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The Community Pushing AI-Generated Porn To 'the Edge of Knowledge' (www.slashdot.org)

Italy detains three boats - for the crime of saving hundreds of refugees' lives (www.thecanary.co)

In the space of 48 hours, Italy’s authorities detained three refugee rescue vessels which had just saved hundreds of lives. The news comes as Italy’s far-right government has been cracking down on both refugees and those protecting them – amid over 2,000 people dying in the crossing....

Huge fire rages in China office building (www.bbc.com)

Nearly 300 firefighters were deployed to battle the blaze in the northern port city of Tianjin.

86% of New US Electric Utility Generation Capacity Coming from Non-Fossil Fuels in 2023 (cleantechnica.com)

86% of New US Electric Utility Generation Capacity Coming from Non-Fossil Fuels in 2023::In 2023, Non-Fossil Fuel Sources Will Account for 86% of New Electric Utility Generation Capacity in the United States

Is Crossover any good? Better than Lutris or PlayOnLinux? (www.codeweavers.com)

Microsoft is planning to sell the streaming rights for Activision Blizzard games to Ubisoft (www.gamescensor.com)

Russian dam bursts washing away railroad—Economy to lose "billions" (www.newsweek.com)

The Russian economy could lose “billions of rubles” after a destroyed dam in the Siberian region of Buryatia caused a river to burst its banks and damage a key transit railway, according to a local Russian official.

The Metal Gear Solid Collection is so true to Hideo Kojima's "original vision" that it needed a new content warning (www.gamesradar.com)

NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as 'state-affiliated media' (www.npr.org)

Americans will likely run out of excess pandemic savings this quarter: study (thehill.com)

Americans will likely deplete the rest of the excess savings they accumulated during the pandemic this quarter, according to a new study from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco....

Elon Musk's X follower count bloated by millions of new, inactive accounts (mashable.com)

We took a close look at Elon Musk's more than 150 million followers on X aka Twitter. What we found is…concerning.

The Big Short investor Michael Burry bets $1.6bn on stock market crash (news.sky.com)

Michael Burry, who founded Scion Asset Management, appears to have placed a large proportion of the fund’s assets at risk.

YouTube accused of aiming ads at kids after promising it wouldn't do that (www.theregister.com)

YouTube accused of aiming ads at kids after promising it wouldn’t do that::Web giant comes out swinging, says allegations ‘without merit’

U.S. intelligence says Ukraine will fail to meet offensive’s key goal (www.washingtonpost.com)

Sony expects a delay in smartphone market recovery till 2024 (www.hardwarezone.com.sg)

China's Evergrande files for bankruptcy (www.cnn.com)

China’s Evergrande Group — once the country’s second-largest property developer — filed for bankruptcy in New York on Thursday.

CBC: Sask. engineer slapped with an 18-month suspension after designing bridge that collapsed hours after opening (www.cbc.ca)

HMD’s repairable Nokia phone initiative lands stateside (www.theverge.com)

HMD is bringing its repairable phone initiative to the US with the Nokia G310, a $186 smartphone that’ll be available from T-Mobile and Metro by T-Mobile on August 24th. This is technically the third smartphone HMD has released with a design that makes it easier to replace commonly broken components like its battery and...

Argentina: Vultures Come Home to Roost (prospect.org)

Red Hat looking to hire a bootloader developer (www.theregister.com)

X, formerly Twitter, slowed down access to Threads, The New York Times, Bluesky and more (techcrunch.com)

X, formerly known as Twitter, was throttling traffic to websites that the social network’s owner Elon Musk publicly dislikes. The platform slowed down the speed it takes when accessing links to a handful of websites, including The New York Times, Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, Threads, Reuters and Substack. The platform appears...