The Onion is sold to new firm known as Global Tetrahedron: The Onion's owner said on Thursday that the satirical news site has been sold to a new Chicago-based firm created by four digital media veterans who are fans of the publication.
2 hours ago by neolib to /s/Internet from axios.com
World's chocolate supply threatened by devastating virus - A rapidly spreading virus threatens the health of the cacao tree and the dried seeds from which chocolate is made, jeopardizing the global supply of the world's most popular treat.
1 day ago by neolib to /s/Food from phys.org
A well-connected Russian deputy defence minister has been charged with bribe-taking, in the highest-profile corruption scandal in the country in years, triggering speculation about a possible purge within Moscow’s elites. Timur Ivanov, 47 ... was detained by the FSB services late on Tuesday evening
1 day ago by neolib to /s/Russia from theguardian.com
President Joe Biden signed into law measures to provide aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, as well as force the divestiture of social media platform TikTok from its Chinese parent company ByteDance.
1 day ago by neolib to /s/politics from cnbc.com
1 day ago by neolib to /s/USPolitics from cnbc.com
Incredible first look at a baby wolverine
2 days ago by neolib to /s/videos from youtube.com
AI dystopia: "We’re rolling out more sophisticated and AI-powered moderation tools ... you’ll continue to see new safety tools that expand on features we released in the past few months, like improved automated removal of undesired content, LLM-powered harassment filters, and user details reporting"
2 days ago by neolib to /s/MeanwhileOnReddit from old.reddit.com
Bostrom’s Deep Utopia
3 days ago by neolib to /s/books from overcomingbias.com
Israel has yet to provide supporting evidence of its claims that employees of the UN relief agency Unrwa are members of terrorist organisations, an independent review led by the former French foreign minister Catherine Colonna has said.
3 days ago by neolib to /s/WorldPolitics from theguardian.com
Satellite imagery released over the past 24 hours has revealed evidence of probable damage at an Iranian air base following an Israeli strike ... An Umbra Space image ... shows damage and debris around one component - probably a radar - which has also shifted position slightly.
4 days ago by neolib to /s/WarWatch from bbc.com
‘Lost for words’: Joe Biden’s tale about cannibals bemuses Papua New Guinea residents - President’s suggestion that his ‘Uncle Bosie’ was eaten by cannibals harms US efforts to build Pacific ties, say local experts
4 days ago by neolib to /s/offbeat from theguardian.com
House passes critical aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan along with a TikTok ban - The bills amount to a $95 billion aid package in total.
5 days ago by neolib to /s/USPolitics from nbcnews.com
Twitter alternative Post News is shutting down - The publisher-focused platform is going away after less than two years.
5 days ago by neolib to /s/SocialMedia from theverge.com
Darkthrone - Black Dawn Affiliation - official video (Taken from It Beckons Us All, Due For Release On 26th Apr 2024)
6 days ago by neolib to /s/metal from youtube.com
Cloudflare Billionaire Matthew Prince Fights Utah Locals Over House, Dogs, Wall - A Mansion, Two Dogs and a Wall: Inside The Conflict Between a Utah Billionaire And His Neighbors
7 days ago by neolib to /s/Billionaires from bloomberg.com
Google fires 28 staff after sit-in protest against Israeli cloud deal ends in arrests - Alphabet Workers Union says bosses refuse to listen to concerns
7 days ago by neolib to /s/USnews from theregister.com
A U.S. official confirmed to ABC News Israeli missiles have hit a site in Iran.
7 days ago by neolib to /s/WarWatch from abcnews.go.com
A cat has had a lucky escape in Dubai after being caught up in the unprecedented floods. The little feline was clinging onto the handle of a car door, trying to escape high waters, when it was spotted and rescued by police officers passing by in a canoe.
7 days ago by neolib to /s/cats from youtube.com
You can try new Meta Llama 3 models (8B and 70B) here (without account/registration)
7 days ago by neolib to /s/Artificial_Intelligen from chat.tune.app
What caused the storm that brought Dubai to a standstill?
8 days ago by neolib to /s/ClimateChange from reuters.com
DeSantis signs bill mandating kindergartners learn history of communism
8 days ago by neolib to /s/NotTheOnion from orlandosentinel.com
Russia will pull out all of its nearly 2,000 troops from Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region, the Kremlin said in a surprise announcement just six months after they watched a forced mass exodus of the region’s Armenian population.
