Stacked 3D cache is coming to Intel CPUs, and gamers should be excited (should we?) (www.pcgamer.com)
First automatic JPEG-XL cloud service (www.gumlet.com)
JPEG 's conspicuous issues like lack of transparency, animation, lossless compression and high bit depth support makes it little tough to justify it as leading format for time to come. Various attempts like WebP and AVIF are made (and are supported on modern browsers) to overcome problems of JPEG but they all also suffer some...
Thousands join climate protest in Tokyo calling for '100% renewable energy' (mainichi.jp)
TOKYO -- As the world witnessed record heat this summer and rain disasters become more frequent, thousands of people joined a climate protest event here on Sept. 18, calling for a society powered 100% by renewable energy with stricter climate policies and no nuclear power.
China Evergrande shares sink 25% after wealth unit staff detained (www.reuters.com)
UAW strike Day 4: GM threatens to send 2,000 workers home, Ford cuts 600 jobs (www.npr.org)
UAW strike Day 4: GM threatens to send 2,000 workers home, Ford cuts 600 jobs::undefined
These Prisoners Are Training AI (www.wired.com)
Russia calls on World Court to throw out Ukraine genocide challenge (www.reuters.com)
The Global South is the epicenter of poor air quality, which suffocates and kills the most vulnerable (english.elpais.com)
Flight attendants threaten strikes over low pay and unpaid work (www.theguardian.com)
Alaska Airlines, American and United could all be disrupted as air crew demand fairer share of vast profits
How social media killed the protest — For a certain kind of activist, politics has been reduced to pure performance (www.ft.com)
How social media killed the protest — For a certain kind of activist, politics has been reduced to pure performance::For a certain kind of activist, politics has been reduced to pure performance
HaLow Wi-Fi has now been tested at 9.9 miles — new Wi-Fi world record is a near 5X increase over previous best (www.tomshardware.com)
In 2023, Baldur's Gate 3 became the first game to win Game of the Year awards on all of the five major game awards (The Game Awards, Golden Joystick, DICE Awards, Game Developers Choice Awards and BAFTA Awards) (fedia.io)
Take a look at Wikipedia page of GOTY awards.
Today I F'd Up - A place to commiserate about your relatable or humorous mistakes (sopuli.xyz)
TIFU...
At least two Saudi officials may have deliberately assisted 9/11 hijackers, new evidence suggests (www.propublica.org)
Feed me Fagins (sh.itjust.works)
r*ddit
Win 11 refreshes delayed, say PC makers – and here's why (www.theregister.com)
CNN Anchor Sounds the Alarm On New Ad Highlighting Doug Emhoff’s Jewish Faith (www.mediaite.com)
“Now, I want to ask you about this, Heidi, because you are from Dearborn, Michigan. This is being run in Michigan where the Republicans are trying to make mischief and try to play this, not because they’re trying to appeal to people and say, please support Doug Emhoff because of this wonderful history that he would be the...
China to raise retirement age for first time since 1978 (www.ft.com)
China is to raise the retirement age for the first time since 1978, as the world’s second-largest economy faces up to a sharply ageing population that will leave it short of workers....
China to raise retirement age to 63 as ageing population puts pressure on economy, healthcare systems. (hongkongfp.com)
Jeffrey A. Tucker: What Broke Libertarianism? (brownstone.org)
Interesting article about current state of Libertarianism. Is it really broken or why they are acting so strange lately?
Can AI talk us out of conspiracy theory rabbit holes? (theconversation.com)
Yet another video takedown. (www.youtube.com)
US activist was not near 'violent riot' when killed by Israeli fire: Report (www.middleeasteye.net)
An investigation conducted by The Washington Post has raised new doubts about Israel’s claim that US-Turkish activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was killed “during a violent riot” in Beita, Nablus, in the occupied West Bank....
Russia says 10 settlements recaptured in Kursk counteroffensive (www.theguardian.com)
Russia says its forces have recaptured 10 settlements after it launched a counteroffensive in the Kursk region to push out Ukrainian troops who stormed across the border five weeks ago....