Leftovers

• Science

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-06 [Older] TechZity hub set to crown Lithuania's bustling startup scene

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-07 [Older] Nobel Prize in physics goes to US-based trio for discoveries in quantum mechanics [Ed: Making the next bubble after "hey hi"?]

• Career/Education

  • 2025-10-02 [Older] South African students still don’t feel safe on campus: how protection can be stepped up

• Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-07 [Older] Ghana's long battle to secure safe organ transplants

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-05 [Older] India: 3 states ban cough syrup after several children die

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-06 [Older] Trio wins Nobel Prize in medicine for immune system research

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-06 [Older] India: Jaipur hospital fire kills several patients

• Proprietary

  • Engadget ☛ Sackbird Studios emerges from the Xbox layoffs

    When Microsoft and Xbox announced layoffs numbering in the thousands earlier this year, it meant the end for a whole bunch of upcoming game projects. Many studios were forced to downsize, and some shuttered entirely, as a result. Luckily, some enterprising developers are turning the bad news into something positive.

    A group of former devs from ZeniMax Online Studios, which made The Elder Scrolls Online and scrapped looter shooter Blackbird, have banded together to form a new company called Sackbird Studios. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the team is going for the employee-owned, self-funded route. "With no outside investors and full creative control, the team is focused on building great games—on their own terms," the announcement states.

  • Fandom Inc ☛ Devs Behind Canceled Xbox MMO Blackbird Game Launch A New Studio With A Great Name

    Earlier this year, Microsoft unleashed a massive wave of layoffs and game cancellations, including Project Blackbird, an MMO that was described as a cross between Cyberpunk 2077 and Destiny from the team behind The Elder Scrolls Online. Now, that team has reunited to form an employee-owned studio, Sackbird Studios.

    The studio shared the announcement on its official site, and noted that Sackbird is self-funded "for multiple years" without the aid of outside investors. That will allow the team to retain full creative control of their own games.

    "After years in AAA, we wanted the freedom to take smart risks without waiting for a greenlight or chasing quarterly targets, said Sackbird Studios chief creative officer David Worley in a statement. "We're fully employee-owned and funded, which means we only answer to people who are passionate about games."

  • IBM/Databases

    • The Register UK ☛ IBM invites CockroachDB to infest its mainframes with PostgreSQL

      IBM has signed an OEM agreement with Cockroach Labs – maker of the distributed PostgreSQL-like cloud RDBMS CockroachDB – in a bid to help modernize mission-critical applications reliant on mainframe hardware.

      The alliance aims to offer a cloud-native PostgreSQL database across hybrid environments, including IBM LinuxONE, Linux on Z, Power Systems, and Red Hat OpenShift. The unlikely pair claim that they can help enterprises move to cloud-native and Kubernetes environments without rewriting core applications, though some intermediary components may still be required.

  • Social Control Media

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-05 [Older] My Europe: Hungary and social media political ad bans

• Security

  • Integrity/Availability/Authenticity

    • CBC ☛ 2025-10-06 [Older] How fraudsters are using crypto ATMs to launder millions from Canadian scam victims

• Defence/Aggression

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-07 [Older] German Chancellor questions voluntary military service plan

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-07 [Older] Exhibition recalls Hamas attack on the Nova Music Festival

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-07 [Older] Germany news: October 7 commemorations held across country

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-03 [Older] Thai hitman gets life in jail for killing Cambodian ex-MP

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-07 [Older] Germany: Police see no political motive in mayor's stabbing

  • 2025-09-30 [Older] Killers on retainer: South Africa’s murder for hire economy

  • 2025-09-30 [Older] Why Africa needs its own military ombudsman institutions – and why SA leads the way

  • 2025-10-03 [Older] South African Military Ombud to host Conference of Ombuds Institutions for Armed Forces

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-07 [Older] Anonymous, digital, democratic: Morocco's Gen Z protests

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-02 [Older] Morocco's Gen Z protests: What you need to know

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-02 [Older] Pakistan: Kashmir unrest leaves 8 dead

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-02 [Older] Germany news: Oktoberfest extension proposed after scare

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-05 [Older] Oktoberfest closes after two 'roller-coaster' weeks

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-04 [Older] Georgia: Police fire tear gas at anti-government protesters

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-05 [Older] Georgia's prime minister promises crackdown on dissent

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-02 [Older] How Germany plans to fix its drone problem

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-07 [Older] Poland pushes back on German Nord Stream extradition request

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-07 [Older] Pressure Mounts on Europe’s Ursula von der Leyen

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2025-10-06 [Older] Cheeto Mussolini Considers Cutting US Refugee Intake to 7,500, Focusing on White South Africans, Officials Say

  • TruthOut ☛ 2025-10-04 [Older] Cheeto Mussolini Slashes Refugee Cap, Carves Out Exception for White South Africans

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-03 [Older] Why does Taiwan still have the death penalty?

