Warner Bros. Discovery Says Ongoing Strikes Will Mean $300M-$500M Hit to 2023 Earnings (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
"The company now expects to exceed $1.7 billion in free cash flow for the third quarter of 2023, in part due to the strong performance of 'Barbie' as well as incremental impact from strike-related factors," the entertainment giant says in a regulatory filing.
Greece starts limiting Acropolis daily visitors to tackle overtourism (www.cnn.com)
One of Greece’s most famous landmarks is trialing limiting its daily visitors, starting today....
Zelenskyy’s corruption crackdown plan raises cover-up fears (www.politico.eu)
By equating corruption to treason, Zelenskyy’s office is manipulating the public’s desire for justice, said Vitaly Shabunin, head of the Anti-Corruption Action Center (Antac), a Ukrainian nongovernmental organization that monitors graft. In reality, Shabunin added, Zelenskyy’s office is pursuing other goals: to protect...
Russian Anti-War Activist Sentenced To Six Years In Prison For Internet Posts (www.rferl.org)
A court in the Russian city of St. Petersburg sentenced anti-war activist Olga Smirnova to six years in prison on August 30 on a charge of spreading fake news about the armed forces. Smirnova was also banned from administering websites for three years. Prosecutors asked for a seven-year sentence....
New York police will use drones to monitor backyard parties this weekend, spurring privacy concerns (apnews.com)
New York police will use drones to monitor backyard parties this weekend, spurring privacy concerns::Those attending outdoor parties or barbecues in New York City this weekend may find an uninvited guest looming over their festivities: a police drone.
Scientologists Ask Federal Government to Restrict Right to Repair (www.404media.co)
The organization that represents Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s works has petitioned the U.S. government to restrict the right to repair a religious artifact called an E-Meter. This device is core to Scientology practices but the group argues exemptions allowing device hacking should not apply to equipment restricted to...
US military plans to unleash thousands of autonomous war robots over next two years (techxplore.com)
US military plans to unleash thousands of autonomous war robots over next two years::The United States military plans to start using thousands of autonomous weapons systems in the next two years in a bid to counter China’s growing power, US Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks announced in a speech …
US Judge Refuses to Dismiss Lawsuit Accusing X of Age Bias in 2022 Layoffs (www.gadgets360.com)
US Judge Refuses to Dismiss Lawsuit Accusing X of Age Bias in 2022 Layoffs::A US federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing X, the social media service formerly called Twitter, of disproportionately laying off older workers when Elon Musk acquired the company last year.
US health department recommends looser restrictions on cannabis (www.bbc.co.uk)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/2129776...
Millions of additional salaried workers could get overtime pay under Biden proposal (www.npr.org)
A proposal from the Labor Department would make an estimated 3.6 million salaried workers newly eligible for overtime pay. It covers workers earning less than $55,000 per year.
US embassy in Haiti urges citizens to leave country 'as soon as possible' (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Embassy in Haiti on Wednesday urged citizens in the Caribbean country to leave “as soon as possible” citing security and infrastructure challenges, as escalating violence has left thousands displaced and sent homicides soaring....
So what (discuss.tchncs.de)
Christian Boarding School Reaches $100 Million Settlement for Alleged Torturing Students (themessenger.com)
An investigation by police revealed school administrators tried to cover up multiple cases of abuse at Miracle Meadows. Students had been handcuffed or shackled to beds, and many endured rapes and vicious beatings.
Sea of Stars sold 100,000 copies on day one (twitter.com)
People were worried that big games releasing these few weeks would overshadow indie games. Seems like that’s luckily not the case.
New Roomba combo bots have swappable dust and water tanks | Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
PiBoy Mini: just add a Raspberry Pi and you've got a handheld retro gaming system (www.raspberrypi.com)
Retro gaming is a massively popular Raspberry Pi application, and while loading your favourite old video games onto an SD card is pretty straightforward, building the physical shell of a gaming system can be daunting for those of us without 3D printers or design skills of any kind. PiBoy Mini bridges that gap by providing...
Foxconn's promise to invest $10 billion in Wisconsin is now a distant memory | It's now selling two mostly empty buildings in the state. (www.engadget.com)
Foxconn’s promise to invest $10 billion in Wisconsin is now a distant memory | It’s now selling two mostly empty buildings in the state.::Foxconn is selling two buildings in Wisconsin, which have remained mostly empty since they were originally purchased for its plans to bring production to the US…
Caste matters : Dalit student attacked by caste Hindu students for laughing inside bus in Tamil Nadu, India (www.thenewsminute.com)
In another case of caste-based violence among school students in Tamil Nadu, more than 20 caste Hindu students belonging to the Urali Gounder community attacked a Dalit student and his grandmother in Karur district on Saturday, August 26, for laughing inside a bus....
Home Values Will Rise 6.5% Over the Next Year: Zillow (money.com)
NVIDIA BIOS Signature Lock Finally Broken (www.phoronix.com)
Russian neo-Nazi group refuses to fight in Ukraine, accusing Kremlin of abandoning its leader (news.yahoo.com)
Dropbox Axes Unlimited Cloud Storage for Businesses (blog.dropbox.com)
Meta releases Code Llama, a code-generating AI model (techcrunch-com.cdn.ampproject.org)
Parents are smashing eggs on their kids heads in new TikTok prank. Doctors say they should stop. (www.nbcnews.com)
The hashtag #eggprank has more than 670.7 million views. But some commenters have expressed concern that parents might be hurting or humiliating children.