8 days ago by neolib to /s/Russia from politico.eu
The House speaker, Mike Johnson, is pushing ahead with his plan to hold votes on four separate foreign aid bills this week, despite threats from two fellow Republicans to oust him if he advances a Ukraine funding proposal ... Johnson indicated final votes on the bills were expected on Saturday
8 days ago by neolib to /s/USPolitics from theguardian.com
Indian security forces kill at least 29 Maoists in gunbattle
9 days ago by neolib to /s/WorldNews from reuters.com
Smartmatic has reached a settlement with One America News Network over claims that the news outlet amplified false claims that the voting systems company rigged the results of the 2020 election: “Smartmatic has resolved its litigation against OANN through a confidential settlement”
9 days ago by neolib to /s/USnews from deadline.com
A fire hit Copenhagen's Old Stock Exchange on Tuesday, one of the Danish capital's best-known buildings, engulfing its spire which collapsed onto the roof in a scene reminiscent of the 2019 blaze at Paris' Notre-Dame cathedral. There were no immediate reports of injuries, police said.
9 days ago by neolib to /s/videos from youtube.com
Elon Musk says new X users have to pay to tweet: “Unfortunately, a small fee for new user write access is the only way to curb the relentless onslaught of bots,” Musk said Monday ... “Current AI (and troll farms) can pass ‘are you a bot’ with ease.”
10 days ago by neolib to /s/SocialMedia from qz.com
Trump Media shares plunge more than 15% after company files to issue additional DJT stock
10 days ago by neolib to /s/finance from cnbc.com
Stumbled upon interesting comments in downvoted /r/conspiracy/ post - security guard on Lana Del Ray concert vibes/energy
10 days ago by neolib to /s/whatever from self.whatever
Israel defense minister to Pentagon: No choice but to retaliate against Iran
10 days ago by neolib to /s/WorldPolitics from axios.com
Biden told Bibi U.S. won't support an Israeli counterattack on Iran - "You got a win. Take the win," Biden told Netanyahu, according to the official.
11 days ago by neolib to /s/WorldPolitics from axios.com
US, UK and Jordan intercept many of the Iranian drones headed to Israel - Israeli official says American forces stopped over 100 aircraft outside the country; Jordanian jets shot down dozens of drones in kingdom’s airspace; France also assists defense
11 days ago by neolib to /s/WarWatch from timesofisrael.com
Iran launched dozens of drones against Israel on Saturday night local time, four U.S. and Israeli officials told Axios.
12 days ago by neolib to /s/WarWatch from axios.com
‘This isn’t how good scientific debate happens’: academics on culture of fear in gender medicine research - Cass review found professionals in the field are scared to discuss views amid risk of reputational damage and online abuse
12 days ago by neolib to /s/TumblrInAction from theguardian.com
Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu
12 days ago by neolib to /s/technology from theverge.com
Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards have seized an Israeli-owned container ship in the latest escalation of hostilities between the Islamic republic and Israel ... The vessel is owned by Zodiac Maritime, a company controlled by Israel’s Ofer family ... The seizure took place in the Gulf of Oman [FT]
12 days ago by neolib to /s/WorldNews from archive.is
Israel is preparing for a direct attack from Iran on southern or northern Israel as soon as Friday or Saturday ... A person briefed by the Iranian leadership, however, said that while plans to attack are being discussed, no final decision has been made. [WSJ, April 11, 2024 7:47 pm ET]
13 days ago by neolib to /s/WarWatch from archive.is
OJ Simpson, ex-NFL star who was acquitted of murder, dies aged 76 - Former NFL star who was acquitted of murder in 1995 died of cancer, according to a statement by his family
14 days ago by neolib to /s/Death from theguardian.com
Multiple people were injured as dozens of shots were fired during an Eid al-Fitr event in West Philadelphia Wednesday afternoon where around 1,000 attendees gathered to celebrate the end of Ramadan.
