Japanese man sentenced to 17.5 years in prison, and 20 strokes of the cane in Singapore for rape (apnews.com)
Donald Trump's chances of winning New Jersey are growing (www.newsweek.com)
80 Percent of Voters Now Say Biden Is Too Old to Run (www.msn.com)
Eighty percent of voters say President Joe Biden is too old to run as former president Donald Trump now leads Biden by six points following last week’s debate, a new poll finds.
Tool preventing AI mimicry cracked; artists wonder what’s next (arstechnica.com)
Factorio: Space Age Expansion Releases October 21 (factorio.com)
We plan to release Factorio: Space Age expansion on October 21st 2024. The reasoning for this date is that it will give us enough time after summer vacations to polish the release, while also leaving enough time afterwards if we need to do bugfix patches before the Christmas holidays....
Toyota builds experimental hydrogen-powered pizza oven and grill. (www.autoblog.com)
I wish I got to do fun little projects like this at my job. Anyway, this proof of concept shows that hydrogen would be a great alternative to propane and natural gas for cooking. Hat tip to @hypx.
Saw the title and this is was all I could think about (sh.itjust.works)
r*ddit
Paris Olympics organizers unveil backup plans for triathlon and marathon swimming in Seine (apnews.com)
The organizing committee for the Paris Olympics has unveiled backup plans for open-water events if the Seine River is deemed unsuitable for swimming....
Chinese Ship Suspected of Raiding World War II Wrecks Detained (news.usni.org)
TIL that a Chinese barge spent much of 2022-2023 illegally pillaging scrap metal from WW2 war graves in Malaysian waters....
Measles: Cases rise in Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland (www.bbc.co.uk)
Save 100% on Cakey's Twisted Bakery on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
World’s first grid-scale, semi-solid-state energy storage project goes online - Energy Storage (www.ess-news.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17653797
I Have No Constructor, and I Must Initialize (consteval.ca)
(the joke is C++)
Free looter shooter The First Descendant shares player ban details (www.pcgamesn.com)
noplace, a mashup of Twitter and Myspace for Gen Z, hits No. 1 on the App Store (techcrunch.com)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II to release on Steam in 2025 (store.steampowered.com)
Metaphor: ReFantazio — Story Trailer | Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC (yt.artemislena.eu)
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Exit poll suggests Labour set for huge landslide win in UK general election (www.theguardian.com)
Nationwide discount retailer with 1,400 stores sparks fears of mass closures as it mulls bankruptcy (www.dailymail.co.uk)
World's most popular operating system loses millions of users to Windows 11 (www.tweaktown.com)
Cat Tales (public-domain-audio-books.blogspot.com)
Musk suggests late Twitter disclosure was a mistake, seeks to end lawsuit (www.reuters.com)
Elon Musk wants to dismiss a lawsuit by former Twitter shareholders who said he waited too long in early 2022 to reveal his large ownership stake in the social media company, saying “all indications” show his delay was a mistake....