Australian government hands out PVC pipe for tourists to beat off dingo attacks. "Dingo sticks" (www.watoday.com.au)
Android 14's latest work profile change means you're never truly away from work (www.androidpolice.com)
Reddit is removing your chat history from before 2023 (www.theverge.com)
Reddit is removing your chat history from before 2023::As part of a migration to a new architecture, Reddit chose not to migrate chat histories before 2023. Though it offers a way for users to request their old data, including chat histories, some users say they’re still missing messages.
goodbye Joey for reddit (sh.itjust.works)
https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/80b9ff14-59bd-4190-a0ee-c5e66834535f.webp...
NATO stops short of Ukraine invitation, angering Zelenskyy (www.aljazeera.com)
World registers hottest day ever recorded on Monday (www.aljazeera.com)
Gfycat.com shuts down on September 1 and all Gifs will be taken down - gHacks Tech News (www.ghacks.net)
Porn Historically Decides Tech Adoption... Fediverse? (kbin.social)
Historically, porn has organically decided which platform or formats become dominant. It's incredibly anti-censorship, but walks many fine lines....
Kamala Harris vows US not going back to ‘chaos’ of Trump years in rally speech (www.theguardian.com)
When ChatGPT summarises, it actually does nothing of the kind (ea.rna.nl)
Joe Manchin weighs run against Kamala Harris (www.semafor.com)
Germany to halve military aid to Ukraine from €8bn a year to €4bn (www.telegraph.co.uk)
(sorry I’m two days late with the news, but I thought it was interesting)
Windows Blue Screen of Death crisis: what we know so far (www.techradar.com)
Services around the world seem to be affected. Reports of chaos at airports and hospitals emerge.
Macron wins shock vote to keep coalition hopes alive (www.politico.eu)
Emmanuel Macron’s party formed a last–minute agreement with right-leaning lawmakers to win a key vote in parliament on Thursday that opens the door to the French president playing a greater-than-expected role in forming the country’s next government....
J.D. Vance Left His Venmo Public. Here’s What It Shows (www.wired.com)
Conservative Organizations Are Quietly Scurrying Away From Project 2025 (theintercept.com)
THE MORE PEOPLE learn about it, the more unpopular and politically toxic Project 2025 has proven to be. This has led the Trump and Vance campaign to attempt to distance itself from the effort. Former Trump adviser Stephen Miller now says he had “zero involvement with Project 2025,” despite appearing in a promotional video....
OnePlus Nord 4 review (www.gsmarena.com)
‘It is not sustainable for a democracy’: Tighter security likely at political events after shooting at Trump rally (www.bostonglobe.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/tighter-security-after-trump-ra…
Intel denies RMA requests for its faulty 13th Gen, 14th Gen CPUs with instability issues (www.tweaktown.com)
DemoLinux 1.1 for Mandrake 6.1, 1999 (fedia.io)
On NYC beaches, angry birds fight drones patrolling for sharks and struggling swimmers (apnews.com)
A fleet of drones patrolling New York City’s beaches for signs of sharks and struggling swimmers is drawing backlash from an aggressive group of seaside residents: local shorebirds....
In a first, Republican majority on a Nevada county commission refuses to certify election (www.usatoday.com)
Three Republican commissioners in a key Nevada swing county have refused to certify an election recount, creating new turmoil in a community that since the 2020 election has been a hotbed for election skepticism, misinformation, and vitriol against public officials....
With no residential address, homeless voters in Georgia face removal from the rolls (www.wabe.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/with-no-residential-address-hom…
Z-Library admins on the lam ahead of US extradition; officials shocked (arstechnica.com)
How do I know if a certain movies uploader on 1337x is trusted ? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
I heard that it is possible to inject video containers with malware. I also heard malware is rampant on 1337x. And I don’t have an antivirus to scan files for the moment cuz I’m on Linux, also it would be too much for me to upload the movie to virustotal....
