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FedEx driver sentenced to death by lethal injection for murder of seven-year-old in Texas (r/news)

• Bowllieo: I’m sure the company loves him being referred to in that way.
• spazzxxcc12: it’s really hard for me to want to keep my stance on the death penalty when it comes to cases like this.
• Puzzleheaded_Bed1781: I don’t get it. What drives someone to WANT to murder a child???

EU Parliament votes in favour of banning conversion therapy across member states (r/worldnews)

• Frozen_Thorn: Another EU win. Keep fighting the good fight.
• mental_monkey: Good! Heinous stuff like that needs to be banned.
• Striking-Donut8491: I used to pray for times like this

Hotels in U.S. World Cup host cities claim underwhelming demand, new report says (r/sports)

• pelethar: Good. Fuck FIFA
• CanadianGuy39: God this warms my heart so much.
• Cyphermaniax97: Gee, I wonder why. /s

What actor is nowhere near as talented as people make them out to be? (r/AskReddit)

• patawpha: Paul Rudd is just Paul Rudd which is fine because at the end of the day I like Paul Rudd.
• Puzzleheaded-Can8586: I wish somebody believed in me the way Hollywood seems to believe in Jared Leto.
• mandelbratwurst: Kevin Costner has exactly one emotion and its “stoic”

TIL there were 180.000 bees kept in the spires of Notre Dame and they survived the fire. Because bees don’t have lungs they weren’t hurt by the smoke, they just fell asleep (r/todayilearned)

• Leomuck: Bees do not have lungs? Wow, I’ve definitely learned something today. They breathe, but not through lungs.
• JeepWrangler319: You know Quasimodo predicted all this
• n_mcrae_1982: Maybe Quasimodo wasn’t really a hunchback. Maybe he was just really, really allergic to bee stings.

David Letterman Calls CBS Owners “Lying Weasels” After ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Cancellation (r/television)

• vibe4it: tbf, he’s called them lying weasels all along
• steelbeamsdankmemes: Don’t blame Stephen.
• witherspoon90: Another end of an era for late night

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Amazon Shakes Up Hiring With Agentic AI Recruiting Agents (Blind)

• uYMW15 (Workday): AI agent will take interviews of AI agents LOL
• Indble (Amazon): I will be sending my Ai representation to interview on my behalf. “Talk to a representative”. I’ve done two virtual interviews and they were awful.
• sensei (Google): AI generated post to warn about AI generated hiring decisions.

Coinbase lays off 14% (Blind)

• oasis2025 (Microsoft): isn’t this the same CEO who said every new hire needs to be approved by him and should have an extraordinary talent like medals and shit?
• trsaz (Amazon): Another day, another struggling company using AI as an excuse for layoffs. Meh…
• TBjy63 (Amazon): Coinbase should be a money printer. Why do they need to lay people off?

Mark Zuckerberg ‘Personally Authorized and Actively Encouraged’ Meta’s Massive Copyright Infringement to Train AI Systems, Publishers and Scott Turow Allege in Lawsuit (r/technology)

• Aromatic-Web8184: I can’t help but be reminded of the early 2000’s where people’s lives were being destroyed because they downloaded some music off the internet. Then there’s this asshole.
• One_Weird2371: All these AI companies should be sued for massive copyright infringement…
• IntelArtiGen: I’m sure he’s ok with bearing all the responsibility because he knows he risks nothing.

A Security Researcher Decompiled The White House App, & What They Found Is Pretty Alarming (r/technology)

• mohawk990: The most transparent administration in the history of the US.
• TripleSingleHOF: Why would there ever need to be a “White House app”?
• namastayhom33: It’s like this whole administration was vibe-coded

Roku and TCL Accused of Bricking Smart TVs Through Software Updates (r/technology)

• wowlock_taylan: ‘smart’ Tvs are the biggest lie.
• errantekarmico: I had the same problem. Does anyone know how one can join this lawsuit?
• No-Introduction1495: This has been happening with all tech for several years now sadly

GPT-5.5 Instant is starting to roll out in ChatGPT. (r/OpenAI)

