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Rising sea levels will disrupt millions of Americans’ lives by 2050, study finds (www.theguardian.com)

Floods could leave coastal communities in states like Florida and California unlivable in two decades...

4 questions answered about the software cyberattacks affecting car dealerships (www.pbs.org)

CDK Global, a company that provides software for thousands of auto dealers in the U.S. and Canada, was hit by back-to-back cyberattacks Wednesday. That led to an outage that has continued to impact operations....

China's state subsidies in green technologies significantly higher than those in EU and OECD countries, distorting competition, researchers say (www.intereconomics.eu)

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SaumonNet/proxmox-nixos: The Proxmox Hypervisor, on NixOS (github.com)

This project is a port of the Proxmox Hypervisor on NixOS....

Decriminalizing marijuana among proposed changes to Dallas city charter (www.dallasnews.com)

Some of the possible changes on the table are increasing pay for the mayor and council members, moving City Council elections to a ranked-choice voting system and extending the terms of district council members.

Top European rights court rules Russia guilty of abuses in Crimea (www.msn.com)

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Russia committed rights violations in Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, which Moscow occupied and annexed in violation of international law in 2014…

UK: Government lost £1.4bn on PPE contract with Full Support Healthcare (www.bbc.com)

About £1.4bn worth of personal protective equipment (PPE) has been destroyed or written off in what is understood to be the most wasteful government deal of the pandemic....

Violence outside Los Angeles synagogue taxed LAPD, sparks condemnation from Biden, Newsom, Bass. Mayor adds additional LAPD patrols outside houses of worship citywide (www.latimes.com)

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‘I am innocent': Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao speaks days after FBI search at her home (www.nbcbayarea.com)

Red Tape Is Making Hospital Ransomware Attacks Worse (www.wired.com)

HMD leak reveals Nokia Lumia-inspired Skyline and other upcoming models (www.androidauthority.com)

Bankruptcy trustee discloses plan to shut down Alex Jones' Infowars and liquidate assets (apnews.com)

Thailand eyes BRICS membership at October summit, begins OECD application (www.reuters.com)

Nature Index 2024 Research Leaders: Chinese institutions dominate the top spots (www.nature.com)

Tech Firms Prey on Poor Under Guise of Expanding Access to Financial Services (truthout.org)

Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free (www.nbcnews.com)

Julian Assange is free....

Gun violence is fueling national trauma, surgeon general warns (www.politico.com)

Gun violence has created a large-scale cycle of trauma and fear that’s damaging Americans’ mental health, making children fearful of going to school and adults of going to public places, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said in announcing a public health crisis Tuesday....

Julian Assange Free on Bail, Departs UK for Australia! (twitter.com)

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Man impersonates cop only to pull over a real detective and get arrested (local12.com)

China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe returns to Earth with world-first samples from dark side of Moon (hongkongfp.com)

Chang’E-6 samples will answer 6 important questions...

Microsoft Account to local account conversion guide erased from official Windows 11 guide — instructions redacted earlier this week (www.tomshardware.com)

Microsoft has been pushing hard for its users to sign into Windows with a Microsoft Account. The newest Windows 11 installer removed the easy bypass to the requirement that you make an account or login with your existing account. If you didn’t install Windows 11 without a Microsoft Account and now want to stop sending the...

Stanford Internet Observatory rejects media reports it is shutting down, but acknowledges funding challenges (cyber.fsi.stanford.edu)