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Tech - GameSpot
Get Saw For Free Right Now With Game Pass Ultimate
It's officially spooky season, and Microsoft is getting in the swing of things by offering a pair of scary movies to Game Pass Ultimate subscribers. As spotted by Wario64 , Microsoft is giving ...Yesterday -
Entertainment - Los Angeles Times
NOFX aren't breaking up, they're retiring — and it's probably for the best for everyone involved
Singer Fat Mike Burkett says it is time for the band to call it quits, but not before playing three final L.A.-area shows this weekend.Yesterday -
Tech - Wired
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Breaks Out of Its Box—and Onto a Canvas
ChatGPT’s new canvas interface can suggest improvements to writing and code as well as make in-line changes.Yesterday -
Business - Inc.
Judge Blocks California’s Deepfake Crackdown Law
Judge John A. Mendez said AI and deepfakes pose significant risks, but the contentious law likely violates the First Amendment.Yesterday - California -
Business - Financial Times
MPs to get free vote on UK assisted dying bill
New legislation giving the terminally ill the choice to control their death to be tabled this monthYesterday - United Kingdom -
Business - Financial Times
Sterling slides after Bailey says BoE could be ‘a bit more aggressive’ on rates
Bank of England governor opens door to a faster pace of rate cuts if inflationary pressures continue to easeYesterday -
Top stories - NBC News
Australian TV host announces her own death in posthumous social media post
Australian TV host Fiona MacDonald announced her own death at the age of 67 in a posthumous social media post on Thursday.Yesterday -
Top stories - CBS News
Hurricane Helene relief funding up in the air with Congress in break
Federal relief funds for recovery from Helene are in limbo with Congress still in recess. President Biden is pushing for lawmakers to regroup soon as many in the Southeast struggle without power ...Yesterday -
Top stories - BBC News
Father on trial accused of murdering young son
Craig Rowland is charged with the murder of Lewis Rowland who died in October 2018Yesterday -
Business - CNBC
Digital bank Revolut slams Meta over approach to scams, says tech giant should compensate victims
British fintech Revolut criticized Meta over its approach to tackling fraud and said the U.S. tech giant should directly compensate fraud victims.Yesterday -
Business - Financial Times
Revolut urges Meta to share cost of reimbursing fraud victims
Financial and tech groups at odds about how to tackle and pay for the problemYesterday -
Top stories - ABC News
Guard charged in 2 deaths at troubled Wisconsin prison pleads no contest to reduced charge
One of eight guards charged in the deaths of two inmates at a troubled maximum security prison in Wisconsin has pleaded no contest to a reduced chargeYesterday -
World - Financial Times
Small but important steps in EU-UK relations
Also in this week’s newsletter: the apprenticeship levy and its failure to help the young into workYesterday -
Business - Inc.
The Sill Closes Its Last Store, Becoming a Fully Digital DTC Business
Founder Eliza Blank completes transitioning her plant sales company from physical stores to exclusively digital platforms, a shift she made after listening to her customers.Yesterday -
World - ABC News
Cambodian maid is arrested and deported by Malaysia for criticizing Cambodia leaders on social media
A Cambodian woman who worked as a maid in Malaysia has been arrested and deported to her homeland for comments she posted on social media criticizing Cambodian government leadersYesterday -
World - The Guardian
Tanzania suspends news websites over ad referencing killings of dissidents
Regulator says advert by publisher of the Citizen newspaper ‘likely to harm national unity’ . Tanzania has suspended the online operations of a top newspaper publisher after one of its ...Yesterday -
World - Financial Times
EU sues Hungary over new security law
Brussels says Viktor Orbán’s government violates bloc’s rules on privacy and freedom of expressionYesterday - European Union -
World - ABC News
EU is taking Hungary to court. It says a law targeting foreign influence really targets basic rights
The European Commission is taking Hungary’s right-wing government to court over laws that could allow the authorities to investigate and prosecute people accused of undermining the country’s ...Yesterday - European Union -
Top stories - NBC News
Georgian parliament speaker signs law curbing LGBT rights
Georgian parliamentary speaker Shalva Papuashvili said in a Facebook post on Thursday that he had signed into law a “family values” bill curbing LGBT rights, just weeks before a high-stakes ...Yesterday -
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World - The Guardian
Quebec separatist leader holds Trudeau to ransom: ‘We saw an opportunity’
Yves-François Blanchet says Liberals must pass legislation or lose support of party propping up government. The leader of the Quebec independence party propping up the government of Justin ...Yesterday -
Tech - ABC News
Dutch government blames a 'state actor' for hacking a police network
The Dutch government believes that a cyberattack that accessed work-related contact details of all Dutch police officers was almost certainly carried out by hackers working for a foreign governmentYesterday - Netherlands -
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Tech - The New York Times
Meta’s Race for Your Face, Google’s Hit A.I. Notebook and HatGPT
Building great A.R. glasses is the hardest problem in consumer technology.3 days ago - Google -
Tech - The New York Times
California Passes Law Protecting Consumer Brain Data
The state extended its current personal privacy law to include the neural data increasingly coveted by technology companies.4 days ago - California -
Tech - The Wall Street Journal
Apple's New Password Manager Is Free. That's Just One Reason to Use It.
Your Apple-saved passwords are now in one, easy-to-access place.6 days ago - Apple -
Tech - The Wall Street Journal
Science Editors Raise New Doubts on Meta's Claims It Isn't Polarizing
The editorial warns that Facebook’s changes after the 2020 election may have swayed the conclusions of a prominent study.September 26 -
Politics - Politico
Harris-backed filibuster change would ‘break’ the Senate, McConnell says
The outgoing Republican leader blasted the vice president’s proposal to restore abortion rights.September 26 -