Taliban meets Huawei to discuss mass surveillance plan in Afghanistan (www.verdict.co.uk)
Police arrest repeat offender suspected in murder of Baltimore tech CEO (www.nbcnews.com)
Authorities have arrested the man suspected of killing of Baltimore tech entrepreneur Pava LaPere, a U.S. Marshal confirmed, as police announced plans to reveal details of the capture following a major manhunt....
Supreme Court rejects Alabama’s bid to use congressional map with just one majority-Black district (www.nbcnews.com)
The Supreme Court on Tuesday handed a defeat to Alabama Republicans for the second time in three months, rejecting their latest attempt to use a congressional map that includes only one majority-Black district....
Russian state TV promotes new Tucker Carlson show (archive.ph)
How Four Friends Built a ‘Hypercube’ to Play Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Together in 2023 (www.ign.com)
Missile hits Russia's Black Sea fleet HQ (www.bbc.com)
Russia says a soldier is missing after an attack on its flagship Black Sea fleet in Crimea....
Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month | Kagi Blog (blog.kagi.com)
Kagi is a paid alternative to ad-supported search engines like Google and DuckDuckGo. It has recently revised its pricing model, reducing the cost for a plan with unmetered searches from $25 per month to $10....
27 Russian Troops Killed by ‘Friendly Fire’ During Botched Retreat Near Opytne (www.kyivpost.com)
Parmesan Makers Add Microchips To Cheese Wheels To Foil Counterfeiters (www.tomshardware.com)
The bloody labor crackdown Paramount didn't want America to see (www.motherjones.com)
Linux user share remains above macOS in the latest Steam Survey (www.gamingonlinux.com)
In honor of the M1 Abrams being delivered to Ukraine later this month... (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Intel demos 528-thread chip with 1TB/s of optical bandwidth (www.theregister.com)
AI bots are so good at mimicking the human brain and vision that CAPTCHAs are useless - The bots’ accuracy is up to 15% higher than that of humans (qz.com)
AI bots are so good at mimicking the human brain and vision that CAPTCHAs are useless - The bots’ accuracy is up to 15% higher than that of humans::The bots’ accuracy is up to 15% higher than that of humans
Why Donald Trump is in "significant legal jeopardy" with Georgia indictment (www.newsweek.com)
Nvidia reveals new A.I. chip, says costs of running LLMs will ‘drop significantly’ (www.cnbc.com)
Nvidia reveals new A.I. chip, says costs of running LLMs will ‘drop significantly’::Currently, Nvidia dominates the market for AI chips, with over 80% market share, according to some estimates.
Google Maps has become an eyesore. 5 examples of how the app has lost its way (www.fastcompany.com)
Google’s Plan To DRM The Web Goes Against Everything Google Once Stood For (www.techdirt.com)
Protests erupt in Italy over cuts to poverty relief scheme (www.reuters.com)
ROME, July 31 (Reuters) - Discontent mounted on Monday in Italy over cuts to a poverty relief scheme by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s rightist government that will affect hundreds of thousands of people....
Worldcoin isn’t as bad as it sounds: It’s worse (blockworks.co)
Worldcoin’s plan to collect biometric data from poor people to bootstrap their system is unethical and raises serious privacy concerns. Their promises to protect users’ data are not enough to ensure privacy and security, and linking immutable biometric traits to financial identities could enable total identity lockout with...
Musk rushes out new Twitter logo—it’s just an X that someone tweeted at him (arstechnica.com)
TIL in New York you can apply to have a fire hydrant opened during hot weather (www.theguardian.com)
Crimea bridge closed after fuel depot hit - Russia (www.bbc.com)
A drone attack on an ammunition depot in Crimea has led to civilian evacuations and disrupted transport, Russian authorities have said....
Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water (www.freethink.com)
MIT engineers and collaborators developed a solar-powered device that avoids salt-clogging issues of other designs.