Leftovers

• Science

  • The Conversation ☛ 2024-10-31 [Older] Recruiting the world’s first disabled astronaut doesn’t mean space travel is inclusive – here’s how to change that

• Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

  • The Conversation ☛ 2024-10-30 [Older] Forever chemicals are in our drinking water – here’s how to reduce them

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-04 [Older] Analysis-Americans Hungry for Weight-Loss Drugs Grapple With Supply and Insurance Hurdles

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-30 [Older] EU agency finds banned chemicals in some 6% of cosmetics

• Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-01 [Older] France Steps up Efforts at Examining How to Protect Struggling IT Company Atos

  • Net Media Europe ☛ More Layoffs For iRobot Staff After Abandoned Amazon Deal

    iRobot the maker of the Roomba vacuum cleaner, is axing more staff as part of its “ongoing restructuring” to help it with its “turnaround strategy.”

    Techcrunch first noticed a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that confirmed the job losses. The filing stated that another 105 employees, or 16 percent of the workforce, will lose their jobs in the run up to the Christmas holiday period.

    This is now the second tranche of job losses for the Bedford, MA-based firm. In January 2024, when Amazon abandoned its $1.4 billion (£1.1bn) purchase of iRobot in the face of opposition from EU regulators, iRobot said it would cut about 31 percent of its workforce (i.e. 350 staff) in a cost-cutting drive.

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-10-30 [Older] Microsoft Forecasts Slower Cloud Business Growth in Second Quarter [Ed: "Slower Cloud Business" just means decline; nice spin though]

• Linux Foundation

  • BSV joins Linux Foundation to advance open standards [Ed: Scammers in LF clothing or "Linux"]

    BSV blockchain continues to build networks and relationships in the wider open-source software world. Last week, the BSV Association (BSVA) officially joined the Linux Foundation, a move that will promote development by further aligning BSV standards with existing international ones.

• Security

  • Integrity/Availability/Authenticity

    • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-04 [Older] Facebook, Nvidia Ask US Supreme Court to Spare Them From Securities Fraud Suits

    • CBC ☛ 2024-11-01 [Older] Police accuse ServiceOntario staff in fake VIN scheme as Ontario cracks down on auto fraud

• Defence/Aggression

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-10-31 [Older] China's Rising Display Industry Could Hurt US National Security, Report Warns

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-10-31 [Older] Israel Breaks up Another Iran Spy Ring, Security Services Say

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-10-31 [Older] Security Tech Company Evolv Fires Its Chief Executive

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-10-30 [Older] US Agency to Launch Review of Undersea Cables, National Security Risks

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-31 [Older] Sudan war sees mass killings and no sign of ending

  • Defence Web ☛ 2024-11-05 [Older] Sudan’s civil war has left at least 62,000 dead by our estimate − but the true figure could be far higher

  • Defence Web ☛ 2024-11-04 [Older] Progress toward peace in Ethiopia’s Tigray

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-10-30 [Older] French PhD Student Detained in Tunisia on Breach of State Security Charges, Lab Director Says

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-04 [Older] Turkey Unseats Kurdish Mayors in Crackdown After Peace Proposal

  • ANF News ☛ 2024-11-05 [Older] COE expresses grave concern about decision by Turkey to dismiss elected mayors of 4 municipalities

  • BIA Net ☛ 2024-11-04 [Older] Turkey’s ruling party signals more municipal takeovers

  • Defence Web ☛ 2024-11-01 [Older] Somalia and Turkey are becoming firm allies – what’s behind this strategy

  • Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2024-11-05 [Older] Kurds Have Good Reason to Fear Trump — and Harris

  • ANF News ☛ 2024-11-05 [Older] 48 women murdered in Turkey in October

  • HRW ☛ 2024-10-30 [Older] Syrians Fleeing Lebanon Risk Repression Upon Return

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-03 [Older] Israel Says It Carried Out Ground Raid Into Syria, Seizing a Syrian Citizen Connected to Iran

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-03 [Older] Israeli Troops Recently Detained Iranian Operative in Syria, Israeli Military Says

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-05 [Older] Blast Heard in Syria's Homs, Syrian State Media Says

