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Why do phone manufacturers use in-display fingerprint readers instead of fingerprint readers on the power button?
I had two Samsung flagship phones, one (S20FE) had an optical fingerprint reader and the other (S22) had an ultrasonic one. Both of them somewhat regularly failed to read my finger, were slower than a fingerprint reader on the power button and are more expensive/complex to build. They won’t work with cheap 3rd party screen...
Fears for patient safety as GPs use ChatGPT to diagnose and treat illness (inews.co.uk)
Bluetooth 6.0 adds centimeter-level accuracy for device tracking — upgraded version also improves device pairing (www.tomshardware.com)
TIL Gravity is not about mass pulling other mass. It's mass bending ~~time~~ spacetime that makes other mass get closer (www.youtube.com)
Russia says it will change nuclear doctrine because of Western role in Ukraine (www.reuters.com)
Russia will make changes to its doctrine on the use of nuclear weapons in response to what it regards as Western escalation in the war in Ukraine, state media quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Sunday....
Donald Trump lays blame for assassination attempt on Biden and Harris (www.theguardian.com)
Donald Trump has blamed Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for last month’s failed assassination attempt against him by accusing them of making it difficult for the Secret Service to protect him....
Don't look now
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How come it seems that there are little to no serial killers who are women in the modern age? Are they not caught or is it just the men that make the news?
Let us show Putin we have ability to hit targets deep inside Russia, Ukraine urges west (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine wants permission from the west to use long-range Storm Shadow missiles to destroy targets deep inside Russia, believing this could force Moscow into negotiating an end to the fighting....
‘Hitting kids should never be allowed’: Illinois bans corporal punishment in all schools (apnews.com)
Legislation that Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law this month bans physical punishment in private schools while reiterating a prohibition on the practice in public schools implemented 30 years ago....
What stupidly easy tech solution do people gloss over all of the time? (kbin.melroy.org)
For me it's the paranoia surrounding webcams. People outright refuse to own one and I understand, until they go on and on about how they're being spied. Here's the secret - unplug the damn thing when you think you won't use it or haven't used it in a while....
Black children in England and Wales four times more likely to be strip-searched, figures show (www.theguardian.com)
Children’s commissioner finds wide disparity with white counterparts in year to June 2023, with 88% of searches aimed at finding drugs...
Government should “urgently” legalise e-scooters says shared transport charity - says serious safety incidents are rare (ebiketips.road.cc)
I'd want to let Max in (lemmy.world)
Actors demand action over 'disgusting' video game sex scenes (www.bbc.com)
Performers working in the games industry have spoken of their distress at being asked to work on explicit content without notice, including a scene featuring a sexual assault....
Get High Like Planes
TIL Only about 9% of plastic ever produced has been recycled. (en.wikipedia.org)
[UK] Children to be taught how to spot fake news and 'putrid' conspiracy theories online in wake of riots (news.sky.com)
Changes to the curriculum could mean schoolchildren analyse articles in English lessons to weed out fabricated stories, learn how to identify fake news in computer classes and analyse statistics in maths....
6-month-old boy dies in hot car after parent forgot to drop him off at day care: Sheriff (abcnews.go.com)
A 6-month-old boy died after being left for hours in a hot car in Louisiana, authorities said....
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Anon practices time management (sh.itjust.works)
Kamala Harris says ‘I will not be silent’ on suffering in Gaza after Netanyahu talks (www.theguardian.com)
Nope (sh.itjust.works)
What do to if I survive a nuclear blast in my city?
I recently saw a comment chain about nuclear bombs, and that led me to thinking about this. Say there is a nuclear explosion in the downtown of my US city. I survive relatively fine, but obviously the main part of the city has been destroyed, while major zones extending from the center were also badly damaged. What would be a...
What bizarre misconceptions do people have about your field?
brewing tea with space vacuum?
If i had access to an airlock that could depressurize to ~0 bar could i brew a cup of tea with it?
[Solved] How do I get rid of my dead name in iPadOS settings? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
I have set my new name everywhere I can in the AppleID settings but the old name is still showing up in this place, and maybe in other places which I haven’t seen yet. But how can I get my chosen name to show up here?...
Server for a boat
Good day, friends. Since catching the self-hosting bug, I’ve set up a couple of Proxmox home servers with a bunch of services I enjoy....
Meta is connecting Threads more deeply with the fediverse (www.theverge.com)
What ridiculous history fact is your favorite?