Russia will try to influence 2024 election to boost a past preferred candidate, US officials say (abcnews.go.com)
How Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us' Helped Young Kenyans Lead a Successful Protest in Their Country (www.rollingstone.com)
LIKE MANY AFRICAN countries colonized in the 20th century, Kenya has struggled to find its diplomatic footing in the decades since gaining independence. The East African nation successfully broke away from British rule in 1962, and a small circle of affluent and influential Kenyans quickly took over. They banked on their...
Xbox Game Pass is getting MAJOR changes, with a new tier without day one games, and a range of price increases (www.windowscentral.com)
We all knew it was coming. Game pass gets a price increase and a new more expensive tier for day 1 games....
Rich People Are Freezing Themselves to Stay Wealthy Forever (archive.is)
The interesting thing about this is that these people never stop to think that the future they dream off might never happen. Aside from the fact that their cryo company might just go under, they don’t ever consider that in 200 years they might just wake up under a dystopia.
Elon Musk beats one lawsuit seeking severance for laid-off Twitter employees (arstechnica.com)
How Disinformation From a Russian AI Spam Farm Ended up on Top of Google Search Results (www.wired.com)
Samsung's new Galaxy Ring debuts for $399 with health tracking, gesture controls (9to5google.com)
Samsung's new Galaxy Ring is the company's smallest wearable to date, and promises to deliver advanced health tracking.
Feds poised to sue pharmacy gatekeepers over high drug costs (www.politico.com)
The FTC action would target often high costs by trying to curb rebates it says drug makers pay to steer patients to their brand name products....
South Korean politician links rising male suicides to women (www.bbc.com)
A politician in South Korea is being criticised for making dangerous and unsubstantiated comments after linking a rise in male suicides to the increasingly “dominant” role of women in society....
Van Buren Recreated: Canceled Fallout Game Revived by Modders (www.retronews.com)
A dedicated group of modders has successfully recreated Van Buren, the canceled Fallout game originally developed by Black Isle Studios in 2003. The project, now known as Fallout Yesterday, is a Fallout 2 mod that has been in development since 2020. The mod has recently been released for free, allowing players to fully...
Qualcomm spends millions on marketing as it is found better battery life, not AI features, is driving Copilot+ PC sales (www.tomshardware.com)
CIA director holds Gaza talks with Qatari, Egyptian and Israeli officials (www.axios.com)
Justice Sotomayor’s Bodyguard Shoots Suspected Carjacker Outside Her Home (www.thedailybeast.com)
A Russian court has ordered the arrest of Alexei Navalny's widow, who lives abroad (www.npr.org)
Android 15 may soon be even more accessible for color blind users (www.androidauthority.com)
Android 15 is preparing to add an intensity slider to color correction settings that adjusts the intensity of each color correction mode.
Tesla’s Share of U.S. Electric Car Market Falls Below 50% (archive.ph)
A new report estimates that the company led by Elon Musk accounted for just under half of all battery-powered vehicles sold in the second quarter of the year.
Double Dragon 3D revival announced for PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, and PC (www.gematsu.com)
Los Angeles-Orange County home prices 10 times greater than incomes, report finds (www.ocregister.com)
Paywall removed: archive.is/eyxeJ...
Z-Library admins on the lam ahead of US extradition; officials shocked (arstechnica.com)
Putin bestows Russia’s highest civilian honour on India’s PM Modi (www.aljazeera.com)
‘Dota 2’ Adds ‘Street Fighter’ Style Fighting Game In Crownfall Update (www.forbes.com)
Found with Webb: a Potentially Habitable World (nouvelles.umontreal.ca)
Iranian warship rolls over in port, could be out of action for six months (www.cnn.com)
One of Iran’s newest warships capsized in port over the weekend while undergoing repairs, an incident that could damage key warfighting systems and put the ship out of commission for up to half a year, a naval analyst said....
The Sahel Stands Up and the World Must Pay Attention (peoplesdispatch.org)
This past weekend the heads of state from Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger met in the first summit of the Alliance of Sahel States.