Leftovers

• Education

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-28 [Older] Nigeria frees Polish students, lecturer after Kano protest

• Hardware

  • Hackaday ☛ An Attractive Magnet Insertion Tool

    Magnets are pretty nice little tools. [EmGi] has used them in many a cool 3D printed build with great success. But getting them where you want can be really tricky. More often than not, you end up with glue all over your fingers, or the magnets fly out of place, or they stick together when you don’t want them to.

  • NYPost ☛ Intel CEO to pitch board on plans to shed assets, cut costs, source says

    Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger and key executives are expected to present a plan later this month to the company’s board of directors to slice off unnecessary businesses and revamp capital spending, according to a source.

  • Hackaday ☛ 3D Printed Homes Are All The Hype, But What Is Their Real Impact?

    Additive manufacturing (AM) has been getting a lot of attention over the years, with its use in construction a recurring theme. Generally this brings to mind massive 3D printers that are carted to construction sites and assemble entire homes on the spot. That’s the perspective with which a recent ZDNet article by [Rajiv Rao] opens, before asking whether AM in construction is actually solving any problems. As [Rajiv] notes, the main use of such on-site AM construction is for exclusive, expensive designs, such as ICON’s House Zero which leans into the extruded concrete printing method.

• Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-28 [Older] Populists’ rhetoric linked to growing unhappiness, study finds

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-29 [Older] Smokers Under 30 Need Photo IDs to Buy Tobacco Products, US FDA Says

  • International Business Times ☛ 2024-08-29 [Older] Aussie Police Release Photo Of Possible Suspect Who Poured Hot Coffee On Baby Now Suffering Severe Burns On 60% Of Body

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-31 [Older] New Development Bank Approves up to $1 Billion Loan for Water Projects in South Africa

• Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)

  • Make Tech Easier ☛ 2024-08-29 [Older] Multiple Sites Won’t Allow Apple’s Web Scraping to Train New AI [Ed: Another element that causes climate change, not just training and querying]

• Security

  • Privacy/Surveillance

    • Vox ☛ 2024-08-29 [Older] Amazon is using my grocery purchases to sell me prescription drugs

    • Gizmodo ☛ 2024-08-30 [Older] Amazon Is Reportedly Closer to Launching Paid Alexa [Ed: Having to pay to be spied on]

    • It's FOSS ☛ This Company Says It Uses Your Phone's Mic to Serve Ads for Facebook, Google, and More

      Creepy behavior confirmed.

• Defence/Aggression

  • The Straits Times ☛ Over 150 foreigners arrested in raid on online gambling hub at Philippine resort

    The authorities discovered “at least three scam farms” run by Chinese, Indonesian and Myanmar nationals.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Why the loyalty check?: Chinese-Filipinos fear prejudice fuelled by Alice Guo case, South China Sea row

    Filipinos with Chinese ancestry, or Tsinoys, are experiencing discrimination as anti-Chinese sentiments grow.

  • JURIST ☛ China and the Philippines trade blame over vessel collision amid regional tensions

    China and the Philippines blamed each other for a collision between their vessels on Saturday, marking the latest escalation in tensions over disputed waters and maritime features in the South China Sea.

  • New York Times ☛ China and the Philippines Collide Again in the South China Sea

    The United States condemned the episode near Sabina Shoal in the South China Sea and reaffirmed its defense treaty with Manila.

