Exclusive: Bernie Sanders worries young people are underestimating the threat from Trump ( www.usatoday.com )
Microsoft's draconian Windows 11 restrictions will send an estimated 240 million PCs to the landfill when Windows 10 hits end of life in 2025 ( www.tomshardware.com )
Microsoft, doing it’s part to make the world a better place.
JK Rowling in ‘arrest me’ challenge over Scottish hate crime law ( www.bbc.com )
JK Rowling has challenged Scotland’s new hate crime law in a series of social media posts - inviting police to arrest her if they believe she has committed an offence....
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That's LTT in the bottom ( lemmy.dbzer0.com )
Roku explores taking over HDMI feeds with ads ( www.lowpass.cc )
Roku is exploring ways to show consumers ads on its TVs even when they are not using its streaming platform: The company has been looking into injecting ads into the video feeds of third-party devices connected to its TVs, according to a recent patent filing....
Stack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership — users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPT ( www.tomshardware.com )
AMA ( sh.itjust.works )
TikTok Ban Bill Becomes Law, Gives TikTok 9 Months To Sell ( www.entrepreneur.com )
Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone ( www.theverge.com )
Microsoft is starting to enable ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11 for all users. After testing these briefly with Windows Insiders earlier this month, Microsoft has started to distribute update KB5036980 to Windows 11 users this week, which includes “recommendations” for apps from the Microsoft Store in the Start menu....
Hamas official says group would lay down its arms if an independent Palestinian state is established ( apnews.com )
A top Hamas political official told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree to a truce of five years or more with Israel and that it would lay down its weapons and convert into a political party if an independent Palestinian state is established along pre-1967 borders.
Please don't use Discord for FOSS projects ( drewdevault.com )
Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining ( www.neowin.net )
Statcounter reports that Windows 11 continues to lose its market share for the second month in a row. Windows 10, meanwhile, is gaining more users and is now back above the 70% mark.
Buyers Are Avoiding Teslas Because Elon Musk Has Become So Toxic ( futurism.com )
consider the implications for a post scarcity future ( slrpnk.net )
Microsoft now permits uninstalling Edge, Bing, and OneDrive to adhere to the EU's Digital Markets Act. ( www.ghacks.net )
These changes are only applicable to users in the EEA. For those outside the region, Windows will continue to function as it is!...
European crash tester says carmakers must bring back physical controls ( arstechnica.com )
Turning Men Down In Public ( sh.itjust.works )
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Gaza war protesters shut down Golden Gate Bridge, block traffic in other cities ( www.nbcnews.com )
So is the US slipping into Civil War? ( lemmy.world )
People keep talking about “Federalizing the National Guard” and now you’ve got other States pledging their NG to Texas in defiance of the Supreme Court (see image)....
40-year-old homeowner says economy doesn’t add up: ‘I’m making the most money I’ve ever made, and I’m still living paycheck to paycheck’ ( fortune.com )
“There’s this wild disconnect between what people are experiencing and what economists are experiencing,” says Nikki Cimino, a recruiter in Denver.
Teen pizza delivery driver shot at multiple times after parking in the wrong driveway ( www.nbcnews.com )
Interview with the victim....
After announcing increased prices, Spotify to Pay Songwriters About $150 Million Less Next Year ( www.billboard.com )
When Bloomberg reported that Spotify would be upping the cost of its premium subscription from $9.99 to $10.99, and including 15 hours of audiobooks per month in the U.S., the change sounded like a win for songwriters and publishers. Higher subscription prices typically equate to a bump in U.S. mechanical royalties — but not...
Ringleader of global monkey torture network, 'The Torture King', is charged ( www.bbc.com )
A ringleader in a global monkey torture network exposed by the BBC has been charged by US federal prosecutors....