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Sniper shot Trump gunman's weapon and delayed him - report (www.bbc.com)

Starbucks piles whipped cream atop CEO pay problem (www.reuters.com)

Few financial decisions are as vibes-driven as CEO pay. How much is too much is mostly a question of who’s counting and what it’s measured against. Starbucks, for example, is paying new boss Brian Niccol a potential $145 million package that, at first glance, seems like the boardroom equivalent of a venti caramel ribbon...

Behold, Diablo is fully playable in your browser (arstechnica.com)

5,000 AI-Controlled Fake X Accounts Linked to China Disinformation Campaign, Researchers Reveal (thecyberexpress.com)

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Medicare announces lower prices on 10 common, high-cost drugs (www.nbcnews.com)

The negotiations with drugmakers are projected to save older adults $1.5 billion in out-of-pocket costs when the new prices go into effect in 2026....

Diablo’s Classic Adventure Now Playable in Your Browser (www.retronews.com)

Diablo fans have developed a web browser port that allows users to play the original Diablo game on any internet-connected device.

[Texas] Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues General Motors for Unlawfully Collecting Drivers’ Private Data and Selling It To Several Companies, Including Insurance Companies (www.texasattorneygeneral.gov)

More than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza in the Israel-Hamas war, the territory’s Health Ministry says (abcnews.go.com)

Google monopoly ruling: where the tech giant goes from here. (theconversation.com)

The Final Fantasy 9 upscale mod just got a surprise update after 3 years, including a 'full rework' of its backgrounds, 120 fps, ultrawide, and more (www.pcgamer.com)

Oreon: A Fresh AlmaLinux-Based Distro Designed for Desktop Users (linuxiac.com)

The 1992 Chrysler Town & Country (lemmy.world)

Feast your eyes upon its glory

STORM: AI agents role-play as "Wikipedia editors" and "experts" to create Wikipedia-like articles, a more sophisticated effort than previous auto-generation systems (en.wikipedia.org)

A paper[1] presented in June at the NAACL 2024 conference describes "how to apply large language models to write grounded and organized long-form articles from scratch, with comparable breadth and depth to Wikipedia pages." A "research prototype" version of the resulting "STORM" system is available online and has already...

New Zealand Charity Accidentally Gives Away Meth Disguised as Candy (www.nytimes.com)

CERN breakthrough detector captures high-energy neutrinos for 1st time (interestingengineering.com)

Bluesky: Social media site reports surge in new UK users after Elon Musk's riot comments (news.sky.com)

Social media platform Bluesky says it has seen a surge in signups in the United Kingdom in recent days....

Project 2025 promises billions of tonnes more carbon pollution – study (www.theguardian.com)

Experts say climate policies contained within rightwing manifesto would wreck US climate targets and cost jobs...

Paramount is shutting down its TV studio as part of a new wave of layoffs (www.theverge.com)

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A simple chart with music concepts that i put together (www.tumblr.com)

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Arkansas Secretary of state flips, flops and flips on rules as abortion amendment court battle continues (arktimes.com)

The future of a ballot initiative to restore abortion rights in Arkansas could come down to just who counts as a “sponsor” signing a piece of compliance paperwork about paid canvassers. But court filings last week suggest that Secretary of State John Thurston is applying the rules on that issue in very different and...