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Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic (www.reuters.com)
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. military launched a secret campaign to counter what it perceived as China’s growing influence in the Philippines, a nation hit especially hard by the deadly virus....
Move over, Ford and Chevy: Kei trucks are pulling up as customers opt for smaller, cheaper vehicles (www.nbcnews.com)
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Is there a launcher for me?
I’ve tried a lot of the launchers I see talked about frequently- Nova, Niagra, Smart Launcher, Action Launcher, etc. but they all seem to not be worth the hassle of switching away from pixel launcher. Also none of them have the Google News feed that the pixel launcher has. I feel like I’m losing features when I switch....
Android 15 is on the way. And it's pretty bad (youtu.be)
Sorry for a kinda clickbait title but it is what it is. I just watched a video about Android 15 changes and a lot of them are either not important or straight up bad....
What is Reddit doing (feddit.nl)
I don’t use Reddit anymore, but I wanted to search something that I couldn’t find anywhere. This is what I saw. After killing all the other apps, Reddit now is trying to force us to use their own spyware app.
The most perfect toadstool we found in Jämtland [OC] (lemmy.world)
We saw a baby turtle today while walking the dogs! (lemmy.world)
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/480ca74e-4cdd-4e89-97cc-97e381b9ec89.png...
Google Photos will soon more easily let you block someone's face from Memories (9to5google.com)
One of the best features of Google Photos is the app’s ability to show old photos as a “Memory,” but sometimes showing a specific person isn’t what you want. Now, Google Photos is preparing to make it easier to hide someone’s face from Memories.
Today I learned an oil company prevented the rescue of contracted divers working on their pipe to save money. (www.youtube.com)
en.wikipedia.org/…/Trinidad_Petroleum_Holdings#Pa…...
We keep measuring everything's value with something that continuously loses value over time
It’s becoming really annoying.
Goatse, like Michelangelo's David, should be an exception to normal rules of censorship, due to its status as part of our shared cultural heritage.
The real reason men grow beards (www.bbc.com)
We don't really work 9 to 5 but still call our job 9-to-5
Even with unlimited ressources humans would be the only species where millions still would die from hunger and thirst every year
Peter Higgs, physicist who theorised Higgs boson, dies aged 94 (www.bbc.com)
Apple will start allowing emulators on the iOS App Store (9to5mac.com)
What to do with old phones?
I found a few old phones from my family. II cleaned them, installed LineageOS and rooted most of them. On one I installed postmarketOS, one is still stock Android and one is lets say bricked (after installing lineagesos it stay on boot logo for ever, before that I installed lineageos and nethunter on it). One one disk encryption...
ELI5: The Linux xz backdoor situation
PLEASE. I keep seeing it in memes. As I understand it the latest version of the xz package (present in rolling release distros like Arch and SUSE Tumbleweed) has “a backdoor”, but I have no earthly clue what can be done by malicious folks with access to that backdoor or if I should be afraid or how to check if my distro is...
CD Projekt CFO does "not see a place for microtransactions in single-player games" (www.eurogamer.net)
Steam's Multi-Billion Dollar Gambling Problem (www.youtube.com)
cross-posted from: infosec.pub/post/9942038...
Mike Pence will not endorse Donald Trump’s presidential campaign (www.theguardian.com)
Former Indiana governor and candidate for Republican nomination tells Fox News decision ‘should come as no surprise’...
Schools in America apparently have their own army recruiter (lemmy.world)
What's the best type of food to eat in a shower?
(Assuming the shower is running. Any temperature.)...
Marijuana meets criteria for reclassification as lower-risk drug, FDA scientific review finds (www.cnn.com)
Marijuana has a lower potential for abuse than other drugs that are subjected to the same restrictions, with scientific support for its use as a medical treatment, researchers from the US Food and Drug Administration say in documents supporting its reclassification as a Schedule III substance....
Amazon Prime Video will start showing ads on January 29th unless you pay extra for ad-free (www.theverge.com)
Elon Musk on X antisemitism controversy: “Don’t advertise. Go f*** yourself” (arstechnica.com)
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear declares state of emergency over train derailment, chemical spill (abcnews.go.com)
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency in Rockcastle County following a multi-car train derailment on Wednesday that his office said resulted in a chemical spill....
YouTube warns it might make your viewing experience worse if you don't turn off your ad-blocker (www.businessinsider.com)
Man Who Attacked Paul Pelosi Says He Was Radicalized by Gamergate (www.vice.com)
The man told jurors he spent hours listening to far-right podcasts before breaking into the Pelosi home and attacking the then-Speaker’s husband with a hammer.
You guys need to stop (lemmy.world)
That's my fish! (i.redd.it)
Grown Adult Coward: 'I'm OK With Just Watching Alan Wake II' - Aftermath (aftermath.site)
Trump and His Lawyers Dare NY Judge to Throw Him in Jail (www.rollingstone.com)
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Booster Course Pass Wave 6 - Course Overview (www.youtube.com)
I forgot that these are still coming out.
Pfizer says it will price Covid treatment Paxlovid at nearly $1,400 for a five-day course, which researchers estimate only costs Pfizer $13 to produce. That's a 10,000%+ markup. Shameful. (mastodon.world)
Man attacked by grizzly bear in Montana to return home after losing his lower jaw, says he's ready for 'round 2' (www.cnn.com)
Rudy Noorlander, who lost part of his jaw in a grizzly bear attack in Montana last month, says he’s looking forward to a special treat as he prepares to leave the hospital....
DOJ sues eBay for selling ‘rolling coal’ devices; fines could hit $2 billion (www.cnbc.com)
Rolling coal is the practice of tampering with a vehicle's emissions control system, causing it to spew black clouds of sooty exhaust.