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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) has handed over power of attorney to her daughter, even as she remains in the U.S. Senate....

As the social media landscape ebbs and flows, the team at BBC Research & Development are researching social technologies and exploring possibilities for the BBC. One part of our work is to establish a BBC presence in the distributed collection of social networks known as the Fediverse, a collection of social media applications...

Some thoughts about using the Microblog functionality in kbin and why, controversially, I think it might actually beat Mastodon at it's own game - browsing toots....

A nonprofit organization that researches links between social media, hate and extremism has been threatened with a lawsuit by X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

Click through for a screenshot of #ArtemisApp....

The unarmed Black man who was attacked by a police K-9 while surrendering to authorities with his hands up earlier this month told emergency dispatchers that officers were “trying to kill” him and he did not feel safe pulling over, according to audio recordings of his 911 calls.

@MagHub...

Some instances and groups are very chatty (*gestures to /lemmyshitposts), so much so that they dominate the All page....

Donald Trump’s main defense when it comes to his indictment for shocking and dangerous mishandling of highly classified documents so far seems to be that the Presidential Records Act says he did nothing wrong. The only problem is that Trump is claiming that the Act means the opposite of what it says, and after years of...

Oracle underscores its commitment to helping keep Linux open and free for the global Linux community.

American groups have helped to establish global web who share ideas and funding in bid to restrict gay and trans rights

Time for a new feature update for KUP. This time I'm introducing bookmarking functionality which adds a new bookmark menu to the toolbar where you can save articles for later....

NASA's Webb telescope spotted an active supermassive black hole that existed 570 million years after the Big Bang. That's really early.

The rise of this new, female group fits into a pattern of post-Jan. 6 domestic extremism.

The threat suggests that Threads is the most serious rival yet to Elon Musk’s chaotic social platform.

Republicans in the battleground states of Michigan and Arizona are paying a high price for their full-throated support of former President Donald Trump and his lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him.

See title....

If you are looking for assistance in trying to interact with pages found on instances other than the one on which you have an account, here is what I believe is available so far....

Ernest just posted some comments clarifying recent changes to Votes, Boosts, Favorites, and Reputation Points....

July 1 marks the start of a new fiscal year for most U.S. states, and with that comes the enactment of new laws. Here's a list of the notable ones:...

cross-posted from: vlemmy.net/post/388759...

The U.S Supreme Court on Friday was set to rule on the legality of President Joe Biden's plan to cancel $430 billion in student loan debt - a move intended to benefit up to 43 million Americans and fulfill a campaign promise.

A top Trump campaign adviser — who apparently was shown classified documents by the former president — has a top post at a lobbying firm serving Chinese entities that potentially pose a…

Turns out Russian-on-Russian violence wasn't good for anyone.