Worm that jumps from rats to slugs to human brains has invaded Southeast US (arstechnica.com)
Multiple rats in Atlanta test positive for calamitous, rapidly spreading parasite.
Unity makes major changes to controversial install-fee program ...😑 (arstechnica.com)
No fees for Personal tier or old/current projects, new 2.5% revenue cap, and more.
X Announces It’s Shutting Down ‘Circles’ As of October 31st (www.socialmediatoday.com)
Striking WGA Union’s Spending Spree Revealed, Including 25K On Sushi (www.oann.com)
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/striking-wga-unions-spending-spree-revealed-including-25k-on-sushi/
Rupert Murdoch steps down as Fox and News Corp. chairman (www.cnn.com)
Volvo to end diesel car production by early 2024 (www.reuters.com)
World inching ever closer to a great fracture, says UN chief (www.theguardian.com)
Tankies pretend they're democratic (sh.itjust.works)
China flies 103 military planes toward Taiwan in a new high of activity the island calls harassment (apnews.com)
China’s military sent 103 warplanes toward Taiwan in a 24-hour period in what the island’s defense ministry called a recent new high....
KADYROV DEATH RUMORS LET'S GOOOOOOO (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
California sues oil companies claiming they downplayed the risk of fossil fuels (www.theguardian.com)
Civil lawsuit filed by the state targets Exxon Mobil, Shell, Chevron, ConocoPhillips and BP...
Russell Brand denies 'serious criminal allegations' set to be aired in TV documentary (www.abc.net.au)
British comedian Russell Brand has posted a video denying “serious criminal allegations” set to be made against him in an upcoming television program....
Cyberdog, the Internet's Most Iconic Cartoon, Goes Up For Auction (gizmodo.com)
Secret records: Government says Marine's adoption of Afghan orphan seen as abduction, must be undone (apnews.com)
The U.S. government has warned a Virginia judge that an American Marine’s adoption of an Afghan war orphan was flawed and could be seen as international child abduction.
The Pixel Tablet is actually just a few spare parts in a half-empty body [article headline] (arstechnica.com)
I am not sure where I land on this issue, I am not entirely sold that it should have been filled to the brim and packed tightly but it does seem like they could have done better either for repairability or at least having things like a headphone jack and maybe better speakers (I have read that speakers can do better with more...
I moved to Seattle for a high-paying tech job. It turned out to be the loneliest time of my life. (www.businessinsider.com)
I moved to Seattle for a high-paying tech job. It turned out to be the loneliest time of my life.::After accepting a job at Amazon, Alexander Nguyen moved to Seattle, where he experienced a period of intense loneliness.
Unity cancels town hall over reported death threats (www.theverge.com)
The Unity pricing debacle has taken an unfortunate, dangerous turn. In a new report from Bloomberg, the company has reportedly canceled a town hall meeting due to what the publication called credible death threats. According to Bloomberg, Unity CEO John Riccitiello was set to address employees Thursday morning, but the...
Biden brushes off House impeachment inquiry and says Republicans want to shut down the government (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden late Wednesday brushed off the House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry, saying the way he sees it, they launched the investigation against him because they want to shut down the federal government....
The Death of Unity - Opinion (www.gamedeveloper.com)
I can say, unequivocally, if you’re starting a new game project, do not use Unity. If you started a project 4 months ago, it’s worth switching to something else. Unity is quite simply not a company to be trusted....
Don't worry, folks. Big Tech pinky swears it'll build safe, trustworthy generative AI (www.theregister.com)
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Zelensky: No way of predicting how the millions of Ukrainian refugees in European countries would react to their country being abandoned (archive.ph)
Curtailing aid to Ukraine will only prolong the war, Mr Zelensky argues. And it would create risks for the West in its own backyard. There is no way of predicting how the millions of Ukrainian refugees in European countries would react to their country being abandoned. Ukrainians have generally “behaved well” and are “very...
what do you think it means? (i.imgur.io)
6-month-old girl raped by relative in Uttar Pradesh. "She was found naked, screaming and bleeding" (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Republican opposition to abortion threatens global HIV/AIDS program that has saved 25 million lives (apnews.com)
The AIDS epidemic has killed more than 40 million people since the first recorded cases in 1981, tripling child mortality and carving decades off life expectancy in the hardest-hit areas of Africa, where the cost of treatment put it out of reach. Horrified, then-President George W. Bush and the U.S. Congress two decades ago...
