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Sony’s PlayStation Portal gives a confusing first impression (www.theverge.com)

Apple expected to post fourth consecutive quarterly sales decline Thursday (www.cnbc.com)

Apple expected to post fourth consecutive quarterly sales decline Thursday::Analysts haven’t missed Apple’s lack of growth this year and want to see the company thriving again.

Chrome finally lets you move the address bar to the bottom, but not on Android (www.androidcentral.com)

Google promises a rescue patch for Android 14’s “ransomware” bug (arstechnica.com)

Philippines says a coast guard ship and supply boat were rammed by Chinese vessels at disputed shoal (abcnews.go.com)

A Chinese coast guard ship and an accompanying vessel rammed a Philippine coast guard ship and a military-run supply boat Sunday off a contested shoal, Philippine officials said, in an encounter that heightened fears of an armed conflict in the disputed South China Sea....

Biden says Hamas attacked Israel in part to stop a historic agreement with Saudi Arabia (apnews.com)

President Joe Biden said Friday he thought Hamas was motivated to attack Israel in part by a desire to stop that country from normalizing relations with Saudi Arabia....

Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water (news.mit.edu)

MIT engineers and collaborators developed a solar-powered device that avoids salt-clogging issues of other designs....

Nearly 40,000 Koreans die by suicide over past 3 years (www.koreatimes.co.kr)

I have nipples Greg, can you milk me? (i.postimg.cc)

Europe gives Elon Musk 24 hours to respond about Israel-Hamas war misinformation and violence on X, formerly Twitter (www.cnbc.com)

A European regulator has issued Elon Musk a stern warning about the spread of illegal content and disinformation on X, formerly known as Twitter, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict. Failure to comply with the European regulations around illegal content could result in fines worth 6% of a company’s annual revenue....

Travel website Booking.com leaves hoteliers thousands of dollars out of pocket (www.theguardian.com)

EU launches first phase of world's first carbon border tariff (www.reuters.com)

BRUSSELS, Oct 1 (Reuters) - The European Union launched on Sunday the first phase of the world's first system to impose CO2 emissions tariffs on imported steel, cement and other goods as it tries to stop more polluting foreign products from undermining its green transition.

90 Organizations Tell AG Carr: Drop Cop City RICO Charges (www.rightsanddissent.org)

90 organizations have sent a letter to Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr urging his office to drop the RCIO charges against Stop Cop City protesters.

California bill to have human drivers ride in autonomous trucks is vetoed by governor (apnews.com)

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill to require human drivers on board self-driving trucks, a measure that union leaders and truck drivers said would save hundreds of thousands of jobs in the state....

Auditor says several college majors indoctrinate students and should be defunded (abcnews.go.com)

Cisco buying cybersecurity company Splunk for $28B (www.splunk.com)

Cisco on Thursday announced an agreement to buy cybersecurity and observability company Splunk for about $28 billion....

The Pirate Bay Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary. (torrentfreak.com)

EU regulator slaps TikTok with $368m fine for violating privacy laws (www.aljazeera.com)

Any sufficiently advanced uninstaller is indistinguishable from malware (devblogs.microsoft.com)

Over 3,000 people feared dead, another 10,000 missing after flooding in Libya, officials say (abcnews.go.com)

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis apologize over letters of support for Danny Masterson (abcnews.go.com)

The three women were members of the Church of Scientology, as is Masterson. All three women said they were initially hesitant to speak to law enforcement because they said church teachings discouraged reporting to police. The women eventually left the church....