40,000 march in Spain against amnesty for Catalan separatists (www.reuters.com)
MADRID, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Spaniards protested in Madrid on Sunday against possible plans by acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to grant an amnesty to Catalan separatists to keep himself in office after an election he failed to win.
Apple removes app created by Andrew Tate (www.theguardian.com)
Apple has withdrawn an app created by Andrew Tate after accusations that it encouraged misogyny and could be an illegal pyramid scheme....
Six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in West Bank and Gaza (www.bbc.com)
Israeli forces killed five men during raids in Jenin and Jericho, while one died at a protest in Gaza.
Saudi energy minister says oil supply cuts are not about 'jacking up prices,' as Brent hovers at $95 a barrel (www.cnbc.com)
Nearly 7,000 migrants arrive on Italy's southern island of Lampedusa within 24hours (www.africanews.com)
Biden impeachment inquiry: What we know about the case (www.bbc.com)
Republicans want to investigate the "culture of corruption" they claim surrounds the president.
The proletarianization of tech workers (doctorow.medium.com)
Remember when tech workers dreamed of working for a big company for a few years, before striking out on their own to start their own company that would knock that tech giant over?...
September Android updates fix zero-day exploited in attacks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Android Security Bulletin - September 2023
Musk Secretly Used Starlink to Foil Ukrainian Drone Attack on Russian Ships: Report (www.thedailybeast.com)
This car was stolen from a driveway in Canada. We found it in West Africa (www.cbc.ca)
The call from Ghana woke Len Green at the Toronto home where his prized vehicle had been stolen a year earlier....
Australian MPs to travel to US to fight pursuit, extradition of Julian Assange (www.irishexaminer.com)
Season 8 Episode 7 - Rage Against the Vaccine [Discussion and Spoilers] (lemmy.world)
Airing on Hulu (US) or Disney Plus (outside US) - Monday, September 4, 2023 at Eastern Time (ET) 03:00 a.m/ Pacific Time (PT) 12:00 a.m
'Any story could be your last' - India's crackdown on Kashmir press (www.bbc.com)
5 million bees fall off a truck near Toronto and drivers are asked to close windows (www.npr.org)
Police west of Toronto on Wednesday warned drivers to keep their car windows closed after a truck spilled crates carrying 5 million bees onto a road....
Google announces event for Oct. 4, where new Pixel phone and smartwatch expected (www.cnbc.com)
Millions of additional salaried workers could get overtime pay under Biden proposal (www.npr.org)
The proposed rule would raise the threshold under which workers are automatically eligible for overtime pay to about $55,000 a year, from the current level of about $35,000.
Smoking significantly increases the risk of depression (tech.au.dk)
Reliable Desktop Linux Installation with Btrfs Snapshots, Snapper, and Rollbacks on Ubuntu (openSUSE style) (moslehian.com)
[All Clear Issued, Suspect in Custody] University of North Carolina police respond to ‘an armed and dangerous person on or near campus’ (www.cnn.com)
Edit: AlertCarolina issued an all clear message at 4:15pm local time....
CBC: Kleenex maker says famous tissues to be wiped out of Canada soon, citing 'unique complexities' (www.cbc.ca)
Growing up in Canada we did not refer to tissues as tissues. We called them Kleenex. It’s one of those weird Canadian-isms.
U.S. approves possible sale of F-16 search and track systems to Taiwan (www.cnbc.com)
The U.S. State Department has approved a possible $500 million sale to Taiwan of infrared search and track systems for F-16 fighter jets, as well as other equipment, the Pentagon said on Wednesday....
Gender Surgeries Nearly Tripled From 2016 Through 2019, Study Finds (www.nytimes.com)
The number of gender-affirming surgeries, intended to align patients’ physical appearance with their gender identity, nearly tripled in the United States between 2016 and 2019, according to a new analysis published in JAMA Network Open on Wednesday....