MGM Resorts is back online after a huge cyberattack. The hack might have cost the Vegas casino operator $80 million. (www.businessinsider.com)
MGM Resorts is back online after a huge cyberattack. The hack might have cost the Vegas casino operator $80 million.::MGM Resorts’ customer-facing, electronic systems were largely taken out in a cyberattack that had also targeted Caesars Entertainment.
Elon Musk says Twitter, now X, could charge all users subscription fees (www.theguardian.com)
US military asks for help to find missing F-35 fighter jet after ‘mishap’ sees pilot eject (www.theguardian.com)
Search for F-35B Lightning II fighter jet focused on two lakes after Marine Corps pilot ejected over North Charleston for unknown reason...
Homemade Lemon Curd Cream Cake (imgur.com)
I just love cakes like this, so for my birthday it was a simple choice which cake to make. Although usually I’d make it with strawberry jam, this time I went for lemons.
How social media killed the protest — For a certain kind of activist, politics has been reduced to pure performance (www.ft.com)
How social media killed the protest — For a certain kind of activist, politics has been reduced to pure performance::For a certain kind of activist, politics has been reduced to pure performance
Google extends Chromebook support from 8 years to 10 after heightened backlash (arstechnica.com)
Alabama files emergency appeal with Supreme Court in redistricting case (thehill.com)
Alabama has filed an emergency appeal in its congressional map case, a week after a three-judge panel struck down on the matter....
TikTok Blocked 'WGA' Searches Amid Writer's Strike Because It Thought It Was a Conspiracy (www.vice.com)
The social media app, which has been an instrumental tool during the strike, is blocking searches for “WGA.”...
ChatGPT plays doctor with 72% success (www.axios.com)
As AI capabilities advance in complex medical scenarios that doctors face on a daily basis, the technology remains controversial in medical communities.
Canada opens inquiry into allegations of election meddling by China, Russia (www.aljazeera.com)
Japanese YouTuber convicted of copyright violation after uploading Let’s Play videos (www.theverge.com)
Boston.com: Man tried to travel the Atlantic in a hamster wheel, U.S. says. Again. (www.boston.com)
‘Excited to see the memes’: Germany’s Olaf Scholz posts eyepatch photo (www.theguardian.com)
Zelenskyy’s corruption crackdown plan raises cover-up fears (www.politico.eu)
By equating corruption to treason, Zelenskyy’s office is manipulating the public’s desire for justice, said Vitaly Shabunin, head of the Anti-Corruption Action Center (Antac), a Ukrainian nongovernmental organization that monitors graft. In reality, Shabunin added, Zelenskyy’s office is pursuing other goals: to protect...
Russia’s ruble has tumbled. What does it mean for the wartime economy? (www.winnipegfreepress.com)
IS RUSSIA HAVING AN ECONOMIC CRISIS?...
National Labor Relations Board slams union-busting tactics by employers (www.courthousenews.com)
The new ruling forces employers found interfering with a union election to immediately recognize the union without a new election.
Why the Steam deb from Canonical has been broken since 23.04 (popey.com)
tl;dr In a recent thread on Mastodon, it was revealed that Ubuntu 23.04 users can’t install the Steam deb package from the Ubuntu archive without jumping through some technical hoops. It turns out this was a mistake, a bug was filed, and future builds shouldn’t have this problem....
California judge shoots down Eastman bid to postpone disbarment proceedings (www.politico.com)
It’s the latest setback for the attorney as he fights to preserve his law license while facing felony charges in Georgia.
Tropical forests are approaching critical temperature thresholds (www.nature.com)
Hundreds of migrants killed by Saudi border guards - report (www.bbc.com)
CastSponsorSkip: A lighter Google Cast sponsor skip written in Go (github.com)
Hi everyone! I’ve been using sponsorblockcast for a while (which is a great project), but I always wished it was written in Go. The go-chromecast library that it uses is written in Go, so a Go app could connect to all devices within a single process instead of creating child processes for every device. I finally decided to...
Masculine Policy: The GOP’s Plan To Outlaw ‘Porn’ And Suspend The First Amendment (www.techdirt.com)
ProtonDB now has filters for PC and Steam Deck reports (www.gamingonlinux.com)
US tourists stay in Eiffel Tower overnight while drunk - prosecutors (www.bbc.com)
Two American tourists have been found sleeping inside the Eiffel Tower after getting stuck while drunk, according to prosecutors....