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Chinese censors block ‘Tiananmen’ image of athletes hugging (www.theguardian.com)

X makes cuts to disinformation and election integrity team (www.nbcnews.com)

X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has slashed the number of people on its disinformation and election integrity team just weeks after it said it was hiring for new positions to help it guard against foreign interference....

Return to the office? These workers quit instead. (news.yahoo.com)

Return to the office? These workers quit instead.::When Rowan Rosenthal heard about Grindr’s return-to-office mandate during a virtual town hall meeting in August, anxiety, confusion and anger set in. The principal product designer lived within a 25-minute bike ride from the company’s Brooklyn office but instead was required...

French agency says the iPhone 12 emits too much radiation, tells Apple to withdraw it (abcnews.go.com)

China Decides iPhones Pose a National Security Risk (www.pcmag.com)

Employees at some Chinese ministries must stop using iPhones before the end of September.

Smurfing is Not Welcome in Dota (www.dota2.com)

From the Dota 2 website:...

Fifa suspends Luis Rubiales from all football-related activity over Hermoso kiss (www.theguardian.com)

Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales has been provisionally suspended by Fifa following his conduct at the women’s World Cup final in Sydney last weekend....

Only the EU can save Android in the US now (www.androidauthority.com)

TL;DR: Apple dominates the US smartphone market, but EU regulations may offer Android a chance for resurgence by enforcing messaging interoperability and standardizing hardware features.

Meta's news ban is preventing Canadians from sharing vital information about the wildfires ripping through western Canada (www.businessinsider.com)

Meta’s news ban is preventing Canadians from sharing vital information about the wildfires ripping through western Canada::Canadians are calling on Meta to lift its news ban so they can share news about the wildfires in the Northwest Territories and British Columbia.

An Instacart customer said she discovered the app's higher prices cost her nearly $100 after accidentally seeing the store's paper receipt (www.businessinsider.com)

An Instacart customer said she discovered the app’s higher prices cost her nearly $100 after accidentally seeing the store’s paper receipt::undefined

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Teen sent 'hobo hunting' text before killing homeless woman with pellet gun: prosecutors (www.rawstory.com)

Prosecutors say that 18-year-old William Innes, who was charged with first-degree murder in the killing of 68-year-old Annette Pershal, sent the text to a group that includes his co-defendant, 19-year-old Ryan Hopkins, reported KNSD-TV.

Bram Moolenaar Has Died (thenextweb.com)

Thanks to Bram for the amazing text editor and the terrible scripting language. You will be missed.

Mexico’s President Andres Manuel López Obrador has condemned Texas’s anti-migrant buoys, calling the border enforcement tactic on the Rio Grande river “inhumane” after bodies were found in the waters (www.cnn.com)

he floating barrier, which is intended to block migrants crossing from Mexico, was installed last month without federal authorization, according to the US Justice Department, which is suing the state of Texas over its use of the buoys....

Incandescent light bulbs are officially banned in the U.S. (www.digitaljournal.com)

This tick’s spit can make you allergic to meat (www.vox.com)

Social Media Has Run Out of Fresh Ideas (www.wired.com)

Workers are being overloaded with too many apps and chat services | TechRadar (www.techradar.com)

Netanyahu has sidestepped accountability for failing to prevent Hamas attack, instead blaming others (apnews.com)

A growing list of Israeli officials have accepted responsibility for failing to prevent Hamas’ brutal attack on Israeli communities during the Oct. 7 incursion that triggered the current Israel-Hamas war. Conspicuously absent from that roll call is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu....