Commented - kbin.life - A general use kbin instance with a slight emphasis on the technical

Why is it so hard finding up-to-date docs and guides? (media.kbin.social)

Insight: World battles to loosen China's grip on vital rare earths for clean energy transition (www.reuters.com)

Thermo Fisher Scientific settles with family of Henrietta Lacks, whose HeLa cells uphold medicine (apnews.com)

More than 70 years after doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took Henrietta Lacks’ cervical cells without her knowledge, a lawyer for her descendants said they have reached a settlement with a biotechnology company they sued in 2021, accusing its leaders of reaping billions of dollars from a racist medical system.

EXCLUSIVE: Lenovo is working on a Windows PC gaming handheld called the 'Legion Go' (www.windowscentral.com)

According to our sources, Lenovo is gearing up to enter the handheld PC gaming arena....

Afghanistan: Taliban burn ‘immoral’ musical instruments (www.bbc.co.uk)

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/899780...

In the Philippines, Ursula von der Leyen says Europe will not tolerate aggression in the Pacific (www.euronews.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/899433...

ITAP of the Space Needle and some clouds [OC] (feddit.it)

My super simple torrent server setup with Raspberry Pi and Docker (www.i-did-that.eu)

Hi selfhosted, I made a short tutorial for anyone who might want to dive into arr selfhosted software but dont know where to start. I did it on my RPI but docker config will work in any docker friendly environment so adjust it to your scenerio. I will gladly discuss that topic so fell free to talk.

Inside a Ukrainian baby factory (www.politico.com)

While average Ukrainians suffer amid NATO’s proxy war against Russia, business is booming for the surrogate baby industry, which requires a steady supply of healthy and financially desperate women willing to lease their wombs to affluent foreigners.

Denmark to look for 'legal tool' to prevent Koran burnings (www.reuters.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/866267...

I don't know if this was intentional or not (pawb.social)

rust in the linux kernel (lemmy.world)

Instead of obtaining a warrant, the NSA would like to keep buying your data (arstechnica.com)

African Union chair: Putin's grain offer not enough, Ukraine ceasefire needed (www.reuters.com)

US State Department orders departure of non-emergency personnel from Haiti (www.cnn.com)

The US State Department on Thursday ordered the departure of non-emergency personnel from Haiti as the security situation in the country deteriorates.

Grandma refused bus ride suffered horror injuries (www.bbc.co.uk)

This is a staggering story. This jobsworth closed the doors on her because she forgot her bus pass the week before. Despite knowing that she definitely has a bus pass because all pensioners in the UK get one. Just a total loss of humanity.

Alicia Navarro: Girl missing for nearly four years walks into police station (www.bbc.co.uk)

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/792319...

Reddit Tests is Own Verification Markers with ‘Official’ Profile Tags (www.socialmediatoday.com)

Huffmann is definitely coying his idol Elon with the verified account thingy… which he can then use to pressure advertisers into paying more, see engadget.com/x-tells-advertisers-to-spend-1000-pe…

Ghana abolishes death penalty, with expected reprieve for 176 condemned prisoners (www.theguardian.com)

How to remove (not extract) all attachment from a pdf on linux with some open source software? (lemm.ee)

Could not find how to do it with qpdf or pdftk or even a gui tool....

Over 230 people get puzzling neurological disorder in Peru; emergency declared (arstechnica.com)

Revealed: Saudi Arabia’s $6bn spend on ‘sportswashing’ (www.theguardian.com)

Saudi Arabia has spent at least $6.3bn (£4.9bn) in sports deals since early 2021, more than quadruple the previous amount spent over a six-year period, in what critics have labelled an effort to distract from its human rights record....