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Powerful quake in Morocco kills more than 1,000 people and damages historic buildings in Marrakech (apnews.com)

'One Piece' review: Netflix does the impossible (mashable.com)

I try synthetic salmon and enter the “uncanny valley” of taste (arstechnica.com)

Federal judges rule against provisions of GOP-backed voting laws in Georgia and Texas (apnews.com)

Federal judges in Georgia and Texas have ruled against key provisions of two controversial election laws passed two years ago as the Republican Party sought to tighten voting rules after former President Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 presidential contest....

Government's own experts found 'barbaric' and 'negligent' conditions in ICE detention (www.npr.org)

These findings are all part of a trove of more than 1,600 pages of previously secret inspection reports written by experts hired by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. In examining more than two dozen facilities across 16 states from 2017 to 2019, these expert inspectors found...

Second Ecuador politician killed in less than a week (www.bbc.co.uk)

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1477218...

Why Baldur’s Gate III is an accidental PS5 console exclusive (www.engadget.com) Japanese

Larian is having trouble fitting Baldur’s Gate III on the Xbox Series S, the lower-priced and lower-powered console in Microsoft’s ninth-generation lineup....

Robbie Robertson, Leader of The Band, Dies at 80 (variety.com)

Guitarist-songwriter-singer Robbie Robertson, who led the Canadian-American group the Band to rock prominence in the 1970s and worked extensively with Bob Dylan and Martin Scorsese, has died. He was 80....

How smart speakers, fitness trackers and even baby monitors are being used by domestic abusers (www.euronews.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1221538...

AMA with Lemmy creators is live (lemmy.ml)

over at lemmy.ml/post/2920188

Kickstarting a book about Enshittification since Amazon will not carry it (pluralistic.net)

Another example of how big tech is just corrupted to the core....

Retroid Pocket 2S now live. What's your preferred handheld for retro gaming? (www.goretroid.com)

EU says slavery inflicted 'untold suffering', hints at reparations (www.reuters.com)

July 18 (Reuters) - The European Union (EU) said on Tuesday that Europe’s slave-trading past inflicted “untold suffering” on millions of people and hinted at the need for reparations for what it described as a “crime against humanity”....

US Govt Says Banned Chipmaking Equipment Still Ends Up in China (www.tomshardware.com)

Mexico City imposes severe, monthslong water restrictions as drought dries up reservoirs (apnews.com)

Israeli forces kill 18 Palestinians in daytime raid in West Bank (www.theguardian.com)

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Texas defendant challenging federal gun law at the Supreme Court says he doesn’t want firearms anymore (www.cnn.com)

Zackey Rahimi, the Texas criminal defendant challenging a federal gun law before the Supreme Court on Tuesday, said this summer that he no longer wanted to own firearms and expressed remorse for his actions that got him in trouble with the law....

Biden signs U.S.' first AI executive order to create safeguards (www.cnbc.com)

‘Youngsters should work 70 hours a week’ ,Narayana Murthy says India’s work culture must change. (www.moneycontrol.com)

Pope accepts resignation of Polish bishop after gay orgy scandal in diocese (www.theguardian.com)

House remains paralyzed with no end in sight for speakership battle after Jordan's exit (www.cnn.com)

There is still no end in sight for the high-stakes speakership battle after House Republicans ousted Kevin McCarthy more than two weeks ago....

FBI report: Violent crime decreases to pre-pandemic levels, but property crime is on the rise (apnews.com)

Violent crime across the U.S. decreased last year — dropping to about the same level as before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic — but property crimes rose substantially, according to data in the FBI’s annual crime report released Monday....

Dell Suicide: Employee died from suicide by shooting at Dell Technologies (news.snbc13.com)

Dell Technologies had $102.3 Billion in revenue.

Ford recalls over 238,000 Explorers to replace axle bolts that can fail after US opens investigation (apnews.com)

Ford is recalling more than 238,000 Explorers in the U.S. because a rear axle bolt can fail, potentially causing a loss of drive power or allowing the SUVs to roll away while in park....