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Israel Gaza: Community frozen as Hamas atrocities continue to emerge (www.bbc.co.uk)

By Lucy Williamson in Nir Oz, Israel BBC News...

Mesa's Radeon Vulkan Driver Has Become Much More Capable At Ray-Tracing, Thanks To Valve (www.phoronix.com)

Millions of Workers Are Training AI Models for Pennies (www.wired.com)

“The global data collection and labeling market was valued at $2.22 billion in 2022 and is expected to grow to $17.1 billion by 2030, according to consulting firm Grand View Research. As Venezuela slid into an economic catastrophe, many college-educated Venezuelans like Fuentes and her friends joined crowdsourcing platforms...

Afghanistan hit by third earthquake in a week (www.bbc.com)

‘Their privacy matters’: Prosecutors want judge to set limits on Trump’s social media use ahead of jury selection in Jan. 6 trial (lawandcrime.com)

Special counsel prosecutors have asked a federal judge to set protective measures for prospective jurors in Donald Trump's election subversion case in Washington, D.C. and more.

Cloudflare is free of CAPTCHAs; Turnstile is free for everyone (blog.cloudflare.com)

The Age of Social Media Is Changing and Entering a Less Toxic Era (www.businessinsider.com)

British soldier took her own life after sexual harassment from boss, says army (www.theguardian.com)

cross-posted from: lemmit.online/post/1011093...

11 arrested in protest at Sen. Bernie Sanders’s office over war in Ukraine (www.washingtonpost.com)

Telltale Games has reportedly laid off most of their staff (nitter.net)

This is a sore subject, but I feel it necessary to add to the gaming layoff news: Telltale laid most of us off early September. Status of TWAU2, I can’t say (NDA)....

$600 Million And A Decade Later, Where Is Star Citizen? (exputer.com)

A blood test for long Covid is possible, new research suggests (www.nbcnews.com)

Anthems go hard (lemmy.zip)

iPhone 15 Models Have 'Completely Standard' USB-C Port Without Restrictions on Accessories (www.macrumors.com)

iPhone 15 Models Have ‘Completely Standard’ USB-C Port Without Restrictions on Accessories::Apple’s new iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max are equipped with a “completely standard” USB-C port without…

Stephen King blames Bill Maher for breaking the Hollywood writers’ strike (qz.com)

Bill Maher announced that his Real Time would be back "sans writers or writing"...

New US sanctions package hits Russian oligarchs and companies that help Russian troops (www.pravda.com.ua)

Flintshire cat burglar caught red handed after crime spree (www.bbc.com)

Feline thief Gingee, a four-year-old Maine Coon, has been ransacking nearby homes in Buckley, Flintshire....

Rishi Sunak avoiding UN summit after being warned about potential rejection (www.theguardian.com)

New Zealand woman discovers surgical instrument ‘size of a dinner plate’ left in her body after operation (www.theguardian.com)

3M to pay $6 billion to settle claims it sold defective earplugs to U.S. military (www.cbsnews.com)

Manufacturing giant 3M on Tuesday said it will pay $6 billion to resolve legal claims over its Combat Arms Earplug products, which some military veterans claimed left them with hearing loss and tinnitus....

Federal judge to set Trump trial date in election interference case (www.nbcnews.com)

Special counsel Jack Smith wants jury selection to begin in December, while the former president pushes for a 2026 start date.

Danish government prepares bill to stop Koran burnings (www.reuters.com)

Scientists found more than 1,000 AI spam bots trying to scam people and steal their social media profiles — and regulators can't keep up (www.businessinsider.com)

Scientists found more than 1,000 AI spam bots trying to scam people and steal their social media profiles — and regulators can’t keep up::Social media is being flooded with spammy AI content. Research by Indiana University details how artificial intelligence is being used to scam people on social media platforms.