Google witness accidentally blurts out that Apple gets 36% cut of Safari deal (arstechnica.com)
Google dragged to UK watchdog over Chrome's upcoming IP address cloaking (www.theregister.com)
Google dragged to UK watchdog over Chrome’s upcoming IP address cloaking::Marketers tell antitrust cops privacy proxy will make it harder to protect kids online, etc etc
What's new in Fedora Workstation 39 (fedoramagazine.org)
Consumers are paying more than ever for streaming TV each month and analysts say there’s no reason for the companies to stop raising prices (finance.yahoo.com)
Consumers are paying more than ever for streaming TV each month and analysts say there’s no reason for the companies to stop raising prices::Finding new subscribers in a saturated streaming video market isn’t easy. And with legacy media companies desperate to recoup revenue declines in their linear TV businesses, the cost of...
Revealed: UK coastguard downgraded 999 calls from refugees in days before mass drowning (www.theguardian.com)
Putin revokes Russian ratification of global nuclear test ban treaty (www.reuters.com)
Moscow says its deratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) is merely designed to bring Russia into line with the United States, which signed but never ratified the treaty. Russia will not resume nuclear testing unless Washington does, say Russian diplomats....
Microsoft has control issues (www.gamesindustry.biz)
The effort to squash unlicensed controllers hurts plenty of paying customers, and might not even achieve its goals
Top UN official in New York steps down citing ‘genocide’ of Palestinian civilians (www.theguardian.com)
Craig Mokhiber, director of human rights body, accuses the US, UK and much of Europe as ‘wholly complicit in the horrific assault’
Thousands protest in Israel calling for an end to the bombing of Gaza (www.wsws.org)
New York animal control officer arrested in yorkie dognap plot (www.theguardian.com)
A New York state animal control officer was arrested after selling a stolen pet and telling the owner that the animal had died, authorities have said.
US halts exports of most civilian firearms for 90 days (www.reuters.com)
Export licences for Ukraine and Israel, as well as some other close allies, will be exempted from the temporary halt in exports
FBI, DHS warn of U.S. hate crimes increase amid Israel-Hamas war (www.politico.com)
Federal law enforcement officials warned on Wednesday that Israel’s ongoing war with Palestinian militants could encourage more hate crimes in the U.S....
Millions of smart meters will brick it when 2G and 3G turns off (www.theregister.com)
Millions of smart meters will brick it when 2G and 3G turns off::Public Accounts Committee demands timetable for replacements, because things have run so smoothly so far…
Judith and Natalie Raanan: Hamas frees two US hostages (www.bbc.com)
Hamas has released two US hostages who were abducted during the Palestinian group’s deadly raid on Israel this month....
WhatsApp will now let users log into two accounts simultaneously (news.retiolus.net)
At least 300 dead in Gaza hospital bombing, local authorities say (www.reuters.com)
SSH Hardening with ssh-audit (thoughts.greyh.at)
FileList.io shutting down by the end of the year :( UPDATE: not anymore :) (filelist.io)
One of the best private trackers out there. Sorry to see it go… You can read the reasons why in the link (in Romanian and English)....
Pentagon to send ships, aircraft closer to Israel in show of force (www.politico.com)
Google Pixel nears 40 million shipments since 2016 (9to5google.com)
cross-posted from !googlepixel
Hamas militant group has started a war that 'Israel will win,' [Israeli] defense minister says (apnews.com)
Israel’s defense minister announced that the Hamas militant group has started a war against Israel and pledged that "Israel will win.”...
Nanny convicted in California of sexually assaulting 16 young boys in his care (apnews.com)
A nanny who worked for families across Southern California was convicted Tuesday of sexually assaulting 16 young boys in his care and showing another boy child pornography, prosecutors said....
Harvard University inaugurates Claudine Gay as school’s first Black president (www.cnn.com)
In a historic first, Harvard University inaugurated new president Claudine Gay on Friday, the first Black person and second woman to lead the university....