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Wells Fargo customers scramble after deposits disappear from their accounts (www.nbcnews.com)

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ELI5: Why is the recent LK-99 superconductor news a big deal?

Why is the recent news around the LK-99 room-temperature superconductor such a big deal? What material impact would those findings have on electronics and modern technology?

US blacklists two Chinese firms over Uighur forced labour accusations (www.aljazeera.com)

The United States has sanctioned two Chinese firms over their labour practices, accusing the companies of targeting members of persecuted groups in China, including the Uighur Muslim minority....

How a picture of bedsheets from dark web led police to Brisbane childcare centre and man’s arrest (www.theguardian.com)

Almost a decade later, in August 2022, the AFP made a breakthrough in the case while re-examining the images uncovered by Argos in 2014....

'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: A Stitch in Time' Audiobook, Narrated by Andrew J. Robinson, Now Available (startrek.com)

This article features a message from Andrew J. Robinson, along with an excerpt from the audiobook.

BBC Launches A Mastodon Instance - fediverse - Project Segfault Kbin (kbin.projectsegfau.lt)

Hi! 👋 Here's our #introduction. We're BBC Research & Development; we explore and test new technology to discover how the BBC can best make use of it in the future. For 100 years our engineers have been at the forefront of developments in broadcasting. We're now researching how everyone could get TV & radio via the internet...

‘I Like Turtles’ Zombie Kid Is Brought Back From The Dead After 16 Years By Paramount To Promote Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (www.youtube.com)

We found the Zombie Kid a.k.a Jonathan! He still has an awesome face paint job and is here with the first review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: #MutantMayh…

Donald Glover and Brother Stephen to Write ‘Lando’ Series at Disney+ as Justin Simien Exits (variety.com)

Brothers Donald and Stephen Glover have signed on to write Lucasfilm’s “Lando” series for Disney+, Variety has confirmed.

In songs sung in English, a word ending with "t" followed by "you" sometimes makes the "you" sound like "chew". Does this happen in other languages with different words/sounds?

For example, if a lyric contains “that you”, it ends up like “thatchoo”. One example of this I can think of is in Karma by Taylor Swift (I know, I know, but it’s one of the most popular songs I listen to). The line where she sings “Karma’s a relaxing thought/Aren’t you envious that for you it’s not?” sounds...

Student in Mauritania charged with blasphemy over exam paper (www.bbc.com)

Mauritanian authorities have charged a high school student with blasphemy over a mock exam paper she submitted....

Large Language Models (media.mas.to)

Rethinking Window Management on GNOME – Space and Meaning (blogs.gnome.org)

Fig is ready for vacation (lemmy.world)

Iceland builds wall to protect power plant from lava (www.bbc.com)

Google will begin deleting millions of inactive Gmail and Drive accounts in December (www.techspot.com)

Google will begin deleting millions of inactive Gmail and Drive accounts in December::undefined

Former Sen. Martha McSally Speaks Out About Stranger Groping Her During a Jog: 'You Picked the Wrong Target' (people.com)

A 25-year-old suspect is in custody on a sexual abuse charge after allegedly following and assaulting the former Arizona senator while she was running on Wednesday

Train with 19 wagons derails in Russia due to interference by unauthorised persons (www.pravda.com.ua)

A screenshot from a real mobile game ad (lemmy.world)

History is written by the victors (sh.itjust.works)

Weird, right? (lemmy.world)

Biden stresses support for unions and meets with UAW president after strike (www.nbcnews.com)

President Joe Biden on Thursday emphasized his support for unions during a trip to Illinois and celebrated the reopening of a Stellantis plant after tentative deals were recently struck between the United Auto Workers and three major U.S. automakers following a strike that lasted weeks....