The Daily Populous

Sunday March 3rd, 2024 night edition

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Developers of several games on Steam had changed the name of their games to Helldivers 2, completely altering their Steam pages, including the developer and publisher tags.

And Helldivers 2 was not alone in being targeted by this scam.

Palworld, Last Epoch and Escape from Tarkov were also impersonated, with the same strategy employed, and each Steam page for the fakes looking largely legit to a casual observer.

So the first result on Google for "Escape from Tarkov Steam" is a scam.

SoleOnBoard Studio, meanwhile, has gone by albobs and Bside Studio, and was responsible for Palworld and Helldivers 2 fakes.

Once upon a time Valve was heavily criticised for its draconian approach to letting games appear on Steam.

Asset flips, games that simply do not function—they're all given a home on Steam. »

Israel may have just torched its relationship with Russia, promising to supply Ukraine with 'early-warning systems'

Authored by yahoo.com
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A spokesperson for Israel's foreign ministry told Business Insider that the system was "not Iron Dome," Israel's most advanced air defense system.

Originally installed by Israel Defense Forces in the towns surrounding the Gaza Strip in the late 1990s, the system now covers the whole of Israel.

Using the system in Ukraine will likely mean that Israel will need to send specialist soldiers to help Ukrainians integrate it. »

Hamas leader Sinwar reportedly satisfied with course of war, confident civilian deaths will force stop

Authored by allisrael.com

Yahya Sinwar leader of the Hamas terrorist organization at Hamas President's office in Gaza City, on April 13, 2022 (Photo: Attia Muhammed/Flash90).

When senior members of Hamas leadership based outside of the Strip met in Qatar last month, a message arrived from the leader of Hamas in Gaza, according to WSJ.

Sinwar was also confident that the mounting civilian casualties resulting from the war would eventually lead to international pressure to the extent that Israel would be forced to stop the war. »

1 in 5 new car sales globally were EVs in 2023, and that’s curbed oil demand – IEA

Authored by electrek.co
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But the good news is that continued expansion of clean energy technologies meant that global energy-related emissions rose less strongly than in 2022, even as total energy demand growth accelerated.

Their emissions dropped to a 50-year low while coal demand fell back to levels not seen since the early 1900s.

The growing number of EVs on the roads, accounting for 1 in 5 new car sales globally in 2023, also played a significant role in keeping oil demand (in terms of energy content) from rising above pre-pandemic levels. »