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["Biden is Dead" Conspiracy] What Do Conspiracy Theorists Do When Proved Wrong? Double Down or Move On. (www.nytimes.com)

Link is gift article. Added context in bracket otherwise doesn’t fit the sub, part in brackets is NOT the official title.

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 appears on Geekbench (www.gsmarena.com)

Thai court orders dissolution of anti-establishment election winner (www.reuters.com)

BANGKOK, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday ordered the dissolution of the anti-establishment opposition party Move Forward, ruling its campaign to amend a law that protects the monarchy from criticism risked undermining the democratic system. The disbanding of Move Forward, which won most seats in...

Hezbollah leader says group will respond but keeping Israelis waiting is part of ‘punishment’ (www.cnn.com)

You might get a discount or free coffee but you’re also being played by the multi-billion dollar gamification industry. (theconversation.com)

Microsoft Encourages Employee Donations to Illegal West Bank Settlements, While Barring UNRWA (www.dropsitenews.com)

Microsoft includes a number organizations based in illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including at least one that fundraises to support the Israeli military, in its employee charitable giving platform. Yet the company has delisted the UN agency providing relief in Gaza, according to Microsoft employees petitioning the...

Rayman: The Board Game Goes Live On Kickstarter September 2024 | Retro Dodo (retrododo.com)

Iconic Rayman Series Gets A New Spin...

Why Is Your Old Phone Battery Swollen? | iFixit News (www.ifixit.com)

Judge denies Trails Carolina’s ‘threadbare’ attempts to strike, dismiss sexual assault lawsuit (myfox8.com)

Is a high-profile critic of the Chinese Communist Party a con man? (TLDR: yes) (www.npr.org)

BREAKING: A woman has reportedly fallen through the boards on Blackpool Central Pier onto the beach below. (x.com)

Mexico invites Putin to presidential inauguration, Russia's Izvestia newspaper says (www.reuters.com)

Schrodinger's Privacy: Best Buy Needs Your Data to Stop Selling Your Data (odysee.com)

Russia's Stifling Of Civic Freedoms Dramatically Up Since Ukraine Invasion, Rights Watchdog Says. (www.rferl.org)

Parody site ClownStrike refused to bow to CrowdStrike’s bogus DMCA takedown (arstechnica.com)

Doesn’t CrowdStrike have more important things to do right now than try to take down a parody site?...

Google Search is an illegal monopoly — what happens now? (www.theverge.com)

A federal judge has ruled that Google has an illegal monopoly in the US. “The market reality is that Google is the only real choice” as the default search engine, Judge Amit Mehta said in his decision, and he determined it had gotten that way unfairly. It’s a ruling that could portend big changes for the company, but we...

The left loves Tim Walz. Can he unite the Democrats? (www.vox.com)

Elon Musk's X sues advertisers over alleged 'massive advertiser boycott' after Twitter takeover (apnews.com)

Come check out Dungeon Dialogue for Solo TTRPG After-Action Reports! (lemmy.zip)

Hello everyone! I have created a community to documen—in blog style—after-action reports for my solo TTRPG experiences. If you like TTRPGs or have an interest in solo play, please stop by and drop a line! If this catches on I may also include audio/video options through my new PeerTube channel of each recorded session....

Getting PSVR2 working on PC isn't as easy as it should be (www.eurogamer.net)

Does everyone hate Google now? | Google's story over the last two decades has been a tale as old as time: enshittification for growth (arstechnica.com)

Google’s story over the last two decades has been a tale as old as time: enshittification for growth. The once-beloved startup—with its unofficial “Don’t Be Evil” motto—has instead become a major Internet monopolist, as a federal judge ruled on Monday, dominating the market for online search. Google is also...

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