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Valve loses a court case in the EU and has to pay 1.6 million euros in fines for geoblocking (mezha.media)

Dianne Feinstein, 90, Dies; Oldest Sitting Senator and Fixture of California Politics (www.nytimes.com)

Author: Robert D. McFadden. Date added: 2023-09-29. Article date: 2023-09-29.

!playstoredeals - "to share when Android apps on the Google Play Store go on sale, either at a reduced price or for free" (lemmy.ca)

Universal Link: !playstoredeals...

How the “Surveillance AI Pipeline” Literally Objectifies Human Beings (www.404media.co)

The vast majority of computer vision research leads to technology that surveils human beings, a new preprint study that analyzed more than 20,000 computer vision papers and 11,000 patents spanning three decades has found. Crucially, the study found that computer vision papers often refer to human beings as “objects,” a...

[DE] Darum lügt Friedrich Merz über die Zähne von Migranten (www.volksverpetzer.de) German

CDU-Chef Friedrich Merz hat sich mal wieder in einer Talkshow blamiert. Nicht zum ersten Mal wiederholte er rechtsextreme Narrative, nicht zum ersten Mal stellte er dabei die politische Haltung über die Fakten. Doch es geht hier nicht nur um Lügen über die Zähne von Migrant:innen. Hinter Merzs Statement steckt ein weiterer...

How distress call to BBC led to rescue of six women trapped in refrigerated lorry in France (www.bbc.com)

"Ils sautaient plus haut que les chèvres" : en Grèce, un troupeau de moutons dévore 300 kg de cannabis médical (www.francetvinfo.fr) French

Un fait-divers hallucinant ? Un troupeau de moutons a dévoré 300 kg de cannabis, près de Almyros, en Grèce. Les bêtes, qui vivent en liberté, se sont introduites dans une serre de cannabis médical après que les inondations qui ont suivi le passage de la tempête Daniel ont dévasté leurs sources de nourritures...

Bergkarabach: Exekution, Kapitulation, Okkupation – Aserbaidschans Angriff wird von westlichen Staaten nur milde getadelt (jungle world, 28.09) (www.konicz.info) German

Mit der Kapitulation der armenischen Region Bergkarabach nach einem Angriff Aserbaidschans endet auch eine historisch gewachsene geopolitische Konstellation im Südkaukasus. Aserbaidschans Angriff auf Bergkarabach wird von westlichen Staaten nur milde getadelt

6 women are rescued from a refrigerated truck in France after making distress call to a BBC reporter (apnews.com)

Epic Games Is Cutting About 900 Jobs, or 16% of Staff (www.bloomberg.com)

3 killed in shootings and an explosion as deadly violence continues in Sweden (apnews.com)

Senator Feinstein has passed away (www.nytimes.com)

“Unprecedented” youth climate trial demands action from 32 European governments (arstechnica.com)

Homebuying activity is falling off a cliff (On a yearly basis, pending transactions were down by 18.7%) (finance.yahoo.com)

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 builds on accessibility in previous titles and introduces new features (blog.playstation.com)

Dotfiles matter (dotfiles-matter.click)

[itch.io] Paws & Effect (shimmersoft.itch.io)

Story-focused indie about dogs for Windows, Mac, and Linux, free on itch.io until 15th October

La questione San Siro, un punto della situazione (www.cdt.ch)

Il recente vincolo messo dalla Sovrintendenza sul secondo anello di San Siro ha parecchio complicato il piano (piuttosto scoperto) di Milan e Inter sulla demolizione del Meazza, da farsi una volta avuto in regalo l’area interessata. Il quadro non è chiarissimo (i lavori citati sono del 1955 quindi non sono ancora trascorsi 70...

Bomb mock-up discovered to be a Geocache by German police (www-mdr-de.translate.goog)

After a possible discovery of explosives in Magdeburg, the police have given the all-clear. As the local police informed MDR, the alleged explosive device poses no danger. According to the police, there will be no further investigations or criminal charges. According to MDR information, the dummy explosive was a geocache....

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