throws_lemy

With no savings, average qualifications, and a bank balance consistently below 10,000 won, can the Backbone Breaker Gye Baeksun really escape unemployment?

Chapter 86

The European Commission and U.K. 's competition regulator have both received legal complaints this week from publishers over Alphabet's new Google AI Overview tool, saying the company is abusing its dominance and is directing traffic away from news websites.

It comes after Google started rolling out its AI Overview feature--where summaries are displayed over Google's blue-linked search results to other websites--last year, first in the U.S., before bringing the service to users in the U.K. in August 2024 and the EU earlier this year.

On the internet, it’s easy to feel anonymous. If you don’t log in, no one can see who you are; you can even switch to incognito mode. The more savvy user would say that’s not really enough. To be anonymous, you need to clear your cookies and use a privacy-oriented browser.

But new research shows even that doesn’t work anymore. Websites are still tracking you — silently, persistently, and without your consent — by reading your browser’s unique “fingerprint.”

Conflicts and related fatalities have more than tripled since the early 2000s, fuelling extreme poverty, the World Bank said on June 27.

Economies in fragile and conflict-affected regions have become “the epicentre of global poverty and food insecurity, a situation increasingly shaped by the frequency and intensity of conflict”, the bank added in a new study.

In 2025, 421 million people get by on less than $3 a day in places hit by conflict or instability – a situation of extreme poverty – and the number is poised to hit 435 million by 2030.

• Microsoft recently threw a lifeline to consumers, offering alternatives to paying $30 for extended support for Windows 10
• Public Interest Research Group thinks this doesn't go far enough in terms of avoiding an impending e-waste calamity
• The organization suggests Microsoft considers providing longer-term support for Windows 10, or relaxes the spec requirements for Windows 11

Yu Bona is no ordinary mom returning to the office after maternity leave. For her first assignment back she heads to a rooftop, points a sniper rifle at her target in a nearby hotel room, and “bang!” the legendary assassin “Kingfisher” is back. But as Bona takes on a series of new targets, her news reporter husband Taesung is ordered to investigate Kingfisher’s return, and as the bodies pile up, the line between personal and professional slowly starts to blur.

Chapter 137

Chapter 138

Matt Turnbull, an Executive Producer at Xbox Game Studios Publishing, recently made a LinkedIn post, emphasizing that he'd be "remiss in not trying to offer the best advice" he could to laid-off workers in these trying times. This "best" advice is to turn to AI assistants like Copilot and ChatGPT for emotional support and to reduce cognitive load.

All further melting between now and October will see the size of glaciers in the Swiss Alps shrink, according to Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland (GLAMOS).

This century, the tipping point, on average, has been reached in mid-August -- itself already bad news for the nation's 1,400 glaciers, which are shrinking at a staggering rate.

Its arrival several weeks earlier on July 4 is "another alarm call", GLAMOS chief Matthias Huss told AFP.

Glaciers in the Swiss Alps began to retreat about 170 years ago.

The retreat was initially modest but in recent decades, melting has accelerated significantly as the climate warms.

The volume of Swiss glaciers shrank by 38 percent between 2000 and 2024.

Hyeseong, a boy living on a remote island, and Yunhae, a mysterious mermaid, become each other's only friend. But soon after they meet, they're separated after Hyeseong moves away. Six years later, Yunhae develops a mysterious power and finds Hyeseong again. Unfortunately, too much has changed, and Hyeseong can no longer dedicate all his time to her as he did in their childhood. He tells her they are too different, but Yunhae's attachment to Hyeseong slowly transforms into an obsession.

Warning the story may contains depictions of self harm, murder, child abuse that may be upsetting to some readers

tags : Fantasy, School life, Thriller, Romance, Monster Girls

Episode 45

A polar air mass has brought record low temperatures to Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, causing at least 15 deaths and forcing governments to restrict gas supplies and activate emergency shelters.

The three South American countries have all recorded sharply below-zero temperatures as the polar air originated from Antarctica and swept across the region.

In Argentina, at least nine homeless people have died from the cold this winter, according to NGO Proyecto 7.

The capital Buenos Aires recorded its lowest temperature since 1991 at -1.9 deg C on July 2, while the coastal city of Miramar saw snow for the first time in 34 years. Further south, the town of Maquinchao recorded –18 deg C on July 1.

Electricity demand caused cuts across Buenos Aires, leaving thousands without power for over 24 hours in some areas.

As European countries struggle with heat waves, some LATAM countries are facing polar air mass from South Pole.

and there is a video of heavy snowfall in the Atacama Desert

https://xcancel.com/BuenosDiasTVN/status/1938595103146168376

Julia Liuson, president of the Microsoft division responsible for developer tools such as AI coding service GitHub Copilot, recently sent an email instructing managers to evaluate employee performance based on their use of internal AI tools like this.

"AI is now a fundamental part of how we work," Liuson wrote. "Just like collaboration, data-driven thinking, and effective communication, using AI is no longer optional — it's core to every role and every level."

Liuson told managers that AI "should be part of your holistic reflections on an individual's performance and impact."

Microsoft's performance requirements vary from team to team, and some are considering including a more formal metric about the use of internal AI tools in performance reviews for its next fiscal year, according to a person familiar with the situation. This person asked not to be identified discussing private matters.