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'World’s first mass-produced' humanoid robot to tackle labour shortages amid ageing population (www.euronews.com)

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Rant: Frustration Related to Ethics of Games Companies

Hi, everybody! Sorry for the rant!...

Red-Green and Blue-Yellow: The Stunning Colors You Can't See (cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net)

The original source by Natalie Wolchover:...

What are some physics-based arguments against hard determinism?

I don’t believe free will is real. I’m not a deep physics person (and relatively bad at math), but with my undergrad understanding of chemistry, classical mechanics, and electromagnetism, it seems most rational that we are creatures entirely controlled by our environments and what we ingest and inhale....

It continues! "He denies objective and verifiable facts" (lemmy.world)

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Brazilian president's former lawyer takes seat as Supreme Court justice (apnews.com)

He helped Lula overturn a graft conviction stemming from Brazil’s sprawling “Car Wash” corruption investigation, getting him freed after 580 days of incarceration. The Supreme Court annulled all convictions of Lula, and ruled in 2021 that the judge overseeing the case had been biased. That allowed Lula to run successfuly...

Seven Cuban athletes defect to Chile after Pan American Games (english.elpais.com)

According to sport journalist Francys Romero, 61 Cubans have broken their contracts or defected so far this year...

Looking for a "couch laptop"

I’m in the market for a Linux friendly ultralight laptop to check web apps and run terminal, nothing fancier then that. Do any cheap systems exits these days? I was looking at a chrome book but apparently the mediatek chip doesn’t play nicely with FOSS....

Wave-Powered Desalination System Produces 13,000 Gallons of Drinking Water a Day From Each Buoy (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)

Thailand drops joint patrols with Chinese police after public backlash (www.reuters.com)

[dwl] everforest and void (lemmy.world)

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'Bionic breast' could restore sensation for cancer survivors (www.livescience.com)

Woodspider [OC] (lemmy.ca)

Y'know, when they're not a robot. (lemmy.world)

SIC: becky and milo (cdn.catsweat.com)

Just a couple of smugglers carpooling on their way to work. (startrek.website)

Suspect taken into custody in murder of Detroit synagogue president Samantha Woll, police say (www.cbsnews.com)

A suspect in the murder of Detroit synagogue president Samantha Woll has been taken into custody, the Detroit Police Department said Wednesday....

Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages (therecord.media)

A Seattle-based appellate judge ruled that the practice does not meet the threshold for an illegal privacy violation under state law, handing a big win to automakers Honda, Toyota, Volkswagen and General Motors.

Chinese Tesla rival Nio cuts 10% of workforce as CEO predicts 'intense competition' (www.cnbc.com)

Chinese Tesla rival Nio cuts 10% of workforce as CEO predicts ‘intense competition’::China’s Nio has been hit by weak consumer sentiment in the world’s second-largest economy, stiff competition and a price war started by Elon Musk’s Tesla.

Dusk in Naples, FL (lemmy.world)

Taken at the Park Shore beach at sunset. [OC]

Blinken meets Palestinian leader in West Bank, stepping up Mideast diplomacy as Gaza war escalates (apnews.com)

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken brought his frenetic Mideast diplomatic push on the Israel-Hamas war to the occupied West Bank on Sunday, meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in his latest bid to ease civilian suffering in the Gaza Strip and begin to sketch out a post-conflict scenario for the territory....