China Dissent Monitor: protests by Chinese people increase in first quarter 2024 with labor protests being the most widespread reasons for dissent, researchers say (freedomhouse.org)
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ATARI acquires INTELLIVISION brand (atari.com)
Atari® — one of the world’s most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers — announced today it has purchased the Intellivision brand and certain games from Intellivision Entertainment LLC. Intellivision Entertainment LLC will rebrand and continue its business of developing and distributing the Amico...
Another Provocative Flag Was Flown at Another Alito Home (www.nytimes.com)
The justice’s beach house displayed an “Appeal to Heaven” flag, a symbol carried on Jan. 6 and associated with a push for a more Christian-minded government....
Allah-Las - Ela Navega (youtu.be)
Samsung Requires Independent Repair Shops to Share Customer Data, Snitch on People Who Use Aftermarket Parts, Leaked Contract Shows (www.404media.co)
Javier Milei’s Radical Plan to Transform Argentina (time.com)
More than half of Americans think the U.S. is in a recession. It's not. (www.axios.com)
Poco F6 arrives with SD 8s Gen 3 chip, Poco F6 Pro follows with an SD 8 Gen 2 (www.gsmarena.com)
KDE Gear 24.05 released (kde.org)
It seems like yesterday when we released the Megarelease with apps included in Gear 24.02. But, if you check your (Merkuro) calendars, you’ll notice that KDE developers have already put in three more months of intense work to bring you a whole new set of improved versions of your favorite KDE applications....
The Downward Spiral Of Trent Reznor (CW: drugs, addiction and loss) (www.youtube.com)
Mini docu
Michael Schumacher 'First Interview' Made By AI, Magazine Who Printed It Asked To Pay €200,000 (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
Michael Schumacher’s family won €200,000 (£170,212) in compensation after a magazine published a fake interview with the F1 legend, created using artificial intelligence (AI).
Baltic Sea countries remain vigilant after Moscow mulls border changes (www.euronews.com)
Baltic leaders reacted warily on Wednesday to reports that Russia could revise the borders of its territorial waters in the region....
Free white noise (lemmy.world)
Wait... so... it isn't flat? (lemmy.world)
Doesn't look comfy. (i.imgur.com)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi convinced to be 'emissary of God', questions his biological origins (www.telegraphindia.com)
The Low-Paid Humans Behind AI’s Smarts Ask Biden to Free Them From ‘Modern Day Slavery’ (www.wired.com)
AI projects like OpenAI’s ChatGPT get part of their savvy from some of the lowest-paid workers in the tech industry—contractors often in poor countries paid small sums to correct chatbots and label images. On Wednesday, 97 African workers who do AI training work or online content moderation for companies like Meta and OpenAI...
Good price too (lemmy.world)
Dude, do not show your wife (sh.itjust.works)
how can I prove that phones are not listening to us for ads?
Oh you mean Tuesday (sh.itjust.works)
‘They’ve grown back’: How Russia surprised the West and rebuilt its force (www.defensenews.com)
Apple's Wifi router database: Surveilling the Masses with Wi-Fi-Based Positioning Systems (www.cs.umd.edu)
Apple’s huge database, which usually records the locations of Wi-Fi base stations to the nearest metre, has apparently been exploited without hindrance: With little effort, attackers are able to create a ‘global snapshot’ of all the location data of the WLANs recorded there. This allows them - over a longer period of time...
