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Ride passengers rescued after dangling upside down, 75 feet up, for half an hour (www.npr.org)
The oscillating Lumberjack ride at Canada's Wonderland theme park stopped suddenly, in mid-air, on Sunday. Videos posted to social media captured the sounds of passengers crying for help.
'Scandalous': Anger as BBC 'refuse to cover' anti-Brexit rally in London (www.thenational.scot)
THE BBC has been asked to explain why it has not reported on a large-scale anti-Brexit rally in the centre of London ...
Saudi Arabia sentences schoolgirl to 18 years over tweets, says rights group (www.middleeasteye.net)
Report comes after Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman blamed 'bad laws' for death sentence against a Saudi man over social media posts
‘Anything for my family’: Venezuelans in US welcome temporary protected status (www.theguardian.com)
Asylum seekers who arrived before the end of July – about 472,000 – will now be able to legally live and work in the US
Nissan vows to go all-electric by 2030 despite Sunak delay on petrol ban (www.theguardian.com)
Carmaker says it will ‘press ahead’ with plans to achieve 100% EV in Europe and all new models will be entirely electric
Spotify is going to clone podcasters’ voices — and translate them to other languages (www.theverge.com)
A partnership with OpenAI will let podcasters replicate their voices to automatically create foreign-language versions of their shows.
Game Developer Legend Hideki Kamiya in Shock PlatinumGames Exit - IGN (www.ign.com)
Hideki Kamiya, who directed Resident Evil 2 and was the chief creator of Devil May Cry, has announced his surprise departure from Bayonetta developer PlatinumGames effective October 12.
Passengers left upside down as ride malfunctions in Canada (www.bbc.com)
The park's maintenance team brought the passengers safely to the ground after 30 minutes.
Sign for “whites-only” moms and tots group in Metro Vancouver sparks outrage (dailyhive.com)
A sign hung in Port Coquitlam advertising a “whites-only” moms and tots group is causing outrage online after photos of a poster were shared on social media.
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.
AI-generated naked child images shock Spanish town of Almendralejo (www.bbc.com)
More than 20 Spanish girls in the small town of Almendralejo have so far come forward as victims.
Revealed: almost everyone in Europe is breathing toxic air (www.theguardian.com)
Guardian investigation finds 98% of Europeans breathing highly damaging polluted air linked to 400,000 deaths a year
Australia ‘better prepared’ for bushfires than ahead of black summer as government considers national community service (www.theguardian.com)
Emergency services minister says service would likely be voluntary as government ‘wouldn’t want to commit to obliging people or forcing them’
Anti-LGBTQ+ ‘Million Man Marches’ Are Being Held Across Canada. Who is Behind Them and What Are They Really About? (pressprogress.ca)
Everything you need to know about the ‘one million march for children’ to stop the ‘indoctrination of children in public schools’
Ukrainian parents invited to ‘collect their children’ from Russia - UPI.com (www.upi.com)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov invited Ukrainian parents to "collect their children" taken from Ukraine amid the ongoing war.
A court in China sentences a famed Uyghur scholar to life in prison, foundation says (apnews.com)
I'm so glad I waited nearly 3 years to play Cyberpunk 2077, but I dread the fact that this is our new normal (www.pcgamer.com)
How did we get here?
"They don’t care": Inside the triumphs and failures of accessible gaming hardware (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
Accessible hardware is on the rise, so why are so many disabled players being left behind? We investigate the state of …
"They don’t care": Inside the triumphs and failures of accessible gaming hardware (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
Accessible hardware is on the rise, so why are so many disabled players being left behind? We investigate the state of …
Mother gets 30-day sentence for waterboarding baby, putting him in freezer, authorities say (www.kktv.com)
Thousands of Greek workers take to the streets in national strike against government's anti-labor bill : Peoples Dispatch (peoplesdispatch.org)
Unions organized a country-wide strike against a bill introduced by the conservative New Democracy government in Greece. The bill seeks to increase daily and weekly working hours, among other changes
A climate scientist on how to recognize the new climate change denial (www.vox.com)
Delay, deflect, downplay, and other ways fossil fuel companies block climate action.
