Red Sea: US, UK and French destroy dozens of Houthi drones (www.bbc.com)
Former PlayStation exec calls exclusivity the ‘Achilles’ heel’ of blockbuster games | VGC (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Fears raised over ‘Chinese spy cranes’ in US ports (www.telegraph.co.uk)
How China Came to Dominate the World in Solar Energy (www.nytimes.com)
European Union: Designated gatekeepers must now comply with all obligations under the Digital Markets Act (ec.europa.eu)
As of today, Apple, Alphabet, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft and ByteDance, the six gatekeepers designated by the Commission in September 2023, have to fully comply with all obligations in the Digital Markets Act (DMA)....
Microsoft is ending support for the Windows Subsystem for Android (learn.microsoft.com)
cross-posted from !android...
Google Fi increasing the price of Simply Unlimited plans with 3+ lines (9to5google.com)
Skull and Bones’ price has been slashed by $25 after less than three weeks | VGC (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Palestinian Boy In Photos That Showed Reality Of Gaza Famine Dies Of Malnourishment (www.huffpost.com)
Switch emulator Yuzu shuts down as creator agrees to pay Nintendo $2.4m (www.eurogamer.net)
Citra will also be shutting down :(
Game over for Roblox on Linux / Steam Deck as it's now blocked (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Spotify, Epic Games, and others pen letter to EC, claiming Apple has made a 'mockery' of the DMA | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
When you go to the exam to just browse the questions (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Israel Gaza: Checking Israel's claim to have killed 10,000 Hamas fighters (www.bbc.com)
The toll of at least 30,035 killed, from Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry, has previously been described as trustworthy by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) regional emergency director Richard Brennan....
Exclusive: FDA finds problems at animal lab run by Musk’s brain implant company (www.reuters.com)
U.S. Food and Drug Administration inspectors found problems with record keeping and quality controls for animal experiments at Elon Musk’s Neuralink, less than a month after the startup said it was cleared to test its brain implants in humans, according to an agency report reviewed by Reuters....
EA Has Canceled Respawn's First-Person Mandalorian Game - Insider Gaming (insider-gaming.com)
EA to Lay Off Around 670 Workers, Sunsetting Games, 'Moving Away From Licensed IPs' (www.ign.com)
EA to Lay Off Around 670 Workers, Sunsetting Games, ‘Moving Away From Licensed IPs’::Electronic Arts has announced that it, too, is undergoing mass layoffs, with plans to let go 5% of its total global staff, or roughly 670 individuals.
Hamas Rejects Cease-Fire Proposal, Dashing Biden’s Hopes of Near Term Deal (www.nytimes.com)
New study suggests kids are now experiencing social pressures to buy in-game items (patrickklepek.substack.com)
Once you hit middle school, the pressure to “fit in” hits. Naturally, this includes games now.
Yellen urges world leaders to 'unlock' frozen Russian Central Bank assets and send them to Ukraine (apnews.com)
Boeing’s safety culture is 'inadequate' and 'confusing', new FAA report finds (www.nbcnews.com)
“We’ve taken important steps to foster a safety culture that empowers and encourages all employees to share their voice. But there is more work to do,” Boeing said Monday....
Houthis knock out underwater cables linking Europe to Asia - report (www.jpost.com)
MBFC...
Libreboot Open-Source BIOS/UEFI Firmware Adds More Hardware Support (9to5linux.com)
CW: fire, screaming, death | UNCENSORED footage of Aaron Bushnell's self-immolation protest against genocide (archive.org)
i can’t watch more than a few moments, and no one should have to, but it should be published. it’s his last message to us. big tech is censoring it, but we can make sure it stays alive....
TIL Chess Boxing is a real thing (en.m.wikipedia.org)
