Antarctic sea-ice at 'mind-blowing' low alarms experts (www.bbc.com)
Turkey could part ways with EU if necessary, Erdogan says (www.reuters.com)
Making hydrogen from waste plastic could pay for itself (techxplore.com)
Revealed: how US immigration uses fake social media profiles across investigations (www.theguardian.com)
Florida Man Charged Over Failed Attempt to Cross Atlantic in Giant ‘Hamster Wheel’ (www.thedailybeast.com)
America Has Reached Peak Therapy. Why Is Our Mental Health Getting Worse? (time.com)
Fans Think Latest Pokémon Go Artwork Was Made With AI (gizmodo.com.au)
Fans Think Latest Pokémon Go Artwork Was Made With AI::Pokémon Go publisher Niantic has aroused fans’ suspicions after a promotional image showed some telltale signs of potentially being AI artwork, rather than something made by an actual human artist. The image in question appears in promotional material for Adventures...
Nobel Foundation reverses decision to invite Russia to prize ceremony following backlash (www.cnn.com)
The Nobel Foundation has U-turned on a controversial decision to invite the ambassadors of Russia, Belarus and Iran to the Nobel Prize award ceremony after facing widespread criticism....
Nobel Foundation retracts invite to Russia, Belarus and Iran representatives to attend ceremonies (apnews.com)
The Nobel Foundation retracted its invitation for representatives of Russia, Belarus and Iran to attend this year’s Nobel Prize award ceremonies after the controversial decision “provoked strong reactions”.
'We Have to Act Fast': 2 Degrees of Warming Could Cause 1 Billion Deaths Over Next Century (www.ecowatch.com)
TIL about a collection of math problems, known as “The Millennium Problems” that will earn the solver a $1 million prize (www.claymath.org)
A collection of mysterious and unsolved math problems, also known as “The Millennium Problems” are 7 extremely challenging and complex mathematical problems selected by the Clay Mathematics Institute in 2000. Solving any of these problems would not only advance our understanding of mathematics but also earn the solver a...
Will Donald Trump be allowed conjugal visits with Melania if he's sent to prison? (www.the-express.com)
Amazon begins rolling out AI-generated review summaries (www.engadget.com)
Taiwan vice president heads to United States on sensitive trip (www.aljazeera.com)
William Lai is officially making only transit stops in the US on his way to and from Paraguay, but China has reacted with anger.
US Supreme Court refuses Epic bid to let App Store order take effect in Apple case. (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday dealt a setback to Epic Games, maker of the popular video game “Fortnite,” in its legal battle against Apple (AAPL.O), declining to let a federal judge’s injunction take effect that could force the iPhone maker to change payment practices in its lucrative App Store.
Man loads 12 kilos of dynamite into friend's cars, tells police it was a prank. (yle.fi)
A bomb squad from Seinäjoki removed the explosives from the vehicles in the Ostrobothnian village.
Mules who smuggle fentanyl across the border are often U.S. citizens (www.npr.org)
Chicken and French toast (lemmy.world)
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Western allies receive increasingly 'sobering' updates on Ukraine's counteroffensive: 'This is the most difficult time of the war' | CNN Politics (edition.cnn.com)
ASUS is apparently killing the ability to root present and future Zenfones (www.androidauthority.com)
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Macron accused of authoritarianism after threat to cut off social media (www.theguardian.com)
Élysée insists French president not advocating general blackout as ministers say rioters using platforms to organise violence
Another boxed cat (feddit.it)
An Italian proverb literally goes like “Don’t say cat if you don’t have it in the bag”. Ragoût wanted to show his interpretation.
France to start Niger evacuations, ‘special’ Italian flight too (www.scmp.com)
France will begin evacuating its nationals from Niger on Tuesday, the foreign ministry said, after a coup there last week toppled the country’s pro-Western leader....
Same methods 'used on the plantation': Black task force member scorches Florida slavery guidelines (www.rawstory.com)
Three members of Florida’s original task force on African American education are outraged over having been “purposefully kept in the dark” about the state’s new academic guidelines ascribing “benefits” to slavery, the Daily Beast reported. The guidelines, approved July 19 by the Florida Board of Edu...
Record heat waves illuminate plight of poorest Americans who suffer without air conditioning (mainichi.jp)
DENVER (AP) -- As Denver neared triple-digit temperatures, Ben Gallegos sat shirtless on his porch swatting flies off his legs and spritzing himself w
