Evan Prodromou, co-author of ActivityPub (the protocol of the fediverse) was hospitalized 4 weeks ago after getting hit by a truck and is slowly recovering (evanp.me)
Critics Warn Manchin-Barrasso Permitting Bill 'Is Taken Straight From Project 2025'. (www.commondreams.org)
A teen lured an 8-year-old to his home with ice cream, then raped and murdered her. Now, he may go free. (www.independent.co.uk)
Sonos CEO apologizes for disastrous rollout of new app (www.theverge.com)
I mean, he’s not wrong that the app wasn’t ready. Which begs the question why they didn’t un-roll-it-out. >.>
Exclusive: Boeing asks suppliers for decade-long titanium paper trail as check for forgeries widens (www.reuters.com)
Boeing is asking suppliers to disclose records on Chinese titanium since 2014, according to a letter seen by Reuters, as the U.S. planemaker widens checks for false paperwork used to authenticate the metal used in commercial jets....
I Just Like Moving Little Guys Around A Map - Aftermath (aftermath.site)
Brucie's Arcade, a restaurant management game built around 4 mini-games presented in a classic 80s/90s arcade style, released on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/17995816
House Majority Vote Saves Millions in Funding for NEA and NEH (hyperallergic.com)
United States Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favor of protecting funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) during a House floor session yesterday evening, July 23....
AI models face collapse if they overdose on their own output (www.theregister.com)
Source Nature research paper
AI models fed AI-generated data quickly spew nonsense (www.nature.com)
Union With Labor Dispute of Its Own Threatened To Cut Off Workers’ Health Benefits (kffhealthnews.org)
Recall of Boar's Head deli meats announced during investigation of listeria outbreak (apnews.com)
Boar’s Head Provisions Co. recalled liverwurst because it may be tainted with the listeria bacteria, the U.S. Agriculture Department said. The agency said a sample of Boar’s Head liverwurst from a Maryland store tested positive for listeria....
Australia signs $1.4 bln deal to upgrade navy submarines (www.reuters.com)
SYDNEY, July 27 (Reuters) - Australia said on Saturday it had signed a A$2.2 billion ($1.4 billion) four-year contract with state-owned submarine builder ASC to upgrade the navy’s Collins class submarines....
Seven banks share data with UK law enforcement in 'dirty money' crackdown (www.reuters.com)
Barclays, Lloyds, NatWest among banks sharing data with NCA...
Philippines completes first South China Sea resupply mission since deal with Beijing (www.reuters.com)
MANILA, July 27 (Reuters) - The Philippines on Saturday completed unimpeded a resupply trip to its troops at a disputed South China Sea shoal, its foreign ministry said, the first such mission under a new arrangement with China aimed at cooling tensions....
All Good Things Must Come to an End... (Funtoo Linux is shutting down) (forums.funtoo.org)
This week in KDE: features and UI polish (pointieststick.com)
Temporary by Eminem & Skylar Grey (song.link)
I know Eminem gets slept on a lot these days. But I just had to share this song off his latest album. From certain things going on in my life at the moment, the song makes me cry every time.
People are overdosing on off-brand weight-loss drugs, FDA warns (arstechnica.com)
An 11-year-old Virginia boy is charged with making swatting calls to Florida schools (www.cnn.com)
An 11-year-old Virginia boy is charged in Florida with calling in more than 20 bomb or shooting threats to schools and other places, authorities said Thursday....
Why Sudan is being called a 'humanitarian desert' (www.npr.org)
Venezuelans prepare for one of their most consequential elections (www.semafor.com)
If I Knew What I Know Now by Gomey (song.link)
You got me all in my head...
Tasks.md: 2.4.0 released (github.com)
Hey guys, version 2.4.0 of Tasks.md was just released. The biggest change is the improved drag-and-drop experience, which feels much better to use. For touch devices it was fully overhauled, since it was not really working before (which is embarrassing tbh). You can see below a comparison between the previous version and the...
The CDC’s Test for Bird Flu Works, but It Has Issues (www.scientificamerican.com)
