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OBS Studio 30 Released with Support for Intel QSV H264, HEVC, and AV1 on Linux (9to5linux.com)

Does anyone know where I could get a phone inserted into my body? (Example below) (lemmy.zip)

Argentina’s gig workers are rallying against regulation — and supporting the libertarian candidate (restofworld.org)

I made a thing to make playing YouTube videos locally from your browser easier (gitlab.com)

The other day someone was complaining about the new ad blocker-blocker on YouTube and I mentioned that it might be fun to write a Firefox extension that would just load up yt-dlp and play the video through mpv....

Israel strikes Gaza tower as death tolls jump after Hamas attack (www.aljazeera.com)

At least 198 Palestinians killed in Israeli air raids; Hamas attack kills 70 Israelis, ‘big number’ also captured.

Global solar installations projected to jump 56% this year!! (slrpnk.net)

cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/2294408...

Biden student-debt plan hailed as ‘big step forward’ for millions of borrowers (www.theguardian.com)

Ocean cleanup group removes record 25,000 pounds of trash from Great Pacific Garbage Patch in one extraction (abcnews.go.com)

Reddit's updated rate limits going into effect over the coming weeks, not entirely on July 1st, as was expected (www.reddit.com)

This is why apps like Boost, who never signed up for a subscription model are still functioning....

So IAMA is practically dead... (www.reddit.com)

For those that dont want to look at the link:...

Christian Selig’s Goodbye to Apollo (mastodon.social)

I wrote a short goodbye post on Reddit as we enter the last hours of Apollo. Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for the support over the years, it’s truly been the journey and dream of a lifetime building this app and meeting so many people. 🥰💙...

Op-ed: Why the great #TwitterMigration didn’t quite pan out (arstechnica.com)

Things to think about and lessons to learn.

The 9 Smallest Linux Distros That Are Super Lightweight (www.makeuseof.com)

Do you have an old PC lying around gathering dust? How about a small-capacity USB flash drive sitting, unloved in a drawer? You can reuse your old computer and a USB flash drive by installing a tiny Linux distribution....

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Microsoft's Windows 12 is expected to be even worse than Windows 11, functioning as a paid "subscription service" or forcing users to watch ads in order to use it without paying (hexbear.net)

Reddit must share IP addresses of piracy-discussing users, film studios say (arstechnica.com)

Linux 6.8 Network Optimizations Can Boost TCP Performance For Many Concurrent Connections By ~40% (www.phoronix.com)

How difficult is it to understand (lemm.ee)

AirDrop cracked by China, revealing phone number & email (9to5mac.com)

The Beijing institute developed the technique to crack an iPhone’s encrypted device log to identify the numbers and emails of senders who share AirDrop content, the city’s judicial bureau said in an online post. Police have identified multiple suspects via that method, the agency said, without disclosing if anyone was...

Today 4 years ago, Dr. Li Wenliang warned of a suspected SARS patient in a Wuhan WeChat group. Soon later, he was arrested for “making false comments on the Internet about unconfirmed SARS outbreak.” (harakahdaily.net)

Dr. Wenliang’s message went viral, becoming the earliest warning of what we now know today as Covid-19. He returned to work, but contracted Covid from a patient, and died on February 7, 2020....

Trey Parker and Matt Stone, high on acid at the 2000 Oscars. (lemmy.world)

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for “Blame Canada”. The creaters, Matt Parker and Trey Stone decided that, “It’s a magical night tonight.”...