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US Postal Service delays threaten to disrupt election voting, officials say (www.theguardian.com)
Local election offices reportedly received mailed ballots days after the deadline to be counted ‘in nearly every state’...
AI worse than humans in every way at summarising information, government trial finds (www.crikey.com.au)
Artificial intelligence is worse than humans in every way at summarising documents and might actually create additional work for people, a government trial of the technology has found....
OpenAI Pleads That It Can’t Make Money Without Using Copyrighted Materials for Free (futurism.com)
What duration of time do you connect to intellectual property?
It’s one thing that copyright/IP is such a matter of debate in the creative world, but a whole new layer is added onto that when people say that it only matters for a certain amount of time. You may have read all those articles a few months ago, the same ones telling us about how Mickey Mouse (technically Steamboat Willy) is...
He's just a lil guy (sh.itjust.works)
Wise words
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Bugs, mold and mildew found in Boar's Head plant linked to deadly listeria outbreak (www.cbsnews.com)
The article states that these horrendous, disgusting infractions of health regulations have been documented out for at least the previous year, but given their severity, I’d imagine it’s always been this way at Boar’s Head production facilities....
Chaos in France after Macron refuses to name prime minister from leftwing coalition (www.theguardian.com)
Big Pharma claims lower prices will mean giving up miracle medications. Ignore them. (www.vox.com)
It is a harrowing proposition: that in trying to control drug prices for 67 million Medicare patients now, we might inadvertently prevent the development of future drugs that could save lives. Implied, if not stated outright, is that we’re putting a cure for cancer or Alzheimer’s or some other intractable disease in...
What’s a game you can 100% without hating by the end?
As per title. Most computer games these days are made with such unnecessary padding that I want to murder the devs or myself by the end. See, for example, Hyrule Warriors, the 100% 1000 Hour Nightmare, the Review....
US-Israeli soldier posted videos showing detonation of Gaza homes and mosque (www.theguardian.com)
Study Finds Consumers Are Actively Turned Off by Products That Use AI (futurism.com)
To halt Brazil’s decline, Lula needs to cut runaway public spending (www.economist.com)
“Investors have started to worry” Why is that? From what i’ve seen (i live in Brazil) the economy is going from bad to worse, the spending is always growing and there’s no intent to reduce that…
Blinken Says Gaza Cease-Fire Deal Is ‘Inside the 10-Yard Line’ (www.nytimes.com)
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are surging "faster than ever" to beyond anything humans ever experienced, officials say (www.cbsnews.com)
One of the major drivers of the exceptional heat building within Earth’s atmosphere has reached levels beyond anything humans have ever experienced, officials announced on Thursday. Carbon dioxide, the gas that accounts for the majority of global warming caused by human activities, is accumulating “faster than ever,”...
Biden Claims Israel Isn't Starving Gazans. Rights Groups Say 'It Is Clear as Day' (www.commondreams.org)
Claudia Sheinbaum, the first female president of Mexico (english.elpais.com)
A woman will lead the country for the first time in history. President López Obrador’s successor has won a second term for the National Regeneration Movement and stifled the conservative coalition’s aspirations...
Belgium gives Ukraine nearly €1B in military aid, including 30 supersonic fighter jets (www.politico.eu)
Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Alexander De Croo sign new security pact....
Study says Europeans fear migration more than climate change – DW – 05/08/2024 (www.dw.com)
TikTok sues the US government over ban (www.theverge.com)
TikTok is taking the US government to court.
Venezuela building up troops on Guyana border, satellite images show (www.theguardian.com)
Junior Dev VS Machine Learning (lemmy.world)
Wwyd if you were given a pocket dimension 3m cubed?
Rules:...
Hey, maybe poor people don't deserve to starve? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
If lemmy.world finds this, please tell my starving children that I love them.
Philippines says Chinese coast guard assaulted its vessels with water cannons for a second day (www.nbcnews.com)
The confrontation happened as Philippine supply boats and escort ships attempted to deliver food to forces near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea....
Biden administration uses emergency authority to sell tank shells to Israel (amp.theguardian.com)
U.S. and China Agree to Displace Fossil Fuels by Ramping Up Renewables (www.nytimes.com)
Alien life may not be carbon-based, new study suggests (www.space.com)
Alien life may not be carbon-based, new study suggests::Self-sustaining chemical reactions that could support biology radically different from life as we know it might exist on many different planets, a new study finds.
Earth is outside its 'safe operating space for humanity' on most key measurements, study says (apnews.com)
How many ingredients does it take to call it a salad?
My significant other ate cucumbers and onion with some ranch. I called it a cucumber onion salad. She says there aren’t enough ingredients to call it a salad, because “it takes multiple ingredients”. I pointed out she had three and asked what the minimum is. She refuses to answer so I ask Lemmy.
What to play after experiencing Chrono Trigger?
Left feeling a bit empty after playing it for the first time a few months ago(why did I wait so long?) I am afraid no JRPG will be able to surpass it. Would love to have a discussion about similar games that reach the same quality level (Note: I have already played Final Fantasy VI ).
Japan: Can anything be done to stop population decline? (www.dw.com)
The latest numbers on Japanese population make for a dismal reading — the number of people who died in 2022 (1.56 million) was roughly twice as big as the number of newborn children (771,000). Based on residency registrations, the country’s Internal Ministry estimates a total population loss of some 800,000 last year. This...
CNN Poll: Half of Americans think the economy is getting worse, despite months of stronger economic news | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
LGBTQ+ parents are being removed from their children’s birth certificates in Italy (theconversation.com)