Sonic 3’s Post-Credits Scene: 12 Characters That Could Set Up The Next Movie
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is a little over a month away. The third live-action movie starring the blue blur will premiere on December 20, and will include the proper debut of Keanu Reeves’ Shadow. But Paramount is apparently thinking ahead, as well. According to director Jeff Fowler, the third film will include a tease of…
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Happy partially muscled skeleton by the perimeter fence, screaming for 30 seconds before vanishing day.
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Ranking Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D's Classes From Best To Worst
Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake may have beautiful, updated graphics, but the soul of this adventure is as old-school as ever. As one of the first tasks of your adventure, you’ll need to make your way over to Patty’s Party Planning Place to recruit three companions. Whether you choose to take along the premade…
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Senate Republicans concerned with Gaetz nomination ask to access House ethics probe
Senators are calling for access to a House Ethics Committee probe into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., following his nomination to be the next Attorney General under president-elect Donald Trump.
CFPB is reportedly trying to put Google under bank-like supervision
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is seeking to put Google under federal supervision, a move that could impose the same kinds of monitoring and inspections used on banks, The Washington Post reports.
The CFPB’s concerns are not totally clear and the order may still change, according to the Post, citing two unnamed sources. Both the agency and Google declined to comment on the report. But, plenty could change once President-elect Donald Trump reassumes office in January and puts forward his own pick to lead the agency.
The CFPB was created in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to protect consumers from unfair practices by financial institutions. While it already inspects more traditional finance businesses like banks,...
Florida sues FEMA for discrimination accusing it of denying aid to Trump supporters
Fla. Attorney General Ashley Moody is suing Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell, and a former FEMA supervisor for violating Floridians' civil rights after hurricanes.
Ford penalized $165 million over moving too slowly on a rearview camera recall
The 2020 Ford Explorer is one of the vehicles affected by the recall. | Image: Ford
Ford has agreed to pay a fine that could go up to $165 million after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found the automaker took too long to recall vehicles with faulty rearview cameras and failed to “provide accurate and complete recall information.”. This penalty is the second largest, only behind the $200 million Takata was ordered to pay.
Originally issued in 2020, the recall impacts more than 600,000 vehicles from 2019 onward, including the Ford F-150, Mustang, Escape, Ranger, and Expedition, along with the Lincoln Nautilus and Lincoln Corsair. Affected vehicles have a rearview camera that sometimes shows a “blank or distorted image.” Ford says no accidents or injuries were reported due to the defect.
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Nike’s new easy open backpack was designed to prioritize accessibility
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Nike’s new Elite EasyOn backpack was designed with innovative features making it accessible for as many athletes as possible, including those with low dexterity or motor skills. Originally developed for athletes competing in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, the backpack is now available to everyone through the company’s online store for $150.
The bag’s most unique feature is a full clamshell opening that fully exposes its exterior. That eliminates the need to empty the backpack or dig through its contents to reach items at the bottom or those stashed in several of its internal pockets.
But securing the large flap with a zipper would require a long continuous path that could challenge some Paralympic athletes. “A comment we were...
Bluesky has been acting up today
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Bluesky is growing quickly in popularity, but if you’re trying to use it today, the site might be acting up. As I was writing this article, my feeds and notifications were very slow to load on the web and mobile while logged in, and that has similarly been the case for a few of my Verge colleagues.
Things seem to be working now, but Bluesky developers have already warned that things might not work as expected today. Earlier this morning, developer Samuel Newman shared that the site would be briefly going into read-only mode because “something fell over.” After the site recovered, another developer, Paul Frazee, posted that “today will get interesting” and suggested that if the site goes down to “maybe grab a soda, pet the kitty.”
When...
Google says it will stop serving political ads in the EU
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Google has announced it will stop showing political ads to users in the European Union next year due to uncertainties around the bloc’s new transparency regulations. In a new blog post, Google says the upcoming Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising (TTPA) rules that aim to prevent election interference and help voters make informed choices will introduce significant “operational challenges and legal uncertainties.”
