Get some awesome indie adventures and some fun short games in two new Humble Bundles
Humble Bundle recently launched two great new bundles where you can stock up on some Awesome Indie Adventures and a Short Games Showcase. Here’s a round-up.

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England Set To Eliminate Hepatitis C
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: England is on track to become one of the first countries in the world to eliminate hepatitis C, a dangerous virus that attacks the liver, figures show. The target of treating 80% of all known cases has already been met, and deaths from the virus have fallen by 36% in the last decade, just short of what is needed by 2030. Taking antiviral tablets for … ⌘ Read more

The Roboguard Revolution Is Short-Circuiting
alternative_right shares a report from 404 Media: Robotics companies promise that video-camera-toting security robots can deter and detect crime. But many companies are rethinking the approach after a trail of canceled contracts and questions about whether the artificial intelligence-powered bots are meeting the needs of businesses and local governments. Proof News found evidence … ⌘ Read more

Prime Minister Leaves Door Open For Reviewing Policy of No Nuclear Weapons in Japan
At a Hiroshima memorial ceremony, Japan’s prime minister said the country “maintains” its three long-standing non-nuclear principles, reports UPI.

But the prime minister “stopped short of promising that the policy would remain unchanged, fueling speculation that her government could review a longstanding ban … ⌘ Read more

Waymo CEO Explains Why Camera-Only Self-Driving Falls Short
Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from Electrek: Waymo co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov laid out the clearest technical case yet for why cameras alone can’t take a self-driving system to full autonomy, arguing that “weak sensing” hits a safety ceiling long before it reaches superhuman performance. […] Dolgov made the comments in a talk at Y Combinato … ⌘ Read more

Apple’s ‘Private Relay’ Is Exposing Users’ Real IP Addresses
Security researchers found that Apple’s iCloud Private Relay can expose users’ real IP addresses because some passkey-related requests bypass Safari and its proxy protections at the operating-system level. “In short: any website that supports, or pretends to support, passkeys can see the user’s real IP address despite having iCloud Private Relay on,” security … ⌘ Read more

Mini roguelike citybuilder ‘Combolands’ from Terra Nil designer launches August 24
Combolands is a mini citybuilding roguelike! Place buildings, stack combos, and master deep strategy in short bursts.

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@movq@www.uninformativ.de Good question. Short answer, I don’t know. But I’ll look at this a bit more closely.

Facebook Offers a Verification System Certifying to Other Users That You’re a Real Human
Facebook announced Friday they’re launching a badge “that verifies there’s a real person behind a profile”.

“You record a short video selfie, which we check against your existing profile photos to confirm a match. The process is free and typically takes just a few minutes. Accounts must meet our trus … ⌘ Read more

I finally built a prototype of a marking gauge with a cutter wheel out of some scraps.

https://lyse.isobeef.org/tmp/streichmassprototyp-mit-messerrad/

It had been a long time in coming, I bought some replacement cutting wheels three years ago for exactly that purpose. I also found out that I need more M3 countersink bolts for future marking gauges that I want to make (maybe two or three more). Luckily, I had exactly one. I thought I got way more than that, but M3 is very, very scarce in my collection. My M3 bolt was barely long enough to attach the cutting wheel to the bar. But it’s okay for the prototype.

I was pleasantly surprised that I managed to drill the 2.5mm diameter hole almost perfectly in center in the 8mm diameter aluminium round bar. Center finder, drill press and vise with a vertical prism for the win!

I knew upfront that the M5 steel bolt to lock the bar in place definitely needs to be replaced with a brass or aluminium one (maybe with a knurled head). Otherwise, it cuts into the aluminium bar and leaves ugly marks. These burrs might even scratch the workpiece. But, of course, I don’t have any brass on hand either. Alternatively, I swap out the aluminium bar for a steel or even stainless steel one. Stainless might be tricky to precisely drill and tap, though.

I already learned a few things by making this prototype. The final wooden fence can be even a bit bigger. This round thing behind is also too short, I’d like it to be a tad longer and thicker. The final one will be made from hardwood, not spruce. Other than that, it’s great and already more practical than my store-bought marking gauge with its round fence. This only causes the tool to roll around on the workbench. Or even roll off. Stupid design.

Valve say the Team Fortress 2 MvM update is still coming and they’re still working on it
After the usual silence we’ve come to expect from Valve on everything, they gave a short blog post on the upcoming MvM update for Team Fortress 2.

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@prologic@twtxt.net it is weeds, not really grass. The first was fairly green, but camera turned it more yellow than it is. The short one is brownish/yellow, yes.

