Great list of games for one of my favourite systems - the GBA. What are your picks? (www.one37pm.com)
Bluesky CEO responds | 2023-07-22 Letter to the Community (blueskyweb.xyz)
The social media platform Bluesky recently had an incident where a user created an account with a racial slur as the handle. The Bluesky team quickly removed the account but realized they should have had automated filters in place to prevent such issues. They are now implementing a two-step automated filtering and flagging...
Greece fires: Thousands flee homes and hotels on Rhodes as fires spread (www.bbc.co.uk)
Nearly two years after Texas' six-week abortion ban, more infants are dying (www.cnn.com)
Some 2,200 infants died in Texas in 2022 – an increase of 227 deaths, or 11.5%, over the previous year, according to preliminary infant mortality data from the Texas Department of State Health Services that CNN obtained through a public records request. Infant deaths caused by severe genetic and birth defects rose by 21.6%....
Seven Cuban athletes defect to Chile after Pan American Games (english.elpais.com)
According to sport journalist Francys Romero, 61 Cubans have broken their contracts or defected so far this year...
Wave-Powered Desalination System Produces 13,000 Gallons of Drinking Water a Day From Each Buoy (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
Thailand drops joint patrols with Chinese police after public backlash (www.reuters.com)
'Bionic breast' could restore sensation for cancer survivors (www.livescience.com)
Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages (therecord.media)
A Seattle-based appellate judge ruled that the practice does not meet the threshold for an illegal privacy violation under state law, handing a big win to automakers Honda, Toyota, Volkswagen and General Motors.
Chinese Tesla rival Nio cuts 10% of workforce as CEO predicts 'intense competition' (www.cnbc.com)
Chinese Tesla rival Nio cuts 10% of workforce as CEO predicts ‘intense competition’::China’s Nio has been hit by weak consumer sentiment in the world’s second-largest economy, stiff competition and a price war started by Elon Musk’s Tesla.
Blinken meets Palestinian leader in West Bank, stepping up Mideast diplomacy as Gaza war escalates (apnews.com)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken brought his frenetic Mideast diplomatic push on the Israel-Hamas war to the occupied West Bank on Sunday, meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in his latest bid to ease civilian suffering in the Gaza Strip and begin to sketch out a post-conflict scenario for the territory....
Israel's military and Hezbollah exchange fire along the tense Lebanon-Israel border (apnews.com)
Israeli warplanes conducted airstrikes along the border with Lebanon Saturday as the militant Hezbollah group attacked several Israeli army posts, including one that was struck with two large rockets....
Hezbollah Chief: US “Directly Responsible” For Gaza Atrocities, Will Soon Pay “Heavy Price” (www.gulf-insider.com)
Avast confirms it tagged Google app as malware on Android phones (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Fwupd 1.9.7 Adds Support for More Synaptics Prometheus Fingerprint Readers (9to5linux.com)
New Atlas: Water can evaporate with just light, no heat, says surprising study (newatlas.com)
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Silent Hill: Ascension fails to impress with greedy monetisation and cluttered UI (www.eurogamer.net)
'Replace syllabus with WhatsApp forwards': Netizens say ,as government drops evolution and pro-democractic teachings from syllabus. (www.livemint.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/7629685...
Orange juice prices hit all-time high amid bleak production outlook (www.reuters.com)
Android and RISC-V: What you need to know to be ready (opensource.googleblog.com)
Hundreds storm airport in Russia in antisemitic riot over arrival of plane from Israel (apnews.com)
Stop blaming teeth for Cities: Skylines 2 performance problems, say devs (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
New South Wales Labor looks into whether children should be allowed to be strip searched (www.greenleft.org.au)
Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) released new figures on October 17 revealing how many children have been strip searched by NSW Police....
Theft of 2 million dimes from truckload of coins from US Mint leaves four facing federal charges (apnews.com)
Federal authorities have released more details and unsealed charges in the theft of more than 2 million dimes earlier this year from a tractor-trailer that had picked up the coins from the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia.
Dylan Raga: A peek at the Google Pixel 8 Pro's display power efficiency. Produces the Pixel 7 Pro's peak brightness using only 47% of the power. Also leaps ahead of both Apple and Samsung. (nitter.net)
nitter.net/dylan_raga/status/1716872271875485770