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-05 [Older] Israeli Attack Targets Town in Syria's Homs Province, State TV Reports

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-10-31 [Older] Israeli Attack Wounds Civilians in Central Syria, State Media Says

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-30 [Older] BREAKING — North Korea fires ballistic missile towards the sea, South Korea says

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-31 [Older] North Korea fires ballistic missile toward sea

  • Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-11-03 [Older] Canada’s Strategic Interests Amid Growing Militarization in Latin America

• Environment

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-31 [Older] Spain floods: Death toll climbs as rescuers seek survivors

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-30 [Older] Spain floods: Valencia death toll mounts as EU offers help

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-30 [Older] Spain's Valencia, Andalusia regions hit by deadly floods

  • Project Censored ☛ 2024-10-31 [Older] Resilience Rising: Community, Care, and the Aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Appalachia

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-01 [Older] China Hopes US Will Continue Climate Change Collaboration Whoever Wins Election, Official Says

  • CBC ☛ 2024-11-03 [Older] Rebuild or retreat? Repeat flooding forces tough decisions on homeowners, governments

  • The Age AU ☛ 2024-11-04 [Older] NASA calls on Perth scientists to fight climate change

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-05 [Older] China Wants Talks on Trade Measures at COP29 Climate Summit, Document Shows

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-05 [Older] Leaders From Key Countries to Skip COP29 Climate Summit

  • Energy/Transportation

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-29 [Older] VW crisis: German carmaker to scrap three plants and thousands of jobs

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-30 [Older] VW crisis: Will German politics meddle in carmaker's rescue?

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-30 [Older] Volkswagen and workers clash over layoffs as profits plummet

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-29 [Older] Germany: Thief steals bakery van with delivery man on board

    • [Repeat] Didier Stevens ☛ Quickpost: The Electric Energy Consumption Of A Wired Doorbell

      I have a classic wired doorbell at home: the 230V powered transformer produces 12V on its secondary winding. The circuit on that secondary winding powers an electromechanical doorbell via a pushbutton. The bell rings (“ding-dong”) when the button is pushed (closing the circuit).

      Since losses occur in all transformers, I wanted to know how much my doorbell transformer consumes in standby mode (doorbell not ringing). The primary winding is always energized, as the pushbutton (normal-open switch) is on the circuit of the secondary winding.

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-30 [Older] How the VW crisis is a failure of Germany's car policy

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-30 [Older] China decries new EU tariffs on its electric vehicles

    • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-10-31 [Older] Engie to Provide Meta With 260 MW of Energy From US Solar Plant

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-11-04 [Older] Who is behind growing offshore wind energy blowback?

    • CBC ☛ 2024-11-04 [Older] As Ontario eyes Crown land for renewable energy, parking lots seen as having 'untapped potential'

    • The Conversation ☛ 2024-11-05 [Older] How wasted heat from our bodies could generate green energy

• Finance

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-30 [Older] Germany narrowly avoids recession with slight Q3 growth

  • BIA Net ☛ 2024-11-02 [Older] Turkey’s 2025 budget as an indicator of class struggle

  • BIA Net ☛ 2024-11-03 [Older] Despite widespread poverty and unemployment, Turkey's disabled community neglected in 2025 budget

  • CBC ☛ 2024-11-01 [Older] How the U.S. election could impact the loonie and your investments

  • India Times ☛ Sharan Hegde layoffs 15% staff, netizens question why investors' Rs 10 crore is sitting in FDs

    Sharan Hegde, financial influencer and founder of the 1% Club, announced a 15% reduction in his workforce, marking his first major cost-cutting measure since the company’s founding in 2022. The layoffs, according to Hegde, are part of an effort to streamline expenses through artificial intelligence-driven efficiencies.

  • The Age AU ☛ 2024-11-05 [Older] Assistant Treasurer ‘cosied up to banks’, tech giants say

  • Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2024-11-03 [Older] Will the Next President Help Banks Trap Customers?