• slumberjak: Any chance this will affect the model we interact with in advanced voice mode? Bless her heart, she’s dumb as a box of rocks.
• maybefuckinglater: Is it going to argue with me about everything I say
• Gerstlauer: The 5.5 series are by far the best model OpenAI have put out in almost a year. I hope they keep moving in this direction

Looking for feedback on AI content in r/programming and the April no-AI trial (r/programming)

• PracticeAccording274: the april trial felt pretty good tbh, less noise in the feed and more actual programming discussions instead of endless “will ai replace us” posts
• davenirline: Oh Please keep it. I think it’s the only one sub that I go to that does this.
• Computer991: It was amazing, please keep it

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Supreme Court restores access to abortion pill mifepristone through telehealth, mail and pharmacies (r/news)

• atomic_blonde: Mifepristone saved me from bleeding out during a non-pregnancy related uterine hemorrhage. The experience radicalized me. I’d go to jail to be sure someone had the chance to obtain it if needed.
• moonstonelite: As someone who almost died from a miscarriage this pill is life saving medicine.
• IIIIIIlllllIIIIIIlll: Mifepristone abortion saved my life

Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Ukrainian drones may target Russia’s May 9 Victory Day parade in Moscow (r/worldnews)

• Coupe368: All they need is enough drones to cancel the parade. I hope they were saving up so that the strike was more memorable than the parade.
• booyakashaaaaaaaa: Makes Putin need to pull airdefense from other regions, thus leaving them more vulnerable. I don’t suspect he will actually hit the parade.
• vossmanspal: Just the suggestion from Zelenskyy is enough, well played.

Cruise ship at centre of suspected hantavirus outbreak blocked from docking in Cape Verde (r/news)

• bmkerce: I mean, do you blame them?
• ChewyChagnuts: The concern here is the usual incubation period. This isn’t from mice on the ship, the source is likely to be somewhere in South America. What doesn’t make sense, given knowledge about typical Hanta behaviour, is the on-board human to human transmission. Hence the concern on the part of Cape Verde.
• tworaspberries: I’ve been there. Cape Verde is small and doesn’t have the resources to handle an entire population outbreak. 

What’s a recession indicator that you’ve noticed lately in your everyday life? (r/AskReddit)

• Ask_Black_Phillip333: When you’re driving home, feeling like you’re really bad with money lately, but in reality, you just bought groceries for the week, again.
• Sorry-Panic7612: Most of the posts on my local subreddit are people looking for work or talking about how hard it is to find a job
• fatboyneedstogetlaid: Canceling streaming services and going back sailing the seven seas.

People who grew up really poor: what’s something middle-class people say that instantly reveals they’ve never struggled? (r/AskReddit)

• zerbey: “Just ask your parents for money” was a phrase my upper middle class room mate used all the time in college. Dude, they didn’t have any money either. He was given money from his parents and grandparents every weekend and blew it all on booze and clubbing. I struggled to figure out how to pay for my next meal.
• Ok_Olive9438: The phrase “annual vacation”.
• mitchwacky: “Just quit, then,” re: any terrible job that you desperately need and were lucky to get but need to vent about to stop from going insane.

TIL Ghana is the world’s largest importer of secondhand clothing. Locals refer to it as “Obroni Wawu,” or “Dead White Man’s Clothes,” reflecting a belief that the items are of such high quality that their original owners must have died for them to be discarded. (r/todayilearned)

• JPHutchy01: It’s like the philosophers Haggerty and Lewis posited “I’ll wear your granddad’s clothes, I look incredible”
• Hellofriendinternet: Somewhere there’s a kid wearing a shirt thinking the Pacers won the championship in 2025.
• hamiltrash52: The website literally says “This expression comes from the idea that someone would have to die to give up so much stuff”. Nowhere does it mention quality, just excess.

