it was a waste of time (lemm.ee)
Chimera Linux (chimera-linux.org)
I just found about this distro, which is relatively new (2021). Its specificity is that it doesn’t features any GNU software by default, which I find interesting.
Microsoft wins FTC fight to buy Activision Blizzard (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft can now go ahead and close its giant deal.
Android Police: Build your communities elsewhere now that most Reddit third-party clients are dead (www.androidpolice.com)
Screenshots of Boost for Lemmy included.
Disney hack leads to 1.2TB of Slack communications leaked online (stackdiary.com)
In a significant data breach, hacktivist group NullBulge has infiltrated Disney’s internal Slack infrastructure, leaking 1.2TB of sensitive data. This breach, posted on the cybercrime platform Breach Forums on July 12, 2024, exposes many of Disney’s internal communications, compromising messages, files, code, and other...
Restaurant group in Massachusetts is trying to reject a public vote on paying tipped workers (lemmy.world)
Crosspost...
Russian court orders arrest of Yulia Navalnaya (www.bbc.com)
A court in Moscow has issued an arrest warrant for the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on charges of extremism, according to state media....
HP forced to ditch popular printer range following user backlash (www.techradar.com)
HP has discontinued its e-series LaserJet printers following widespread consumer dissatisfaction with the printers’ mandatory online connection of the HP+ scheme....
Valve rumored to be working on Android emulator for Steam (www.notebookcheck.net)
Child predators are exploiting kids on OnlyFans despite vows of safety (www.usatoday.com)
Yet more examples of how copyright destroys culture rather than driving it (walledculture.org)
One of the clearest demonstrations of how copyright is actively harmful is the lawsuit that four of the biggest publishers brought against the Internet Archive. As a result of the judge’s decision in favour of the publishers – currently being appealed – more than 500,000 books have been taken out of lending by the Internet...
The planet’s vision is getting worse: 50% of the population will have myopia by 2050 (english.elpais.com)
archive.ph/dDKJG
Israel-Gaza war live: Israel warns it could take Lebanon ‘back to the Stone Age’ as defence minister wraps up Washington trip (www.theguardian.com)
Minnesota GOP Candidate Accused of Throwing Tarantula at Alleged ‘Squatter’ (www.thedailybeast.com)
Steam users have spent $19 billion on games they’ve never played (www.pcgamesn.com)
Share Your Story: The Impact of Losing Access to 500,000 Books (docs.google.com)
Anti-LGBTQ+ student thought he'd get away with urinating on a family's Pride flag. He got busted. (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Photographer Disqualified From AI Image Contest After Winning With Real Photo (petapixel.com)
Elon Musk has unusual relationships with women at SpaceX, WSJ reports - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
Defragged Zebra (sh.itjust.works)
Edward Snowden Echoes Richard Stallman's Warnings On Proprietary Software After User Says 'Adobe Can Not Be Trusted' (www.benzinga.com)
F) All of the above (sh.itjust.works)
r*ddit
The US-built pier in Gaza broke apart. Here's how we got here and what might be next (apnews.com)
XWayland 24.1 Released With Explicit Sync, Better Rootful Experience (www.phoronix.com)
Jellyfin | "We are pleased to announce the latest stable release of Jellyfin, version 10.9.0!" (jellyfin.org)
Take a skim through the link for full details (especially the breaking changes), but I have included some parts that I thought were important:...