Google says the definition of political advertising in the TTPA, which is set to come into force in October 2025, is too broad and makes it difficult to reliably identify what content should be restricted across different EU regions at scale. The search giant is planning to stop serving political ads before the...
10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Playing Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake
Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake is the epitome of a new twist on an old classic. At its core, this HD-2D remake plays like an NES or SNES game with a fresh coat of paint. Yet, by the same token, it injects several new features and quality-of-life adjustments that will make this version of Dragon Quest III feel new for…
Any tips on having difficult conversations during the holidays? We want to hear
The holidays are fast approaching. Some politically divisive conversations could happen after this recent presidential election. What are your tips to help navigate them?
Denzel Washington Says His Gay Kiss Was Cut From Gladiator II
Gladiator 2 arrives in theaters this weekend, and if you were hoping to see Denzel Washington’s character kiss a man, well I’ve got bad news for you. While that scene was apparently filmed, it was cut because, according to Washington, the people in charged chickened out.
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
I guess somebody had to buy the InfoWars junkheap.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/11/14/alex-jones-legacy-is-in-good-hands/
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Will Spotify's AI DJ make you listen longer?
The music streamer's AI DJ feature offers personalized playlists with a warm AI voice that gives context to song picks.
Mythic Quest is getting a spinoff anthology series
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Mythic Quest’s upcoming fourth season finally has a release date, but Apple’s future plans for the series aren’t stopping there.
Today, Apple announced that Mythic Quest will return on January 29th with a two-episode premiere picking up Ian Grimm (Rob McElhenney,) Poppy Li (Charlotte Nicdao,) David Brittlesbee (David Hornsby,) Brad Bakshi (Danny Pudi,) Rachel Ashly Burch, Dana Bryant (Imani Hakim,) Jo (Jessie Ennis) and Carol (Naomi Ekperigin) adjust to a new status quo. In the new season, the Mythic Quest team will find their attempts at maintaining healthier work / life balances disrupted by stars rising, egos clashing, and new relationships blooming.
Though season 4 is set to conclude on March 26th, Mythic Quest’s world will get a...
Threads grew by a Bluesky this month
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Bluesky might be on the rise, but Instagram and Threads boss Adam Mosseri wants you to know that Threads is still much bigger. In a post on Thursday, Mosseri said that Threads has gotten “more than 15 million signups in November alone,” seemingly trying to throw some cold water over Bluesky crossing 15 million users total on Wednesday.
Mosseri also reiterated that the platform has been getting more than a million signups per day — a stat that CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed during last month’s earnings call — and noted that the platform has been seeing that volume of signups for “going on three months.”
Many people have been jumping to Bluesky looking for a new place to post that’s not X, which is owned by Donald Trump supporter Elon...
Arc’s mobile browser is now available to everyone on Android
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After an open beta that rolled out last month, Arc Search is now available to all Android users. The Browser Company’s search engine — which describes itself as “the fastest way to search” — has been positioning itself as a better alternative to Chrome.
Arc Search not only blocks ads but also has an AI feature called “browse for me” that summarizes search results. In a September Decoder interview, Browser Company CEO Josh Miller described Arc as a laptop-first search engine, but the company is clearly leaning in to mobile.
Over 100,000 Android users participated in the Arc beta, according to a press release. Arc says it’s fixed some of the issues that bothered users most during the beta test — as a result, the browser now has full...
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welcome to our future
Lindsey Vonn announces a comeback at 40, saying she's ready to race
The record-setting skier once notched speeds that would be illegal on most U.S. highways — until knee injuries slowed her down and she retired in 2019. Now Vonn says she's ready to return to racing.
Stargazers can see the final supermoon of the year this weekend
The next supermoon — which appears larger and brighter than a regular full moon due to its proximity to Earth — will not be visible for nearly a year.
