The best deals in the 2024 Steam Summer Sale (www.pcgamer.com)
Amazon Is Investigating Perplexity Over Claims of Scraping Abuse (www.wired.com)
AI companies train language models on YouTube’s archive − making family-and-friends videos a privacy risk (theconversation.com)
Researchers upend AI status quo by eliminating matrix multiplication in LLMs (arstechnica.com)
rabbit data breach: all r1 responses ever given can be downloaded (rabbitu.de)
Reward for fugitive ‘Cryptoqueen’ raised to $5m (www.bbc.co.uk)
A reward for information leading to the arrest of Ruja Ignatova, known as the Missing Cryptoqueen, has been increased by US authorities to $5m (£4m)....
Kinky Friedman, Proudly Eccentric Texas Singer-Songwriter, Dead at 79 (www.rollingstone.com)
Valve has a new Steam Chart for the most played Steam Deck games (www.gamingonlinux.com)
NATO Allies Struggle to Agree on Long-Term Funding for Ukraine (www.bloomberg.com)
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Konami Renews Trademark For Axelay, A top SNES Shoot ‘Em Up Game (www.retronews.com)
Konami, a well-known developer and publisher in the gaming industry, has recently renewed their trademark for Axelay, a highly regarded shoot 'em up game originally released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) in 1992. Axelay, developed by future Treasure members, is celebrated for showcasing the SNES’s power...
South Korean telecom company attacks torrent users with malware (www.tomshardware.com)
Belching livestock to incur green levy in Denmark from 2030 (www.theguardian.com)
Family awarded $1.5m after customs agents kept US citizens, aged nine and 14, imprisoned (www.independent.co.uk)
South Carolina GOP Women Who Filibustered Abortion Ban (After Previously Voting for It) Are Ousted (www.jezebel.com)
German carmaker Volkswagen to invest up to $5bn in US-based electric vehicle company Rivian to share technology (rivian.com)
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Far right seizes France’s conservative heartlands (www.politico.eu)
Growing grievances over a rural-urban divide help Marine Le Pen’s National Rally make inroads....
Infogrames (Atari) have acquired the Surgeon Simulator franchise (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Weirdest news of the month
The Army made her plead guilty or face prison for being gay. She’s still paying the price. (www.usatoday.com)
Thread about App Manager was removed (kbin.run)
Why?
Changes in Forza Horizon 4’s Festival Playlist and Delisting from Digital Stores (steamcommunity.com)
FH4 will be delisted from MS Store and Steam on 12/15/24. DLCs have been already delisted.
Riven (2024) released on GoG and 10% off [30€], Riven 1997 (orginal) [2.39€] (www.gog.com)
Riven (1997)