'Ritual mass murder' report in Chapel St Leonards was yoga class (www.bbc.co.uk)
Ukraine says 32 Russian drones attacked Kyiv, 25 drowned, in an overnight attack (english.alarabiya.net)
Russia launched an air attack on Kyiv early on Sunday, with blasts ringing out across the Ukrainian capital and its region for almost two hours and drone debris falling on several of the city’s central districts, Ukrainian officials said....
Walmart cuts starting hourly pay for some workers (www.detroitnews.com)
The retailer says the change will create consistency in starting hourly pay across individual stores.
Russia covers nuclear bombers with tyres (www.telegraph.co.uk)
US Republican senator praises UK Labour’s ‘Reaganesque’ policy (www.politico.eu)
A Canadian study gave $7,500 to homeless people. Here’s how they spent it. (www.vox.com)
Old article updated with peer review today.
I Simply Do Not Have Room On My PC For Starfield (www.thegamer.com)
Baldur's Gate 3 is currently taking up all the storage space I would give to Bethesda's sci-fi RPG.
Iran bans weightlifter for life for shaking Israeli athlete’s hand (www.cnn.com)
Germany agrees corporate tax cuts to 'stimulate' economy – DW – 08/29/2023 (www.dw.com)
Selfhosting lemmy with no pictrs (sh.itjust.works)
Hi all. Due to the news of the illegal images being hosted on lemmy, I shut down my instance. I read some comments from people stating that they were able to selfhost lemmy without pictrs, they just can’t upload or cache photos. I think this is what I am interested in doing at this time....
Scientists Use Extreme Heat and Pressure to Create Strongest Glass Ever (www.extremetech.com)
The modern smartphone came about thanks to numerous technologies, including more powerful mobile processors and enhanced mobile networks, but we cannot discount the effect of hardened glass. Materials like Corning Gorilla Glass made it possible to carry a glass sandwich in your pocket without getting shards of glass stuck in...
Poland's Railways Halted by a Simple Radio Hack (gizmodo.com)
And they do mean simple....
China sends aircraft, vessels toward Taiwan days after US arms sale approval (www.indiatvnews.com)
Scientists found more than 1,000 AI spam bots trying to scam people and steal their social media profiles — and regulators can't keep up (www.businessinsider.com)
Apple security updates could be banned by British government (9to5mac.com)
Everyone in the tech industry facepalms almost every time legislators try to pontificate on technology, but the British government appears to be trying to set a new record. After putting iMessage and FaceTime at risk, the government is now suggesting that it might ban some Apple security updates.
Extreme heat in US kills nearly 2 dozen cattle, forces evacuations from a nursing home and shuts down an ice cream parlor (www.cnn.com)
Nearly two dozen cattle died in Nebraska, more than 100 Missouri nursing home residents were evacuated and an ice cream shop in Iowa was forced to close as record-shattering heat engulfs more than 20 states.
Storm Hilary aftermath: 10,000 without power, Palm Springs declares emergency (www.theguardian.com)
Upcoming .COM and .XYZ domain price increases (www.namecheap.com)
On September 1, 2023, the domains registry for .COM and .XYZ will implement universal price increases of up to 9% for .COM renewals, and up to 9% for .XYZ renewals, registrations, and transfers.
300,000 residents left without reliable water sources as drought ravages southern France (www.euronews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1476644...
New Covid vaccines are on the way as 'Eris' variant rises (www.reuters.com)
8BitDo releases adapter for using modern controllers on PS1 and PS2 (www.techspot.com)
Ukraine war: Russia hits blood transfusion centre, says Zelensky (www.bbc.co.uk)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1122115...
Japan issues rare warning over fake X account (www.bbc.com)
The account on the platform formerly known as Twitter impersonated Japan's top currency diplomat.
AFP sues Musk’s X for refusing to enter news reuse payment talks (techcrunch.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/996493...