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What’s going on at LinkedIn? (Blind)

• eXj510 (Netflix): microsloppification
• sidsst (Meta): It’s a mix of both from what I’ve heard
• Zuuuuuuuuk (Meta): with all the layoffs you’d think LinkedIn would be doing very well

Suno AI (Blind)

• Carelesppl (ex-Microsoft): Its a cool app, congrats
• 67u57 (X): What role?
• ifhptpd34 (Indeed): Fingers crossed they answer your question with a song

Some children are drawing on fake moustaches to bypass online age checks, report says (r/technology)

• Randomnesse: Pretty clever and amusing.
• UnexpectedAnanas: They have to do a business at the business store!
• LordVesperion: Modern problems require old-school solutions.

The Audio Industry Is Grappling with the Rise of ‘Podslop’ | Over the past nine days, 39% of new podcasts were likely AI-generated, according to the Podcast Index (r/technology)

• Wooden-Writing-6843: Who is genuinely listening to AI gen podcasts?
• Calcularius: 99% of podcasts are already low effort human slop.
• CapBenjaminBridgeman: Well, thank goodness I dont lsten to random podcasts.

Nvidia exec says AI is more expensive than actual workers — yet some companies don’t see the extra costs as a negative (r/technology)

• Fabulous_Soup_521: This is what drives me batty about AI. Companies think the money is worth it, even if it costs more than real people. So, they just can’t admit they were wrong? I just don’t get it.
• YoshiTheDog420: Well you can’t expect them to just admit they made a mistake, right?
• Bryllant: They don’t need to pay benefits, so yeah

Is Codex the best right now? (r/OpenAI)

• Nudge55: Absolutely yes, it’s a workhorse.
• Boring_Information34: By far!!! 5.5 beats 4.7 opus in anything I work on
• fiscal_fallacy: This stat/graph seems fraudulent

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Rudy Giuliani Is in ‘Critical Condition’ in Florida Hospital (r/news)

• xandrodas: May he long be remembered for Four Seasons Total Landscaping
• drinkduffdry: Has there ever been a greater downturn in opinion of an individual?
• Frequent-Client1508: Oh no. Has he finished paying Ruby Freeman the millions he owes her yet?

The US is no longer the leader: Germany has become the largest ammunition producer in the world (r/worldnews)

• LGDJackal: I feel like I’ve seen this one before!
• IczyAlley: As a vaguely left American, I think its actually good that the world is more multipolar. But I am 100% sure that Republicans will claim this multipolarity they have actively pursued by policy and action is exactly what they will pretend to hate within 5 years.
• fallsstandard: Rheinmetall has wares if you have coin.

Fugees rapper Pras reports to prison to begin 14-year sentence (r/news)

• RMRdesign: This is exactly Elon did for Trump by the way.
• Arponare: So when is Elon’s sentencing?
• Inca-Vacation: gone til November 2040

Parents in other countries than the US, what is your kids’ equivalent of “I don’t want that for dinner, I want chicken nuggets”? (r/AskReddit)

• Zealousideal-Sea8957: grew up in the philippines. my kids reject whatever i cook and just want plain rice with soy sauce. i spent 45 minutes on adobo and they’re over there eating sad rice.
• brooke360: Poutine. My daughter wants it every night if she could lol.
• Mindless-Toe-9912: Here in Mexico, my 7 year old wants butter on bread (toasted on the stove) or he wants scrambled eggs with butter.

The moment Cherie DeVaux became the first woman trainer to win the Kentucky Derby in its 152-year history. (r/sports)

• karthikulo: I love that she doesn’t have a fancy hat.
• fhota1: Now lets see the horse’s idol concert after the race!
• romulan267: Women dominate the equestrian scene. Why’d it take this long? Old money?

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OpenAI is going DOWN (Blind)

• i!ii!;!::i (Zoom): but, codex is better than claude code.
• daris (NVIDIA): ChatGPT is still the best consumer app. Codex > Claude.. it’s stupid to make these claims every month
• Zuckerbrug (Samsung): They had the first mover advantage, just like Netscape, Lycos, AskJeeves, and Pets.com. It was fun while it lasted!