Last Of Us Director Has Been Working On A New Game Since 2020
Fans have been patiently waiting for word of what Naughty Dog’s next big single-player game will be following The Last of Us Part II and multiple remasters. While studio head Neil Druckmann didn’t hint at what that project might be, he reportedly confirmed during a recent roundtable discussion that he’s been working…
andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:") wrote:
Since Twitter is changing its ToS tomorrow to allow every tweet to be used to train AI, I decided to delete my accounts today.
And I saw that your account settings somehow have a gender marker, which is internal and not displayed publicly. And mine said female.
I don't remember that section of the profile being there, or me setting that to female. And the text suggests that the "initial value" of that field might be AI-determined based on your tweets and profile.
So I guess thanks Elon for validating me as not a cis man? 🤷
Pro-Harris TikTok felt safe in an algorithmic bubble — until election day
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In the weeks leading up to the US presidential election, Kacey Smith was feeling hopeful. Smith, who supported Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign, says she knew it would be a close race between the Democratic nominee and Republican Donald Trump. But as she scrolled TikTok, she believed Harris would be victorious.
But Election Day approached, and she started to sense red flags in that positivity. She recalls TikTok serving her enthusiasm for reproductive choice with videos encouraging “women’s rights over gas prices” — implying, falsely, she thought, the choice was “either/or.” The rhetoric fit well inside her feed filled with strangers, but as a campaign strategy, it felt limiting and risky. “When I started seeing that messaging play...
Xbox continues its push beyond consoles with new ad campaign
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Microsoft has been trying to expand Xbox to multiple devices for more than five years now, and now it’s launching a marketing campaign to make it very clear that it thinks every screen is an Xbox now. A new “This is an Xbox” campaign is launching today to position the Xbox brand as a way to play games across multiple devices, instead of just an Xbox console.
“This Is an Xbox invites people to play with Xbox across multiple devices and screens,” explains Craig McNary, senior director of Xbox marketing. “It showcases the evolution of Xbox as a platform that extends across devices, with bold, iconic, fun visuals and a light-hearted tone.”
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Microsoft’s new Xbox marketing campaign.
Microsoft has...
In northern Israel, migrant workers are farming while under fire from Hezbollah
Foreign laborers, many from Thailand, are tending fields and livestock in an area Israel has declared off-limits to its own civilians amid ongoing military operations against Hezbollah.
Infowars Acquired by The Onion, Will Become a Parody of Itself
Conspiracy mega-site Infowars, whose founder and main host Alex Jones has become the face of monetized suspicion in America, has been acquired at a bankruptcy auction by the satirical news company The Onion. They plan to relaunch Infowars as a parody of itself, with backing from Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit that advocates for […]
These Two Classic Shooters Just Became Completely Free, Forever
Epic, now primarily known for Fortnite and the Unreal Engine, has given permission for two of the most significant video games ever made, Unreal and Unreal Tournament, to be freely accessed via the Internet Archive. As spotted by RPS, via ResetEra, the OldUnreal group announced the move on their Discord, along with…
Not even Spotify is safe from AI slop
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How fake music targets real artists.
Meta hit with $840 million fine for linking Facebook and Marketplace
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Almost two years after EU regulators first accused Meta of “abusive practices” that gave the tech giant unfair market advantages, the European Commission has fined Meta €797.7 million (around $840 million). The combination of forcing Facebook users to be exposed to Marketplace and imposing restrictions against third-party classified ads providers on the platform are the two main reasons cited for the fine.
In a statement, the EU’s competition head Margrethe Vestager accused Meta of abusing its dominant position in the social media market “to benefit its own service Facebook Marketplace, thereby giving it advantages that other online classified ads service providers could not match. This is illegal under EU antitrust rules.”
The European...
The Onion just bought Infowars
Alex Jones in 2022. | Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images
The satirical news outlet The Onion has acquired Infowars, the conspiracy theory-riddled site run by Alex Jones, in a bankruptcy auction. In a press release posted to X Thursday, The Onion announced that it plans to “end Infowars’ relentless barrage of disinformation for the sake of selling supplements and replace it with The Onion’s relentless barrage of humor for good” when it relaunches in January 2025.
