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Infamous fiasco Fyre Festival relaunches — and is already sold out (www.nbcnews.com)

Here’s what we know about Fyre Festival II so far: Line-up? Unknown. Date? Unclear. Location? Somewhere in the Caribbean. Price? $500 to $8,000.

AI is being used to give dead, missing kids a voice they didn’t ask for (www.washingtonpost.com)

Snoop Dogg shows support for striking actors by canceling 'Doggystyle' concerts (thegrio.com)

The "Snoop Dogg & Friends: 30th Anniversary of Doggystyle" concerts have been canceled in support of the WGA and SAG/AFTRA strikes.

Man dies of heatstroke in east Japan while working at store without running A/C (mainichi.jp)

UTSUNOMIYA -- The Tochigi Labor Bureau announced on July 24 the work-related death of a man due to heatstroke, the first of its kind in the eastern Japan prefecture in eight years.

Over just a few months, ChatGPT went from accurately answering a simple math problem 98% of the time to just 2%, study finds (fortune.com)

Can we discuss how it’s possible that the paid model (gpt4) got worse and the free one (gpt3.5) got better? Is it because the free one is being trained on a larger pool of users or what?

Lab-Grown Cotton Enters The Market (www.forbes.com)

Why We Don’t Recommend Ring Cameras (www.wired.com)

They’re affordable and ubiquitous, but homeowners shouldn’t be able to act as vigilantes.

Toyota trials hydrogen-powered vehicle on public roads in Australia (japantoday.com)

China's animal lovers fight illegal cat meat trade (www.bangkokpost.com)

Microsoft to remove Windows 11 Tips app, following Cortana's demise (www.xda-developers.com)

never liked it anyway

After 12 Years of Silence, Nyan Cat Says ‘Free Palestine’ (gizmodo.com)

Tech bros' attitude to female colleagues stuck in dark ages (www.theregister.com)

Tech bros’ attitude to female colleagues stuck in dark ages::Research sheds light on attitudes holding industry back

Iran arrests lawyer at funeral of girl who died after metro incident (www.theguardian.com)

Gaza under blackout as Israel reports 'good progress' in war against Hamas (www.reuters.com)

Every member of Bandcamp union bargaining team was laid off in huge cuts at Oakland firm (www.sfgate.com)

The massive layoff that gutted Oakland-based music service Bandcamp hit one group at the company particularly hard: leaders of its nascent union.

Misinformation Is Warfare (time.com)

Misinformation Is Warfare::Joan Donovan explores how misinformation had become a tactic in the Israel-Hamas war.

9 UN staffers killed in airstrikes in Gaza (thehill.com)

Las Vegas police arrest man in Tupac Shakur drive-by shooting case (www.theguardian.com)

America's Military Can’t Repair Its Own $1.7 Trillion Jet | Only about half of the U.S.’s fleet of F-35 fighter jets is operational at any time due to difficulties with repairs, which must go throu... (www.vice.com)

America’s Military Can’t Repair Its Own $1.7 Trillion Jet | Only about half of the U.S.’s fleet of F-35 fighter jets is operational at any time due to difficulties with repairs, which must go throu…::Only about half of the U.S.’s fleet of F-35 fighter jets is operational at any time due to difficulties with repairs,...

'Oppenheimer' Surpasses 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Becomes Highest-Grossing Biopic of All-Time (streamsgeek.com)

WordPress blogs can now be followed in the fediverse, including Mastodon (news.yahoo.com)

In March, WordPress.com owner Automattic made a commitment to the fediverse – the decentralized social networks that include the Twitter rival Mastodon and others – with the acquisition of an ActivityPub plug-in that allows WordPress blogs to reach readers on other federated platforms. Now, the company is announcing...