Leftovers

• Standards/Consortia

  • Omicron Limited ☛ 'Correcting The Map': reshaping perceptions of Africa

    Today's most-used map was designed for maritime navigation by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569.

    It focused on accurate depictions of the shapes and angles of land masses, but their relative sizes were often inaccurate.

• Science

  • Science Alert ☛ Stunning 'Blood Moon' Lunar Eclipse Seen by Millions Across 3 Continents

    We can't stop looking at the pics.

  • Science Alert ☛ No, Your Cravings Aren't a Reliable Sign of Cancer, Expert Explains

    It's far more complex.

  • Science Alert ☛ Giant Dinosaurs Were Riddled With a Devastating Disease, Fossils Show

    An invisible threat.

  • Science Alert ☛ One Kind of Music Could Be an Unexpected Cure For Motion Sickness

    Car karaoke anyone?

  • Science Alert ☛ An Expert Reveals What Happens if You Eat Too Much Protein

    This is important.

  • Science Alert ☛ Couples Are More Likely to Share Psychiatric Disorders, But Why?

    Something is going on here.

  • Science Alert ☛ The Cause of Alzheimer's Could Be Coming From Within Your Mouth

    It's not just a disease.

  • Science Alert ☛ Gains in Human Life Expectancy May Have Already Passed Their Peak

    Never to be repeated.

• Hardware

  • It's FOSS ☛ Speed Isn't Everything When Buying SSDs - Here's What Really Matters!

    Remember this for the next time you're shopping for an SSD.

  • Hackaday ☛ Image Recognition On 0.35 Watts

    Much of the expense of developing AI models, and much of the recent backlash to said models, stems from the massive amount of power they tend to consume. If you’re willing to sacrifice some ability and accuracy, however, you can get ever-more-decent results from minimal hardware – a tradeoff taken by the Grove Vision AI board, which runs image recognition in near-real time on only 0.35 Watts.

  • Hackaday ☛ Retrotechtacular: Exploring The Moon On Surveyor 1

    Aside from a few stand-out programs — looking at you, Star Trek — by the late 1960s, TV had already become the “vast wasteland” predicted almost a decade earlier by Newton Minnow. But for the technically inclined, the period offered no end of engaging content in the form of wall-to-wall coverage of anything and everything to do with the run-up to the Apollo moon landings. It was the best thing on TV, and even the endless press conferences beat watching a rerun of Gilligan’s Island.

  • Hackaday ☛ Maurice Brings Immersive Audio Recording To The Masses

    Immersive audio is the new hotness in the recording world. Once upon a time, mono was good enough. Then someone realized humans have two ears, and everyone wanted stereo. For most of us, that’s where it stopped, but audio connoisseurs kept going into increasingly baroque surround-sound setups — ending in Immersive Audio, audio that is meant to fully reproduce the three-dimensional soundscape of the world around us. [DJJules] is one of those audio connoisseurs, and to share the joy of immersive audio recording with the rest of us, he’s developed Maurice, a compact, low-cost immersive microphone.

• Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

  • New York Times ☛ Why Are More Older People Dying After Falls?

    Some researchers suspect that rising prescription drug use may explain a disturbing trend.

  • NYPost ☛ Knee damage increasingly found in young adults, with expert revealing two key reasons

    Younger adults face rising knee damage due to higher BMI and intense sports.

  • New York Times ☛ RFK Jr., Rejecting Vaccine Data, Fuels Distrust of Public Health Agencies

    By promoting suspicions about the institutions he oversees, critics say Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is jeopardizing public health. He says he is pursuing transparency.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Young doctors in South Korea abandon residencies, open dermatology clinics instead

    The dermatology field tends to offer higher profits and lower legal risks than other fields.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Tagged as ‘just resting’, South Korean youth feel anything but rested

    In July, those in their 20s who reported “resting” hit a record 421,000, up 58% from a decade ago.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Child depression in South Korea jumps 70% in 4 years: Study

    A total of 86,254 children and teens were treated for depression in 2024.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Vape litter becoming an e-waste hazard in Malaysia

    There are over 1.4 million adults and hundreds of thousands of minors who vape in the country.

