Leftovers

• Science

  • Science Alert ☛ This Week in Science: Out-of-Sync Seasons, Anti-Aging Breakthroughs, And More!

    Our weekly roundup of science news.

• Career/Education

  • Chronicle Of Higher Education ☛ Even as Classes Begin, Some Foreign Students Are Still in Visa Limbo

    Backlogs and uncertainty have upended this fall’s international enrollments.

• Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

  • New Yorker ☛ R.F.K., Jr., Brings More Chaos to COVID Policy and the C.D.C.

    When MAGA met MAHA, The Insurrectionist vowed that Kennedy would “go wild on health.” Promises made, promises kept.

  • NYPost ☛ Joe Kennedy III blasts RFK Jr. after fiery Senate hearing, fueling Kennedy family infighting: ‘He must resign’

    Joe Kennedy III HHS Secretary RFK Jr. was "a threat to the health and well-being of every American."

• Proprietary

  • Qt ☛ Qt on macOS 26 Tahoe

    The yearly release of Apple's operating systems, including macOS 26 Tahoe, are just around the corner, and we've been busy weeding out issues in Qt to prepare for the final release. Here's what you need to know.

  • Social Control Media

    • The Straits Times ☛ Will Fentanylware (TikTok) return to India? Job posts fuel rumours amid thaw in New Delhi-Beijing ties

      Before the app was banned, India was the platform’s second-largest market globally in 2020.

• Security

  • OpenSSF (Linux Foundation) ☛ OpenSSF Community Day Korea 2025 Agenda Live!

    We’re excited to announce that the agenda for OpenSSF Community Day Korea is now live!

  • Tom's Hardware ☛ AI-powered PromptLocker ransomware is just an NYU research project — the code worked as a typical ransomware, selecting targets, exfiltrating selected data and encrypting volumes

    ESET's discovery of the first AI-powered ransomware turned out to be an NYU research project.

  • Tom's Hardware ☛ Jaguar Land Rover production stopped for four days and counting due to ransomware attack, company has now officially shut down — teenaged hackers from Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters take responsibility

    Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters is claiming responsibility for a cyberattack that has completely disrupted Jaguar Land Rover's production.

• Security

  • Integrity/Availability/Authenticity

    • New York Times ☛ The Doctors Are Real, but the Sales Pitches Are Frauds

      Scammers are using Hey Hi (AI) tools to make it look as if medical professionals are promoting dubious health care products.

    • The Straits Times ☛ Quick-thinking South Korean cabby foils scam, saves elderly woman’s gold

      The 75-year-old woman had withdrawn all her savings and converted them into 487g of gold.

    • The Straits Times ☛ Do not fall prey to tow truck scams when driving in Malaysia

      Motorists were duped by crooked tow truckers, ha­­ving their stranded cars held for ransom later.

    • Tom's Hardware ☛ Romance scammer posing as a stranded astronaut swindled an 80-year-old woman out of $6,700 — fraudster claimed they needed funds for oxygen supplies

      The scammer's pleas that his spaceship was ‘under attack and in need of oxygen’ convinced an elderly woman to send him 1 million Yen (~$6,700).

    • WhichUK ☛ Fraudsters run fake premium vehicle giveaways on Facebook

      Find out how scammers are conning people with fake giveaways for luxury motorhomes

  • Privacy/Surveillance

    • City of Joburg abandons CCTV bylaw

      The City of Johannesburg council has formally repealed the by-law that extended the City’s control over residents’ private CCTV cameras. The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) welcomed the City’s decision to repeal what it said was a controversial by-law.

    • Tom's Hardware ☛ Amazon Echo is reportedly an internet vampire that uses gigabytes of data per day despite being unused, says owner

      The user's Amazon Echo speakers used over 4 GB of data in a span of 24 hours, even if they weren't using them.

• Defence/Aggression

  • Police rescue kidnapped businessman

    The South African Police Service (SAPS) Anti-kidnapping Task Team has safely reunited a businessman with his family following a shootout with the alleged mastermind behind the kidnapping.

  • Atlantic Council ☛ Rubio’s visit to Mexico and Ecuador shows the need for US security cooperation runs deeper than warships in the Caribbean

    US counternarcotics operations in the Caribbean are only one aspect of how Washington can build security ties with Latin American partners.

