The trouble with England – why rioting in the UK has not spread to Scotland and Wales (nation.cymru)
The violent unrest that has caused so much damage in the UK has not in fact happened across the UK. It has almost been exclusively confined to England....
Doctors strike in India after rape and murder of trainee medic at hospital (www.theguardian.com)
Call for better safety measures as ‘civic volunteer’ arrested after attack on female trainee doctor in Kolkata...
US air force avoids PFAS water cleanup, citing supreme court’s Chevron ruling (www.theguardian.com)
EPA says Tucson’s drinking water is contaminated but air force claims agency lacks authority to order cleanup...
Huawei’s HarmonyOS to break the dominance of Western mobile platforms in China (www.scmp.com)
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Designing Friction (philosophical essay about technology) (designingfriction.com)
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/39429322...
Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra review (m.gsmarena.com)
Cheatsheet script for displaying Linux command examples (gist.github.com)
You can use cheat sh web service to show cheatsheets for all kind of commands. Just replace the command name: curl -s cheat.sh/date. I also wrote a a simple script with filename being just a question mark to get a working command as ?, that shows all commands in fzf menu if no argument is given or shows the cheatsheet in the...
Top Ukrainian commander says his forces now control almost 390 square miles of Russia's Kursk region (apnews.com)
Ukraine’s top military commander says his forces now control 1,000 square kilometers (386 square miles) of Russia’s neighboring Kursk region, the first time a Ukrainian military official has publicly commented on the gains of the lightning incursion that has embarrassed the Kremlin....
Israel has Bombed At Least 18 Schools in Five Weeks (www.thecanary.co)
Biden dropped out because “the most important thing” is “we must defeat Trump”: CBS News (www.vanityfair.com)
The president talked about his emotional decision to leave the race and his plans to campaign for the Harris-Walz ticket in the battleground state of Pennsylvania....
Doom and Doom II get a ‘definitive’ rerelease that’s packed with upgrades (www.theverge.com)
4K, 120 FPS, and more
First Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Point Release Delayed By 2 Weeks (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ndlug.org/post/970397...
Ukrainian troops are digging trenches in Russia’s Kursk Oblast. It’s a sign they plan to stay. (www.forbes.com)
On the sixth day of Ukraine’s advance into Kursk Oblast in southern Russia, there’s growing evidence the Ukrainian invasion corps—some or all of up to five 2,000-person brigades plus at least one 400-person independent battalion—plans to stay....
Ben Sasse, former University of Florida president, spent millions hiring his Republican allies (www.salon.com)
Sick of Spammy Twitter Replies? X Now Lets You Filter Out the Blue Checks (www.pcmag.com)
Google System Release Notes | August 2024 (support.google.com)
Google Play Store v42.3 (2024-08-12)...
Trans, nonbinary youth face inequities in foster care, justice system, homeless services (www.advocate.com)
With Intel Arrow Lake set for release in October, a new leak suggests Intel will skip its Panther Lake architecture for desktops and jump straight to Nova Lake. (www.pcgamesn.com)
AMD records its highest server market share in decades — Intel fights back in client PCs (www.tomshardware.com)
Anodyne 2: Return to Dust from Analgesic Productions source code opened up (www.gamingonlinux.com)
SanDisk introduces the first 8TB SD and 4TB microSD cards - Liliputing (liliputing.com)
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/39437325
Ecovacs home robots can be hacked to spy on their owners, researchers say (techcrunch.com)
Malicious hackers can take over control of vacuum and lawn mower robots made by Ecovacs to spy on their owners using the devices’ cameras and microphones, new research has found....