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The original was posted on /r/worldnews by /u/ChiefFun on 2025-01-19 19:19:02+00:00.

Summary

The moon has been added to the World Monuments Fund's (WMF) list of threatened heritage sites for the first time due to risks from commercial and governmental lunar activities.

The WMF highlights concerns about looting and damage to artefacts from Apollo missions, such as Neil Armstrong’s footprints and objects left on the moon.

WMF calls for international protocols to protect lunar heritage as private space tourism and missions increase.

The 2024 list also includes sites in conflict zones and areas endangered by climate change or unsustainable tourism.

Several thousand people, mostly women, gathered in Washington on Saturday to protest President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, with some wearing the pink hats that marked the much-larger protest against his first inauguration in 2017.

Alternative frontend: https://neuters.de/world/us/thousands-gather-washington-protest-trump-inauguration-2025-01-18/

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Fworld%2Fus%2Fthousands-gather-washington-protest-trump-inauguration-2025-01-18%2F

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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/52721306

Inspiriert von https://feddit.org/post/6945775

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The original was posted on /r/technology by /u/ElijahPepe on 2025-01-19 17:39:03+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/technology by /u/digital-didgeridoo on 2025-01-19 17:34:20+00:00.

Original Title: FTC: Companies Are Using Your Data for Individualized 'Surveillance Pricing' | Retailers are hiring 'intermediary firms' to algorithmically tweak and target their prices, so you may be paying more based on your web history and profile

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The original was posted on /r/technology by /u/Jebemtijovanku69 on 2025-01-19 17:06:08+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/games by /u/Wizard_Hand on 2025-01-19 17:14:34+00:00.

Wizard Hand is a magical deckbuilder game where solitaire meets roguelike. You play solitaire by using your magical cards to uncover dazzling combos and accumulate magical points with the help of enchantments, crafting, and a collection of powerful artifacts.

Steam: Wizard Hand

Trailer: YouTube

The goal of the game is to clear the entire pyramid of cards from the table using the cards in your hand and your vast magical arsenal, while scoring at least the minimum points required to progress (though scoring higher is better, as it unlocks additional rewards). Different combinations award varying amounts of points, and the sequence of combinations matters. Cards in your hand can also be transformed using crafting recipes from your library.

Your scoring efforts are hindered by "pyramid guardians"—special effects on the cards in the pyramid. These guardians work against the player, disrupting their plans. Additionally, players will encounter powerful bosses that change the rules of the level, forcing them to adapt to new conditions if they want to succeed. Between rounds, players can access an in-game shop to purchase a variety of useful magical items.

Game Features:

• Artifacts that multiply points and have a lot of useful effects
• Crystals containing crafting recipes allow you to temporarily transform one card into another
• Characters with special abilities
• Pyramid guardians using their power to stop you
• Bosses - force you to take an unconventional approach to the entire round
• Enchanted cards - build your own magic deck and use cards in an unusual way
• Card upgrades - every card in your deck can be made stronger
• Streak mechanic - the bonuses increase with each combination in a row
• Replayability - unlock new artifacts, characters and additional starting rules as you play

When creating this game, we were inspired by Balatro, but there’s a key difference: while Balatro offers fast-paced gameplay during each round, our game provides more ways to manipulate both the pyramid and your deck. You’ll need to take your time and think carefully about optimal combinations and their sequences. Playstyles can vary greatly depending on the items and recipes you acquire.

Disclaimer: The video contains AI-generated assets. Our team consists of just two people, and our artwork is still in progress. However, we really wanted to make it in time for the next Steam Next Fest, so we used concept art to make it to registration. These assets will not be present in the final product.

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The original was posted on /r/games by /u/fumifeider on 2025-01-19 09:13:41+00:00.

Game developer and publisher Moonton, a subsidiary to Chinese company ByteDance (TikTok), has made all of their mobile games unavailable to be played within the United States as of January 19, 2025.

A similar notice to the one below, taken from the Mobile Legends: Adventure official website, can be found within all of their games, as of the time of writing.

Mobile Legends: Adventure is currently unavailable

Due to circumstances beyond our control, Mobile Legends: Adventure is currently unavailable to players in the US.

We deeply value our vibrant player community and are actively exploring possibilities to bring the game back in the future.

