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Day 14 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots (lemmy.world)

Today’s game is No Man’s Sky. I took this while searching for a Floating Island planet added to the new update. Still haven’t found one but found this beautiful system

William Calley, who led the My Lai massacre that shamed US military in Vietnam, has died (abcnews.go.com)

William Laws Calley Jr., who as an Army lieutenant led the U.S. soldiers who killed hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre, the most notorious war crime in modern American military history, has died. He was 80....

Head of pro-Trump Project 2025 steps down as Democrats ramp up attacks (www.cbsnews.com)

Why does the urge to go to the bathroom increase when we get home?

For example, when I’m at work I don’t feel like it, or if I do I can hold it back without any problem, but when I get home the urge seems to be uncontrollable and impossible to hold back.

Outsourcing emotion: The horror of Google’s “Dear Sydney” AI ad | The company suggests using AI to write a child’s fan letter and the ad is so bad that Google turned off comments for it on YouTube (arstechnica.com)

If you’ve watched any Olympics coverage this week, you’ve likely been confronted with an ad for Google’s Gemini AI called “Dear Sydney.” In it, a proud father seeks help writing a letter on behalf of his daughter, who is an aspiring runner and superfan of world-record-holding hurdler Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone....

Logitech has an idea for a “forever mouse” that requires a subscription (arstechnica.com)

Venezuela: UN Secretary General Guterres calls for ‘complete transparency’ following disputed presidential election (news.un.org)

Archived at web.archive.org/web/20240731135104/…/1152606

How Flavor Flav became a sponsor and 'official hype man' of USA Water Polo at the Paris Olympics (www.cnbc.com)

Heavy Rain [OC] (lemmy.world)

Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ7 ISO 100 | 147mm | f3.3 | 1/20s

Israel blows up Rafah water facility amid mounting war crimes accusations (www.msn.com)

First interest rate cut in 4 years likely on the horizon as the Federal Reserve meets (apnews.com)

WASHINGTON (AP) — With the end of their two-year fight against inflation in sight, Federal Reserve officials are likely Wednesday to set the stage for the first cut to their key interest rate in four years, a major shift in policy that could eventually lower borrowing costs for U.S. consumers and businesses....

Hayden Valley [OC] (lemmy.world)

Grenada estimates damages from Hurricane Beryl at up to a third of economy (www.reuters.com)

July 30 (Reuters) - Grenadian Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell said on Tuesday that early estimates suggest that losses from deadly Hurricane Beryl, which hit the Caribbean earlier this month, likely total as much as a third of economic output.

Europeans can save gaming! (youtu.be)

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/20089895

Too Far Gone - Grabbitz (www.youtube.com)

Tumbleweed Monthly Update - July 2024 (news.opensuse.org)

Welcome to the monthly update for openSUSE Tumbleweed for July 2024. Last month was busy with events like the Community Summit in Berlin and the openSUSE Conference. Both events were productive and well-received. Despite the busy schedule and follow on discussion from the conference about the Rebranding of the Project, a number...

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