WhatsApp Will Soon Let Users Share Photos in HD (www.thurrott.com)
WhatsApp is finally letting users share pictures in better quality. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the new capability on Instagram today (via The Verge), and support for HD pictures will roll out to all WhatsApp users over the next few weeks....
8BitDo stuffed 16 buttons into its hand-crampingly small Micro controller (www.engadget.com)
Arthritis can be yours for $25....
HP fails to derail claims that it bricks scanners on multifunction printers when ink runs low (apnews.com)
80% of execs regret calling employees back to the office (www.theregister.com)
80% of execs regret calling employees back to the office::Or so says a worrying survey
Final Fantasy 16 Producer Naoki Yoshida Wishes There Was Only One Console - IGN (www.ign.com)
Final Fantasy 16 producer and 14 director Naoki Yoshida wishes everyone played games on the same console.
Librem 5 Phone Review - August 2023 (portal.mozz.us)
The duality of humanity. (lemm.ee)
U.S. unveils plans for large facilities to capture carbon directly from air (www.science.org)
Spider-Man: No Way Home Director Confirms What We All Suspected About the Ending (thedirect.com)
The Spider-Man: No Way Home - The Art of the Movie book just landed on shelves worldwide, and in it, the film’s director, Jon Watts, confirmed what audiences always suspected about the ending of the movie: it ends at the beginning.
Russia Expands Oil Exports To China Via Arctic (www.breitbart.com)
Russian tankers that would normally carry oil to European customers are instead being rerouted through the Arctic to China.
Notes on using a single-person Mastodon server (jvns.ca)
Julia Evans (@bork) writes about her experience of running and using a single-person Mastodon server. The post also links to other people’s experiences in-between.
Larian's unfair advantage (credistick.com)
This post was inspired by two things I saw recently: The connection between these two items is not obvious, but it is interesting. The lemon problem WeFunder, for the uninitiated, is a crowdfunding platform for (primarily) technology companies. It allows community-oriented startups to sell a small % of ownership to their users...
Player stats for the first weekend of Baldur's Gate 3 (store.steampowered.com)
We’ve cooked up some statistics highlighting data from the opening weekend following launch and prepared a handy infographic outlining player choices, actions, deaths, and the like. Some inspiration as we head into our second weekend, if you will.
I like having proprietary surveillance listening device in my house (beehaw.org)
A rocket with a lunar landing craft blasts off on Russia’s first moon mission in nearly 50 years (www.thehindu.com)
“Study of the moon is not the goal,” said Vitaly Egorov, a popular Russian space analyst. “The goal is political competition between two superpowers — China and the USA — and a number of other countries which also want to claim the title of space superpower.”
Fatal Tesla crash may have involved autopilot system (www.forbes.com.au)
Owners of Swatch LGBTQ watches in Malaysia could face fine, up to 3 years' jail (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Maui resident: 'We still have dead bodies floating in the water' (www.bbc.co.uk)
A Lahaina resident talks about the recovery efforts after a wildfire swept through the Maui town.
Kim Jong Un fires top general, orders North Korean military to ‘gird for war’. (edition.cnn.com)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has fired his top general amid a shakeup of the country’s military leadership and wants his army to “gird for a war,” state media reported Thursday.
Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from sudden 'deactivation' (kuow.org)
Microsoft's £1/$1 Xbox Game Pass offer cut from a month to 14 days (www.eurogamer.net)
Earlier in the year they removed the trial offer. Now it’s returned, but worse than before.
$5 billion Google lawsuit over ‘incognito mode’ tracking moves a step closer to trial | Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers denied Google’s push for a summary judgment in a lawsuit over the way it tracked... (www.theverge.com)
$5 billion Google lawsuit over ‘incognito mode’ tracking moves a step closer to trial | Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers denied Google’s push for a summary judgment in a lawsuit over the way it tracked…::Google’s push for a summary judgment in a lawsuit over tracking internet activity even after users activated Chrome’s...
Bayonetta director Hideki Kamiya thinks Japanese devs should be proud of 'JRPG' (www.gamesradar.com)
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