People Pay Attention Better Today Than 30 Years Ago - Really. (www.scientificamerican.com)
UPDATE: Former State Senator Ray Holmberg pleads not guilty to federal child porn charges (www.kvrr.com)
State Sen. Ray HolmbergFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Former State Senator Ray Holmberg of Grand Forks has entered a not guilty plea to two federal child porn charges: child sex tourism and receipt of child porn. An initial trial date has been scheduled for December 5, 2023 in U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota in...
Geany 2.0 is out! | Geany (geany.org)
The employees secretly using AI at work (www.bbc.com)
Berlin-based business consultant Matt and his colleague were among the first at their workplace to discover ChatGPT, mere weeks after its release. He says the chatbot transformed their workdays overnight. “It was like discovering a video game cheat,” says Matt. “I asked a really technical question from my PhD thesis, and...
Pope accepts resignation of Polish bishop after gay orgy scandal in diocese (www.theguardian.com)
The pope has accepted the resignation of a Polish bishop whose diocese has been rocked by reports of a gay orgy involving a male sex worker in a priest’s apartment, as well as previous violent incidents involving his clergy....
This is what she does instead of sleeping (loot.buckodr.ink)
UAW expands strike to Stellantis pickup truck plant in Michigan (www.cnbc.com)
The United Auto Workers union is expanding its strike to a Stellantis plant in Michigan that produces Ram 1500 full-size pickup trucks, dealing another blow to the three major U.S. automakers as negotiations drag on....
Two Swedes shot dead in Brussels, Belgium raises terror alert to top level (www.reuters.com)
One Belgian newspaper said it was likely that the victims were two soccer supporters. Belgium were hosting Sweden in a Euro 2024 qualifying match on Monday evening. The match was suspended at halftime due to security reasons. Further information will follow shortly, UEFA said on its website....
With Zelenskiy At NATO HQ, U.S. Announces Fresh $200 Million Military Aid Package For Ukraine (www.rferl.org)
The United States said it would give Ukraine a new military aid package worth $200 million as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy traveled to NATO’s headquarters in Belgium to press for more support for his war-ravaged country ahead of the onset of the cold season....
Afghanistan is hit by another earthquake, days after tremor that killed over 2,000 (www.nbcnews.com)
Another strong earthquake shook part of western Afghanistan on Wednesday morning after an earlier quake killed more than 2,000 and flattened whole villages....
IBM CEO in damage control mode after AI job loss comments (www.itpro.com)
IBM CEO in damage control mode after AI job loss comments::IBM CEO Arvind Krishna appears to be in a state of damage control following recent controversial comments on AI-related job losses.
11 US citizens dead in Israel conflict, Biden says (www.cnn.com)
Eleven US citizens have died in the conflict in Israel, President Joe Biden said Monday, and an unknown number remain missing....
i gotta ask... why so many plex over kodi users? (moist.catsweat.com)
ive been using kodi (xbmc was better moniker) since google killed sagetv. i recall attempting plex, but it seemed to lack some open/extensibility (its been awhile)....
Russian party official killed in Ukrainian car bomb attack in occupied Kherson (www.businessinsider.com)
Blinken says US working to verify reports of several Americans dead in Israel (www.cnn.com)
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday the US is “working overtime” to verify reports of missing and dead Americans overseas after Hamas launched an unprecedented attack against Israel....
Brazil's government starts expelling non-Indigenous people from two native territories in the Amazon (apnews.com)
YouTube prankster says he had no idea he was scaring man who shot him (www.nbcwashington.com)
A YouTube prankster who was shot by one his targets told jurors Tuesday he had no inkling he had scared or angered the man who fired on him as the prank was recorded....
Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal gets preliminary approval from UK regulator (www.theverge.com)
GitHub launches passkey support into general availability (techcrunch.com)
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Starlink quietly lost over $250,000,000 in burned satellites this summer. (tiblur.com)
No one is talking about this. ELON BTFO
Wine 8.16 Released (www.winehq.org)
The Wine development release 8.16 is now available....
Google lays off hundreds on recruiting team (www.semafor.com)
Google lays off hundreds on recruiting team::The tech giant is making the move as hiring slows, but says it will retain a significant majority of recruiting staff.
20 Years Ago, Millennials Found Themselves ‘Lost in Translation’ (www.esquire.com)
Two people detained in China for allegedly damaging Great Wall with excavator (www.cnn.com)
Two people have been detained in China after allegedly damaging a section of the Great Wall in the northern Shanxi province with an excavator, according to state broadcaster CCTV....
cute (firefish.social)