• Proprietary

  • Hackaday ☛ The Saga Of Hacking A Bambu X1 Carbon

    Bambu Labs make indisputably excellent printers. However, that excellence comes at the cost of freedom. After a firmware release earlier this year, Bambu printers could only work with Bambu’s own slicer. For [Proper Printing], this was unacceptable, so printer modification was in order. 

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) / LLM Slop / Plagiarism

    • France24 ☛ Artificial intelligence saves tech giant Surveillance Giant Google from divest order... for now

      It’s been a week for the history books for Google. The tech giant dodged an order to sell off significant parts of its business in a landmark antitrust ruling in the United States. Then, days later, it was hit with a major fine by the EU for monopolising online advertisements.

  • Social Control Media

    • Jeff Geerling ☛ YouTube views are down (don't panic)

      After being on the platform since 2006 (though for me, not being a 'professional' YouTuber until about 5 years ago), I'm used to seasonal dips, adjustments after new tweaks to the algorithm or layout/design changes.

      But this was substantial.

      I had 4 10/10 videos in a row, which is unprecedented. I mean, my content could just be terrible all the sudden, and I've lost all but my core audience. But there are other explanations. Especially when the exact same thing happened to a large number of my peers on YouTube.

    • New York Times ☛ Nepal Bans 26 Social Media Platforms, Including Facebook (Farcebook) and YouTube

      Critics worry a new law could curb freedom of expression, affect tourism and cut communication with the many Nepalis who work abroad.

    • NYPost ☛ YouTube survival show contestant rescued after going missing for 18 hours in Michigan forest

      The survivalist was seen frantically waving to helicopters in footage released by authorities.

• Security

  • Tom's Hardware ☛ Burger King hacked, attackers 'impressed by the commitment to terrible security practices' — systems described as 'solid as a paper Whopper wrapper in the rain,’ other RBI brands like Tim Hortons and Popeyes also vulnerable

    Ethical hackers have detailed how they uncovered 'catastrophic' vulnerabilities in various Burger King systems.

  • Tom's Hardware ☛ Malware found hidden in image files, can dodge antivirus detection entirely — VirusTotal discovers undetected SVG phishing campaign

    A new report from VirusTotal shows that more than 44 compromised SVG files went completely undetected by antivirus systems.

  • Privacy/Surveillance

    • The Straits Times ☛ In a first in South Korea, Hey Hi (AI) locates missing person by analysing camera footage [Ed: More BS trying to paint routine automation as "Hey Hi"]

      Police said that if humans had searched manually, it could have taken more than 10 hours.

• Defence/Aggression

  • The Strategist ☛ How to manage a US alliance: what Canberra and Seoul can learn from each other

    While South Korea and Australia occupy distinct strategic positions in the Indo-Pacific, they share a common security foundation: decades of alliance management under the United States.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Trial begins for New Zealand woman accused of murdering her two children

    A Korean-born New Zealand woman went on trial on Monday in Auckland charged with murdering her two children, whose bodies were discovered in suitcases in an abandoned storage locker after an online auction.

  • NYPost ☛ Australia mushroom murderer Erin Patterson jailed for minimum of 33 years after killing elderly relatives

    The presiding judge said Erin Patterson showed no pity for her in-laws after she served them individual portions of Beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms, in a case that has had a "devastating" impact on the relatives of the deceased.

  • France24 ☛ Colombia demonstrates its willingness to fight against drug trafficking

    Colombian authorities are awaiting a decision from the United States on whether to grant Bogota certification in the fight against drug trafficking. 500 million USD are at stake. The country is therefore stepping up its efforts to appease Washington. Story by Antoine Fenaux and Emily Boyle.

  • New York Times ☛ A Town Reluctantly Let a Mosque Expand. Then Came the Backlash.

    A Long Island town board failed to approve a settlement its lawyers had struck with Masjid Al-Baqi after a yearslong dispute tainted by bigotry. The mosque’s federal suit will be heard next month.

  • New York Times ☛ As Syria Tries to Move Away From Dictatorship, Signs of Authoritarianism Linger

    The ex-rebels now in control of Syria say they are ending rule by fear, overhauling the security and prison systems, and holding elections. But concerns over sectarianism and inclusivity remain.

