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The Metal Gear Solid Collection is so true to Hideo Kojima's "original vision" that it needed a new content warning (www.gamesradar.com)

NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as 'state-affiliated media' (www.npr.org)

Americans will likely run out of excess pandemic savings this quarter: study (thehill.com)

Americans will likely deplete the rest of the excess savings they accumulated during the pandemic this quarter, according to a new study from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco....

Elon Musk's X follower count bloated by millions of new, inactive accounts (mashable.com)

We took a close look at Elon Musk's more than 150 million followers on X aka Twitter. What we found is…concerning.

The Big Short investor Michael Burry bets $1.6bn on stock market crash (news.sky.com)

Michael Burry, who founded Scion Asset Management, appears to have placed a large proportion of the fund’s assets at risk.

YouTube accused of aiming ads at kids after promising it wouldn't do that (www.theregister.com)

YouTube accused of aiming ads at kids after promising it wouldn’t do that::Web giant comes out swinging, says allegations ‘without merit’

U.S. intelligence says Ukraine will fail to meet offensive’s key goal (www.washingtonpost.com)

Sony expects a delay in smartphone market recovery till 2024 (www.hardwarezone.com.sg)

China's Evergrande files for bankruptcy (www.cnn.com)

China’s Evergrande Group — once the country’s second-largest property developer — filed for bankruptcy in New York on Thursday.

CBC: Sask. engineer slapped with an 18-month suspension after designing bridge that collapsed hours after opening (www.cbc.ca)

HMD’s repairable Nokia phone initiative lands stateside (www.theverge.com)

HMD is bringing its repairable phone initiative to the US with the Nokia G310, a $186 smartphone that’ll be available from T-Mobile and Metro by T-Mobile on August 24th. This is technically the third smartphone HMD has released with a design that makes it easier to replace commonly broken components like its battery and...

Argentina: Vultures Come Home to Roost (prospect.org)

Red Hat looking to hire a bootloader developer (www.theregister.com)

X, formerly Twitter, slowed down access to Threads, The New York Times, Bluesky and more (techcrunch.com)

X, formerly known as Twitter, was throttling traffic to websites that the social network’s owner Elon Musk publicly dislikes. The platform slowed down the speed it takes when accessing links to a handful of websites, including The New York Times, Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, Threads, Reuters and Substack. The platform appears...

American Airlines, Google say they can wipe out most contrails, but more fuel required (techxplore.com)

Russian central bank jacks up interest rates to 12% at emergency meeting after ruble plunge (www.cnbc.com)

Russia’s central bank on Tuesday hiked interest rates by 350 basis points to 12% at an emergency meeting, as Moscow looks to halt a rapid depreciation of the country’s ruble currency....

She Just Had a Baby. Soon, She'll Start 7th Grade. (time.com)

After the fall of Roe v. Wade, some travel hundreds of miles to get abortions. This is the story of a girl who couldn't

Fears UK’s cashless society will leave more than just the vulnerable behind (www.theguardian.com)

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Russian bombers intercepted heading to NATO airspace (www.telegraph.co.uk)

Russian ruble is now worth less than a penny, infuriating Vladimir Putin’s inner circle: ‘They’re laughing at us’ (fortune.com)

Vladimir Putin’s luck may be running out now that the ruble plunged below one cent, the lowest level against the U.S. dollar since the early days of his war in Ukraine.

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The U.S. Government Wants To Control Online Speech to “Protect Kids” (www.eff.org)

The U.S. Government Wants To Control Online Speech to “Protect Kids”::The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), a bill that allows for a wide range of government penalties for online speech, could soon be passed by Congress. If that happens, the access we have to information may be forever changed. KOSA will make state prosecutors...