US prisoners are being assigned dangerous jobs. But what happens if they are hurt or killed? (apnews.com)
I've had Tommy for about 3 months and he's finally settling in. And he's looking good as always! (i.imgur.com)
California university president put on leave after announcing agreement with pro-Palestinian group (apnews.com)
Valve's Linux Graphics Engineers Begin Prepping RADV Driver For AMD RDNA4 "GFX12" (www.phoronix.com)
‘Shōgun’ Seasons 2 and 3 in Development (www.indiewire.com)
More “Shōgun” is in the works....
death sentence (media.giphy.com)
Putin and Xi pledge a new era and condemn the United States | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
Putin and Xi cast U.S. as Cold War hegemon...
France imposes state of emergency, bans TikTok in riot-hit New Caledonia (www.france24.com)
Texas attorney general probes connected-car companies’ data privacy practices (therecord.media)
At least four car companies’ data collection and sharing practices are under investigation by the Texas attorney general’s office for potentially violating state law on deceptive trade practices, according to documents obtained by Recorded Future News....
America's billionaires are really going to hate this new Senate bill (www.motherjones.com)
Spain denies port of call to ship carrying arms to Israel (www.theguardian.com)
Spain has refused permission for a ship carrying arms to Israel to dock at a Spanish port, its foreign minister, José Manuel Albares, said on Thursday....
One piece (sh.itjust.works)
NASA Artemis Space Launch System - 3601 Pieces (www.lego.com)
Microsoft Asks Hundreds of China-Based AI Staff to Consider Relocating Amid U.S.-China Tensions (www.wsj.com)
‘Quantum internet’ demonstration in cities is most advanced yet (www.nature.com)
Experiments generate quantum entanglement over optical fibres across three real cities, marking progress towards networks that could have revolutionary applications.
They Transformed a Nasty Stroad With Bus Rapid Transit (CityNerd) (www.youtube.com)
In Albuquerque NM, they not only built world class BRT infrastructure – they leveraged it to transform old Route 66 into a safer, more people-friendly corridor. Albuquerque Rapid Transit, or ART, is already a big ridership success, but there’s so much more potential. So today we’re taking a tour of the US’s only...
That Blue MAGA outreach... (lemmy.world)
Horrible voter outreach.
OpenAI partners with Reddit to enhance ChatGPT using real-time user-generated content (alternativeto.net)
Death by 1000 cuts
[Rumor] Deadlock. Next Valve game. Competitive third person hero-based shooter. 6 vs 6 battling on huge map with 4 lanes. Usable abilities and items. Tower defense mechanics... (twitter.com)
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Google unveils Veo, a high-definition AI video generator that may rival Sora (arstechnica.com)
On Tuesday at Google I/O 2024, Google announced Veo, a new AI video-synthesis model that can create HD videos from text, image, or video prompts, similar to OpenAI’s Sora. It can generate 1080p videos lasting over a minute and edit videos from written instructions, but it has not yet been released for broad use.
What zombie work across all mediums does it better?
God damn it Stan! (i.imgur.com)
Amazon Workers Say They Struggle to Afford Food and Rent (time.com)
Next iteration in “one of 2K’s biggest and most beloved franchises” to be announced at Summer Game Fest 2024 Showcase (www.gematsu.com)
