Woman returns from vacation to find Atlanta home demolished (apnews.com)
A homeowner is mulling the next step after a company mistakenly demolished a home she owned in southwest Atlanta.
Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins 2023 Nobel peace prize (www.theguardian.com)
Narges Mohammadi, the most prominent jailed Iranian women’s rights advocate, has won the 2023 Nobel peace prize for fighting the oppression of women in the country....
I Tested an HDMI Adapter That Demands Your Location, Browsing Data, Photos, and Spams You with Ads (www.404media.co)
An iPhone to HDMI adapter was discovered that, when plugged in, runs a program prompting users to download an app. This EZ Cast app collects extensive personal data and sends it to China for ad targeting. It requires location access, photos, and installs tracking cookies. The adapter appears designed to mimic official Apple...
Charges dropped against Philadelphia officer who fatally shot Eddie Irizarry at traffic stop (thehill.com)
A judge dismissed all charges Tuesday against a Philadelphia police officer who fatally shot a driver last month....
Marine Capitol rioter gets 1 hour of community service for each of 279 Marine Civil War casualties (apnews.com)
Marine Capitol rioter gets 1 hour of community service for each of 279 Marine Civil War casualties
Antarctica warming much faster than models predicted in ‘deeply concerning’ sign for sea levels (www.theguardian.com)
Study finds ‘direct evidence’ of polar amplification on continent as scientists warn of implications of ice loss...
Remember Sean Aloysius O'Brien on this auspicious day. Happy Labor Day! (sh.itjust.works)
Woman with paralysis speaks through an avatar 18 years after a stroke, thanks to a brain implant and AI (www.nbcnews.com)
A pair of new experiments helped people with paralysis communicate audibly in close to real time.
Scientists reconstruct Pink Floyd song by listening to people’s brainwaves (www.theguardian.com)
Sound clip is pretty creepy.
Lina Khan: The most feared person in Silicon Valley is a 34-year-old in DC (finance.yahoo.com)
Lina Khan is a key architect of an aggressive attempt by Washington to rein in tech giants. Amazon may be next....
Judge clears way for $500M iPhone throttling settlements (appleinsider.com)
Judge clears way for $500M iPhone throttling settlements::Owners of iPhone models who were part of throttling lawsuits that ended up with a $500 settlement from Apple may soon receive their payments, after a judge denied objections against the offer.
Valve adds ability to see Steam Deck verification in desktop Steam (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Reddit enrages users again by ditching thank-you coins and awards (www.businessinsider.com)
Reddit enrages users again by ditching thank-you coins and awards::Reddit, which is still dealing with the fallout from its last controversial decision, said it plans to phase out coins and awards.
Paul Pelosi attacker offers apology in emotional testimony: ‘He was never my target’ (thehill.com)
“I never meant to hurt him, only kidnap and potentially murder his wife!”...
First planned small nuclear reactor plant in the US has been canceled (arstechnica.com)
South American countries recall ambassadors and cut ties with Israel over war with Hamas (www.theguardian.com)
Israel strikes mosque in occupied West Bank (www.aljazeera.com)
‘Free world, where are you?’ Gaza hospital chief pleads after babies killed (www.aljazeera.com)
Revolutionising prosthetics: Groundbreaking achievement as bionic hand merges with user’s nervous and skeletal systems, remaining functional after years of daily use (www.bionicsinstitute.org)
Revolutionising prosthetics: Groundbreaking achievement as bionic hand merges with user’s nervous and skeletal systems, remaining functional after years of daily use::undefined
A Textbook Case of Genocide (jewishcurrents.org)
Israel has been explicit about what it’s carrying out in Gaza. Why isn’t the world listening?
Freedom at last (lemmy.zip)
I spent way too much time making this. What am I doing with my life
New California law aims to force people with mental illness or addiction to get help (apnews.com)
Ex Red Hat CEO is now the interim CEO of Unity (unity.com)
ACT test scores for US students drop to new 30-year low (apnews.com)
High school students’ scores on the ACT college admissions test have dropped to their lowest in more than three decades, showing a lack of student preparedness for college-level coursework, according to the nonprofit organization that administers the test....
Missouri high school teacher is put on leave after school officials discover her page on porn site (apnews.com)
A Missouri high school teacher says she has been placed on leave after officials discovered that she was performing on a pornography website to supplement her salary....
