Starfield and Baldur’s Gate 3 Revive Age-Old RPG Debate About Encumbrance (www.ign.com)
Starfield and Baldur's Gate 3 both weigh the player down with encumbrance. Love it or hate it, it seems like it's here to stay.
AI-generated child sex imagery has every US attorney general calling for action (arstechnica.com)
AI-generated child sex imagery has every US attorney general calling for action::“A race against time to protect the children of our country from the dangers of AI.”
Teslas are bursting into flames in Florida after being flooded during Hurricane Idalia | Saltwater and lithium-ion batteries are a bad combination (www.techspot.com)
Teslas are bursting into flames in Florida after being flooded during Hurricane Idalia | Saltwater and lithium-ion batteries are a bad combination::undefined
Driverless Taxis Blocked Ambulance in Fatal Accident, San Francisco Fire Dept. Says (www.nytimes.com)
Two Cruise driverless taxis blocked an ambulance carrying a critically injured patient who later died at a hospital, a San Francisco Fire Department report said, in another incident involving self-driving cars in the city....
Exposed: Facebook's Corrupt Spyware is Tracking you OFF the platform (monero.town)
From internal leaks within the company as well as external analysis, the tip of the iceberg behind Facebook’s spyware empire is exposed. Take a look to better protect yourself when you’re not even on the platform: simplifiedprivacy.com/facebooks-corrupt-off-platf…
Anti-Piracy Lessons Enter the School Curriculum: Are You a Thief? (ift.tt)
Overwatch 2 director opens up about having the worst-reviewed game on Steam: 'Being review-bombed isn't a fun experience' (www.pcgamer.com)
Aaron Keller pledged to improve the game for "players who are playing now."
The Linux Foundation has become a patent troll (bladerunner.social)
It seems that the Linux Foundation has decided that both “systemd” and “segmentation fault” (lol?) are trademarked by them.
Patch submitted to the Linux kernel by a 4 year old. (mastodon.social)
Top physicist says chatbots are just ‘glorified tape recorders’ (fortune.com)
Top physicist says chatbots are just ‘glorified tape recorders’::Leading theoretical physicist Michio Kaku predicts quantum computers are far more important for solving mankind’s problems.
Some Apple users say its parental controls aren't working properly. A CEO who has 4 kids called it 'frustrating.' (www.businessinsider.com)
Some Apple users say its parental controls aren’t working properly. A CEO who has 4 kids called it ‘frustrating.’::Parents told The Wall Street Journal they have to continuously check their Screen Time settings to ensure their children’s usage is limited.
Christopher Nolan Forgot To Credit Over 80% Of VFX Crew On ‘Oppenheimer’ (www.cartoonbrew.com)
From the linked article…...
All Star Trek fans now have a home on Lemmy World (lemmy.world)
Attention StarTrek fans! You’re new assignment to the Fediverse has arrived. All hands, boarding has begun! Make it so! Join us at the exclusive home for Star Trek on Lemmy.World!
Spotify: "Adjusting Our Spotify Premium Prices" (newsroom.spotify.com)
First price rise since 2011....
Elon May Have a Huge Issue Because Microsoft Owns the “X” Trademark (futurism.com)
Springfield IL woman who called sheriff's office over possible intruder killed by deputies, attorney says (www.nbcnews.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/illinois-woman-called-police-po…
Donald Trump rally shooting being probed as assassination attempt: AP sources (www.cp24.com)
Meta removes Trump account restrictions ahead of 2024 election (www.axios.com)
Zelenskyy: Modi is a ‘huge disappointment’ for hugging Putin (www.politico.eu)
Ukraine can’t believe Indian leader met “bloody criminal” Russian ruler on day of children’s hospital bombing....
Oklahoma, Alabama Now Have AI-Powered Vending Machines That Sell Bullets (gizmodo.com)
noplace, a mashup of Twitter and Myspace for Gen Z, hits No. 1 on the App Store (techcrunch.com)
Motherboards and systems with China's Loongson CPUs now shipping to US customers — options start from $373 for a DTX board with processor and cooler (www.tomshardware.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17489781
'Black Americans for Trump' event a 'major bust' that featured 'a sea of white people' (www.rawstory.com)
Hong Kong says school children sang anthem too softly (www.bbc.com)
Hong Kong officials have singled out at least two schools for singing the Chinese national anthem “too softly”....