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-27 [Older] Germany and Europe are once again 'Islamic State' targets

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-28 [Older] Telegram — a controversial messaging service

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-29 [Older] Thai court sentences YouTube chef to life for murder

  • Defence Web ☛ 2024-08-28 [Older] Soldiers recover stolen vehicle, seize huge dagga consignment on border patrols

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-28 [Older] Wisconsin Sheriff Investigating Homicide at Aging Maximum Security Prison

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-30 [Older] Pakistani Troops Kill 37 Militants in Raids on Their Hideouts

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-30 [Older] Solingen knife attack prompts tough security measures in Germany

  • Defence Web ☛ 2024-08-30 [Older] Indian and South African naval officers talk training, personnel exchange in Delhi

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-29 [Older] Africa pushes for permanent UN Security Council seat

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-29 [Older] Berlin unveils new security package after Solingen attack

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-29 [Older] Nigeria, Niger agree to rebuild frayed security ties

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-29 [Older] Mississippi Sheriff Sets New Security After Escaped Inmate Was Captured in Chicago

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-29 [Older] Germany Tightens Security, Asylum Policies After Deadly Festival Stabbing

  • Defence Web ☛ 2024-08-29 [Older] Burkina Faso terror killings slammed

  • Defence Web ☛ 2024-08-29 [Older] Fourth Kenyan QRF deployed to DR Congo

  • Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine

    • NL Times ☛ 2024-08-31 [Older] The Netherlands delivers 28 tracked vehicles to Ukraine

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-31 [Older] Can Ukraine save Pokrovsk?

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-31 [Older] Ukraine updates: NATO chief backs Kursk offensive

    • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-31 [Older] A Ukrainian Paralympian Left the Warfront to Compete in Paris. His Mind Is on His Platoon in 'Hell'

    • NL Times ☛ 2024-08-30 [Older] Dutch minister says Ukrainian refugees will go back to their country when it is safe

    • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-30 [Older] Ukraine's Officials Tell US It Needs Stronger Air Defense

    • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-30 [Older] Ukraine's Power Grid Operator Head to Be Dismissed, Media Reports

    • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-30 [Older] Ukraine's Air Force Commander Dismissed After F-16 Crash

    • CBC ☛ 2024-08-29 [Older] As anger erupts in Kursk, Putin plays down Ukrainian offensive

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-29 [Older] EU foreign minister meeting to focus on Ukraine, Gaza wars

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-29 [Older] Germany: Bureaucracy blocks Ukrainian and Syrian doctors

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-29 [Older] Germany’s bureaucracy blocks doctors from Ukraine, Syria

    • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-29 [Older] Ukraine's Top Commander Says Fighting on Pokrovsk Front 'Exceptionally Tough'

    • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-29 [Older] Ukrainian Military Confirms F-16 Crash, Death of Pilot

    • Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-08-28 [Older] Can BRICS Broker Peace? The Future of Ukraine Peace Summits

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-28 [Older] Ukraine updates: Ukrainian drones attack oil depot in Rostov

    • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-28 [Older] Ryan Evans, Killed in Ukraine, Played a Vital Role for Reuters

    • Gizmodo ☛ 2024-08-29 [Older] Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Is Not a Free-Speech Martyr

• Environment

  • CBC ☛ 2024-08-28 [Older] Only 3 countries produced more emissions than Canada's wildfires last year, study finds

  • TruthOut ☛ 2024-08-29 [Older] US Leads World in Subsidies for Ineffective Tech Fixes for Climate Crisis

  • Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-08-29 [Older] Environmental Shift and Terrorism: How climate change fuels terrorism in Africa

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-30 [Older] Factbox-How Trump Would Seek to Dismantle Biden’s Climate Legacy

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-31 [Older] Harris and Trump Offer Starkly Different Visions on Climate Change and Energy

  • Overpopulation ☛ 2024-08-30 [Older] ‘Climate refugees’ and the question of limiting immigration: a response to Migration in Hotter Times

  • Scheerpost ☛ 2024-08-31 [Older] As Climate Change Worsens, Deadly Prison Heat is Increasingly an Everywhere Problem

  • Energy/Transportation

    • Hackaday ☛ Swiss Researchers May Have Solved Hydrogen Storage

      If you follow the world of clean energy, you will probably have read all about the so-called hydrogen future and the hydrogen economy. The gas can easily be made from water by electrolysis from green solar electricity, contains a lot of stored energy which is clean to recover, and seems like the solution to many of our green energy woes. Sadly the reality doesn’t quite match up as hydrogen is difficult to store and transport, so thus far our hydrogen cars haven’t quite arrived. That hasn’t stopped researchers looking at hydrogen solutions though, and a team from ETH Zurich might just have found a solution to storing hydrogen. They’re using it to reduce iron oxide to iron, which can easily release the hydrogen by oxidation with water.

    • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-31 [Older] California Lawmakers Seek More Time to Consider Energy Proposals Backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom

    • Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-08-30 [Older] Clean energy solutions offer new spark for Europe’s small island nations

    • Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-08-30 [Older] SLB Elevates Subsea Technology in Africa as Gold, Networking Sponsor at African Energy Week 2024

    • Bridge Michigan ☛ 2024-08-30 [Older] Michigan clean energy transition gets tricky in the U.P.

    • Bridge Michigan ☛ 2024-08-29 [Older] Opinion | Updating building energy codes will save Michigan families money

    • International Business Times ☛ 2024-08-29 [Older] UK Pensioners And Netizens Slam 'Double Whammy' As Energy Bills And Budget Cuts Loom

    • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-28 [Older] Biden Plans to Travel to Wisconsin Next Week to Highlight Energy Policies and Efforts to Lower Costs

• Finance

  • The Straits Times ☛ New unproductive forces: the Chinese youth owning their unemployment

    After quitting the education industry last August due to China's crackdown on private tutoring, He Ajun has found an unlikely second life as an unemployment influencer.

  • WSAU Radio ☛ New unproductive forces: the Chinese youth owning their unemployment

    The Guangzhou-based vlogger, 32, offers career advice to her 8,400 followers, charting her journey through long-term joblessness. “Unemployed at 31, not a single thing accomplished,” she posted last December.

    He is now making around 5,000 yuan ($700) per month through ads on her vlogs, content editing, private consultations and selling handicrafts at street stalls.

    “I think in future freelancing will be normalised,” said He. “Even if you stay in the workplace, you’ll still need freelancing abilities. I believe it will become a backup skill, like driving.”

    China is under instruction to unleash “new productive forces”, with government policies targeting narrow areas of science and technology including AI and robotics.

  • New York Times ☛ Young Americans Can’t Keep Funding Boomers and Beyond

    The U.S. government spending is too heavily lavished on its older people at the expense of its young.

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-28 [Older] Switzerland convicts 2 oil executives in 1MDB graft scandal

  • International Business Times ☛ 2024-08-29 [Older] 72 Million Americans Receive Social Security Benefits, But Here Are Five Ways You Can Lose Them

  • Goldman Sachs Layoffs: Bank Plans to Reduce Workforce for Second Time in 2024

    Goldman Sachs Layoffs: In a significant development that reflects ongoing challenges within the financial sector, Goldman Sachs is reportedly planning to reduce its workforce for the second time in 2024. As part of its annual performance-based workforce reduction, the investment bank intends to let go of a few hundred employees in the coming weeks. This latest round of layoffs, which follows a series of cuts earlier this year, underscores the bank’s ongoing efforts to optimize its operations and streamline its workforce amid evolving market conditions.

  • Tech Industry Shaken: Over 27,000 Jobs Lost in August 2024

    The technology sector, in August 2024, has been facing an increased surge in layoffs. About 44 companies announced 27,065 job cuts.

    The increase in layoffs, as noted, is upward trending compared to July which saw the announcement of 9,051 job cuts by 39 firms. Key drivers in the increase of job cuts in the technological sector are major players in the market such as Intel and Cisco as reported by Times Now News.

• AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

  • The Straits Times ☛ North Korea's Kim pushes for regional development with construction projects, KCNA reports

    SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for developing health, science and education facilities in rural areas alongside factories, state media KCNA reported on Monday, amid concerns over economic hardships and poor living conditions.

