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Is the QR code in the room with you now? (lemmy.world)
Stranded Boeing Astronaut Forced to Slum It in a Sleeping Bag by Himself (futurism.com)
It sounds less than ideal — but as the report notes, Williams and Wilmore’s difficulties don’t end with their sleeping arrangements....
‘We should have better answers by now’: climate scientists baffled by unexpected pace of heating (www.theguardian.com)
Temperatures above 50C used to be a rarity confined to two or three global hotspots, but the World Meteorological Organization noted that at least 10 countries have reported this level of searing heat in the past year: the US, Mexico, Morocco, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, Pakistan, India and China....
5 people, including 2 doctors, charged in investigation into Matthew Perry's death (www.denver7.com)
Billionaire accused of stealing sand from Malibu’s Broad Beach, lawsuit says (www.latimes.com)
California’s beaches are public, but on the sands of Malibu, one billionaire has been accused of stealing a slice of paradise — or at least a few scoops of it — for himself....
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New round of Gaza ceasefire negotiations begin without Hamas (www.theguardian.com)
A new round of negotiations aimed at brokering a ceasefire in the war in Gaza and preventing the fighting from escalating into a region-wide conflict has begun, as the death toll in the Palestinian territory reached a grim milestone of 40,000 people, according to local health authorities....
Best of luck with that.. (lemmy.world)
Russian soldiers dressed as civilians sighted in occupied Kursk region (novayagazeta.eu)
When Is “Recyclable” Not Really Recyclable? When the Plastics Industry Gets to Define What the Word Means. (www.propublica.org)
Is there anything more pathetic than a used plastic bag?...
JD Vance won’t commit to VP debate – after Tim Walz tells him ‘see you on October 1’ (www.independent.co.uk)
The “stolen valor” guy is a coward.
Exotic eye worm rapidly invades US by spreading from testes of fruit flies (arstechnica.com)
Sovcit got their fake plates. (lemmy.world)
Cisco slashes thousands of staff, 7% of entire workforce, pivots into AI (www.theregister.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/18670077
Hackers may have stolen the Social Security numbers of all Americans. Here's what to know. (www.cbsnews.com)
A new lawsuit is claiming hackers have gained access to the personal information of “billions of individuals,” including their Social Security numbers, current and past addresses and the names of siblings and parents — personal data that could allow fraudsters to infiltrate financial accounts or take out loans in their...
Medicare negotiated drug prices for the first time. Here’s what it got (www.npr.org)
The White House unveiled the fruits of months of negotiations between the government and pharmaceutical companies: new, lower Medicare prices for 10 blockbuster drugs....
Kamala Harris economic plan to focus on groceries, housing and healthcare (www.theguardian.com)
Out transgender woman athlete will make history as she competes in Paralympic Games (www.advocate.com)
Vance agrees that raising grandchildren is ‘whole purpose of postmenopausal female’ (www.independent.co.uk)
Vance also seemed to agree when a podcast host suggested that having grandparents help raise children was a ‘weird, unadvertised feature of marrying an Indian woman’...
The State Fair of Texas is banning firearms, drawing threats of legal action from Republican AG
DALLAS (AP) — The State Fair of Texas is laying down a new rule before millions of visitors flock through the gates for corn dogs, deep-fried delights and a friendly wave from a five-story cowboy named Big Tex: No guns allowed....
Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads (www.windowscentral.com)
Google is transitioning Chrome’s extension support from the Manifest V2 framework to the V3....
What the fuck happened to YouTube!?
I just tried to look up a specific video of a Nick Swardson stand up bit. All I searched was “Nick Swardson loitering”. There were 5 fucking ads before an actual user posted video, then one real human posted video that barely had anything to do with Nick, then 5 more fucking ads....
Just do it ✅
SpaceX accused of dumping mercury into Texas waters for years (www.popsci.com)
SpaceX’s Starship launches at the company’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica, Texas, have allegedly been contaminating local bodies of water with mercury for years. The news arrives in an exclusive https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/12/spacex-repeatedly-polluted-waters-in-texas-tceq-epa-found.html on August 12, which cites...
Paid Leave Olympics (lemmy.world)