NASA awards startup $850,000 to develop space debris capture bag | NASA awarded space logistics startup TransAstra a contract to develop an inflatable capture bag capable of transporting orbital de... (interestingengineering.com)
NASA awards startup $850,000 to develop space debris capture bag | NASA awarded space logistics startup TransAstra a contract to develop an inflatable capture bag capable of transporting orbital de…::undefined
Twitter is collecting biometrics data from users (www.cnn.com)
SAG-AFTRA Calls Interactive Media Strike Authorization Vote (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
"SAG-AFTRA is standing up to tyranny on behalf of its members,” stated president Fran Drescher.
Federal judge blocks Blount Co. District Attorney from enforcing Tennessee's anti-drag law at Blount Pride festival (www.wbir.com)
The ACLU sued on behalf of drag performer Flamy Grant and Blount Pride after District Attorney General Ryan Desmond warned them of possible prosecution in a letter.
Tourists from Morocco shot dead after straying into Algerian waters (www.aljazeera.com)
Two French-Moroccan men have reportedly been shot and killed after they accidentally crossed Morocco’s maritime border with Algeria on water scooters, according to Moroccan media reports....
Brazilian phone spyware was hacked and victims’ devices ‘deleted’ from server (techcrunch.com)
ASUS Zenfone 10 to Continue Production (press.asus.com)
Armed with traffic cones, protesters are immobilizing driverless cars (www.npr.org)
Self-driving cars have flooded San Francisco's streets, and not everyone is happy. Street activists have been using a low-tech solution to incapacitate the vehicles.
Pasta with vegan bolognese sauce (with mushrooms and walnut) (lemmy.world)
Okay, perhaps not the most visually impressive meal ever. But it sure was delicious....
Bhutan cuts daily tourist fee by half to lure more visitors (www.reuters.com)
KATHMANDU, Aug 26 (Reuters) - The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is to halve the $200 daily fee it charges tourists in an effort to boost a sector still struggling to recover a year after the end of COVID-19 restrictions....
britbong brexit life (sh.itjust.works)
95% of Yellowknife has now been evacuated due to N.W.T. wildfires (www.cbc.ca)
Northwest Territories officials said on Friday evening that more than 19,000 people have fled from Yellowknife due to wildfires and urged those who remain to also leave as soon as possible....
The Xbox 360 Store is closing next year | VGC (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Are you doing your part? (lemmus.org)
Am I doing my part?
Reversing Alzheimer’s: Stem Cell Therapy Shows Promise (scitechdaily.com)
Russia says it will halt foreign currency purchases and launch a digital ruble to keep the currency from spiraling further (finance.yahoo.com)
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Rogue AI bot is giving recipes for human flesh and chlorine gas (interestingengineering.com)
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European scientists make it official. July was the hottest month on record by far (apnews.com)
Now that July’s sizzling numbers are all in, the European climate monitoring organization made it official: July 2023 was Earth’s hottest month on record by a wide margin.
A list of recent hostile moves by #Google's #Chrome team (Jeff Fortin T. (@[email protected])) (mastodon.social)
A list of recent hostile moves by #Google's #Chrome team;...
ChromeOS is splitting the browser from the OS, getting more Linux-y (arstechnica.com)
Splitting the Web (ploum.net)
Scientists Create New Material Five Times Lighter and Four Times Stronger Than Steel (scitechdaily.com)
Scientists Create New Material Five Times Lighter and Four Times Stronger Than Steel::Researchers have developed a highly robust material with an extremely low density by constructing a structure using DNA and subsequently coating it in glass. Materials possessing both strength and lightness have the potential to enhance...
Oil major BP posts 70% drop in second-quarter profit, raises dividend by 10% (www.cnbc.com)
Oil major BP on Tuesday reported a nearly 70% year-on-year drop in second-quarter profits on the back of weaker fossil fuel prices, echoing a trend observed across the energy industry.
African Union chair: Putin's grain offer not enough, Ukraine ceasefire needed (www.reuters.com)
The chair of the African Union, Azali Assoumani, said on Friday that proposals by Russian President Vladimir Putin to provide grain to Africa were not sufficient, and that a ceasefire in Ukraine was needed.