Commented - kbin.life - A general use kbin instance with a slight emphasis on the technical

Vudu’s name is changing to “Fandango at Home” (www.theverge.com)

Alan Wake 2 sales figures are letting Remedy feel confident about Control 2 - even if the game hasn't made any profit yet (www.vg247.com)

Brazil’s Lula compares Israel’s war on Gaza with the Holocaust (www.aljazeera.com)

Wisconsin Picks New Legislative Maps That Would End Years of GOP Gerrymandering (www.propublica.org)

Under legal pressure to address Wisconsin’s “Swiss cheese” and oddly shaped districts, the Legislature approved redrawn maps that promise to create a new dynamic in a state known for its pivotal role in national politics....

Game over? Industry suffers slowdown after decades-long winning streak (www.ft.com)

almost certain this is behind a paywall and usually FT is one you can’t get around, so some choice excerpts:...

Rub it all over (lemmy.zip)

Russia attempting to develop nuclear space weapon to destroy satellites with massive energy wave, sources familiar with intel say (www.cnn.com)

Russia is trying to develop a nuclear space weapon that would destroy satellites by creating a massive energy wave when detonated, potentially crippling a vast swath of the commercial and government satellites that the world below depends on to talk on cell phones, pay bills, and surf the internet, according to three sources...

Chun Ki-won: Hero pastor jailed for sexually abusing North Korea teenage escapees (www.bbc.com)

Police accused him of molesting six North Korean teenagers, including defectors sleeping in the dormitories of the alternative school he had founded at his Durihana mission....

FBI informant charged with lying about Joe and Hunter Biden’s ties to Ukrainian energy company (apnews.com)

WASHINGTON (AP) — An FBI informant has been charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and a Ukrainian energy company, a claim that is central to the Republican impeachment inquiry in Congress....

Nato says record number of allies hit defence target (www.bbc.com)

Climate activists target Botticelli's 'Birth of Venus' in Florence's Uffizi Gallery (apnews.com)

Two climate activists on Tuesday targeted Botticelli’s masterpiece “The Birth of Venus” hanging at Florence’s Uffizi Gallery, attaching images of recent flood damage in the Tuscany region on the protective glass.

Global warming is making Greenland greener (www.nbcnews.com)

A study of satellite images found that an estimated 11,000 square miles of Greenland’s ice sheet and glaciers have melted over the past 30 years, giving way...

Medieval Open-World RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance Passes Six Million Sales (techraptor.net)

Elderly Alaska man is first reported person to die of recently discovered Alaskapox virus (www.seattletimes.com)

The man was undergoing cancer treatment and had a suppressed immune system because of the drugs, which may have contributed to the severity of his illness, the bulletin said. It described him as elderly but didn’t provide his age....

I've been trying to get her comfortable on my shoulders and she finally crawled up there on her own! (sopuli.xyz)

Amazon defends facial-recognition tech sale to FBI despite moratorium (www.computerweekly.com)

HDMI: New certifications make old HDMI app almost obsolete (www.notebookcheck.net)

The new certifications for HDMI cables are now slowly coming onto the market. Known as Gen 2, these certifications will provide verification for the authenticity of a given cable and gradually replace the first generation certifications....

If you didn't get an invite for Arc on Windows, give Firefox + Sidebery a try (www.reddit.com)

Sorry for the Reddit link, here’s an archive: archive.is/9crVy

This Guy Has Built an Open Source Search Engine as an Alternative to Google in His Spare Time (www.404media.co)

“I found it very weird that there essentially is no way to browse the web in an open manner. So that’s what I am trying to build,” the founder of Stract said.

Venezuela building up troops on Guyana border, satellite images show (www.theguardian.com)

US Credit Union Service Leaks Millions of Records and Passwords in Plain Text (www.hackread.com)

Italy’s far-right government submits plan to decriminalise abuse of office (www.theguardian.com)

State of emergency declared in Iceland after volcanic eruption (www.bbc.com)

A state of emergency has been declared in Iceland after lava from a volcanic eruption damaged key hot water pipes....

Brazil police seizing Bolsonaro passport, arresting close aides (www.reuters.com)

BRASILIA, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Brazil’s federal police on Thursday sought to confiscate former President Jair Bolsonaro’s passport and arrest some of his closest aides, sources said, as part of an investigation into an alleged coup attempt after he lost the 2022 election....