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"Triumph of the Nerds" Amazing documentary about the start of the PC (and Mac) (youtu.be)

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'.

How to watch Wheel of Time season 2 online: Release date and time (www.tomsguide.com)

Release schedule:...

British arms maker BAE Systems sets up in Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)

Sourcegraph website breached using leaked admin access token (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

Regolith Desktop 3.0 Released with Initial Wayland Support (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)

Regolith Desktop 3.0 has been released for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, 22.04 LTS, 23.10, and both Debian Bullseye and Bookworm....

Sinopec says gasoline demand will peak this year (www.bloomberg.com)

BNEF journalist Colin McKerracher summarizes trends in China predicting a peak in fossil transport fuel: electric vehicle car sales, two and three wheeled electric kilometers traveled, electric trucks reaching the tipping point and ride hailing legislation.

Union leaders demand change following Kroger employee death (www.fox13memphis.com)

cross-posted from: lemmus.org/post/503354...

Security guard killed trying to stop car burglars in Midtown Atlanta, police say (www.fox5atlanta.com)

Investigators say the security guard had tried to stop two people attempting to break into vehicles inside a parking garage....

Is conservative Islam gaining ground in secular Kosovo? (www.dw.com)

There have been a number of attacks on journalists in Kosovo in recent years. Now, conservative Muslims in the southern Kosovar city of Prizren are agitating against a news portal and a journalist.

Institute for the Study of War: Russian Campaign Assessment August 24, 2023 (www.understandingwar.org)

I’ve seen a lot of people wondering how Prigozhin could make such a terrible mistake. I think that ISW has got the right of it in their analysis from today....

Researchers Fully Sequence the Y Chromosome for the First Time (www.nist.gov)

I made a simple ansible playbook to install mastodon using docker (gitea.com)

geteilt von: kerala.party/post/155876...

China quietly recruits overseas chip talent as US tightens curbs (www.reuters.com)

For a decade until 2018, China sought to recruit elite foreign-trained scientists under a lavishly funded program that Washington viewed as a threat to U.S. interests and technological supremacy....

Found a better place now that I'm banned from Starbucks (sh.itjust.works)

Rumours swirl after Xi Jinping fails to give key Brics speech (www.theguardian.com)

Ron Gilbert not keen on Monkey Island movie adaptation as it could make Guybrush "too much of a buffoon" (www.eurogamer.net)

Teva to pay $225M to settle cholesterol drug price-fixing charges (apnews.com)

The generic drug maker Teva Pharmaceuticals agreed Monday to pay $225 million to settle price-fixing charges related to sales of a major cholesterol-lowering drug. The U.S. Department of Justice said the agreement also requires Teva to divest its business making and selling the drug, pravastatin, a generic version of the...

Southern California prepares for more floods as Tropical Storm Hilary soaks from coast to desert (apnews.com)

Tropical Storm Hilary deluged arid parts of Mexico and then drenched Southern California from the coast to inland mountains and deserts, forcing rescuers to pull several people from swollen rivers. Millions expected more flooding and mudslides Monday, even as the storm begins to weaken.

Visualized: $300B of Video Gaming Revenue, by Source (www.visualcapitalist.com)

Article: visualcapitalist.com/…/video-games-industry-reven…