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Liberty University will pay $14 million, the largest fine ever levied under the federal Clery Act (apnews.com)
The fine is by far the largest ever levied under the Clery Act, a law that requires colleges and universities that receive federal funding to collect data on campus crime and notify students of threats. Schools must disseminate an annual security report that includes crime reports and information on efforts to improve campus...
Amazon- and Google-backed AI firm Anthropic says “general-purpose AI tools simply could not exist” if AI companies had to pay licences for the training material (www.computerweekly.com)
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) company Anthropic has claimed to a US court that using copyrighted content in large language model (LLM) training data counts as “fair use”, however....
why are left leaning groups still using reddit?
the most egregious example I can think of is antiwork in reddit. Posters there love to rant against companies, but they also give good advice regarding laws in different states and is a good source to deal with micromanagers and toxic workplaces....
Commissioners in a Montana county remove election oversight from fellow Republican (apnews.com)
A Montana clerk and recorder who expressed doubt about the integrity of the election process during her 2022 campaign lost her election oversight duties on Tuesday in a vote by county commissioners, reflecting some of the turmoil nationwide since conspiracy theories spread about the 2020 presidential election....
What were the best and worst games you played in 2023?
The title of this post made me think about the best and worst I’ve played this year....
Vladimir Putin to run for Russian president again in March 2024 (www.theguardian.com)
Vladimir Putin has said he will run for president in the March 2024 election, moving the longtime Russian leader a step closer to a fifth term in office....
The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion (lemmy.world)
Have you been spending hours trying to pass a level? Or maybe you are completely addicted to a newly bought game. Do you have a question about a game or would like to share something else? In the Weekly Discussion Thread, you can do it all!...
Do you have a preferred artist or band that isn't widely recognized in the mainstream?
Walmart is the latest advertiser to pull ads from Elon Musk’s X (www.cnn.com)
Reddit updates look after rough 6 months and ahead of reported IPO (arstechnica.com)
Reddit updates look after rough 6 months and ahead of reported IPO::“Edit: Obligatory ‘F— Spez’ for karma.”
Paraguay official resigns after signing agreement with fictional country (www.theguardian.com)
A Paraguayan government official has been replaced after it was revealed that he signed a memorandum of understanding with representatives of a fugitive Indian guru’s fictional country, who also appear to have duped several other officials in the South American country....
What were your top favorite video games as a kid?
These could be games that left a lasting impression on you, games that had stellar gameplay mechanics, characters that captivated you, games that you played tons of hours on, etc.
Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of November 26th
What have you all been playing? I’ve been playing more dicey dungeons and cross code! Want to really commit to finishing cross code this time
Broadcom planning to complete deal for $69 billion acquisition of VMWare after regulators give OK (apnews.com)
Google to weaken ad blockers on Chrome in a push for security (cybernews.com)
Starting June 2024, adblockers such as uBlock Origin and many other extensions on Chrome will no longer work as intended. Google Chrome will begin disabling extensions based on an older extension platform, called Manifest V2, as it moves to the more limited V3 version.
How are you all playing these insanely complex games?
Just some off the top of my head: Destiny, Deep Rock Galactic, Overwatch, and most recently Baldur’s Gate....
Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of November 19th
What have you all been playing?...
Exclusive: Apple to pause advertising on X after Musk backs antisemitic post (www.axios.com)
Americans of Lemmy, what is your approach to next year's election?
2020 was… truly unique. It was so hard to stay away from doom scrolling, and I (and many others) were pretty disillusioned by the sad fact that so much of our country legitimately supported the Orange Man. I didn’t get a wink of sleep the night of the election because I genuinely considered it to be a make or break decision...
Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of November 12th
I definitely didn’t forget to do a new thread yesterday 👀...
Unity warns of likely layoffs following runtime fee decision (www.destructoid.com)
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Homer has stopped strangling Bart in The Simpsons and it’s about time (www.theguardian.com)
Nothing lasts forever. In time, the continents will crash into each other once more, the sun will swallow the planet and, at some point long after that, The Simpsons will end. But that isn’t to say that it’s incapable of moving with the times before then. Because, in yet another nod to shifting tastes, Homer Simpson has...
Did racist use the "biological advantage" argument when Black athletes started competing alongside white athletes?
Given that racists and slavers used the “natural physical strength” of black people to justify putting them on hard labor and some medics still think that blacks has higher resistance to pain, I wonder if when black athletes started to join mixed race sport teams, some racist would have used the same “biological...
The new Twitter is becoming a cesspit of disinformation (www.nature.com)
How far can Lemmy support nested comments? Let's find out
Comment on the top level thing and someonw will hopefully comment on yours. Just say like “Test”
What are your favourite things under 50$ that make your life a bit easier or more pleasant?
I need some holiday gift ideas (that I will probably gift to myself as well)!
Whoops (thumbsnap.com)
Ex-Utah county clerk accused of shredding, mishandling 2020 and 2022 ballots (abcnews.go.com)
Utah prosecutors have charged a former county clerk with three felonies and other counts for allegedly shredding and otherwise mishandling ballots from the 2020 and 2022 elections....
How many alts do you have in the Lemmyverse and what do you use them for?
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A media freedom group accuses Israel and Hamas of war crimes and reports deaths of 34 journalists (apnews.com)
Israeli Rabbis call on Netanyahu to bomb Gaza hospital (www.newsweek.com)
The letter posted on Israeli journalist Amit Segal channel to 184,000 followers says that "the nation of Israel will stand up bravery to strike at its enemies," according to a translation of the Hebrew. It goes on to justify targeting sites even "when the enemy hides behind a human shield."
One Regulation Could Have Stopped a Nationwide Car Theft Wave. Why Don't We Have It? (www.vice.com)
In 2007, Canada started requiring all vehicles to have a cheap, effective anti-theft device. The U.S. didn't. Now, it is paying the price with a surge in Kia and Hyundai thefts.
Orange juice prices hit all-time high amid bleak production outlook (www.reuters.com)
UN agency in Gaza says urgent cease-fire is a matter of life and death for millions of Palestinians (apnews.com)
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Michigan State hearing officer rules Mel Tucker sexually harassed Brenda Tracy, AP source says (apnews.com)
Tiktok's most popular painter sends followers after art critic for negative review of gallery exhibit (news.artnet.com)
This procedure is banned in the US. Why is it a hot topic in fight over Ohio's abortion amendment? (apnews.com)
In ads, debates and public statements, the opposition campaign and top Republicans have increasingly been referencing “partial-birth abortions” as an imminent threat if voters approve the constitutional amendment on Nov. 7. “Partial-birth abortion” is a non-medical term for a procedure known as dilation and extraction,...
Gambling is addictive (lemmy.ml)
Lemmy active users down, comments steady and posts up
So since the mass-exodus from Reddit we can see that the total amount of active users has gone down rather heavily: i.imgur.com/MeQok2F.png...
Top Hollywood actors offer $150 million to help end strike (www.reuters.com)
Their offer, confirmed by Clooney’s spokesperson on Thursday, would provide the union an extra $150 million over three years and could help fund improved health benefits....
Brave appears to install VPN Services without user consent (www.ghacks.net)
School board member blames "Holy Spirit" for making her share a Nazi meme (boingboing.net)