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-04 [Older] Fintech Firm FIS' Profit Rises on Strong Demand for Banking Solutions

• AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-04 [Older] Palau, US Security Ally in Pacific, Holds Election

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-04 [Older] Chad Threatens to Withdraw From Multinational Security Force

• Censorship/Free Speech

  • BIA Net ☛ 2024-10-31 [Older] Municipality censors artwork at İstanbul gallery over ‘obscenity’

  • Vox ☛ 2024-11-01 [Older] Were Bad Bunny and Ricky Martin really shadow banned by Instagram and X?

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-05 [Older] Far-Right Activist Convicted in Sweden of Hate Speech Against Muslims

  • TruthOut ☛ 2024-10-30 [Older] Trump Doubled Down on Anti-Immigrant Speech — and Bounced Back in the Polls

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-11-05 [Older] After His Arrest for Facebook Posts, a Cambodian Reporter Says He Will Become a Farmer Instead

• Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press

  • ANF News ☛ 2024-11-02 [Older] 11 journalists sentenced to prison in Turkey in October

  • Project Censored ☛ 2024-11-04 [Older] Algorithmic Literacy for Journalists; and a New Movement Media Alliance

• Civil Rights/Policing

  • CBC ☛ 2024-11-05 [Older] Canada Post says strike threat is already affecting revenue

  • CBC ☛ 2024-11-03 [Older] Canada Post, union talks ongoing with no strike notice but CUPW says it could be issued if talks break down

  • CBC ☛ 2024-11-04 [Older] Doctors repeatedly disciplined for sexual abuse need stricter oversight, critics say

  • Michael Geist ☛ 2024-11-05 [Older] Why the Conspiratorial Responses to Canada’s Antisemitism Guide Demonstrate Its Necessity

  • CBC ☛ 2024-11-01 [Older] WorkSafeBC probe alleges 'systemic failure' to manage workplace safety at multibillion-dollar site in Vancouver

  • CBC ☛ 2024-11-03 [Older] Union for B.C. foremen accuses port employers of 'acting recklessly' with threat of lockout

  • CBC ☛ 2024-11-01 [Older] B.C. port employers issue lockout notice in contract dispute with foremen union

  • CBC ☛ 2024-11-01 [Older] Buffer zone ordered to stem protests expected over 'consular camps' at Vancouver Sikh temple

  • Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-11-03 [Older] Women In Pakistan: Education does not provide security when you live in Hell

  • ANF News ☛ 2024-11-02 [Older] EU report: Oppression and human rights violations continue in Turkey, Kurds are targeted

  • Project Censored ☛ 2024-11-04 [Older] Unregulated Boarding Schools for Autistic Youth Siphoning Money and Harming Students

  • Project Censored ☛ 2024-11-04 [Older] Unsolved Text Campaign Targets Female Law Faculty and Students

  • Project Censored ☛ 2024-11-04 [Older] Missoula Child Care Advantage Program Works to Solve “Childcare Desert” Crisis

  • Project Censored ☛ 2024-11-04 [Older] Principal Fired After Coming Out as Gay Receives Support from Conservative Community

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-31 [Older] 'Revenge porn' in Serbia is a crime without punishment

• Internet Policy/Net Neutrality

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-30 [Older] Can satellite internet bridge India's digital divide?

  • CBC ☛ 2024-11-04 [Older] Hundreds of Rogers, Bell and Telus customers angry prices can increase during contract

• Digital Restrictions (DRM)

  • IP Kat ☛ 2024-10-30 [Older] [Guest post] UFC-Que Choisir v. Valve: Game over for a second-hand dematerialized video game market in France

Monopolies/Monopsonies

• IP Kat ☛ 2024-10-30 [Older] Bologna Court of Appeal confirms that Italian image rights extend to cultural heritage assets (which cannot be used commercially without authorization)

• Patents

  • IP Kat ☛ 2024-10-31 [Older] The morality (and patentability) of inventions derived by immoral means (T 2510/18)

• Trademarks

  • IP Kat ☛ 2024-10-31 [Older] Two skulls are confusingly similar – Crystal Head Vodka successfully enforced its 3D trade mark

  • IP Kat ☛ 2024-10-31 [Older] The shape of a mini sausage is not an evocation of PGI “Nürnberger Rostbratwürste”

  • IP Kat ☛ 2024-11-03 [Older] [Guest post] Comparison of wine and gin: the EUIPO’s unquestionable Similarity Tool