Video released of LAPD ignoring robbery to catch Togetic in Pokémon Go (www.404media.co)
‘Instant Evolution': AI Creates a Squishy Purple Blob That Uses Air to Walk (gizmodo.com)
What is the Israeli settler movement? (www.msn.com)
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Israel says 1,500 Hamas militants dead after battles near Gaza (www.news.com.au)
Israel said it had largely secured the Gaza border and was evacuating nearby towns where the bodies of 1,500 Hamas militants had been recovered by Tuesday after days of gruelling battles outside the Palestinian enclave....
John Riccitiello is stepping down as CEO and president of Unity (investors.unity.com)
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Unity (NYSE: U) (the “Company”), the world’s leading platform for creating and growing real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced that John Riccitiello will retire as President, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately....
Google Pixel 8a Exclusive: First Look at the Upcoming Mid-Range Powerhouse with Google Tensor G3 Chip (www.smartprix.com)
Drake's new song mentions Android phones and green text bubbles - PhoneArena (www.phonearena.com)
Google, which is in the middle of a campaign to get Apple to support the RCS platform, used the song to help its cause....
Israeli leader warns of ‘long war’ as it faces unprecedented hostage crisis following Hamas attack (www.cnn.com)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country is “embarking on a long and difficult war” as it deals with an unprecedented hostage crisis after Palestinian militants launched a surprise land, sea and air attack from Gaza, killing hundreds and infiltrating into Israeli territory....
Russia has tested a nuclear-powered missile and could revoke a global atomic test ban, Putin says (apnews.com)
Video on subject, by Hindustan Times:...
How Neuralink Keeps Dead Monkey Photos Secret (www.wired.com)
How Neuralink Keeps Dead Monkey Photos Secret::Elon Musk’s brain-chip startup conducted years of tests at UC Davis, a public university. A WIRED investigation reveals how Neuralink and the university keep the grisly images of test subjects hidden.
Plex Sued for Copyright Infringement by Press Agency (torrentfreak.com)
Title is somewhat misleading. It’s not for anything video-related. It’s for using a (probably free) photo of actress Cuca Escribano without permission.
Severity HIGH security problem to be announced with curl 8.4.0 on Oct 11 (CVE-2023-38545) · curl/curl · Discussion #12026 (github.com)
cross-posted from: biglemmowski.win/post/224873...
Meta Plans to Charge $14 a Month for Ad-Free Instagram or Facebook (www.wsj.com)
Meta Plans to Charge $14 a Month for Ad-Free Instagram or Facebook::European users would have option to pay fee or agree to personalized ads, according to company’s pitch to regulators
WATCH: U.S. announces sweeping action against Chinese fentanyl supply chain producers (www.pbs.org)
In one of the biggest actions the administration has taken against fentanyl trafficking, the U.S. on Tuesday announced a series of indictments and sanctions against 14 people and 14 firms across China and Canada related to the import of the drug to the United States.
Microsoft Defender no longer flags Tor Browser as malware (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
A Guide to Compiling the Linux Kernel All By Yourself (itsfoss.com)
Publisher Wants $2,500 To Allow Academics To Post Their Own Manuscript To Their Own Repository (www.techdirt.com)
As a Walled Culture explained back in 2021, open access (OA) to published academic research comes in two main varieties. “Gold” open access papers are freely available to the public because the researchers’ institutions pay “article-processing charges” to a publisher. “Green” OA papers are available because the...
Using fMRI scans on 19 lonely fans of “Game of Thrones”, researchers discovered that they processed their favorite characters similarly to real friends in their brains. This suggests that lonelier ... (news.osu.edu)
Using fMRI scans on 19 lonely fans of “Game of Thrones”, researchers discovered that they processed their favorite characters similarly to real friends in their brains. This suggests that lonelier …::In lonely people, the boundary between real friends and favorite fictional characters gets blurred in the part of the brain...
Steam Deck 2 delay was right choice for Valve as mid-generation refresh would fare better (www.notebookcheck.net)
Mexico's president slams US aid for Ukraine and sanctions on Venezuela and Cuba (apnews.com)
López Obrador said the United States should spend some of the money sent to Ukraine on economic development in Latin America....
Lawmakers say government shutdown appears inevitable (thehill.com)
A government shutdown increasingly looks inevitable as GOP opponents of a stopgap in the Senate seek to drag out the process ahead of a midnight Sunday deadline....
Gilgo Beach killings suspect wants his hundreds of seized guns back so he can sell them | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Tesla trial over Autopilot fatality kicks off in California (www.reuters.com)
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Opening statements are set to begin on Thursday in the first U.S. trial over allegations that Tesla’s (TSLA.O) Autopilot driver assistant feature led to a death, and its results could help shape similar cases across the country....
New rule will cut federal money to college programs that leave grads with high debt, low pay (apnews.com)
Horizon Forbidden West Coming to PC (www.theverge.com)
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