How Innovative Is China in the Robotics Industry? (itif.org)
Certain Affinity, Halo: Infinite Co-Developer, Says It's Struggling to Find New Work, Announces Layoffs (www.ign.com)
Harvard Removes Binding of Human Skin From Book in Its Library (www.nytimes.com)
The decision to find a “respectful final disposition” for human remains used for a 19th-century book comes amid growing scrutiny of their presence in museum collections....
Disney+ debuts a new logo and integrates Hulu content, offering joint subs in the US (alternativeto.net)
In-app browsers still a privacy, security, and choice issue (www.theregister.com)
In-app browsers are like standalone web browsers without the interface – they rely on the native app for the interface. They can be embedded in native platform apps to load and render web content within the app, instead of outside the app in the designated default browser....
So, looks like Putin's ordered the Russian government to 'consider the issue of organising' domestic versions of the Steam Deck, SteamOS, and Steam itself (with a side order of Steam Machines) (www.pcgamer.com)
Births fall in Italy for 15th year running to record low (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Bolivian Indigenous groups assert claim to treasure of ‘holy grail of shipwrecks’ (www.theguardian.com)
Descendants of enslaved miners who dug up gold, silver and emeralds worth billions call on Colombia to halt plan to lift cargo...
'Horrifying' Footage Shows IDF Killing Two Gazans, Burying Their Bodies With a Bulldozer (www.commondreams.org)
Video footage broadcast Wednesday by Al Jazeera shows Israeli soldiers gunning down two Palestinians on the coast of northern Gaza, even as one of them waves what appears to be a piece of white fabric. The video then shows Israeli soldiers burying the bodies with a bulldozer....
Ossobuco with risotto alla Milanese (feddit.it)
Facebook let Netflix see user DMs, quit streaming to keep Netflix happy: Lawsuit (arstechnica.com)
AI bots hallucinate software packages and devs download them (www.theregister.com)
Canada’s population hits 41M months after breaking 40M threshold (globalnews.ca)
Nine months after reaching a population of 40 million, Canada has cracked a new threshold....
Xi Jinping is caught in a bind: How do I undermine US power while also courting its investors? (www.businessinsider.com)
Xi Jinping on Wednesday was playing nice with US business leaders and academics on Wednesday....
"Not even GTA 6 would make them delay it," Capcom insider on Monster Hunter Wilds release window (web.archive.org)
Reshade 6.1 (reshade.me)
4 dead, 7 injured in stabbing rampage in Illinois residential area, authorities say (www.cnn.com)
Four people were found dead and seven others were injured in a stabbing rampage across multiple areas in Rockford, Illinois, on Wednesday afternoon, police say, and a suspect is in custody....
Children's author Kouri Richins hit with new charges alleging earlier attempt to kill her husband (apnews.com)
A Utah woman who authorities say fatally poisoned her husband in 2022, then published a children’s book about grief, now faces another attempted murder charge for allegedly drugging him weeks earlier on Valentine’s Day....
Germany Is Seizing Jews’ Money Again: It’s fine, they’re pro-Palestine (novaramedia.com)
A pro-Palestine Jewish activist group has had its bank account frozen in Germany for the second time in seven years, after the bank requested a full list of its members’ details in what experts believe is a breach of German law. The group suspects the move was triggered by its involvement in a forthcoming pro-Palestine...
Russian veto brings an end to the UN panel that monitors North Korea nuclear sanctions (apnews.com)
Sounds like Russia is getting desperate for armaments.
7-Eleven plans to sell hot dog-flavored sparkling water (www.kptv.com)
The retailer has teamed up with beverage brand Miracle Seltzer to create a lineup of sparkling waters in four different flavors: lemon lime, green apple, sweet orange and hot dog....
vCard + RSS as an alternative to social media (nfraprado.net)
I would love to see a resurgence in RSS instead of all the bloat thats so prevalent nowadays.
Sega sells off Relic Entertainment, will axe 240 jobs (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Canada-based studio Relic Entertainment, which recently released Company of Heroes 3, did receive some good news in the midst of these layoffs. The company announced on X (formerly Twitter) that it is becoming an independent studio thanks to the help of “an external investor” who went unnamed.