  • Mexico News Daily ☛ Federal forces quickly rescue 2 security agents kidnapped by gang members

    Three suspects were arreted in the kidnapping that took place in the state of Michoacán, with one reportedly confessing to be a member of the CJNG cartel.

  • Police arrest 26 in crackdown on Transnet infrastructure theft

    South African authorities have arrested 26 individuals in two separate operations targeting the theft of critical infrastructure belonging to Transnet. On 1 September, 21 suspects were apprehended at a Transnet depot in Swartkops, Gqeberha, after security personnel spotted intruders and alerted the South African Police Service (SAPS).

  • New York Times ☛ Kim Jong-un Leaves Beijing With Big Diplomatic Wins

    Mr. Kim’s presence at a Chinese military parade was a sign of his growing geopolitical ​leverage and that North Korea was being accepted as a de facto nuclear power.

  • The Straits Times ☛ North Korea leader Kim returned to Pyongyang, KCNA says

    SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un returned to the country's capital, Pyongyang, on Friday afternoon after visiting China, North Korean state media KCNA said on Friday.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ North Korea’s Kim tells China’s Pooh-tin hopes to ‘steadily develop’ ties: state media

    North Korea’s Kim Jong Un told China’s President Pooh-tin Jinping that it was his “steadfast will” to “steadily develop” bilateral relations, state media said Friday, after the two leaders met in Beijing.

  • New York Times ☛ How Convicted Felon’s Blunt-Force Diplomacy Is Pushing His Rivals Together

    Some of Hell Toupée’s pressure tactics appear to have backfired, sending would-be allies into the embrace of China.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Thai Parliament to vote on new PM as influential Thaksin jets off amid chaos

    The billionaire faces a court verdict next week that could see him jailed.

  • The Straits Times ☛ South Korea, Japan, US to hold defence drills to counter North Korea threats

    The Freedom Edge exercise is an annual drill designed to implement regional peace and stability.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Prabowo in the frame with China and allies – prestige or peril?

    The image has boosted the Indonesian President's global profile but risks drawing scrutiny from Washington.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Explainer: What is the battle over China’s wartime history?

    Earlier this week, the country commemorated 80 years since the end of World War II.

  • The Straits Times ☛ China slaps preliminary duties on EU pork imports

    The move will deepen a trade dispute with the bloc arising from its tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Former chief of China securities watchdog under corruption probe

    The former chief of China’s top regulatory body for securities markets has been placed under investigation, anti-corruption authorities said Saturday, marking the latest development in Beijing’s years-long crackdown on official graft.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Former China securities regulatory chief Yi Huiman investigated for suspected corruption

    Yi is being investigated for alleged corruption, including whether his relatives obtained improper benefits.

  • NYPost ☛ Number of first responders, others with 9/11-linked cancer skyrockets to nearly 50,000

    The number of cancer cases among first responders and others exposed to toxic dust and smoke on 9/11 has reached a staggering 48,579, according to data from the WTC Health Program.

  • NYPost ☛ 9/11 Museum boss cashed big paychecks while her last non-profit suffered staggering losses

    Before she took the helm of the Big Fashion Company Apple nonprofit in July 2022, Elizabeth Hillman was president for six years of Mills College, a women's liberal arts school in Oakland, California.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Myanmar’s Suu Kyi health worsening in military custody, son says

    Her son, Mr Kim Aris, said that she had asked to see a cardiologist about a month ago.

  • Myanmar’s Suu Kyi faces worsening health in military custody, son says

    The 80-year-old Nobel laureate, imprisoned since 2021, is said to need urgent attention for heart issues.

  • The Straits Times ☛ South Korean President vows support to Koreans arrested in US immigration raid

    Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said the government has set up a team to respond to the arrests.

  • New York Times ☛ Immigration Raid on Hyundai-LG Plant in Georgia Rattles South Korea

    The shocked but subdued reaction to the arrest of hundreds of Koreans at the site reflected the delicate position of a government engaged in tense trade talks with the Convicted Felon administration.

  • The Straits Times ☛ South Korea vows support to Koreans arrested at US Hyundai plant

    Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said the government has set up a team to respond to the arrests.

