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In very rare move, Pope dismisses conservative US bishop Strickland (www.reuters.com)

Trump backs requests for TV coverage of his federal criminal trial (www.reuters.com)

In the late Friday filing, Trump argued that prosecutors want the trial held “in darkness” as part of what he claims is a politically motivated effort by President Joe Biden’s administration to undermine his bid for re-election next year....

.io considered harmful (www.beep.blog)

This story really got my blood boiling. CW: involves a forced expulsion of people

Intel bets big against ChatGPT's OpenAI, invests heavily in Stability AI, makers of Stable Diffusion (www.firstpost.com)

Apple reaches $25M settlement with the DOJ for discriminating against US residents during hiring | The DOJ said that Apple's hiring practices favored visa holders and left out US citizens and perma... (www.engadget.com)

Apple reaches $25M settlement with the DOJ for discriminating against US residents during hiring | The DOJ said that Apple’s hiring practices favored visa holders and left out US citizens and perma…::This is the largest amount that the DOJ has collected under the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and...

Grown Adult Coward: 'I'm OK With Just Watching Alan Wake II' - Aftermath (aftermath.site)

Over 1 in 4 Americans will be Latino by 2060, census projects (www.nbcnews.com)

The U.S. Latino population, now about 1 in 5 Americans, is projected to continue increasing through the year 2060, when over 1 in 4 Americans are likely to be Latino, according to U.S. Census Bureau projections released Thursday....

Omegle shuts down--founder cites "stress and expense of this fight – coupled with the existing stress and expense of operating Omegle, and fighting its misuse" (www.omegle.com)

Rockstar Plans to Announce Much Anticipated ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ (www.bloomberg.com)

Rockstar Plans to Announce Much Anticipated ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’::Rockstar Games, a division of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., plans to announce the next highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto game as early as this week, according to people familiar with its plans.

Man with rifle arrested near Senate office buildings (www.nbcnews.com)

Xbox plans for using AI to create scripts, dialogue trees, quest lines (www.theverge.com)

New York Times Writer Jazmine Hughes Resigns After Opposing Israel-Gaza War (www.yahoo.com)

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Don't worry - AI will actually make your jobs better, Microsoft says | TechRadar (www.techradar.com)

Dating apps lose their luster with college students (www.axios.com)

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Suella Braverman says rough sleeping is ‘lifestyle choice’ (www.theguardian.com)

Home secretary criticised for tweets vowing to restrict use of tents by homeless people, ‘many of them from abroad’

Can you spot the difference? (lemmy.zip)

So, turns out that nuclear-powered pacemakers were a thing (www.ans.org)

In today’s episode of “weird shit I stumbled onto on the internet”, I bring you: nuclear-powered pacemakers....

TIL ants that farm aphids influence the aphids’ genes in a similar way that we do with cows. Aphid-farming ants prefer and select for red/green polymorphism. (www.nature.com)

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Unredacted FTC suit shows 'Project Nessie' price-raising algorithm made Amazon $1.4B (techcrunch.com)

StarTrek.website now has a wiki (and mission statement)! (wiki.startrek.website)

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France steps up crackdown on Palestine solidarity amid Gaza war (www.972mag.com)

French authorities have banned demonstrations in support of Gaza, arrested protesters, and moved to dissolve several Palestine advocacy groups.

Young, female voters were the key to defeating populists in Poland's election – providing a blueprint to reverse democracy's decline (theconversation.com)

Highlights: The results of Poland’s parliamentary elections held on Oct. 15, 2023, have been lauded as a blow against populism – and they may also hold important lessons for reversing democracy’s decline....