Piracy Shield Source Code & Internal Documentation Leak Online * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)
Judge Cannon Should Have Stuck to the Beaten Path (www.lawfaremedia.org)
“Mastodon for Harris” is a Success Story for Fediverse Activism (wedistribute.org)
The Mastodon For Harris campaign has raised close to $500,000 within two weeks of being live. It is probably the largest attempt for political organizing on the Fediverse, and may provide a playbook for other efforts going forward.
Square Enix sales drop year-on-year, despite release of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (web.archive.org)
Rofi alternatives for Wayland: app launcher, window switcher & picker (mark.stosberg.com)
Japan proposes expanding commercial whaling to fin whales, a larger species than the 3 allowed now (apnews.com)
Man charged for allegedly assaulting two women at pro-Palestinian march in St. John's (ca.news.yahoo.com)
Israeli minister says it may be ‘moral’ to starve 2 million Gazans, but ‘no one in the world would let us’ (edition.cnn.com)
Where Facebook's AI Slop Comes From (www.404media.co)
Abhishek has 115,000 YouTube subscribers, dozens of instructional videos, and is part of a community of influencers selling classes and making YouTube content about how to go viral on Facebook with AI-generated images and other types of spam. These influencers act much like financial influencers in the United States, teaching...
["Biden is Dead" Conspiracy] What Do Conspiracy Theorists Do When Proved Wrong? Double Down or Move On. (www.nytimes.com)
Link is gift article. Added context in bracket otherwise doesn’t fit the sub, part in brackets is NOT the official title.
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 appears on Geekbench (www.gsmarena.com)
Thai court orders dissolution of anti-establishment election winner (www.reuters.com)
BANGKOK, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday ordered the dissolution of the anti-establishment opposition party Move Forward, ruling its campaign to amend a law that protects the monarchy from criticism risked undermining the democratic system. The disbanding of Move Forward, which won most seats in...
Hezbollah leader says group will respond but keeping Israelis waiting is part of ‘punishment’ (www.cnn.com)
You might get a discount or free coffee but you’re also being played by the multi-billion dollar gamification industry. (theconversation.com)
Microsoft Encourages Employee Donations to Illegal West Bank Settlements, While Barring UNRWA (www.dropsitenews.com)
Microsoft includes a number organizations based in illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including at least one that fundraises to support the Israeli military, in its employee charitable giving platform. Yet the company has delisted the UN agency providing relief in Gaza, according to Microsoft employees petitioning the...
Rayman: The Board Game Goes Live On Kickstarter September 2024 | Retro Dodo (retrododo.com)
Iconic Rayman Series Gets A New Spin...
Why Is Your Old Phone Battery Swollen? | iFixit News (www.ifixit.com)
Judge denies Trails Carolina’s ‘threadbare’ attempts to strike, dismiss sexual assault lawsuit (myfox8.com)
Is a high-profile critic of the Chinese Communist Party a con man? (TLDR: yes) (www.npr.org)
BREAKING: A woman has reportedly fallen through the boards on Blackpool Central Pier onto the beach below. (x.com)
Mexico invites Putin to presidential inauguration, Russia's Izvestia newspaper says (www.reuters.com)
Schrodinger's Privacy: Best Buy Needs Your Data to Stop Selling Your Data (odysee.com)
Russia's Stifling Of Civic Freedoms Dramatically Up Since Ukraine Invasion, Rights Watchdog Says. (www.rferl.org)
Parody site ClownStrike refused to bow to CrowdStrike’s bogus DMCA takedown (arstechnica.com)
Doesn’t CrowdStrike have more important things to do right now than try to take down a parody site?...
