UK Retailer GAME To End All In-Store Video Game Sales (www.gfinityesports.com)
We cater any event! (sh.itjust.works)
Microsoft Account to local account conversion guide erased from official Windows 11 guide — instructions redacted earlier this week (www.tomshardware.com)
Microsoft has been pushing hard for its users to sign into Windows with a Microsoft Account. The newest Windows 11 installer removed the easy bypass to the requirement that you make an account or login with your existing account. If you didn’t install Windows 11 without a Microsoft Account and now want to stop sending the...
TIL about Roko's Basilisk, a thought experiment considered by some to be an "information hazard" - a concept or idea that can cause you harm by you simply knowing/understanding it (en.wikipedia.org)
Roko's basilisk is a thought experiment which states that an otherwise benevolent artificial superintelligence (AI) in the future would be incentivized to create a virtual reality simulation to torture anyone who knew of its potential existence but did not directly contribute to its advancement or development, in order to...
European Union regulators accuse Apple of breaching the bloc's tech rules (www.cnbc.com)
Eric Trump Says Dad’s Criminal Charges Are Attracting Black Voters: ‘Certain Communities Are Coming Over to My Father’ (www.mediaite.com)
‘Too many old people’: A rural Pa. town reckons with population loss (www.washingtonpost.com)
There is a deepening sense of fear as population loss accelerates in rural America. The decline of small-town life is expected to be a looming topic in the presidential election....
US Olympic and other teams will bring their own AC units to Paris, undercutting environmental plan (apnews.com)
The U.S. Olympic team is one of a handful that will supply air conditioners for their athletes at the Paris Games in a move that undercuts organizers’ plans to cut carbon emissions....
Collecting sex-crazed zombie cicadas on speed: Scientists track a bug-controlling super-sized fungus. (apnews.com)
Holy title, Batman!
Netanyahu claims Israel saw ‘dramatic drop’ in US arms shipments (thehill.com)
40 years later, X Window System is far more relevant than anyone could guess (arstechnica.com)
Texas woman allegedly tried to drown Palestinian-American girl, aged 3 (www.theguardian.com)
Study: 83% of Americans will have to work into their 70s in order to afford to retire (medium.com)
America’s housing crisis continues to worsen, renters are struggling more than homeowners, report says (www.cnn.com)
if jupiter gained enough mass to trigger fusion and ignite into a star... (moist.catsweat.com)
a'la 2010, would any moons that survive then be considered 'planets' ?
China's state subsidies in green technologies significantly higher than those in EU and OECD countries, distorting competition, researchers say (www.intereconomics.eu)
Archived link...
Netanyahu says he won’t agree to a deal that ends the war in Gaza, testing the latest truce proposal (apnews.com)
*insert "bomb them" sound effect* (cannibal.cafe)
An Israel offensive into Lebanon risks an Iranian military response, top US military leader says (apnews.com)
Texas woman arrested for allegedly attempting to drown 3-year-old Palestinian Muslim child in possible hate crime (www.nbcnews.com)
Death toll at Hajj pilgrimage rises to 1,300 amid scorching temperatures (apnews.com)
More than 1,300 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, Saudi authorities announced Sunday....
Hundreds of Coffee Products Recalled Nationwide for Potential Botulism (www.yahoo.com)
Here’s the list of the 250 products being recalled...
South Korea: Exploding lithium batteries spark deadly factory fire (www.bbc.com)
Finnish startup says it can speed up any CPU by up to 100x using a tiny piece of hardware with no recoding (www.techradar.com)
US prosecutors want Boeing to face criminal charges (www.bbc.com)
US prosecutors have recommended that the Department of Justice (DoJ) brings criminal charges against Boeing....
