This week’s dead Google products: Google Podcasts, basic Gmail, and more! (arstechnica.com)
Court Rules That Trump $250M Civil Fraud Trial Will Go Forward Monday (abcnews.go.com)
Raspberry Pi 5 revealed, and it should satisfy your need for speed (www.theregister.com)
The Hollywood writers strike is over after guild leaders approve contract with studios (apnews.com)
SteamVR 2.0 beta adds tons of new features (www.pcworld.com)
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warns the world isn't ready for 7% interest rate (www.cnn.com)
Drug mimics exercise in mice, raises metabolism, increases endurance, burns fat (medicalxpress.com)
Philosophy to the rescue (lemmy.zip)
Disclaimer: we still have pragmatic reason to follow the evidence suggested by our best scientific theories. I’m just poking fun at scientists in the spirit of Hume. There’s no guarantee that the future will resemble the past, and even our best scientific theories are amenable to future evidence.
Oil prices have risen. That's making gas more expensive for US drivers and helping Russia's war (apnews.com)
Why You Need a Digital ‘Dead Man’s Switch’ (lifehacker.com)
The Supreme Court will hear a case with a lot of 'buts' & 'ifs' over the meaning of 'and' (apnews.com)
It’s hard to imagine a less contentious or more innocent word than “and.”...
Leaked prices: Pixel 8 $699, 8 Pro at $899 (twitter.com)
Mother gets 78-year prison term for killing daughters, 15 and 5, in Virginia (apnews.com)
A northern Virginia mother who sedated her two daughters with melatonin-laced gummy bears before fatally shooting them was sentenced Friday to 78 years in prison....
‘I am sorry’: Unity partially walks back on controversial monetization plans | VGC (www.videogameschronicle.com)
‘Climate villain’: scientists say Rupert Murdoch wielded his media empire to sow confusion and doubt (www.theguardian.com)
Can anyone help a goblin out? (sh.itjust.works)
Americans trying to get new covid vaccine hit insurance snags, face bills (Paywall) (www.washingtonpost.com)
Federal officials promised the new covid shot would be free and covered by insurance, but some Americans have encountered a different reality this week as they tried to get vaccinated, only to be denied coverage or charged up to $200....
Journalist asks GM CEO Mary Barra about $29 million paycheck after UAW strike — On average, the Detroit Three's CEOs are making 40 percent more today than they did four years ago (www.carscoops.com)
Journalist asks GM CEO Mary Barra about $29 million paycheck after UAW strike — On average, the Detroit Three’s CEOs are making 40 percent more today than they did four years ago::On average, the Detroit Three’s CEOs are making 40 percent more today than they did four years ago
The official Lord of the Rings special effects studio is making a cozy hobbit game (www.pcgamer.com)
Today The UK Parliament Undermined The Privacy, Security, And Freedom Of All Internet Users (www.eff.org)
Today The UK Parliament Undermined The Privacy, Security, And Freedom Of All Internet Users::The U.K. Parliament has passed the Online Safety Bill (OSB), which says it will make the U.K. “the safest place” in the world to be online. In reality, the OSB will lead to a much more censored, locked-down internet for British...
The child care industry is on the cusp of a crisis (www.axios.com)
In 10 days, the U.S. will fall off a "child care cliff" — that's the day pandemic-era funding for the industry runs out....
Texas prisoner accused of killing 22 older women is slain by cellmate while serving life sentence (apnews.com)
A Texas prisoner accused of killing 22 older women over two years, preying on them so he could steal jewelry and other valuables, was slain Tuesday by his cellmate while serving a life sentence, prison officials said....
Corruption accusations continue to plague top Zelenskiy aides (www.reuters.com)
Germany likely to pass 50% mark for renewable power this year - minister (www.reuters.com)
BERLIN, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Germany is likely to generate more than 50% of its power from renewable energy this year but needs to ramp up the speed of its transition towards the end of the decade, Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Monday.
Tankie admins continue to waste their time by banning users who are already defederated, meaning none of these users could post anyway—also some genocide denialism and being proud of an echo-chamber (sh.itjust.works)
