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Xbox users call out Activision and Microsoft for "vomit inducing" full-screen Modern Warfare 3 ad (www.eurogamer.net)

Parents told to delete social media apps to prevent kids from seeing Hamas atrocities — Facebook, X, TikTok and other social media services have been filled with graphic imagery (www.nbcnews.com)

Parents told to delete social media apps to prevent kids from seeing Hamas atrocities — Facebook, X, TikTok and other social media services have been filled with graphic imagery::American and Israeli parents say they have received messages from schools, temples, synagogues and peers following the Hamas terror attack urging...

Wow, this snow looks so real! (lemmus.org)

Putin suddenly sees this message (campfyre.nickwebster.dev)

A Florida restaurant chain says boosting pay and offering better benefits helped it end its labor shortage (www.businessinsider.com)

Amazing discovery 💡

Global decline in male fertility linked to common pesticides (www.nbcnews.com)

A prolonged decline in male fertility in the form of sperm concentrations appears to be connected to the use of pesticides, according to a study published Wednesday....

Stop suggesting children as friends, social media firms told (www.bbc.com)

YouTube's ‘War’ on Adblockers Shows How Google Controls the Internet (www.404media.co)

Google’s anti-ad scripts are breaking browsers and privacy plugins. It could get worse because Google controls the ad market, Chrome, and the extension store.

With Firefox on X11, any page can pastejack you anytime (www.openwall.com)

Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 03:17:36 +0300 From: turistu To: oss-security@…ts.openwall.com Subject: with firefox on X11, any page can pastejack you anytime...

Constable said a Phoenix man killed after an eviction had shot first. A new report shows that wasn't the case. (www.usatoday.com)

Screenshot of article for paywall troubles here - lemmy.world/…/532a1e99-a214-4068-bf8f-52ba4d84a49…...

250GB (sh.itjust.works)

California to require big firms to reveal carbon emissions in first law of its kind (www.theguardian.com)

Measure signed into law by Gavin Newsom on Saturday is strong blueprint for national climate accountability, experts say...

Panama Canal reduces the maximum number of ships travelling the waterway to 31 per day (apnews.com)

The Panama Canal announced Saturday it will reduce the maximum number of ships travelling the waterway to 31 per day, from 32 in August, due to a drought that has reduced the supply of fresh water needed to operate the locks....

Online Ads Can Infect Your Device with Spyware (www.scientificamerican.com)

An investigative report reveals that new spyware can slip in unseen through online ads—and there is currently no defense against it. So not only that online ads are intrusive and can infect devices through malware, they can also be used for spying.

Ukrainian children as young as 4 months old are being forcibly taken to Russia. Officials don't know what is happening to them. (www.businessinsider.com)

cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/3977938...

Ukraine says it killed top Russian admiral in Crimea missile attack (www.politico.eu)

The commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Viktor Sokolov, died in Ukraine’s barrage on occupied Crimea last week, Kyiv said Monday....

Existential Crisis (lemmy.zip)

X appears to throttle New York Times (www.semafor.com)

X appears to throttle New York Times::X, Elon Musk’s social media platform formerly known as Twitter, appears to be attempting to limit its users’ access to The New York Times.

It couldn't contain him (sh.itjust.works)

China Is Cracking Down on Cantonese Language Advocacy in Hong Kong (time.com)

San Francisco Archdiocese files for bankruptcy as it faces more than 500 sexual abuse lawsuits (www.cnn.com)

The Archdiocese of San Francisco has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as it faces more than 500 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse....

Biden administration to urge Americans get new COVID-19 boosters (www.reuters.com)

The Biden administration plans to urge all Americans to get a booster shot for the coronavirus this autumn to counter a new wave of infections, a White House official said on Sunday....

Canada demands Meta lift news ban to allow wildfire info sharing (www.reuters.com)

Canada demands Meta lift news ban to allow wildfire info sharing::The Canadian government on Friday demanded that Meta lift a “reckless” ban on domestic news from its platforms to allow people to share information about wildfires in the west of the country.