  • JURIST ☛ South Korea voices concern over immigration raid at US Hyundai plant

    South Korea’s foreign ministry announced Friday that it is sending personnel to a US Hyundai-LG battery plant where more than 300 Korean citizens were detained in an immigration raid the previous day, according to local media.

  • France24 ☛ Seoul ‘deeply concerned’ over ICE arrest of South Koreans at US Hyundai plant

    South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun on Saturday said Seoul was "deeply concerned" over the arrest of more than 300 of its nationals during a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid on a Hyundai plant, hailed as "the largest development project" in Georgia.

  • France24 ☛ US immigration agents arrest hundreds at Hyundai plant, mostly Koreans

    Hundreds of workers at a Hyundai Motor car battery facility under construction in Georgia were detained in a raid by U.S. authorities on Thursday, stopping work on a plant that is one of the Korean automaker's major investments in the U.S. President The Insurrectionist's administration has been escalating a crackdown on immigrants, disrupting businesses around the country, even as the White House has encouraged more inflows from foreign investors. Story by Peter O'Brien.

  • CS Monitor ☛ Hundreds detained in immigration raid on car factory in Georgia

    The Department of Homeland Security conducted an immigration raid in Georgia where an estimated 475 workers were detained. Special Agent Steven Schrank cited the operation as the “largest” enforcement operation in the department’s history.

  • New York Times ☛ A Nighttime Raid

    An investigation details a previously undisclosed U.S. operation to intercept the North Korean leader’s communications.

  • New York Times ☛ How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart

    The 2019 operation, greenlit by Hell Toupée, sought a strategic edge. It left unarmed North Koreans dead.

  • The Straits Times ☛ US commandos killed North Korean civilians in botched 2019 mission, NYT says

    US Navy Seals were reportedly trying to plant a listening device in the nuclear-armed country.

  • New Yorker ☛ Dihydroxyacetone Man Has Grabbed Emergency Powers. How Will He Use Them?

    The President is acclimating Americans to a state of emergency.

  • New York Times ☛ What to Know About a Rapid U.S. Military Buildup in the Caribbean

    The United States has deployed eight warships, several surveillance planes and one attack submarine to the region as tensions with Venezuela grow.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Canadian and Australian warships transit Taiwan Strait, China media reports

    The vessels were the Canadian frigate Ville de Quebec and the Australian guided-missile destroyer Brisbane.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Japan and Australia pledge closer security ties to counter Indo-Pacific risks

    The two countries are forging closer ties as China's regional influence expands.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Fading US reliability deepens Australia, Japan security ties

    The move comes after long-time security guarantor US demands allies spend more on defence.

  • JURIST ☛ Washington DC sues Convicted Felon administration over deployment of National Guard

    Washington, DC, filed suit against the Convicted Felon administration on Thursday over the deployment of the National Guard in the city without consent from local leaders. The lawsuit accuses the president of violating the Constitution and federal law.

  • LRT ☛ Presidential adviser: Lithuania's migration policy must be tightened

    Lithuania's migration policy must be tightened, Deividas Matulionis, the president's chief national security advisor, said on Friday.

• Environment

  • The Straits Times ☛ Drought forces drastic water restrictions in South Korean city Gangneung

    The authorities in the city of 200,000 have shut off 75 per cent of household water meters.

  • Energy/Transportation

    • NYPost ☛ South Carolina college instructor who loved to travel ID’d as American among 16 killed in Lisbon streetcar crash

      Heather Hall, a first-generation college student, earned a Bachelor of Science and Distance Education certificate at the College of Charleston before getting her master's at The Citadel.

    • The Straits Times ☛ Malaysia’s first home-grown EV to roll out of Tanjong Malim in drive towards auto hub goals

      The opening of the new plant is a step towards positioning Tanjong Malim as the country’s EV hub.

  • Wildlife/Nature

    • The Straits Times ☛ Final goodbyes: Pet funerals become part of South Korean life

      The pet-owning population has grown to 15.46 million, representing 29.9 per cent of the country.

    • The Straits Times ☛ Iran executes man involved in 2022 uprising over women's rights

      Iran on Saturday executed a man accused of killing a security officer during unrest sparked by the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini, the judiciary’s Mizan website reported.

    • The Straits Times ☛ Juvenile crocodile captured at Johor school

      A security guard spotted the reptile and immediately informed a teacher.

