Meet Mercy and Anita – the African workers driving the AI revolution, for just over a dollar an hour (www.theguardian.com)
Mercy craned forward, took a deep breath and loaded another task on her computer. One after another, disturbing images and videos appeared on her screen. As a Meta content moderator working at an outsourced office in Nairobi, Mercy was expected to action one “ticket” every 55 seconds during her 10-hour shift. This particular...
Ukraine war: Russian air strike leaves 100,000 with no power (www.bbc.com)
The ‘tricky balancing act’: Jordan’s dilemma on Israel and Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Are people excited for Age of Mythology: Retold? Release date: 4th of September (store.steampowered.com)
Suddenly fading out of existence (lemmy.world)
Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso junta chiefs 'turn their backs' on West Africa bloc Ecowas (www.bbc.com)
9 year hardware upgrade, running arch 😱
I undertook a sizeable upgrade today, bringing a skylake era build into the 2020s with a 13th gen. All core components- memory, motherboard, GPU, everything must go… except the drives. We were nervous, my friend really felt we should reinstall. There was debate, and drama. Considerations and exceptions. No, I couldn’t let my...
transition to her evening nap next to the fireplace (mastodon.social)
A gorgeous grey cat yawning on a windowsill. Her tongue is bright pink and curled up at the end like a slide at the playground....
Summer grasshopper on the wall [OC] (lemmy.world)
No zoom, it let me get that close. Xperia 5v.
Oklahoma, Alabama Now Have AI-Powered Vending Machines That Sell Bullets (gizmodo.com)
France asks two Chinese spies to leave the country after attempt to forcibly repatriate exiled Chinese dissident (www.lemonde.fr)
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After Deadly Protests, Kenyans Tell of Brutal Abductions (www.nytimes.com)
After a 10-Year Wait, Mt. Gox Bitcoin Is Finally Being Returned (www.wired.com)
China-U.S. Electronic Warfare Erupts, Seen as China’s GPS Interference Rehearsal to Counter Land-Based Missiles (www.china-arms.com)
These queer farmers and ranchers are boycotting Tractor Supply and want you to join them (www.advocate.com)
Video playback in mastodon mobile app (lemmy.world)
I mocked up a better workflow for video in a mastodon mobile app. I’m not a developer, just a mobile user who wants to stay in their fedi app of choice (currently Moshidon) while enjoying multimedia content and not get booted out to a web browser every time I want to watch a video or listen to a podcast. I still have no idea...
Anon plays Persona (sh.itjust.works)
Waynoka Air Rail Museum [OC]
It was closed when we got there, but they had this cool train out front at least.
Airport security missed live ammo in tourists’ hand luggage. The TSA doesn’t know how (www.independent.co.uk)
Good foss pastbin
Looking for a good foss pastbin service i can easily host with docker. Requirements: Can put a password/account login on past uploading Foss Will auto delete pasts after some time Need a rawtext capability to i can wget things Preferably language heighlighting.
Where to get LineageOS Apps? (with Obtainium)
Be it on GrapheneOS, where the default apps look ugly as hell, or on other Android distros....
Where do I upload OST of Games?
I have OST of some Game . I want to upload somewhere. So, Anyone can find it easily....
Getting Fiber - Please Help Me Understand Routers
Hi Folks,...