Top Philips Executive Approved Sale of Defective Breathing Machines by Distributors, Despite Tests Showing Health Risks (www.propublica.org)
After tests showed that breathing machines made by Philips Respironics could spew dangerous particles and fumes into the lungs of patients, the company in April 2021 decided to stop shipping the devices from its factories near Pittsburgh....
Is Destiny 2 Still Worth Playing in 2023? - IGN (www.ign.com)
Richard Moll, Who Played Bull the Bailiff on ‘Night Court,’ Dies at 80 (variety.com)
Actor Richard Moll died Thursday at his home in Big Bear Lake, Calif. He was 80....
Fukushima nuclear plant workers sent to hospital after being splashed with tainted water (www.theguardian.com)
‘Youngsters should work 70 hours a week’ ,Narayana Murthy says India’s work culture must change. (www.moneycontrol.com)
cjs-cdkeys.com My experience (www.cjs-cdkeys.com)
cross-posted from: monero.town/post/894746...
Microsoft has over a million paying Github Copilot users: CEO Nadella (www.zdnet.com)
X is officially rolling out audio and video calls (www.theverge.com)
Japan investigates foreign YouTubers accused of dodging train fares and stealing food | Japan | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Internet artifacts (neal.fun)
A fun sort of online museum with exhibits on the early internet. From the first mp3, to the dancing baby gif, to the first webcam feed of a coffee maker and more. This was really cool!
It took a modder just hours to add 4K support to the Metal Gear Solid collection (www.pcgamer.com)
Apple Cancelled Jon Stewart Because Feckless Tech Executives Were Afraid Of The Pesky Truth (www.techdirt.com)
Last week, the New York Times reported that Apple had cancelled “The Problem With Jon Stewart.” More importantly, the Times noted that Apple executives, clearly not at all worried about the need for a healthy editorial firewall, had grown uncomfortable with the way that the program was planning to cover issues such as China...
Blue state suspends basic skills graduation requirement again, citing harm to students of color (www.foxnews.com)
Oregon high schoolers won't have to prove proficiency in core subjects for at least five more years. Here's why education officials suspended the graduation requirement.
Far-right populist Javier Milei fails to win first round of Argentina’s presidential election (www.theguardian.com)
Raspberry Pi 5: available now! (www.raspberrypi.com)
Netanyahu told to ‘quit now’ as ex-leaders pin blame on dysfunctional government (www.theguardian.com)
Amazon adds AI-generated review summaries so you don’t have to read the comments (www.theverge.com)
It’s been there for a while and the article is also a bit older, but I only recently saw this.
Biden and Aides Advise Israel to Avoid Widening War With Hezbollah Strike (www.nytimes.com)
BBC Confirm Policy Change On Describing Hamas In Meeting With Jewish Leaders (www.mediaite.com)
Following weeks of backlash the BBC will reportedly no longer refer to Hamas as “militants” opting instead to describe them as "a proscribed terrorist organisation" or simply "Hamas." This shift in policy by the public service broadcaster was announced by the Board of Deputies of British Jews in a press release on Friday,...
Nonprofit hospitals skimp on charity while CEOs reap millions, report finds (arstechnica.com)
Music Publishers Sue Amazon-backed AI Platform for Copyright Infringement (www.rollingstone.com)
Judge Chutkan temporarily freezes Trump gag order in 2020 election subversion case | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
US District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Friday temporarily froze the gag order she issued on Donald Trump in the former president’s federal 2020 election subversion criminal case.
Domestic violence calls about ‘reproductive coercion’ doubled after the overturn of Roe (19thnews.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/domestic-violence-calls-reprodu…
New Pentagon report claims China now has over 500 operational nuclear warheads (www.npr.org)
The latest assessment from the defense department said China had increased its arsenal of operational nuclear warheads from the estimated 400 in 2021 to more than 500 as of May this year.