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Wine-GE-Proton8-14 Released (github.com)

FSR is no longer enabled by default as it was found to limit in-game resolutions in some games. To enable/use it you will need...

World's fourth largest coffee crop threatened by El Nino (www.japantimes.co.jp)

Lower coffee output in Indonesia could trigger a steeper rise in prices, which have climbed more than 40% in 2023.

SanDisk Extreme SSDs are “worthless,” multiple lawsuits against WD say (arstechnica.com)

Archived version: archive.ph/KYO3X...

Getting a "Little Free Library" for my birthday: (littlefreelibrary.org)

I’m being gifted a “Little Free Library” for my birthday and I’m super excited to get started....

Snake season starts early as unusually high temperatures hit Australia | CNN (www.cnn.com)

Warming global temperatures are dangerous for people in many ways, but they’re proving ideal for one type of animal: venomous snakes.

HMD’s repairable Nokia phone initiative lands stateside (www.theverge.com)

HMD is bringing its repairable phone initiative to the US with the Nokia G310, a $186 smartphone that’ll be available from T-Mobile and Metro by T-Mobile on August 24th. This is technically the third smartphone HMD has released with a design that makes it easier to replace commonly broken components like its battery and...

Rats on The Boat: BitTorrent search engine with integrated torrent client. Available on desktop + can be self hosted, and has a P2P torrent search that doesn't need trackers/search sites. (github.com)

Just a heads up: on my testing, the app seems to crash on Mac. Works fine on Linux though!

Air Force awards a start-up company $235 million to build an example of a sleek new plane (apnews.com)

The U.S. Air Force will invest $235 million to help a start-up manufacturer build a jet with a blended-wing body that officials say could provide greater range and efficiency for military tankers and cargo planes and perhaps eventually be used to carry airline passengers.

iTWire - Musk's X delays links from rivals loading, then backtracks (itwire.com)

Oracle, SUSE and others caught up in RHEL drama hit back with OpenELA (www.theregister.com)

A non-profit called the Open Enterprise Linux Association (OpenELA) has been formed by Oracle, SUSE, CIQ, and other organizations that make Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and CentOS rebuilds....

Bankman-Fried heads to Brooklyn jail notorious for poor conditions (www.reuters.com)

The Ukraine War might really break up the Russian Federation (thehill.com)

29 Best Retro Handhelds Of 2023 [All Reviewed] (retrododo.com)

Do you have one of these? Do you use it? I want one but I’m afraid it’s going to end up another plastic brick in a drawer.

Indigenous peoples and their fight for conservation (www.dw.com)

Indigenous peoples around the world are defending their human rights and culture as well as nature and their homeland. Time and again, they are faced with massive repression, discrimination and racism. There are approximately half a billion Indigenous people worldwide....

‘It’s already way beyond what humans can do’: will AI wipe out architects? (www.theguardian.com)

‘It’s already way beyond what humans can do’: will AI wipe out architects?::It’s revolutionising building – but could AI kill off an entire profession? Perhaps not, finds our writer, as he enters a world where Corbusier-style marvels and 500-room hotels are just a click away

Chip companies join forces to form new RISC-V venture (www.theregister.com)

Initial drive starts in Germany, pushes automotive blueprints

Ukraine claims it broke through part of Russia's fearsome defensive line in its counterattack. The next layer is even worse. (www.businessinsider.com)

Russia used concrete to build its deeper defenses, presenting a tougher challenge for Ukraine's counteroffensive, per a top official.

PC graphics cards to get more expensive again "thanks" to AI boom (archive.is)

Trader Joe's recalls its frozen falafel for possibly having rocks in it (www.npr.org)

Trader Joe’s has recalled its frozen falafel for potentially having rocks in it, after it recalled two of its cookie products for the same reason recently.

‘Era of global boiling has arrived,’ says UN chief as July set to be hottest month on record (www.theguardian.com)

U.S. Pledge To Triple Global Nuclear Energy By 2050 (www.huffpost.com)

When I first read the titile, I thought that the US is going to have to build A LOT to triple global production. Then it occured to me that the author means the US is pledging to make deals and agreements which enable other countries to build their own. Sometimes I think the US thinks too much of itself and that’s also very...