Pope Francis paved the way for the canonization of the first saint of the millennial generation on Thursday, attributing a second miracle to a 15-year-old Italian computer whiz who died of leukemia in 2006....
On Monday night, all eyes in Cannes will be on the launch of “The Apprentice,” the high-profile drama that stars Sebastian Stan as a young Donald Trump. The filmmakers and stars haven’t done any press on the ground at Cannes ahead of the film’s world premiere, and few have seen it, with plot details shrouded in mystery....
This new iPhone model is said to be “significantly thinner” than current iPhone models, and may align with a discontinuation of the iPhone Plus line. Though according to The Information, it is expected to be more expensive than the Pro Max model....
Over 5,000 auto workers at the Mercedes-Benz assembly plant in Vance, Alabama, have been holding their union election vote with the United Auto Workers (UAW); ballots will be counted when voting closes today....
Nintendo has apparently had enough of X’s (Twitter’s) API fees. The Mario maker said on Wednesday that starting on June 10, direct integration from the Switch’s image album to Elon Musk’s Nazi-curious platform will no longer work. With Nintendo’s departure, all three major console makers have pulled the plug on native...
To put a human face on the way technology changes jobs, visit a fried chicken spot called Sansan Chicken in New York City’s East Village. There, the cashier takes your order over Zoom, from over 8,000 miles away in the Philippines. Another worker in the kitchen slides your order through a small window when it’s ready. These...
We first heard of AdVon last year, after staff at Gannett noticed product reviews getting published on the website of USA Today with bylines that didn’t seem to correspond to real people. The articles were stilted and formulaic, leading the writers’ union to accuse them of being “shoddy AI.”...
The Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has left the board of Bluesky, the decentralised social network he helped start, and encouraged users to remain on his first site, now owned by Elon Musk and called X....
Congress passed and President Biden signed a reauthorization of Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), approving a bill that opponents say includes a “major expansion of warrantless surveillance” under Section 702 of FISA....
The wealthiest people in this country have never had it so good. While income and wealth inequality in the United States is soaring, more than 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, we have one of the highest rates of childhood poverty among major countries on Earth, and more than 650,000 people are homeless....
Legislation in Washington state known as the strippers’ bill of rights, which advocates say includes the most comprehensive statewide protections in the nation, was signed into law on Monday....
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) today announced that this Thursday he will introduce legislation to establish a standard 32-hour workweek in America with no loss in pay – an important step toward ensuring that workers share in the massive increase...
Even if a third party candidate won the popular vote, it would be nearly impossible to win the electoral college. If RFK wins any states, it will be unlikely that anyone gets to 270, and then the house picks the president and senate picks VP.
i think it would be neat to be ruled over by a council of benevolent scientists, or perhaps a philosopher king. democracy just seems like a bad idea and it hasn’t been working very well. if it’s a popularity contest then we just get charismatic populists and demagogues....
Nearly half of Americans now identify as independent—not necessarily because they’re centrists, or moderates, but because neither party reflects their views....
The suspensions affected several journalists and commentators, including Texas Observer journalist Steven Monacelli, Ken Klippensten of The Intercept, podcaster Rob Rousseau, and Alan MacLeod of MintPress News. The landing page for their accounts says it’s been suspended, but does not give any explanation as to why. A message...
Several state Republican parties are reportedly going bankrupt and struggling to raise funds while being weakened by infighting, in a year when some of these states could be crucial for the election of America’s next president....
Last year, Big Tech companies (Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft) received about $3.04 billion in fines for breaking laws on both sides of the Atlantic. As of seven days and three hours into 2024, they had already earned enough revenue to pay it all off....
Italian teenage computer wizard set to become the first saint of the Millennial generation. 15-year-old who died in 2006 becomes "patron saint of the internet" after a second miracle is attributed. (apnews.com)
Pope Francis paved the way for the canonization of the first saint of the millennial generation on Thursday, attributing a second miracle to a 15-year-old Italian computer whiz who died of leukemia in 2006....
Leaks from Valve’s Deadlock look like a pressed sandwich of every game around (arstechnica.com)
“Basically, fast-paced interesting ADHD gameplay. Combination of Dota 2, Team Fortress 2, Overwatch, Valorant, Smite, Orcs Must Die.”...
Inside the Legal Battle to Recut Trump Movie ‘The Apprentice’: Why Billionaire Investor Dan Snyder Is Furious With Ex-President’s Portrayal (variety.com)
On Monday night, all eyes in Cannes will be on the launch of “The Apprentice,” the high-profile drama that stars Sebastian Stan as a young Donald Trump. The filmmakers and stars haven’t done any press on the ground at Cannes ahead of the film’s world premiere, and few have seen it, with plot details shrouded in mystery....
Ultra-thin iPhone coming in 2025 with form factor redesign (9to5mac.com)
This new iPhone model is said to be “significantly thinner” than current iPhone models, and may align with a discontinuation of the iPhone Plus line. Though according to The Information, it is expected to be more expensive than the Pro Max model....
The unionization fight is coming to the South. Workers at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama are on their last day of voting for a UAW union. (www.vox.com)
Over 5,000 auto workers at the Mercedes-Benz assembly plant in Vance, Alabama, have been holding their union election vote with the United Auto Workers (UAW); ballots will be counted when voting closes today....
