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Korea Extends Short Ban, Threatens Life in Jail for Illegal Bets (www.bloomberg.com)

Why the gradual death of the console exclusive makes business sense (www.eurogamer.net)

South Australia to legislate 'world leading' electoral donation ban prohibiting donations and gifts to political parties, backed by tough penalties for those who seek to circumvent the law (www.premier.sa.gov.au)

The South Australian premier, Peter Malinauskas, has announced plans to ban donations to registered political parties, members of parliament and candidates. The state will provide funding to allow parties and candidates to contest elections, run campaigns and promote political ideas, according to the proposed bill....

Controversial Chick-fil-A Summer Camp Charges Kids $35 To Work At The Restaurant (www.delish.com)

Clarence Thomas took additional trips funded by Harlan Crow, senator reveals (www.theguardian.com)

Democrat Dick Durbin announces failure of supreme court justice to disclose travel paid for by billionaire benefactor...

AI Detectors Get It Wrong. Writers Are Being Fired Anyway (gizmodo.com)

Saudi Arabia ends 80-year petrodollar deal with US for multi-currency sales (www.indiatoday.in)

Fedora 41 to Transfer Anaconda Installer to Wayland (debugpointnews.com)

Eugene Young drops out of Delaware’s U.S. House race, potentially paving the way for Sarah McBride to become the first trans member of Congress (whyy.org)

G7 agrees to loan Ukraine $50 billion from the interest on frozen Russian assets (www.npr.org)

A brand new mainline Shovel Knight game is in development! (www.yachtclubgames.com)

Chinese #MeToo journalist jailed for five years (www.bbc.com)

A prominent female #MeToo activist in China has been handed a five-year jail sentence for “subversion against the state”....

Fedora Workstation development update – Artificial Intelligence edition | Christian F.K. Schaller (blogs.gnome.org)

Massive explosion rocks SpaceX Texas facility, Starship engine in flames (interestingengineering.com)

Feds arrest Adderall telehealth CEO under Controlled Substances Act (www.theverge.com)

SAG-AFTRA: We want to exhaust every option "without having to pull the trigger on a strike" (www.gamesindustry.biz)

Firefox Browser Blocks Anti-Censorship Add-Ons at Russia’s Request (theintercept.com)

Mozilla, the maker of the popular web browser Firefox, said it received government demands to block add-ons that circumvent censorship....

After 10 years in early access, 7 Days To Die finally has a release date for version 1.0 (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

TIL states that passed laws allowing a married person to seek a divorce without the consent of their spouse saw female suicide decline by 20 percent (www.nber.org)