AMD HDMI2.1 proposal rejected by HDMI forum (gitlab.freedesktop.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/12544593...
Fight hasn’t been ruled out as cause of Nex Benedict’s death, police say (www.nbcnews.com)
A police spokesman said previous statements that Nex Benedict didn’t die as a result of “trauma” didn’t rule out the fight as a contributing factor.
Nintendo is suing the makers of the Switch emulator Yuzu, claims 'There is no lawful way to use Yuzu' (www.pcgamer.com)
Nintendo says Yuzu played a large role in encouraging piracy of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
Firefighters needed so much water that a Minnesota town's people were asked to go without (apnews.com)
Firefighters needed so much water to battle a huge grain elevator blaze that they had to ask the whole town to go without — even canceling school to conserve the water supply, officials said....
Avast ordered to stop selling browsing data from its browsing privacy apps (arstechnica.com)
US Announces 500 New Sanctions Against Russia Following Alexei Navalny’s Death (www.forbes.com)
Charges against alleged white supremacists are tossed by a California judge for the second time (apnews.com)
For the second time in five years, federal charges against alleged members of a violent white supremacist group accused of inciting violence at California political rallies were dismissed by a federal judge who found they were selectively prosecuted....
Conservative government would require ID to watch porn: Poilievre (toronto.citynews.ca)
Conservative government would require ID to watch porn: Poilievre::OTTAWA — A future Conservative government would change the law to require that porn websites verify the age of users to prevent minors from accessing the content, Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre signalled on Wednesday. When asked whether his government would...
Spam attack on Twitter/X rival Mastodon highlights 'fediverse' vulnerabilities (techcrunch.com)
Exclusive: Israeli forces fired on food convoy in Gaza, UN documents and satellite analysis reveals (edition.cnn.com)
Israel-Gaza war: World Food Programme stops deliveries to northern Gaza - BBC (www.bbc.com)
Cougar attacks five mountain bikers on a trail in Washington state (www.npr.org)
A group of five cyclists were riding on a trail in Fall City, Wash., when they were attacked by at least one cougar this past weekend.
Someone had to say it: Scientists propose AI apocalypse kill switches (www.theregister.com)
Someone had to say it: Scientists propose AI apocalypse kill switches::Better visibility and performance caps would be good for regulation too
Linux Gaming Distros: Ubuntu and Manjaro Fall Further Into Oblivion - February 2024 (boilingsteam.com)
What's stopping ukraine from using tunnel boring machines in order to go pass russian lines ? (sh.itjust.works)
Twitter front-end Nitter dies as Musk wins war against third-party services (arstechnica.com)
OpenAI Wants to Eat Google Search's Lunch (gizmodo.com)
Starbreeze admits Payday 3 is massively underperforming (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Payday 3 launched for Windows PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X | S in September 2023 but has seemingly struggled to win over players. The title currently has a ‘mixed’ rating on Steam with over 36,000 user reviews, although the vast majority of recent reviews have been ‘mostly negative.’...
One dead, nine injured in shooting at Chiefs' victory parade (www.espn.com)
Not surprised unfortunately, anyone guessing not right-winger?
[Speculation] Will Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 explain the Romulan Supernova? – Trek Central (trekcentral.net)
Egypt Threatens Netanyahu with End of Camp David Peace Accords if he Invades Rafah (znetwork.org)
Israel frees two hostages in Rafah under cover of air strike; health officials say 37 killed (www.reuters.com)
DOHA/JERUSALEM, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Israel launched a special forces operation that freed two Israeli hostages in Rafah amid air strikes early on Monday, which local health officials said killed 37 people and wounded dozens in the southern Gaza city....
Sky News ‘Not Seen Proof’ That UNWRA Aids Hamas After Reviewing Israel’s ‘Evidence’ (www.mediaite.com)
“The Israeli intelligence documents make several claims that Sky News has not seen proof of and many of the claims, even if true, do not directly implicate UNRWA,” Middle East correspondent Alistair Bunkall wrote Thursday.
Reddit beats film industry again, won’t have to reveal pirates’ IP addresses (arstechnica.com)
Reddit beats film industry again, won’t have to reveal pirates’ IP addresses::Firms wanted seven years’ worth of IP address logs on users who discussed piracy.
Walmart, Delta, Chevron and Starbucks are using AI to monitor employee messages (www.cnbc.com)
Walmart, Delta, Chevron and Starbucks are using AI to monitor employee messages::Aware uses AI to analyze companies’ employee messages across Slack, Microsoft Teams, Zoom and other communications services.
