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Pope clears way for 'God's influencer' to become a saint (www.bbc.co.uk)

Steam Deck game library now 29% larger than that of Nintendo Switch (www.pcgamesn.com)

Lisa Su says AMD is on track to a 100x power efficiency improvement by 2027 — CEO outlines AMD’s advances during keynote at imec’s ITF World 2024 (www.tomshardware.com)

Warhammer 40k Rogue Trader is now Steam Deck Verified (www.pcgamesn.com)

AMD introduces Radeon Anti-Lag 2 with full integration for Counter-Strike 2 — the Nvidia Reflex alternative shouldn't trigger cheating bans this time (www.tomshardware.com)

Japanese publishers’ habit of region locking games in [can't by in...] Japan may finally be changing (automaton-media.com)

Atari Buys Intellivision Brand, Ending ‘Longest-Running Console War in History’ [wasn't actually still running, but ok] (variety.com)

Proton Experimental adds D3D12 support in OpenXR, Fixes for Foundry and Ubisoft Launcher (www.gamingonlinux.com)

Microsoft's new Recall AI will take screenshots of everything you do - freaky [Mircosoft: "capabilities to take images of your active screen every few seconds"] (www.gamingonlinux.com)

Rapper Sean Kingston Arrested on Fraud Charges After SWAT Raid on Florida Mansion (thenarinder.in)

Biden is hiring a meme manager and is willing to pay up to $85,000 (www.businessinsider.com)

Google’s AI Overviews are out of control (stackdiary.com)

Would you like a spicy spaghetti dish? Just use some gasoline.

You can now share passwords within your Google family group (www.theverge.com)

New frontier, old tactics: Chinese espionage group targets African and Caribbean governments (thehackernews.com)

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Exclusive: Nvidia cuts China prices in Huawei chip fight, sources say (www.reuters.com)

China's food security dream faces land, soil and water woes (www.reuters.com)

- In 10 years, China aims to slash grains, soybean imports***- Outlook diverges sharply with US forecasts for China******- Lack of arable land, soil damage pose challenges******- China needs bigger farms to speed productivity growth***...

State hackers turn to massive ORB proxy networks to evade detection (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

Three-year-old Apache Flink flaw under active attack (www.theregister.com)

Korea's SKC gets $75M in CHIPS change for US-based glass substrate plant (www.theregister.com)

The CEO of South Korean chemical firm SKC made a big bet on the US CHIPS Act when he decided to grow his manufacturing site in the American South. That gamble has now paid off with some CHIPS change coming SKC’s way to help bankroll its factory expansion.

Thanks for the memory, South Korea tells nation's chip makers – now build processors (www.theregister.com)

South Korea’s president has described the global semiconductor industry as “a field where all-out national warfare is underway” as he announced a $19 billion to diversify the nation’s silicon sector.

How we live now. What the beginnings of authoritarianism feel like. (www.american-doom.com)

'Ready for Civil War': Illinois Man Arrested With Bombs Posted Right-Wing Content (www.rollingstone.com)

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Millennials are 'quiet vacationing' rather than asking their boss for PTO: 'There's a giant workaround culture' (www.cnbc.com)

Every day there’s a new article trying to shame workers for existing.

Greater Idaho movement: 13 counties in eastern Oregon have voted to secede and join Idaho (ktvz.com)

On Tuesday, voters in Crook County passed measure 7-86, which asked voters if they support negotiations to move the Oregon/Idaho border to include Crook County in Idaho. The measure is passing with 53% of the vote, and makes Crook County the 13th county in eastern Oregon to pass a Greater Idaho measure.