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Google Meet’s latest update includes a new UI and in-call messaging (www.theverge.com)

Google’s Meet app is getting a few more features designed for calls. Meet, the videocalling app Google rolled Duo into a couple of years ago, is designed to handle both meetings and personal video calls. The update, which will roll out over the coming months, focuses on the personal side. It offers an updated UI and features...

Gonorrhoea getting more drug-resistant and ‘may become untreatable’ (www.theguardian.com)

Gonorrhoea is becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics, and could be untreatable in the future, health officials have warned as a report reveals a rise in super-strength cases in England....

Trump's Shooting Rattled QAnon Believers. Then They Doubled Down (www.wired.com)

American Science is in Dangerous Decline while Chinese Research Surges, Experts Warn (www.scientificamerican.com)

A new Israel-Hamas cease-fire talk starts this week. Is anything different this time? (www.npr.org)

Arizona court rules voter pamphlet can refer to fetus as ‘unborn human being’ (www.theguardian.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/18659141

'Major Power Milestone': US Green Groups Cheer Wind, Solar Overtaking Coal (www.commondreams.org)

Deflection and downplaying: Putin’s response to Kursk invasion off to a shaky start (www.theguardian.com)

Rare archaeological site reveals 'surprising' Neanderthal behavior at Pyrenees foothills (phys.org)

Ben-Gurion University researchers offer proof of concept for unique aquaponics system (scienmag.com)

Scientists prepared to save monarch butterfly in event of 'rapid extinction' (www.upi.com)

Bromley: Cleaner 'wins' holiday after bosses ban fundraiser cash - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)

WHO declares Mpox global health emergency (www.bbc.com)

WHO declares mpox a global public health emergency for second time in two years (www.nbcnews.com)

SBU says it busted Russian spy network, including ex-members of Yanukovych's security (kyivindependent.com)

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said on Aug. 14 it had uncovered a Russian intelligence cell that included two former members of ex-President Viktor Yanukovych’s security detail and an active member of Ukraine’s National Guard....

US clears $20bn in arms sales for Israel as atrocities continue in Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)

One law for megarich provocateur Elon Musk, another for the poor idiots who follow --- [Opinion] (www.irishtimes.com)

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TIL about privacy guides (www.privacyguides.org)

Privacy Guides is a not-for-profit, volunteer-run project that hosts online communities and publishes news and recommendations surrounding privacy and security tools, services, and knowledge....