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

Many docs who tweeted product endorsements also took money from manufacturers, analysis shows (www.statnews.com)

Liberals don't want you to google this (lemmy.today)

New Louisiana law will criminalize approaching police under certain circumstances (apnews.com)

Critics of a new Louisiana law, which makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet (7.6 meters) of a police officer under certain circumstances, fear that the measure could hinder the public’s ability to film officers — a tool that has increasingly been used to hold police accountable....

FCC ends affordable internet program due to lack of funds | CNN Business (edition.cnn.com)

cross-posted from: reddthat.com/post/19935121...

Shrine honors cats at a Japanese island where they outnumber humans (apnews.com)

ChatGPT's voice closely resembles Scarlett Johnasson's, says lab analysis (www.npr.org)

Capcom Will Promote Steam Deck With Street Fighter 6 in Japan (www.siliconera.com)

Original press release from Capcom (Japanese): www.capcom.co.jp/amusement/…/6steam_deck.html

A first look at Core Decay's third major city hub [Devblog] (community.coredecay.com)

Core Decay is an upcoming indie first-person action role-playing video game developed by Ivar Hill and Slipgate Ironworks, and published by 3D Realms. Described as a “philosophical sci-fi adventure”, the game takes inspiration from classic 1990s shooters Descent, Deus Ex and System Shock.

Why the NSA Is Right About Periodically Restarting Your Smartphone (gizmodo.com)

Alzheimer’s Breakthrough: Researchers Discover Novel Way To Potentially Halt Disease Progression (scitechdaily.com)

This study focuses on the manipulation of the plexin-B1 protein to enhance the brain’s ability to clear amyloid plaques in Alzheimer’s disease, opening avenues for future therapeutic strategies to potentially halt the progression of the disease...

Sharpest view ever of the Andromeda galaxy (www.spacetelescope.org)

This zoomable picture of the Andromeda galaxy has insane detail. It really impressed me with the crazy amount of stars visible once you fully zoom in. And that is just a small section of one galaxy! Made me realise how unfathomable the total amount of stars in the universe really is

How a fed up carpenter found his stolen power tools — and 15,000 others (www.washingtonpost.com)

Why Is There an AI Hype? | The Luddite (theluddite.org)

Companies are training LLMs on all the data that they can find, but this data is not the world, but discourse about the world. The rank-and-file developers at these companies, in their naivete, do not see that distinction…So, as these LLMs become increasingly but asymptotically fluent, tantalizingly close to accuracy but...

Take-Two is reportedly set to close Roll7 and Intercept and sell off Private Division (www.eurogamer.net)

It's funny because it's true (sh.itjust.works)

Out with the old: Gen Zers ready to take the reins (www.politico.eu)

Hailing from across the political spectrum, young people are looking to breathe new life into EU policymaking....

Donald Trump faces travel ban to 37 countries (www.newsweek.com)

Iran: 'Western pressure can hinder executions' (www.dw.com)

- At least 853 people were executed in Iran last year. Human rights activists suspect the number was actually much higher. According to Amnesty International, Iran is among the countries with the highest number of executions, second only to China–...