WeWork founder remains a billionaire even with firm’s bankruptcy | The Straits Times (www.straitstimes.com)
The guy behind Shit Rentals has made a free public database for tenants (beat.com.au)
The guy behind Shit Rentals has made a free public database for tenants::Named after his influential TikTok series, Shit Rentals, Jordie van den Berg (aka Purple Pingers) announced the database on the website formerly known as Twitter.
Teachers kick off strike in Portland, Oregon, over class sizes, pay and resources (abcnews.go.com)
Teachers in Portland, Oregon, went on strike Wednesday, shuttering school for some 45,000 students in Oregon’s biggest city
Japan launches antimonopoly probe into Google's search dominance (www.reuters.com)
Polish opposition leader Tusk declares win after exit poll shows ruling conservatives lose majority (apnews.com)
Australians vote No in referendum that promised change for First Nations people but couldn’t deliver (www.cnn.com)
With a two-letter word, Australians have struck down the first attempt at constitutional change in 24 years, major media outlets reported, a move experts say will inflict lasting damage on First Nations people and suspend any hopes of modernizing the nation’s founding document....
Oldest bonsai in the world (x-post from BeWowed) (lemmy.world)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/6459514...
Hon Hon hon (loot.buckodr.ink)
Not OC
Anyone have a better solution? :P (beehaw.org)
Missing Michigan toddler found in the woods asleep on family dog (www.cnn.com)
Bulgogi Bibimbap (Korean BBQ Rice Bowl) (lemmy.world)
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/cfa6c6f3-aa8f-4366-a80f-1849323e3b6a.webp
Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion nationwide (abcnews.go.com)
Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalized abortion nationwide Wednesday, two years after ruling that abortion was not a crime in one northern state....
Hackers Can Silently Grab Your IP Through Skype. Microsoft Is In No Rush to Fix It (www.404media.co)
A security researcher has found it’s possible to reveal a Skype app user’s IP address without the target needing to even click a link. Microsoft said the vulnerability does not need immediate attention.
Meta allows Facebook and Instagram ads saying 2020 election was rigged (www.theguardian.com)
Meta is now allowing Facebook and Instagram to run political advertising saying the 2020 election was rigged....
[Mental Outlaw] Apple May Soon Allow Sideloading Apps on iOS (odysee.com)
"Fuck you, we're not paying": inside Unity’s Runtime Fee fiasco (mobilegamer.biz)
A major partner told John Riccitiello personally that it will not pay the Runtime Fee – and in the strongest possible terms.
‘Forever chemical’ bans face hard truth: Many can’t be replaced (www.japantimes.co.jp)
As lawmakers around the world weigh bans of 'forever chemicals,” many manufacturers are pushing back, saying there often is no substitute.
Gaza aid stuck as Egypt says Israel not cooperating - Reuters (www.reuters.com)
Disney’s Loki faces backlash over reported use of generative AI / A Loki season 2 poster has been linked to a stock image on Shutterstock that seemingly breaks the platform’s licensing rules regard... (www.theverge.com)
Disney’s Loki faces backlash over reported use of generative AI / A Loki season 2 poster has been linked to a stock image on Shutterstock that seemingly breaks the platform’s licensing rules regard…::A promotional poster for the second season of Loki on Disney Plus has sparked controversy amongst professional designers...
Hey, I was watching that! (lemmy.zip)
EU online piracy on the rise as consumers feel the pinch. (thenextweb.com)
I was fine when it was just Netflix and Hulu. Corporate greed pulling their content to get their own piece of the pie en masse made me hoist the flag and join the Kodi Real-Debrid gang.
In Spain, dozens of girls are reporting AI-generated nude photos of them being circulated at school: ‘My heart skipped a beat’ (english.elpais.com)
Researcher builds anti-Russia AI disinformation machine for $400 (arstechnica.com)
The logical end of the ‘Solution to bad speech is better speech’ has arrived in the age of state-sponsored social media propaganda bots versus AI-driven bots arguing back
Ukrainian Bombers Firing Western Cruise Missiles Have Knocked Out A Russian Submarine (www.forbes.com)
Republican opposition to abortion threatens global HIV/AIDS program that has saved 25 million lives (apnews.com)
The AIDS epidemic has killed more than 40 million people since the first recorded cases in 1981, tripling child mortality and carving decades off life expectancy in the hardest-hit areas of Africa, where the cost of treatment put it out of reach. Horrified, then-President George W. Bush and the U.S. Congress two decades ago...
