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How Sony's Hawk-Eye electronic line-calling system transformed the U.S. Open (www.cnbc.com)

How Sony’s Hawk-Eye electronic line-calling system transformed the U.S. Open::CNBC got a behind-the-scenes look at Sony’s Hawk-Eye line-calling system to understand how the tech works in tennis and other major sports.

As cancer cases rise among younger adults, some types of the disease have higher burden than others, study finds | CNN (www.cnn.com)

Scientists have long known that cancer cases among adults younger than 50 have been on the rise in many parts of the world since the 1990s. But a new study suggests that certain types of cancer – breast, tracheal, bronchus and lung, stomach and colorectal – have caused the most disease and death in this younger age group.

Russian missile attack kills 16 at Ukrainian market (www.nbcnews.com)

Myanmar Junta sentences Photo journalist to 20 years in prison (myanmar-now.org)

Into the Labyrinth: Revealing the Mantic Minotaur (Ubuntu 23.10 Wallpapers) (ubuntu.com)

Native adventure game based on the long running webcomic Girl Genius has released on Steam and GOG. (store.steampowered.com)

Security in Ecuador has come undone as drug cartels exploit the banana industry to ship cocaine (apnews.com)

The US government is eager to restore powers to keep dangerous chemicals out of extremists’ hands (apnews.com)

The government is worried about the safety of chemical facilities across the country after its power to keep dangerous substances out of the hands of extremists lapsed a month ago....

He Created the Katamari Games, but They’re Rolling On Without Him (www.nytimes.com)

Person in connection with dancer's stabbing death at Brooklyn gas station is in custody, police say (apnews.com)

Police have a person in custody in connection with the death of a gay man who was fatally stabbed after a confrontation between a group of friends dancing to a Beyoncé song and several young men who taunted them.

Shooting at Louisiana high school football game kills 1 person and wounds another (www.nbcnews.com)

A shooting during halftime of a high school football game Friday night in Louisiana left one teen dead and a man wounded, police said....

Norway: Equinor awards $369m oil and gas drilling contracts (www.ogv.energy)

To cut emissions from operations, Equinor says that both rigs have been revamped with energy-saving procedures and work methods....

The Startling Age Of A Suspect in Racially Motivated (non fatal) Drowning (www.theroot.com)

Note: added (non fatal) to the title to make it clear that the victim lived, which is ambigious in the original title....

A look inside Donald Trump's deposition: Defiance, deflection and the 'hottest brand in the world' (apnews.com)

Trump said he never felt his financial statements “would be taken very seriously,” and that people who did business with him were given ample warning not to trust them....

‘Hundreds’ of Tough Mudder participants report rashes, infections after California race (www.sacbee.com)

Participants in a recent Tough Mudder event have come down with rashes and infections, California authorities say....

Cuba’s female boxers dream of Olympic glory after ban lifted (www.aljazeera.com)

Cuban women fight to make name for themselves in the world of boxing that was, until very recently, only open to men....

Sports leagues ask US for “instantaneous” DMCA takedowns and website blocking (arstechnica.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/2074056...

Pentagon combat drones: “I’m flying off the wing of something that’s making its own decisions.” (Aug. 27) (www.nytimes.com)

Recently revised Pentagon policy allows for autonomous use of lethal force. In test later this year, combat drone will be asked to chase, kill simulated target, coming up with own strategy for mission. Second program’s goal is Air Force that is more unpredictable and lethal.