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The Metal Gear series has now sold over 60 million copies (www.eurogamer.net)

"You can tell they are mm, just right, when the flesh falls off the bone!" (media.kbin.social)

This week in KDE: porting, Dolphin, KWin and Wayland fixes (pointieststick.com)

motorized velomobile VM45 can cruise without pedaling using electric-assist function (www.designboom.com)

Czech company Katanga has created VM45, a motorized velomobile – a human-powered vehicle that combines elements of a bicycle and an enclosed aerodynamic shell – with four wheels and a body made of milled foam. Polyurethane foam was used for the body, which the design team had to mill into several smaller portions due to its...

Conspiracy theories: how social media can help them spread and even spark violence (theconversation.com)

Conspiracy theories: how social media can help them spread and even spark violence::Conspiracy theories may be baseless, but they can have a range of harmful real-world consequences, including spreading lies, undermining trust in media and government and inciting violence.

Singapore Urged to Stop Aiding War Crimes in Myanmar (www.irrawaddy.com)

Waymo is bringing its robotaxi service to Austin (techcrunch.com)

Waymo is bringing its robotaxi service to Austin

Linux surpasses the Mac among Steam gamers (arstechnica.com)

GE-Proton8-11 Released (github.com)

HOTFIX:...

Oregon’s Greater Idaho movement echoes a long history of racism in the region (www.hcn.org)

Instead of fixing Oregon, the Greater Idaho movement seeks to leave it. White supremacists are on board.

Joe Biden to ask Congress to fund Taiwan arms via Ukraine budget (www.ft.com)

The White House will ask Congress to fund arms for Taiwan as part of a supplemental budget request for Ukraine, in an effort to speed up the supply of weapons to the country amid the rising threat from China....

Canada launches warning labels on each cigarette (www.bbc.com)

Canada will be the first nation to start printing warnings directly onto individual cigarettes in a bid to deter young people from starting smoking and encourage others to quit....

Webmesh: Yet Another WireGuard Mesh Solution (github.com)

Hey all...

Judge dismisses Donald Trump's 'Big Lie' lawsuit against CNN (www.bbc.co.uk)

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/833951...

Bolivia challenges global dollar dominance with Chinese yuan, Russian rouble (www.reuters.com)

LA PAZ, July 28 (Reuters) - Bolivia’s government is determined to curb dependence on the U.S. dollar for foreign trade, instead turning to the Chinese yuan, officials said, as Latin American support for alternative currencies grows....

want to use android auto but you own a old car? try autozen. (play.google.com)

after getting a newer car I had the issue that my old after market radio with android auto didnt Integrate that nice with my new car (it looked quite out of place sadly) I was forced with the choice of living with it or putting the default Radio back in (ford focus mk3 pre face lift non Sony and non sync)....

US Smartphone Shipments Fall 24% YoY in Q2 2023 on Lower Upgrade Rates (www.counterpointresearch.com)

US smartphone shipments declined 24% YoY in Q2 2023, according to Counterpoint Research’s Market Monitor data. This was the third consecutive quarter of YoY declines. Android brands like Samsung, Motorola and TCL-Alcatel saw the steepest declines in shipments, while Apple’s shipments were more resilient. As a result,...

India, Manipur genocide : "Reported that a convoy of around 11 Bullet Proof vehicles of Manipur State Commandos including Arambai Tenggol try to forcibly enter and attack a tribal Kuki-Zo border town Moreh." (nitter.net)

"Reported that a convoy of around 11 Bullet Proof vehicles of Manipur State Commandos including Arambai Tenggol try to forcibly enter and attack a tribal Kuki-Zo border town Moreh. The convoy is currently halted near Tengnoupal district HQ. by women protestors....

‘Nature is being destroyed’: Russia’s arms buildup in Barents Sea creating toxic legacy (www.theguardian.com)

Pocket assistant: ChatGPT comes to Android (arstechnica.com)

On Tuesday, OpenAI released an official ChatGPT app for Android, now available in the Google Play Store in four countries: the US, India, Bangladesh, and Brazil, with more coming soon. As a client for OpenAI’s language model family, the GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 models run on the cloud and provide results to your Android device. It...