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Biden, Xi set to pledge ban on AI in autonomous weapons like drones, nuclear warhead control: sources (www.scmp.com)

Kmart: Australian supermarket pulls 'Merry Ham-mas' Christmas bag (www.bbc.co.uk)

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/5301538...

The US is quietly arming Taiwan to the teeth (www.bbc.com)

27 dead after Hurricane Otis makes landfall in Mexico as Category 5 storm (abcnews.go.com)

It's Day 20 with no House speaker, and lower-level names seek Trump's support and race for the gavel (apnews.com)

Republicans gathered late in the evening to hear quick speeches from the congressmen seeking the job, though none has a clear shot at the gavel. Eight candidates are in the running for one speaker after one dropped out. Behind closed doors, they made their elevator pitches to colleagues ahead of internal party voting....

Gobble Gobble (lemmy.zip)

How young Argentines might put a far-right libertarian into power (www.vox.com)

AMD Counter-Strikes Itself, Pulls Driver After Anti-Lag Feature Causes CS2 Bans (www.tomshardware.com)

TIL Boeing, NASA, and United Airlines test sustainable aviation fuel (innovationorigins.com)

Amazon sellers say they made a good living — until Amazon figured it out (www.npr.org)

Amazon sellers say they made a good living — until Amazon figured it out::undefined

“Beheaded Babies” Report Spread Wide and Fast — but Israel Military Won’t Confirm It (theintercept.com)

The colour of the Sun is white (www.wtamu.edu)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/6080744...

On the brink of a federal shutdown, the House passes a 45-day funding plan and sends it to Senate (apnews.com)

WASHINGTON (AP) — On the brink of a federal government shutdown, the House on Saturday swiftly approved a 45-day funding bill to keep federal agencies open as Speaker Kevin McCarthy dropped demands for steep spending cuts and relied on Democratic votes for passage to send the package to the Senate....

Here’s the Email Amazon Sent Sellers It’s Allegedly Screwing Over After FTC Filed Antitrust Lawsuit (www.vice.com)

He was investigated for sexting a student at the Coast Guard Academy. He’s now a college president. (www.cnn.com)

A college president, who wants his campus to become the business school “of choice for women,” once exchanged hundreds of sexually suggestive messages with a student he taught at the prestigious Coast Guard Academy, prompting prosecutors to recommend charges against him in military court, according to confidential records...

Hanging out with the funny lads (sh.itjust.works)

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Unity rushes to clarify price increase plan, as game developers fume (www.axios.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/5186904...

Apple’s new USB-C iPhone cables and dongles are predictably expensive (www.theverge.com)

The switch to USB-C is good! Except for all the dongles you’ll need to get there.

Oil Refineries Are Leaking Cancer-Causing Benzene Into Residential Neighborhoods (truthout.org)

The EPA’s benzene monitoring and control program has failed to rein in the worst offenders....

Hacker gains admin control of Sourcegraph and gives free access to the masses (arstechnica.com)

Hacker gains admin control of Sourcegraph and gives free access to the masses::We’ve said it before; we’ll say it again: Don’t put credentials in publicly available code.

Nobel Foundation cancels invitations to Russia, Belarus, Iran after backlash (ptv-news.com.pk)

FRIENDSHIP ENDED WITH RUSSIA, BRADLEY IS NOW MY BEST FRIEND (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

Turkish-Dutch Corendon Airlines testing an ‘Only Adults’ zone (www.usatoday.com)

Corendon Airlines is testing the “Only Adult” zones on flights between Amsterdam and Curaçao starting in November....

Retired Country Singer Tries Clearing ‘Vagrancy Problem’ With His Low-Flying Helicopter (www.404media.co)

Tommy Shane Steiner, a mostly retired country singer, has been flying and landing his private helicopter at an Austin shopping center to “ward off” people who he said were breaking into businesses.