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Why Donald Trump is in "significant legal jeopardy" with Georgia indictment (www.newsweek.com)

Nvidia reveals new A.I. chip, says costs of running LLMs will ‘drop significantly’ (www.cnbc.com)

Nvidia reveals new A.I. chip, says costs of running LLMs will ‘drop significantly’::Currently, Nvidia dominates the market for AI chips, with over 80% market share, according to some estimates.

Google Maps has become an eyesore. 5 examples of how the app has lost its way (www.fastcompany.com)

Google’s Plan To DRM The Web Goes Against Everything Google Once Stood For (www.techdirt.com)

Protests erupt in Italy over cuts to poverty relief scheme (www.reuters.com)

ROME, July 31 (Reuters) - Discontent mounted on Monday in Italy over cuts to a poverty relief scheme by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s rightist government that will affect hundreds of thousands of people....

Worldcoin isn’t as bad as it sounds: It’s worse (blockworks.co)

Worldcoin’s plan to collect biometric data from poor people to bootstrap their system is unethical and raises serious privacy concerns. Their promises to protect users’ data are not enough to ensure privacy and security, and linking immutable biometric traits to financial identities could enable total identity lockout with...

Musk rushes out new Twitter logo—it’s just an X that someone tweeted at him (arstechnica.com)

TIL in New York you can apply to have a fire hydrant opened during hot weather (www.theguardian.com)

Crimea bridge closed after fuel depot hit - Russia (www.bbc.com)

A drone attack on an ammunition depot in Crimea has led to civilian evacuations and disrupted transport, Russian authorities have said....

Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water (www.freethink.com)

MIT engineers and collaborators developed a solar-powered device that avoids salt-clogging issues of other designs.

Crew aboard a U.S.-bound plane discovered a missing window pane at 13,000 feet (wamu.org)

A U.S.-bound plane took off from London last month with four damaged window panes, including two that were completely missing, according to U.K. air accident investigators....

U.N. Says Israel-Gaza War Is Deadliest Ever for Its Personnel (www.nytimes.com)

Overheating datacenter thwarts 2.5 million bank transactions (www.theregister.com)

Pentagon Confirms U.S. Flying Surveillance Drones Over Gaza (www.flyingmag.com)

Israel kills 500 in Gaza hospital ‘massacre’ (www.aljazeera.com)

An Israeli air strike has hit al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City where thousands of civilians are seeking medical treatment and shelter from relentless attacks....

This kills the Mr. Krabs (slrpnk.net)

Sick man of Europe (slrpnk.net)

Inside the anti-LGBTQ effort to put Christianity back in schools (www.nbcnews.com)

TIL about Hector the Convector a thunderstorm and cloud system that forms nearly every afternoon from September to March in the Northern Territory of Australia (en.wikipedia.org)

Named by pilots during the Second World War, the recurring position of the thunderstorm made it a navigational beacon for pilots and mariners in the region. A mesoscale phenomenon, Hector is caused primarily by a collision of several sea breeze boundaries across the Tiwi Islands and is known for its consistency and intensity....

EA expanding EA Anti-Cheat - bad news for Steam Deck / Linux (www.gamingonlinux.com)

Bing's chat advertising pushing malware (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

26-year-old tech CEO found dead in Baltimore with signs of blunt-force trauma (www.cnn.com)

The Baltimore Police Department has announced an arrest warrant for a suspect wanted for the murder of Pava LaPere, the 26-year-old CEO of startup EcoMap Technologies, who was found dead in a downtown Baltimore apartment Monday with signs of blunt-force trauma to her head....