Report: Democracy in Romania becomes form without substance/ Justice sacrifices its independence to serve the interests of political actors and power Institutions / The PSD-PNL Coalition Is united by the desire to control public resources (www.g4media.ro)
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BYD sees NEV share reaching 50% in the next 3 months in China (electrek.co)
Reddit prices IPO at $34 per share, sources say (www.cnbc.com)
Reddit power users balk at chance to participate in IPO as Wall Street debut nears (www.cnbc.com)
Incarcerated people in New Jersey still waiting on pay raises promised over a year ago (newjerseymonitor.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/incarcerated-people-still-waiti…
Samsung finally brings seamless updates to Galaxy smartphones! (www.sammobile.com)
Threads is automatically hiding comments that mention Pixelfed (mastodon.social)
For anyone wondering if Threads and Facebook at large will be a fine neighbor in the space and compatible with other apps/services in the fediverse: they’re already automatically hiding comments that mention Pixelfed mastodon.social/
Escaped white supremacist inmate and accomplice still at large after Idaho hospital ambush (apnews.com)
Authorities are searching for a white supremacist Idaho prison inmate and an accomplice who fled after the accomplice shot and wounded corrections officers as they were transporting the inmate from a Boise hospital, according to police....
Soldiers and civilians are dying as Mexican cartels embrace a terrifying new weapon: Land mines (www.latimes.com)
In one moment, a column of soldiers and military pickups creeps along a dirt road in western Mexico. In the next, a massive explosion sends debris and a body flying....
Add fully featured authorization to your Prisma app | Cerbos (www.cerbos.dev)
Red Dead Redemption 2 gets AMD FSR 2.2 and HDR10+ (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Baldur's Gate 3 boss blasts publisher "greed" behind layoffs (archive.is)
Student Loans: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (yt.artemislena.eu)
Canonical YouTube link
US surgeons have transplanted a pig kidney into a patient (apnews.com)
Doctors in Boston announced Thursday they have transplanted a pig kidney into a 62-year-old patient....
NVIDIA Audio2Face uses AI to generate lip synching and facial animation, showcased in two games (www.tweaktown.com)
Decentered Podcast: Interview with creator of Blacksky (wedistribute.org)
This ended up being such a great interview. I know some people will shrug it off, because it’s Bluesky and not Mastodon, but Rudy’s a super smart dude and an amazing guest, and he shed a lot of light on building a community space for black people on an emergent platform. There’s so much good info coming from this man!
Mississippi torture: Ex-police officer sentenced to 40 years (www.bbc.com)
A former Mississippi police officer has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for torturing two black men in a house....
Qualcomm Champions the Most Powerful Snapdragon 7 Series Yet, Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3, Featuring Exceptional On-Device AI Capabilities (www.qualcomm.com)
This is the official announcement post, AnandTech’s article is much better but it links to the Qualcomm post so thought that would be the main link. Pretty much confirms it’s a cut down version of the 8s Gen 3 released a few days back. The OnePlus Ace 3V already ships with this chip in China.
Israel urges UN court to reject South Africa's request for more emergency orders in genocide case (apnews.com)
In a written response published Monday by the International Court of Justice, Israel said that claims by South Africa in its request filed earlier this month are “wholly unfounded in fact and law, morally repugnant, and represent an abuse both of the Genocide Convention and of the Court itself.”
Portugal’s center-right wins an election but surging populists want a say in the government (apnews.com)
A center-right alliance led by the Social Democratic Party has won Portugal’s general election by a slender margin and is set to form a minority government that could have a difficult term in office as a radical-right populist party that came third in the voting tries to get a hand on the levers of power....
Samsung Galaxy Ring to come with Samsung Food integration (gsmarena.com)
Seen here - lemdro.id/post/7196135...