The Onion purchased Infowars’ assets with the support of the families in Sandy Hook, Connecticut, who sued Jones for spreading lies about the victims of the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Jones was ordered to pay more than $1 billion in 2022 and filed for bankruptcy later that year. In September, a judge approved...
Why are cassette and CD players so bulky now?
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Cassette tape sales are at a 20-year high, the vinyl market is on a 17-year growth streak, and CDs have caught the attention of Gen Z. After a resurgence of retro physical media, tech companies have now jumped in to provide new hardware to play these formats.
Companies like We Are Rewind, Fiio, and others offer updated designs for new cassette and CD players, with some additional functionality like USB-C charging and Bluetooth.
But after a quick glance at these updated music gadgets in person, we found that they are seemingly not as advanced as some of their vintage counterparts. The dimensions of We Are Rewind’s Bluetooth cassette player are roughly the same as Sony’s first-ever Walkman from 1979 — but by the time the cassette Walkman...
How Trump’s second term could be bad for EVs — but great for Tesla
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What Elon Musk really wants from a Trump presidency.
The Verge’s 2024 holiday gift guide for tinkerers
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Whether you’re assembling a PC, planning an epic Etsy crafts store, or just fixing a squeaky old chair, we found some handy tools that anyone can appreciate.
Trump Cabinet Picks Rubio and Stefanik Once Confirmed Putin Attacked the 2016 Election to Help Trump
For eight years, an article of faith within Trumpworld and the right-wing media cosmos has been that the Trump-Russia scandal was a hoax, a canard cooked up by nefarious Deep State actors and bolstered by their co-conspirators in the press and the Democratic Party to sabotage and destroy Donald Trump. Trump himself continues to rail […]
YouTube is getting in on the digital gifting game
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YouTube is taking a page out of the TikTok playbook by adding “jewels” you buy to exchange for gifts for your favorite creators during livestreams. The feature, announced in September’s Made on YouTube event, is rolling out in the US over the next few weeks for eligible creators in the YouTube Partner Program.
The feature is reminiscent of TikTok’s livestream gifting, which essentially works the same way, except you buy “coins.” On YouTube, gifts you send to live streamers appear onscreen and add to their earnings called “rubies,” valued at one cent each. YouTube says there’s no fixed revenue share since the cost of jewels can change based on promotions, so the amount of rubies earned can vary. For the next three months, YouTube will...
Pokémon TCG Pocket Teases New Booster Pack Release Date With Trading Coming Next Year
We’re just a couple weeks into Pokémon TCG Pocket’s life out in the wild and the devs behind the hit mobile card game adaptation have already teased some big upcoming plans. Those include new booster packs before the end of the year, the arrival of trading in 2025, and other new features that are still in development.
My Platoon’s Fight to Survive—and Heal From—the Bloodiest Battle of the Iraq War
A caution to readers: This story is an unvarnished, unsanitized firsthand account of the Second Battle of Fallujah that includes descriptions and photos that are candidly disturbing. In telling this story, I promised my fellow Marines that I would not sugarcoat our experience. This story is published in collaboration with The War Horse. Narrow metal cages […]
My Platoon’s Fight to Survive—and Heal From—the Bloodiest Battle of the Iraq War
A caution to readers: This story is an unvarnished, unsanitized firsthand account of the Second Battle of Fallujah that includes descriptions and photos that are candidly disturbing. In telling this story, I promised my fellow Marines that I would not sugarcoat our experience. This story is published in collaboration with The War Horse. To hear us […]
Disney’s streaming business is finally finding its footing
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Disney made money off its streaming business for the second time in a row. During Q4 2024, profit from Disney Plus, Hulu, and ESPN Plus soared to $321 million, up from $47 million last quarter.
