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Fedora 40 Eyes Dropping GNOME X11 Session Support (www.phoronix.com)

Unity Overhauls Controversial Price Hike After Game Developers Revolt (archive.ph)

GE-Proton8-15 Released (github.com)

Upstream proton symstore fixes added...

NASA Shares Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Independent Study Report (www.nasa.gov)

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Surprise to no one, tankies regurgitate conspiracy theories that 9/11 was fake (sh.itjust.works)

Linux advocacy discussion (mastodon) (mastodon.social)

Two main points:...

Overwatch 2 banned 250,000 cheaters since game's launch (www.gamescensor.com)

Google reaches tentative settlement in US Play Store lawsuit (www.reuters.com)

crossposted from !google

Google: Political adverts must disclose use of AI (www.bbc.com)

The announcement follows fears AI-generated images and audio are already infiltrating ads.

Pennsylvania inmate escaped by crab-walking up a prison wall, video shows (www.npr.org)

A murderer made a brazen escape from a suburban Philadelphia jail yard by scaling a wall, climbing over razor wire and jumping from a roof in a breakout that wasn’t detected by guards for a full hour, authorities said Wednesday as the killer eluded a widening manhunt for a seventh day....

A Flesh-Eating Bacterium Is Creeping North as Oceans Warm (www.wired.com)

The Vibrio vulnificus pathogen thrives in hot coastal waters, and beachgoers can contract it via a small cut or scrape. It can also kill them in two days....

We tested ChatGPT in Bengali, Kurdish, and Tamil. It failed. (restofworld.org)

Outside of English, ChatGPT makes up words, fails logic tests, and can’t do basic information retrieval.

Demolitions as Tools of 'Collective Punishment': Examining Instances in India and Israel (thewire.in)

When a house is demolished due to the illegal activities of one of its inhabitants, all the other residents bear the repercussions of those actions. This practice is referred to as 'collective punishment'.

U.S. Knew About Migrant Killings by Saudi Forces Earlier Than Previously Disclosed (www.nytimes.com)

NYT gift article expires in 30 days....

Two plead guilty to threatening government officials over elections (www.nbcnews.com)

Two people pleaded guilty Thursday in separate cases that involved calling for the deaths of public officials on election days following the 2020 presidential contest, federal prosecutors said....

Population collapse almost wiped out human ancestors, say scientists (www.theguardian.com)

The decline appears to coincide with significant changes in global climate that turned glaciations into long-term events, a decrease in sea surface temperatures, and a possible long period of drought in Africa and Eurasia. The team behind the work said the time window also coincides with a relatively empty period on the fossil...

Blue supermoon: World gazes at rare lunar phenomenon (www.bbc.co.uk)

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/2122081...

Back to School 🏫🎒 (imgur.com)

Mr. Bender as a puppy (imgur.com)

He was about 6 months old and just could not keep both of his ears up.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett says she welcomes public scrutiny of Supreme Court (www.politico.com)

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett told attendees at a judicial conference in Wisconsin on Monday that she welcomed public scrutiny of the court. But she stopped short of commenting on whether she thinks the court should change how it operates in the face of recent criticism....