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Facebook · LagosAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Techdirt: Nigeria doesn't exactly have a stellar reputation when it comes to respecting the speech rights of its own citizens, nor the rights of platforms that its citizens use. But I will admit that even with that reputation in place, I'm a bit at a loss as to why the country decided to arrest and charge a woman for violating those same laws because she wrote an unkind review of a can of tomato puree on …See the Story
Nigerian Woman Faces Jail Time For Facebook Review of Tomato Sauce
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Duxford · DuxfordLongtime Slashdot reader kriston writes: Core PostgreSQL developer Simon Riggs dies in airplane crash in Duxford, England. Riggs was the sole occupant of a Cirrus SR22-T which crashed on March 26 after performing touch-and-go maneuvers. Riggs was responsible for much of the enterprise-level features...See the Story
Core PostgreSQL Developer Dies In Airplane Crash
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Fisker Lost Track of Millions of Dollars in Customer Payments For Months
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United States · United StatesNeil Irwin reports via Axios: The dearth of productivity growth over the last couple of decades has held back incomes in the U.S. and other rich countries, according to a report out Wednesday from the McKinsey Global Institute, the research arm of the global consultancy. Productivity growth has bee...See the Story
Why the US Could Be On the Cusp of a Productivity Boom
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XboxChris Plante reports via Polygon: Phil Spencer doesn't just want Xbox games on other consoles. He wants other video game retailers on Xbox, too. In an interview with Microsoft's CEO of Gaming during the annual Game Developers Conference, Spencer told Polygon about the ways he'd like to break down t...See the Story
Phil Spencer Wants Epic Games Store and Others On Xbox Consoles
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Tina Kotek · OregonOregon legislature passes toughest right-to-repair law seen to date. Now requires only the governor's signature to pass into law. Will take effect for any product made after January 1, 2025. Can prevent third-party repair shops from cannibalising broken devices for parts. Apple spent years fighting legislation, spending money to lobby against.See the Story
Oregon governor signs nation’s first right-to-repair bill that bans parts pairing
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Bitcoin · MendozaTwo Texas-based bitcoin miners have turned to the foothills of the Andes mountains in Argentina to mine bitcoin using flared natural gas. CNBC reports: Brent Whitehead and Matt Lohstroh, both graduates of Texas A&M University, have been mining bitcoin on the oil fields of East Texas since 2019....See the Story
Texan Bitcoiners Start Mining In Argentina Using Flared Excess Gas
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'Operation 404' Results In First Prison Sentence For Pirate IPTV Operator
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