ousting the core person protecting it to pursue “growth” and “revenue” at all costs.

‘Everything’s just … on hold’: the Netherlands’ next-level housing crisis (www.theguardian.com)

Amsterdammers find themselves at the nadir of a Europe-wide housing shortage. But some bold initiatives offer hope...

Florida workers brace for summer with no protections: ‘My body would tremble’ (www.theguardian.com)

Effects of heat are expected to worsen after bill prohibiting municipalities from enacting shade and water protection is passed...

Like getting 9 women pregnant and expecting a baby in 1 month (sh.itjust.works)

I just love pain (sh.itjust.works)

Journalism Professors: NYT Risks Credibility With Inaction on Oct. 7 Article (truthout.org)

Reports have found that the claims in the paper’s “Screams Without Words” article are questionable, if not fabricated....

Neofetch is Dead! Here are 7 Alternatives for Your Linux System (itsfoss.com)

Four UCLA student journalists attacked by pro-Israel counterprotesters on campus (www.latimes.com)

Four student journalists who work for the UCLA Daily Bruin were attacked shortly before 3:30 a.m. Wednesday by Pro-Israel counterprotesters during a campus demonstration that turned violent....

Higher-paid employees looking for work are having a tough time, and it could be a sign of a shift in the workplace (www.businessinsider.com)

It’s true not many people need work, so the lack of open roles isn’t critical to the economy. But not everyone is happy at their job.

What’s new for Fedora Atomic Desktops in Fedora 40 (tim.siosm.fr)

EU : Our commitment to the fediverse is here to stay. (social.network.europa.eu)

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An AI startup made a hyperrealistic deepfake of me that’s so good it’s scary (www.technologyreview.com)

Thanks to rapid advancements in generative AI and a glut of training data created by human actors that has been fed into its AI model, Synthesia has been able to produce avatars that are indeed more humanlike and more expressive than their predecessors. The digital clones are better able to match their reactions and intonation...