The Coming Enshittification of Public Libraries (open.substack.com)
Global investment vampires have positioned themselves to suck our libraries dry
Judge dismisses major arguments in Google antitrust case (www.theverge.com)
The government’s antitrust case against Google just got significantly smaller. In a filing on Friday, a US district court judge dismissed several of the claims that the Department of Justice and a coalition of states brought against the company, including allegations that Google Search harms competing services.
"I'll give you something to cry about" (slrpnk.net)
With Sales Dropping, Disney Will No Longer Sell DVDs And BlueRays In Australia And New Zealand (www.forbes.com)
Another reason why people across the globe will pirate instead of buying an expensive and limited subscription....
All news in Canada will be removed from Facebook, Instagram within weeks: Meta (www.barrietoday.com)
All news in Canada will be removed from Facebook, Instagram within weeks: Meta::The company says it is removing news for all Canadian users over the course of the next few weeks
The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor (arxiv.org)
mRNA vaccine stops pancreatic cancer, study finds (www.thebrighterside.news)
New 8BitDo Retro Mechanical Keyboard inspired by NES and Famicom (www.8bitdo.com)
87 keys, volume knob, hot-swappable PCB, Dual Super Buttons (two massive programmable A and B buttons) and it looks amazing.
Florida may become first state to accept a ‘classical’ alternative to the SAT and ACT (www.nbcnews.com)
Here is a summary of the key points from the article:...
Pentagon hit by ‘critical compromise’ of US air force communications – report (www.theguardian.com)
Forbes reports claim that engineer at Arnold air force base in Tennessee had taken home government radio technologies
Lemmy.one still down - does anyone have news? (lemmy-status.org)
Update: they are back! lemmy.one/post/1464480?scrollToComments=true...
Tor’s shadowy reputation will only end if we all use it | Engadget (www.engadget.com)
AI researchers say they've found 'virtually unlimited' ways to bypass Bard and ChatGPT's safety rules (www.businessinsider.com)
AI researchers say they’ve found ‘virtually unlimited’ ways to bypass Bard and ChatGPT’s safety rules::The researchers found they could use jailbreaks they’d developed for open-source systems to target mainstream and closed AI systems.
Larian CEO's advice about origin characters has thrown my Baldur's Gate 3 playthrough plans into disarray (www.pcgamer.com)
Singapore to execute first woman on drugs charge for the first time in 20 years (www.bbc.co.uk)
Use Google's New AirDrop Clone to Share Files Between Android and Windows (www.cnet.com)
Google has rolled out the Nearby Share app for Windows, which has been in beta since March. The new tool lets you easily send and receive files – photos, videos, music documents and more – between nearby Android devices and Windows computers....
Sony brings head-tracking spatial audio to its 1000XM5 headphones (www.theverge.com)
cross-posted from: !sony...
Seven major automakers to build EV charging network with 30,000 chargers (arstechnica.com)
Google pushing web DRM into chromium (github.com)
Found on hacker news.
I keep meaning to make one of these. Looks so fun! "Raspberry Pi Bartop Arcade Cabinet" (www.hackster.io)
Researchers find deliberate backdoor in police radio encryption algorithm | Vendors knew all about it, but most customers were clueless. (arstechnica.com)
Researchers find deliberate backdoor in police radio encryption algorithm | Vendors knew all about it, but most customers were clueless.::Vendors knew all about it, but most customers were clueless.
Obama family chef dies in paddleboarding accident on Martha's Vineyard (www.latimes.com)
The NES at 40: Seven ways it changed the gaming world forever (www.engadget.com)
TikTok adds text-only posts as social media battle escalates (www.bbc.com)
Ukraine is now the most mined country. It will take decades to make safe. (wapo.st)
