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Could Cruise be the Theranos of AI? And is there a dark secret at the core of the entire driverless car industry? (garymarcus.substack.com)

Model says her face was edited with AI to look white: ‘It’s very dehumanizing’ (www.theguardian.com)

Shereen Wu says leading designer uploaded altered picture, amid fears AI could ‘turn back the clock’ on progress in the industry

FDA warns consumers against using 26 eye drop products because of infection risk (www.cbsnews.com)

States sue Meta claiming its social platforms are addictive and harm children's mental health (apnews.com)

Cryptocurrency's popularity in the U.S. tied to conservative moral foundations (www.psypost.org)

Israeli settlers push Bedouins off West Bank territory (www.theguardian.com)

New antiviral pill helps COVID smell and taste loss fade quickly (www.nature.com)

The antiviral drug ensitrelvir, which shortens sensory problems, is one of the few COVID-19 drugs available to people not at high risk of grave illness.

This war shows just how broken social media has become — The global town square is in ruins (www.theatlantic.com)

This war shows just how broken social media has become — The global town square is in ruins::The global town square is in ruins.

PipeWire 1.0 RC released (Final release expected end 2023) (gitlab.freedesktop.org)

**PipeWire 0.3.81 (2023-10-06)**This is the first 1.0 release candidate that is API and ABI compatible with previous 0.3.x releases....

A mom shielding her son from gunmen and a ‘pro-peace’ academic are among the Americans killed in Israel (www.cnn.com)

Deborah Matias, an American citizen who lived in Israel, was shot and killed by Hamas gunmen while shielding her teenage son from their bullets, her father told CNN....

Iran Helped Plot Attack on Israel Over Several Weeks (www.wsj.com)

Iranian security officials helped plan Hamas’s Saturday surprise attack on Israel and gave the green light for the assault at a meeting in Beirut last Monday, according to senior members of Hamas and Hezbollah, another Iran-backed militant group....

New study uncovers a "vicious cycle" between feeling less socially connected and increased smartphone use (www.psypost.org)

New study uncovers a “vicious cycle” between feeling less socially connected and increased smartphone use::Using smartphones for extended periods could negatively impact mental well-being and social connectedness, according to a recent study from researchers at the University of British Columbia and a media lab in Germany....

Meta Adopted Policy to Censor Canadian Facebook Posts About Assassinated Sikh Leader, Emails Show (pressprogress.ca)

Meta Adopted Policy to Censor Canadian Facebook Posts About Assassinated Sikh Leader, Emails Show::Emails show Meta executives confirmed company-wide policy to take down posts mentioning assassination of Canadian Sikh leader

Brazil’s Supreme Court Upholds Indigenous Land Protections in Win for Lula (www.bloomberg.com)

Microsoft Nintendo acquisition hopes revealed by leaked Xbox exec email (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

In the latest unredacted document oopsie stemming from the US Federal Trade Commission's efforts to stop Microsoft acqu…

Fairphone 5 review (www.gsmarena.com)

Germany Will Force 80% of Gas Stations to Install EV Charging, Too (www.thedrive.com)

Germany Will Force 80% of Gas Stations to Install EV Charging, Too::The country will need to increase its charging footprint by more than ten-fold if it hopes to reach its end-of-decade target.

X’s new terms of service insist that tweets are now posts (www.theverge.com)

X’s new terms of service insist that tweets are now posts::X is rolling out a new terms of service on September 29th, and one adjustment is a single instance of “retweet” to “repost.” There are other changes regarding data scraping and class action lawsuits.