Amid backlash, school district says black-outfit ban shared 'prematurely' (www.bbc.com)
A Texas school district, facing backlash after one of its middle schools banned black clothes, has said the dress code change was “prematurely communicated”....
KKKapitalist vs Communist
‘Order from Amazon’: Tech giants storing mass data for Israel’s war (www.972mag.com)
The Israeli army is using Amazon’s cloud service to store surveillance information on Gaza’s population, while procuring further AI tools from Google and Microsoft for military purposes, an investigation reveals.
Tech's broken promises: Streaming is now just as expensive and confusing as cable. Ubers cost as much as taxis. And the cloud is no longer cheap. (www.businessinsider.com)
This is pretty awesome (atomiclugia.itch.io)
X to pause using European user data to train AI systems (www.rte.ie)
X are being sued by the Irish data regulator for breaching the GDPR in processing European citizens’ data for Grok AI without an initial opt-out....
God of War Ragnarök PC system requirements revealed (blog.playstation.com)
Squauce
What has been the hardest thing to let go of when deciding to distance yourself from or drop social media entirely? (kbin.melroy.org)
For me it's input. I have a continually thinking mind that feels that I must have something to say on anything. Whenever I've gotten rid of a Reddit account or took even a day or two off from activity on the internet. I had an itch to say something whenever something is reported or something I've seen while browsing that peaked...
CrossCode developer Radical Fish Games dropped the announcement trailer for their upcoming game, Alabaster Dawn (youtu.be)
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/3171578...
My new KDE setup
Wallpaper: www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/84738270
What app+hardware package is most comparable to iCloud Photos in regard to speed and features?
Is anyone self-hosting a genuinely snappy and robust media hosting service for themselves? What’s your setup look like?...
A World ruled by reddit. (www.youtube.com)
Meta and Google secretly targeted minors on YouTube with Instagram ads (www.theverge.com)
Meta and Google teamed up to run a secret campaign that deliberately targeted 13 to 17-year-olds with Instagram ads on YouTube according to the Financial Times, breaking the search giant’s own rules against advertising to children....
How do you feel about game shows with massive cash prizes?
Is the idea of having people compete for life changing/saving amounts of money, then have it crash down on their head for our amusement, something that should end for you?...
Raspberry Pi Pico 2, our new $5 microcontroller board, on sale now (www.raspberrypi.com)
Basically more everything. 2x Cortex M33 cores with floating point, 520KB ram, more PIOs, bunch of secure boot stuff (I have mixed feelings about this), and can boot to a mode with risc-v cores instead of the M33s.
EFF and 12 Organizations Tell Bumble: Don’t Sell User Data Without Opt-In Consent. (www.eff.org)
Wildfires in Brazil’s Pantanal wetland fuelled ‘by climate disruption’ | Devastation in Brazil wetlands was made at least four times more likely by fossil fuel use and deforestation, scientists say (www.theguardian.com)
Meh burger (lemmy.today)
Minimal Micro-ATX case for external PSU (www.asrock.com)
Hello everybody,...
YouTube Has Reportedly Stopped Working in Russia (united24media.com)
Israel halts PA funds transfer to Norway as 'punishment' (www.newarab.com)
Under Oslo’s terms, still in place, Israel collects tax on behalf of the Palestinians and theoretically makes monthly transfers to the PA - pending the approval of Israel’s finance ministry....