Predictive Policing Software Is Terrible At Predicting Crimes (themarkup.org)
Scientists will unleash an army of crabs to help save Florida’s dying reef (www.vox.com)
Not all heroes wear capes. Some are crabs.
Linda Yaccarino was set up to fail (www.theverge.com)
The buzz out of the Code Conference this week is, naturally, all about the disastrous performance of X / Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino, who closed out the two-day affair in spectacular fashion. Vox’s Peter Kafka, who has been going to the conference since it started in 2008, called it “the weirdest session I’ve ever seen.”...
McCarthy’s last-ditch plan to keep the government open collapses, making a shutdown almost certain (apnews.com)
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s last-ditch plan to keep the federal government temporarily open collapsed in dramatic fashion Friday as a robust faction of hard-right holdouts rejected the package, making a shutdown almost certain....
Trade between Russia and China is booming so much that shipping containers are ‘piling up’ (www.cnn.com)
Shipping containers from China are “piling up” in Russia amid a surge of Chinese goods flowing into the country as trade soars, a new analysis has found....
Scientists just opened the lid to NASA’s asteroid sample canister (arstechnica.com)
Scientists just opened the lid to NASA’s asteroid sample canister::“There is some black dust-like material that’s visible. We’re hoping that’s from Bennu.”
Psychedelic mushrooms and quiet quitting: Psilocybin use tied to working fewer overtime hours (www.psypost.org)
Overachieve much? (looty.buckodr.ink)
India has officially labeled Canada an international terrorist sanctuary — “a safe haven for terrorists, for extremists, and for organized crime,” in the words of the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson. (www.mea.gov.in)
Transcript of Weekly Media Briefing by the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson. (September 21, 2023)
Join the debate about whether the pronoun removal mod should be kept or not (lemm.ee)
For everyone reading this, if you have thoughts or opinions on the subject, please direct them to the original post to centralize the discussion. Thank you....
A cyberattack against Clorox last month that shut down factories has created a nationwide shortage of bleach and cat litter (fortune.com)
A cyberattack against Clorox last month that shut down factories has created a nationwide shortage of bleach and cat litter::The producer of disinfectants, wipes, cat litter, salad dressing and cleaners said some of its US factories still aren’t making goods
Rich people in positions of power literally do not care (lemmy.zip)
edit: Emphasis on “but do nothing”. I suggest civil disobedience.
Don't Give the Corporate Oligarchs What They Want (sh.itjust.works)
Pentagon-Funded Study Warns Dementia Among U.S. Officials Poses National Security Threat (theintercept.com)
Microsoft cuts ties with the Surface Duo after just 2 Android version updates (www.windowscentral.com)
cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/[email protected]/t/445850...
Nearly five decades after the fall of Saigon, U.S. will help Vietnam boost its military capabilities (www.cnbc.com)
Super Apps Are Terrible for People—and Great for Companies (www.wired.com)
Apps that offer to “do it all” will subject users to even more exploitation and surveillance, while large tech companies profit.
Coast Guard arrests a man trying to run a giant hamster wheel across the Atlantic (www.npr.org)
Germany is staring at the end of its economic model (english.elpais.com)
The change in the geopolitical order, disrupted by the invasion of Ukraine, has exposed the weaknesses of the German economic model. The German model, points out Wolfgang Münchau in one of his analyses for Eurointelligence, hinges on three ingredients: cost competitiveness, technological leadership in its industry and...
America Has Reached Peak Therapy. Why Is Our Mental Health Getting Worse? (time.com)
Google, Netflix, Apple and Amazon are the "barbarians at the gate" of the games industry, says ex-Sony boss (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.one/post/3417167
Senator Admits "Kids Online Safety Act" Will Target Trans Content Online. (www.erininthemorning.com)
Senator Admits “Kids Online Safety Act” Will Target Trans Content Online.::The lead sponsor of the “Kids Online Safety Act,” otherwise known as KOSA, has stated over the weekend that it will be used to “protect minor children from the transgender in our culture.”
Fatal police shooting of pregnant Ohio woman raises concerns over firing at moving vehicles (apnews.com)
Body camera video of the fatal police shooting of Ta’Kiya Young, a 21-year-old pregnant mother in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio, has raised questions about how an allegation of shoplifting led to a bullet being fired through her windshield....
Developing world needs an alternative to Chinese tech (asiatimes.com)
Developing world needs an alternative to Chinese tech::In April 2022, the United States launched its “Declaration for the Future of the Internet.” It asserts that human rights and democratic values must remain
EXCLUSIVE: Naomi Wu and the Silence That Speaks Volumes (www.hackingbutlegal.com)
When China’s prodigious tech influencer, Naomi Wu, found herself silenced, it wasn’t just the machinery of a surveillance state at play. Instead, it was a confluence of state repression and the sometimes capricious attention of a Western audience that, as she asserts, often views Chinese activists more as ideological tokens...
