The Internet Is About to Get Much Worse (www.nytimes.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/5400607...
Microsoft - keep your filthy hands off Valve, leak shows MSFT would buy Valve (www.gamingonlinux.com)
AI-focused tech firms locked in ‘race to the bottom’, warns MIT professor (www.theguardian.com)
Rolling Stone Founder: Women, Black Musicians Not ‘Articulate Enough’ on ‘Intellectual Level’ to Feature in New Book (www.nationalreview.com)
U.S. school shootings hit another annual record high (www.axios.com)
Caesars reportedly paid millions to stop hackers releasing its data | It's the second Las Vegas casino group to be attacked this week. (www.engadget.com)
Caesars reportedly paid millions to stop hackers releasing its data | It’s the second Las Vegas casino group to be attacked this week.::Caesars Entertainment reportedly paid “tens of millions of dollars” to hackers who threatened to release company data.
Dutch Consumers Rally Against Google in Privacy Violation Claim (stackdiary.com)
The Consumers’ Association and the Foundation for the Protection of Privacy Interests have jointly filed a lawsuit against Google. The companies allege that Google has violated Dutch and European privacy laws, seeking an end to the company’s pervasive data collection and demanding compensation for users.
US solar power capacity to expand by record 32 gigawatts in 2023, report says (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. solar industry expects to add a record 32 gigawatts (GW) of production capacity this year, up 53% on new capacity in 2022 and helped by investment incentives under the Inflation Reduction Act, a report published on Thursday showed....
‘Russian-only’ businesses in Thailand’s Phuket spark backlash (www.aljazeera.com)
A huge influx of Russians in Phuket is producing a backlash from locals, amid complaints of a booming Russian-only economy that covers everything from hair salons to taxi firms....
What's the most efficient way for peeling potatoes by hand? (sh.itjust.works)
Like, I get comments from people telling me it’s weird I always try to peel potatoes like I am trying to make the worlds longest 1-piece potato peel. To me it feels way for efficient and fun to continu down a potato in 1 peel, while circling around it, instead of randomly scraping a hundred different pieces of peel off and...
We Analyzed Millions of ChatGPT User Sessions: Visits are Down 29% since May, Programming Assistance is 30% of Use - SparkToro (sparktoro.com)
Much of Florida under state of emergency as possible tropical storm forms in Gulf of Mexico (www.nbcnews.com)
The National Hurricane Center says there’s a 70% chance the system will become a tropical storm by Monday and a 90% chance overall.
Google Keep’s Android app is getting formatting tools and version history - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
L.A. County sheriff’s deputy accused of trying to cover up DUI crash of fellow deputy (www.latimes.com)
An L.A. County sheriff’s deputy attempted to cover up the suspected DUI crash of a fellow deputy by pulling the allegedly drunken man from the patrol vehicle he’d wrecked and depositing him in another car to be driven away, prosecutors say....
Live updates: Chandrayaan-3 successfully lands on Moon's south pole (www.hindustantimes.com)
Data center water usage remains hidden (www.datacenterdynamics.com)
We don’t know how much water data centers use. We just know it’s a lot
Mind=Blown (lemmus.org)
World’s biggest tidal energy ‘kite’ could single-handedly power a small town (thenextweb.com)
Apple 'Find My' network can be abused to steal keylogged passwords (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
After an Impressive Campaign, Flight Attendants Might Strike for the First Time Since 1993 (jacobin.com)
Group seeks to clear names of all accused, convicted or executed for witchcraft in Massachusetts (abcnews.go.com)
Which is which though? (a.l3n.co)
Richard Moll, Who Played Bull the Bailiff on ‘Night Court,’ Dies at 80 (variety.com)
Actor Richard Moll died Thursday at his home in Big Bear Lake, Calif. He was 80....