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Play Store could soon handle updates for sideloaded apps (APK teardown) (www.androidauthority.com)

Google is working on a change that may let users install updates for sideloaded apps right from the Play Store.

Banned governing body that's fueling outcry on Olympic boxers has Russian ties and troubled history (apnews.com)

US-Australia talks focus on China's 'coercive behavior,' climate change. (www.voanews.com)

Woah! Are you excited to see me or are.... oh (imgur.com)

'Unacceptable': Court Blocks Net Neutrality Rules During Legal Battle. (www.commondreams.org)

Hamas’s leader is dead, Iran vows revenge: can anything stop all-out war in the Middle East? (www.theguardian.com)

If Iran’s newly elected president, Masoud Pezeshkian, was hoping for a honeymoon period after his inauguration last week, he must be sadly disappointed. Less than 12 hours after Pezeshkian was sworn in, an explosion, reportedly caused by a remotely controlled bomb, shook an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) compound in...

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will head Bangladesh's interim government, official says (apnews.com)

This is kind of big news. I never would have expected it.

Microsoft Ruined Windows (piped.video)

'Pro-democracy activist' convicted in US of giving dissidents' intel to China. (www.voanews.com)

US confirms 7 injured in attack on base in Iraq. (www.voanews.com)

Wikipedia editors label Israel guilty of genocide (allisrael.com)

Bangladesh’s dictator flees—leaving behind a dangerous vacuum (www.economist.com)

On the afternoon of August 5th, televisions in Bangladesh broadcast images of a helicopter rising from the residence of Sheikh Hasina, the country’s prime minister until minutes before. The chopper was carrying her and her sister “to safety”. Shortly afterwards images appeared of gleeful protesters entering the prime...

U.S. startup develops 28%-efficient perovskite-silicon tandem solar module (www.pv-magazine.com)

Journal still can't confirm January story about UN agency for Palestinians (www.semafor.com)

In January, The Wall Street Journal made an explosive claim: Quoting “intelligence reports,” the paper reported that not only had 12 members of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, or UNRWA, taken part in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, but 10% of the relief agency’s 12,000...

Mac and cheese for life! Philippines’ heartfelt gifts to Carlos Yulo after double Olympic gold (www.theguardian.com)

Newsmax pundit accuses Kamala Harris of 'doing blackface' to win presidency (www.rawstory.com)

Ex-Trump attorney to cooperate in Arizona fake electors case, charges to be dropped. (www.voanews.com)

Nassau County Legislature passes mask ban, with exemption for health (www.newsday.com)

Paywall removed: archive.is/dqKks

"The New Path for Bungie", 220 people, 17% of Bungie, laid off (www.bungie.net)

They are no longer going to be any form of independent from Sony/PlayStation anymore. The Final Shape’s sales were never going to be able to prevent this from happening, says Jeff Grubb on his morning news show (paraphrased).

Tunisia court jails potential presidential candidates and bars them from upcoming election (www.theguardian.com)

Critics say the move is aimed at targeting serious challengers to the current Tunisan president, Kais Saied....

“A Terrible Vulnerability”: Cybersecurity Researcher Discovers Yet Another Flaw in Georgia’s Voter Cancellation Portal (www.propublica.org)

Until Monday, a new online portal run by the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office contained what experts describe as a serious security vulnerability that would have allowed anyone to submit a voter cancellation request for any Georgian. All that was required was a name, date of birth and county of residence — information...