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Elon Musk’s X can’t invent its own copyright law, judge says (arstechnica.com)

Helium-3: Mining the fuel of the future on the Moon (english.elpais.com)

US races to develop AI-powered, GPS-free fighter jets, outpacing China (interestingengineering.com)

Ordered back to the office, top tech talent left instead, study finds (www.washingtonpost.com)

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Color coding crops (www.cell.com)

Using genomic techniques to change the color of plants to make it easier for robots to harvest them.

Sharp to cease LCD plant operation, end Japan's large panel production (asia.nikkei.com)

cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/Japan/t/1027777...

Microsoft Word just fixed its default paste option (www.theverge.com)

Biden really, really doesn’t want China to flood the US with cheap EVs (www.theverge.com)

1000+ Firefox for Android extensions now available – Mozilla Add-ons Community Blog (blog.mozilla.org)

The new open ecosystem of extensions on Firefox for Android launched in December with just over 400 extensions. Less than five months later we’ve surpassed 1,000 Firefox for Android extensions. That’s an impressive achievement by this developer community! It’s exciting to see so many developers embrace the opportunity to...

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HostingSeekers is a cutting-edge web hosting directory service dedicated to providing seamless and reliable hosting solutions for individuals and businesses alike. With a commitment to excellence, HostingSeekers aims to simplify the web hosting experience, ensuring users can focus on their online presence without worrying about...

Apple introduces M4 chip (www.apple.com)

Bloomberg - Apple Says No Major App Developers Accept New Outside Payments (www.bloomberg.com)

According to Apple, only 38 developers have applied to add such links — out of roughly 65,000 that could.

World’s First Hydrogen-Powered Superyacht Embodies Eco-Conscious Luxury (nicenews.com)

Squarespace to Go Private in $6.9B All-Cash Transaction with Permira (investors.squarespace.com)

Stockholders will receive $44.00 per share in cash, which represents a premium of 29% over the 90-day volume weighted average trading price of $34.09 Squarespace, Inc. (NYSE: SQSP ), the design-driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands and businesses online, today announced that it has entered into a definitive...

Google lays off hundreds of 'Core' employees, moves some positions to India and Mexico (www.cnbc.com)

Google is laying off more employees and hiring for their roles outside of the U.S.

Microsoft Places uses AI to find the best time for your next office day (www.theverge.com)

Streaming is cable now | Seventeen years after Netflix and Hulu kicked off a streaming revolution, it’s looking more like cable than ever. (www.theverge.com)

Expectations Versus Reality (www.wheresyoured.at)

Congress’s push to protect kids online is at a crossroads (KOSA, US-focused) (www.washingtonpost.com)

Legislators are considering attaching KOSA (the anti-LGBTQ+ censorship bill, aka the Kids Online Safety Act) to must-pass legislation authorizing the FAA. As EFF points out, the latest version of KOSA is still a censorship bill....

Am I the only one who thinks the community is being to hard on the Rabbit R1?

Sure, it runs Android. What did people expect? They aren’t going to build a custom system from scratch....

Musk's X Corp loses lawsuit against Israeli data-scraping company (www.reuters.com)

May 10 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge dismissed a lawsuit in which Elon Musk’s X Corp accused an Israeli data-scraping company of illegally copying and selling content, and selling tools that let others copy and sell content, from the social media platform....

US to impose tariffs on Chinese EVs next week (www.arenaev.com)

Microsoft might be trying to sneak Bing into one of Windows 11’s apps – and some users won’t be happy (www.techradar.com)

What's stopping you from using Ecosia? Your searches could plant trees! (www.ecosia.org)

Ecosia is a search engine that aggregates search results from multiple other search engines. The ad revenue from our searches funds the planting of trees worldwide. With over 200 million trees planted so far, Ecosia have learned to be fully transparent about their projects, and financials which are available right on that...