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Jury orders Google to pay $339M for patent-infringing Chromecast (arstechnica.com)

Microsoft to face EU competition investigation over Teams and Office bundling (www.irishtimes.com)

Facebook & Instagram fined: How the small country of Norway could finally break Meta's business model. (tutanota.com)

Facebook & Instagram fined: How the small country of Norway could finally break Meta’s business model.::With a fine of only $100,000 Norway could destroy Facebook’s & Instagram’s business model relying on personalized ads.

Belarus abducts thousands of Ukrainian children (www.telegraph.co.uk)

More than 40 whales die after mass stranding on Scottish island (ground.news)

Norway’s Privacy Battle With Meta Is Just Getting Started (www.wired.com)

Mishaal Rahman: "Android 14 seems to have quietly eliminated a trick some apps were using to keep themselves alive when the OS tried to kill them" (androiddev.social)

Internet providers say the FCC should not investigate broadband prices (arstechnica.com)

Internet service providers and their lobby groups are fighting a US plan to prohibit discrimination in access to broadband services. In particular, ISPs want the Federal Communications Commission to drop the plan’s proposal to require that prices charged to consumers be non-discriminatory.

Indefinite immigration detention ruled unlawful in landmark Australian high court decision (www.theguardian.com)

Decision overturns 20-year-old precedent and could trigger immediate release of 92 people, with detention of 340 others also in doubt

Linux Distribution Timeline (upload.wikimedia.org)

A really neat graphic I randomly stumbled across on Wikipedia....

systemd 255-rc1 Brings "Blue Screen of Death" Support and New Tool To Spawn VMs (www.phoronix.com)

Stephanopoulos presses Scalise on whether 2020 election was stolen: ‘Yes or no?’ (thehill.com)

White House suggests 'pauses' in Israel-Hamas conflict to get people out (www.reuters.com)

The White House on Thursday said it was exploring a series of pauses in the Israel-Hamas conflict to help people safely exit Gaza and allow humanitarian aid to get in, but reiterated its opposition to a full ceasefire....

Using voice analysis, AI diagnoses type 2 diabetes in 89% of women, 86% of men (www.diabetes.co.uk)

"It breaks my heart to see children around me strive for a cup of clean water and cannot find it:" Gaza has become a graveyard for thousands of children, Unicef says (www.unicef.org)

Unicef Spokesperson James Elder calls for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Israel-Palestine war. “Gaza must be opened for the safe, sustained and unimpeded access of humanitarian aid, including water, food, medical supplies, and fuel,” he says.

Protesters force their way onto airport tarmac in Dagestan, Russia to intercept flight from Tel Aviv — Meduza (meduza.io)

Bird Flu Reaches the Antarctic for the First Time (www.wired.com)

Acapulco residents are fending for themselves in absence of aid (apnews.com)

BP buys $100 million worth of Tesla chargers (www.cnn.com)

BP buys $100 million worth of Tesla chargers::Oil and gas company BP has agreed to purchase $100 million worth of electric vehicles from Tesla. This marks the first time Tesla has ever sold chargers to another company, according to an announcement from BP.

The Ongoing Work For Native Wine Wayland Support (www.phoronix.com)

Biden admin pushes for 'pause' in Israeli military campaign in Gaza (www.nbcnews.com)

Telegram has blocked Hamas channels on Android because Google forced it to (www.theverge.com)

cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/2606865

Android Auto may soon support syncing your phone wallpaper (9to5google.com)

China ship is focus of pipeline damage probe, Finland says (www.reuters.com)

HELSINKI/VILNIUS, Oct 20 (Reuters) - An investigation into the damage to the Balticonnector gas pipeline is currently focused on the role of the Chinese NewNew Polar Bear container vessel, Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said on Friday....