Active - kbin.life - A general use kbin instance with a slight emphasis on the technical

Blood pressure watches anyone? (www.caltech.edu)

Seems very interesting, pr burble aside. Wonder how close this is to a micro-sonogram if generalised ? Star Trek medical tricorder component material by my reckoning.

The biggest-ever sample of core material from Earth’s mantle could have valuable clues into the origins of life. (theconversation.com)

New Zealand to loosen gene editing regulation, make commercialization easier (www.reuters.com)

For these voters, Tim Walz is a reminder of their dad - before they were lost to partisan division (www.independent.co.uk)

Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz embodies everything liberal women see in their own fathers – except for their political views. For some, it makes them hopeful but also very sad....

Ex-Blizzard devs new RTS 'Stormgate' out in Early Access, works on Linux but may need a small fix (www.gamingonlinux.com)

3D printer maker Bambu Lab faces patent infringement lawsuits that could threaten hobbyist 3D printing in general (www.tomshardware.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/18550496

Why journalists shouldn’t be neutral on climate change | Calls to keep politics out of science reporting ignore a core responsibility: minimize harm (www.sfchronicle.com)

cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/12346016...

Stratasys sues Bambu Lab over patents used widely by consumer 3D printers (arstechnica.com)

Stratasys is claiming infringements on patents it owns (included ones acquired from Makerbot) on things like purge towers, heated beds, and force detection. Many of them things common to most FFF/FDM 3D printers....

The top 2024 camera phones in review - Does a high-quality camera phone always come with a high price tag? (www.notebookcheck.net)

Ukraine is determined to flatten Khalino air base, situated just 50 miles from the front line of Ukraine’s surprise invasion of Russia (www.forbes.com)

WA health department sues over denied entry to Tacoma ICE facility (www.seattletimes.com)

The Washington State Department of Health says it has not been able to investigate what could be a “full-blown public health crisis” at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Tacoma....

Canada’s 2023 wildfires produced nearly a decade’s worth of blaze emissions (www.theguardian.com)

Fires made at least three times more likely by climate crisis and emitted about 2bn tonnes of CO2, data reveals...

Texas judge steps aside in Elon Musk's X case against advertisers (www.npr.org)

A U.S. District Judge in Texas has recused himself from a lawsuit filed by Elon Musk’s X https://www.npr.org/2024/08/09/g-s1-16087/elon-musk-lawsuits-texas-same-judge-hears-them-tesla-stock NPR drew scrutiny to the judge’s investment in Tesla and questions about Musk using the court to engage in “forum-shopping.”...

Windows Zero-day Flaw Let Hackers Downgrade Fully Updated Systems to Old Vulnerabilities (cybersecuritynews.com)

Archived version...

AMD won't patch all chips affected by severe data theft vulnerability — Ryzen 3000, 2000, and 1000 will not get patched for 'Sinkclose' (www.tomshardware.com)

Here we are - 3600 which was still under manufacture 2-3 years ago are not get patched. Shame on you AMD, if it is true.

Tim Walz is giving MAGA a master class in manhood (www.msnbc.com)

The joyful Minnesota governor is a valuable spokesperson for Harris whose background and personality can help the Democratic ticket undermine Trump’s efforts to woo America’s men....

EFF’s Concerns About the UN Draft Cybercrime Convention (www.eff.org)

Immigrants Are Becoming U.S. Citizens at Fastest Clip in Years: The government has reduced a backlog of applications that built up during the Trump administration. New citizens look forward to voting (www.nytimes.com)

It’s amazing what the threat of mass deportation will do

Reddit CEO Suggests Some Subreddits Could Be Paywalled (www.macrumors.com)

Not even if they were the last SM on earth as far as I’m concerned....

Teenager wearing a helmet and bulletproof vest randomly stabs 5 people at a cafe in Turkey (apnews.com)

A teenager wearing a helmet and bulletproof vest randomly stabbed five people at an open-air cafe in northwest Turkey before being detained by police, officials and media reports said Tuesday....

Israel Accused of Running “Torture Camps” as Video Emerges of Soldiers Raping Palestinian Prisoner (www.democracynow.org)

The Israeli human rights group B’Tselem has published a major new report documenting how the Israeli prison system has become “a network of torture camps,” where physical, psychological and sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners is normalized and routine....