Before / after graffiti (lemmy.sdf.org)
New York police will use drones to monitor backyard parties this weekend, spurring privacy concerns (apnews.com)
The New York City police department plans to pilot the unmanned aircrafts in response to complaints about large gatherings, including private events, over Labor Day weekend, officials announced Thursday....
The end of the Googleverse (www.theverge.com)
Mozilla will open Firefox for Android for more extensions (blog.mozilla.org)
Bill Gates-backed nuclear contender Terra Power aims to build dozens of UK reactors (www.cityam.com)
Bill Gates-backed nuclear contender Terra Power aims to build dozens of UK reactors::A Bill Gates-backed clean energy player is hoping to build dozens of nuclear reactors in the UK and will compete with global rivals.
What is an iconic catchphrase from your grandparents?
100, here I cum (lemmus.org)
This (lemmy.world)
There’s less Reddit meta content on Reddit, why did I come here?
I'm just gonna stick to slotted, thanks (lemmy.world)
Fun fact: Torx screwdrivers are compatible with Torx Plus screws, but Trox Plus screwdrivers are only compatible with Torx screws that are one size larger
What's was your favourite fast food product that unfortunately got retired and never came back?
Here, for a while at McDonald’s there was a 🍔 called “the 1955” and it was the best, big pieces of onion, an special sauce, buns and big piece of beef with bacon (for Europe standards anyways) it disappeared once and came back for an encore only to be removed again and never return.
Microsoft in damage-control mode, says it will prioritize security over AI (arstechnica.com)
Microsoft is pivoting its company culture to make security a top priority, President Brad Smith testified to Congress on Thursday, promising that security will be “more important even than the company’s work on artificial intelligence.”...
It's so over (lemmy.world)
Of course (lemmy.world)
Old XKCD, still relevant (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Was trying to extract a totally legit copy of Skate 3 I downloaded today to play on my Steam Deck
Why the Swedes love doing something that Americans hate (www.bbc.com)
Sweden is infamous for having some of the highest taxes in the world, and yet the country’s tax agency is still one of Sweden’s most trusted institutions....
Are you prepared for the ramifications of windows 10 EoL?
Next year Windows 10 goes End of Life. Microsoft will undoubtedly push windows 11 hard, but a lot of machines won’t support it leading to a few economic points of interest:...
‘They Are Just Pissed Off’: Scott Galloway Warns Young People Are ‘Opting Out of America’ As Older Generations Failed Them (www.mediaite.com)
Leaked NYT Gaza Memo Tells Journalists to Avoid Words “Genocide,” “Ethnic Cleansing,” and “Occupied Territory” (theintercept.com)
The New York Times instructed journalists covering Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip to restrict the use of the terms “genocide” and “ethnic cleansing” and to “avoid” using the phrase “occupied territory” when describing Palestinian land, according to a copy of an internal memo obtained by The Intercept....
Ask ChatGPT to pick a number between 1 and 100 (jlai.lu)
German state moving 30,000 PCs to Linux and LibreOffice - The Document Foundation Blog (blog.documentfoundation.org)
Fewer people are using Elon Musk’s X as the platform struggles to attract and keep users, according to analysts (www.nbcnews.com)
Data from two research firms and figures published by Musk and X suggest a deteriorating situation for X by some metrics. Musk has marketed it as the world’s “town square,” but in number of users it continues to lag far behind social media rivals that focus on video, such as Instagram and TikTok....
Google cosplay is not business-critical (programming.dev)
Transcription: a Twitter thread from Gary Bernhardt....
Why is living with your parents considered a bad thing?
I have seen in many US shows where they portray guys who are living with parents as losers, or there are jokes or memes about it, I never get it.
Diagon Lemmy - A Harry Potter-themed Lemmy Server is now live (before you block me instantly, please hear me out)
Harry Potter Fandoms will be a part of the Fediverse one way or the other. It’s better to shape this development rather than being overwhelmed by it....