US approves first-ever military aid to Taiwan through program typically used for sovereign nations (www.cnn.com)
The Biden administration has approved funding for the first-ever transfer of US military equipment to Taiwan under a program typically saved for sovereign nations, according to a notification sent to Congress on Tuesday....
How China became the king of new nuclear power, and how the U.S. is trying to stage a comeback (www.cnbc.com)
China has 21 nuclear reactors under construction which will have a capacity for generating more than 21 gigawatts of electricity, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. That is two and a half times more nuclear reactors under construction than any other country....
Quantum 'yin-yang' shows two photons being entangled in real-time (www.space.com)
Quantum ‘yin-yang’ shows two photons being entangled in real-time::The stunning experiment, which reconstructs the properties of entangled photons from a 2D interference pattern, could be used to design faster quantum computers.
‘Despair is settling in’: female suicides on rise in Taliban’s Afghanistan (www.theguardian.com)
First, her dreams of becoming a doctor were dashed by the Taliban’s ban on education. Then her family set up a forced marriage to her cousin, a heroin addict. Latifa* felt her future had been snatched away....
Babe, pls pick up (slrpnk.net)
Asus only cut the PC department in July, and now the commercial department is also going to be cut (Asus Zenfone 10 is their last phone) (finance.technews.tw)
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Former Navy SEAL who said he killed Osama bin Laden arrested in Frisco (www.dallasnews.com)
Gadgetbridge (codeberg.org)
Gadgetbridge users, can you tell about your smart watch and what are it’s pros/cons.
Pssst, can I interest you in some free video games? (feddit.uk)
Howdy pardners, this is a cheeky self-plug for !freegames, a community I’ve created to post limited-time full-game free giveaways. It’s been going a month or two and I’m already claiming games faster than I can play them, so come and join me and make your what-game-to-play choice paralysis worse!
Lemmy Handshake is almost ready (sh.itjust.works)
The app that synchronizes multiple lemmy accounts so you can migrate and keep backup accounts across instances, it’s opensource and free, currently working in android and windows....
'Benefits of Slavery:' Google's AI Search Gives Absurd, Wrong Answers (gizmodo.com)
Revealed: The Authors Whose Pirated Books Are Powering Generative AI (www.theatlantic.com)
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StickerPack updated to 79 distros and now includes 22 DEs, WMs, and shells! (github.com)
StickerPak now includes 22 different Desktop Environments, Window Managers, and shells along with 79 Linux distributions!...
Judge partially strikes down Georgia ban on giving voters food and water in polling lines (www.cnn.com)
A federal judge on Friday narrowed a section of Georgia election law that banned the practice of handing out food and water to voters waiting in line to cast ballots, as well as halted enforcement of a requirement that voters put their birth dates on the outer envelope of their ballots.
Hurricane Hilary could dump over a year's worth of rain on parts of the Southwest (www.cnn.com)
AP Shares Guidelines Prohibiting Staff From Using AI to Write Publishable Content (gizmodo.com)
What a newsroom police raid teaches us about encrypting our devices (freedom.press)
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Australian ex-priest has prison sentence extended to 40 years for molesting 72nd child victim (ground.news)
‘Tron: Ares’ Delayed as Director Criticizes “Extremely Frustrating” Strike Talks (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
Joachim Rønning says 'Tron 3' was to start shooting this week and urges both sides of the work stoppage to resolve their contract dispute: "This is Hollywood. We close deals for breakfast."
Fani Willis says Trump, 18 co-defendants to voluntarily surrender in Georgia by Aug. 25 (thehill.com)
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis late Monday gave former President Trump and 18 co-defendants until Aug. 25 at noon to voluntarily surrender in Georgia following an indictment that unveiled multiple charges in connection to their attempts to interfere in the 2020 election.
Young Women in Afghanistan on the Taliban: "Your Arrival Transformed My Dreams into Nightmares" (www.spiegel.de)
The lives of Kobra, Najia, Madina, Sonya and Zahra looked as though they were just getting started two years ago. When the Taliban captured the Afghan capital of Kabul, they were about to finish school, working towards a university degree or beginning a career. Suddenly, though, their lives changed dramatically....
Japan Earthquake Alert App Says Sayonara to X - Unseen Japan (unseen-japan.com)
Many people in Japan depend on the NERV service for earthquake alerts. Unfortunately, they'll no longer be able to receive them on X.
Trump’s Truth Social tipped FBI to man killed during arrest attempt for Biden threats (www.cnbc.com)
The social media company owned by former President Donald Trump in March tipped off the FBI about threats made by a Utah man who was fatally shot Wednesday by FBI agents as they attempted to arrest him for threatening to kill President Joe Biden, NBC News reported.