'Elder Scrolls Online: Lamenting a challenge-free landscape' - article by Biobreak blog (biobreak.wordpress.com)
FBI: California woman brought sword, whip and other weapons into Capitol during Jan. 6 riot (www.ctvnews.ca)
Kennedy Lindsey had a short sword, a steel tactical whip, a collapsible baton, pepper spray, a butterfly knife and a flashlight taser in her possession when a U.S. Secret Service officer searched her backpack, according to an FBI affidavit....
Republicans want someone younger than Donald Trump as president: new poll (www.newsweek.com)
In a YouGov poll conducted between July 25-29, 59 percent of Republicans surveyed said they would prefer a president under the age of 75. Trump celebrated his 78th birthday in June. Forty percent said they had no preference, and just two percent said they would prefer a president over the age of 75....
Bulgarian Parliament passes ban on LGBTQ "propaganda" in schools (aussiedlerbote.de)
A US judge just called Google the ‘highest quality search engine’. But how do we determine ‘quality’? (theconversation.com)
Yesterday, Ukraine invaded Russia. Today, the Ukrainians marched nearly 10 miles. (www.forbes.com)
Yunus sworn in as interim Bangladesh leader, vowing to "uphold, support and protect the constitution" (www.bbc.com)
Ortega expels Brazilian ambassador from Nicaragua for not attending national event - EFE Noticias (efe.com)
Communities Rally in U.K. Against Racism & Islamophobia Following Far-Right Riots (www.democracynow.org)
Thousands filled the streets across the United Kingdom this week in massive rallies against racism and Islamophobia, a show of unity to counter a recent surge in far-right violence....
COVID still 'very much with us' with 20% of tests positive in Europe, WHO warns (www.euronews.com)
Zelenskiy: Ukrainian army knows how to surprise (www.reuters.com)
AI works better if you ask it to be a Star Trek character (www.fudzilla.com)
I’m leaving the hed as-is per protocol, but the larger story here seems to be we’ve already hit the point where LLMs produce better prompts for other LLMs than human prompt engineers do....
State of emergency declared as Ukraine launches raid into Russia (www.bbc.com)
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Elon Musk's X sues advertisers over alleged 'massive advertiser boycott' after Twitter takeover (www.cnbc.com)
Israel cancels accreditation of Norwegian diplomats to Palestinian areas | The Straits Times (www.straitstimes.com)
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/39095635
JD Vance pleads sarcasm in latest effort to clean up ‘childless cat ladies’ remark (www.theguardian.com)
Republican vice-presidential nominee continues to face questions about comment as campaign speeds up...
What to Know About Tim Walz’s Relationship With China (time.com)
JD Vance falsely accuses Algerian Olympic boxer of being transgender & weirdly blames Kamala Harris (www.advocate.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/18340810...
US-Mexico border migrants claim sexual assault by detention center staff (www.newsweek.com)
The claim is the latest in a string of allegations of abuse and neglect at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in California.
Darryl George: Judge dismisses racial discrimination claim in civil rights lawsuit and allows sex discrimination claim to proceed (www.cnn.com)
Most Americans hold unfavorable view of US health care system in new survey (www.thehill.com)
German court convicts activist for leading ‘from the river to the sea’ chant (www.theguardian.com)
A Berlin court has convicted a pro-Palestinian activist of condoning a crime for leading a chant of the slogan “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” at a rally in the German capital four days after the Hamas attacks on Israel, in what her defence team called a defeat for free speech....
OnePlus announces new monthly software update series for its devices - GSMArena.com news (www.gsmarena.com)
Artists are attacked in São Paulo during wall painting in support of Palestine (www.brasildefato.com.br)
Artists taking part in the [painting of the lateral part of a building on Consolação Street, São Paulo, suffered what they describe as a “Zionist attack” on Sunday afternoon
EU Citizen's initiative to pass legislation to stop game publishers disabling games we paid for (www.stopkillinggames.com)
Videogames are being destroyed! Most video games work indefinitely, but a growing number are designed to stop working as soon as publishers end support. This effectively robs customers, destroys games as an artform, and is unnecessary. Our movement seeks to pass new law in the EU to put an end to this practice. Our proposal...