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Boeing whistleblower found dead in US (www.bbc.com)

John Barnett had worked for Boeing for 32 years, until his retirement in 2017....

Gamers enraged at Ubisoft for injecting ads into the middle of video games (www.techspot.com)

Fatal shooting of University of South Carolina student who tried to enter wrong home 'justifiable,' police say (www.nbcnews.com)

The homeowner who fatally shot a 20-year-old University of South Carolina student who tried to enter the wrong home on the street he lived on Saturday morning will not face charges because the incident was deemed “a justifiable homicide” under state law, Columbia police announced Wednesday....

Windows 10 is EOL in October 2025 (lemmy.ml)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/15988326...

Elon Musk gives X employees one year to replace your bank - ‘You won’t need a bank account... it would blow my mind if we don’t have that rolled out by the end of next year.’ (www.theverge.com)

“If it involves money. It’ll be on our platform. Money or securities or whatever. So, it’s not just like send $20 to my friend. I’m talking about, like, you won’t need a bank account.”...

OpenAI now tries to hide that ChatGPT was trained on copyrighted books, including J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series (www.businessinsider.com)

OpenAI now tries to hide that ChatGPT was trained on copyrighted books, including J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series::A new research paper laid out ways in which AI developers should try and avoid showing LLMs have been trained on copyrighted material.

'Scripture is very clear': New House Speaker tells Congress God has 'ordained' them (www.alternet.org)

Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, in his first remarks after being elected Wednesday afternoon, told Members of Congress that “Scripture” and “the Bible” are clear that they have been “ordained” by God.

Microsoft now pops up a poll asking why you'd want to use another browser when you download Chrome (www.theverge.com)

What's something that's not common knowledge but you think everyone should know? (kbin.social)

Specifically thinking of stuff that make your life better in the long run but all kinds of answers are welcome!...

Music Piracy Is Back, Baby (gizmodo.com)

“Muso, a research firm that studies piracy, concluded that the high prices of streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music are pushing people back towards illegal downloads. Spotify raised its prices by one dollar last year to $10.99 a month, the same price as Apple Music. Instead of coughing up $132 a year, more consumers...

YouTube is now fully blocking ad blockers around the world (9to5google.com)

cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/2787773 (!google)

unsure why we are surprised lol (lemmy.cafe)

Epic Games Admits In Court That Its PC Store Still Isn't Profitable (kotaku.com)

Police say there’s an active shooter in Lewiston, Maine, and they are investigating multiple scenes (www.politico.com)

It's not just you — no one is posting on social media anymore (www.businessinsider.com)

Social media is on the decline. Instagram is all ads. No one's posting on BeReal. TikTok is for influencers. The new place for sharing: group chats.

YouTube’s ad blocker crackdown now includes third-party apps (www.theverge.com)

Medical freedom vs. public health: Should fluoride be in our drinking water? (www.nbcnews.com)

Misinformation campaigns increasingly target the cavity-fighting mineral, prompting communities to reverse mandates. Dentists are enraged. Parents are caught in the middle....

Has YouTube Blocked Your Adblocker Yet?? (strawpoll.com)

UPDATE 2It seems that starting today, uBlock Origin is working to combat this Youtube Block. Mine started working again! Lets all thank the devs of UBO for fighting this fight!...

Oklahoma proposal would make watching porn a felony, ban sexting outside marriage (nypost.com)

this country is so fucking cool

15,000 Scientists Warn Society Could 'Collapse' This Century In Dire Climate Report (www.vice.com)

Vice.com

Putin pledges truce if Ukraine exits occupied areas and drops NATO bid, likely a nonstarter for Kyiv (www.ctvnews.ca)

Study reveals "widespread, bipartisan aversion" to neighbors owning AR-15 rifles (www.psypost.org)

A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that across all political and social groups in the United States, there is a strong preference against living near AR-15 rifle owners and neighbors who store guns outside of locked safes. This surprising consensus suggests that when it comes...