Palworld server costs near $500K per month as network engineer is ordered to 'never let the service go down no matter what' (www.pcgamer.com)
"We're nowhere near the point where an AI can do your job, but we're well past the point where your boss can be suckered into firing you and replacing you with a bot that fails at doing your job." (Pluralistic) (pluralistic.net)
She was fleeing with her grandson, who was holding a white flag. Then she was shot (edition.cnn.com)
DragonFire laser: MoD tests weapon as low-cost alternative to missiles (www.bbc.com)
The UK has successfully fired a high-power laser weapon against an aerial target for the first time in a trial....
Alabama readies never-before-used execution method that some veterinarians won't even use for pets (www.cbsnews.com)
If Kenneth Eugene Smith is brought to the Alabama death chamber to face execution next week for his role in the 1988 murder-for-hire of a pastor’s wife, the state plans to use an untested and untried method to end his life, suffocating him with a stream of nitrogen gas to be delivered through a face mask....
Maker Naomi Wu is Silenced by Chinese Authorities (And Why I Blame Elon Musk) (skepchick.org)
Microsoft Confirms Plans To Release Xbox First Party Games “Across All Platforms”, Including PlayStation (twistedvoxel.com)
Washington state sues to block proposed merger of Kroger and Albertsons grocery chains (apnews.com)
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson on Monday sued to block the proposed merger of Kroger and Albertsons, two of the nation’s largest grocery chains....
Square Enix’s president says it will be ‘aggressive in applying’ AI (www.videogameschronicle.com)
The secret life of gift cards: Here's what happens to the billions that go unspent each year (apnews.com)
Gift cards make great stocking stuffers — just as long as you don’t stuff them in a drawer and forget about them after the holidays....
Russian Women Are Starting to Demand Putin Bring Their Men Home From War in Ukraine (www.bloomberg.com)
Facebook Is Being Overrun With Stolen, AI-Generated Images That People Think Are Real (www.404media.co)
Bipartisan bill would prevent millionaires from taking unemployment checks (www.foxnews.com)
Um, how isn't this a thing already? (Millionaire=people who earn $1M yearly)...
Google will update Maps to prevent authorities from accessing location history data - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
Dead Alabama prisoner’s body returned without a heart, family says (www.al.com)
Elon Musk says he’ll restore the X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones after poll (www.cnn.com)
It's that time of the year again! (nerdica.net) en-gb
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German state: Citizenship applicants must support Israel (www.dw.com)
Neuralink Barrels Into Human Tests Despite Fraud Claims (spectrum.ieee.org)
Earth on verge of five catastrophic climate tipping points, scientists warn | Humanity faces ‘devastating domino effects’ including mass displacement and financial ruin as planet warms (www.theguardian.com)
Abandoned babies found decomposing in Gaza hospital weeks after it was evacuated (www.nbcnews.com)
The cease-fire is over, but not before it offered a glimpse of the war’s horrors to Palestinians in Gaza and people around the world....
Solar storm to hit Earth on November 30, will disrupt mobile communication (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Joe Biden Moves to Lift Nearly Every Restriction on Israel’s Access to U.S. Weapons Stockpile (theintercept.com)
Hey, it's Thanksgiving today in the USA and Brazil, and also kind of in Japan, so maybe it's a good day for me to ask, WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR? (a-z-animals.com)
Chinese crackdown on fentanyl could lead to worse drugs filling the vaccum (www.vice.com)
President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed that China would crack down on the production and exporting of fentanyl and the precursor chemicals used to make it, according to media reports....
