Meet “Amaterasu”: Astronomers detect highest energy cosmic ray since 1991 (arstechnica.com) en
The Telescope Array in Utah's West Desert picked up a rare particle with 244 EeV energy.
How a construction boom led to toxic air in Mumbai (scroll.in) en
Government incentives have led to a spike in construction projects in the city. Residents are suffering from the resultant increase in pollution levels.
Ethereum feature abused to steal $60 million from 99K victims (bleepingcomputer.com) en
Malicious actors have been abusing Ethereum's 'Create2' function to bypass wallet security alerts and poison cryptocurrency addresses, which led to stealing $60,000,000 worth of cryptocurrency from 99,000 people in six months.
About change in ownership and discussion about some rules (kbin.social) en
Hi, I have taken over as the owner of anime_titties as it had been classified as abandoned. I will do my best to make this place active again....
The when is less important than the what: an epidemic scale as an alternative to the WHO's Public Health Emergency of International Concern (thelancet.com) en
WHO declared the end of the Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) for COVID-19 on May 5, 2023, and for mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) on May 11, 2023. Throughout its use, the meaning of the term PHEIC has been muddled. We call for a new, objective epidemic scale that better communicates the potential...
Apple has removed Meduza’s flagship news podcast ‘What Happened’ from Apple Podcasts, without explaining the reason Earlier this summer, the Russian state censorship authority had asked Apple to block the show — Meduza (meduza.io) en
Looks like Apple is censoring content that Kremlin doesn't like from its platform..
Firefox 116 Is Now Available for Download, This Is What's New - 9to5Linux (9to5linux.com) en
Firefox 116 open-source web browser is now available for download with improved Picture-in-Picture mode, improved Wayland support, and more.
YSK alternatives to imgur for uploading your images (kbin.social) en
Imgur now blocks several VPNs and have issues loading embedded previews in several fediverse platforms. So instead of using imgur, you could use one of the following alternatives for uploading your images....
Why companies say you're 'family' while underpaying you (therealnews.com) en
Felix Allen, a recently fired New Orleans-based organizer at Lowe's, recounts the measures taken by his employer to prevent his store from unionizing.
Analysis: The social media era for news organizations is long over (newscaststudio.com) en
In an era saturated with digital immediacy, the evolution of news consumption patterns has been ... Read More
Reddit to Teddit/Libreddit Redirect Userscripts (kbin.social) en
I have been trying to avoid Reddit. However, I still often end up being forced to click on a link to a post while searching for something specific. It is a hassle to manually change the link to libreddit or teddit everytime....
Violentmonkey, an opensource alternative for Tampermonkey (kbin.social) en
Since Greasemonkey is no longer being updated and /kbinStyles has been thriving, with people creating a lot of userscript for added functionality, I thought I should introduce Violentmonkey here. It is a really good opensource alternative for Tampermonkey and works well....
PeerTube now supports remote transcoding! (joinpeertube.org) en
With its latest update, PeerTube now supports remote transcoding (in shared servers etc). This is huge and can help with the large amount of computing power required to trandcode 4k videos.
A growing number of instances are signing the Anti-Meta Fedi Pact (kbin.social) en
A growing number of instances (mainly of Mastodon so far) are signing an 'Anti-Meta Fedi Pact', pledging to block any instance owned by Meta in the fediverse....
