At least 5 killed after air dropped aid falls on them in Gaza | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Bluesky Early Access Federation for Self-Hosters (docs.bsky.app)
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As more developers confirm, it looks likely that ALL Adult Swim Games titles will be removed by May (delistedgames.com)
This. Sucks. I really love games like Duck Game, Kingsway, and Super House of Dead Ninjas.
“It‘s kind of depressing”: WB Discovery pulls indie game for “business changes” (arstechnica.com)
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EU says it’s investigating why Apple terminated Epic’s developer account (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Honestly, both these companies can kind of get bent with their anti-consumer practices.
In some states the death penalty is administered by volunteers. (npr.org)
The NYPD is using social media to target critics. That brings its own set of worries (apnews.com)
Produced in-house by the New York Police Department and promoted across its official social media channels, the dramatic two-minute clip reflects a concerted effort by the nation’s largest police force to engage the public and influence policy through a more aggressive online presence....
New Rust update adds a tutorial island for new players (www.destructoid.com)
Macron Ready to Send Troops to Ukraine if Russia Approaches Kyiv or Odesa (www.kyivpost.com)
Mounting research shows that COVID-19 leaves its mark on the brain, including with significant drops in IQ scores (theconversation.com)
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Midjourney Accuses Stability AI of Image Theft, Bans Its Employees (80.lv)
According to a recent tweet shared by AI enthusiast Nick St. Pierre, the alleged theft occurred last Saturday. It is claimed that employees from Stability AI infiltrated Midjourney’s database and stole all prompt and image pairs, an action that also caused a 24-hour outage. In response, MJ reportedly banned all Stable...
Activision QA Workers Form Largest US Video Game Union Yet (www.theverge.com)
In regards to the recent GDPR discussions, here is the Mastodon Privacy Guide V.1.0, which provides some advice and guidelines to instance admins (github.com)
Boy, 11, stopped by police while driving BMW X5 towing a caravan on M1 (news.sky.com)
"Around 600 Activision QA workers are unionizing under the Communication Workers of America, making it the largest union in North American game development." (web.archive.org)
Dark energy remains a mystery. Maybe AI can help crack the code (www.space.com)
‘70% unknown’ gives me hope
EA just added classics like Dungeon Keeper, SimCity 3000, and Populous on Steam (www.theverge.com)
There hasn’t been a lot of good news out of EA lately, but here’s some: the company just launched a bunch of classic games on Steam. The new (old) releases include nine games in total, spanning franchises like Dungeon Keeper, Populous, and SimCity....
Lewiston, Maine mass shooter had traumatic brain injuries, new scan finds (www.nbcnews.com)
“Robert Card had evidence of traumatic brain injury. In the white matter, the nerve fibers that allow for communication between different areas of the brain, there was significant degeneration, axonal and myelin loss, inflammation, and small blood vessel injury,” lead author Ann McKee said in a statement issued by the family...
'Complete Madness': Israel Blocks Food Aid as More Gaza Children Starve to Death (www.commondreams.org)
According to the Gaza Health Ministry, 21 people in Gaza ranging from 1 day to 72 years old have died from malnutrition and dehydration. However, the humanitarian group Defense for Children International - Palestine (DCIP) warned that “the true death toll due to starvation is feared to be much higher as many Palestinians,...
Pensioner caught on camera spraying graffiti on Margaret Thatcher statue (metro.co.uk)
I love this pensioner.
Wine 9.4 Released (gitlab.winehq.org)
The Wine development release 9.4 is now available....
Step aside graphics cards, you can now run ray tracing on a CPU [ 1fps (one frame per second) with 34% CPU and 0% GPU utilisation] (www.pcgamesn.com)
Anon perpetuates and expands the cycle of abuse (sh.itjust.works)
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Israeli settlers cross into Gaza, build 'symbolic' outpost (www.972mag.com)
From the first moments of the war, it was clear that right-wing Israeli politicians and settler leaders sensed an opportunity to radically shift the status quo in Israel-Palestine. For months, calls to resettle Gaza — often in the same breath as calling to expel the Strip’s 2.3 million Palestinian residents — have been...
