'We haven't started on an expansion' to Baldur's Gate 3, Larian says, but it's not completely off the table (www.pcgamer.com)
A level 12-20 D&D adventure would pose major new design challenges.
Portugal battles wildfires amid third heatwave of the year (www.bbc.com)
Temperatures in excess of 40C are expected to hit much of the Iberian peninsula this week.
Playing Mario Bros. (Atari 2600). How about you? (kbin.social)
:)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 already has a release date (gamerkick.com)
Activision has published the first teaser trailer for the new installment in the Call of Duty series, Modern Warfare 3 that will be released next November on PC and consoles.
The Best Under $100 Pre-Owned Mini Computers to use as Desktop PC's and Servers in 2023 | CheapSkatesGuide (cheapskatesguide.org)
Runtipi: Homeserver management made easy (www.runtipi.io)
It has an ‘App store’ that’s been growing a lot lately. Writing new docker-compose.yaml files is easy (see: www.runtipi.io/docs/…/adding-a-new-app ), and exposing them behind NAT, e.g. from home it’s easy too (see: runtipi.io/…/expose-apps-with-cloudflare-tunnels )… But my favorite perk is the folder structure...
spot on (beehaw.org)
Sadly True (lemmy.world)
Chinese embassy slams Moscow over Russian border incident (www.politico.eu)
Such criticism is unusual, as Beijing is one of Russia’s top allies and has not condemned the all-out invasion of Ukraine.
Fat people are the only group you wouldn't have to kill in a holocaust. Once they hit a BMI of 25 you can just release them from the camps. (kbin.social) German
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Why are people lining up for Worldcoin eyeball scans? “Easy $50” (restofworld.org)
Reporters visited booths of Worldcoin, a global blockchain project championed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, in Nairobi, Bengaluru, and Hong Kong to get a better sense of who was signing up for the service and why. In all three cities, the surge of interest for registering their biometrics to the blockchain was driven primarily by...
[video] Fully levitating LK-99 sample claimed replicated (www.douyin.com)
cross-posted from: derp.foo/post/108276...
Wells Fargo customers scramble after deposits disappear from their accounts (www.nbcnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1089947...
China’s rising clout in Latin America setting off alarm bells: US general (www.scmp.com)
The US risks getting “out-competed” by China in Latin America, particularly in telecommunications and other critical infrastructure, setting off alarm bells for the US, a senior American military official said on Friday....
Google Enhances Privacy Tools To Protect Personal Data (www.searchenginejournal.com)
This sounds like a good change.
Videos Show Russia Is Lying About Secret Attack on its Ship (www.thedailybeast.com)
“AI” Hurts Consumers and Workers -- and Isn’t Intelligent (techpolicy.press)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/2811405...
US border agents habitually abuse human rights, report reveals (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli navy opens fire at Palestinian fisherman in Gaza (english.wafa.ps)
GAZA, Thursday, August 3, 2023 (WAFA) – A Palestinian fisherman was Thursday injured after he was shot by Israeli navy forces as he was sailing in the Gaza Sea, sources confirmed.
Linux Desktop Share keeps increasing, 3.13% now. Narrowing the gap to ChromeOs 3.24% (gs.statcounter.com)
Microsoft keeps pushing toward repairability, now with Xbox controller parts (arstechnica.com)
Dietflation? How inflation is forcing the developed world to eat less (sh.itjust.works)
The food inflation crisis in the developing world has been front-page news. But spiraling food prices are much of a developed world problem, too....
Movie extras worry they'll be replaced by AI. Hollywood is already doing body scans (www.npr.org)
Movie extras worry they’ll be replaced by AI. Hollywood is already doing body scans::undefined
Climate change made July hotter for 4 of 5 humans on Earth, scientists find - The Mainichi (mainichi.jp)
(AP) -- Human-caused global warming made July hotter for four out of five people on Earth, with more than 2 billion people feeling climate change-boos
Hollywood Gets Snubbed in Saudi Arabia as Local-Language Films Begin to Dominate (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
If they’re not being banned in the Middle East's biggest market (where there are rumors even 'Barbie' potentially isn't safe from censors), studio tentpoles are being muscled out of the box office, sparking a trend that looks set to continue as local moviegoers sour on "Americanized" releases.
