Europe's heatwave turns deadly as 18 burned bodies found in Greek fires (www.reuters.com)
Japan to release Fukushima water into ocean starting Aug 24 (www.reuters.com)
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Tested: Snapdragon-powered Android phones just got a lot faster at ray tracing (www.androidauthority.com)
Android Authority: 3DMark’s benchmarking suite has launched its first ray tracing test and we’ve run it on a bunch of phones
I tried to make a beginner's guide for choosing a first Linux distro. Project files in comments. (imgur.com)
India, Manipur genocide/ civil war: Meitei groups bar entry to 10 Kuki villages that were burnt down (www.thenewsminute.com)
Two months after several Kuki villages were burned down and nine Meitei people were killed in the Saikul subdivision of Manipur’s Kangpokpi district, the villages remain inaccessible for journalists. Amid a storm of claims and counterclaims by Meitei and Kuki groups, reporters are forced to rely on selective leaks from...
Wine 8.14 Released Following Summer Holiday (www.phoronix.com)
ECOWAS defence chiefs agree ‘D-day’ for Niger military intervention (www.aljazeera.com)
West Africa’s main bloc has agreed on a “D-day” for possible military intervention to restore democracy in Niger after generals toppled and detained President Mohamed Bazoum last month....
Russia fines Google $32,000 for videos about the conflict in Ukraine (abcnews.go.com)
A Russian court on Thursday imposed a 3-million-ruble ($32,000) fine on Google for failing to delete allgedly false information about the conflict in Ukraine
San Francisco robotaxi traffic jam is a warning to the world, says city official (www.cbc.ca)
‘Cocaine Bear’ Is Now Streaming Online for Free: Here’s Where to Watch the Cult Comedy Hit (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
Directed by Elizabeth Banks, the horror comedy is now available to watch from the comfort of your own home....
AI will be at the center of the next financial crisis, SEC chair warns (www.axios.com)
Deadlier Atlantic storms excessively killing US people of color – study (www.theguardian.com)
Named tropical storms and hurricanes, which have become more intense, have caused about 20,000 more deaths from 1988 to 2019
Devuan GNU+Linux 5 is Here for Software Freedom Lovers Based on Debian 12 (9to5linux.com)
Caroline Kennedy Says US Open to Assange Plea Deal (scheerpost.com)
How to use Google Maps Immersive view (www.xda-developers.com)
Kremlin aide who brings Ukrainian children to Russia associated online with neo-Nazism (www.reuters.com)
Rohingya: At least 23 dead, 30 missing after boat sinks (www.bbc.com)
As many as 30 others are missing after the boat foundered and was abandoned by crew on Sunday.
300,000-year-old skull found in China unlike any early human seen before (edition.cnn.com)
Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS Released with Linux 6.2 Kernel and Mesa 23.0 Graphics Stacks (9to5linux.com)
Writers Guild Sets New Negotiations Session With Studios, Streamers for Aug. 11 (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
The WGA informed members Thursday that the AMPTP requested the meeting in response to the guild's proposals that were outlined Aug. 4 in the so-called talks about talking.
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart: Linux & Windows Benchmark (German -> Google Translate) (www-computerbase-de.translate.goog)
It’s quite rare to see articles that compare Linux and Windows gaming benchmarks so here it is from Computerbase. Translated by Google Translate as the article is originally written in german....
Veilid Framework - A New Decentralized Application Framework by cDC members (Cult of the Dead Cow) (veilid.com)
Presented by Christien ‘DilDog’ Rioux and Katelyn ‘Medus4’ Bowden at DefCon 31...
Age of Coordination (blog.erlend.sh)
California judge pauses sweeping of homeless encampments amid heatwave (www.theguardian.com)
Order was issued against the city of Sacramento after advocates called out the municipality for violating its own order
‘I shout from the rooftops I exist’: Brazilians identifying as Indigenous up by 90% in 12 years (www.theguardian.com)
The 37-year-old is part of a growing number of Brazilians reclaiming their Indigenous identity, as reflected in new census data published on Monday. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the number of people identifying as Indigenous has increased by nearly 90% in just 12 years, from 896,917 to...