14 days ago by neolib to /s/USnews from fox29.com
The US and its allies believe major missile or drone strikes by Iran or its proxies against military and government targets in Israel are imminent, in what would mark a significant widening of the six-month-old conflict ... It is seen as more a matter of when, not if, one of the people said
14 days ago by neolib to /s/WarWatch from bloomberg.com
Two conservative political operatives [Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman] who orchestrated a robocall campaign to dissuade Black people from voting in the 2020 election have agreed to pay up to $1.25 million under a settlement with New York state, Attorney General Letitia James said Tuesday.
16 days ago by neolib to /s/USPolitics from apnews.com
Vietnam records first patient of avian flu A/H9
16 days ago by neolib to /s/outbreaks from e.vnexpress.net
Panama Papers: trial begins of 27 Mossack Fonseca employees - Law firm’s founders among those to face money laundering charges after leak of 11.5m files in 2016
16 days ago by neolib to /s/WorldNews from theguardian.com
A new study suggests that large cities, like London and Sydney, grow in an oddly similar way to malignant tumors. Researchers argue that the same key factors that govern the growth of cancer also seem to govern the spread of urban spaces.
17 days ago by neolib to /s/science from sciencealert.com
Mexican police find 7 bodies, 5 of them decapitated, inside a car with messages "detailing the reason they were killed"
17 days ago by neolib to /s/Crime from cbsnews.com
Trump Media stock erases all gains since it began trading as DJT shares fall another 11% Monday - And many traders are betting that the stock price will continue to fall further.
17 days ago by neolib to /s/finance from nbcnews.com
Total solar eclipse from space - astronauts' view from the International Space Station
17 days ago by neolib to /s/space from twitter.com
2024 Total Solar Eclipse: Through the Eyes of NASA (Telescope Feed)
17 days ago by neolib to /s/livestream from youtube.com
A crusading Brazilian Supreme Court justice included Elon Musk as a target in an ongoing investigation over the dissemination of fake news and opened a separate investigation late Sunday into the executive for alleged obstruction.
18 days ago by neolib to /s/SocialMedia from apnews.com
Israel said on Sunday it had withdrawn more soldiers from southern Gaza, leaving just one brigade, as it and Hamas sent teams to Egypt for fresh talks over a potential ceasefire in the six-month conflict.
18 days ago by neolib to /s/WarWatch from reuters.com
Blue, mysterious and arriving by the millions: the alien-like creatures blanketing US beaches - Masses of ephemeral organisms known as ‘by-the-wind sailors’ wash up in a ‘blue tide’ on the west coast most years but warmer winter seas could be increasingly their numbers
19 days ago by neolib to /s/Nature from theguardian.com
Instagram makes more money from ads than YouTube does, and it has for years - Meta’s court filing in an FTC case shows that in 2021 Instagram’s ad revenue topped $32 billion, compared to $28.8 billion for YouTube.
19 days ago by neolib to /s/SocialMedia from theverge.com
Dark energy might not be constant after all - First results from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument offer hints of new physics.
19 days ago by neolib to /s/space from arstechnica.com
Mount Etna blows spectacular smoke rings into the sky
19 days ago by neolib to /s/videos from youtube.com
/r/conspiracy/ went crazy about N.J. earthquake
20 days ago by neolib to /s/MeanwhileOnReddit from archive.is
No Labels ditches plans for 2024 third-party ticket
21 days ago by neolib to /s/USPolitics from axios.com
Monkey Attack Leads to First Human Case of B Virus in Hong Kong
21 days ago by neolib to /s/outbreaks from bloomberg.com
Israel faces mounting outrage from allies after killing World Central Kitchen aid workers
22 days ago by neolib to /s/WorldPolitics from politico.eu
Rare human case of bird flu contracted in Texas following contact with dairy cattle: "The CDC said this is only the second time that a person in the U.S. has contracted the bird flu, which typically infects wild birds but can spread to domestic species."
22 days ago by neolib to /s/outbreaks from cbsnews.com
An Israeli airstrike that demolished Iran’s consulate in Syria on Monday killed two Iranian generals and five officers, according to Iranian officials ... The airstrike in Syria killed Gen. Mohammad Reza Zahedi, who led the elite Quds Force in Lebanon and Syria until 2016
23 days ago by neolib to /s/WarWatch from apnews.com
Israeli airstrike on Gaza kills seven working for food aid NGO - Citizens from Australia, Britain and Poland were among seven people working for celebrity chef Jose Andres' World Central Kitchen who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza on Monday, the NGO said.