During an earnings call on Thursday, Disney CEO Bob Iger said around 60 percent of all new subscribers are choosing Disney Plus’s ad-supported plan. Meanwhile, 37 percent of total subscribers in the US are currently subscribed to the option, which has become a major revenue driver for streaming services.
“It’s not just about raising pricing,” Iger said. “It’s about moving consumers to the advertiser-supported side of the streaming platform... the pricing that we recently put into place, which is increased pricing, was actually designed to move...
The Onion wins auction for Alex Jones' media company
The sale must be approved by a bankruptcy judge. Proceeds will go to paying down the $1.5 billion debt that Jones owes families of Sandy Hook shooting victims who won two defamation suits against him.
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Is this a pessimistic post, or an optimistic post? I can't tell anymore.
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okay, this is hilarious
Amazon announces its first Mini LED Fire TV — and this one’s also built for gaming
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Amazon is today introducing its latest Fire TV Omni TV series, and it’s the first to feature Mini LED backlighting for improved contrast, less blooming, and greater brightness than past models. The “Fire TV Omni Mini-LED Series” features up to 1,344 dimming zones (depending on screen size) and delivers up to 1,400 nits of peak brightness. That’s respectable, but falls short of top Mini LED contenders like TCL’s QM8 and Hisense’s U8N, which can push all the way to 3,000 nits.
Still, Amazon’s TV is priced quite a bit lower than those models and includes Dolby Vision IQ, HDR10 Plus Adaptive, and Dolby Atmos audio. This also sounds like the first Fire TV Omni that’s truly cut out for gaming. It’s got AMD FreeSync Premium Pro certification,...
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The Internet and Engaged Citizenship | American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Great read on the history of the World Wide Web. https://www.amacad.org/publication/internet-and-engaged-citizenship/section/2
Words With Friends takes on Wordle with new single-player daily puzzles
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Wordle’s success has caused an explosion in newspaper-style puzzle games, and now Words With Friends is getting in on the action. The long-running word game is adding four solo modes that can be played daily, and they’ll sound familiar to those who use The New York Times’ gaming app.
The new games include a mini crossword puzzle; a word search; Word Wheel, which is about connecting letters to create words; and a word guessing game called Guess Word. You can see what they all look like in the gallery below:
Zynga, which owns Words With Friends, says that each of the games will have new puzzles daily and can be played either solo or in multiplayer. “Our players asked if they could do even more, so we’ve added a whole new layer of...
Apple faces a new $3.75 billion antitrust lawsuit over iCloud storage
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Apple is facing a £3 billion (about $3.75 billion) lawsuit from a consumer group that alleges the iPhone maker violated UK competition law by “forcing” customers to use its iCloud service.
In its press release, UK consumer watchdog Which? says that Apple gave its iCloud storage service preferential treatment and encouraged users to use the service to store photos, videos, and other data while making it difficult to use alternative providers.
“We believe Apple customers are owed nearly £3 billion as a result of the tech giant forcing its iCloud services on customers and cutting off competition from rival services,” Which? said in its announcement. The group alleges that Apple’s monopoly allowed the company to overcharge users for iCloud...
These matchmakers connect teens and elders. The friendships benefit both sides
Groups that connect elders and teens — both in real life and online — have a new sense of urgency in the loneliness epidemic.
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
‘One anonymous House GOP member told Axios: “We wanted him out of the House … this isn’t what we were thinking.” Another remarked they were “stunned and disgusted”.’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/13/republicans-matt-gaetz-trump-attorney-general
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“Trump has signaled he will authorize an execution spree of all inmates sentenced to death by the US government as one of his first acts after his inauguration on 20 January… would be a continuation of the 13 federal executions carried out at the end of Trump’s first term in office.
