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Former high-level FBI official pleads guilty in connection to scheme working for sanctioned Russian oligarch (edition.cnn.com)

Sex in self-driving cars: Passengers are reportedly hooking up in San Francisco's driverless taxis (www.businessinsider.com)

Cocaine seized by customs in record 8-ton haul (www.dw.com)

300,000-year-old skull found in China unlike any early human seen before (edition.cnn.com)

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni sues Placebo singer Brian Molko for calling her 'fascist, racist' (www.euronews.com)

Italy has one of the highest rates of libel suits against the media in Europe, and Italian PM Giorgia Meloni is proving journalist associations right.

6-year-old boy severely injured after apparent fall from Florida rollercoaster, officials say (www.cnn.com)

A 6-year-old boy in Florida was left severely injured at a theme park after apparently falling from a ride that was nearly two dozen feet above where he was found, authorities said.

SEC now requires companies to disclose cyberattacks in 4 days (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

FBI Seizure of Mastodon Server is a Wakeup Call to Fediverse Users and Hosts to Protect their Users (www.eff.org)

Want to live dangerously? Try running Windows XP in 2023 (www.theregister.com)

Veterinarian sues after Sheriff’s Department dog dies in hot patrol cruiser (www.latimes.com)

They killed a dog, forged a vet report, and then forged an investigation. It is almost like the police cannot be trusted.

Former Kotaku writers are launching a new video game site — and they own it this time (www.theverge.com)

Warplanes strike Gaza refugee camp as Israel rejects US push for a pause in fighting (apnews.com)

Palestinian health officials say Israeli warplanes struck a refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, killing at least 40 people and wounding dozens. Sunday's strike came as Israel vowed to press on with its offensive to crush the territory’s Hamas rulers, despite U.S. appeals for a pause in fighting to get aid to civilians....

Shoutout to fwupd for updating device firmware (github.com)

It updated a Thinkpad dock with no issues while on Windows, I had to find specific drivers and sketchy update utilities. Awesome!

‘A war needs field reporting from both sides’: French media appeal for access to Gaza (www.france24.com)

20 killed & tens injured in a back-to-back Israeli massacre as jetfighters strike Gaza school sheltering displaced Palestinians (NSFL Video) (english.ahram.org.eg)

An Israeli airstrike on the Osama bin Zaid School in the Al-Saftawi neighbourhood in north Gaza City killed at least 20 and wounded 30 in the second massacre against civilians in less than five hours on Friday....

HBO boss apologises for using fake Twitter accounts to troll TV critics (www.theguardian.com)

The HBO CEO and chairman, Casey Bloys, has apologised for tasking employees with creating fake Twitter accounts to attack TV critics....

Student loan payment restart has been marred by errors, from late notices to incorrect bills (abcnews.go.com)

The first month of repayments since the end of a three-year pandemic pause on federal student loans has been filled with mishaps, including incorrect billing amounts and late notices for bills coming due, according to government officials....

Half of Britons can’t name a Black British historical figure, survey finds (www.theguardian.com)

Exclusive: Majority of British people found to have ‘shockingly little’ knowledge about Black British history

Washington state senator arrested in Hong Kong for carrying a gun through airport (amp.cnn.com)

From my town lol

Details leaked of "GOST" program used to profile the social media posts of US visa applicants (www.404media.co)

Settlers take advantage of Gaza war to launch West Bank pogroms (www.972mag.com)

Pluralistic: Leaving Twitter had no effect on NPR’s traffic (14 Oct 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow (pluralistic.net)

Enshittification is the process by which a platform lures in and then captures end users (stage one), who serve as bait for business customers, who are also captured (stage two), whereupon the platform rug-pulls both groups and allocates all the value they generate and exchange to itself (stage three):...