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@SmartLauncher: "Smart Launcher 6.3 will make Material You Themed Icons compatible with ANY version of Android" (nitter.net)

Via /u/MishaalRahman...

Canada’s Trudeau ‘concerned’ about Netanyahu’s policies (www.aljazeera.com)

Canadian leader reiterates opposition to illegal settlements and urges Netanyahu to seek consensus for judicial plan....

Slay the Spire Fanart - The Watcher WIP (beehaw.org)

I’ve been playing StS again recently and have been doing some more fanart for the characters! This one is the WIP I currently have for the Watcher!...

Inside the eviction of Palestinians losing their Jerusalem home (www.aljazeera.com)

The Sub Labans lost their home of several decades after being forced out by Israel at the start of the month. Willem Marx recounts the story of the eviction, and the push to force Palestinians out....

Reddit is bringing back r/Place at perhaps the worst possible time (www.theverge.com)

Reddit seems to be fully aware what users are likely to do in the current climate. Do they think people who aren’t angry will be louder than everyone else, do they have a plan for protests, or are they just letting the chips fall?

The Coming War on General Computation [2011] (en.wikisource.org)

Transcription of a talk given by Cory Doctrow in 2011

Kevin Spacey accusers came forward to tell the truth, prosecutors tell London trial (www.reuters.com)

Global Smartphone Market Declines for Eighth Straight Quarter; Premium Segment Growth a Silver Lining (www.counterpointresearch.com)

Colombian rescuers search for children after river burst its banks (www.bbc.co.uk)

How to Protect Yourself from Smoky Wildfire Air (www.scientificamerican.com)

Stinker (pixelfed.social)

Satrap. Open-source SSH Management tool (github.com)

Hello all, I just released an early version of my GUI SSH-Management tool. Available for Windows, MacOS and Linux...

Climate change is making our oceans change color, new research finds | CNN (www.cnn.com)

InfluxDB Cloud shuts down in Belgium; some weren't notified before data deletion (news.ycombinator.com)

Apparently they only sent 3 notification Emails, which a large number of their customers are reporting they never received. No one at InfluxData thought to do a scream test or even check the traffic levels to the region before deleting the data.

TIL about the 1988 Camelford water pollution incident, the worst mass poisoning in British history (en.wikipedia.org)

tl;dr, water treatment authorities accidentally dumped a bunch of aluminum in the water, but told all their customers it was safe to drink before they knew what it was, but scientists and doctors are apparently still arguing over what effects aluminum exposure can have (see: “Aluminum and Alzheimer’s disease: after a century...

Google is changing up search. What does that mean for news publishers? (www.niemanlab.org)

The world is now officially 'free' of chemical weapons (www.npr.org)

[PATCH v1 00/17] btrfs: add encryption feature (lore.kernel.org)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/1840134...

U.S. decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine could put Canada, others on the spot (www.cbc.ca)

Canada is among many NATO allies of Ukraine who signed 2010 pact to ban cluster munition use

Pixel 8 series may only offer small battery and wired charging upgrades (www.androidcentral.com)

Google Pixel 8 series will have bigger batteries, faster charging (www.androidauthority.com)

China's life expectancy is now higher than that of the US (qz.com)

UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges (arstechnica.com)

UnitedHealthcare, the largest health insurance company in the US, is allegedly using a deeply flawed AI algorithm to override doctors’ judgments and wrongfully deny critical health coverage to elderly patients. This has resulted in patients being kicked out of rehabilitation programs and care facilities far too early, forcing...