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Extreme heat should inspire urgency, not doom | On climate change, both denialism and fatalism are mere postures, not serious points of view. ( wapo.st )
‘What if there just is no solution?’ How we are all in denial about the climate crisis ( www.theguardian.com )
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/10713443...
AI and ads, Google's two favorite things, take targeted marketing to creepy new heights ( www.androidpolice.com )
Love it or hate it, there's no changing the fact that AI is disrupting the internet as we know it. A lot of this perception can be explained by Google's priorities around its AI efforts, with the company looking to quickly monetize these tools and integrate them into its vast product portfolio. Now, Google is highlighting two...
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WANNABE DICTATOR Trump Demands that All Business Execs Be FIRED If They're Not 100% Behind Trump ( www.dailykos.com )
On Tuesday morning Trump provided another example of his tyrannical tendencies. In a comment posted to his floundering social media scam, Truth Social, Trump issued a decree to the world that he imagines is attentive to his crackpot ravings. He demanded that......
Light-Based Chips Could Help Slake AI’s Ever-Growing Thirst for Energy. Optical neural networks, which use photons instead of electrons, have advantages over traditional systems. ( www.wired.com )
Please Do Not Let Elon Musk Destroy the Ozone Layer ( www.splinter.com )
2040 a hopeful and realistic movie about our future ( imdb.com )
I loved the Movie 2040 by Damon Gameau....
A Mysterious Monolith Appears Near Las Vegas. Why? It’s Anyone’s Guess. ( www.nytimes.com )
Russia is trying to exploit America's divisions over the war in Gaza ( www.nbcnews.com )
The effort includes artificial intelligence, fake social media accounts and a spike in state-sponsored Russian propaganda....
What do you think about my idea to help renters buy their home?
I had an idea that would allow people to buy their own homes that they are currently renting:...
Big Tech's energy needs are growing so fast that power grids can't keep up ( www.motherjones.com )
For the past five years, tech companies have been on an increasingly frenzied shopping spree for renewable contracts known as power purchase agreements (PPAs), which can enable data center operators to reserve power from a wind farm or solar site before the projects have even been built. In Denmark, there are solar farms paid...
Social media platforms should have health warnings for teens, U.S. surgeon general says ( www.cbsnews.com )
Social media platforms should post warning labels, similar to those now used on cigarette packs, for teenagers who are increasingly suffering from mental health issues that are partly tied to the apps, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said Monday in an opinion piece in the New York Times....
What are the most evil media corporations in the world?
Surgeon General: Why I’m Calling for a Warning Label on Social Media Platforms ( www.nytimes.com )
Unlike the image, I definitely encourage people to do this ( sopuli.xyz )
A water war is looming between Mexico and the US. Neither side will win | CNN ( edition.cnn.com )
More parents are taking on debt to pay for Disney vacations as prices soar ( www.businessinsider.com )
Kotak’s CEO says Indians should work 84 hours a week ( hellobanker.in )
I did shave them. ( lemmy.world )
What movies did people look up to during the 80s/90s?
You know how, today, we take inspiration or look up to “classic” films like The Godfather and The Shawshank Redemption? Well, what did people in the 80s/90s look up to? 70s movies? Black and white movies? What were seen as classics back then?
'Our Leaders Are Not Leading': Groups Decry Yet Another G7 Climate Failure ( www.commondreams.org )
Microsoft in damage-control mode, says it will prioritize security over AI ( arstechnica.com )
Republicans now want to rename the oceans after Donald Trump ( www.independent.co.uk )
Politicians Push Failed ‘Tough-on-Crime’ Measures as Crime Rates Near Record Lows ( theappeal.org )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240614122241/https://theappeal.org/tough-on-crime-rates-record-low/
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The fast-food industry claims the California minimum wage law is costing jobs. Its numbers are fake ( www.yahoo.com )
I don't think this is actually about needing to pay wages, I believe that the real target is the fast food worker council that was created to make these changes. I think they're going for a tried and true method to gain conservative sympathy, but Republicans are self-segregating away from California and their political influence...
Gen Z influencers who supported Biden in 2020 turn against him ( www.washingtonpost.com )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240613115802/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/06/13/influencers-biden-tiktok-ban/
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SoftBank’s new AI makes angry customers sound calm on phone ( www.asahi.com )
AI trained on photos from kids’ entire childhood without their consent ( arstechnica.com )
Shop on the Temu app? Why class-action lawsuits in Canada and the U.S. have been proposed over privacy ( globalnews.ca )
Temu, a popular marketplace where consumers can buy direct from factories overseas at cheap prices, is drawing concerns from lawyers and privacy experts in North America who allege the shopping app can be “invasive” for unwitting users....
Your dishwasher is better than you think (tips, tricks, and how they work) | Technology Connections [27:47] ( www.youtube.com )
Word of warning for those eating: there's a shot of some dirty dishwasher water at 10:35...
Microsoft QA Contractors Say They Were Laid Off for Attempting to Unionize ( www.404media.co )
The Lionbridge layoffs come during a huge wave of layoffs across the video game industry, during which around 6,400 workers lost their jobs in 2023 and 2024, including 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees in January....
What's your go to lunch during the week?
I've recently been really enjoying poached eggs on toast with sriracha sauce drizzled on top, with a decent portion of chipotle baked beans on the side.
Meta to give EU users an opt out for AI data training ( www.theregister.com )
Meta will start training its AI models using everyone's social media posts though European Union users can opt out, a luxury the rest of the world won't enjoy. The AI training rules kick in worldwide on June 26....
What will be the personal GenAI device? ( www.generational.pub )
Google’s and Microsoft’s AI Chatbots Refuse to Say Who Won the 2020 US Election ( www.wired.com )
Google leaked tons of personal data and even a Nintendo Direct: report ( mobilesyrup.com )
Trump to Attend Event With Group That Believes Abortion Is “Child Sacrifice” and Must Be “Eradicated Entirely” ( www.vanityfair.com )
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There is more carbon dioxide than ever in the atmosphere. That’s bad for the climate ( www.npr.org )
PSA: Alternatives for the most popular lemmy.ml communities
For all your boycotting needs. I'm sure there's some mods caught in lemmy.ml's top 10 that are perfectly upstanding and reasonable people, my condolences for the cross-fire....
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