23 days ago by neolib to /s/WorldNews from reuters.com
Turkey's resurgent opposition thumps Erdogan in pivotal local elections
25 days ago by neolib to /s/WorldPolitics from reuters.com
Who’s Behind All the ‘Pussy in Bio’ on X? I clicked all the way through so you don’t have to.
26 days ago by neolib to /s/SocialMedia from nymag.com
Mike Masnick: "Why Bluesky Remains The Most Interesting Experiment In Social Media, By Far"
26 days ago by neolib to /s/Bluesky from techdirt.com
Scientists have photographed more than 100 never-before-seen species that were discovered during a deep-sea expedition ... in the southeast Pacific, off the coast of Chile this year.
27 days ago by neolib to /s/Nature from petapixel.com
Reddit shares plunge almost 25% in two days, finish the week below first day close: "Earlier this week, Reddit disclosed in a corporate filing that CEO Steve Hoffman sold 500,000 shares, and Reddit COO Jennifer Wong also disclosed that she sold 514,000 shares."
27 days ago by neolib to /s/Reddit from cnbc.com
Israel strikes Syria's Aleppo killing dozens of soldiers and Iran-backed militants
27 days ago by neolib to /s/WarWatch from thenationalnews.com
Thailand steps up border control of livestock after anthrax outbreak is reported in neighboring Laos: "... 54 people in Laos have been infected with the disease"
27 days ago by neolib to /s/outbreaks from apnews.com
Missing 14-year-old found state away in closet of man she met on Reddit, feds say - A 32-year-old man was arrested after being accused of engaging in sexual acts with a 14-year-old he met on Reddit
27 days ago by neolib to /s/MeanwhileOnReddit from archive.is
Bengaluru Man Dies After Friend Pumps Hot Air Into His Rectum For Fun
27 days ago by neolib to /s/offbeat from news18.com
FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to a total of 300 months, or 25 years, in prison for seven counts of conspiracy and fraud charges stemming from the collapse of the crypto exchange he started.
28 days ago by neolib to /s/USnews from theverge.com
Serbian President’s Alarming Social Media Warning Stirs Mystery in Europe - The cryptic warning has raised concerns about a potential conflict erupting in the Balkans.
28 days ago by neolib to /s/WorldPolitics from thedailybeast.com
Daniel Kahneman, the psychologist who won a Nobel for upending economics, dies at 90
29 days ago by neolib to /s/Death from fortune.com
Ronna McDaniel out at NBC News following backlash: "The ex-RNC chair's hiring set off a rare on-air protest over the weekend from top network talent, renewing criticism over cable news' lucrative — and often controversial — alliance with former government officials and party flacks."
29 days ago by neolib to /s/MediaAnalysis from axios.com
Creepy footage of Diddy and fifteen-year-old Justin Bieber has emerged online after the rapper faces an ongoing sex trafficking investigation and mounting assault lawsuits ... showing rapper boasting 'what we're doing, I can't disclose - but it's every 15-year-old's dream'
29 days ago by neolib to /s/pedogate from dailymail.co.uk
“Mr. Combs possesses compromising footage of every person that has attended his freak-off parties, and his house parties,” lawsuit alleged. “Upon information and belief, due to this treasure trove of evidence he has in his possession, Mr. Combs believes that he is above the law and is untouchable.”
1 month ago by neolib to /s/conspiracy from latimes.com
Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse: Aerial video shows bridge submerged in water
1 month ago by neolib to /s/videos from youtube.com
Baltimore Key Bridge: Rescuers searching river after Baltimore bridge collapse [liveblog]
1 month ago by neolib to /s/USnews from bbc.com
The UN Security Council has passed a resolution calling for an "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza, after the US refrained from vetoing the measure in a change from its previous position.
1 month ago by neolib to /s/WorldNews from bbc.com
Donald Trump needs to find $US450 million by tonight as part of a civil fraud case. Here's what happens if he fails
1 month ago by neolib to /s/The_Donald from abc.net.au
Reddit will need to spend heavily on content moderation as it may face greater scrutiny as a public company, analysts said, threatening its longstanding policy of relying on an army of volunteers to maintain order on its platform.
