Late Sound Fixes For Linux 7.2 Bring More Device Quirks, Intel Nova Lake HDMI-In Capture

Ahead of the presumed Linux 7.2 stable kernel release tomorrow, some last minute sound fixes/quirks have been merged for this next kernel version.

For those with an HyperX OMEN Gaming Laptop 16-ap1xxx (HP board 8F06) powered by AMD Ryzen 7/9 processors, a new quirk is merged in time for Linux 7.2 to allow the internal microphone to be used under Linux. Without this quirk the internal digital microphone array has been unusable under Linux for the HP HyperX
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Photographer Spends 16 Years Documenting Baltimore’s Abandoned Homes

Three narrow, multi-story row houses painted bright red, green, and blue stand side-by-side, with the blue house featuring boarded-up windows and a tax preparation sign.
© Ben Marcin

A photographer has been capturing abandoned homes in Baltimore and the surrounding areas for the past 16 years — dodging ticks, copperheads, drug dealers, hunters with high-powered rifles, and farmers on ATVs.

Ben Marcin has documented crumbling row houses in the inner city that somehow survived the wrecking ball, to abandoned houses on the Eastern Shore, where the last generations of families either passed away or moved on after decades of farming the land. He’s also photographed temporary homeless camps in the city,

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Israeli Strikes in Lebanon Kill 9, Health Officials Say

The Lebanese health ministry said several children were killed in a strike overnight, one of the deadliest attacks in months. Israel’s military said it was targeting Hezbollah infrastructure.

美國 App Store 收費新方案出爐 普通 App 抽成 15% 暫不影響香港用戶

Apple 向美國加州地方法院提交外部連結收費方案,標準應用程式收取 15% 佣金,訂閱續約及部分合作夥伴計劃收取 10%,小型企業計劃收取 5%。方案回應 Epic Games 與 Apple 多年訟案,法官 Gonzalez Rogers 在 8 月 11 日拒絕 Apple 暫緩申請後要求 24

One part of your PC is aging faster than everything else, and it isn't the one you'd guess

There are no warning signs when it goes bad

Endangered monarch butterflies boom amid wet hot Canadian summer on the Prairies

Monarch butterflies are booming on parts of the Canadian prairie, thanks in part to a wet and hot summer that's produced a healthy population of flowering plants and milkweed that the endangered species depends on.


US readies Iran penalties as Trump downplays midterms impact

The US is readying unprecedented economic measures against Iran, as President Donald Trump seeks to intensify efforts to force Tehran to capitulate after almost six months of war.

The president said in a brief interview with Fox News that the US was planning to hit Iran’s economy hard, and that he did not care if the conflict were to end before the November US midterm elections, which would hinge on voter perceptions of the economy. Trump has struggled to find an off-ramp to the war, which has spiked the price

US President Donald Trump in Garden City, Nassau County, on Long Island, New York on Friday, where he boasted that the US blockade of Iranian ports was a “wall of steel”. Photo: EPA

Northern Metropolis and AI vital to Hong Kong’s 5-year plan: business chambers

Hong Kong’s inaugural five-year plan should prioritise the Northern Metropolis mega development, strengthen the city’s position as an international financial centre and advance its artificial intelligence (AI) strategy, major business chambers have said.

In submissions for the city’s first five-year plan, groups including the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong (AmCham) and the Federation of Hong Kong Industries (FHKI) identified the Northern Metropolis as a key economic driver.

Their recommendations are among more than 16,0

The development of the Northern Metropolis should be guided by industrial development, enterprise presence and employment outcomes over the next five years, according to FHKI. Photo: Eugene Lee

Family stranded at sea for 16 hours after jet ski capsized in Thailand

A French family was left stranded at sea for more than 16 hours overnight after their rented jet ski capsized off the coast of Thailand.

A 50-year-old father and his young sons were left "pale" and "exhausted after swallowing a lot of seawater" before being rescued, local government official Amorn Chomchoey told AFP.

All three were taken to hospital for checks but were discharged shortly afterwards, Chomchoey said.

The father had rented the jet ski for a 45-minute ride on Koh Samui


KDE Plasma 6.8 To Allow Fine-Tuning Mouse/Touchpad Speeds

KDE developers continue to be quite busy this summer baking improvements for the upcoming Plasma 6.8 desktop release. This Week in Plasna is out with its newest issue to outline all of these interesting enhancements.

With KDE Plasma 6.8, remote desktop sessions have a fully-shared clipboard. Also on the remote desktop side, Plasma 6.8 is fixing a case where the remote desktop server could crash when closing a connection.

Plasma 6.8 also landed a number of UI improvements like the ability to fine-
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