The sudden burst of Trump executions, carried out over six months in 2020-21, was the most intense period of federal judicial killings under any president in more than 120 years…”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/14/biden-death-row-clemency
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Johns Hopkins study: “The United States’s blossoming emergence as a clean energy superpower could be stopped in its tracks by Donald Trump, further empowering Chinese leadership and forfeiting tens of billions of dollars of investment to other countries…”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/14/trump-clean-energy-climate-policies
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The United States of America's alignment exposed.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/11/14/government-by-spite/
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Trump's attorney general pick. And, what if the Department of Education is scrapped
President-elect Donald Trump has picked Matt Gaetz for attorney general. Here's what we know about him. And, a look at the possible consequences of eliminating the Department of Education.
Snapchat will let parents request their teen’s real-time location
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Once known only for its self-destructing pics, in recent years Snapchat has sneakily evolved into a location-oriented social media app. It’s now leaning further than ever into that identity with a new real-time location sharing feature that allows family members to share their live locations with each other. The feature will roll out alongside other new location and privacy tools in the coming weeks.
Once you have the update, you’ll see an option in the Family Center that lets parents request their teen’s locations, and vice versa. The hub will also allow parents to view their child’s location-sharing settings alongside existing privacy settings to ensure they’re using the app safely and responsibly. If that’s not enough, Snap is...
Instead of sodas, these vending machines offer needles and Narcan to fight overdoses
Groups trying to reduce overdose deaths and the spread of infectious diseases are using vending machines to get clean needles, pipes, wound care kits, Narcan and other safety supplies to drug users.
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hagen ("hagen terschüren") wrote:
i did a blog: as i’m diving back into home automation i see a lot of content talking about cameras, home surveillance and security. don’t fall for sales tactics based on fear. it’s not only costing you money but also your sanity.
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Meanwhile, over at COP29, things are going _so_ very well...
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Today in History: Aaron Copland is born in Brooklyn, New York, 1900
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Today in History: Czechoslovakia becomes a republic, 1918
Google’s Gemini AI now has its own iPhone app
In the AI chatbot world, ubiquity is everything. Companies have raced to build desktop and mobile apps for their bots, in order to both give them new capabilities but also to make sure they’re right in front of your face as often as possible.
There’s no better example of that than Google’s new Gemini app for iPhone, which quietly hit the App Store around the world this week. The free app is simple and straightforward: it’s just a chat window and a list of your previous chats. You can query the bot with text, voice, or your camera, and it’ll give you answers. It’s effectively identical to the Gemini section of the Google app, or what you’d get by opening a browser and going to the Gemini website.
The Gemini app does have one newish...
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bendelarre ("Ben Delarre") wrote:
@sil @nolan @tomayac as a professional developer of ridiculously complicated web apps, I can with extreme prejudice say that anything the platform can do to *remove tooling* would be a good thing for my teams development.
Tooling is without doubt the biggest drag on the JS ecosystem today. I spent a disproportionate amount of time making transpiling, bundling, testing and debugging work reliably and every 'upgrade' brings a new suite of weird bugs and time sink.
slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
At performance.now() in Amsterdam; taking a risk with this talk to explain *why* perf work is so important today.
Google will let you search for products on Maps to help with holiday shopping
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Google has added some new travel and shopping features to Maps that aim to make it easier to find local products and stay on time during busy periods. Starting today, Maps now allows users to search for items like home goods, clothing, and electronics, and find stores nearby that sell them — a useful feature to have for any last-minute holiday shopping.
The search results in Maps will display individual product listings alongside locations where generic examples of desired items can be found (showing nearby stores that sell “holiday sweaters,” for example). The product listings are presented similarly to products in Google Shopping, only with useful information like store distance and if the item is currently in stock.
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They say that the eyes are the windows of the soul but personally I think the windows of the soul are those two little windows on your back below the shoulderblades. That's where the wings plug in.
