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

Turkey hosts another round of talks to ease tensions between Ethiopia and Somalia | Africanews (www.africanews.com)

An ex-Kansas police chief who led a raid on a newspaper is charged with obstruction of justice (apnews.com)

A former Kansas police chief who led a raid last year on a weekly newspaper has been charged with felony obstruction of justice and is accused of persuading a potential witness to withhold information from authorities when they later investigated his conduct....

US reportedly offers amnesty to Venezuela's Maduro to give up power (www.semafor.com)

New Zealand to loosen gene editing regulation, make commercialization easier (www.reuters.com)

Let's try something, what was your favourite post(s) from last week?

This is supposed to be a joke but it's true... (sh.itjust.works)

r*ddit

UK charges pro-Palestine group members under terrorism law (www.aljazeera.com)

Gemini Live, Google's answer to ChatGPT's Advanced Voice Mode, launches (techcrunch.com)

U.S. Security Communications Advisor John Kirby on Ukraine's incursion in Russia: "If it’s making Putin a little uncomfortable, he can just get the hell out of Ukraine and call it a day" (www.whitehouse.gov)

Asked to comment on Russian president Putin’s recent characterization of Ukraine’s incursion in Russia’s Kursk region as “the West being at war with Russia,” Mr. Kirby said during a press meeting in the White House:...

Ex-Blizzard devs new RTS 'Stormgate' out in Early Access, works on Linux but may need a small fix (www.gamingonlinux.com)

Parts of Canada’s Boreal Forest Are Burning Faster Than They Can Regrow | The delicate balance of one the planet’s largest natural systems for storing carbon depends on the humble black spruce tree. (www.nytimes.com)

Is it possible to run linux on a pixel phone?

I’d like to use my Google Pixel 8 as a light desktop pc, via a USB-C Dock....

Horses Can Plan And Strategize, New Study Finds (plantbasednews.org)

UN Delegates Cheer As They Vote To Approve Increased Surveillance Via Russia-Backed Cybercrime Treaty (www.techdirt.com)

Converting devices to USB Type-C (youtube.com)

cross-posted from: !tech...

'Never seen a fire like this': Thousands flee as Athens battles major wildfires (www.nbcnews.com)

Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford teases Borderlands 4 [VGC] (www.videogameschronicle.com)

The Elon / Trump interview on X started with an immediate tech disaster (www.theverge.com)

Musk claims there was a DDOS attack on X — but The Verge is told there was not.

EU sends warning letter to Musk ahead of Trump interview (thehill.com)

Life trends that irritate you

Friends, what popular things around you irritate you? For example, a few years ago I was terribly annoyed by motivational speakers crawling out from under every bush

We played Valve’s secret new shooter: Deadlock (www.theverge.com)

It’s like Overwatch, Dota 2, and Team Fortress 2 all baked into a pie.

The State of global Piracy - July 2024

🏴‍☠️ AHOY fellow pirates and welcome to the state of global piracy for July 2024! ARRR! 🏴‍☠️...

Israeli Society Is in a Deepening State of Contradiction (theintercept.com)

NEARLY A YEAR into the Gaza war, the sense of dread in Israel is all-consuming. Since the twin assassinations of Hezbollah and Hamas leaders within hours of each other in Beirut and Tehran, respectively, nearly two weeks ago, Israelis have anxiously awaited a retaliatory attack by Iran and its regional allies. Despite some...