kbin.life - A general use kbin instance with a slight emphasis on the technical

French Tiktok ban makes VPN usage soar in New Caledonia (www.techradar.com)

Israel Has Blocked Medical Supplies From Gaza for 10 Days, WHO Says (truthout.org)

Why Piracy Fears are Keeping Some Researchers from Accessing the Games They Need (www.ign.com)

Aid arriving in Gaza via US-made pier but distribution blocked, says US aid chief (www.theguardian.com)

Parts of northern India scorched by extreme heat with New Delhi on high alert (abcnews.go.com)

Meet Max, the cat receiving an (honorary) doctorate from Vermont State University this weekend (www.vermontpublic.org)

For you MST3K fans, this proves that cats are superior to Nick. Even cats get into Castleton.

Ukraine was a magnet for foreign fighters. After 2 bruising years, many are disillusioned or dead. (www.businessinsider.com)

Under Israeli Bombs, a Wartime Economy Emerges in Gaza (www.nytimes.com)

In the seven months since Israel started bombarding Gaza and imposed a siege in response to the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack, the enclave’s economy has been crushed. People have been forced to flee their homes and jobs. Markets, factories and infrastructure have been bombed and flattened. Farmland has been scorched by airstrikes or...

Kes: Forgotten 35mm film confirmed as 1969 original (www.bbc.com)

A forgotten film canister discovered in a South Yorkshire loft has been found to contain an original 35mm copy of Ken Loach’s 1969 film Kes....

Online Content Is Disappearing (www.pewresearch.org)

cross-posted from: lemy.lol/post/25166889

Ukrainian Christian groups face violent crackdown from Russian forces (www.pbs.org)

Nori enjoying the warmth of the roof now that summer is here! (slrpnk.net)

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Israel Doubles Down on Mass Incarceration (stephensemler.substack.com)

TAITO Milestones 3 launches for Switch in November in Japan, this winter worldwide (www.gematsu.com)

The games included this time are:...

Louisiana set to become 1st state requiring 10 Commandments be posted in schools (www.axios.com)

Nabiha Syed will join the Mozilla Foundation as [their] next Executive Director (foundation.mozilla.org)

The linked article is the intro message from her. I copied a part of it here:...

Valve’s hero shooter Deadlock leaks with screenshots, gameplay details - Polygon (www.polygon.com)

Happy 16th anniversary, #fediverse! (cosocial.ca)

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This week in KDE: all about those apps (pointieststick.com)

Palia studio Singularity 6 confirms 36 workers have been laid off (www.gamedeveloper.com)

UK to get at least 25 new warships due to defence spending rise (news.sky.com)

The defence secretary said 22 ships are “already in the system” and committed to three new ships for the Royal Marines, with the possibility of three more....

Turkey simply relabels Russian oil products and exports them to Europe, research indicates (www.intellinews.com)

More evidence that Turkey simply relabels Russian oil products and re-exports them to Europe as Turkish emerges from a new study by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) and the Centre for the Study of Democracy (CSD)....