Extremely frustrated with job market (Blind)

• chaitanye (Adobe): Why were you laid off? Were you a low performer during that cycle?
• nkajr55 (PayPal): The fact that you say IT industry says a lot about your prior experience and tech mindset.
• ‘ (ex-Zscaler): Could it be that no one wants Amazon managers?

Jensen Huang says Nvidia now has ‘zero percent’ market share in China — says US export policy ‘has already largely backfired’ (r/technology)

• alchemyDev: Womp womp. I guess spending a ton of money to elect a demented pedophile didn’t work out, huh?
• Wyciorek: Next step will be nVidia losing marketshare outside China and US
• Shiftymennoknight: Better donate more to the ballroom fund, you know how it works Jensen

Big Tech cut 80,000 jobs and blamed AI — Experts say a real problem is that companies are 25% to 75% overstaffed (r/technology)

• DogsBeerYarn: And who was it that overstaffed them? Hm? The employees who are driving doordash now to feed their kids? Is that who did it?
• flowing42: Overstaffing my ass. Fortune 500 company worker and I’ll tell you that we are not nearly staffed well enough.
• radioactivecat: The shit thing is a bunch of the over staffing is at the middle management layer and those won’t be the people affected by layoffs.

AI becoming more expensive is music to my ears (r/webdev)

• Triggerscore: Was only a matter of time.
• CantaloupeCamper: Genie isn’t going back in the bottle.
• AShar911: It is not becoming more expensive, only top models are expensive. If you can get a good hardware or a cloud with a good open model it’s quite cheap and works very well.

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Boy, 14, shot dead by Israeli settlers in West Bank amid escalation in violence (r/news)

• Spirited_Childhood34: Terrorists, not settlers.
• AsherahEnd: “Settlers” you mean invaders?

US Justice Department can use military lawyer to prosecute civilian, judge rules (r/news)

• RenoRiley1: Because all the competent lawyers that could say no have been fired or quit they’ll bring in their military toadies who can’t say no. (They can actually but we know no one in our military will)
• Babylon4All: “There’s a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people”

Trump says US will reduce number of troops in Germany ‘a lot further’ than withdrawal of 5,000 (r/worldnews)

• hornswoggled111: … After a recent phone call with Putin.
• wwhisler: Is he going to reduce the number of troops by 1200%

It’s official: No woman in England or Wales can be prosecuted for an abortion any more (r/worldnews)

• Cynical_Classicist: Actually good news from Britain for once!
• Mother_Airline_6276: Hooray common sense!

Teacher who told pupils ‘this class terrifies me’ chugged gin from a water bottle before vomiting in toilet (r/nottheonion)

• Mikeavelli: Teenagers scare the living shit out of me.
• darkoopz43: I’m not saying she’s right, but I get it.

What is an industry that is currently on fire (in a bad way) behind the scenes, but the general public hasn’t noticed yet? (r/AskReddit)

• Ok_Outcome_6213: I work in retirement savings and pensions. The number of people cashing out their pensions, including people who are at retirement age, just to be able to afford to live, is staggering.
• thisisrita: This thread has been great for my anxiety

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Anthropic is going to acquire Workday! (Blind)

• xelent (InMobi): Workday level ui in claude? 😇🤣

I HATE being oncall as a software engineer - advice? (Blind)

• metaduck (Meta): Fix your shit so it doesn’t break during the night

HOT TAKE: Firing is just as hard as getting fired (Blind)

• vesbr& (Amazon): What a narcissist shares with their therapist:

Ask.com shuts down after nearly 30 years, marking the end of Ask Jeeves (r/technology)

• enry: TIL: ask was still around
• taylorjosephrummel: End of an era.

Developer re-enables 3D printer features that Bambu Lab disabled, firm promptly threatens legal action — OrcaSlicer-BambuLab project now shuttered (r/technology)

• Cheetawolf: Bambu is definitely planning to enshittify.
• EverNeko200: Bambu continues to prove they hate their community.

Police are using surveillance tech to stalk love interests. Dystopia, here we come | The tech company Flock has 80,000 cameras across the US – and a report finds some officers are taking advantage (r/technology)

• explicitlarynx: Of course they do, they are power trippers that never face consequences for their actions.
• FanDry5374: “Love” interests? Yeah, that’s what it is.

