Videogame Voice Actors in SAG-AFTRA Go On Strike Over AI Concerns (www.pastemagazine.com)
SAG-AFTRA Calls Strike Against Major Video Game Companies After Nearly 2 Years Of Contract Talks (deadline.com)
France trains live updates: Arson attacks on French train network delay thousands of travellers hours before Olympic ceremony (www.bbc.co.uk)
cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/15194265...
A mysterious pile of bones could hold evidence of Japanese war crimes, activists say (apnews.com)
TOKYO (AP) — Depending on who you ask, the bones that have been sitting in a Tokyo repository for decades could be either leftovers from early 20th century anatomy classes, or the unburied and unidentified victims of one of the country’s most notorious war crimes....
Oh jeez (lemmy.world)
Top Russian economist dies after falling out of window (www.newsweek.com)
Several top Russian officials have plunged to their deaths from windows in recent years, including a top oil executive and a defense official.
[draws pistol with malicious intent] (lemmy.world)
Reddit changes have blocked all search engines except Google amid AI 'misuse' [U] (9to5google.com)
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover finds possible signs of ancient Red Planet life (www.space.com)
Secret DEA files show agents joked about rape in a WhatsApp chat. Then one of them was accused of it (apnews.com)
In a WhatsApp chat that quickly devolved into depravity, a group of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents boasted about their “world debauchery tour” of “boozing and whoring” on the government’s dime. They swapped lurid images of their latest sexual conquests. And at one point they even joked about “forcible...
Full Interview with Shuehei Matusmoto on MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics (toucharcade.com)
Secure Boot is completely broken on 200+ models from 5 big device makers (arstechnica.com)
Good game soundtracks?
I’ve been looking for some more instrumental music to listen to while working, besides putting FF and Stardew on loop.
Gina Yashere Reports for Duty on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (www.startrek.com)
unsee this (lemmy.world)
Saudi Arabia’s goin sicko mode on its sci-fi city-state (www.youtube.com)
The Parable of the Boy Who Cried NATO (sh.itjust.works)
r*ddit
Bad news for universal basic income. (reason.com)
Media Bias/ Fact Check.
France's high-speed railway hit by 'sabotage' hours before Olympics (www.france24.com)
"JavaScript Haikus - Tiny Code Adventures" by Frank Force (www.youtube.com)
Ukraine takes down its own drones in ‘friendly fire’ as Russia makes large advance (www.telegraph.co.uk)
princess (m.ating.press)
Emails are hard (lemmy.world)
Thanks for the information though.
Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, leader of Mexico's notorious Sinaloa cartel, arrested in Texas, officials say (www.cbsnews.com)
The leader and co-founder of Mexico’s notorious Sinaloa cartel, along with a son of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, were arrested Thursday by the FBI, federal authorities announced....
What's with all the hate for Chinese phones?
I get that Huawei, or ZTE are not a good idea for network infrastructure, and that phones for people in governments, military, large corps and research environments, should be vetted, but for average Joe? Many Chinese manufacturers don’t have close ties to the government, and any non Chinese phone that you can buy also has...