Mesa 23.3 Lands Optional Support For Allowing Game Tearing On Wayland (www.phoronix.com)
Monkey Island-like Foolish Mortals moved to 2024, improvements inbound (www.eurogamer.net)
Ukrainian Accounts of Torture Point to Systematic Russian Policy, Expert Says (www.nytimes.com)
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Environmental Protection Agency delays new ozone pollution standards until after the 2024 election (apnews.com)
The Environmental Protection Agency is delaying plans to tighten air quality standards for smog despite a recommendation by a scientific advisory panel to lower air pollution limits to protect public health....
Hong Kong's top court rules in favour of same-sex civil unions but not marriage (www.france24.com)
Hong Kong’s top court ruled Tuesday in favour of same-sex partnerships including civil unions but stopped short of granting full marriage rights in a partial win for the city’s LGBTQ community....
Worf and Riker Have a Heart to Heart in Star Trek: Picard Deleted Scene (gizmodo.com)
Two people detained in China for allegedly damaging Great Wall with excavator (www.cnn.com)
Two people have been detained in China after allegedly damaging a section of the Great Wall in the northern Shanxi province with an excavator, according to state broadcaster CCTV....
Push to expand voting rights gains ground in 2023 (www.axios.com)
Iceland resumes whale hunting under stricter rules to 'improve animal welfare' (www.france24.com)
Iceland’s government said that whaling could resume Friday with stricter conditions and monitoring, after it decided not to extend a temporary two-month ban imposed amid animal welfare concerns....
Workers stage Japan's first strike in decades over department store sale (www.reuters.com)
Nintendo Direct announced for this week (www.eurogamer.net)
Tune in this Thursday, 31st August at 3pm UK time for roughly 15 minutes of action from the game, broadcast via YouTube
Starfield is Bethesda's Least Buggiest Game to Date, Say Sources (insider-gaming.com)
Bob Barker, Betty White and Their Fight Over Billy the Elephant (www.nytimes.com)
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China is launching an ‘unprecedented’ crackdown on corruption in its health industry as economic woes pile up (www.cnn.com)
China has launched a sweeping anti-corruption campaign targeting its hospitals, pharmaceutical industry and insurance funds as it grapples with mounting economic challenges and long-standing public frustration about high costs in the behemoth health care sector....
Kroll Employee SIM-Swapped for Crypto Investor Data – Krebs on Security (krebsonsecurity.com)
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‘You must all die’: The Myanmar military’s war on Sagaing Catholics (www.frontiermyanmar.net)
Dragon Age Dreadwolf keeps getting delayed internally, report claims | VGC (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Data breach at French govt agency exposes info of 10 million people (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
OpenTF announces fork of Terraform (opentf.org)
Jailed WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich’s arrest is extended by a Moscow court, state news agency says (apnews.com)
A Moscow court ruled Thursday that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich must stay in jail on espionage charges until the end of November, Russian state news agency Tass reported....
API Misuse: Hacker Leaks 2.6M Duolingo Users' Emails & Names (www.hackread.com)
Implanted microchips restore feeling, movement for first time in man with quadriplegia (knowridge.com)
Ads are coming to TikTok search results (www.theverge.com)
"Monolith" gets renamed to Star of Providence, gives away DLC for free (store.steampowered.com)
This is a bit of a weird one. “Monolith” got renamed due to the name being trademarked by Warner Bros. They decided to give away the DLC for free and seem to be releasing the game on Switch soon via Big Mode publishing....
What the Hachette v. Internet Archive Decision Means for Our Library | Internet Archive Blogs (blog.archive.org)
Last Friday, the Southern District of New York court issued its final order in Hachette v. Internet Archive, thus bringing the lower court proceedings to a close. We disagree with the court’s decision and intend to appeal. In the meantime, however, we will abide by the court’s injunction....