Couple more after a short stroll along the beach 👌

Hobbit-like Humans May Have Scavenged Komodo Dragons’ Leftovers to Survive
CNN reports:

Prehistoric human relatives, nicknamed “hobbits” due to their short stature, may have been scavengers, rather than skilled hunters capable of taking down big game or building cooking fires, according to new research. The study adds to growing evidence that Homo floresiensis, which had a brain only slightl … ⌘ Read more

Fedora 45 Looks To Finally Offer Install Support For Stratis Storage
Ever since RHEL deprecated their short-lived Btrfs plans, Red Hat engineers over the past decade have been developing Stratis Storage as their storage management solution leveraging XFS, LUKS, DM, and their Rust-based daemon. While Stratis Storage has been available in Fedora Linux going all the way back to Fedora 28, until now there hasn’t been the option of using it for the root file-system on new Fedora installations. Finally with Fedora 45 … ⌘ Read more

Ford Rehires ‘Gray Beard’ Engineers After AI Falls Short
Ford executives said they’ve hired 350 veteran engineers — some of them former employees — after AI and automated systems failed to deliver the desired quality, reports TechCrunch:

Bloomberg reports the company’s chief operating officer Kumar Galhotra told journalists that Ford had been “relying more and more on automated quality systems” with disappointing resul … ⌘ Read more

@movq@www.uninformativ.de I reckon section numbers are not really needed for articles. But if you number them, the anchors should probably not contain the section number, just the title. Especially for articles that may receive updates.

It’s probably another story for specifications. They’re kinda fixed and thus I found it useful in the past to include the section numbers in the anchors, so they show up in URLs when linking to specific sections. W3C RFCs only include the numbering in the anchors. This makes URLs fairly short, but it would be also nice to directly see what kind of section that URL actually links to.

Ford Rehires 350 Engineers After AI Fails To Preserve Expertise or Train Juniors
After Ford’s automated quality-control systems and AI tools fell short, the automaker hired 350 veteran engineers over the past three years to mentor younger staff and reprogram the underperforming technology. “Artificial intelligence is a fantastic tool, but it’s only as good as the information you use to train it,” Ch … ⌘ Read more

Users Cry Foul After AMD Stripped Memory Crypto From Its Consumer CPUs
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: A decade ago, AMD added a protection to its high-end CPUs to protect them against cold boot attacks and other types of physical exploits that siphon sensitive data out of the connected memory chips. Short for Transparent Secure Memory Encryption, TSME encrypts the entire conten … ⌘ Read more

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Residents living in fear of short term rental
Residents in Melbourne’s west say they are living in fear after an AirBnB house party descended into chaos. ⌘ Read more

Software stock reversal has traders bracing for more pain ahead
By Ryan Vlastelica

A recent rally in software stocks is proving to be short-lived, and investors are bracing for more selling as fears linger about artificial intelligence disruption. ⌘ Read more

What if an alien language activated inside your mind? 👽 ⌘ Read more

Short makes bold Commonwealth Games claim after having pizza and Hackett on his mind
Sam Short showed he is in scintillating form ahead of the Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacs by winning his fourth event at the Australian trials in Sydney. ⌘ Read more

(g+) Transportation: Tesla’s Robotaxi Falls Short With Long Waits, Stalled Rides
The carmaker has just 59 vehicles in its fleet and is limited to three Texas cities, nowhere close to Elon Musk’s big promises. ( Tesla, Elektroauto)

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The best island in each of the world’s 10 greatest island destinations
Whether it’s short-hauls like Thailand, Indonesia and Fiji, or further afield like Italy and Japan, here is the best island to visit in each destination. ⌘ Read more

Xbox CEO Says Current Margins ‘Cannot Continue’
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and Chief Content Officer Matt Booty told staff that Xbox’s current economics “cannot continue,” citing more than $20 billion in spending over five years, declining revenue outside Activision Blizzard King, console supply constraints tied to RAMaggedon, and an overextended studio portfolio. The memo stops short of announcing layoffs, but a Bloomberg report say … ⌘ Read more

We got scammed! EA-nasir style. ⌘ Read more

What if they’re already here? 👽 Watch #DisclosureDay this weekend then come back here for more! ⌘ Read more

McEvoy laughs off Enhanced Games as Short stuns by breaking Australian record
World record holder Cam McEvoy has delivered a candid assessment of last month’s Enhanced Games before taking out another Australian title ahead of the Commonwealth Games. ⌘ Read more

X-Men’s Sabretooth Actor Tyler Mane Reveals Breast Cancer Diagnosis: ‘F— Cancer’
Tyler Mane, who played Sabretooth in X-Men, recently offered a grim health update. In a social media video, the former World Championship Wrestling star revealed that he has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Tyler Mane reveals breast cancer diagnosis after wanting to keep it a secret Tyler Mane recently confirmed in a short video posted […]

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The short-term stay that tax reform may make permanent
The short-term rental market may be shaken up by the federal government’s property tax changes with investors looking back to permanent rentals. ⌘ Read more

[$] Eliminating long-lived credentials with trusted publishing
Trusted\
publishing is an authentication mechanism that relies on
short-lived credentials to reduce the risk of supply-chain attacks. At
the 2026 Open\
Source Summit North America, Mike Fiedler walked the audience
through why trusted publishing exists, how it works, and made the case
for its adoption. … ⌘ Read more

Jon Stewart Mocks Donald Trump’s Meet the Press Exit: ‘Fragile Man-Baby’
Jon Stewart has called out Donald Trump for walking out of the Meet the Press interview. The comedian accused the president of being unable to handle basic journalistic scrutiny. Speaking on Monday’s edition of The Daily Show, Stewart dissected the moment Trump cut short his conversation with NBC interviewer after repeated fact-checking. The host argued […]

