When will Android 14 come to my phone? Our expectations (Phonearena) (www.phonearena.com)
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The Unsung Heroes of Game Preservation (www.superjumpmagazine.com)
Part 1 discusses mostly abandonware. It’s a great read! Part 2 here.
The steam visual novel fest has begun, games such as Phoenix Wright and Telltale's The walking dead are on sale from August 7th to August 14th (store.steampowered.com)
What To Know About South Africa’s ‘Kill The Boer’ Chant (www.forbes.com)
Apparently not all are welcome in the so called “Rainbow Nation”
Baldur’s Gate 3’s Statement On Microtransactions Warms The Heart (www.forbes.com)
Baldur’s Gate 3 is looking to be one of the best games of 2023 in a year already full of some of the best games of the generation. And their stance on microtransactions is great.
How to Quickly Get to the Important Truth Inside Any Privacy Policy (themarkup.org)
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South Africa Spurns US Pressure to Stop Using China’s Huawei Technology (www.bloomberg.com)
Crossing the Alps: An adventure report (www.dw.com)
On a July morning shortly before 9 a.m., my adventure of crossing the Alps began. Along with my father and a handful of other mountain sports enthusiasts, I traveled all the way to Wildental, Austria to take on the challenge....
Google to launch privacy tools which remove unwanted personal images (www.theguardian.com)
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Good shark 🦈 (lemmy.ml)
Nicholas Rossi: US fugitive who faked his death can be extradited (www.bbc.co.uk)
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‘Barbie’ Release Postponed in Middle East as Potential Ban Looms in Saudi Arabia and More Territories (variety.com)
The planned ‘Barbie’ release has been postponed in Middle East in what appears to be a preamble to the film being banned in several territories.
Rumour: Samsung Galaxy S24+ with Snapdragon 8 gen 3 spotted on Geekbench (browser.geekbench.com)
Who else foresees environmental problems with this later down the line? (news.microsoft.com)
Microsoft are looking at putting datacenters under the ocean, which sounds like a really good idea to cool them but I can’t help but think a couple decades from now it’s going to start causing us problems
To Keep TV Shows Afloat, Some Networks Are Cutting Actors’ Pay (www.nytimes.com)
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Ratatan Kickstarter campaign launched (www.gematsu.com)
Thousands take to streets in Gaza in rare public display of discontent with Hamas (abcnews.go.com)
Sudan conflict: Women tell BBC horror stories of rape (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Outcry Against AI Companies Grows Over Who Controls Internet’s Content (archive.is)
African nations threaten force as Niger protests against coup intervention (www.abc.net.au)
Argentina could again use yuan to evade IMF default (www.reuters.com)
Bank of Japan policy shift boosts appeal of home market for local investors (www.ft.com)
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China hopes France can help take heat out of relations with EU (www.reuters.com)
He also told French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire that China is willing to deepen cooperation with France in traditional areas such as finance as well as in science and technological innovation, as the two sides meet for their ninth Economic and Financial Dialogue....
Don’t Let Architecture Astronauts Scare You (www.joelonsoftware.com)
Their Families Said They Needed Treatment. Mississippi Officials Threw Them in Jail Without Charges. (www.propublica.org)
In Mississippi, serious mental illness or substance abuse can land you in jail, even if you aren’t charged with a crime. The state is a stark outlier in jailing so many people for so long, but many officials say they don’t have another option.
