American Airlines keeps mistaking 101-year-old passenger for baby (www.bbc.com)
Fallout 4 on Steam Deck completely devalues Valve’s Verified rating (www.pcgamesn.com)
Updates from the GNOME (Foundation) board (ramcq.net)
U.S. Voter Turnout (www.presidency.ucsb.edu)
Why is voter turnout in the U.S. consistently within the 50-60% range? I’m specifically curious if anyone has specific reasons they can’t or typically choose not to vote in presidential elections.
Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, US court rules (arstechnica.com)
He Worked for the Nastiest People in Politics. Now He’s Airing Dirty Laundry. (www.politico.com)
Construction Begins on High-Speed Rail Line Between SoCal and Las Vegas (timesofsandiego.com)
Air China to buy 100 locally made C919 jets in $11 billion deal (www.japantimes.co.jp)
Mussolini’s Hometown Can’t Figure Out How to Quit Him (www.thedailybeast.com)
Biden grants clemency to crack and cocaine dealers (www.washingtontimes.com)
Escape From Tarkov developer finally apologizes for pricey PvE controversy (www.pcgamesn.com)
Why you should always respect your elders (i.postimg.cc)
Glance - "A minimal dashboard that puts all the information you care about in one place" (github.com)
Post by the dev:...
Homegrown Chinese CPUs are catching up to AMD and Intel — Loongson 3B6600 and 3B7000 allegedly match Intel 10th Gen CPU performance (www.tomshardware.com)
China’s Xi says the U.S. needs to accept Beijing’s rise for bilateral relations to improve (www.cnbc.com)
Many Ukrainian Prisoners of War Show Signs of Trauma and Sexual Violence (www.nytimes.com)
Ukraine is just beginning to understand the lasting effects of the traumas its prisoners of war experienced in Russian captivity, but it has been failing to treat them properly and returning them to duty too early, say former prisoners, officials and psychologists familiar with individual cases....
The true power and capability of American UAVs (sh.itjust.works)
r*ddit
Larian publishing director says "marketing's dead" because players don't want to be "bamboozled," and "we learned that with Baldur's Gate 3" (www.gamesradar.com)
This has some really interesting implications that are not restricted to gaming.
How financially literate are Europeans? Not very - but who knows most? (www.euronews.com)
EU citizens are not doing well when it comes to financial literacy. Nearly half lack an understanding of basic financial concepts, including inflation....
Winning the Silver Cup on Mario Kart 64 as Luigi (lemmus.org)
Judero: an haunting indie game exploring Scottish folklore (www.pcgamesn.com)
I want to bring some attention to Slidge XMPP Bridges (git.sr.ht)
It seems like an awesome project that fulfills a lot of the requirements for bridging many popular messaging platforms (like FB messenger, WhatsApp, discord, signal, and more). I wanted to share because I know a lot of us have friends and family who still use antiquated/proprietary communication platforms. Fair warning, I have...
After 10,000+ hours grinding, MapleStory's first level 300 player slams the brakes at 299.99 to rant about the MMO and then quit, all on a dev-promoted stream (www.gamesradar.com)
Nearly 75% of journalists killed in 2023 died in Israel’s war on Gaza: CPJ (www.aljazeera.com)
Seventy-two of the 99 journalists killed worldwide in 2023 were Palestinians reporting on Israel’s war on Gaza, making those 12 months the deadliest for the media in almost a decade, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)....