Super Blue Moon (August 30th 2023) (earthsky.org)
ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON runs well on Steam Deck and desktop Linux (www.gamingonlinux.com)
SpaceX, NASA launch four astronauts from four countries | CNN (www.cnn.com)
The SpaceX Crew-7 mission launched from Florida on Saturday morning, hosting one of the most internationally diverse astronaut crews to date, with members from the US, Japan, Russia and Denmark....
Thailand Sentences 7 to Jail for Protesting Myanmar Coup (www.irrawaddy.com)
In deadly Maui fires, many had no warning and no way out. Those who dodged barricades survived (apnews.com)
And car after car was turned back toward the rapidly spreading wildfire by a barricade blocking access to Highway 30....
China Pouring in Billions to Prop Up Myanmar's Military Regime (www.irrawaddy.com)
African Union issues ambiguous view on possible Niger military intervention (www.theguardian.com)
The African Union (AU) appears to have left room open for military intervention by a west African political bloc to restore democracy in Niger, as Algerian state radio said it had refused a French request to fly over its airspace for a military operation....
Makulu Linux Gets an Upgrade (www.makululinux.com)
While you weren’t looking, Makulu Linux went through a rebranding, a rebase on Debian 12, and got a bunch of new features like an on-board local AI virtual assistant!
New Emulator Lets Some x86-64 Games Run on RISC-V Dev Board (www.tomshardware.com)
Wine-GE-Proton8-14 Released (github.com)
FSR is no longer enabled by default as it was found to limit in-game resolutions in some games. To enable/use it you will need...
EV battery imports face scrutiny under US law on Chinese forced labor (www.reuters.com)
Mercedes-Benz USA (MBGn.DE), Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE), Denso (6902.T), Continental AG (CONG.DE) and ZF Friedrichshafen AG (ZFF.UL) - said they had not had products detained under UFLPA....
Russia shuts down human rights group Sakharov Center (www.aljazeera.com)
Joshua Ashton 🐸: “Elden Ring HDR on Linux! Had to implement the legacy (and terrible) NVAPI HDR interfaces and pretend my AMD GPU was NVIDIA. Check it out! :D” (landofkittens.social)
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Is there any Bittorrent V2 tracker? (www.bittorrent.org)
The same question was archived on r/trackers. Would like to get notified when a compatible tracker is available for testing, it’s not even clear if there is an implementation just yet....
Amazoned! Online Vendors Abused and Screwed Over (particl.news)
Amazon is known for its anti-competition practices. While they aggressively charge you for every sale you make, they also get to see all of your sales data; valuable information to have if you want to launch products. Even better if you plan on launching copycats! In more than one way, just by selling on their platform, they get...
The Xbox 360 Store Will Close July 2024, But You Can Keep Playing Your Favorite Games (news.xbox.com)
CBC: Yellowknife begins evacuation as wildfires approach (www.cbc.ca)
Spike Lee Says Francis Ford Coppola Screened 30 Minutes of ‘Megalopolis’: “OMG Amazing” (www.worldofreel.com)
AI will be at the center of the next financial crisis, SEC chair warns (www.axios.com)
A Muslim mob attacks churches in eastern Pakistan after accusing Christians of desecrating the Quran (apnews.com)
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Muslims in eastern Pakistan went on a rampage Wednesday over allegations that a Christian man had desecrated the Quran, demolishing the man’s house, burning churches and damaging several other homes, police and local Christians said. There were no immediate reports of casualties....
How native Hawaiians feel about the occupation regime (twitter.com)
Suit against tech giant Cisco shines light on U.S. complicity in Chinese torture (www.news-journal.com)
After a 12-year legal battle, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a lawsuit accusing technology giant Cisco Systems Inc. and two former executives of assisting the Chinese government in identifying and targeting Falun Gong practitioners for arrests, torture, and execution could proceed to trial. The ruling could...
‘Blue Beetle’ First Reactions Are In: “My Favorite Post-Nolan DC Film” (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
The latest DC project, starring Xolo Maridueña, arrives in theaters Aug. 18.