Wholesome airport staff (lemmy.world)
Crossposted from: lemmy.world/post/15180063...
Neom: Forces 'told to kill’ to clear land for eco-city (www.bbc.com)
Col Rabih Alenezi says he was ordered to evict villagers from a tribe in the Gulf state to make way for The Line, part of the Neom eco-project....
Parts supplied to Boeing had 'serious defects' - whistleblower (www.bbc.com)
Fuselages made by Boeing’s largest supplier regularly left the factory with serious defects, according to a former quality inspector at the firm....
Heathcliff without Heathcliff 5/9/2024 (lemmy.world)
If you were alone in the woods, would you rather come across Windows or Linux?
Posted with my thinkpad running Arch btw.
Freddie Mercury riding Darth Vader (lemmy.world)
Freddie Mercury, comes out for an encore riding on the shoulders of Darth Vader. Houston, August 10, 1980
Neuralink's first in-human brain implant has experienced a problem, company says (www.cnbc.com)
Arooo! (sh.itjust.works)
[ META ] What is the community's opinion of Pop!_OS?
It’s an Ubuntu downstream maintained by Linux box maker System76 which is targeted for both general usability and design/media applications. They will soon be debuting their own home-spun desktop environment, Cosmic DE, which is highly anticipated by the Linux community....
Meanwhile, in Edmonton (slrpnk.net)
cackling laughter reverberating off of the walls of a secret cave by the river
Fiat 2000, post-WW1 Italian tank, Libya, 1919?
Apple union-busting: confiscated union flyers, interrogated employees, mandatory meetings with coercive statements against employees, accused of excluding union members from benefits (www.forbes.com)
Mark Hamill will voice The Joker in Multiversus (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Not really my type of game but hearing Conroy and Hamill together would be nice.
EA studios 'hunger' to start using generative AI 'as quickly as possible,' says CEO (www.pcgamer.com)
As if EA didn’t already make bland, derivative games…
Google employees question execs over 'decline in morale' after blowout earnings (www.cnbc.com)
At an all-hands meeting last week, Google executives responded to employee questions about declining morale even with financial performance improving.
Legendary creator Shinji Mikami has one word for Microsoft shutting down the studio he founded: 'Sad' (www.pcgamer.com)
Mexico: Teachers to launch nationwide strike against neoliberalism and disappeared activists. Previous strike led to jailing of leaders, mass firing of teachers, and Nochixtlán Massacre (kolektiva.social)
Nintendo ending Twitter/X support on Switch on June 10th (mynintendonews.com)
Matter 1.3 is here to help get your smart home energy usage under control (www.androidpolice.com)
This seemed more balanced and upbeat than other reporting on the topic....
Microsoft says it needs games like Hi-Fi Rush the day after killing its studio (www.theverge.com)
Today, one day after Microsoft announced that it would shut down four of its games studios, Matt Booty, head of Xbox Game Studios, held a town hall to discuss the division’s future goals. “We need smaller games that give us prestige and awards,” Booty told employees, according to internal remarks shared with The Verge....
Google’s Pixel Leaves Little Room to Breathe for Sony Phones - Bloomberg (www.bloomberg.com)
cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/8675186
xkcd #2930: Google Solar Cycle (imgs.xkcd.com)
xkcd.com/2930...