Ubuntu 24.10 Now Defaults To NVIDIA On Wayland (www.phoronix.com)
Israeli defence minister flies to US for ‘critical’ talks on Gaza and Lebanon (www.theguardian.com)
Climate change is already making your bills more expensive (www.washingtonpost.com)
1.3m Pirate IPTV Users 'Blacked Out' During Euro 2024, Italian Police Claim * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)
[Poll] Majority of young voters say it’s harder to buy a house, raise a family, get a good job: Poll [Miranda Nazzaro | 06/23/24 | The Hill] (thehill.com)
The majority of voters under 30 said it has become harder to buy a house, raise a family and get a good job in comparison to the previous generations, according to a new poll.
A fire at a lithium battery factory in South Korea kills 22 mostly Chinese migrant workers (apnews.com)
A fire likely sparked by exploding lithium batteries swept through a manufacturing factory near South Korea’s capital on Monday, killing 22 mostly Chinese migrant workers and injuring eight, officials said....
Decades later, John Romero looks back at the birth of the first-person shooter (arstechnica.com)
Biden-Trump’s first presidential debate could change everything. Here’s what you need to know — and how to watch (www.yahoo.com)
Hollo: Federated single-user microblogging software (github.com)
U.S. Aid to Israel in Four Charts (www.cfr.org)
Israel has been the largest cumulative recipient of U.S. foreign aid since its founding, receiving about $310 billion (adjusted for inflation) in total economic and military assistance....
TimeSplitters Looks Set For PS5 Release As Part Of PS2 Classics Line-Up | Retro Dodo (retrododo.com)
Sony’s PlayStation Plus Classics Catalog is expanding with nostalgic titles....
12 countries push for EU crackdown on vapes (www.politico.eu)
The European Commission has delayed action on tobacco and nicotine, but countries say it should consider a ban on flavored vapes....
How UK indie exhibitors are engaging younger audiences with arthouse cinema (www.screendaily.com)
The industry is used to stories about UK cinemagoing being in decline since the pandemic and younger viewers finding other ways to spend their leisure time. But a number of independent exhibitors counter that narrative based on their own experiences. While none downplay the struggles that arthouse cinema releases still face at...
FBI offering $10K reward for information about deadly New Mexico wildfires (www.usatoday.com)
shields.io badge for Mbin (and maybe kbin) (shields.io)
cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/13760290...
Last Week in Fediverse – ep 74 (fediversereport.com)
This weeks’ news:...
Greece introduces the six-day work week (www.dw.com)
From the construction industry to the tourism sector, Greek employers cannot find the staff they need. The government’s solution: longer working hours. A new law enables employers to implement a six-day work week...
South Korea: Exploding lithium batteries spark deadly factory fire (www.bbc.com)
Putin threatens to arm North Korea, warns U.S. ally South against 'big mistake' (www.nbcnews.com)
The Russian president said Friday that his country will continue to develop its nuclear arsenal, days after signing a new mutual defense pact with Kim Jong Un....
Death toll at Hajj pilgrimage rises to 1,300 amid scorching temperatures (apnews.com)
A woman is accused of attempting to drown a 3-year-old child in possible hate crime incident (www.cnn.com)
A woman in Texas has been charged with attempted capital murder and injury to a child after trying to drown a 3-year-old child at an apartment complex pool and making racial statements, according to police....
Police: Vandal spray paints ‘F--- Elon’ on 34 Tesla Cybertrucks in Fort Lauderdale (www.local10.com)
Police said 34 new Tesla Cybertrucks were damaged. The owner parked the exotic cars in a parking lot in Fort Lauderdale....
Credit card debt is soaring, especially in these cities (thehill.com)
Using data from the Census Bureau, TransUnion and the Federal Reserve, the study’s authors looked at inflation-adjusted household debt in the country’s largest 181 cities found Santa Clarita, California to have the highest average household credit card debt ($21,836), followed by Chula Vista, CA ($20,920), New York, NY...
Mozilla acquired Anonym, an ad start-up (blog.mozilla.org)
1,300 'most vulnerable' Hajj pilgrims died from heat wave in Saudi Arabia (www.upi.com)