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-28 [Older] Visiting Berlin, UK's Starmer vows relations 'reset' with EU

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-29 [Older] Polish Opposition Loses Funding Over Misuse of State Cash

• Censorship/Free Speech

  • JURIST ☛ Hong Kong police arrests two individuals for sedition under new national security law

    Hong Kong police officials arrested two individuals on Saturday under the new national security law, citing alleged “seditious” intent. The detainees include a 41-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman, who are suspected of forging a suicide note of a deceased professor to allegedly incite hatred against the Hong Kong and central (Chinese) government.

  • HRW ☛ 2024-08-29 [Older] Egypt: Spate of Free Speech Prosecutions

  • BIA Net ☛ 2024-08-28 [Older] Palestinian student faces deportation from Turkey after protesting trade with Israel

• Civil Rights/Policing

  • JURIST ☛ Dominican Republic Constitutional Court reviews challenge to anti-LGBTQ+ laws

    The Constitutional Court of the Dominican Republic reviewed a legal challenge on Friday regarding laws that criminalize consensual same-sex relationships among police and military officers. The court’s decision remains pending. Notably, similar penalties are not imposed for heterosexual acts.

  • [Older] France24 ☛ Afghan women erased by the Taliban as the international community looks on

    The oppression of Afghan women continues unabated before the eyes of the world. The Taliban imposed severe new restrictions earlier this month, with women not only obliged to cover their faces but now forbidden from raising their voices, singing or reading aloud in public. Western countries – led by the US and EU – have condemned the new laws but also seem resigned to the Taliban regime, which offers some stability in the region.

  • NYPost ☛ Las Vegas hotel guest claims scorpion stung him in privates and ruined his sex life: lawsuit

    Michael Farchi, 62, of Agora Hills, was staying at The Venetian just after Christmas last year when the creepy-crawly wormed its way into his bed and jammed its stinger into his most private of areas.

  • New York Times ☛ India’s Doctors Are Overworked and Feeling Unsafe

    Grueling shifts, abuse from the public and subpar security are nothing new to medical workers in India, where a ghastly killing has put a spotlight on their plight.

  • JURIST ☛ Pakistan watchdog warns of growing human rights violations in Balochistan

    The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) expressed concern over the deteriorating security situation, rampant human rights abuses and ongoing political dysfunction in Balochistan on Friday. The commission highlighted a continued pattern of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings, citing an alarming lack of government action in holding the perpetrators accountable.

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-29 [Older] Amazon Workers to Join Teamsters' Strikes Against Unfair Labor Practices in US

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-29 [Older] FBI Failed to Properly Investigate Some Child Sexual Assault Allegations, DOJ Report Says

  • BIA Net ☛ 2024-08-28 [Older] Thousands of Syrians forced to leave Kayseri following anti-refugee violence

  • The Local DK ☛ 2024-08-30 [Older] Danish supreme court orders evacuation of child from Syrian camp

  • ANF News ☛ 2024-08-29 [Older] Exploitation of women in agriculture sector in Turkey and North Kurdistan

  • BIA Net ☛ 2024-08-29 [Older] ECtHR to examine LGBTI+ event bans in Turkey

  • ANF News ☛ 2024-08-31 [Older] European Court of Human Rights to examine bans of LGBTI+ events in Turkey

Monopolies/Monopsonies

• Trademarks

  • IP Kat ☛ 2024-08-30 [Older] IPEC serves up a hot trade mark exhaustion decision, with a side of Cofemel, in AGA Rangemaster v UK Innovations

  • IP Kat ☛ 2024-08-31 [Older] “Laguiole” may only be used for knifes from Laguiole, says Aix-en-Provence Appeal Court

  • Right of Publicity

    • IP Kat ☛ 2024-08-31 [Older] Publicity rights in the AI era: Key takeaways from artist Arijit Singh’s recent legal Victory in India