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Researchers discover battery-free technology which harvests power from radio and Wi-Fi signals for low-powered devices (www.tomshardware.com)

Here's the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, rid of its inner display bezels (9to5google.com)

In a new leak, Google's latest foldable, the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, is on full display with its slimmer and symmetrical display bezels.

World of Warcraft developers form Blizzard’s largest, most inclusive union | 500+ employees have organized across multiple departments, creating the first wall-to-wall union of its kind at the studio (www.theverge.com)

More than 500 developers at Blizzard Entertainment who work on World of Warcraft have voted to form a union. The World of Warcraft GameMakers Guild, formed with the assistance of the Communication Workers of America (CWA), is composed of employees across every department, including designers, engineers, artists, producers, and...

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Bad news for universal basic income. (reason.com)

Media Bias/ Fact Check.

GO, GO, GO! THE LEGATE WANTS SANDALS ON THE GROUND BY 0600! (lemmy.world)

Switzerland mandates government agencies use open-source software and disclose the source code of software developed by or for the public sector unless third-party rights or security concerns apply (www.tomshardware.com)

Switzerland has recently enacted a law requiring its government to use open-source software (OSS) and disclose the source code of any software developed by or for the public sector. According to ZDNet, this “public body, public code” approach makes government operations more transparent while increasing security and...

Data privacy after Dobbs: Is period tracking safe? (stateline.org)

‘Coordinated arson attack’ brings French trains to a halt hours before Olympics opening ceremony (www.politico.eu)

Fires on French railway tracks have delayed journeys for 800,000 travelers in what the transport minister described as “coordinated attacks of malicious intent.”...

First Pop!_OS 24.04 Alpha with COSMIC DE Drops on August 8 - OMG! Ubuntu (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)

Union for Apple workers in Towson reaches ‘historic’ contract with tech giant [Cody Boteler | 7/26/24 | The Baltimore Banner] (lemmy.world)

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Nebraska Supreme Court upholds law restricting both medical care for transgender youth and abortion (apnews.com)

A Nebraska law that combined abortion restrictions with another measure to limit gender-affirming health care for minors does not violate a state constitutional amendment requiring bills to stick to a single subject, a majority of the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday....

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Southwest to get rid of open seating, offer extra legroom in biggest shift in its history (www.cnbc.com)

Southwest plans to offer pricier seats with extra legroom and end open seating on its planes....

GMod admins when you noclip (m.ating.press)

Dog Gun (i.imgur.com)

Haters will say it’s fake smh my head

We finally know what caused the global tech outage - and how much it cost (www.cnn.com)

How decline of Indian vultures led to 500,000 human deaths (www.bbc.com)

BBC: How decline of Indian vultures led to 500,000 human deaths 25 JUL 2024...

Israel Humiliated by Hezbollah and Ansarallah’s Stealth Drones [14:03 | JUL 25 24 | Richard Medhurst] (youtu.be)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/17965417...

Citing recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Gov. Gavin Newsom orders state agencies to clear homeless camps and encourages cities to do so (www.latimes.com)

Archived at web.archive.org/…/gov-gavin-newsom-orders-state-a…

AI trained on AI garbage spits out AI garbage. (www.technologyreview.com)

Donald Trump may drop JD Vance for Nikki Haley, ex-Clinton adviser says (www.newsweek.com)

What are your favorite spooky (but not scary) retro games?

As I get older, I find I have no interest in playing the cutesy/silly games that are everywhere on retro consoles (obviously, they were targeted towards kids). But I also don’t have the patience for survival horror games like the resident evil or silent hill series. I’m just looking for a fun spooky game that I can jump into...