  • New York Times ☛ South Korea Negotiates Release of Korean Workers Detained in Georgia Raid

    The South Korean government said on Sunday that it would send a charter plane to the United States to retrieve hundreds of workers detained in an immigration raid.

  • New York Times ☛ What We Know About the Hyundai-LG Plant Immigration Raid in Georgia

    Several hundred workers, most of them South Korean nationals, were detained at the construction site of a sprawling electric vehicle battery plant on Thursday.

  • CS Monitor ☛ South Korea says deal with US will bring home workers from Georgia plant

    More than 300 South Korean workers detained following a massive

  • The Straits Times ☛ Seoul completes talks with US to release detained South Korean workers

    A plane will bring back the workers once administrative procedures are completed.

  • The Straits Times ☛ South Korea to fly detained workers back as US vows more raids on employers

    The negotiations to release about 300 South Koreans who were detained have concluded.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China criticises Australian, Canadian warships in Taiwan Strait

    China said Saturday that its military monitored the passage of Australian and Canadian warships through the Taiwan Strait, criticising their presence in the sensitive waterway as “causing trouble”. Beijing views Taiwan as part of its territory and claims jurisdiction over the body of water that separates the self-ruled island from the Chinese mainland.

  • New York Times ☛ A View From Inside Iran

    Our correspondent found a sense of apprehension in the country after the 12-day war with Israel.

  • New York Times ☛ Thrust Into the Line of Fire, Iranians Worry About What Comes Next

    A 12-day war in June upended the shadow war rivalry between Israel and Iran. Some Iranians want to strike back, others want to move on.

  • New York Times ☛ Houthi Drone Hits Israeli Airport After Warning System Failure

    The strike by the Yemeni militants followed the Israeli killing of several of their top leaders a week ago.

  • France24 ☛ Almost 900 arrested in London for supporting banned group Palestine Action

    Nearly 900 people were detained by police in London on Saturday for protesting against the ban on Palestine Action, a group the UK government has branded a terrorist organisation. Protesters say the ban is an unwarranted curb on free speech and the right to protest.

  • France24 ☛ Why is Israel striking residential towers in Gaza?

    An Israeli strike flattened a high-rise in Gaza City on Saturday -- the third in two days -- after the military warned people to move to a "humanitarian zone" ahead of a planned offensive against the urban hub. Details by Tamara Alfirai, UNRWA director of external relations.

  • Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine

    • RFERL ☛ European Leaders To Visit US This Week For Talks On Ukraine War, Convicted Felon Says

      European leaders will visit the United States this week to discuss how to end the war in Ukraine, US President The Insurrectionist said on September 7 after Russia pounded the Ukrainian capital with a new major drone strike.

    • New York Times ☛ For Americans in Ukraine, Opportunity and the Lure of Combat

      The profile of U.S. volunteers in the Ukrainian military has changed, shifting more toward people without military experience and those who saw few prospects for themselves at home.

    • New York Times ☛ Russia Strikes Ukraine Government Building in Largest Drone Assault of War

      Ukrainians said it was the first time a key building in Kyiv’s government district had been damaged since the war began. Russia has kept attacking despite Convicted Felon administration efforts at peace talks.

    • RFERL ☛ Russia Hits Key Ukrainian Government Building For First Time Amid Record Drone Barrage In Kyiv

      Russian drone strikes have struck a key Ukrainian government building for the first time since Moscow’s full-scale invasion began, Kyiv said.

    • RFERL ☛ Zelenskyy Demands 'Strong' US Response To Latest Russian Air Assault On Kyiv

      Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy demanded a “strong” US response to the latest massive drone strike by Russia on Kyiv, one in which a key government building was hit for the first time since the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.

    • LRT ☛ Ukrainian soldier recounts near-death escape from Russian captivity

      At a hospital in eastern Ukraine, a soldier lies with a bloodstained bandage around his neck, clutching a notepad.

    • France24 ☛ Record Russian drone attack pounds Ukraine, damaging government building

      Russia hit Ukraine's capital with drone and missiles Sunday in the largest aerial attack on the country since the war began, killing at least two people and leaving smoke rising from the roof of a key government building. Story by Shirli Sitbon.

