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Nine thoughts about Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ blockbuster finale | Engadget (www.engadget.com)

"Hegemony" caps the best season of streaming-era Trek with an explosive finale..

Open Steno Project (Plover): Typing At 300 WPM? (www.openstenoproject.org)

Court reporters have used stenography for over a century to write at over 200 words per minute, faster than most people speak...

Artificial Influence: An Analysis Of AI-Driven Persuasion (arxiv.org)

South Africa won’t give in to US pressure to stop using Huawei (mybroadband.co.za)

Tensions about China using Huawei to spy or sabotage systems. China is South Africa’s largest trading partner.

Nintendo has filed over 30 Tears of the Kingdom patents, registering things you wouldn't even notice in the game (www.gamesradar.com)

This article takes the interesting perspective of an anti-consumer bootlicker....

The World Food Program slowly resumes food aid to Ethiopia after months of suspension and criticism (apnews.com)

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations World Food Program is slowly resuming food aid to Ethiopia nearly five months after taking the extraordinary measure of suspending aid to millions of people after the discovery of a massive scheme to steal donated grain. WFP said it’s testing small-scale distribution in some areas but...

More than Half of Earth’s Species Live Underground (www.scientificamerican.com)

Germany: Factory output plunges amid economic gloom (www.dw.com)

Germany’s industrial output fell for a second consecutive month in June, figures published on Monday show, with a drop of 1.5% far wider than the previous month’s slip of 0.1%....

The cage match is back: Musk says Zuck fight will ‘be live-streamed on X’ (www.theverge.com)

Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan Arrested After Being Sentenced To 3 Years In Jail; Disqualified For 5 Years (www.freepressjournal.in)

Pixel Binary Transparency: verifiable security for Pixel devices - Google Security Blog (security.googleblog.com)

cross-posted from !googlepixel !android...

EA being EA (beehaw.org)

China's Smartphone Market Fell 2.1% in 2Q23 Despite the 618 Online Shopping Festival’s Push, IDC Reports (www.idc.com)

Netflix assumes 30% bitrate saving using Film Grain Synthesis (waveletbeam.com)

Living with lupus - Murffys Place (murffys-place.club)

A new Community to talk about Lupus. The general day to day impact of living with Lupus. Moderated by a 9 year diagnosis person.

Palia is the perfect game for chill vibes, either alone or co-op (www.polygon.com)

A cozy take on MMOs that elevates the genre

Azerbaijani political parties struggle amid new restrictive law (eurasianet.org)

Center-right parliament votes 102 to 1 to ban small parties

YSK About Notable Scientists Who Were Socialists, Communists, and Anarchists (lemm.ee)

Many well-known scientists throughout history have been socialists, communists, or anarchists. These scientists believed in forming a society where resources are more equitably distributed, often involving common ownership of the means of production. Here are some examples:...