OpenAI wants to raise 5-7 trillion dollars. Yes, Trillion (decrypt.co)
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is in talks with investors, including from the United Arab Emirates, to raise between $5 trillion to $7 trillion in funding. The goal, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal, is to increase the world's chip manufacturing capacity and enhance AI capabilities....
Bill Gates thinks the super-wealthy should pay more tax – and plenty of rich people agree (www.businessinsider.com)
Bill Gates wants ultra-wealthy individuals to pay more tax — and now a growing chorus of billionaires agree....
People have been cleaning their ears with cotton swabs for years. What other tools are being inadvertently used wrong?
Far-right hosts are blaming the GOP's big election losses on Taylor Swift (www.businessinsider.com)
Israel-Palestine escalation live: Strikes hit Gaza after Hamas offensive (www.aljazeera.com)
Trump was just indicted for trying to steal the 2020 election (www.vox.com)
Former President Donald Trump was indicted for an unprecedented third time on August 1, adding another set of serious federal charges to the mounting legal issues he faces.
New German citizens required to affirm Israel's right to exist (www.middleeasteye.net)
Roger Stone Caught on Tape Discussing Trump’s Plan to Challenge 2024 Election (www.thedailybeast.com)
How rental ‘libraries of things’ have become the new way to save money (www.theguardian.com)
The theory is simple: instead of buying a household item or a piece of clothing or some equipment you might use once or twice, you take it out and return it.
AI will reduce workforce, say 41% of execs in a survey (www.theregister.com)
New Study: At Least 15% of All Reddit Content is Corporate Trolls Trying to Manipulate Public Opinion (medium.com)
Microsoft Will Charge for Windows 10 Security Updates in 2025 (gizmodo.com)
Nothing Phone builds a blue bubble iMessage bridge while Google and Apple fight over RCS (www.androidcentral.com)
Jeff Bezo is now cosplaying as a working class man. (lemmy.world)
DOJ announces arrests in ‘high-end brothel network’ used by elected officials, military officers and others (www.cnn.com)
Sanders calls Israel's siege on Gaza 'a serious violation of international law' (www.politico.com)
can anyone tell me wtf this is? (pasteboard.co)
Found it dead in my dishes
Jury acquits delivery driver of main charge in shooting of YouTube prankster (abcnews.go.com)
A jury has found a delivery driver not guilty in the shooting of a YouTube prankster who was following him around a mall food court earlier this year
Real meat vs Beyond meat (lemmy.world)
Round 1: grilled
Woman suing Texas over abortion ban vomits on the stand in emotional reaction during dramatic hearing (www.nbcnews.com)
Three plaintiffs testified about the trauma they experienced carrying nonviable pregnancies.
Greta Thunberg detained at The Hague climate demonstration (www.theguardian.com)
Trump’s Truth Social is now a public company. Experts warn its multibillion-dollar valuation defies logic | CNN Business (edition.cnn.com)
Trump Media & Technology Group, the owner of struggling social media platform Truth Social, is began its long-delayed journey as a public company at Tuesday’s opening bell under the ticker symbol “DJT.”...
Allies fear the US is becoming less reliable, with growing concern over a possible Trump return (apnews.com)
Wwyd if you were given a pocket dimension 3m cubed?
Rules:...