Vandals in Austria behead sculpture of Virgin Mary giving birth to Jesus (www.theguardian.com)
Artist behind controversial piece in Linz cathedral says vandalism shows there are still ‘people who question women’s right to their own bodies’...
China is winning the minerals war. Western efforts to make a dent are languishing; ‘China is not just standing still waiting for us to catch up’. (www.wsj.com)
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[Bazzite] Important announcement regarding system updates [Action needed] - FYI (universal-blue.discourse.group)
Creating importer: Failed to invoke skopeo proxy method OpenImage: remote error: cryptographic signature verification failed: invalid signature when validating ASN.1 encoded signature ___...
Why are Japanese developers not undergoing mass layoffs? -- spoilers: better employment laws (www.gamesindustry.biz)
Layoffs and studio closures have been an unfortunately-common occurrence across the industry since last year, with layoffs in 2024 already matching 2023’s total of over 10,000 developers being put out of work. Yet if there is one bright spot to find in this bleak reality, it is, ironically, in the same city as the departed...
UK: Welsh Government to introduce a law which will make it illegal for politicians to lie (www.bbc.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/445597...
Netflix Co-founder Becomes One of the Biggest Democratic Donors to Call for Biden to Step Aside (www.nytimes.com)
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Samsung adding dust resistance to Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Flip 6, full specs & features leak [Gallery] (9to5google.com)
With a full spec sheet, a new leak confirms Samsung's plans to add dust resistance to the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Flip 6 for the first time.
Russian oil and gas revenue soars 41% in first half, data shows (www.reuters.com)
Nothing’s first CMF phone could be customizable with dial and kickstand add-ons (www.theverge.com)
Google Messages might auto-update your MMS chats to RCS (APK teardown) (www.androidauthority.com)
In our APK teardown, we discovered strings of code that suggest Google Messages will automatically upgrade MMS chats to RCS.
Israel turbocharges West Bank settlement expansion with largest land grab in decades (www.thestar.com)
Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks (www.reuters.com)
A company called GamesCare has created their own version of the Sega Neptune called the GF1 Neptune (retrododo.com)
How To install Fyra Lab's Terra repository on Fedora (traditional and atomic desktops) (discussion.fedoraproject.org)
This is a quite complex process, and their documentation is incomplete and different 🥳...
Drugs disguised as Taco Bell burritos found during Tennessee traffic stop (www.woodtv.com)
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1st Family Hurricane. (i.imgur.com)
Trelawny, Jamaica. Not sure what’s happening on the southern side of the island....
Hero Within and Hallmark Unveil Star Trek Convention Exclusive Merch for SDCC 2024 (blog.trekcore.com)
Disappointed, Hong Kong migrants return from U.K. (www.ejinsight.com)
Judge delays ban on noncompete agreements for employees | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
Trump judge?...
Putin's War in Ukraine Fuels Income Rise for Russia (www.newsweek.com)
New data shows that Russia is now a “high-income” country, despite the enforcement of numerous sanctions intended to hurt the economy.
Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks (japantoday.com)
Crossposted from !worldnews
Temtem veterans are working on a Breath of the Wild-inspired narrative survival game for 1-4 players, set to arrive later this year (www.pcgamer.com)
The FTC is investigating PC manufacturers who scare you away from your right to repair (www.theverge.com)
PC gamers are finally embracing the controller, as usage triples [increase to 15% from 5% over the last six years] (www.pcgamesn.com)
RISC-V chips will support replacing RAM sticks without powering off the system — hot plugging functionality arriving in newer flavors of Linux (www.tomshardware.com)
