India's Chandrayaan-3 becomes the first space mission to land near the south pole of the Moon (www.bbc.com)
SD Maid terminated from Play Store due to 'Stalkerware policy' (www.androidpolice.com)
Eternity v0.1.0 released! Formerly Infinity for Lemmy (codeberg.org)
cross-posted from !eternityapp...
‘Frasier’ Revival Sets Premiere Date at Paramount+, First Two Episodes to Air on CBS (+teaser). (variety.com)
The “Frasier” revival at Paramount+ has set its premiere date....
AI bots are so good at mimicking the human brain and vision that CAPTCHAs are useless (qz.com)
US businessman is wannabe ‘warlord’ of secretive far-right men’s network (www.theguardian.com)
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Upcoming .COM and .XYZ domain price increases (www.namecheap.com)
On September 1, 2023, the domains registry for .COM and .XYZ will implement universal price increases of up to 9% for .COM renewals, and up to 9% for .XYZ renewals, registrations, and transfers.
The Metal Gear Solid Collection is so true to Hideo Kojima's "original vision" that it needed a new content warning (www.gamesradar.com)
Hospital bosses love AI. Doctors and nurses are worried. (www.washingtonpost.com)
Hospital bosses love AI. Doctors and nurses are worried.::undefined
207 Hours Overtime: Japanese Man in Kobe Worked to Death (unseen-japan.com)
A medical resident worked 207 hours of overtime in a month. His case highlights Japan's continuing problem with karoshi - death by overwork.
Kept in captive isolation for nearly 53 years, Lolita the orca dies amidst plans for release (www.salon.com)
According to a statement from the Miami Seaquarium, she died due to a suspected renal condition
Microsoft released the first version of QuickBASIC on August 18, 1985 on a single 5.25-inch 360 KB floppy disk (en.wikipedia.org)
WhatsApp Will Soon Let Users Share Photos in HD (www.thurrott.com)
WhatsApp is finally letting users share pictures in better quality. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the new capability on Instagram today (via The Verge), and support for HD pictures will roll out to all WhatsApp users over the next few weeks....
8BitDo stuffed 16 buttons into its hand-crampingly small Micro controller (www.engadget.com)
Arthritis can be yours for $25....
HP fails to derail claims that it bricks scanners on multifunction printers when ink runs low (apnews.com)
80% of execs regret calling employees back to the office (www.theregister.com)
80% of execs regret calling employees back to the office::Or so says a worrying survey
Final Fantasy 16 Producer Naoki Yoshida Wishes There Was Only One Console - IGN (www.ign.com)
Final Fantasy 16 producer and 14 director Naoki Yoshida wishes everyone played games on the same console.
Librem 5 Phone Review - August 2023 (portal.mozz.us)
The duality of humanity. (lemm.ee)
U.S. unveils plans for large facilities to capture carbon directly from air (www.science.org)
Spider-Man: No Way Home Director Confirms What We All Suspected About the Ending (thedirect.com)
The Spider-Man: No Way Home - The Art of the Movie book just landed on shelves worldwide, and in it, the film’s director, Jon Watts, confirmed what audiences always suspected about the ending of the movie: it ends at the beginning.
Russia Expands Oil Exports To China Via Arctic (www.breitbart.com)
Russian tankers that would normally carry oil to European customers are instead being rerouted through the Arctic to China.
Notes on using a single-person Mastodon server (jvns.ca)
Julia Evans (@bork) writes about her experience of running and using a single-person Mastodon server. The post also links to other people’s experiences in-between.
Larian's unfair advantage (credistick.com)
This post was inspired by two things I saw recently: The connection between these two items is not obvious, but it is interesting. The lemon problem WeFunder, for the uninitiated, is a crowdfunding platform for (primarily) technology companies. It allows community-oriented startups to sell a small % of ownership to their users...
Player stats for the first weekend of Baldur's Gate 3 (store.steampowered.com)
We’ve cooked up some statistics highlighting data from the opening weekend following launch and prepared a handy infographic outlining player choices, actions, deaths, and the like. Some inspiration as we head into our second weekend, if you will.
