Exclusive: Biden aides in talks with Vietnam for arms deal that could irk China (www.reuters.com)
Vietnam is also actively in talks with Moscow over a new arms supply deal that could trigger U.S. sanctions, Reuters has reported.
'Power, influence, notoriety': The Gen-Z hackers who struck MGM, Caesars (www.reuters.com)
One of America’s First Women’s Colleges Is Accused of Paying Men More (www.nytimes.com)
Vassar has maintained a gender-based pay gap for two decades, current and former female professors say in a recently filed lawsuit.
Why Is Computer Security Advice So Confusing? (scitechdaily.com)
The key takeaway here is that the people writing these guidelines try to give as much information as possible,” Reaves says. “That’s great, in theory. But the writers don’t prioritize the advice that’s most important. Or, more specifically, they don’t deprioritize the points that are significantly less important. And...
Japanese nuclear power operator Kansai Elec restarts seventh reactor (www.reuters.com)
The return of the king
Over 98,000 without power in Maine as post-tropical cyclone Lee makes landfall near U.S.- Canada border (www.nbcnews.com)
Over 98,000 utility customers in Maine are currently without power, according to Poweroutage.us., as post-tropical cyclone Lee made landfall in Nova Scotia in eastern Canada....
UAW to target strikes at Ford, GM and Stellantis at midnight if no deal reached (www.cnn.com)
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain on Thursday night said the union will strike all the Big Three automakers – GM, Ford and Stellantis – at the same time as of midnight if the companies do not reach tentative labor deals with the auto workers....
Nationwide blackout across Nigeria after power grid collapse (www.aljazeera.com)
Father of imprisoned reporter Evan Gershkovich calls on world leaders to urge Russia to free him (apnews.com)
The father of imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich called on world leaders meeting at the United Nations next week to stand up for freedom of the press and urge Russia to release him....
How TikTok Became a Hotbed of Brand Misinformation (www.newsweek.com)
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Earth is outside its 'safe operating space for humanity' on most key measurements, study says (apnews.com)
Why the 2024 Olympic Games may drive out Paris’ beloved booksellers (www.lonelyplanet.com)
Japan condemns pseudo-elections in temporarily occupied areas of Ukraine (ptv-news.com.pk)
Arstechnica: “AI took my job, literally”—Gizmodo fires Spanish staff amid switch to AI translator (arstechnica.com)
Arstechnica: “AI took my job, literally”—Gizmodo fires Spanish staff amid switch to AI translator::Meanwhile, readers say that some AI-penned articles switch languages halfway through.
uwu [notices ur ammo dump] (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Teardown of Huawei's new phone shows China's chip breakthrough (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Huawei Technologies and China’s top chipmaker SMIC have built an advanced 7-nanometre processor to power its latest smartphone, according to a teardown report by analysis firm TechInsights....
South Korean teachers stage walkout over harassment by parents and students (www.theguardian.com)
Linux Desktop Market share keeps increasing, 3.19% now. +0.07% for August (gs.statcounter.com)
Chrome OS saw a good raise too. OS X(Mac) saw a decrease.
Sources: Pixel 8 Pro will keep physical SIM card and add Night Sight for video (9to5google.com)
Korea's Q2 fertility rate drops to record low of 0.7 amid population decline - Pulse by Maeil Business News Korea (m.pulsenews.co.kr)
Dying and disabled Illinois prisoners kept behind bars, despite new medical release law (www.wbez.org)
Behind the lower-than-expected numbers is the Prisoner Review Board, a state body appointed by Pritzker and confirmed by the Illinois Senate with final say on medical release requests....
Russia and North Korea 'actively advancing' in arms deal negotiations, says US (www.cnn.com)
Russia and North Korea are “actively advancing” their negotiations over a potential arms deal that would provide significant ammunition for different types of weapons systems, including artillery, in the latest indication that the Kremlin is desperate to obtain further materiel for its faltering invasion of Ukraine,...