EU unveils ‘revolutionary’ laws to curb big tech firms’ power (www.theguardian.com)
EU unveils ‘revolutionary’ laws to curb big tech firms’ power::Digital Markets Act aims to allow more competition and let consumers delete preloaded phone apps
Wealthy Family Seeks to Reopen Plant That Spewed Pollution in Black Communities (truthout.org)
Owned by the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, the plant closed in 2021 after years of environmental violations....
Fairphone 5 launch event (www.youtube.com)
Apple exec gets bribery charge for allegedly offering Calif. sheriff iPads for gun permits (www.idropnews.com)
Starfield is Bethesda's Least Buggiest Game to Date, Say Sources (insider-gaming.com)
Block YouTube Ads on AppleTV by Decrypting and Stripping Ads from Profobuf (ericdraken.com)
Experts warn against wave of fake news ahead of Mexico’s 2024 presidential election (apnews.com)
Since June, when Mexico’s ruling party, Morena, and the country’s main opposition parties launched their internal proceedings to pick their contenders for the 2024 race, The Associated Press Spanish-language fact-checking team found about 40 fake publications across social media platforms, favoring or discrediting members of...
Wagner Group commander Dmitry Utkin was on plane that crashed north of Moscow, Russian civil aviation authority says (news.sky.com)
Most bosses regret how they mandated workers return to the office. They blamed it on not having enough data (fortune.com)
Douglas's Squirrel (yiffit.net)
Firefox Money: Investigating the bizarre finances of Mozilla (lunduke.locals.com)
The author may be a right-wing fellow. Nonetheless, the data he exposes are taken from official Mozilla docs.
Economy Minister: Japan to invest in AI, consider UBI (www.bloomberg.com)
archive.is/…/japan-dreams-of-ai-overtaking-nvidia…...
Denver plans to convert 194-unit, $26M hotel into city’s next homeless shelter (www.denver7.com)
The city would start leasing the complex through its Department of Housing Stability (HOST) on Sept. 1.
Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web (arstechnica.com)
CA insurance company drops customer after 'drone' took aerial images of yard (abc7.com)
My grandson just showed me the funniest cartoon (lemm.ee)
That darn orange cat is hilarious
Red Cross of Belarus admits stealing children from Ukraine (www.pravda.com.ua)
The Belarusian Red Cross has confirmed that it is taking part in �exporting� Ukrainian children from the occupied territories to Belarus.
South Africa says arresting Putin would be ‘declaration of war’ (www.aljazeera.com)
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa said that any attempt to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin when he visits the country next month would be a declaration of war with Russia....
Sony’s PlayStation Portal gives a confusing first impression (www.theverge.com)
Apple expected to post fourth consecutive quarterly sales decline Thursday (www.cnbc.com)
Apple expected to post fourth consecutive quarterly sales decline Thursday::Analysts haven’t missed Apple’s lack of growth this year and want to see the company thriving again.
Chrome finally lets you move the address bar to the bottom, but not on Android (www.androidcentral.com)
Google promises a rescue patch for Android 14’s “ransomware” bug (arstechnica.com)
Philippines says a coast guard ship and supply boat were rammed by Chinese vessels at disputed shoal (abcnews.go.com)
A Chinese coast guard ship and an accompanying vessel rammed a Philippine coast guard ship and a military-run supply boat Sunday off a contested shoal, Philippine officials said, in an encounter that heightened fears of an armed conflict in the disputed South China Sea....
Biden says Hamas attacked Israel in part to stop a historic agreement with Saudi Arabia (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden said Friday he thought Hamas was motivated to attack Israel in part by a desire to stop that country from normalizing relations with Saudi Arabia....
Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water (news.mit.edu)
MIT engineers and collaborators developed a solar-powered device that avoids salt-clogging issues of other designs....
