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

Google Play Store requesting location permission to show 'local recommendations' (9to5google.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/18404498...

Gaza update: Hamas appoints new leader as Middle East braces for more violence. (theconversation.com)

Wildfires in Brazil’s Pantanal wetland fuelled ‘by climate disruption’ | Devastation in Brazil wetlands was made at least four times more likely by fossil fuel use and deforestation, scientists say (www.theguardian.com)

Researcher finds a way to invisibly reverse Windows updates (web.archive.org)

Alternate archive: archive.is/3olbW...

Tim Walz doesn't own any stocks: What to know about Kamala Harris' running mate's personal finances (www.businessinsider.com)

Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota is a man of relatively modest means, according to financial disclosures....

The Outrageous Case of a Journalist Charged With a Hate Crime for Recording a Gaza Protest Action (theintercept.com)

IN AN EGREGIOUS violation of press freedoms and First Amendment-protected activity, a New York City video journalist was arrested on felony hate crime charges Tuesday for allegedly being present during and documenting a pro-Palestine protest action....

A Murky Cypriot Firm Is Helping Belarus Export Potash — In Breach of EU Sanctions. (www.occrp.org)

Yunus sworn in as interim Bangladesh leader, vowing to "uphold, support and protect the constitution" (www.bbc.com)

Arizona prosecutors asked grand jurors not to indict Trump in state's fake electors case (apnews.com)

The Arizona grand jury that indicted 18 Republican supporters of Donald Trump who falsely claimed he won the state in the 2020 election wanted to consider also charging the former president, but prosecutors urged them not to, according to court documents filed this week....

State of emergency declared as Ukraine launches raid into Russia (www.bbc.com)

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The Google antitrust ruling could be an existential threat to the future of Firefox | Financials show 86% of Mozilla's revenue came from the agreement keeping Google as Firefox's default search engine (www.techspot.com)

Mozilla has a close relationship with Google, as most of Firefox’s revenue comes from the agreement keeping Google as the browser’s default search engine. However, the search giant is now officially a monopoly, and a future court decision could have an unprecedented impact on Mozilla’s ability to keep things “business as...

Anthropic was supposed to be the good guy. It can’t be — unless government changes the incentives in the industry. (www.vox.com)

[L]ately, Anthropic has been in the headlines for less noble reasons: It’s pushing back on a landmark California bill to regulate AI. It’s taking money from Google and Amazon in a way that’s drawing antitrust scrutiny. And it’s being accused of aggressively scraping data from websites without permission, harming their...

What to Know About Tim Walz’s Relationship With China (time.com)

Arizona grand jurors discussed indicting Trump, but prosecutors urged them not to (www.washingtonpost.com)

Archived at web.archive.org/…/trump-arizona-indictment-prosec…

Officials say suspects in foiled plot at Taylor Swift shows hoped to kill as many people as possible (apnews.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/18415933

Trump posts fan fiction about Biden stealing nomination back from Harris (www.rollingstone.com)

WADA statement on Reuters story exposing USADA scheme in contravention of World Anti-Doping Code (www.wada-ama.org)

ISPs Hijack Cloudflare/Google DNS Requests, Ending Site-Blocking Workarounds. (torrentfreak.com)

Taylor Swift Vienna concerts cancelled after attack threat (www.bbc.com)

Man taking trash to dumpster with gun slips, shoots and kills self accidentally, police say (www.ksat.com)

A man taking his trash to an apartment dumpster was shot and killed after he slipped while walking and the gun he was carrying went off accidentally, according to San Antonio police.