Valve COO on Epic's Tim Sweeney "you mad bro?" when launching the Epic Store (repost, clarified was internal email) (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Argentina inflation slows for a second month as President Milei keeps pushing austerity measures (apnews.com)
Gaza medics tell BBC that Israeli troops beat and humiliated them after hospital raid (www.bbc.com)
Palestinian medical staff in Gaza have told the BBC they were blindfolded, detained, forced to strip and repeatedly beaten by Israeli troops after a raid at their hospital last month....
French journalists were able to get access to a confidential report from the French Defense Dpt. on the war. (www.marianne.net)
TLDR...
Ex-Activision CEO Bobby Kotick looks to buy TikTok amid shutdown fears - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)
TikTok has been at the center of controversy for the United States government in the last few years. Particularly, members of the Senate believe China-based parent company ByteDance could spy on its users and share information with the Chinese Government....
US says UFO sightings likely secret military tests (www.bbc.co.uk)
Voters approve Pride flag ban in first-of-its-kind ballot measure in Huntington Beach CA (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Scientists find a simple way to destroy 'forever chemicals' — by beheading them (www.livescience.com)
the chemicals may interfere with the body’s hormones, raise cholesterol levels, affect fertility and increase the risk of certain cancers, according to the EPA."
Houthi attack kills two sailors in group’s first fatal strike on shipping (www.aljazeera.com)
The Houthis claimed responsibility for the attack on Wednesday, which set the Greek-owned, Barbados-flagged ship True Confidence ablaze approximately 50 nautical miles (93km) off the coast of Yemen’s port of Aden....
Previously paid Nintendo DS emulator app on Android goes free (DraStic DS) (www.androidheadlines.com)
Yuzu is gone. (yuzu-emu.org)
They settled for $2.4M and shut everything down....
Max Password Sharing Crackdown Is Coming (www.thewrap.com)
Max’s paid sharing initiative will launch later this year, with a broader rollout in 2025. Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max will join competitors Netflix and Disney+ in cracking down on password sharing....
The Billionaire-Fueled Lobbying Group Behind the State Bills to Ban Basic Income Experiments in the U.S. (www.scottsantens.com)
User got a $104K bill from hosting provider(Netlify): “I thought it was a joke” (cybernews.com)
Joe Biden’s disapproval rating reaches new high, according to new poll (www.theguardian.com)
The survey found that just one in four voters (24%) think the country is moving in the right direction – a key question in the run-up to a national election – and more than twice as many voters said that Biden’s policies had personally hurt them than those who said they had helped....
Company forgets why they exist after 11-week migration to Kubernetes (www.theolognion.com)
The site name’s a play on “The Onion” so it’s gotta be satire, right? I couldn’t find an about page to confirm.
Biden Calls Chinese Electric Vehicles a Security Threat (www.nytimes.com)
Biden Calls Chinese Electric Vehicles a Security Threat::The president ordered an investigation into auto technology that could track U.S. drivers, part of a broader effort to stop E.V. and other smart-car imports from China.
Pakistan woman in Arabic script dress saved from mob claiming blasphemy (www.bbc.com)
An angry mob in Pakistan accused a woman who wore a dress adorned with Arabic calligraphy of blasphemy, after mistaking them for Quran verses....
Nintendo goes after Switch emulator yuzu in new lawsuit (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Police shut more than 14,000 accounts on Mega, Tutanota and Protonmail (therecord.media)
Putin banked €1B last year from EU fuel buys despite ban (www.politico.eu)
Seven refineries processing Moscow’s crude in India, Turkey and Bulgaria continued exporting refined fuels to the EU.
More Than Half the World Faces High Risk of Measles Outbreaks Following 'Big Gaps' in Immunizations, WHO Says (people.com)
More than half the world will be at a “high or very high risk” of measles outbreaks by the end of 2024, according to the World Health Organization (WHO)....
AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile customers hit by widespread cellular outages in U.S. (www.nbcnews.com)
Over 50,000 AT&T outages were reported at about 7 a.m. ET Thursday, with most issues reported in Houston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, and Atlanta, according to tracking site Downdetector....
Oklahoma police say nonbinary teen's death was not result of injuries from high school fight (apnews.com)
Police in Oklahoma say a teen who died a day after an altercation at school did not die as a result of injuries sustained in the fight.
Infamous mommy vlogger Ruby Franke sentenced to up to 60 years for child abuse (www.msnbc.com)
Ruby Franke, a once-popular online mom influencer with millions of followers, has been sentenced to four one- to 15-year terms in prison for child abuse....