    • France24 ☛ Russia hits Ukraine with more that 800 drones and decoy drones in biggest-ever aerial barrage

      Russia hit Ukraine's capital with drone and missiles Sunday in the largest aerial attack since the war began, killing four people across the country and damaging a key government building. Russia attacked with 810 drones and decoys, Ukraine's air force said, adding it shot down 747 drones and four missiles. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Kyiv, Gulliver Cragg.

    • NYPost ☛ Disturbing video of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska’s murder is proof America has a serious crime problem

      It is impossible to watch the surveillance footage showing Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska being stabbed to death on a crowded light rail carriage in Charlotte, NC, and not understand that America has a serious crime problem. Iryna, 23, had fled a war zone and should have been safe here.

    • New York Times ☛ Russia Steps Up Disinformation Efforts as Convicted Felon Abandons Resistance

      The Kremlin has begun a campaign to sway the parliamentary election in Moldova in what could become a new model of election interference online.

    • The Straits Times ☛ Tanker carrying sanctioned Russian Arctic LNG leaves Chinese port

      A tanker carrying liquefied natural gas from Russia’s sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 project has departed from a Chinese port, shiptracking data showed, a day after it berthed there.

• Environment

  • Energy/Transportation

    • New York Times ☛ Millions of Londoners Brace for Transit Disruption as Tube Strike Begins

      A strike on the London Underground began Sunday over pay and conditions, threatening to upend commuter journeys for most of the week.

    • NYPost ☛ NYC’s new e-bike battery crackdown includes push to confiscate ‘uncertified’ batteries

      New rules issued by the Adams administration outlaws the storage and use of "uncertified" e-bike lithium-ion batteries fingered as responsible for preventable fires and deaths.

• Finance

  • The Straits Times ☛ South Korea to separate prosecution, budget-drafting functions in major overhaul

    The government and ruling party will push to strip the Finance Ministry of its budget-making power.

• AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

  • The Straits Times ☛ South Korean and Japanese defence ministers to hold talks in Seoul

    The South Korean and Japanese defence ministers will hold talks in Seoul on Monday, Seoul's defence ministry said, marking the first official visit by a Japanese defence minister to South Korea in a decade.

  • New York Times ☛ Dihydroxyacetone Man Is Met With Mostly Boos at U.S. Open as Security Delays a Match

    With the president in attendance at Arthur Ashe Stadium, the men’s final began as hundreds of people were still waiting to go through security screening.

  • The Straits Times ☛ ‘Appropriate time to step down’: Japan PM Ishiba resigns after electoral blows for ruling LDP

    Likely successors include Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Shigeru Ishiba: The ‘smile again’ Japanese PM voters frowned on

    He was seen as an LDP intellectual heavyweight and an expert on national security policy.

  • BIA Net ☛ Building a communalist revolution through the Rojava experience

    The authoritarian legacy of real socialism and the hollowed-out representative structures of liberal democracies no longer respond to humanity’s quest for freedom.

  • Ali Reza Hayati ☛ Nothing is right

    I’ve been feeling a lot of pressure lately, both in my personal life and at work. Nothing feels right anymore. It seems like everything is off balance. It’s not just me. The situation in the country keeps getting worse.

• Internet Policy/Net Neutrality

  • Tom's Hardware ☛ Multiple undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea, hampering internet performance — international cables connecting Europe, Asia, and the Middle East are compromised

    Microsoft was forced to reroute Microsoft trap Azure traffic on Saturday, September 6, after two major submarine cable systems were severed in the Red Sea, triggering latency spikes and degraded performance for cloud users across South Asia and the Gulf.

Monopolies/Monopsonies

• Copyrights

  • Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Cox v. Sony and the Future of Patent Contributory Liability: How a Copyright Case Could Reshape Patent Law

    The Supreme Court's pending decision in Cox Communications v. Sony Music is a copyright monopoly case focused on internet service provider liability, but it also has the potential of reshaping patent monopoly law doctrine. Briefing is ongoing in the merits case which will be likely decided in Spring 2026. Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment, No. 24-181 (U.S. cert. granted July 1, 2025).