Still richer than Dr. Z though (lemmy.world)
Piracy Is Coming Back, Baby! (www.thegamer.com)
She likes to yell (ani.social)
Collective Punishment is a War Crime, OHCHR Warns Israel (www.telesurenglish.net)
No place is safe. Israel has intensified attacks including in the central and southern Gaza Strip....
Google pays Apple $18B to $20B a year to keep its search in iPhone (www.theregister.com)
Google pays Apple $18B to $20B a year to keep its search in iPhone::Bernstein estimates value of agreement, warns it and similar deals may end if DoJ wins antitrust case
New Gaza Conflict shows that “Abraham Accords” can’t bring Peace as Long as Israelis keep Palestinians Occupied and Stateless (www.juancole.com)
Informed Consent
It's real! He did exist! (sh.itjust.works)
People Are Increasingly Worried AI Will Make Daily Life Worse (www.wired.com)
People Are Increasingly Worried AI Will Make Daily Life Worse::A Pew survey finds that a majority of Americans are more concerned than excited about the impact of artificial intelligence—adding weight to calls for more regulation.
Russian Chipmaker Baikal Goes Bankrupt, Assets Valued at Only $5 Million (www.tomshardware.com)
The Fairphone 5 released, is the sleekest repairable phone yet (www.androidpolice.com)
Two years after the Fairphone 4 and following the release of some audio products like the Fairbuds XL, the Dutch company is back with a new repairable phone: the Fairphone 5. It looks and feels a lot like the Fairphone 4, but it adds choice upgrades across the board, making it the most modular and also most modern-looking...
Trump’s mug shot was on the Wii News channel, thanks to RiiConnect24 devs (arstechnica.com)
Entire police department in Minnesota resigns (www.nbcnews.com)
The Goodhue Police Department resigned due to issues with the city’s pay, Mayor Ellen Anderson Buck said at a city council meeting Monday.
Israel is hours away from becoming a de facto dictatorship (web.archive.org)
Meta sued by 33 state AGs for addictive features targeting kids (www.cnbc.com)
Meta sued by 33 state AGs for addictive features targeting kids::The lawsuits demonstrate the broad bipartisan interest in protecting kids and teens from online harm.
Florida man found guilty of murdering wife after she refused to go on home renovation TV show (www.nbcnews.com)
A jury convicted a Florida man of first-degree murder Wednesday in the 2018 strangling and beating death of his wife after she refused to appear on a home renovation reality TV show, prosecutors said....
Unions seek gains in hostile territory: ‘If you change the South, you change America’ (www.politico.com)
They’re wielding new tactics with low-wage workers after decades of failed organizing efforts.
Marijuana and hallucinogen use, binge drinking reached record highs in middle-aged adults, survey finds (www.cnn.com)
Last year, more middle-aged adults were binge drinking, using marijuana or consuming hallucinogens than ever before, according to a new report. Cannabis use surged among young adults under 30, alongside historic rates of vaping, as well.
Tech experts are starting to doubt that ChatGPT and A.I. ‘hallucinations’ will ever go away: ‘This isn’t fixable’ (fortune.com)
Tech experts are starting to doubt that ChatGPT and A.I. ‘hallucinations’ will ever go away: ‘This isn’t fixable’::Experts are starting to doubt it, and even OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is a bit stumped.
An armed man tried walking into a Jewish school in Memphis and opened fire outside when he couldn’t get in, police say (www.cnn.com)
Authorities shot a man after they say he fired shots at a Jewish school in Memphis, Tennessee, Monday afternoon.
Massachusetts Prepares To Ban The Collection And Abuse Of Cell Phone Location Data (www.techdirt.com)
Massachusetts Prepares To Ban The Collection And Abuse Of Cell Phone Location Data::For more than a decade now, app makers, phone makers, wireless companies – and pretty much everybody else – has been collecting and monetizing your daily movement habits. There’s genuinely no reason most of these companies (like, say, your...
Bingo: Trump Admits Intent to “Induce Lending” With Financial Statements (newrepublic.com)
Donald Trump got caught red-handed during his $250 million New York bank fraud trial on Monday when lawyers for the New York attorney general’s office revealed Trump had long ago signed financial documents with the clear intent that they would be used to curry favor with banks....
Liz Cheney doesn't rule out presidential bid, calls Donald Trump 'the single most dangerous threat' (www.usatoday.com)
Silk tougher than Kevlar thanks to genetically modified silkworms (cosmosmagazine.com)
Silk tougher than Kevlar thanks to genetically modified silkworms::Researchers in China have successfully genetically modified silkworms to produce spider silk. The silk fibres produced were 6 times tougher than the Kevlar used in bulletproof vests.
Biden announces $600m for more free Covid-19 tests in anticipation of surge (www.theguardian.com)
The funding will produce new at-home tests and restart a website to allow Americans to order four free tests per household...