Susan Wojcicki, longtime Google executive and former YouTube CEO, has died at 56 | PBS News (www.pbs.org)
Wojcicki played a key role in Google’s creation and served nine years as YouTube’s CEO, stepping down last year to focus on her “family, health, and personal projects I’m passionate about,” she said at the time.
Initial Euro-Med Monitor investigation finds no evidence of military presence at site of Tab’een School massacre in Gaza (euromedmonitor.org)
Palestinian Territory - Initial investigations by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor found no proof or indication of any military operations or combatants at the Tab’een School in Gaza City, whose prayer hall Israel targeted in a brutal massacre that claimed the lives of over 100 Palestinians....
US publicly announces submarine move to Middle East amid Israel-Iran tensions (www.reuters.com)
India cannot fix its problems if it pretends they do not exist (www.economist.com)
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Don’t Get Fooled Again by Crypto (www.nytimes.com)
The Witcher 4 won’t “focus on Geralt,” but he will be in it [Geralt's voice actor: "Geralt will be part of the game, we just don’t know how much, and the game won’t focus on Geralt"] (www.pcgamesn.com)
Kamala Harris has cast more tie-breaking votes in the Senate than any VP in history (33) (ballotpedia.org)
While her two closest competitors John C. Calhoun (31) and John Adam’s (29) aren’t far off, it took them both two terms to reach those numbers....
Serbian president claims Russia warned him of potential coup attempt (tvpworld.com)
Man missing for 30 years reappears wearing the same clothes he left in and with no idea of what happened to him (www.msn.com)
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Chicago Sky announce plans for a $38 million training facility in Bedford Park: ‘It’s not shared. This is ours.’ (www.chicagotribune.com)
The Chicago Sky will break ground this fall on a purpose-built training center, delivering on team ownership’s promise to provide exclusive player facilities....
Today I learned that a schoolteacher called Angela Ruiz Robles invented the precursor to the e-book in 1948 (blog.codeweek.eu)
Domino's India franchisee Jubilant reports two-fold surge in Q1 profit (www.reuters.com)
Jubilant FoodWorks (JUBI.NS), opens new tab, Domino’s Pizza’s (DPZ.N), opens new tab Indian franchisee, reported a near two-fold increase in first-quarter profit on Friday, as value meals attracted budget-conscious customers....
Hindenburg alleges India market regulator chief held stake in offshore funds used by Adani Group (www.reuters.com)
U.S. based short-seller Hindenburg Research alleged on Saturday that the head of India’s market regulator, Madhabi Puri Buch, previously held investments in offshore funds also used by the Adani Group....
Britain’s far right enjoys unparalleled impunity on Telegram (www.politico.eu)
Far-right agitators have long enjoyed an unparalleled level of impunity on Telegram....
Warner Music is Looking for an Anti-Piracy Expert to Monitor Leaks. (torrentfreak.com)
EXCLUSIVE: Ex-deputy who killed Sonya Massey had history of complaints involving women (www.usatoday.com)
The sheriff’s deputy charged with fatally shooting Sonya Massey in the face has been the subject of several complaints alleging belligerent behavior toward women, a USA TODAY review of public records shows....
How to Get Wifi Signal Strength via CLI using nmcli on Fedora or Ubuntu (blog.benyamin.xyz)
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Ukraine aims to ‘destabilise Russia’ with thousands of troops in Kursk incursion (www.theguardian.com)
Official says Kyiv is seeking to ‘stretch the enemy’ and western partners were ‘indirectly’ involved...
Women are less interested in AI than men, but using it would help them advance at work. (theconversation.com)
AMD lawyers claw back CUDA compatibility layer ZLUDA (www.theregister.com)
Wayland Merges New Screen Capture Protocols (www.phoronix.com)
The ext-image-capture-source-v1 and ext-image-copy-capture-v1 screen copy protocols build upon wlroots’ wlr-screencopy-unstable-v1 with various improvements for better screen capture support under Wayland. These new protocols should allow for better performance and window capturing support for use-cases around RDP/VNC remote...
Rwanda's President Kagame sworn in to extend lengthy tenure (www.reuters.com)
KIGALI, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame was sworn into office on Sunday for a five-year term, after a landslide win in last month’s election extended his near quarter century in office....