World of Warcraft Classic Era In the hardcore Era Realms indicates dead players stay dead (and transform into a ghost) (www.gamescensor.com)
Charles Martinet’s 6 most iconic video game performances (www.digitaltrends.com)
CIA stairwell attack among flood of sexual misconduct complaints at U.S. spy agency (apnews.com)
Living conditions in Ukraine are resembling a new slavery, a triumph of Western 'democracy' in the 21st century (english.almayadeen.net)
Introducing Code Llama, a state-of-the-art large language model for coding (ai.meta.com)
cross-posted from !aistuff
My story-driven game Year Unknown now has a Steam page! (store.steampowered.com)
(Please let me know if this counts as advertising and I’ll remove it)...
BRICS invites six countries including Saudi Arabia, Iran to be new members (www.reuters.com)
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 24 (Reuters) - The BRICS group of nations has decided to invite six countries - Argentina, Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates - to become new members of the bloc, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday....
B.C. firefighters who lost their homes hailed for selfless effort saving their neighbour's houses (www.cbc.ca)
When Annick deGooyer had to leave her home in West Kelowna due to a wildfire evacuation order last Thursday, her husband was among the firefighters battling the blaze....
Little Nightmares III Announced (www.ign.com)
Title, very excited it looks so good! Note, it’s not the original developers making it (Tarsier), it’s now Supermassive Games.
Europe's heatwave turns deadly as 18 burned bodies found in Greek fires (www.reuters.com)
Japan to release Fukushima water into ocean starting Aug 24 (www.reuters.com)
Mirror: archive.ph/rvXQA
Tested: Snapdragon-powered Android phones just got a lot faster at ray tracing (www.androidauthority.com)
Android Authority: 3DMark’s benchmarking suite has launched its first ray tracing test and we’ve run it on a bunch of phones
I tried to make a beginner's guide for choosing a first Linux distro. Project files in comments. (imgur.com)
India, Manipur genocide/ civil war: Meitei groups bar entry to 10 Kuki villages that were burnt down (www.thenewsminute.com)
Two months after several Kuki villages were burned down and nine Meitei people were killed in the Saikul subdivision of Manipur’s Kangpokpi district, the villages remain inaccessible for journalists. Amid a storm of claims and counterclaims by Meitei and Kuki groups, reporters are forced to rely on selective leaks from...
Wine 8.14 Released Following Summer Holiday (www.phoronix.com)
ECOWAS defence chiefs agree ‘D-day’ for Niger military intervention (www.aljazeera.com)
West Africa’s main bloc has agreed on a “D-day” for possible military intervention to restore democracy in Niger after generals toppled and detained President Mohamed Bazoum last month....
Russia fines Google $32,000 for videos about the conflict in Ukraine (abcnews.go.com)
A Russian court on Thursday imposed a 3-million-ruble ($32,000) fine on Google for failing to delete allgedly false information about the conflict in Ukraine
San Francisco robotaxi traffic jam is a warning to the world, says city official (www.cbc.ca)
‘Cocaine Bear’ Is Now Streaming Online for Free: Here’s Where to Watch the Cult Comedy Hit (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
Directed by Elizabeth Banks, the horror comedy is now available to watch from the comfort of your own home....
AI will be at the center of the next financial crisis, SEC chair warns (www.axios.com)
Deadlier Atlantic storms excessively killing US people of color – study (www.theguardian.com)
Named tropical storms and hurricanes, which have become more intense, have caused about 20,000 more deaths from 1988 to 2019
Devuan GNU+Linux 5 is Here for Software Freedom Lovers Based on Debian 12 (9to5linux.com)
Caroline Kennedy Says US Open to Assange Plea Deal (scheerpost.com)
How to use Google Maps Immersive view (www.xda-developers.com)
Kremlin aide who brings Ukrainian children to Russia associated online with neo-Nazism (www.reuters.com)
