Does glyphosate cause cancer? Australia’s Roundup case against Monsanto will offer a fresh legal answer (www.theguardian.com)
The class action will be decided by a single judge and could be a ‘genuine problem for Monsanto and Bayer if we’re successful’, lawyer says
11 arrested in protest at Sen. Bernie Sanders’s office over war in Ukraine (www.washingtonpost.com)
Eleven antiwar protesters were arrested Wednesday after they occupied the office of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Capitol Hill to demand the senator support efforts at diplomacy over sending further U.S. aid, such as weapons, to Ukraine....
UPenn slammed for celebrating Nobel prize of vaccine researcher it once demoted (www.independent.co.uk)
Being a vegetarian may be partly in your genes (news.northwestern.edu)
Large study found three genes strongly linked to vegetarianism....
Diablo 4 is coming to Steam on October 17th (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Another Blizzard game is coming to Steam. I cannot wait until WoW is available so I do not need to use the battle.net client.
Spotify is giving paid subscribers 15 hours of audiobook listening per month - The Verge (newsroom.spotify.com)
cross-posted from !android
How Google Alters Search Queries to Get at Your Wallet (www.wired.com)
Pandas could be gone from America's zoos by the end of next year (apnews.com)
Men Overran a Job Fair for Women in Tech (www.wired.com)
The Grace Hopper Celebration is meant to unite women in tech. This year droves of men came looking for jobs.
That damned smile (lemmy.zip)
Matt Gaetz files motion to oust Kevin McCarthy as House speaker (www.washingtonpost.com)
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) introduced a resolution Monday evening to remove Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from his seat, triggering an expected intraparty clash and setting up a showdown for the House to decide whether to depose McCarthy likely within 48 hours....
Sam Bankman-Fried would readily choose a Brooklyn jail cell with internet access over a $39 million Bahamas penthouse that doesn't have Wi-Fi, author of FTX book says (www.businessinsider.com)
Sam Bankman-Fried would readily choose a Brooklyn jail cell with internet access over a $39 million Bahamas penthouse that doesn’t have Wi-Fi, author of FTX book says::“Now that sounds crazy, but I do think that if he had the internet, he could survive jail forever,” author Michael Lewis said of Sam Bankman-Fried.
UK small nuclear competition: Rolls Royce in, Bill Gates snubbed (www.cityam.com)
YouTube Music rolls out auto-downloads for podcasts (9to5google.com)
Ahead of Presidential polls, Argentina parliament passes bill to abolish income taxes (www.firstpost.com)
Alien life in Universe: Scientists say finding it is 'only a matter of time' (www.bbc.com)
Alien life in Universe: Scientists say finding it is ‘only a matter of time’::Experts are optimistic of detecting life signs on a faraway world within our lifetimes - possibly in the next few years.
[UPDATE: Fico won] Slovakia elections: Liberals win against pro-Moscow party - exit polls (www.bbc.com)
Liberals have a slender lead in Slovakia’s elections over a pro-Moscow party led by populist former PM Robert Fico, exit polls suggest....
Food Delivery Robots Are Feeding Camera Footage to the LAPD, Internal Emails Show (www.404media.co)
Serve Robotics, which delivers food for Uber Eats, provided footage filmed by at least one of its robots to the LAPD as evidence in a criminal case. The emails show the robots, which are a constant sight in the city, can be used for surveillance....
Uber, Grubhub and DoorDash must pay NYC delivery workers an $18 minimum wage (www.engadget.com)
Uber, Grubhub and DoorDash must pay NYC delivery workers an $18 minimum wage::New York Acting Supreme Court Justice Nicholas Moyne rejected a bid by Uber, DoorDash and Grubhub to block a bill requiring a minimum wage for app-based delivery workers.
Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water (news.mit.edu)
The configuration of the device allows water to circulate in swirling eddies, in a manner similar to the much larger “thermohaline” circulation of the ocean. This circulation, combined with the sun’s heat, drives water to evaporate, leaving salt behind. The resulting water vapor can then be condensed and collected as pure,...
WHO recommends dropping component of many flu vaccines (www.statnews.com)
The WHO has recommended dropping a component of many flu vaccines because the viruses it protects against appear to have been driven into extinction in the Covid pandemic.