Alex Jones compares U.S. to 9/11 hijackers on Russian TV (www.newsweek.com)
iOS 17 to Launch on September 18, Featuring StandBy Mode, NameDrop, Interactive Widgets (www.macrumors.com)
Threads blocks searches related to covid and vaccines as cases rise (www.washingtonpost.com)
Meta acknowledged in a statement to The Washington Post that Threads is intentionally blocking the search terms and said that other terms are being blocked, but the company declined to provide a list of them. A search by The Post discovered that the words “sex,” “nude,” “gore,” “porn,” “coronavirus,”...
‘Biden, Macron know what’s going on in India but won’t talk’ (www.aljazeera.com)
Surprise: Studio Ghibli’s Hayao Miyazaki has failed to retire a fourth time (www.theverge.com)
The Boy and the Heron, Hayao Miyazaki’s first feature film in a decade, probably won’t be his last after all. Studio Ghibli executive Junichi Nishioka told CBC News that not only does he not feel like retiring anymore, he’s actively coming into work to create yet another film.
You Need to Update Your iPhone [if you have one], Right Now (gizmodo.com)
Essay | The Real Story of Musk’s Twitter Takeover (www.wsj.com)
ghostarchive.org...
Yes this year is as hot as you think it is (arstechnica.com)
Doctor arrested after guns, drugs and prostitutes found in yacht raid (www.independent.co.uk)
Scott Burke, 69, faces drug trafficking and weapons charges after arrest...
“We’re not ‘gatekeepers,’” Apple and Microsoft tell European Union (arstechnica.com)
A Florida Jewish Community Center canceled a Jewish author’s talk because her novel mentions slavery (forward.com)
Citing the "political climate," a Florida JCC canceled a Jewish author's talk about a book set in Virginia in 1811 that mentions slavery.
California moves closer to historic caste discrimination ban (www.reuters.com)
California moved closer to becoming the first U.S. state to ban caste discrimination after a bill to outlaw the practise passed the California Assembly late on Monday....
FOSS keyboard: Simple Keyboard by RKKR, swipe typing and AOSP looks. (www.f-droid.org)
Anyone tried this? Works perfectly for me. Any reason why I should go back to the OpenBoard fork with Swipe?
Keep on truckin’ (sh.itjust.works)
Good luck, Flathub, with convincing companies to sell their software in your planned store 🤡. (feddit.de)
The title says it all. Browsed Flathub and saw this fat warning label on the Steam Flatpak. Maybe not the best idea if you want to compete with Canoncial’s Snapstore, but hey, what do I know 🤷
France to ban disposable e-cigarettes, PM says (www.reuters.com)
So-called “puff” devices generate habits among young people that can lead to tobacco addiction, she added....
Call Of Duty using AI to listen out for hate speech during online matches (news.sky.com)
Call Of Duty using AI to listen out for hate speech during online matches::The tool, which will monitor voice chat for any bullying and harassment, will be part of Modern Warfare III - the next game in the series - when it launches in November.
Narcan — the opioid overdose medication — will finally be available over the counter (www.vox.com)
In just a few days, drugstores like Walgreens will have it in stock, for everyone. Here’s how to use it, and who it will help.
Lidl recalls Paw Patrol snacks after website on packaging displayed porn (techcrunch.com)
Lies of P will be released on Mac as part of the game's official launch on September 19 (www.aroged.com)
U.S. Natural Gas Production Sets New Record High (www.forbes.com)
In 2022, U.S. production grew by 3.6% to a new all-time high of 94.7 billion cubic feet per day....
My grandfather was an aircraft inspector for De Havilland in WWII. This is one of the notebooks he used to study for the job. He drew all the pictures. (ibb.co)
Not the same thing, my dudes (slrpnk.net)
Google just made it a lot easier for people to begin automating their smart home (www.engadget.com)
Google has really tried to go all in on automation since the rollout of its redesigned Home app in May. There’s been the introduction of a new script editor, Nest Cam Indoor integration and, now, a whole slew of new routines to use. The company has announced 18 new routines — half starters and half actions — immediately...
Google Pixel 8 will get more OS updates with longer lifespan than Samsung (9to5google.com)
While the Pixel 6 ushered in three years of major Android OS version updates and an additional two for security patches, that’s still nowhere near the longevity of the iPhone. Google hopes to change that on the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro with noticeably more OS updates.
