Red Hat stops all upstream and downstream work on desktop Bluetooth, multimedia applications (namely totem, rhythmbox and sound-juicer) and libfprint/fprintd (www.hadess.net)
Florida woman doused herself in Mountain Dew to erase DNA after killing roommate in Daytona Beach: police (www.fox35orlando.com)
A Volusia County woman suspected of killing her 79-year-old roommate allegedly doused herself in soda in an attempt to erase possible evidence on her body, according to an arrest affidavit.
80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans: ‘A lot of executives have egg on their faces’ (www.cnbc.com)
80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans: ‘A lot of executives have egg on their faces’::As some business leaders accept hybrid work as a permanent reality, others are backtracking on earlier pledges to let employees work from home.
Democrats aren’t the only ones voting for abortion rights, Ohio shows (www.nbcnews.com)
More than 20 Ohio counties rejected Issue 1 on Tuesday and most of them were suburban and exurban counties that voted for Donald Trump in 2020.
Google app being flagged as a virus by Huawei phones (stackdiary.com)
I’m seeing a lot of reports from users of Huawei and Honor devices have reported that their phones are incorrectly identifying Google apps as Trojan malware, specifically labeled as TrojanSMS-PA. According to the alert, this “malicious software” has the ability to send SMS messages without user consent.
Ivanka Trump must testify in fraud case, judge rules (www.bbc.co.uk)
***UPDATE – The New York Attorney General’s Office said the former president will testify on 6 November and his three children will take the stand before him....
The equivalent of a gold star (slrpnk.net)
California lawmakers vote to fast-track low-income housing on churches’ lands (apnews.com)
Religious institutions and nonprofit colleges in California could soon turn their parking lots and other properties into low-income housing to help combat the ongoing homeless crisis, lawmakers voted on Thursday....
Surprise: Studio Ghibli’s Hayao Miyazaki has failed to retire a fourth time (www.theverge.com)
The Boy and the Heron, Hayao Miyazaki’s first feature film in a decade, probably won’t be his last after all. Studio Ghibli executive Junichi Nishioka told CBC News that not only does he not feel like retiring anymore, he’s actively coming into work to create yet another film.
Video of police fatally shooting a pregnant Black woman set to be released, Ohio department says (apnews.com)
Authorities in Ohio say they will release body camera footage of a fatal police shooting of a pregnant Black woman.
The German Rhineland-Palatinate State Parliament has ditched X (Twitter) in favour of open-source decentralised Mastodon (gadgeteer.co.za)
Amazon’s First ‘Fallout’ Show Art Is AI Generated (www.forbes.com)
While I am quite excited about the Walton Goggins-infused Amazon Fallout series, the show debuted some promo art for the project ahead of official stills or footage and…it appears to be AI generated.
Hollywood studio Lionsgate brings back mask mandate amid Covid spike (www.theguardian.com)
The studio behind John Wick and The Hunger Games has reinstated the use of masks after several employees tested positive for Covid-19
How it feels coming over to Lemmy (lemm.ee)
The Master Control Program is dead.
New Covid vaccines are on the way as 'Eris' variant rises (www.reuters.com)
Canon is getting away with printers that won’t scan sans ink — but HP might pay (www.theverge.com)
A Call to Action: Universities of the World, Join the Fediverse! (netzpolitik.org)
Where do you see yourself in 5 years? (media.mas.to)
Tumblr is reportedly on life support as its latest owner reassigns staff (arstechnica.com)
It’s not quite the end of Tumblr, but when management is supposedly sending memos with the Lord Tennyson quote about having “loved and lost,” it doesn’t look like there’s much of a future....
Don’t fall into the trap of ‘picking sides’ over Gaza: Hamas’s attacks were unconscionable, razing Gaza to the ground would be abhorrent. In both cases, basic humanity is at stake --- [Opinion] (feddit.de)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/5185724...
Hundreds storm airport in Russia in antisemitic riot over arrival of plane from Israel (apnews.com)
Hundreds of people stormed into the main airport in Russia’s Dagestan region and onto the landing field Sunday, chanting antisemitic slogans and seeking passengers arriving on a flight from Tel Aviv, Israel, Russian news agencies and social media reported....
Israel’s evacuation order for Gaza ‘death sentence’ for patients, WHO says (www.aljazeera.com)
Unity CEO John Riccitiello Steps Down After Pricing Blowup (www.wired.com)
1 death reported at Burning Man while festival attendees remain stuck in the Nevada desert from heavy rains (www.cnn.com)
As thousands of people remain unable to leave the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert after heavy rains inundated their campsites with ankle-deep mud Saturday, authorities say they are investigating a death at the event....