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Dear Joe Biden: Here’s How You Can Protect Reproductive Rights From Trump’s Zealots
Trump’s reelection has been described by advocates and experts as a final blow to reproductive rights. These fears are not unfounded. Trump appointed three of the five conservative Supreme Court justices who overruled Roe v. Wade ending the constitutional right to abortion and unleashing a health-care apocalypse. Vulnerable women found themselves in even greater danger […]
How Trump Plans to Purge Thousands of Government Workers
In a campaign video from March 2023, Donald Trump laid out his goal to “dismantle the Deep State and reclaim our democracy from Washington Corruption.” Such rhetoric was common in 2016, too. But, this time, his incoming administration has an actionable plan for how to do it. The idea has existed for years and, as […]
Lee Zeldin, Trump’s EPA Pick, Puts a Moderate Face on a Radical Plan
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. By tapping former New York Rep. Lee Zeldin to head the Environmental Protection Agency, President-elect Donald Trump opted to put his planned radical rollback of climate policy in the hands of a staunch ally who is skilled at projecting an […]
Dear Joe Biden: Here’s How You Can Protect Reproductive Rights From Trump’s Zealots
Trump’s reelection has been described by advocates and experts as a final blow to reproductive rights. These fears are not unfounded. Trump appointed three of the five conservative Supreme Court justices who overruled Roe v. Wade, ending the constitutional right to abortion and unleashing a health care apocalypse. Vulnerable women found themselves in even greater […]
Self-contained Executable Programs with Deno Compile
Deno compile is a flexible tool that turns a JavaScript or TypeScript program into a portable, streamlined binary for any OS. Here's how it works.
Australia will require social media platforms to act to prevent online harm to users
Australia plans to require social media platforms to act to prevent online harms to users such as bullying, predatory behavior and algorithms pushing destructive content, the government said Thursday.
'Dad, is the world going to end?' How to talk to your kids about the election
Many parents are grappling with how to talk to even to their young children about the election. Experts offer tips on how to start the difficult conversation.
When will greenhouse gas emissions finally peak? Could be soon
Fossil fuel emissions have increased steadily for almost two centuries. Now, the world may soon reach an important turning point for climate change.
PayPal will let you pool money for group gifts and shared expenses
PayPal is making it easier to collectively pool together funds on the platform. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images
PayPal is introducing a new money-pooling feature that aims to make it easier to collect and pay for things as a group. The feature is free and allows PayPal users to create a pool online or via the platform’s app, invite friends and family to contribute, track contributed funds, and transfer that cash to their own PayPal balance.
Provided you trust the pool organizer who will hold the power to spend or withdraw those funds, the pooling feature should provide a simple way to gather cash for things like gifts and group traveling collectively. Pool organizers can share pool joining links via “text, email, WhatsApp, and more” to people regardless of whether they have a PayPal account or not. Contributions can be made using a PayPal balance...
What a Trump presidency might mean for student loan forgiveness
Several of President Biden's efforts at loan relief are in jeopardy, including a repayment plan with millions of borrowers waiting in limbo.
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@dangillmor My experience is that any article with Twitter embeds isn't an article at all, it's a "some people are saying" listicle. I might as well be watching a local weatherman doing man-on-the-street interviews about how wet the rain is.
"Nothing of value was lost", in other words.
I would like to opt out of finding out, I was not doing any of the fucking around
danwentzel@urbanists.social ("Dan Wentzel 🏳️🌈") wrote:
Watching President Biden and other top Democrats meet with Trump and normalize him in their concession speeches is the equivalent of the "This is Fine" meme.
Donald Trump attempted a coup. Just because he won't go to prison doesn't mean he didn't do the crime.
Who are they trying to convince that everything is normal? Themselves?
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In happier news, I got a really cool book today.
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TechThreadsByAidan@me.dm ("Aidan Raymond") wrote:
Why BlueSky is not a viable alternative https://medium.com/@aidanraymond/why-bluesky-isnt-the-alternative-to-x-formerly-twitter-you-re-looking-for-and-why-mastodon-is-46c8901f2748 #Fediverse #Mastodon #bluesky
I’m a journalist and I’m changing the way I read news. This is how. “I’ll read news, not other people’s reactions to news.” https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/11/im-a-journalist-and-im-changing-the-way-i-read-news-this-is-how/
jon@henshaw.social ("Jon Henshaw") wrote:
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Dick Van Dyke Is Glad He “Won’t Be Around” For Trump Presidency
#Politics #2024Election #2024presidentialelection #DickVanDyke #DonaldTrump #Election #ElectionLine #KamalaHarris #Presidentialelectionhttps://deadline.com/2024/11/dick-van-dyke-glad-wont-be-around-trump-presidency-1236176321/
dunequotes@botsin.space ("Dune Quotes") wrote:
Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
AlSweigart ("Al Sweigart") wrote:
The fact that all these court cases against Trump are just self-evaporating right now shows that "checks and balances" was always a silly fairy tale.
