On October 12, Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf and all of its DLC will be removed from the Steam store. (store.steampowered.com)
Starfield is now available for pre-load on Steam!(116.21 GB) (nitter.net)
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Modi-linked Adani family secretly invested in own shares, documents suggest (www.theguardian.com)
Offshore records suggest associates of wealthy Indian family spent years acquiring stock during rise of founder to be worth $120bn
Sources: Pixel 8 Pro borrows premium color tones from Pixel Fold (9to5google.com)
In formation, sir. What are your orders? (imgur.com)
Poland asks EU Court of Justice to cancel three EU climate policies (www.euronews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/2073052...
Pentagon combat drones: “I’m flying off the wing of something that’s making its own decisions.” (Aug. 27) (www.nytimes.com)
Recently revised Pentagon policy allows for autonomous use of lethal force. In test later this year, combat drone will be asked to chase, kill simulated target, coming up with own strategy for mission. Second program’s goal is Air Force that is more unpredictable and lethal.
Typhoon Saola lashes northern Philippines as it heads for Taiwan (www.aljazeera.com)
Typhoon Saola dumped heavy rain across the northern Philippines but didn’t make landfall on Sunday as it moved towards southern Taiwan and China’s southern coast....
you believe you're special - obviously, you are mistaken (odysee.com)
Pacific islands warn US over Chinese threat and urge US president Biden to increase aid (www.theguardian.com)
Island nations who offer the US military proximity to China in exchange for aid emphasized they are especially vulnerable to Chinese cyber-attacks and economic exploitation as they struggle to recover from the pandemic.
Saudi Arabia, Iran among six nations invited to join BRICS (libertarianinstitute.org)
Edit: replaced with Aljazeera article, a known news source...
APNews: Fukushima's radioactive wastewater is being released in the Pacific. (apnews.com)
Not the best looking game ever, but very relaxing: Championship Pool (NES, 1993) (imgur.com)
HTC U23 Pro review - GSMArena (www.gsmarena.com)
‘I don’t feel safe anymore’: Pakistan Christians in fear after mob violence (www.aljazeera.com)
Jaranwala, Pakistan – Rina Javed Bhatti sat on a narrow street among a group of 20-25 worshippers, many of them sobbing profusely, while Pastor Javed Bhatti addressed his sermon in a Christian colony in northern Pakistan....
What the electric car transition really means for autoworkers (www.axios.com)
A big sticking point in contract talks between Detroit automakers and the United Auto Workers union is the popular assertion that it takes fewer workers to manufacture electric vehicles (EVs) than conventional cars.
Pakistan cable car: Relief as all passengers brought to safety (www.bbc.com)
All eight people who were stuck in a cable car dangling hundreds of metres above a ravine in Pakistan’s north-west for many hours have now been rescued....
Marion police never interviewed tipster who sent state document to newspaper, official (www.kansascity.com)
The tip that led to a series of events culminating in the raid of a Kansas newspaper was first sent to the Marion County Record through a Facebook message. That message contained a document with the name, date of birth and driver’s license number for a local restaurateur.
Short circuit: how Europe turns a blind eye to Russia smuggling dual-use microchips (theins.ru)
In spite of sanctions, microchips from U.S. companies Texas Instruments and Analog Devices continue to be imported into Russia, where they have military applications. These violations are hiding in plain sight, in registered customs data.
Why I Switched to Nobara Linux, and Why You Should Too (open.substack.com)
I wrote an article on my switch to Nobara Linux. I think this community might enjoy the journey.
A Defense Agreement Likely to Deepen Chinese Rancor (www.nytimes.com)
Belief or Betrayal? Ukraine’s Conscientious Objectors Face Hostility. (www.nytimes.com)
The option of “alternative service” vanished after martial law was declared last year. But some have refused to serve, and now face jail time and skepticism about their motives.
Hi-Rez Studios, the people behind Paladins and Smite, have stated that they will be using AI to clone voices and refused to add in any words to contracts that would protect actors from it (twitter.com)
Twitter thread in the link...
Want to have your genes tested? It might be genetic (arstechnica.com)
People in a genetic database have segments of DNA in common unexpectedly often.