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Tests Suggest Russian Satellites Can Jam GPS On a Continental Scale
Researchers say mysterious, seconds-long GPS interference bursts detected across Europe appear to come from Russian EKS early-warning satellites, making this “a rare example of human-made GPS interference coming from space,” reports Ars Technica. The signals may be tests of space-based jamming capability, short satellite communications, … ⌘ Read more

Trio of talent have time on their side: trainer
The Randwick trainer is represented by Ole Kirk colt Short Sea along with geldings Baltusrol and Zourrific in the TAB Handicap (1150m) and each has their own reasons for checking in so late in the season. ⌘ Read more

The Last of Us Season 3 Filming Reportedly Gets Canceled
The Last of Us Season 3 remains on track, but its production has reportedly hit an unexpected pause. A new report indicates filming has temporarily stopped despite work already being underway in Vancouver. The break appears to be short-term rather than a full shutdown. Still, the news has sparked questions among fans eager to see […]

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Williamson thought he’d never swim again after a horrific gym injury. He just made another Australian team
Thirteen months after a devastating knee injury left him learning to walk again, Sam Williamson completed a remarkable comeback at swimming trials, while Sam Short went within touching distance of a world record. ⌘ Read more

Pennsylvania Mayor Slams Cop Who Became a Love Island USA Contestant
A Pennsylvania mayor slammed a police officer who left the force to compete on Love Island USA. The Mayor called out the move, stating that the department is short-staffed and short by several thousand dollars. This was regarding Sean Reifel, an Easton native, who joined the Bethlehem Police Department last year. J. William Reynolds was […]

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Henry Cavill’s New Spy Movie Has James Bond Fans Asking the Same Question Again
Henry Cavill will star alongside Kevin Hart in a new spy comedy for Netflix. The casting news has revived questions about the actor’s long-speculated link to the James Bond franchise. The untitled film, directed by McG, adapts a short story by Sean Lewis. It follows two rival spies who encounter each other at a Lamaze […]

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SBS Bank looks to drive growth, eyes capital efficiency
SBS Bank says it plans to grow its capital-consuming businesses over the short to medium term, underscoring this appetite by indicating an intent to streamline its total capital stack.

“We’re in a good space from a capital perspective,” SBS group chief executive Mark McLean said, noting the Invercargill-headquartered bank’s total capital ratio of 18%. ⌘ Read more

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Reddit Ads Impersonate BBC and The Guardian to Push Fake AI Investment Schemes
A “growing wave” of Reddit’s “promoted posts” are sending U.S. and European audiences to money-stealing scams that impersonate major news organizations including the BBC, the Financial Times, and The Guardian, according to new findings from Bitdefender Labs.

“Domains are short-lived and rapidly rotated to evade detecti … ⌘ Read more

The ISS was designed before Wi-Fi existed 🛰️ now it’s headed for retirement ⌘ Read more

Balloon Dog: ‘Warm, funny and quietly devastating theatre’
Indian Ink’s Balloon Dog, written by Justin Lewis and Jacob Rajan and directed by Lewis, opened at Q Theatre on June 3 and runs until June 20.

Inspired by Rabindranath Tagore’s short story Kabuliwala, the production relocates the 19th-century tale to contemporary Auckland, transforming it into an exploration of migration, parenthood and the assumptions we make about strangers. ⌘ Read more

Google Will Pay SpaceX $920 Million Per Month For Compute
Ahead of its upcoming IPO, SpaceX announced that Google will pay the company $920 million per month for access to roughly 110,000 Nvidia GPUs and related compute infrastructure. Google says the agreement is short-term “bridge capacity” to meet stronger-than-expected demand for Gemini Enterprise, while SpaceX is using deals like this and its Anthropic contra … ⌘ Read more

The NZX: Not enough belles at the ball
The market, as the hackneyed phrase goes, is a “voting machine in the short term and a weighing machine in the long term”.

And this tends to be true. I mean, the market is often inefficient in the short term, but over the long run, exceptional companies are rewarded with high stock prices and mediocre companies with low stock prices. ⌘ Read more

Using physics to get the best (and safest) gym workout ⌘ Read more

Jess McLeod’s She’s Nonbinary Teaser Trailer Previews Short From Bob Odenkirk & Jane Schoenbrun | Exclusive
ComingSoon is excited to debut the teaser trailer for She’s Nonbinary, which gives a look at Jess McLeod’s short film. McLeod wrote, directed, and starred in She’s Nonbinary. It debuts today as part of Tribeca’s Love Fictionally Shorts Program and is being adapted into a full-length movie. Follow-up showings at Tribeca will take place on […]

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All Critics Aren’t Loving Jennifer Lopez’s R-Rated Netflix Movie
Jennifer Lopez’s latest Netflix comedy is drawing a mixed response from critics. While some enjoyed its charm, many felt the movie falls short of rom-com expectations. The new release pairs Lopez with Brett Goldstein in a workplace romance filled with secrets, awkward situations, and adult humor. However, early reviews suggest the film is struggling to […]

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