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Chicken wings advertised as 'boneless' can have bones, Ohio Supreme Court decides (apnews.com)

Consumers cannot expect boneless chicken wings to actually be free of bones, a divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled Thursday, rejecting claims by a restaurant patron who suffered serious medical complications from getting a bone stuck in his throat....

Priti Patel enters race to lead UK opposition Conservative Party (www.reuters.com)

LONDON, July 27 (Reuters) - Former British interior minister Priti Patel launched her bid to become new leader of the opposition Conservative Party on Saturday, making her the fifth candidate seeking to replace the outgoing Rishi Sunak....

Death Valley heat melts skin off a man's feet after he lost his flip-flops in the dunes (www.yahoo.com)

According to a National Park Service news release, the 42-year-old Belgian tourist was taking a short walk Saturday in the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes in 123-degree heat when he either broke or lost his flip-flops, putting his feet into direct contact with the desert ground. The result: third-degree burns....

Who would rule the world if Joe Biden dropped dead tomorrow (of natural causes)?

Who would run the US empire until the new President is elected and sworn in?

Data breach exposes US spyware maker behind Windows, Mac, Android and Chromebook malware (techcrunch.com)

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Australia prime minister rejigs cabinet ahead of election expected in 2025 (www.reuters.com)

SYDNEY, July 28 (Reuters) - Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Sunday announced a cabinet reshuffle after two senior ministers said they planned to retire at the next election....

NCSoft president: "The games industry's evolution towards acceptance and diversity is ongoing" (www.gamesindustry.biz)

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These Olympic athletes are wives. They could race against each other in Paris. (www.outsports.com)

Labour Ditches Tory Plan to Oppose ICC Request for Netanyahu Arrest Warrant (www.commondreams.org)

This is Chalupa Batmanuel. He is a goober

Face/Off (startrek.website)

Fake video of threat to Olympic Games appears to be from Russia, researchers say (www.nbcnews.com)

A video spreading on X and Telegram of a man purporting to be a Hamas fighter threatening the Olympics in Paris is part of a Russian-linked disinformation campaign meant to disrupt the event, according to researchers at Microsoft....

Google's reCAPTCHAv2 is just labor exploitation, boffins say • The Register (www.theregister.com)

cross-posted from: lazysoci.al/post/15908451...

US slows plans to retire coal plants because of AI power usage (www.ft.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/17993293

Britain drops its challenge to ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders (www.theguardian.com)

Israel strikes Lebanon as diplomats try to prevent regional war (www.theguardian.com)

Israeli jets struck southern Lebanon overnight as diplomats worked frantically to prevent a regional war after a rocket strike that killed 12 young people in the occupied Golan Heights....

The military loves fake plates sovcit. (lemmy.world)

Sovcit has tried everything. (lemmy.world)

Windows 11 is nagging users to try OneDrive to "fully backup" your PC (www.windowslatest.com)

Windows 11 and Windows 10 were recently updated with “Windows Backup”, which has now become a system app. While the feature initially appeared as “optional” or something that could be easily dismissed, Microsoft is slowly getting aggressive with its new OneDrive backup campaign on Windows 11....