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Rapture believer demands return of $1,000 tips at Florida taco restaurant ( boingboing.net )

APT 2.9 Released: Debian's APT 3.0 To Have A New UI With Colors, Columnar Display & More ( www.phoronix.com )

Biden Shrinks Trump’s Edge in Latest Times/Siena Poll ( www.nytimes.com )

This is consistent with a broader shift in the polls which has happened over the past few weeks

Fishing boat gets a (very!) close video of a Falcon 9 fairing ( twitter.com )

Video: https://twitter.com/SpaceOffshore/status/1779284768485466252...

My Berlin speech on Palestine that German police entered the venue to ban - and whose publication here led to my being banned from Germany! - Yanis Varoufakis ( www.yanisvaroufakis.eu )

World’s oldest living conjoined twins die in Pennsylvania, aged 62 ( www.theguardian.com )

Lori and George Schappell were joined at the skull with separate bodies and lived on their own since the age of 24...

Scientists Invented a Bizarre New Material That Gets Tougher When You Hit It ( www.sciencealert.com )

The new material was actually inspired by the corn starch used in cooking, which can be stirred when water is added. Unlike wet sand, which has a consistent viscosity whether mixed or punched, cornstarch slurry acts like a liquid when stirred gently and like a solid when punched quickly....

OpenBSD 7.5 locks down with improved disk encryption support and syscall limitations ( www.theregister.com )

Hacker claims Giant Tiger data breach, leaks 2.8M records online ( www.bleepingcomputer.com )

Canadian retail chain Giant Tiger disclosed a data breach in March 2024. A threat actor has now publicly claimed responsibility for the data breach and leaked 2.8 million records on a hacker forum that they claim are of Giant Tiger customers.

Defending Your Dollars: Essential Tips for Financial Security and Identity Protection ( blog.thenewoil.org )

This weekend in the United States, taxes are due. For the more responsible readers – aka “everyone but me” – this was probably already done weeks – if not months – ago. But don’t worry. Taxes will roll around again the same time next year, as inevitable as death itself as the famous philosopher noted, and our...

Defeated CEOs are now conceding hybrid working is here to stay ( fortune.com )

An illustrated article on "Tracing the Poetics of Cyberpunk Menswear" ( sfrareview.org )

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13311727...

We never agreed to only buy HP ink, say printer owners ( www.theregister.com )

Complainants smack back after hardware giant moves to dismiss lawsuit

Roku hit with second major breach of 2024, this time affecting 576,000 users ( www.theverge.com )

Roku is now requiring 2FA for all users to prevent another breach.

House votes to reauthorize FISA, without the warrant requirement amendment ( www.theverge.com )

A much-debated privacy amendment failed to pass.

Google mocks Epic’s proposed reforms to end Android app market monopoly ( arstechnica.com )

Google should be barred from “treating Epic differently,” Epic Games says.

Rare truffle find in Scottish spruce forest sends fungi experts on alien species hunt ( www.theguardian.com )

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/10399931...

Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu ( www.theverge.com )

The software maker will use the Recommended section of the Start menu, which usually shows file recommendations, to suggest apps from the Microsoft Store.

X will soon no longer let you hide your blue checkmark ( mobilesyrup.com )

Government spyware is another reason to use an ad blocker ( techcrunch.com )

Spyware makers are reportedly working on targeting individuals with stealthy data-stealing malware using online banner ads.

Canadians’ wages took major hit in 2022 amid high inflation rates: StatCan ( globalnews.ca )

Change Healthcare faces another ransomware threat—and it looks credible ( arstechnica.com )

Hackers already received a $22 million payment. Now a second group demands money.

[News] Grindr plans to add an AI boyfriend feature to sext with you when no one is swiping right ( uk.news.yahoo.com )

Grindr, the popular gay dating app, is planning to introduce an AI boyfriend feature that can sext and have ongoing relationships with users, trained on previously private messages between users with their consent. The move aims to boost revenue by putting some free features behind a paywall and offering new AI-powered paid...