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58 votes
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New California law prohibits using AI as basis to deny insurance claims
51 votes -
California will require insurance companies to offer coverage in wildfire zones
25 votes -
Pornhub is now blocked in almost all of the US South
53 votes -
More liquor stores in Oakland California are selling produce, thanks to Saba Grocers and City tax initiative (2021)
17 votes -
Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots
33 votes -
US President Joe Biden administration grants California waiver to ban gas car sales in 2035
48 votes -
$10 billion in government loans announced for United States EV charging network, battery production
13 votes -
Why Elon Musk doesn’t have access to SpaceX’s biggest US government secrets
12 votes -
In a first, Arizona’s attorney general sues an industrial farm over its water use
26 votes -
As tourists discover Finland's Santa Claus Village, some locals call for rules to control the masses
9 votes -
Costs from hurricane Helene more than $53 billion in North Carolina. Currently available funding is significantly less than that.
14 votes -
The women of the West are making political history — and have been for 130 years
4 votes -
Trans refugees turn to TikTok and Instagram for help fleeing red states
22 votes -
Iceland has authorised whale hunting for the next five years, despite welfare concerns
11 votes -
Oregon, USA introduces new statewide recycling rules to combat plastic waste
13 votes -
Norway has paused its controversial project to open up its seabed for commercial-scale deep-sea mining
17 votes -
Supreme Court wants US input on whether ISPs should be liable for users’ piracy, in $1 billion Sony v. Cox case
38 votes -
In Northeast D.C., a rancorous post-election fight erupts — over bike lanes
15 votes -
Scrapped policy to charge London’s drivers by the mile
4 votes -
US awards $1.5 billion in grants to improve passenger rail along Northeast Corridor
18 votes -
After a unanimous local vote in 1996, the Swedish town of Växjö became the first in the world to commit to becoming fossil fuel free
14 votes -
New York Governor Kathy Hochul to relaunch congestion pricing with $9 base toll, sources say
15 votes -
Tens of thousands of Chinese college students went cycling at night for soup dumplings in Kaifeng. That put the government on edge.
24 votes -
US voters greenlight over $25 billion in public transportation ballot measures in 2024
47 votes -
Iceland's president urged to intervene over Europe's last whaler – conservation groups are asking for the decision to allow Hvalur to hunt to be put on hold until after election
5 votes -
Subsea pumped storage tech secures funding from US, German governments
10 votes -
Sweden rejects applications for thirteen offshore wind farms – government believes building them would have unacceptable consequences for national defence
11 votes -
The world's most feminist city – how Umeå in Sweden became an idyll for women
7 votes -
US Joe Biden–Kamala Harris administration announces $45 million to reduce electric vehicle battery recycling costs
29 votes -
US Joe Biden-Kamala Harris administration announces $3 billion of investments in clean ports
24 votes -
Sweden abolishes tax on plastic bags despite warnings usage could rise – centre-right coalition government says consumption already below EU target
10 votes -
No, raising the minimum wage does not hurt US fast-food workers
29 votes -
More US states ban PFAS, or ‘forever chemicals,’ in more products
38 votes -
The latest in North Korea’s fake IT worker scheme: Extorting the employers
17 votes -
Chicago built 50+ miles of new bike lanes, increasing cyclists by 119% and dramatically reducing fatal collisions
54 votes -
Goodbye, floppies - San Francisco pays Hitachi $212 million to remove 5.25-inch disks from its light rail service
30 votes -
Norway is to enforce a strict minimum age limit on social media of fifteen as the government ramped up its campaign against tech companies it says are “pitted against small children's brains”
32 votes -
The rise of the compliant speech platform
8 votes -
Geothermal power in the North Bay
9 votes -
Florida threatens TV executive with jail time for airing ad in support of abortion rights
35 votes -
Hurricane Milton barrels toward Florida with 155 MPH winds
42 votes -
‘Paper or plastic?’ will no longer be a choice at California grocery stores
32 votes -
More people than ever are trying to hack the US government--and they love it
11 votes -
UK music festival The Great Escape has withdrawn its partnership with the Faroe Islands after it was criticised for working with a country which allows “barbaric” whaling
8 votes -
Kentucky sues Express Scripts, alleging it had a role in the deadly opioid addiction crisis
15 votes -
The attempt to reform Intel
8 votes -
How cities run dry
2 votes -
11th Circuit rules in favor of forced trans sterilization for drivers licenses in Alabama
23 votes -
Why don't governments invest in their own dating apps? Would you use one?
I've thought about this off and on for like a year. It, as far as I know, seems well documented that populations are struggling with dating and marriages, especially in the younger generations. A...
I've thought about this off and on for like a year.
It, as far as I know, seems well documented that populations are struggling with dating and marriages, especially in the younger generations. A lot of people attribute it to things like finances, working hours, cost of living, etc, but also the abysmal online dating circus. People don't seem to go out with the intention of meeting people as much, and so most turn to apps like Tinder, Bumble, and Hinge. But with these apps basically monopolized by the Match group, and none of the parent companies have an actual incentive to get people off the app, it seems like a ripe opportunity for governments everywhere to try and fill in the gap.
As they don't have the investor profit motive, but they do have a very strong motive for people to get together, have relationships, marriages, eventually babies. And this is just a baseless claim on my part, but I imagine it could be stimulating to local economies as more people go on dates. I know at least my ass doesn't go anywhere really when I'm single.
29 votes