Microsoft's mobile keyboard app SwiftKey gains new AI-powered features | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Along with AI advances in Windows 11 and Bing, Microsoft also this week announced it's bringing new AI-powered features to its SwiftKey mobile keyboard
Woman propped up to look alive for family after already being declared dead at Adena Hospital, records show (sciotovalleyguardian.com)
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — A recent incident at Adena Health System has intensified scrutiny of its cardiology department. A 65-year-old woman died during what should have been a routine heart catheterization, leading to pressing questions about the practices and credentials of the physicians involved. What happened after her time of...
Terrible Things Happened to Monkeys After Getting Neuralink Implants, According to Veterinary Records (futurism.com)
An investigation by Wired reveals the grisly complications of Neuralink brain implants in monkeys, including brain swelling and paralysis.
First congressional Democrat calls on Menendez to resign (thehill.com)
Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) is calling on Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) to resign in the face of corruption charges, his office confirmed to The Hill. Phillips, a member of the bipartisan Problem Sol…
Are We Ready For This Site's Endless Feed of AI-Generated Porn? (futurism.com)
A very NSFW website called Pornpen.ai is churning out an endless stream of graphic, AI-generated porn. We have mixed feelings.
Misinformation research is buckling under GOP legal attacks (www.washingtonpost.com)
The escalating campaign — led by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and other Republicans — has cast a pall over programs that study not just political disinformation but also the quality of medical information online.
Valve: don’t expect a faster Steam Deck ‘in the next couple of years’ (www.theverge.com)
Apple removes app created by Andrew Tate (www.theguardian.com)
Apple has withdrawn an app created by Andrew Tate after accusations that it encouraged misogyny and could be an illegal pyramid scheme....
Worm that jumps from rats to slugs to human brains has invaded Southeast US (arstechnica.com)
Multiple rats in Atlanta test positive for calamitous, rapidly spreading parasite.
US mother sentenced to two years in prison for giving daughter abortion pills (www.theguardian.com)
Jessica Burgess pleaded guilty in July to providing an abortion after 20 weeks and tampering with human remains
Neo-Nazi Fight Clubs Are Growing Rapidly, New Research Shows (www.vice.com)
A new report shared with VICE News outlines the massive growth so-called Active Clubs, neo-Nazi fitness and fight clubs, have experienced in both the United States and internationally.
Neo-Nazi Fight Clubs Are Growing Rapidly, New Research Shows (www.vice.com)
A new report shared with VICE News outlines the massive growth so-called Active Clubs, neo-Nazi fitness and fight clubs, have experienced in both the United States and internationally.
CDPR Claims Phantom Liberty Is Great Because The Dev Needed Redemption (tech4gamers.com)
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty has launched to positive reviews, and one reason for this quality came from CDPR's desire for redemption.
Clarence Thomas Secretly Participated in Koch Network Donor Events (www.propublica.org)
Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the Supreme Court.
US sued over nearly 20-year-old federal terrorist list by Muslim rights group (www.theguardian.com)
Council on American Islamic Relations (Cair) argues list is used for ‘humiliation and harassment’ and should be withdrawn
The great AI "pause" that wasn't (www.axios.com)
The organizers of a high-profile open letter last March calling for a "pause" in work on advanced artificial intelligence lost that battle, but they could be winning a longer-term fight to persuade the world to slow AI down.
Woman flew drone carrying drugs and USB drive with pornography into prison yard (www.theguardian.com)
Queensland prison staff found drone crashed close to exercise area with sealed bag nearby containing contraband
Two jailed for killing French bus driver over Covid mask rule (www.bbc.co.uk)
The French driver was beaten after asking two passengers to adjust their masks during the pandemic.
China climate envoy says phasing out fossil fuels 'unrealistic' (www.reuters.com)
The complete phasing-out of fossil fuels is not realistic, China's top climate official said, adding that these climate-warming fuels must continue to play a vital role in maintaining global energy security.