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U.S. Athletes Are Taking Full Advantage of Free Healthcare in Olympic Village (www.si.com)

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One of Ukraine’s toughest and fastest Brigades has joined the invasion of Russia (www.forbes.com)

A column of armored vehicles rolling into southern Russia’s Kursk Oblast on the third day of Ukraine’s surprise attack into Russia confirms the involvement of one of Ukraine’s best-equipped and fastest-moving brigades: the 80th Air Assault Brigade....

TIL the Allies fielded thousands of tanks by the end of World War I, a major technological breakthrough. The Germans deployed just 18. (en.wikipedia.org)

Would-be owners of Woodbury office building seek 20 years of tax breaks for $32 million project (www.newsday.com)

The prospective owners of a Woodbury office building that’s nearly 40% vacant due to the popularity of remote work are seeking 20 years of tax breaks to turn around the property, officials said....

Computer work makes you so tired! (nrw.social)

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Doom 1 & 2 "enhanced" bundle surfaces on Steam, with new episode from MachineGames (www.eurogamer.net)

U.S. Copyright Groups Urge Canada to Prioritize Anti-Piracy Enforcement. (torrentfreak.com)

ADT admits security breach after hackers advertise stolen data on the dark web (www.theverge.com)

Security company ADT disclosed in an SEC filing that hackers obtained “some limited customer information, including email addresses, phone numbers and postal addresses.” TechCrunch reports that ADT’s disclosure follows a seller on a cybercrime forum claiming last week that they had obtained more than 30,000 stolen ADT...

EFF and 12 Organizations Tell Bumble: Don’t Sell User Data Without Opt-In Consent. (www.eff.org)

Officials say suspects in foiled plot at Taylor Swift shows hoped to kill as many people as possible (apnews.com)

Turkey joins South Africa's genocide case against Israel at ICJ. (www.rfi.fr)

Israeli media publishes video of soldiers allegedly raping Palestinian detainee (www.middleeasteye.net)

On Tuesday, Channel 12 released a video reputedly of the moment the Palestinian was sexually abused....

Why the Border Patrol went MAGA (www.motherjones.com)

IDF destroys Hamas arms production plant, launchers found in humanitarian areas (www.timesofisrael.com)

Two held over alleged plan for Islamist attack on Taylor Swift’s Vienna concerts (www.theguardian.com)

Main suspect, a 19-year-old Austrian, said to have pledged oath of allegiance to Islamic State group ‘in recent weeks’...

Banjo Kazooie Meets Zelda: Wind Waker in N64 Mod (www.retronews.com)

This week, modder KurkoMods introduced an exciting new mod titled Banjo Kazooie: Bear Waker Deluxe, which brings Banjo and Kazooie into the realm of The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker....

Google Search Promotes “Nudify” Apps (www.404media.co)

Searching for “undress apps,” “best deepfake nudes,” and similar terms on Google turns up “promoted” results for apps that use AI to produce nonconsensual nude images, despite a recent update to Google’s ad policies against this exact type of content and a recent effort to derank results for apps that produce...

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 appears on Geekbench (www.gsmarena.com)

Thai court orders dissolution of anti-establishment election winner (www.reuters.com)

BANGKOK, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday ordered the dissolution of the anti-establishment opposition party Move Forward, ruling its campaign to amend a law that protects the monarchy from criticism risked undermining the democratic system. The disbanding of Move Forward, which won most seats in...

Come check out Dungeon Dialogue for Solo TTRPG After-Action Reports! (lemmy.zip)

Hello everyone! I have created a community to documen—in blog style—after-action reports for my solo TTRPG experiences. If you like TTRPGs or have an interest in solo play, please stop by and drop a line! If this catches on I may also include audio/video options through my new PeerTube channel of each recorded session....

Hezbollah leader says group will respond but keeping Israelis waiting is part of ‘punishment’ (www.cnn.com)

BREAKING: A woman has reportedly fallen through the boards on Blackpool Central Pier onto the beach below. (x.com)

Home Drainage Contractor (jimgardnerconstruction.com)

Is your home drainage not working properly? Need a drainage repair contractor at an affordable cost? Jim Gardner Construction Inc. is among the home drainage contractors in Oakland, California with an affordable price range without compromising the drainage repair services.