Indian Prime Minister Modi makes first visit to Russia since the start of its war on Ukraine (apnews.com)
7 Essential Linux Terms Explained: Distro, DE, Repos, and More (www.howtogeek.com)
The Linux Kernel...
Let's discuss: Super Mario (beehaw.org)
The format of these posts is simple: let’s discuss a specific game or series!...
What is your favourite game with native Linux port? (factorio.com)
For me, it’s Factorio....
Site: "I don't feel so good...." (sh.itjust.works)
The battle over J&J’s bankruptcy plan to end talc lawsuits (www.reuters.com)
After being rebuffed twice by federal courts, the $350 billion healthcare giant is attempting again to end the litigation in a so-called “Texas two-step” bankruptcy. The maneuver involves offloading its talc liability onto a newly created subsidiary, which then declares Chapter 11. The goal is to use the proceeding to force...
Purgatory in paradise: how a shipwreck off Diego Garcia led to three years of hell and horror (www.theguardian.com)
It was 10 days into the journey when the boat sprang a leak. Dozens of men, women and children were crowded on to a fishing boat, all Tamils fleeing persecution in their home country, Sri Lanka. They had hoped to reach sanctuary in Canada....
Chinese space firm unintentionally launches its new rocket (arstechnica.com)
The rocket was undergoing a static fire test of the stage, in which a vehicle is clamped to a test stand while its engines are ignited, when the booster broke free. According to a statement from the company, the rocket was not sufficiently clamped down and blasted off from the test stand “due to a structural failure.”...
Google’s Repair Policy Is Broken (www.wired.com)
Notepad’s spellcheck and autocorrect are rolling out to everybody after 41 years (arstechnica.com)
It's still bare-bones by most standards, but Notepad has evolved a lot recently.
The President Ordered a Board to Probe a Massive Russian Cyberattack. It Never Did. (www.propublica.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/24651183...
Duck Wearing Bow-Tie Walks Into Pub, Drinks Pint, Fights Dog, Loses (www.huffingtonpost.co.uk)
cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/14359573...
New "Pedestrian Mod" Turns NiGHTS Into A 3D Platformer | Time Extension (www.timeextension.com)
Why It Matters: This innovative mod shifts the classic title into an entirely new genre, appealing to fans of both the original and platform games alike....
US to expand security review of land purchases near military installations, Treasury says (www.reuters.com)
Cross-posted from sh.itjust.works/post/21971374...
Sigma Star Saga Returns: Modern Console & PC Release in 2025 (www.retronews.com)
Sigma Star Saga, a shoot ’em up RPG by WayForward, released on the Game Boy Advance in 2005, is returning to modern consoles and PC in 2025...
noplace, a mashup of Twitter and Myspace for Gen Z, hits No. 1 on the App Store (techcrunch.com)
House Freedom Caucus drops two members in one night (www.axios.com)
A spokesperson for the Freedom Caucus declined to comment on the vote, telling Axios: “HFC does not comment on membership or internal proceedings.”...
The developer of new Steam roguelike Dice and Fold is “amazed by the reception” after launch, and launches its extreme mode update early. (www.pcgamesn.com)
Australia to build Top Secret cloud in AWS for defence users (www.theregister.com)
NATO leaders will vow to pour weapons into Ukraine for another year, but membership is off the table (apnews.com)
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO leaders plan to pledge next week to keep pouring arms and ammunition into Ukraine at current levels for at least another year, hoping to reassure the war-ravaged country of their ongoing support and show Russian President Vladimir Putin that they will not walk away....
Counting the dead in Gaza: difficult but essential (www.thelancet.com)
In recent conflicts, such indirect deaths range from three to 15 times the number of direct deaths. Applying a conservative estimate of four indirect deaths per one direct death to the 37,396 deaths reported, it is not implausible to estimate that up to 186,000 or even more deaths could be attributable to the current conflict in...