Bradley Cooper in ‘Jewface’ storm after Leonard Bernstein trailer reveals prosthetic nose (www.theguardian.com)
Archived version: archive.ph/hroNJ...
American Airlines, Google say they can wipe out most contrails, but more fuel required (techxplore.com)
The best VPN services | Engadget (www.engadget.com)
Steam beta update - August 14th: Big picture fixes, Indonesian language support and 4K high quality streaming presets on remote play. (steamcommunity.com)
Why I use Ubuntu (Alan Pope) (popey.com)
This is easily number one. I enjoy my computing experience when using Ubuntu. Whether it’s just using the computer for usual human things, noodling with new software from source, or getting new hardware working. It’s fun. I don’t find Windows or MacOS fun, at all. They work, but they’re not fun....
Perseid meteor shower lights up skies (www.bbc.co.uk)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1424746...
U.S.-led naval group warns ships to avoid Iranian waters to avoid seizure (www.reuters.com)
Colombia prosecutors confirm arrest of father of 2 of the 4 children lost 40 days in Amazon jungle (apnews.com)
NSA director says China trails US cyber skills (www.theregister.com)
NSA director says China trails US cyber skills::Paul Nakasone rates the Middle Kingdom a ‘pacing challenge’
California allows robo-taxis to expand and emergency responders aren't happy (www.npr.org)
Trump’s defense in the 2020 election case, explained by legal experts (www.vox.com)
Former President Donald Trump’s legal defense against federal criminal charges for trying to overturn the 2020 election is beginning to take shape....
Archaeologists discovered a 17th-century 'vampire child' with a padlocked ankle in a Polish 'necropolis' graveyard (www.businessinsider.com)
Archaeologists in Poland discovered the skeletal remains of a child buried face down around 17th century. The child’s ankle had a triangular padlock attached, a common practice during that time to prevent “vampires” from rising from the dead. Nearby was also found the remains of a pregnant woman. These burials were located...
Perseid Meteor Shower 2023 Is This Weekend (earthsky.org)
AI Is Building Highly Effective Antibodies That Humans Can’t Even Imagine (www.wired.com)
machine learning algorithm designs antibodies to target specific diseases, then automated robotic systems build and grow them in lab, run tests, and feed data back into algorithm, all with limited human supervision.
Winter heatwave: Temperatures in this South American country have hit 37C (www.euronews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1221318...
Guide: From ranger to lf (list files) (github.com)
lf (as in list files) is a modern alternative to ranger with significant improvements in terms of speed and reliability. This guide is intended to help users who are familiar with ranger to switch to lf more comfortably.
Typhoon Doksuri: Alarming pictures show floods in China, Philippines (www.bbc.co.uk)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1121541...
Dishbrains, everyone! 'Australian military is funding a computer chip merged with human brain cells' (www.freethink.com)
Roam like at home: Roaming rules extended for 10 more years (www.eureporter.co)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/914607...
IBM, Red Hat and Free Software: An old maddog’s view (www.lpi.org)
Japanese Barbie Film Account Apologizes For "Barbenheimer" Meme (unseen-japan.com)
Around the world, the Barbenheimer meme has helped launch two Hollywood films into the stratosphere. In Japan, the meme isn't going over as well.
Niger puts an end to uranium and gold export to France (english.almayadeen.net)
Gen-2 as of July 23: AI converted image to video (twitter.com)
Jim Kirk on Pike’s Enterprise - Inverse dives into an analysis of canon constraints and lack thereof (www.inverse.com)
A fairly thorough piece....
China's tech crackdown cost over $1 trillion. But the economy is in such deep trouble that the country's cozying up to its tech firms again. (www.businessinsider.com)
China’s tech crackdown cost over $1 trillion. But the economy is in such deep trouble that the country’s cozying up to its tech firms again.::Local governments in China are wooing deals with tech giants to build on the so-called “platform economy,” per the SCMP.
