Energy Department announces $325M for batteries that can store clean electricity longer (apnews.com)
The Energy Department has announced a $325 million investment in new battery types that can help turn solar and wind energy into 24-hour power....
One in 18 babies born in Australia are conceived via IVF, latest data shows (www.theguardian.com)
The 102,157 cycles of IVF performed in 2021 was a 17% increase on 2020, with an average of two cycles for each woman.
Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.0 release notes (www.cyberpunk.net)
Israeli Forces Kill 4 Palestinians and Injure Over 30 in Raids and Attacks in Jenin and Gaza (peoplesdispatch.org)
A federal agency wants to give safety tips to young adults. So it's dropping an album. (lemmy.world)
Wildfires in recent years have reversed some of the progress made in eliminating air pollution, new study suggests (abcnews.go.com)
The smoke from wildfires in recent years has been so intense that it is decreasing air quality in the majority of the U.S., reversing some of the improvements made to air quality in the last several decades, according to new research....
Canada expels Indian diplomat as it investigates India's possible link to Sikh activist's slaying (apnews.com)
Chinese air force incursions into Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone week of September 11-18, 2023 (pbs.twimg.com)
UNESCO designates ancient Jericho ruins as World Heritage Site, sparking Israeli ire (www.cnn.com)
The United Nations World Heritage Committee voted Sunday to list the Tell es-Sultan archaeological site in Jericho as a “World Heritage Site in Palestine.”...
Arson attacks at schools in Belgium are believed to be connected to a controversial sex ed program (apnews.com)
My Review of Bloodsport (1988) (forums.sufficientvelocity.com)
I followed up Gymkata with Bloodsport (1988)....
Mishaal Rahman: Google plans to let third-party apps read the measured battery state of health, ie. the remaining estimated full charge capacity relative to the rated capacity in %, in Android 15 (twitter.com)
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DHS Continues To Violate Facebook Policies By Allowing CBP, ICE Officers To Create Fake Social Media Profiles (www.techdirt.com)
The US government may try to prosecute you for violating sites’ terms of service. But it won’t be handling its own actions the same way....
‘There simply is no moral high ground anymore:' Stella Assange argues her husband’s situation is used as justification by authoritarian regimes that imprison journalists (www.indexoncensorship.org)
“It is undeniable that the intrinsics of Julian’s case are so shocking it is something one would expect from the worst dictatorships,” Stella Assange says....
Strange light phenomenon seen before some earthquakes is a long-standing mystery. Here’s what scientists think it means (www.cnn.com)
Earthquake lights can take several different forms, according to a chapter on the phenomenon coauthored by Derr and published in the 2019 edition of the Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics....
Mishaal Rahman: Google Play Protect will apparently soon perform real-time threat detection for newly installed "unknown" apps... (twitter.com)
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Small island nations take high-emitting countries to court to protect the ocean (www.theguardian.com)
Mesa 23.3 Lands Optional Support For Allowing Game Tearing On Wayland (www.phoronix.com)
Monkey Island-like Foolish Mortals moved to 2024, improvements inbound (www.eurogamer.net)
Ukrainian Accounts of Torture Point to Systematic Russian Policy, Expert Says (www.nytimes.com)
NYT gift article expires in 30 days....
Environmental Protection Agency delays new ozone pollution standards until after the 2024 election (apnews.com)
The Environmental Protection Agency is delaying plans to tighten air quality standards for smog despite a recommendation by a scientific advisory panel to lower air pollution limits to protect public health....
Hong Kong's top court rules in favour of same-sex civil unions but not marriage (www.france24.com)
Hong Kong’s top court ruled Tuesday in favour of same-sex partnerships including civil unions but stopped short of granting full marriage rights in a partial win for the city’s LGBTQ community....
Worf and Riker Have a Heart to Heart in Star Trek: Picard Deleted Scene (gizmodo.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....
