New House Speaker Blamed School Shootings on Teaching Evolution and Abortion (www.rollingstone.com)
Half of Britons can’t name a Black British historical figure, survey finds (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: Majority of British people found to have ‘shockingly little’ knowledge about Black British history
Microsoft now thirstily injects a poll when you download Google Chrome (www.theverge.com)
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AP visual analysis: Rocket from Gaza appeared to go astray, likely caused deadly hospital explosion (apnews.com)
Shortly before 7 p.m. Tuesday, a volley of rockets lit up the darkened sky over Gaza. Videos analyzed by The Associated Press show one veering off course, breaking up in the air before crashing to the ground....
Depression Linked to Ultra-Processed Foods, Artificial Sweeteners (www.webmd.com)
World’s biggest PC vendor [Lenovo] takes first step that could establish Android as Windows biggest rival ever — and eliminate Google ChromeOS at the same time (www.techradar.com)
Spotify spotted prepping a $19.99/mo 'Superpremium' service with lossless audio, AI playlists and more | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
CD Projekt Red devs unionise after its third round of layoffs in three months (www.eurogamer.net)
McDonald’s and Wendy’s win false advertising lawsuit (www.cnn.com)
Wendy’s and McDonald’s have emerged victorious from a lawsuit that accused the fast food chains of false advertising....
VR still makes 40-70% of players want to throw up, and that's a huge problem for the companies behind it (www.pcgamer.com)
Why virtual reality makes a lot of us sick, and what we can do about it.
Alabama band director tased by police for not stopping his students' performance (www.npr.org)
What began as a routine band performance of Talkin' Out the Side of Your Neck by Cameo at an Alabama high school football game ended in a troubling confrontation when a police officer tased the marching band director for refusing to stop the music....
Researcher builds anti-Russia AI disinformation machine for $400 (arstechnica.com)
The logical end of the ‘Solution to bad speech is better speech’ has arrived in the age of state-sponsored social media propaganda bots versus AI-driven bots arguing back
Apple’s new USB-C iPhone cables and dongles are predictably expensive (www.theverge.com)
The switch to USB-C is good! Except for all the dongles you’ll need to get there.
A plane took off from Switzerland with 111 people on board and 0 of their suitcases (www.yahoo.com)
A Swiss International Air Lines plane arrived at its destination without a single checked bag onboard....
India launches space mission to the sun a week after moon landing (www.theguardian.com)
Sony's Remote Play handheld Project Q has been renamed PlayStation Portal and will be available for $199 (www.gamescensor.com)
Simple trick (programming.dev)
Rudy Giuliani, who pioneered the use of RICO when he was a US attorney, just got indicted on RICO charges (www.businessinsider.com)
Giuliani went from RICO charge prosecutor to a defendant in Fulton County DA Fani Willis' RICO case over Trump's alleged 2020 election interference.
Idaho’s Teacher of the Year flees state after being attacked for LGBTQ+ allyship (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Karen Lauritzen said it has been the hardest year in her 20 years of teaching...
The TV streaming apps broke their promises, and now they’re jacking up prices (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: yiffit.net/post/1072752...
AirTag stalking protection is live on Android — here’s how to set it up (www.tomsguide.com)
The US just invested more than $1 billion into carbon removal / The move represents a big step in the effort to suck CO2 out of the atmosphere—and slow down climate change. (archive.ph)
The US just invested more than $1 billion into carbon removal / The move represents a big step in the effort to suck CO2 out of the atmosphere—and slow down climate change.::undefined
Nazi symbols and child pornography found in German police chats (www.euronews.com)
Facebook's "Threads" has lost more than half of its users (www.bbc.com)
12.3 Billion Miles Away: NASA Has Lost Communication With Voyager 2 Spacecraft (scitechdaily.com)
NASA’s Voyager 2 has lost communication with Earth due to an unintentional shift in its antenna direction. The next programmed orientation adjustment on October 15 is expected to restore communication, while Voyager 1 continues to operate as usual....
