Battery giant Northvolt to cut 25% of workforce in Sweden as part of a major cost-cutting drive – roughly 1,600 employees, including 1,000 positions at its factory in Skellefteå ~finance business Article 13 votes
Valve appear to be testing ARM64 and Android support for Steam on Linux ~games Article 460 words 34 votes
Beyond the politics of nostalgia: What the fall of the steel industry can tell us about the future of America ~humanities.history Link 16 votes
California fails to track its homelessness spending or results, a new audit says ~society politics Article 1956 words, published Apr 9 2024 21 votes
Prison inmates in Finland are being employed as data labellers to improve accuracy of AI models ~tech Article 1679 words 22 votes
Cards Against Humanity sues SpaceX, alleges “invasion” of land on US/Mexico border ~games.tabletop Article 591 words 114 votes
US Federal Trade Commission sues insulin middlemen, saying they pocket billions while patients face high costs ~health medicine Article 558 words 37 votes
Emmanuel Macron unveils new right-wing French government ~society politics Article 478 words 25 votes
Mpox and the perils of vaccine nationalism: Rich countries and the World Health Organization must heed the lessons of COVID-19 ~health medicine Article 665 words, published Jun 24 2022 11 votes
US FDA approves first nasal spray flu vaccine for use at home ~health medicine Article 563 words 23 votes
Inside Annapurna Interactive's mass walkout: Internal politics, the surprise Remedy deal, and why it all happened ~games Article 2389 words 50 votes
Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershøi's paintings had a recurring mysterious woman with her back turned – here, through letters and photos, her sadness-tinged story is revealed ~arts art painting Article 2104 words 11 votes
Disney animation shake-up: Jennifer Lee exiting as Chief Creative Officer, Jared Bush takes over ~movies Article 1090 words 20 votes
Chilly Gonzales: Why I regret giving birth to the neoclassical genre ~music classical.neo Article 1184 words, published Sep 12 2024 7 votes
Filipinos are embracing electric three-wheelers faster than officials can regulate them ~transport Article 1034 words, published Sep 6 2024 24 votes
Data finds US Republican areas search more frequently for transgender porn ~society politics Article 829 words, published Jun 23 2022 41 votes
I'm a game developer with a special interest in horses and riding. I wrote a lengthy guide on what could be done better when adding horses to games. ~games Link 55 votes
Things learned serving on the board of the Python Software Foundation ~comp open source Article 2615 words 24 votes
Great men do wear their babies – the days of criticising a father for carrying his child are over ~life.men Article 957 words 28 votes
Is it a red flag that I don’t have any childhood friends? ~life Article 476 words, published Sep 11 2024 19 votes
Japan faces labor shortages and demographic crisis as elderly population hits record high ~society Article 43 votes
Teamsters won’t endorse a candidate for US President in 2024 ~society politics Article 1239 words 23 votes
Satisfactory is the best automation game ever made and I seriously can't recommend it enough ~games Article 1807 words 31 votes
wordfreq will no longer be updated partly due to AI polluting the data ~comp open source Link 74 votes
Constellation to restart Three Mile Island unit, powering Microsoft ~enviro climate change energy Link 13 votes
Domestic abuse experts to be embedded in emergency response control rooms in England and Wales ~health Article 698 words 11 votes
Infantry war at Pokrovsk: why Ukraine's key eastern front started (and continues) to crumble ~misc Article 4051 words 6 votes
The anti–rock star: Leonard Cohen’s battle against shameless male egoism ~music Article 4258 words 10 votes
HaLow Wi-Fi has now been tested at 9.9 miles — new Wi-Fi world record is a near 5X increase over previous best ~tech Article 409 words 23 votes
Nintendo and The Pokemon Company file lawsuit against Pocketpair for Palworld ~games Article 402 words 33 votes
Valkey 8 sets a new bar for open-source in-memory NoSQL data storage ~comp open source Article 469 words 12 votes
PC players must now install BattlEye anticheat to play GTA Online. Steam Deck and Linux users are locked out. ~games Link 46 votes
Children in Sweden are to start school at six years old from 2028, a year earlier than at present – overhaul signals a switch from play-based teaching for younger children ~society politics Article 607 words 10 votes
Wisconsin towns are trying to limit Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations. The Dairy industry is fighting back. ~food Article 2032 words 20 votes
Finland's Linnunsuo wetland used to be a barren "moonscape" – local fishing communities have transformed it into a biodiverse haven and an important carbon sink ~enviro Article 1698 words 15 votes
Leauge of Legends Season 2024 Split 3 gameplay changes ~games Article 2524 words, published Sep 10 2024 6 votes
Mikel Arteta on Martin Ødegaard's injury: ‘He's got some damage, especially on one of the ligaments in the ankle. It's something quite significant so we're going to lose him for a while.’ ~sports.football Link 4 votes
Starlink is increasingly interfering with astronomy, scientists say ~space satellites astronomy.radio Link 30 votes