Pope urges Hamas to free hostages, says Israel has right to self-defence (www.reuters.com)
Pope Francis, in his strongest comments since the start of the conflict in Gaza, on Wednesday called for the release of all hostages taken by Hamas militants and said Israel has a right to defend itself....
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I'm all aboard the Google Assistant with Bard hype train, and you should be too - Android Central (www.androidcentral.com)
'We are in a war,' Netanyahu says after Palestinian militants launch surprise attack (www.nbcnews.com)
Hamas claimed responsibility for the unprecedented assault, which the militants said involved 5,000 rockets and infiltration across the border....
Google's Pixel 8 Software Update Plan Should Push Android Phones Further (www.cnet.com)
The use of jailhouse snitches in Orange County bungled at least 57 criminal cases, public defender says (ghostarchive.org)
Defense attorneys said last year they believe 21 defendants accused of murder and other serious felonies were affected by the scandal and had their convictions vacated, sentences reduced or new trials ordered. It was around that time the U.S. Department of Justice’s civil rights division found that the Orange County...
Donald Trump endorses Jim Jordan to succeed Kevin McCarthy as House speaker (apnews.com)
Former President Donald Trump is officially backing Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the pugnacious House Judiciary Committee chairman and longtime Trump defender, to succeed Kevin McCarthy as House speaker....
Apple addresses iPhone 15 overheating with a new iOS 17 update. (www.theverge.com)
Apple addresses iPhone 15 overheating with a new iOS 17 update.::A new iOS 17 update from Apple that’s intended to fix reports of overheating iPhone 15s is now available. Apple acknowledged the problem over the weekend, blaming it on software problems.
European insurers are underwriting 30% of US coal, study says (www.mining.com)
The Insure Our Future report singled out Lloyd’s of London Ltd … insures 10 mines producing 22.8% of US coal output. Zurich insures two mines producing 4.9% of US output, while Swiss Re insures one mine producing 3% of output, according to the report....
Pakistan launches anti-polio vaccine drive targeting 44M children amid tight security (apnews.com)
Pakistan launched its second nationwide anti-polio campaign of the year, aiming to inoculate 44 million children under 5 years old, as the country nears eradicating the disease....
Britain seeks to train military inside Ukraine, UK defense chief says (www.politico.eu)
Britain is in talks to move more training and production of military equipment into Ukraine, U.K. Defense Secretary Grant Shapps said....
Doctors in England told not to start new patients on ADHD drugs due to shortage (www.theguardian.com)
Doctors in England have been told not to prescribe ADHD drugs to new patients because of a national shortage, as charities warn that the supply problems are devastating for people living with the condition....
Disney+ to Crack Down on Password Sharing in Canada (consequence.net)
After Netflix unrolled a similar program Disney+ has announced plans to crack down on password sharing for users located in Canada.
NYC streets turn into raging rivers during epic downpour flooding roads and subways (nypost.com)
Wild scenes of flooding unfolded throughout New York City on Friday morning as an intense rainstorm barreled through the tri-state area, turning local roads into rivers during the morning rush hour....
Cyberattacks hit military, Parliament websites as India hacker group targets Canada (www.ctvnews.ca)
Apple’s iPhone Cedes Ground to Google’s Pixel in Japan (www.bloomberg.com)
Alphabet Inc.’s Google Pixel is eroding the iPhone’s dominance in Japan as the Apple Inc. device gets pricier, finding success after years of misfires....
Chinese hackers stole emails from US State Dept in Microsoft breach, Senate staffer says (www.reuters.com)
Chinese hackers who breached Microsoft’s (MSFT.O) email platform this year managed to steal tens of thousands of emails from U.S. State Department accounts, a Senate staffer told Reuters on Wednesday....
kitty, Starship and Terminal Customization (thoughts.greyh.at)
How to restart systemd without rebooting #Linux (www.cyberciti.biz)
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Lego drops prototype blocks made of recycled plastic bottles as they "didn't reduce carbon emissions" (www.cbsnews.com)
Metaverse: What happened to Mark Zuckerberg's next big thing? (www.bbc.com)
Two years ago, the metaverse was billed as the next big thing - but many in the tech world have already moved on....
Inside the Race to Stop a Deadly Viral Outbreak in India (www.wired.com)
Quick thinking and medical sleuthing allowed Kerala to contain a potentially disastrous Nipah virus outbreak this month—but with viral spillovers happening more frequently, containment is a fragile shield.
China’s quest for human genetic data spurs fears of a DNA arms race (www.washingtonpost.com)
Most of Europe was in lockdown in April 2020 when a plane arrived in the Serbian capital bearing a well-timed gift from the People’s Republic of China. Inside was a Chinese invention called the Fire-Eye, a sophisticated portable lab that could detect coronavirus infections from tiny genetic fragments the pathogen leaves...