In the meantime, you can continue to manage your account and download your game data on our official website.

Thank you for being part of our community, and we hope to see you again soon.

Source

Games Affected:

• One Punch Man - The Strongest
• Watcher of Realms
• Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
• Mobile Legends: Adventure

Imgur Gallery For All Game Notices

Credits to u/iXichi and SimonSorna on Twitter for sharing select game notice images, respectively.

UPDATE: The applications appear to have now been entirely pulled from app stores within the US, delisting them and making them unavailable for download to accounts created within the country.

Other Impacted Game Titles:

• MARVEL SNAP (Nuverse)
• Land of Empires: Immortal (Nuverse)
• Mission EVO (Nuverse)

Only the service of mobile applications either "developed or provided by ByteDance Ltd." or "an entity under the control of ByteDance Ltd.," per H.R. 7521 language, are expected to be impacted at this time.

Thousands gathered in northern Liberia on Saturday for the funeral of warlord-turned-politician Prince Johnson, a notorious face of the country's brutal civil wars who died without facing trial.

Back-to-back conflicts devastated the small west African country from 1989 until 2003, claiming around 250,000 lives and resulting in massacres, mutilation, rape, cannibalism and the widespread use of child soldiers.

Johnson became infamous in 1990 after appearing in a video sipping beer as he calmly watched his fighters mutilate and torture president Samuel Doe to death.

The former rebel leader was identified as having the highest number of violations by any individual perpetrator during the gruesome wars, according to a 2009 Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) report.

Saturday's burial marked the end of a five-day state funeral which saw his body displayed outside parliament in the capital Monrovia before being transported to his home county of Nimba.

Johnson's supporters and government officials, including President Joseph Boakai, crowded the grounds of the Liberia Petroleum Refinery Company in Ganta city in Nimba.

"Though opinion may differ on his legacy, what can all of us agree on is that he played a significant part in Liberia's journey, shaping our past, influencing our present, and leaving a mark on our future," Boakai said in a speech during the ceremony.

Boakai's predecessor George Weah described Johnson as "to many a hero, to others a father figure" who had a profound influence on the country.

Some in the crowd hailing from Nimba donned traditional attire, wearing red and daubing their faces with white chalk.

According to the TRC, Johnson's crimes spanned killing, extortion, massacre, destruction of property, forced recruitment, assault, abduction, torture, forced labour and rape.

He went on to become a highly influential senator, acting as kingmaker in the last three presidential elections before his death in November aged 72.

"The biggest tree that we all depended on has fallen," said 65-year-old Charles G. Wondor, a farmer from Nimba.

"We are thinking that we wouldn't have anyone to replace him because the way he contributed to the county and to the people, we don't think we can ever get anyone like him," he added.

Another group of supporters -- dressed in black with red hats -- beat drums, clapped, danced and sang.

"Prince Johnson was a great man," said Darling N. Nuahn, a businesswoman from Nimba.

"It is so regrettable to lose him".

The burial took place at the nearby PYJ Polytechnic University, an institution founded and named after the late senator.

Despite being among eight warlords the Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommended be prosecuted for gross human rights violations, Johnson never faced justice as the recommendations were not implemented.

After initially allying with Charles Taylor, Liberia's future president who was later convicted of crimes against humanity, Johnson broke away and was forced into exile in Nigeria in 1992, where he stayed for 12 years.

"He managed to have such an influence politically when he came back from Nigeria that he managed to somehow confiscate or hijack this justice effort from the TRC," Alain Werner, lawyer and director of NGO Civitas Maxima, told AFP by telephone.

"In a way, until he died eventually last year, he was above the law".

Johnson returned to Liberia in 2004 with a message of peace and reconciliation, becoming a preacher in an evangelical church.

The father of 12 never expressed regret over his past actions.

In 2005, he became a senator for Nimba county, where he enjoyed widespread popularity.

I was reading A Coffin for Dimitrios (great book), and found a character saying "send me a pneumatique when you get to Paris." And in fact, there was a series of pneumatic tubes to speed the mail in Paris for over 100 years. Thought it was cool. Here's the wiki as well.

For those of us still impatiently waiting, what is your experience so far with “Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition”?

—- I ordered just 2 hours in but the vendor I used sold out in 21 minutes. I just found out I also missed the restock, so hopefully some time next month.