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US gas prices reaching new heights as war in Iran drags on (r/news)

• Affectionate_Tip_934: Gas prices don’t just hurt at the pump. Every product that gets trucked, shipped, or flown becomes more expensive within weeks. This isn’t just a fuel story, it’s a silent tax on everything you buy for the next 6 months.
• The_Frozen_Inferno: US gas prices? You mean WORLD gas prices. A lot of us that have absolutely nothing to do with this BS war are going to suffer as well.

Court restricts abortion access across the US by blocking the mailing of mifepristone (r/news)

• Mediocre_Ad_4649: I thought nationwide injunctions can’t be issued anymore? So wouldn’t this “only” apply to the fifth district?
• Grant_Winner_Extra: The 5th circuit is the most-overturned circuit and they’ve tried this a half dozen times already. It will get overturned and even if it doesn’t, it only applies in the 5th circuit.

Trump says he will raise tariffs on EU autos to 25% (r/worldnews)

• Qrimesz: Honey, it’s friday again!
• tri170391: He seems to forgot the supreme court ruled his tariff illegal lol.

Louisiana Republicans eliminate elected position days before an exoneree was set to take office (r/nottheonion)

• braumbles: Not shocking. This is what Republicans do.
• ComprehensiveHavoc: A good man’s redemption scared them so much that they needed to find a new way to be corrupt.

US birth rates just hit another record low, what do you think is the leading cause of this? (r/AskReddit)

• LunaraVibe: It turns out that when ‘starter homes’ cost half a million dollars and childcare is basically a second rent payment, people start treating having a kid like a luxury hobby they can’t afford.
• AvleeWhee: gestures vaguely at everything

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Amazon INTENSIONALLY leaks layoffs (Blind)

• nthin2lose (SentinelOne): Amazon knows how to keep everything toxic.
• Jefry (Salesforce): They also stack rank by spelling performance.

Mass Layoffs Have Consequences (Blind)

• RowdySWE (Block): Elon basically gave CEOs permission to start doing this when he ripped apart twitter and it was still functioning.
• crazzak (Microsoft): Employees don’t feel invested in companies that throw them away like trash the second it saves them a buck; this leads to less innovation and decline in quality.

Congratulations Google (Blind)

• HypeOS (Apple): Pretty sure this revenue is a bit of a faff. GCP is charging Gemini and recording this as revenue for serving Google Gemini responses?
• Zuckerbrug (Samsung): Listen to the earnings call. Not only cloud but they are owning AI. OpenAI better get that IPO done soon before Google eats their lunch…

Meta contractor fires 1,100 AI trainers after they revealed Ray-Ban glasses recorded private and intimate footage (r/technology)

• CanvasFanatic: Note that some of these contractors came forward to blow the whistle on what they were being asked to do (despite how little they were being paid) and were punished for it.
• bigkoi: The glasses with camera thing is creeping. It’s the modern equivalent of the guy wearing mirrors on his shoes.

Palantir Workers Are Finally Noticing The Skulls On Their Caps (r/technology)

• BeMancini: “Okay, how about we plant a story in the media that you all feel really really bad about it? Will that get you to stay until your stock is vested? Will that get you to stay until we unceremoniously lay you off?”
• zhaoz: “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it”. Upton Sinclair.

Sam Altman No Longer Believes In Universal Basic Income (r/singularity)

• Lankonk: I mean, he’s not wrong. UBI would be insufficient if 20 people owned everything. A broader, collective ownership of the world’s enterprises would go a long way towards preventing a catastrophic concentration of power.
• revengeofwalrus: He’s a narcissistic sociopath. Of course he’s changing his tune.

Why does it feel like tech has no middle ground at all? (r/cscareerquestions)

• Bulbasaur2015: interview process is harder than the job
• Loupreme: You’re in a reddit bubble, people are getting paid in all ranges. However I will say 80-110k for a senior would be robbery (in the US at least) so not sure what middle ground you’re thinking of, for non seniors sure those exist too