'The Game Just Fundamentally Undermines Itself': Game Designer Breaks Down 'Baldur's Gate 3's Most Fatal Flaws (www.themarysue.com)
‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ can be a fantastic experience and a bad game at the same time.
Philly Fringe performer imagines eating her twin sister: ‘It gave me a lot to digest’ (whyy.org)
John Jarboe, the founder and director of the Bearded Ladies Cabaret in Philadelphia, came out as trans a few years ago....
Secret records: Government says Marine's adoption of Afghan orphan seen as abduction, must be undone (www.independent.co.uk)
Unity rushes to clarify price increase plan, as game developers fume (www.axios.com)
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Dozens of crocodiles in China escape during floods (www.bbc.com)
Around 75 crocodiles made a break for it when a lake in Maoming, Guangdong province overflowed....
MFP Asks Court To Make House GOP Caucus Meetings Public (www.mississippifreepress.org)
The Mississippi Free Press asked a court on Monday to hold that Mississippi House Republican Caucus meetings must be open to the public under the Open Meetings Act. Last year, the full Mississippi Ethics Commission rejected the Mississippi Free Press’ argument and declared that the Legislature is not a “public body” under...
Brazil’s Lula backtracks on Putin arrest safety at Rio G20 (www.aljazeera.com)
newly mobilized russian unit with their brand-used T-55s (nitter.net)
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Matrix Space for Cross Fediverse Communication (matrix.to)
Hey everyone! I’m Ategon one of the admins over in programming.dev...
Human-machine teams driven by AI are about to reshape warfare | Military (www.unionleader.com)
Some technology experts believe innovative commercial software developers now entering the arms market are challenging the dominance of the traditional defense industry, which produces big-ticket weapons, sometimes at glacial speed....
ABCNews: Biden rejects proposed conditions for plea deal for 9/11 defendants (abcnews.go.com)
‘Where Is the Money?’ Military Graft Becomes a Headache for Ukraine (www.nytimes.com)
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‘Priscilla’ Review: Sofia Coppola’s Piercingly Authentic Inside Drama About the Troubled Love Story of Priscilla and Elvis Presley (variety.com)
UN nuclear watchdog report seen by AP says Iran slows its enrichment of near-weapons-grade uranium (apnews.com)
Iran has slowed the pace at which it is enriching uranium to nearly weapons-grade levels, according to a report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog seen by The Associated Press on Monday. That could be a sign Tehran is trying to ease tensions after years of strain between it and the U.S....
US Air Force is toying with idea of building this Batman villain’s weapon (www.independent.co.uk)
Raimondo warns China that patience of US business is 'wearing thin' (www.channelnewsasia.com)
US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo warned China in interviews broadcast on Sunday (Sep 3) that the patience of US business was “wearing thin”, saying American companies deserved a “predictable environment and a level playing field”....
The boiling frog of digital freedom (gazoche.xyz)
An X-ray examination of the coffee equipment. (www.scanofthemonth.com)
Scan of the month decided to handle coffee this month....
Trump pleads not guilty in Georgia election fraud case (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Federal judge says New Jersey law banning immigrant detention contract with private operator unconstitutional (www.politico.com)
The opinion by U.S. District Court Judge Robert Kirsch, sitting in Trenton, could allow the center in Elizabeth run by private corrections company CoreCivic to remain open just days before its contract was set to expire. Federal officials have written in court filings that they “fully intend” to extend the private detention...
JetBrains Enabling Wayland Support For IntelliJ-Based IDEs (www.phoronix.com)
JetBrains is working on Wayland support for IntelliJ-based IDEs to enhance the desktop Linux experience as well as for running under Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSLg).
Japan may take China to WTO over Fukushima-driven seafood import ban (www.reuters.com)
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Qualcomm's Next Smartphone Chip Will Be Built for Generative AI (www.extremetech.com)
Generative AI is slowly worming its way into every facet of technology, and next up is your smartphone. Qualcomm says that its next flagship mobile chips are going to be built specifically to run generative AI on the silicon, reducing reliance on the cloud. Running an AI on your phone could be a boon for privacy, but is...
Chinese sextortion scammers are flooding Twitter (restofworld.org)
Scammers are targeting Chinese-language users, harassing political dissidents and influential figures.
Hong Kong Cantonese-language advocacy group closes after China's national security police raid founder’s home (hongkongfp.com)
Andrew Chan established the group to promote Cantonese and “safeguard the linguistic rights of Hongkongers,” after policies were put forward to push Mandarin-language instruction in the city’s schools. Currently living abroad, Chan said he would not return to Hong Kong due to safety concerns.