Nintendo is done paying Elon Musk for X integration: The platform reportedly charges API fees starting at $42,000 monthly. (www.engadget.com)
Nintendo has apparently had enough of X’s (Twitter’s) API fees. The Mario maker said on Wednesday that starting on June 10, direct integration from the Switch’s image album to Elon Musk’s Nazi-curious platform will no longer work. With Nintendo’s departure, all three major console makers have pulled the plug on native...
What a Zoom cashier 8,000 miles away can tell us about the future of work: Is a new age of digital offshoring coming? (www.vox.com)
To put a human face on the way technology changes jobs, visit a fried chicken spot called Sansan Chicken in New York City’s East Village. There, the cashier takes your order over Zoom, from over 8,000 miles away in the Philippines. Another worker in the kitchen slides your order through a small window when it’s ready. These...
Meet AdVon, the AI-Powered Content Monster Infecting the Media Industry (futurism.com)
We first heard of AdVon last year, after staff at Gannett noticed product reviews getting published on the website of USA Today with bylines that didn’t seem to correspond to real people. The articles were stilted and formulaic, leading the writers’ union to accuse them of being “shoddy AI.”...
dbzer0 defederation vote
db0 and Unruffled have both been banned for reactionary behavior and, in the case of the former, DM harassment....
Jack Dorsey quits Bluesky board and urges users to stay on Elon Musk’s X (www.theguardian.com)
The Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has left the board of Bluesky, the decentralised social network he helped start, and encouraged users to remain on his first site, now owned by Elon Musk and called X....
ByteDance would rather shut down tiktok than sell it (hexbear.net)
reuters.com/…/bytedance-prefers-tiktok-shutdown-u…
Biden signs bill criticized as "major expansion of warrantless surveillance" (arstechnica.com)
Congress passed and President Biden signed a reauthorization of Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), approving a bill that opponents say includes a “major expansion of warrantless surveillance” under Section 702 of FISA....
Edward Snowden: "The NSA is just 𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦 from taking over the internet, and it's not on the front page of any newspaper--because no one has noticed." (twitter.com)
threadreaderapp.com/…/1779885123363635572.html...
Google Workers Detained By Police for Protesting Cloud Contract with Israel - Videos show nine Google workers being removed by police from offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California (www.wired.com)
archive.ph/F0GIT...
Humane AI Pin review: not even close. For $699 and $24 a month, this wearable computer promises to free you from your smartphone. There’s only one problem: it just doesn’t work. (www.theverge.com)
also:...
Bernie Sanders: It’s time for a 4-day work week | CNN Opinion (www.cnn.com)
The wealthiest people in this country have never had it so good. While income and wealth inequality in the United States is soaring, more than 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, we have one of the highest rates of childhood poverty among major countries on Earth, and more than 650,000 people are homeless....
Strippers' bill of rights bill signed into law in Washington state (abcnews.go.com)
Legislation in Washington state known as the strippers’ bill of rights, which advocates say includes the most comprehensive statewide protections in the nation, was signed into law on Monday....
Bernie Sanders Introduces Legislation to Enact a 32-Hour Workweek with No Loss in Pay (www.sanders.senate.gov)
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) today announced that this Thursday he will introduce legislation to establish a standard 32-hour workweek in America with no loss in pay – an important step toward ensuring that workers share in the massive increase...
Is RFK even slightly better than the other guys
I don’t really know much about him except that everyone seems to hate him too....
is democracy actually good? what would some alternatives be?
i think it would be neat to be ruled over by a council of benevolent scientists, or perhaps a philosopher king. democracy just seems like a bad idea and it hasn’t been working very well. if it’s a popularity contest then we just get charismatic populists and demagogues....
A crowd destroyed a driverless Waymo car in San Francisco (www.theverge.com)
No one was in Waymo’s driverless taxi as it was surrounded and set on fire in San Francisco’s Chinatown....
The Great Scramble: Democrats and Republicans have switched sides—and nearly half of voters now call themselves independent. Peter Savodnik meets the politically homeless. (www.thefp.com)
Nearly half of Americans now identify as independent—not necessarily because they’re centrists, or moderates, but because neither party reflects their views....
X Purges Prominent Journalists, Leftists With No Explanation, including TrueAnonPod (www.vice.com)
The suspensions affected several journalists and commentators, including Texas Observer journalist Steven Monacelli, Ken Klippensten of The Intercept, podcaster Rob Rousseau, and Alan MacLeod of MintPress News. The landing page for their accounts says it’s been suspended, but does not give any explanation as to why. A message...
Multiple state Republican parties are going broke (www.newsweek.com)
Several state Republican parties are reportedly going bankrupt and struggling to raise funds while being weakened by infighting, in a year when some of these states could be crucial for the election of America’s next president....
Big Tech has already made enough money in 2024 to pay all its 2023 fines (proton.me)
Last year, Big Tech companies (Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft) received about $3.04 billion in fines for breaking laws on both sides of the Atlantic. As of seven days and three hours into 2024, they had already earned enough revenue to pay it all off....