US reporter at the World Cup

Trees. Trees. Trees. They matter. Plant them. Protect them.

As a reminder, US companies are essentially blocked from buying RAM from Chinese companies because they’re considered national security risks for some reason.

It’s funny how all the criticisms of Democratic socialism end up sounding like endorsements

Bruh

Rich and famous families teach their kids Mandarin as China's influence grows

Quantic Dream staff is going on strike as the company reportedly plans to lay off 115 employees. According to the devs, 'Star Wars Ellipse' "is dying" and cannot be finished under the current circumstances. www.gamekult.com/actualite/a-...

NEWS: The U.S. has launched new strikes in southern Iran, according to Axios. At least three explosions were recently heard near Sirik, in what is suspected to be a U.S. response to Iran's attack on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz yesterday. The strikes have now been confirmed.

PlayStation is deleting over 500 purchased movies from its customers' accounts 🎞️ • Includes films like 'Terminator 2', 'Rambo', 'Apocalypse Now', 'Hot Fuzz', and 'Moonlight' • No mention of refunds • Comes after a licensing deal ended

The death toll from twin earthquakes that hit Venezuela Wednesday night is expected to reach into the thousands as rescuers continue to search for bodies trapped in the rubble. Hospitals are rapidly reaching a breaking point, and thousands of survivors have been left homeless.

"China has issued the first industry code of conduct for smart glasses ... following public outrage over videos taken by users covertly filming strangers" Manufactures should "provide clear indicators when cameras or microphones are active, and obtain explicit user consent before recording."

#BREAKING: US President Donald Trump threatens to slap a 100 percent tariff on European countries that impose a digital services tax, adding that existing trade deals would be scrapped.

The only solution is a BYOR* Edition. (Bring Your Own RAM)

Any time a policy tries to help the working class, you'll find a policy wonk that tells you it's unworkable because capital will retaliate. But if that's the argument against every working class oriented solution, then clearly that's an issue with the system that has to be addressed.

Israeli leader says military to stay in occupied areas of southern Lebanon 'as long as necessary', despite US-Iran deal.

What these voters keep saying they want is fighters against neoliberalism, fascism, and a return to the New Deal and Great Society, writes @hartmannreport.com.

The US AI industry is now crippled by a federal "oversight" that is three bribe-seeking fascists in a trenchcoat. The Chinese AI industry shipped GLM 5.2 last week. Open source, cheaper, and equal in benchmarks to the best of the Western models. 欢迎来到美国的“百年国耻”时代。

Two researchers — one in Massachusetts and one in Shanghai — hoped for the same breakthrough: a gene therapy for deaf children. New Chinese investment in science propelled the one who got there first. n.pr/4weVi49

There's probably plenty of lifelong GTA fans who have been playing it since their childhood and are now about to experience their second game in the franchise.

Imagine announcing an initiative to oppose the majority of voters.

Italy is now classified as a forest nation after one of the most successful reforestation efforts in human history. Over 1/3 of Italy's territory is now covered in trees, the most trees they've had since the middle ages.

Nintendo raised the base salary for its employees "We maintain salaries at an appropriate level. We believe it is important to ensure that compensation remains at an appropriate standard. For example, we have increased pay, including raising base salaries by 10%" mynintendonews.com/2026/06/26/n...

Hardware - PlayStation hardware unit sales fell to their lowest May total since May 2000, while Xbox hardware unit sales were the lowest ever recorded for a May month.

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Lenovo Warns High Memory Prices Are The "New Normal" Through 2030, As DRAM And NAND May Never Return To Early-2025 Levels wccftech.com/lenovo-warns... - 레노버는 DRAM 및 NAND 공급 부족으로 인해 메모리 가격이 2030년 이후에도 과거 수준으로 회복되지 않고 고착화될 것이라고 전망 (🧵1/2)

Game console prices were flat most of this generation, and then went up.... then went up some more I charted XboxSeries/PS5/Switch 2 prices in the newest Game File www.gamefile.news/p/console-pr...

Checking in on Twitter

Xi'an East Railway Station is complete! ready to open with the Xi'an–Shiyan HSL on July 1. The Xi'an–Shiyan HSL is a more direct diagonal HSR trunk line between Xi'an and Wuhan providing relief to the busy Xi'an-Zhengzhou and Wuhan-Zhengzhou HSR. For some reason...

Democratic leadership and centrists are playing right into Trump’s hands with their fear-mongering about leftists winning elections.

BREAKING NYT: A New York City panel just voted to freeze rents for nearly one million rent-stabilized apartments — fulfilling one of Mayor Zohran Mamdani's key campaign promises and handing the mayor a major policy win six months into his tenure.

In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court sided with cancer.

my feed today: apple: it’s fucking over microsoft: it’s fucking over supreme court: it’s fucking over video game devs: it’s fucking over Wario64: undertale $2.49 on steam rn

The Agents of Young Performers Association has issued an open letter to Hasbro condemning them for forcing child actors on “Peppa Pig” to sign over the rights to their voice for reconstruction and use in generative AI to continue working on the show: deadline.com/2026/06/pepp...

Micron locks in historically high memory prices for 5 years ➡️ www.theregister.com/systems/2026... The company has signed 16 SCAs (Strategic Customer Agreements) with a floor price it says includes “a very robust gross margin for Micron, well above our peak quarterly margins in any past cycle".

My favorite argument over the past few days on this website is that progressive politicians shouldn't ever be given a chance because they made a questionable tweet once years ago, but the guy who wrote the 1994 crime bill and fully backed a genocide is a great man who represents Democratic values.

The most important part: "Unfortunately, console storage and memory prices have increased by more than 2.5x and we expect another doubling by the fall of 2027."

"Effective August 1, 2026, the price of XBOX consoles will increase by US$100 for 512 GB models and US$150 for 1 TB models. We will be updating prices worldwide. We will also be sunsetting our 2 TB model." news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...

In two years from now they'll have to change it again to "up to $4k gaming"

Naftali Bennett, the most likely next Prime Minister of the State of Israel and so-called rival of Benjamin Netanyahu, says that he intends to annex "Area C" of the illegally-occupied West Bank, which is roughly 60% of Palestinian territory.

If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it? www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...

BREAKING: Bungie studio head Justin Truman, who succeeded Pete Parsons last year, is stepping down, people familiar with the situation tell Bloomberg News.

Includes comments from myself:

Hanging out on Bluesky has reminded me that American liberals have the same hateful smugness as their MAGA compatriots, just in a weaker (some would say more insidious) form.

I’m fine with the physical GTAVI not having a disc as long as the game doesn’t ask me to shoot police officers. Just can’t do it.

Magic: The Gathering Arena developers have successfully unionized

Sony appears to be implementing "stricter" rules for releasing games on the PlayStation Store in an effort to cut down on the amount of shovelware - low effort games - that are appearing there. https://bit.ly/4anSKYN

Nine anti-ICE protesters were sentenced to 30 to 100 years in prison on Tuesday on terrorism charges. The maximum sentences prosecutors sought in the case stand in stark contrast to the treatment of January 6 rioters, says Sufia Khalid, who represented one of the defendants, Maricela Rueda.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court rules 6-3 in favor of the Trump admin on Temporary Protected Status, blocking the lawsuit on jurisdictional grounds, allowing DHS to strip over 350,000 people of legal status even though they utterly failed to follow the required legal procedures.

China aims to basically establish a clean, low-carbon, secure and efficient new energy system by 2030, according to a plan recently issued by the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration.