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Asian MIT grad asks AI to make her photo more ‘professional,’ gets turned into white woman (nextshark.com)

The student ended up with a fairer complexion, dark blonde hair and blue eyes after her Playground AI request

Mexican president urges end to 'irrational' Ukraine war, wants Russia at peace talks (www.reuters.com)

Call for large trial to see if kombucha helps Type 2 diabetes after 'very promising' results (news.sky.com)

The ancient fermented tea drink has grown in popularity in recent years due to a range of purported health and energy benefits, though evidence to support many of the claims is thin.

Europe’s dark matter-hunting space telescope nabs its first test images (www.esa.int)

AWS: IPv4 addresses cost too much, so you’re going to pay (www.theregister.com)

Cloud giant AWS will start charging customers for public IPv4 addresses from next year, claiming it is forced to do this because of the increasing scarcity of these and to encourage the use of IPv6 instead....

funny (media.kbin.social)

A shot of the moon as it comes over the horizon (lemmy.world)

One trick to boost your chances of getting into an elite college? Be rich. (www.marketwatch.com)

Just in case you didn't know, there's a bigger, more active piracy community in another instance...

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What’s the difference between yams and sweet potatoes?

Boss and former coworker got into a very amusing argument over this and it got me curious.

Leaked Google pay data reveals the highest salaries the tech giant pays in engineering, sales, and more (www.businessinsider.com)

Leaked Google pay data reveals the highest salaries the tech giant pays in engineering, sales, and more::Insider obtained an internal Google spreadsheet that shows how much employees were paid in 2022 — and which roles at the tech giant paid best.

Justice Department planning legal action against Texas over floating border barrier (www.cnn.com)

The Justice Department told Texas Thursday that it intends to file legal action against the placement of floating barriers in the Rio Grande as part of the state’s operation along the Texas-Mexico border, according to sources familiar and a letter obtained by CNN.

Alaska man inadvertently films his own drowning on a glacial lake with helmet GoPro, officials say (apnews.com)

Eli Lilly drug shown to slow Alzheimer’s progression (arstechnica.com)

Dementia experts hail “watershed moment” after trial results for donanemab antibody treatment.

Dewey, letting his dad pet him at the vet (lemmy.world)

We took Dewey the Parakeet for his annual vet appointment. He was nervous during the car ride, but handled it well all things considered. (I tried to keep the ride as smooth as possible, but turns, stops, bumps, etc were inevitable.)...

[OC] One of the worlds oldest light houses. Chenia, Crete, Greece. (lemmy.world)

/r/NonCredibleDefense recieves automated notice from the admins to remove its NSFW designation, or else. Mods respond by messaging the admins a bunch of death and porn. (kbin.social)

Link to the NCD mod's post about the matter via teddit (aka, reddit doesn't get any value from your visit): https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/NonCredibleDefense/comments/14s8l4g/re_the_nastygram_that_umodcodeofconduct_just_sent/...

TIL That Chuck E. Cheese Secretly Sold Pizzas on Delivery Apps During the Pandemic Under the Name “Pasqually Pizza” (www.foxbusiness.com)

Chuck E. Cheese is now selling pizza under a different brand.

Right infront of the apartment building. (lemmy.world)

Had to call dispatch twice because they started the second one after the fire department left. At least this time it wasn’t in the stairwell.

Temperatures seen surging as El Nino weather pattern returns (www.reuters.com)

GENEVA, July 4 (Reuters) - Temperatures are expected to soar across large parts of the world after the El Nino weather pattern emerged in the tropical Pacific for the first time in seven years, the World Meteorological Organization said on Tuesday....