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Europe’s sweeping rules for tech giants are about to kick in. Here’s how they work (english.elpais.com)

Burger King gave candy to a worker who never called in sick. The internet gave $400K (www.npr.org)

Over the past 20 years, Kevin Ford from Las Vegas virtually never took a sick day because his job didn't offer paid sick leave. People across social media chipped in for him to finally afford a break.

Rare, flesh-eating bacteria has killed 5 in Tampa Bay area since January (www.wfla.com)

Five people are confirmed dead in the Tampa Bay area due to a rare, flesh-eating bacteria in the waters....

The TV streaming apps broke their promises, and now they’re jacking up prices (arstechnica.com)

For a moment, it seemed like the streaming apps were the things that could save us from the hegemony of cable TV—a system where you had to pay for a ton of stuff you didn’t want to watch so you could see the handful of things you were actually interested in....

Dog abandoned at Pittsburgh airport after owner learns it needs crate to fly (www.foxnews.com)

US Navy sailor's mom encouraged him to pass military details to China, prosecutor says (apnews.com)

The mother of a U.S. Navy sailor charged with providing sensitive military information to China encouraged him to cooperate with a Chinese intelligence officer, telling her son it might help him get a job with the Chinese government someday, the prosecution said Tuesday.

Mishaal Rahman: ASUS is NOT killing off bootloader unlocking for its phones (twitter.com)

“The service team reply misunderstood the situation. Unlock tool is unavailable at this moment but we are allowing the possibility to unlock, please stay tuned.”...

The invisible laws that led to America’s housing crisis (www.cnn.com)

Musk rushes out new Twitter logo—it’s just an X that someone tweeted at him (arstechnica.com)

NovaLauncher: Today marks 1 year since our announcement that we've joined the Branch and Sesame teams! 🎉 That also means it has been 1 year since we promised your data would be safe... (nitter.net)

Nitter link provided instead of Twitter post. Screenshot below....

I lost my job to ChatGPT and was made obsolete. I was out of work for 3 months before taking a new job passing out samples at grocery stores. (www.businessinsider.com)

'They Want To Be The Gatekeepers': Car Dealers Are Stopping Customers From Buying EVs (jalopnik.com)

Gaza health ministry says Israel strikes ambulance convoy (www.reuters.com)

Palestinian health authorities in Hamas-controlled Gaza said Israel struck a convoy of ambulances on Friday that was to leave al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City and head to the south of the enclave to evacuate injured people.

Ubisoft is stopping online services for 10 titles, including several Assassin's Creed games | Time to say goodbye (www.techradar.com)

Ubisoft is stopping online services for 10 titles, including several Assassin’s Creed games | Time to say goodbye::Ubisoft is ending online services for various titles, including Assassin’s Creed 2, Brotherhood, and Liberation.

Canon is Making Metalenses, Further Legitimizing the Technology (petapixel.com)

Metalenses are a relatively fringe optical technology — at least, they were. Until now, it has been largely pursued by startups and scientists but that is changing as Canon has jumped into the fray and not only makes them but also produces the equipment necessary to manufacture them.

World shift to clean energy is unstoppable, IEA report says (www.bbc.co.uk)

Reuters: Nvidia to make Arm-based PC chips in major new challenge to Intel (www.reuters.com)

23AndMe Hacker Leaks New Tranche of Stolen Data (www.darkreading.com)

Microsoft’s $69bn deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard cleared by UK (www.theguardian.com)

Three-Time Convicted Sex Offender, 73, Gets 25 Years for Molesting 5-Year-Old Girl at USD Church (timesofsandiego.com)

Shrimp-stuffed ribeye roulade (aka, surf in turf) (lemmy.world)

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Pluralistic: Apple fucked us on right to repair (again) (pluralistic.net)

Right to repair has no cannier, more dedicated adversary than Apple, a company whose most innovative work is dreaming up new ways to sneakily sabotage electronics repair while claiming to be a caring environmental steward, a lie that covers up the mountains of e-waste that Apple dooms our descendants to wade through.

TikTok is hit with $368 million fine under Europe's strict data privacy rules (abcnews.go.com)

European regulators slapped TikTok with a $368 million fine on Friday for failing to protect children’s privacy, the first time that the popular short video-sharing app has been punished for breaching Europe’s strict data privacy rules....