Nashville museum returns 500-year-old Mexican artifact collection back where it 'belongs' (www.nbcnews.com)
US banks to begin reporting Russian assets for eventual forfeiture under new law (apnews.com)
The Treasury Department ordered the nation’s banking industry to start disclosing its holdings of Russian assets on Tuesday, with the goal of eventually seizing those billions of dollars in assets and selling them to aid the devastated Ukrainian economy....
From Linux to NetBSD with SSH only (cloudbsd.xyz)
Not Afraid of Sharks? Well, Now They’re on Cocaine. (www.nytimes.com)
Pixel Buds Pro 2 leaks reveals new design, same case (9to5google.com)
In addition to colors, we now have our first design leak of the Pixel Buds Pro 2 and it shows a new, updated look.
Call of Duty finally comes to Game Pass with Modern Warfare 3 release (www.polygon.com)
The Duke Nukem Forever 2001 Restoration project is in a playable state on Moddb.com (www.moddb.com)
I played a little bit of this, and while it’s definitely still a work in progress, it actually feels like a cohesive game coming together.
Llama 3.1 is Meta's latest salvo in the battle for AI dominance (www.engadget.com)
Meta on Tuesday announced the release of Llama 3.1, the latest version of its large language model that the company claims now rivals competitors from OpenAI and Anthropic. The new model comes just three months after Meta launched Llama 3 by integrating it into Meta AI, a chatbot that now lives in Facebook, Messenger, Instagram...
Climate activists glue themselves to a taxiway at Cologne-Bonn Airport, flights suspended (apnews.com)
Google U-turn over long-running plan to ditch cookies - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)
Gen Z job seekers should be willing to work for free, long hours, ‘willing to do anything,’ says Squarespace CMO (finance.yahoo.com)
City’s Public Health Vending Machine Program Ends With Just Four Installed Out of 10 Announced. (www.thecity.nyc)
Everyone Wants to Control the Internet. (cheapskatesguide.org)
Nassau County’s plan to deputize armed civilians for hurricanes and other emergencies gets pushback. (prismreports.org)
Ohio GOP Senator Says 'Civil War' Needed If Trump Loses. (www.commondreams.org)
Sharks in Brazil test positive for cocaine, say scientists (www.cnn.com)
Llama 3.1 AI Models Have Officially Released (llama.meta.com)
Big day for people who use AI locally. According to benchmarks this is a big step forward to free, small LLMs.
How J.D. Vance Went From Green Tech Investor to Climate Change Doubter (www.rollingstone.com)
Biscuit Basin in Yellowstone closed after hydrothermal explosion (www.nbcmontana.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/17883567...
Secret Service chief to Congress: 'We failed' (www.npr.org)
Respawn Announces Changes to Apex Legends Battle Pass After Community Outcry - IGN (www.ign.com)
Forbes: A Big Mideast War Is Unavoidable (www.forbes.com)
Google combines 3 teams to focus on making the Play Store a better platform for developers (www.androidpolice.com)
CrowdStrike offers a $10 apology gift card to say sorry for outage | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/3060096...
Israeli settlers court Republican religious right after Hamas attacks (www.reuters.com)
Ruth Lieberman, a Jewish settler in the Israeli occupied West Bank, is determined to thwart international pressure for a sovereign Palestinian state. And her friendships with prominent U.S. Republicans from the party’s religious right are helping, she says....