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beep@follow.ethanmarcotte.com ("Ethan Marcotte") wrote:
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As of last night, my first two books — RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN, and RESPONSIVE DESIGN: PATTERNS AND PRINCIPLES — are available to read online, for free.
I had some emotions about it: https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/books-no-longer-apart/
Have there been studies investigating whether repeated COVID infections lead to a reduced willingness to take basic precautions like wearing masks? Because it really feels like we've got a Cordyceps / Toxoplasmosis situation going on here.
subjacentish@zeroes.ca ("Subjacent Banana") wrote:
Academics and media people prefer Bluesky to Mastodon because they fundamentally need to be validated by an institution.
They are completely incapable of constructing their own meaning - even on the internet.😆
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Liberals declaring Defund the Police as “political poison,” do so as if they aren’t the ones who got to decided if defunding police brutality was a worthy pursuit.
So often, Liberals will play the role of political saboteur, then swap hats to become the political pundit observing their sabotage.
luckytran@med-mastodon.com ("Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:") wrote:
From the authoritarian regime survival guide:
"Oppose any legislation attempting to interfere with freedom of assembly, for whatever reason."
Mask bans are a gateway to wider bans on all forms of protest. We should be do everything we can to stop them.
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- 10. They will try to limit freedom of assembly, calling it a necessity for your security. They will enact laws prioritizing state events and rallies, or those of a certain type or ideology. If they can choose who can demonstrate legally, they have a legal basis to forcefully disperse or prosecute the rest. Oppose any legislation attempting to interfere with freedom of assembly, for whatever reason. (remote)
Republicans retain their hold of the House, clinching full control of Congress
Republicans have officially won a full trifecta of power in Washington, D.C., following GOP victories in several key U.S. House contests.
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Liberals now declaring that the Defund the Police movement was “political poison,” do so as if they aren’t the ones who got to decided if defunding police brutality was a worthy pursuit.
So often, Liberals will play the role of political saboteur, then swap hats to become the political pundit observing their sabotage.
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Democrats' ‘Fund the Police’ Plan Backfired, Gave Trump Power
"The belief persists against all logic: Four years of proudly Backing The Blue, at a minimum, failed to help Democratic voter turnout—and likely depressed votes from progressives. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s mythical moderate Republican voters, whom the party molded its entire platform to pursue, did not arrive to carry the party to the finish line. ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2024/11/13/democrats-fund-the.html
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JenMsft ("Jen Gentleman") wrote:
They let anyone be a network admin these days
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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
feel free to give it a whirl at:
[https://arghstudios.com:50433][3]and select “Stories”.
remember: this is early testing stage software, so no guarantees your computer won’t halt & catch fire… but more likely you’ll just get a smile, not a conflagration. I’ll be adding a login/session authentication system shortly, but for now it is open & user reports are welcome ( support@arghstudios.com ). a hard request may take 5-15 seconds, so give the poor Artificial Stoopid some slack. we know latency suxs.
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
I’ll put together a reasonable “About” page mañana, explaining our focus on Safety, Effectiveness, & Trustworthiness. our design goals: child-safe story ideas, at 5th grade reading comprehension level, with minimal logging as necessary for development & QA.
we do *not* track the contents of your story idea requests, nor the response contents. these are *your* story ideas. this product is for adults to operate, not kids. this is not a replacement for human storytelling, nor a babysitter.