1 month ago by neolib to /s/Reddit from reuters.com
Old West Saloons: Rare Photos Reveal the Vibrant Culture of Cowboy Saloons in the 19th Century
1 month ago by neolib to /s/history from rarehistoricalphotos.com
At least 60 killed and scores wounded in Moscow concert hall attack - Islamic State claims responsibility after gunmen in combat gear opened fire and reportedly set off explosives at Crocus City Hall
1 month ago by neolib to /s/WorldNews from theguardian.com
"Overwhelming evidence" shows that Australian computer scientist Craig Wright is not bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, a UK judge declared Thursday.
1 month ago by neolib to /s/bitcoin from arstechnica.com
Aerial footage shows Icelandic volcano erupting: "A video shot from a helicopter and published by Iceland's department of civil protection showed fountains of molten rock soaring from a long fissure in the ground, and lava spreading rapidly to each side"
A volcano in Iceland is erupting for the fourth time in 3 months, sending plumes of lava skywards: "RUV quoted geophysicist Magnús Tumi Guðmundsson as saying that the latest eruption is the most powerful so far ... some of the lava was flowing towards the defensive barriers around Grindavik."
1 month ago by neolib to /s/WorldNews from apnews.com
Supreme Court to hear case on how the government talks to social media companies: "The core question at issue in Murthy v. Missouri is whether the government can flag potentially harmful posts to social media companies without it turning into unconstitutional coercion of speech."
1 month ago by neolib to /s/SocialMedia from theverge.com
Reddit’s Sale of User Data for AI Training Draws FTC Inquiry
1 month ago by neolib to /s/MeanwhileOnReddit from wired.com
Cut submarine cables cause web outages across Africa; 6 countries still affected
1 month ago by neolib to /s/Africa from arstechnica.com
Kate Middleton to skip St. Patrick’s Day Parade for the first time in years despite being honored
1 month ago by neolib to /s/Celebrities from nypost.com
Sam Bankman-Fried should spend between 40 and 50 years in prison after being convicted for stealing $8bn from customers of his now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange, prosecutors said on Friday ... Judge Kaplan is scheduled to sentence Bankman-Fried on March 28
1 month ago by neolib to /s/news from theguardian.com
'If anything happens, it's not suicide': Boeing whistleblower's prediction before death - "A close family friend of John Barnett said he predicted he might wind up dead and that a story could surface that he killed himself. But at the time, he told her not to believe it."
1 month ago by neolib to /s/conspiracy from abcnews4.com
Florida mom accused of trying to sell daughter to store employee for $500: "Woods was ultimately arrested on March 7, and she faces charges of unlawfully deserting her child, trying to sell a child for money, aggravated child abuse, and three counts of child abuse without great bodily harm."
1 month ago by neolib to /s/USnews from clickorlando.com
Moment Japan's Space One rocket launch explodes
Andrew Torba: "We’re Cleaning Up Gab And It’s Long Overdue" - "After facing a barrage of threats, doxxing, and other unhinged behavior over the past few weeks I’ve come to the conclusion that these subversive mentally ill people don’t deserve the freedom of speech, they deserve to be committed."
1 month ago by neolib to /s/SocialMedia from news.gab.com
‘It looked like a UFO’: hiker discovers mysterious silver monolith in Powys [Wales] - Discovery follows spate of monoliths around the world in 2020, which conspiracy theorists speculated could have been the work of aliens
1 month ago by neolib to /s/offbeat from theguardian.com
A proposal to install new leadership in Haiti appeared to be crumbling Wednesday as some political parties rejected the plan to create a presidential council that would manage the transition.
Controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan can be extradited to the UK, a Romanian court has ruled ... The brothers can be extradited only after the conclusion of their separate trial in Romania on human trafficking charges, a judge ruled.
Elon Musk says xAI will open source Grok this week
1 month ago by neolib to /s/Artificial_Intelligen from techcrunch.com
Reddit Launches Long-Awaited IPO With $748 Million Target
1 month ago by neolib to /s/MeanwhileOnReddit from bloomberg.com