Why Piracy Fears are Keeping Some Researchers from Accessing the Games They Need ["Academics want to research games from wherever they are, but the ESA is fighting back."] (www.ign.com)
Three-year-old CPU beats Intel's fastest current chip in RAM benchmark — 7 GHz Core i9-11900K tops 8.3 GHz Core i9-14900KS in PYPrime 32B (www.tomshardware.com)
Creative Assembly Reportedly Working On A Total War: Star Wars Game (www.dualshockers.com)
Video Game Execs Are Ruining Video Games ["introduction of layoffs to boost (company) share prices"] (jacobin.com)
Ghost of Tsushima runs well on Steam Deck, making its PSN nonsense all the more annoying (web.archive.org)
Redfall to Get One Final Update Adding Offline Mode and More Amid Arkane Austin Studio Closure (www.ign.com)
Israel recovers bodies of three hostages taken by Hamas, including Shani Louk (www.theguardian.com)
The bodies of three hostages kidnapped by Hamas, including the German-Israeli Shani Louk, have been retrieved from Gaza by the Israeli military, it announced....
SteamOS 3.6.3 Preview for Steam Deck up, plus a new stable Steam Client Update for all (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Man sentenced to 30 years in federal prison in attack on Paul Pelosi (www.cnn.com)
'Massive' French police deployment arrives to fight liberation forces in the colony in New Caledonia (www.euractiv.com)
Self-balancing commuter pods ride old railway lines on demand (newatlas.com)
Twitter is fully X.com now. (www.wired.com)
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Taiwan is selling more to the US than China in major shift away from Beijing (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Whether it’s tapioca balls or computer chips, Taiwan is stretching toward the United States and away from China — the world’s No. 2 economy that threatens to take the democratically ruled island by force if necessary....
Israel troops continue posting abuse footage despite pledge to act (www.bbc.com)
The BBC has analysed 45 photos and videos, which include those of detainees draped in Israeli flags....
The Associated Press: Arkansas Supreme Court upholds 2021 voting restrictions that state judge found unconstitutional (apnews.com)
The measures upheld include a change to the state’s voter ID law that removes the option for someone to sign an affidavit affirming their identity if they don’t present a photo identification at the polls....
GNOME maintainers: here’s how to keep your issue tracker in good shape – Form and Function (blogs.gnome.org)
POLITICO: 'A Governor Who Doesn't Seem to Have Much Interest in Governing Arkansas' (www.politico.com)
The Gaza Death Toll Is Confusing And Unreliable (www.theatlantic.com)
These numbers matter—first, because of the dignity of those killed or still living....
Google says Chrome OS on Android was, sadly, just a fun proof of concept (www.androidauthority.com)
Android 15 can automatically adjust vibration strength on Pixels (www.androidauthority.com)
The Motorola Razr+ is about to get a sequel, but still hasn’t gotten an Android 14 update (9to5google.com)
[Exclusive] Motorola Razr 50 5G, Razr 50 Ultra 5G design, specifications revealed (www.91mobiles.com)
Viral kids creator Ms. Rachel says she experienced bullying after fundraising for children in Gaza (www.nbcnews.com)
Microsoft PC Manager App 'Repairs' Your System by Making Bing the Search Default (uk.pcmag.com)
Microsoft is trying to restore Bing as the default search engine on users’ browsers by spinning it as a “repair” through a utility app called PC Manager....
History says tariffs rarely work, but U.S. President Biden’s 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs could defy the trend, researcher says (theconversation.com)
By Tinglong Dai, Bernard T. Ferrari Professor of Business, Johns Hopkins University...
