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boem@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Exclusive: Apple to pause advertising on X after Musk backs antisemitic postEnglish51·2 years agoAbout bloody time.
boem@lemmy.worldOPto World News@lemmy.world•Japan says one in 10 residents are aged 80 or above as nation turns grayEnglish34·2 years agoJapan’s proportion of elderly people is the highest in the world.
boem@lemmy.worldOPto World News@lemmy.world•Why the 2024 Olympic Games may drive out Paris’ beloved booksellersEnglish38·2 years agoA battle is brewing between the city and its booksellers, who have been warned that the kiosks will have to be taken down for the Paris Olympics – an unprecedented move since the book stalls took up full-time residence along the Seine more than 160 years ago.
boem@lemmy.worldOPto Technology@lemmy.world•The living things that feast on plasticEnglish14·2 years agoScientists are scouring garbage sites around the world for bacteria, fungi and even insects that harbor enzymes that could be harnessed for breaking down various polymers. It’s early days, but if the efforts can be efficiently scaled-up, such biological recycling could put a dent in the plastic waste problem.
boem@lemmy.worldOPto World News@lemmy.world•Japan records steepest population decline while number of foreign residents hits new highEnglish31·2 years agoJapan’s population declined in all of its 47 prefectures for the first time in a record drop, while its number of foreign residents hit a new high, reaching almost 3 million people, according to government data released Wednesday, highlighting the increasing role that non-Japanese people play in the shrinking and aging country.
The population of Japanese nationals fell by about 800,000 people, or 0.65%, to 122.4 million in 2022 from the previous year, falling for a 14th straight year.
boem@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Opinions: What is a movie you genuinely like, that is rated below 60% on rotten tomatoes?15·2 years agoThe 1998 Godzilla.
boem@lemmy.worldOPto Technology@lemmy.world•'Welcome to EV dongle town': the future of EV charging for non-Tesla owners may not be as bad as it looks.English17·2 years agoI want to be very clear: this is not my car. An Audi E-tron parked across multiple spots in order to access a Tesla Supercharger.
boem@lemmy.worldOPto World News@lemmy.world•What countries will heat up the most in a 2°-warmer world: the need for air conditioning will skyrocket, with Africa and Europe hit hardest.English491·2 years agoOne of the more threatening aspects of climate change is its potential to unleash feedbacks, or situations where warming induces changes that drive even more warming. Most of those are natural, such as a warmer ocean being able to hold less carbon dioxide, resulting in even more of the greenhouse gas in the atmosphere.
But at least one potential feedback has a very human element: air conditioning.
A lot of the carbon dioxide we emit comes from the production of electricity. The heat those emissions generate causes people to run air conditioning more often, which drives more electricity use, which drives further emissions. It’s a feedback that will remain a threat until we manage to green the electrical grid.
boem@lemmy.worldOPto Technology@lemmy.world•GM ditches Apple CarPlay: a smart drive or a dead end?English32·2 years agoThe real reason seems to be clear: data and revenue. Like other automakers, GM is looking to monetize data-driven add-on features and services. They’re hoping to achieve profit margins of over 20% on “new businesses” by 2030, and the all-new subscription-based infotainment system will play the central part.
This is a familiar approach; every automaker now wants to be the next Netflix of the auto industry, where your car becomes another subscription service.
GM’s competitor, Ford, is also vying for a slice of this pie, aiming to create a “software-defined vehicle” with over-the-air updates and paid features.
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boem@lemmy.worldto Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•Musk is undeniably just trying to run twitter into the ground at this point.English6·2 years agoSuch a sad, bitter, incompetent manager.
Meanwhile YouTube tries to copy TikTok by pushing Shorts.