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Black Friday not the cheapest time to shop, says consumer group (www.theguardian.com)

When the crowd chants 'ceasefire now', this is why some governments remain 'deaf' (www.abc.net.au)

Donald Trump's colossal admission during trial (www.newsweek.com)

Legal analysts say Trump admitted that the intent in financial representations he made was to convince lenders to loan him money.

Worst fear confirmed: You can't launch Modern Warfare 3 without first launching Modern Warfare 2 (www.pcgamer.com)

X is officially worth less than half of what Elon Musk paid for it (www.theverge.com)

A year after he bought Twitter for $44 billion, Musk thinks the company is now worth $19 billion, a 55 percent drop....

Kanye West to Jewish Adidas employee: 'Kiss a picture of Hitler every day' (www.rawstory.com)

An explosive new investigation by the New York Times details how Adidas employees experienced frequent anti-Semitism from Grammy Award-winning rapper and Yeezy designer Kanye West for nearly a decade....

Consumer Reports finds more lead and cadmium in chocolate, urges change at Hershey (www.reuters.com)

Gulf Stream weakening now 99% certain, and ramifications will be global (www.livescience.com)

A new study has confirmed that the Gulf Stream, a crucial ocean current that helps regulate climate and sea levels, is weakening. The flow of warm water through the Florida Straits has slowed by 4% over the past four decades. This slowdown has significant implications for the world's climate, and scientists are concerned that it...

Key Taiwan Tech Firms Are Helping Huawei With China Chip Plants (www.bloomberg.com)

Full article: imgur.com/a/SwMitsV

We have successfully completed our migration to RAM-only VPN infrastructure - Mullvad VPN (mullvad.net)

Spotify's new Showcase tool lets artists pay to promote their music in the Home feed | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

Another reason to never listen to anything recommended by spotify

Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users. (www.ctrl.blog)

Roku lays off 300 workers and removes streaming content to save money (www.engadget.com)

Roku looks to be seriously tightening its pursestrings. The company’s laying off a full ten percent of its workforce, over 300 employees, in addition to a conducting a number of other cost-cutting measures, as reported by Variety. These job cuts are just the beginning, as Roku’s also removing streaming content, consolidating...

Google is killing Play Movies & TV, will only have three video stores left (arstechnica.com)

Carmakers are failing the privacy test. Owners have little to no control of the data they hand over (www.ctvnews.ca)

Fairphone 5 Announced! (shop.fairphone.com)

Looks like a new model for the Fairphone has been announced! What do you think about it?...

Kevin doesn't share though (sh.itjust.works)

Living conditions in Ukraine are resembling a new slavery, a triumph of Western 'democracy' in the 21st century (english.almayadeen.net)

Scraped data of 2.6 million Duolingo users released on hacking forum (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

The scraped data of 2.6 million DuoLingo users was leaked on a hacking forum, allowing threat actors to conduct targeted phishing attacks using the exposed information.

Scientists find humans age dramatically in two bursts – at 44, then 60 (www.theguardian.com)

If you have noticed a sudden accumulation of wrinkles, aches and pains or a general sensation of having grown older almost overnight, there may be a scientific explanation. Research suggests that rather than being a slow and steady process, aging occurs in at least two accelerated bursts....

TIL that Germany created synthetic butter from coal during WW2. It was described as nutritious and of agreeable taste. (en.wikipedia.org)

Court says cis students can sue to avoid sharing a restroom with trans classmates (www.lgbtqnation.com)

Kamala Harris picks Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate (www.startribune.com)

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate, wagering that a former red-district congressman with a progressive streak can help her win over working-class voters in battleground states needed to beat Donald Trump in November....