US intelligence believes Putin probably didn't order Navalny to be killed, Wall Street Journal reports (www.reuters.com)
Last month, Putin called Navalny's demise "sad" and said he had been ready to hand the jailed politician over to the West in a prisoner exchange provided Navalny never return to Russia. Navalny's allies said such talks had been under way [...] Washington had not absolved the Russian leader of overall responsibility for Navalny's...
A Bash script to rip music off CUE/BIN files (lemmy.ml)
I thought I’d take the opportunity to share a Bash script I made to automate ripping music off CUE/BIN files. It splits BINs into separate files, so it’s 1 file per track, and strips pregap data, encodes audio tracks to FLAC or Ogg Vorbis, and it also generates new CUE sheets....
New Community- Non political discussions
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You play your game bro, you play your meta ass cheap way! (lemmy.ca)
Island of Winds is a beautiful and haunting new adventure game about using magic to preserve the balance of nature. (www.pcgamesn.com)
Oregon's Sports Bra, a pub for women's sports fans, plans national expansion as interest booms (apnews.com)
The Sports Bra is a pub where women’s sports are celebrated — and the only thing on TV....
‘Real hope’ for cancer cure as personal mRNA vaccine for melanoma trialled (www.theguardian.com)
Excitement among patients and researchers as custom-built jabs enter phase 3 trial...
DNA (lemmy.ml)
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Iraqi authorities investigating killing of social media influencer Um Fahad (www.nbcnews.com)
Ghufran Mahdi Sawadi, known as “Um Fahad,” was popular on TikTok and Instagram, where she posted videos of herself dancing to music....
The Moody Blues - Lost In a Lost World (www.youtube.com)
RIP Mike Pinder, who gave us great songs like this one.
Does wb get any money from sales of adult swim published games on steam?
I have an urge to buy some of them on steam before they get delisted but don’t want to give any money to wb in the process. The way that apparently devs could just leave or sell/give away the game on other platforms made me think maybe wb doesn’t get a cut of every sale. Does anyone know that for certain?
'You're asking the accused ['Israel'] to investigate itself?' (www.youtube.com)
Garry Newman verifies the takedowns from Nintendo are legitimate (files.catbox.moe)
There has been lots of speculation that it was a fake takedown made by trolls, but Garry did an investigation and confirmed that they really are coming from Nintendo....
Tech brands are forcing AI into your gadgets—whether you asked for it or not (arstechnica.com)
Earlier this year, Microsoft added a new key to Windows keyboards for the first time since 1994. Before the news dropped, your mind might’ve raced with the possibilities and potential usefulness of a new addition. However, the button ended up being a Copilot launcher button that doesn’t even work in an innovative way....
What Trump’s war on the ‘Deep State’ could mean: ‘An army of suck-ups’ (www.cnn.com)
What happens now that Harvey Weinstein's conviction was overturned in New York (www.nbcnews.com)
We might be closer to changing course on climate change than we realized (www.vox.com)
Exclusive: China harbors ship tied to North Korea-Russia arms transfers, satellite images show (www.reuters.com)
China is providing moorage for a U.S.-sanctioned Russian cargo ship implicated in North Korean arms transfers to Russia, according to satellite images obtained by Reuters, as U.S. concerns grow over Beijing’s support for Moscow’s war in Ukraine....
What launching Battle.net through Steam feels like (lemmy.ml)
WINE_SIMULATE_WRITECOPY=1 %command% + Proton Experimental = working Battle.net
Israel: ‘Investigate what?’ A response to mass graves being found in Gaza. (www.politico.com)
When NatSec Daily asked Israel Defense Forces spokesperson NADAV SHOSHANI whether Israel plans on investigating, he at first waived off the question, calling the reports “fake news.”...
Weinstein victims’ fury as rape conviction overturned as Bragg commits to retry case (www.independent.co.uk)
The women who came forward against Harvey Weinstein reacted with fury after the disgraced media mogul’s rape and sexual assault convictions were overturned by a New York appeals court on Thursday....
"House of cards": Judge imposes new terms to ensure Trump's $175 million bond will actually be paid (www.salon.com)
Fediverse privacy vs information in dating apps, the case of Alovoa
This dating app has many problems yes the fediverse is all about privacy but what about actually knowing enough information to swipe yes or no. For all one knows the person may or may not be single, may or may not have kids may be an evangelical ect ect. All one knows about the person is where they live an a picture that may or...
Is the Nvidia GPU Activity monitor app inaccurate?
I have a laptop with both a dGPU and iGPU. when gaming i see the nvidia dGPU in use but the Activity Monitor remains “grey”. If i open the app i see it lists the game is using the dGPU. At some point the Activity Monitor will switch from grey to colored to properly indicate that the dGPU is in use....