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Revealed: Banking giant threatened to leave UK over mooted tax increase; JP Morgan Chase wrote to Rachel Reeves to lobby against rumoured banking surcharge rise ahead of autumn budget (www.opendemocracy.net)
 

One of the world’s largest banks threatened to leave the UK if the government increased tax on banks at last year’s autumn budget, openDemocracy can reveal.

The head of US banking giant JP Morgan Chase (JPMC) was among several industry leaders to personally meet with Rachel Reeves last autumn, amid speculation that the chancellor planned to raise tax on banking profits to help fill a £22bn “blackhole” in public finances.

In the end, the tax hike did not materialise. The government has since announced a range of cuts to tackle the funding shortfall, including slashing departmental budgets, disability benefits and the winter fuel allowance for pensioners.

Now, documents obtained by openDemocracy show that a representative of Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMC, wrote to Reeves after the meeting to say the bank would consider moving parts of its business abroad if taxes increased.

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Yes, Social Media Might Be Making Kids Depressed: Depression symptoms jumped 35% as kids’ average social media use rose from seven to 73 minutes daily over a three-year period. (www.ucsf.edu)
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RISC-V's Big Week Includes RHEL, CentOS Stream, and Rocky Linux (fossforce.com)
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RISC-V's Big Week Includes RHEL, CentOS Stream, and Rocky Linux (fossforce.com)
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What Is Love? Scientists Have Answers—But They Don’t All Agree (greatergood.berkeley.edu)
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We’ll be ending web hosting for your apps on Glitch (blog.glitch.com)
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Subreply: Tiny, but mighty social network. (github.com)
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Now you can watch the Internet Archive preserve documents in real time (blog.archive.org)
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Now you can watch the Internet Archive preserve documents in real time (blog.archive.org)
 

Ever wonder how government documents, once locked away on tiny sheets of microfiche, become searchable and accessible online? Now you can see it happen in real time.

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Mozilla is shutting down Pocket, their read-it-later and content discovery app, and Fakespot, their browser extension that analyzes the authenticity of online product reviews. (blog.mozilla.org)
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Mozilla is shutting down Pocket, their read-it-later and content discovery app, and Fakespot, their browser extension that analyzes the authenticity of online product reviews. (blog.mozilla.org)
submitted 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) by Pro@programming.dev to c/Technology@programming.dev
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Here’s what’s happening

Pocket shuts down July 8, 2025

  • You will no longer be able to download Pocket or purchase a new Pocket Premium subscription from May 22, 2025.
  • Premium monthly and annual subscriptions will be cancelled automatically. Annual subscribers will receive automatic refunds from July 8, 2025.
  • Users can export saves anytime until October 8, 2025, after which their data will be permanently deleted.
  • API users will no longer be able to transact data (read or write) over Pocket’s API from October 8, 2025 and will need to export their data before this date.
  • For more information, including refund details for Premium annual subscribers and how to export saves, go to our Pocket support article.

Fakespot will begin shutting down on July 1, 2025

  • You will no longer be able to use the Fakespot extensions, mobile apps, or website from July 1, 2025.
  • The Fakespot feature within Firefox known as Review Checker will shut down on June 10, 2025.
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Scams and Shadow Workers: A Black Market is Selling European Accounts for AI Training (algorithmwatch.org)
Microsoft bans words like "Palestine", "Gaza" and "Genocide" in all company emails and fires the employee who protested Microsoft during event. in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] Pro@programming.dev 12 points 8 hours ago (4 children)

You consider The No Azure for Apartheid (NOAA) group a random people?

Microsoft bans words like "Palestine", "Gaza" and "Genocide" in all company emails and fires the employee who protested Microsoft during event. in c/Technology@programming.dev
[–] Pro@programming.dev 1 points 8 hours ago (21 children)

The source is the No Azure For Apartheid post.

You literally hear about them everytime a Microsoft employee disturb a event/ publicly protest Microsoft actions.

Microsoft bans words like "Palestine", "Gaza" and "Genocide" in all company emails and fires the employee who protested Microsoft during event. in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] Pro@programming.dev 36 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

They are basing their article on this Instagram source, with the rest of the article is just them yapping and asking Microsoft for a comment.

The No Azure for Apartheid (NOAA) protest group reports that “dozens of Microsoft workers” have been unable to send emails with the words “Palestine,” “Gaza,” and “Genocide” in email subject lines or in the body of a message.

Is ChatGPT the Therapist of the Future? in c/Technology@programming.dev
[–] Pro@programming.dev 0 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Yess

The Oliver Wyman Forum survey, a think tank from consulting firm Oliver Wyman, which polled 16,000 participants from 16 countries, found that 32% of respondents would be interested in using AI instead of a real person to manage their mental health. The survey shows that interest in getting AI therapists was highest in countries like India, which generally has fewer mental health professionals per capita.

Another new "Technology" community. in c/newcommunities@lemmy.world
[–] Pro@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I think not. I intend to keep the door for posts as wide as possible, as long as it's related to technology.

In my opinion, if your are tired from that, then you are better served by subscribing to a topic under the technology umbrella(Cyber security, hardware, software,... etc) , rather than the general technology community.

Another new "Technology" community. in c/newcommunities@lemmy.world
[–] Pro@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I don't think so.

Things that don’t fit

  • Minor app updates
  • Government legislation
  • Company news
  • Opinion pieces
A Black Hole is Firing Bullet-Like Blobs of Gas into Space in c/space@mander.xyz
[–] Pro@programming.dev 3 points 6 days ago

You are commenting on a Lemmy post, I believe you are using Mastodon.

Why does digital violence against LGBTI people in Thailand and Taiwan continue even after marriage equality? in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] Pro@programming.dev 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Read the article to get more info.

activists in Thailand. Often, those who speak out about human rights are punished for pursuing human rights activism by doxing, threats of violence and hateful anti-LGBTI speech.

Taking Caffeine pills make more sense in every way possible than drinking Coffee. in c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
[–] Pro@programming.dev 2 points 6 days ago

The dependency does not change based on the form.

When you take a pill, you have a hard number about how much caffeine did you just ingest. On the other hand, you don't get that at all with the normal coffee.

Taking Caffeine pills make more sense in every way possible than drinking Coffee. in c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
Taking Caffeine pills make more sense in every way possible than drinking Coffee. in c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
[–] Pro@programming.dev -4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How is Coffee healthier exactly?

Taking Caffeine pills make more sense in every way possible than drinking Coffee. in c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
[–] Pro@programming.dev 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Plus there are other health benefits to drinking coffee or tea that you don't get from the caffeine alone.

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