European Union court says TikTok owner can’t avoid bloc’s law cracking down on digital giants (apnews.com)
Airlines resume services after global IT crash wreaks havoc. (www.voanews.com)
Forced labour is widespread and institutionalized across North Korea, maintained through violence and recrimination, the UN human rights office says (news.un.org)
In a report based on 183 interviews with victims and witnesses of forced labour who managed to escape DPRK and now live abroad, the UN human rights office OHCHR cited one person’s testimony that if a daily work quota was not met, workers would be beaten and have their food ration cut....
Newborn baby made homeless by Home Office in frenzy to clear asylum backlog | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Man accused of Nazi salute during US Capitol attack jailed for nearly five years (www.theguardian.com)
Tyler Dykes, 26, who said at sentencing he is supporting Trump to be president, pleaded guilty to assault charges...
Slow recovery from IT outage begins as experts warn of future risks (www.theguardian.com)
Fault in CrowdStrike caused airports, businesses and healthcare services to languish in ‘largest outage in history’...
Pro-Trump multimillionaire and election denier boosts funds to far-right voter-conspiracy groups (www.theguardian.com)
Ex-Overstock chief Patrick Byrne using Maga-allied America Project to steer large amounts to groups pushing fringe theories...
Disneyland workers say they live in cars and motels due to low pay (www.bbc.com)
Cynthia “Cyn” Carranza meticulously scavenged for a shady parking spot in the car she called home....
Hungary facing fuel crisis as Ukraine turns up heat on Russian oil supplies (www.politico.eu)
Sky-high prices and electricity shortages could hit Hungarians within “weeks” after Kyiv imposed a partial ban on Russian oil passing through its territory....
Fossil fuel extraction compatible with climate action, says COP29 host Azerbaijan (www.politico.eu)
Azerbaijan, the host of this year’s global climate talks, has suggested that continued fossil fuel extraction is compatible with the Paris Agreement....
China: Bridge collapses in sudden floods, killing several (www.dw.com)
At least 11 people died, and 30 people were missing after a bridge collapsed amid torrential rains in northwestern China, state media said on Saturday....
KDE signs petition urging European Union to continue funding free software (kde.org)
This past two weeks in KDE: fixing sticky keys and the worst crashes (pointieststick.com)
Concerning CrowdStrike (infosec.exchange)
We are now at t+26h. Please compare how much we knew about the xz-attack after less than a day with what we know about the chain of events of giant outage yesterday....
Iran Can Produce Fissile Material For Bomb In 'One Or Two Weeks': Blinken (www.barrons.com)
Bro where did we park the carrier? (i.imgur.com)
Bethesda Officially Becomes the First Microsoft Game Studio to Fully Unionize - IGN (www.ign.com)
Once Human Devs Delete Post Asking Players To Leave Positive Steam Reviews After New Update Breaks Stuff (kotaku.com)
AMD Anti-Lag steps out of its comfort zone — tech arrives on Vulkan 1.3.291, bringing Anti-Lag benefits outside of DirectX for the first time (www.tomshardware.com)
Acre Crisis looks like a fun throwback to the original Dino Crisis (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Steamworks Development :: Official dates for the first half of 2025 Steam Sales and Fests (steamcommunity.com)
Global community needs to do more to end RSF atrocities in Sudan (www.aljazeera.com)
Review says puberty blocker curb has not led to suicide rise (www.bbc.com)
“There is no evidence of a large rise in suicides in young patients attending a gender identity clinic in London, an independent review has found.”...