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)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/2168441...
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)
Mirror: archive.ph/fvPjz
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.
Coronavirus FAQs: How worrisome is the new variant? How long do boosters last? (www.npr.org)
Pakistan court drops Imran Khan's sedition case, ruling on graft appeal due Tuesday (www.reuters.com)
Tropical Storm Idalia is expected to intensify into a hurricane as it churns toward Florida’s Gulf Coast (www.cnn.com)
Tropical Storm Idalia is strengthening quickly as it churns toward Florida, threatening to hit as a major hurricane and bring heavy rains, floods and dangerous storm surge, according to the National Hurricane Center....
Magisk v26.2 Released (github.com)
[MagiskBoot] Support extracting boot image from payload.bin...
Trump lawyers back in DC court as two sides differ over trial date in election subversion case (apnews.com)
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan is expected to set at least a tentative trial date during Monday’s status conference....
It's Called Fashion - For all those creations that avant-garde fashion designers try to sell us. if it's on the runway and it's weird, it belongs here. replicates r/itscalledfashion (lemmy.world)
China sends aircraft and vessels toward Taiwan days after US approves $500-million arms sale (apnews.com)
Taiwan’s defense ministry said Saturday that China sent dozens of aircraft and vessels toward the island, just days after the United States approved a $500-million arms sale to Taiwan....
Austria offers festivalgoers free public transport for a year if they get a tattoo (www.euronews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1891336...
NVIDIA posts NVAPI core software development kit on GitHub (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Without any additional commit messages except the repository description, Nvidia posted the source code for its Developer Kit tool on Github under the NVIDIA Corporation organization umbrella.
What the electric car transition really means for autoworkers (www.axios.com)
A big sticking point in contract talks between Detroit automakers and the United Auto Workers union is the popular assertion that it takes fewer workers to manufacture electric vehicles (EVs) than conventional cars.
Roblox support is coming back to Wine on Linux (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Springtime for Europe’s fascists (www.politico.eu)
It’s one thing for Finland or Belgium (the Flemish separatist Vlaams Belang party heads the polls) to veer onto a far-right rail. When it begins to happen in Germany, however, it’s time to start plotting an escape route....
The cozy cat game that escaped from Valve (www.engadget.com)
Little Kitty, Big City is an adorable departure for former CS:GO designer Matt Wood....
