Samsung joins Google in RCS shaming Apple (www.theverge.com)
An American tourist is arrested for smashing ancient Roman statues at a museum in Israel (apnews.com)
Israeli police have arrested an American tourist at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem after he hurled works of art to the floor, defacing two second-century Roman statues....
How Google Alters Search Queries to Get at Your Wallet (www.wired.com)
Germans caught celebrating Oktoberfest with Nazi salutes (www.jpost.com)
Performing Nazi salutes has been illegal in Germany and Austria since the end of World War II and is punishable by law with prison time.
Matrix 2.0: Radically faster client, OAuth logins and native video calls (matrix.org)
Back at FOSDEM we announced the idea of Matrix 2.0 - a series of huge step changes in terms of Matrix’s usability and performance, made up of Sliding Sync (instant login/launch/sync), Native OIDC(industry-standard authentication), Native Group VoIP (end-to-end encrypted large-scale voice & video conferencing) and Faster Joins...
Mastodon 4.2 released, with (opt-in) search, and UX improvements (blog.joinmastodon.org)
Lots of small improvements across the user experience, and opt-in search, make this an important release.
Chinese hackers have unleashed a never-before-seen Linux backdoor (arstechnica.com)
New surveillance footage shows Miami TSA officers accused of stealing from passengers (www.nbcmiami.com)
Proud Boy Joe Biggs faces decades in prison in Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy case (www.nbcnews.com)
A Proud Boys leader convicted of seditious conspiracy who the government says “served as an instigator and leader” during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol could face decades in federal prison at his sentencing Thursday....
Not the same thing, my dudes (slrpnk.net)
YSK about the New York Times' Tor onion service (open.nytimes.com)
Why? In their words:...
Toxic workplaces are the main reason women leave academic jobs (www.nature.com)
Japan opens antitrust probe into Google over deals to prioritize its search engine (www.upi.com)
More than 200 scientists from 19 countries want to tell us the Southern Ocean is in trouble (theconversation.com)
The first comprehensive assessment of trends in Southern Ocean ecosystems reveals an urgent need to address climate change. The summary for policymakers can guide decision-makers.
Israeli communications minister seeks shutdown of Al Jazeera bureau (www.reuters.com)
Israel’s communications minister said on Sunday he was seeking a possible closure of Al Jazeera’s local bureau, and accused the Qatari news station of pro-Hamas incitement and of exposing Israeli soldiers to potential attack from Gaza....
Civilian deaths are indefensible, whether done by Hamas or Israel | Rajan Menon (www.theguardian.com)
British police arrest second suspect accused of cutting down 300-year-old tree near Hadrian's Wall (www.foxnews.com)
Federal judge won't block Medicare from negotiating drug prices (www.cnn.com)
A federal court judge in Ohio denied Friday an attempt by the US Chamber of Commerce to immediately stop the Biden administration’s implementation of Medicare’s new drug price negotiation program....
Mexico’s Moment: The Biggest US Trading Partner Is No Longer China (www.bloomberg.com)
The new Cold War is a business opportunity, and Mexico looks better placed than almost any other country to seize it....
Scientists design nuclear fuel cells known as a Trisofuel, the size of poppy seeds, to live in space. (www.bbc.com)
Fan ejected from US Open match after German player said the man used language from Hitler's regime (apnews.com)
A fan was ejected from a U.S. Open tennis match early Tuesday morning after German player Alexander Zverev complained the man used language from Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime....
Ukraine’s TB-2 Drones Are Back In Action. That’s An Ominous Sign For Russia. (www.forbes.com)
Months after virtually disappearing from Ukraine’s skies, the Ukrainian armed forces’ Bayraktar TB-2 drones are back in action....
Does Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 DNS Block Archive.is? (jarv.is)
tl;dr: No. Quite the opposite, actually — Archive.is’s owner is intentionally blocking 1.1.1.1 users....
Secure Community Network tells X (Twitter): Stop boosting Jew-hatred (www.jns.org)
The official security organization of North American Jewry noted that anti-Jewish content is on the rise on the social media platform following the verdict in the trial of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter.
Palestinians in Gaza say finding clean drinking water is like “prospecting for gold” (mondoweiss.net)
For Palestinians in Gaza, the most urgent daily task is the search for water. “Obtaining water has become like prospecting for gold,” explains H., a writer with We Are Not Numbers, “and whoever finds drinkable water is considered wealthy."...