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-03 [Older] Venezuela criticizes 'illegal incursion' by US fighter jets

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-03 [Older] Where does Germany stand 35 years after reunification?

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-03 [Older] US: Sean 'Diddy' Combs sentenced to over 4 years in prison

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-03 [Older] US strikes drug alleged boat near Venezuelan waters

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-04 [Older] UK synagogue attack: Police likely shot one victim

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-04 [Older] Cheeto Mussolini administration offers $2,500 for migrant children to voluntarily leave US

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-06 [Older] Germany's far-right AfD seeks closer ties with Donald Cheeto Mussolini and the MAGA movement

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-06 [Older] Ghana faces growing criticism over US deportee agreement

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-06 [Older] India bets big on drones in push for military dominance

  • Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-03 [Older] Finland: Court dismisses Baltic cable cuts case over jurisdiction

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-03 [Older] Germany: Drone sightings disrupt Munich Airport

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-03 [Older] Europe pushes for effective response to drone incursions

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-04 [Older] Germany news: Munich Airport resumes flights after drone sightings

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-07 [Older] Who is responsible for Germany's drone defense?

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-04 [Older] Lithuania: Vilnius Airport reopens after closure due to suspected balloons

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-06 [Older] Germany news: Merz says Putin waging 'hybrid war'

• Environment

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-05 [Older] Nepal: Deadly landslides, flash floods kill dozens

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-05 [Older] Blizzard strands 1,000 climbers on Mount Everest

  • Energy/Transportation

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-07 [Older] Renewables overtake coal in global electricity generation

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-06 [Older] Germany news: EV tax exemption to be extended to 2035

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-02 [Older] Pilot crisis looms as airlines scramble to fill cockpits

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-03 [Older] India, China to resume direct flights

    • CBC ☛ 2025-10-06 [Older] Toyota recalling over 32,700 vehicles in Canada over rearview camera defect

    • CBC ☛ 2025-10-07 [Older] WestJet hikes checked bag fee for 2nd time in 2 years. Will Air Canada be next?

• Finance

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-06 [Older] What's behind the record highs for gold and bitcoin?

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-07 [Older] EU to double steel tariffs amid influx of Chinese imports

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-07 [Older] Could France's political turmoil spark eurozone debt crisis?

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-07 [Older] As Albania's economy grows, so do its struggles with waste

  • CBC ☛ 2025-10-07 [Older] Canada's merchandise trade deficit widened in August, with exports falling faster than imports rose

• AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-06 [Older] Darfur militia leader convicted by ICC for war crimes

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-06 [Older] Brazil's Lula asks Cheeto Mussolini to lift tariffs in video call

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-03 [Older] Germany news: Merz says democracy under threat on Unity Day

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-07 [Older] Election in Cameroon: Will the 'frustrated' youth vote?

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-07 [Older] France: Election calls pile pressure on Macron amid crisis

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-02 [Older] Czechia election: The specter of populism returns

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-06 [Older] Sanae Takaichi — What to expect from Japan's 'Iron Lady'

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-04 [Older] Sanae Takaichi expected to be Japan's first female PM

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-06 [Older] Japan's stocks surge after Takaichi wins party vote

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-03 [Older] Argentina's Milei suffers political blow with veto override

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-03 [Older] Czech Republic: Who is Andrej Babis, the man who hopes to be PM?

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-06 [Older] France: Gisele Pelicot to face court again due to appeal

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-06 [Older] France's new PM resigns after criticism of his Cabinet picks

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-07 [Older] The woman daring to end Cameroon president's 43-year rule

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-07 [Older] UNESCO board nominates Egyptian ex-minister for director

  • Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda

    • ADF ☛ 2025-09-30 [Older] Deepfakes Help Spread False Information in Africa

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-03 [Older] Fact check: Donald Cheeto Mussolini and the "MedBed" myth

• Censorship/Free Speech

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-04 [Older] Hungary: Banned Pride march draws thousands

• Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-10-06 [Older] Israeli and Palestinian films face distribution obstacles