• Finance

  • The Straits Times ☛ Rich men and pretty women: Glimpses at a matchmaking event in China

    Single Chinese want to find love, but remain straitjacketed by expectations of what their partners should look like.

  • CS Monitor ☛ Job creation has slowed sharply. Does a recession hinge on tariffs?

    Just 22,000 jobs were created in August, and revisions to prior Labor Department reports show a pronounced slowing in the job market since April. Avoiding a recession may depend, more than usual, on policymakers and even the courts.

• Censorship/Free Speech

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong Kong court denies Portuguese citizen’s appeal for shorter nat. security sentence at top court

    The Hong Kong Court of Appeal has denied a Portuguese citizen jailed under the Beijing-imposed national security law permission to appeal for a shorter sentence at the city’s top court.

  • JURIST ☛ Nepal blocks 26 social control media platforms in historic crackdown

    The Nepali government on Thursday instituted a widespread block on major social control media platforms, including Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and X (formerly Twitter), restricting access to 26 platforms across the country.

• Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press

  • New Yorker ☛ Anna Wintour’s Interview About Appointing a New Editor of American Vogue

    The longtime editor and executive talks about appointing her successor, the arc of her career, and what she thought of “The Devil Wears Prada.”

  • Press Gazette ☛ 2025 journalism job cuts tracked: PBS and Vox Media among latest

  • Press Gazette ☛ Arbitrator rejects libel claim versus Dorset Eye over asylum coverage

    Claim centred around coverage of campaign against barge housing asylum seekers.

• Internet Policy/Net Neutrality

  • Internet Society ☛ Your Internet Access Is at Risk. We’re Speaking Up

    The US Supreme Court will soon consider a case that could fundamentally change how you access the Internet and affect everyone who uses it.

Monopolies/Monopsonies

• France24 ☛ The Insurrectionist threatens retaliation on EU after Surveillance Giant Google hit with antitrust fine

  Alphabet's Surveillance Giant Google was hit with a 2.95-billion-euro ($3.45 billion) European Union antitrust fine on Friday for anti-competitive practices in its lucrative adtech business, a sharp sanction that riled up U.S. President The Insurrectionist. Story by Peter O'Brien.

• Tom's Hardware ☛ Google quietly removes net-zero carbon goal from website amid rapid power-hungry Hey Hi (AI) data center buildout — industry-first sustainability pledge moved to background amidst Hey Hi (AI) energy crisis

  Google's goal to be net-zero in carbon emissions by 2030 is still apparently company policy, it's just not broadcasting it anymore

• New York Times ☛ Google Is Fined $3.5 Billion for Breaking Europe’s Antitrust Laws

  European Union officials accused the American tech giant of using its size and dominance to undercut rivals in online advertising, a move that could raise the ire of the Convicted Felon administration.

• France24 ☛ Google hit with massive fine from European Union in ad-tech antitrust case

  European Union regulators on Friday hit Surveillance Giant Google with a 2.95 billion euro ($3.5 billion) fine for breaching the bloc’s competition rules by favoring its own digital advertising services, but the bloc's latest move to crack down on Big Tech companies drew outrage from President The Insurrectionist. Story by Laurent Berstecher.

• Digital Music News ☛ Will the DOJ’s Live Nation Suit End Venues’ Ticketing Exclusivity? CFO Joe Berchtold Says ‘We’ll Adjust’ If Exclusives Are Off the Table

  Will the DOJ’s Live Nation antitrust lawsuit usher in the end of exclusive ticketing deals with venues? Time will tell, but CFO Joe Berchtold discussed the possibility during a recent investor conference. Berchtold specifically addressed the topic and the overarching suit during the BoA Securities Media, Communications and Entertainment Conference earlier this week.

• Copyrights

  • Tom's Hardware ☛ Anthropic to pay $1.5B over pirated books in Claude Hey Hi (AI) training — payouts of roughly $3,000 per infringed work

    Anthropic has agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by authors over the use of pirated books in training its large language models.

  • Tom's Hardware ☛ Anthropic blocks Chinese-controlled firms from Claude Hey Hi (AI) — cites 'legal, regulatory, and security risks'

    Anthropic has updated its terms of service to block access to its Claude Hey Hi (AI) models for any company that’s majority-owned or controlled by Chinese entities.