Google announces surprise Pixel hardware event in August (www.theverge.com)
SteamDeck (64GB, LCD) sale: ~300$/€. Portable (moderate) AAA gaming cheaper than Nintendo Switch (store.steampowered.com)
Apple supplier Foxconn rejects married women from India iPhone jobs (www.reuters.com)
Foxconn, a major manufacturer of Apple devices, has been excluding female candidates from assembly jobs at its flagship Indian smartphone plant because they are married. Both companies’ codes of conduct state that workers shouldn’t be discriminated against on the basis of marital status....
US Olympic and other teams will bring their own AC units to Paris, undercutting environmental plan (apnews.com)
The U.S. Olympic team is one of a handful that will supply air conditioners for their athletes at the Paris Games in a move that undercuts organizers’ plans to cut carbon emissions....
A Russian Propaganda Network Is Promoting an AI-Manipulated Biden Video (www.wired.com)
While China has warned the West against 'decoupling', the country’s censorship system is designed for the purpose of isolation, report says (globalvoices.org)
When the US House of Representatives passed the legislation that would force ByteDance to sell TikTok, a popular video app, to an American company or face being banned in the US, citing national security concerns, the Chinese government criticized the move as “an act of bullying.” Yet, ironically, TikTok is also unavailable...
US Nuclear Submarine Surfaces Off Norway in Rare Flex (www.businessinsider.com)
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree - long-standing tech issues remain unaddressed (www.eurogamer.net)
South Carolina GOP Women Who Filibustered Abortion Ban (After Previously Voting for It) Are Ousted (www.jezebel.com)
Israeli Official Describes Secret Government Bid to Cement Control of West Bank (www.nytimes.com)
Israeli judges have long ruled that Israel’s control of the territory is a temporary military occupation and complies with international law. A powerful minister’s recent speech, caught on tape, suggested the government is trying to change that....
5 men convicted for Jetflicks, illegal streamer with more content than Netflix, Hulu and Amazon combined (www.nbcnews.com)
The men made millions of dollars streaming stolen copyrighted content to tens of thousands of paid subscribers, the Justice Department said....
Threads can now show replies from Mastodon and other fediverse apps (www.engadget.com)
Don’t shoot the messenger!
North Korean troops will become 'cannon fodder' if they aid Russia in Ukraine, Pentagon says (www.businessinsider.com)
It's wild how many job listings might be fake (www.businessinsider.com)
Resume Builder, which offers résumé templates, surveyed nearly 650 hiring managers in May and found nearly seven in 10 said it was “morally acceptable” to post fake jobs. Hiring managers credited the move with increasing revenue, morale, and how much workers get done....
Incremental Games - a magazine for discussing and posting incremental games. (incremental.social)
!incremental_games...
Haitians wary as Kenyan police arrive on latest US-backed mission (www.theguardian.com)
Hundreds of Kenyan police officers have arrived in Haiti as part of a US-backed security intervention aiming to rescue the Caribbean country from a criminal insurrection that toppled the prime minister and brought death and chaos to the streets....
Flatulent Cows And Pigs Will Now Be Taxed In Denmark (www.huffpost.com)
Coup attempt in Bolivia reportedly under way as army and police storm palace (www.ctvnews.ca)
Steam Game Recording Beta announced (store.steampowered.com)
Also, a video demonstration: Steamworks Quick Tips - Steam Game Recording and Steam Timeline API
US diplomat found dead in Kyiv hotel—report (www.newsweek.com)
Pine64 Oz64 is a single-board PC with ARM and RISC-V CPU cores - Liliputing (liliputing.com)
School children in Hong Kong sang Chinese anthem "too softly" (www.bbc.com)
Hong Kong officials have singled out at least two schools for singing the Chinese national anthem “too softly”. Teachers at a third school have been asked to help students “cultivate habit and confidence” in singing it....
Steam Deck Now Cheaper Than A Switch During Valve's Big Summer Sale (kotaku.com)
A Palestinian was shot, beaten and tied to an Israeli army jeep. The army says he posed no threat (apnews.com)
Video showing the 24-year-old strapped to the jeep circulated on social media, sparking widespread condemnation, including from the United States. Many said it showed that Israeli soldiers were using him as a human shield — a charge Israel has frequently leveled at Hamas as it battles the group in Gaza....
Prusa steps into engineering materials with new Pro HT90 3D printer (www.voxelmatters.com)
To say that Prusa Research is moving toward industrial 3D printing with the launch of the new Prusa Pro HT90 would be reductive and ultimately incorrect. All you need to do is look at the company’s 3D printing farm located inside its Prague HQ to understand that very few companies in the world have similar additive production...
