Texas power prices soar 20,000% as brutal heat wave sets off emergency (markets.businessinsider.com)
Texas power prices soared 20,000% Wednesday evening amid another brutal heat wave....
Trump expected to surrender to Fulton County jail on Thursday or Friday next week (www.cnn.com)
Former President Donald Trump is expected to surrender himself to the Fulton County jail at the end of next week – on Thursday or Friday, a senior law enforcement official with knowledge of the surrender told CNN.
Google are so shit (0x0.st)
Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty of fraud (www.theverge.com)
Landlord charged with hate crime, accused of stabbing 6-year-old tenant to death allegedly because family is Muslim (www.cnn.com)
I would eat this (slrpnk.net)
Person of science (sh.itjust.works)
X Social Media is suing X, a social media company (www.theverge.com)
X Social Media is suing X, a social media company::Elon Musk’s X is being sued by a Florida company called X Social Media for alleged unfair competition and trademark violations that it says have resulted in lost revenue.
Sen. Mitch McConnell appears to freeze again at a Kentucky event (www.nbcnews.com)
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze again Wednesday, this time during a gaggle with reporters in Covington, Kentucky, stopping for more than 30 seconds after he was asked if he would run for re-election....
CEO Bobby Kotick will leave Activision Blizzard on January 1, 2024 | Schreier: Kotick will depart after 33 years, employees are "very excited." (arstechnica.com)
CEO Bobby Kotick will leave Activision Blizzard on January 1, 2024 | Schreier: Kotick will depart after 33 years, employees are “very excited.”::Schreier: Kotick will depart after 33 years, employees are “very excited.”
CD Projekt Red devs unionise after its third round of layoffs in three months (www.eurogamer.net)
Microsoft accused of malware-like tactics, again, in attempt to push users onto Bing (www.techspot.com)
'Eco-friendly' paper and bamboo straws contain PFAS chemicals, study finds (www.nbcnews.com)
Researchers found low concentrations of so-called forever chemicals in various "eco-friendly" straws, raising doubts about whether they're an appropriate alternative.
Joe Biden Wants US Government Algorithms Tested for Potential Harm Against Citizens (www.wired.com)
Highlights: The White House issued draft rules today that would require federal agencies to evaluate and constantly monitor algorithms used in health care, law enforcement, and housing for potential discrimination or other harmful effects on human rights....
Hey tech billionaires, if you want to talk about radical change, let’s abolish venture capitalism (www.theguardian.com)
Do you support sustainability, social responsibility, tech ethics, or trust and safety? Congratulations, you’re an enemy of progress. That’s according to the venture capitalist Marc Andreessen.
Extra crispy (slrpnk.net)
Palestinians plead ‘stop the bombs’ at UN meeting but Israel insists Hamas must be ‘obliterated’ (apnews.com)
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Valve Is A Wonderful Upstream Contributor To Linux & The Open-Source Community (www.phoronix.com)
Most Brits reckon Brexit has failed, new poll finds (www.politico.eu)
[HN] Study: 87% of classic video games are not legally available (gamehistory.org)
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Elon 'Back to the Office' Musk Called in Remotely to First X All-Hands (gizmodo.com)
The billionaire owner and CEO Linda Yaccarino dialed in from out of town, vaguely touting new features that will roll out in the coming months....
VR still makes 40-70% of players want to throw up, and that's a huge problem for the companies behind it (www.pcgamer.com)
Why virtual reality makes a lot of us sick, and what we can do about it.
Hieroglyph (sh.itjust.works)
Sealed shut (slrpnk.net)
X glitch wipes out most pictures and links tweeted before December 2014 (www.theverge.com)
X glitch wipes out most pictures and links tweeted before December 2014::Ellen’s famous ‘most retweeted’ selfie from the 2014 Oscars has had its image restored, but most old tweets have broken short links instead of the media or links that should be there.
