Xiaomi 13, 13 Pro, and 12T finally pick up their sweet Android 14 upgrade (www.androidcentral.com)
Considering, android 14 was released only recently. Nice update speed.
Pakistan Demands Deportations of Afghans, Stoking Tension With Taliban (www.nytimes.com)
The Pakistani authorities announced plans to expel more than one million Afghans living illegally in Pakistan, a sign of increasing hostility between the Pakistani government and Taliban authorities....
NYT assists Modi govt's assault on India's free press : Statement on Worldwide Media Holdings’ investment in NewsClick (www.thehindu.com)
In this statement, Jason Pfetcher, manager of Worldwide Media Holdings, clarifies on the provenance of the funds that the for-profit investment vehicle based in the U.S. invested in NewsClick
Elon Musk is now silencing his critics for reporting on his association with prominent human trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell (tiblur.com)
David Southwick, who owns 17 investment properties, has been appointed by John Pesutto as Shadow Minister for 'Cost of Living'. I guess if anyone knows about housing costs, it's David, because he ... (old.reddit.com)
cross-posted from: lemmit.online/post/1006131...
US job growth smashes expectations raising prospects for rate hikes (www.reuters.com)
WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - U.S. job growth surged in September, suggesting that the labor market remains strong enough for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this year, though wage growth is moderating....
Fears for Khaled El Qaisi’s wellbeing after his release in Israel (www.aljazeera.com)
The Palestinian Italian researcher has been released from Israeli custody but still isn’t allowed to return to his wife and child in Italy....
Chinese censors block ‘Tiananmen’ image of athletes hugging (www.theguardian.com)
UK could rent space in foreign jails to ease shortage of cells (www.theguardian.com)
British govt funded plan for censorship of factual NATO criticism (thegrayzone.com)
Film analyst is getting his content blocked by the big movie studios (despite fair use applying under education) (www.youtube.com)
This is a real shame, as the guy reveals all the hidden layers (like an onion) of movies. He’s covered The Shining, Alien, 2001 etc.
Bangladesh dengue deaths cross 1,000 in worst outbreak on record (www.aljazeera.com)
More than 1,000 people in Bangladesh have died of dengue fever this year, official data shows – nearly four times more than in the whole of last year....
Thai police arrest 14-year-old suspected gunman after shooting at Bangkok's Siam Paragon mall (www.channelnewsasia.com)
New Google Pixel foldable ‘Comet’ surfaces, possibly a Fold 2 or a Pixel Flip (9to5google.com)
Migrants Booted from NYC Shelter Into Pummeling Rain (www.thecity.nyc)
At the Jefferson Street shelter, migrants were left to face the deluge while carrying what possessions they could, before the city eventually reversed course
Google Messages tests new conversation picker from share sheet (9to5google.com)
Sony confirms the Xperia 5 V is not coming to the US (www.androidpolice.com)
How the “Surveillance AI Pipeline” Literally Objectifies Human Beings (www.404media.co)
The vast majority of computer vision research leads to technology that surveils human beings, a new preprint study that analyzed more than 20,000 computer vision papers and 11,000 patents spanning three decades has found. Crucially, the study found that computer vision papers often refer to human beings as “objects,” a...
This isn't theft of need. A more insidious type of crime is pushing some stores to close (www.cnn.com)
Massive warehouse explosion rocks Uzbekistan capital (www.cnn.com)
US investors want clarity on Biden's vague curbs on China tech (www.reuters.com)
NavyNavy fires commanding officer of ballistic missile submarine Alabama (www.navytimes.com)
Rear Adm. Nicholas Tilbrook relieved Cmdr. Michael Lyle due to a “loss of confidence in his ability to command.”
The Bioactive Substances in Spent Black Tea and Arabic Coffee Could Improve the Nutritional Value and Extend the Shelf Life of Sponge Cake after Fortification (pubs.acs.org)
Abstract: The study aimed to evaluate the potential use of spent coffee powder (SCP) and spent tea powder (STP) as bioactive supplements for sponge cake. To achieve this aim, we initially compared the chemical properties of spent tea and coffee powders with those of their raw forms. Subsequently, three supplemented cake blends...
JPMorgan to pay $75m to settle Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking lawsuit with US Virgin Islands (www.independent.co.uk)
South Korea showcases missiles, drones and tanks in rare military parade (www.cnn.com)
South Korea showcased an arsenal of advanced weaponry in a military parade on Tuesday, rolling tanks and missiles down the streets of its rain-soaked capital during the first event of its kind in a decade....
