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‘X’ Rebrand Gets Twitter Blocked Under Indonesia Porn Laws (www.thedailybeast.com)

How a Cloud flaw gave Spies a Key to Microsoft’s Kingdom (geddit.social)

“We put trust in passports, and someone stole a passport-printing machine,”...

Actors set to strike after talks with major studios and streaming services fail (www.cnn.com)

Windows 95, 98, and other decrepit versions can grab online updates again (arstechnica.com)

Tesla reportedly suspected Musk was using company funds to build a literal glass house (www.engadget.com)

You know what they say about people in glass houses, right?

Google is OK with Play Store apps selling NFTs now (www.androidauthority.com)

Twitter threatens legal action over Threads app (www.bbc.co.uk)

Twitter is considering legal action against Meta over its fast-growing rival app Threads. Threads, which was launched to millions on Wednesday, is similar to Twitter and has been pitched by Meta bosses as a “friendly” alternative....

‘The ocean coughing up death’: This toxic algae bloom is killing sea life in record numbers (www.youtube.com)

Officials have received more than 1,000 calls in recent weeks from beachgoers, tourists, and residents reporting sick, dying, and dead sea mammals washed ashore amid a growing toxic algal bloom in the waters off the Pacific coast. CNN’s David Culver has more.

Elon refusing to pay google for hosting could be behind the instability issues. (i.imgur.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/927640...

Shell still trading Russian gas despite pledge to stop (www.bbc.com)

Twitter now requires an account to view tweets (techcrunch.com)

If you’re not logged into your Twitter account and try to view a tweet, you’ll be presented with a sign-in screen. And if you don’t want to have an account on the bird app, too bad!...

New Zealand bans thin plastic fruit and vegetable bags in world first (www.standard.co.uk)

FTC prepares “the big one,” a major lawsuit targeting Amazon’s core business (arstechnica.com)

Wagner chief Prigozhin says his forces have occupied major Russian city (www.msnbc.com)

Wow! Good!

TerraUSD: South Korea 'cryptocrash king' Do Kwon jailed (www.bbc.co.uk)

cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/news/t/79328...

FTC sues Amazon, alleging it tricked consumers into signing up for Prime (www.cnn.com)

The Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon on Wednesday, alleging that the e-commerce giant has tricked millions of consumers into signing up for its Amazon Prime subscription service through deceptive user interface designs....

PSA: Many Lemmy instances are currently experiencing massive automated sign-ups (bots)! If you run an instance with open sign-ups, please read!

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/806531...

Reddit CEO felt 'reaffirmed' by Musk's handling of Twitter (www.theregister.com)

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has come out and said what legions of redditors feared – that a business plan to turn a profit by increasing the price of API access has been “reaffirmed” by a look at the Book of Musk.

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