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A Judge Ruled a Louisiana Prison’s Health Care System Has Failed Inmates for Decades. A Federal Law Could Block Reforms. (www.propublica.org)

Prosecution and defense jointly file motion to seal Tim Herrington's high profile capital murder case in Mississippi (mississippitoday.org)

Archived at - web.archive.org/…/star-chamber-joint-motion-seeks…

New youtube layout? (lemmy.world)

Hey, I was browsing youtube in private mode, and out of nowhere it started looking like this, I really hope this doesn’t go through lolol…...

What are your thoughts on restricting children’s access to pornography online?

There are a lot of GOP-controller legislatures in the USA pushing through so-called “child protection” laws, but there’s a toll in the form of impacting people’s rights and data privacy. Most of these bills involve requiring adults to upload a copy of their photo ID.

Court documents show that not only is Valve a fraction the size [only 336 employees in 2021] of companies like EA or Ubisoft, it's smaller than a lot of triple-A developers (www.pcgamer.com)

Putin meets Syria's Assad in Moscow (www.reuters.com)

Proton Now Has a Bitcoin Wallet (www.howtogeek.com)

Fallout London - Official Launch Trailer (youtu.be)

Amid tensions with China, some US states are purging Chinese companies from their investments (apnews.com)

As state treasurer, Vivek Malek pushed Missouri’s main retirement system to pull its investments from Chinese companies, making Missouri among the first nationally to do so. Now Malek is touting the Chinese divestment as he seeks reelection in an Aug. 6 Republican primary against challengers who also are denouncing financial...

The UK says it conducted a 'groundbreaking' trial of a laser beam weapon that can neutralize targets for $0.12 a shot (www.businessinsider.com)

The UK said it test-fired a laser beam weapon in a “groundbreaking” trial....

UN expert urges probe of Iran 'atrocity crimes,' 'genocide' in 1980s (www.voanews.com)

Private prison operator CoreCivic holds close ties with Tennessee lawmakers as it sidesteps state law (tennesseelookout.com)

Archived at web.archive.org/…/private-prison-operator-holds-c…

KDE signs petition urging European Union to continue funding free software (kde.org)

Once Hamas’s Sworn Enemy, a Palestinian Exile Rises as a Potential Postwar Strongman (www.wsj.com)

Some U.S., Israeli and Arab officials see Palestinian Mohammed Dahlan as a viable leader of an interim security force...

Dog-like robot jams home networks and disables devices during police raids — DHS develops NEO robot for walking denial of service attacks (www.tomshardware.com)

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that it has developed a four-legged robot designed to jam the wireless transmissions of smart home devices. The robot was revealed at the 2024 Border Security Expo and is called NEO. It is built using the Quadruped Unmanned Ground Vehicle (Q-UGV) and looks a lot like the...

Fact-checking Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress

The speech transcript

Grand Strategy games?

Greetings to all! I’ve played Total War titles for years and enjoy building an empire. Now I would like to broaden my horizons and am looking for similar games that satisfy this itch....

From a population of 11 million to little more than 8.5 million: The real toll of Cuba’s migratory crisis (english.elpais.com)

According to numbers compiled by Cuban economist and demographer Juan Carlos Albizu-Campos, the island’s population fell by 18% between 2022 and 2023...