China's Xi offers to help Sri Lanka; buy more of its exports (www.reuters.com)
rule (beehaw.org)
Google says data-scraping lawsuit would take 'sledgehammer' to generative AI, asks court to dismiss a proposed class action lawsuit (www.reuters.com)
Eight unnamed individuals sued Google in San Francisco in July for supposedly misusing content posted to social media and information shared on Google platforms to train its systems....
Canada removes 41 diplomats from India after New Delhi threatens to revoke their immunity | AP News (apnews.com)
Threats against rape victim, 10, lay bare Bolivia’s culture of sexual violence (www.theguardian.com)
Questions linger after Connecticut police officers fatally shoot man in his bed (apnews.com)
The killing Monday angered and saddened Passmore’s family and raised questions about whether officers could have done things differently. It came as many police departments nationwide have changed the way they respond to certain calls, including those involving mentally ill people — in response to outcries over police...
Resurrection - Heidi Taillefer (images.squarespace-cdn.com)
Google's Restriction on Pixel 8 Temperature Sensor Access: Only Preinstalled or Google-Signed Apps Allowed (nitter.net)
GeeBee [oc] (mastodon.world)
From classics to contemporary: 10 Filipino horror films to keep you awake at night (www.rappler.com)
Stop asking everyone to condemn Hamas (independentaustralia.net)
[Imperor] Mother of Loam – A single quest spooky/halloween-y adventure TTRPG Module (impheim.com)
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Jesus rule (ia801508.us.archive.org)
Fillette en Rose - Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980) (lemmynsfw.com)
Orionids: How to see the Halley’s comet meteor shower this weekend (www.newscientist.com)
You have to earn $115,000 a year to afford a typical house now in the US (www.axios.com)
[Indiegala] ConflictCraft 2 - Game of the Year Edition (freebies.indiegala.com)
AI Is Becoming a Band-Aid over Bad, Broken Tech Industry Design Choices (www.scientificamerican.com)
After decades of messy, thoughtless design choices, corporations are using artificial intelligence to sell basic usability back to consumers
Competitiveness rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Spooked by Halloween mayhem, Tokyo's famous Shibuya district tells revelers, "please do not come" (www.cbsnews.com)
Halloween revelry around Tokyo's iconic Shibuya crossing has grown too scary for its own good, but can "saying 'Don't come here'" keep a lid on it?
British Museum Will Digitize Entire Collection at a Cost of $12.1 M. in Response to Thefts (www.artnews.com)
The British Museum will update or upgrade records of 2.4 million items to increase security and public access.
YouTubes Antiblick is illegal in the EU (eupolicy.social)
Cross post from lemmy.world/post/7027225
Israeli settlers push Bedouins off West Bank territory (www.theguardian.com)
Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza conflict - Committee to Protect Journalists (cpj.org)
The Israel-Gaza conflict has taken a severe toll on journalists since Hamas launched its unprecedented attack against Israel on October 7 and Israel declared war on the militant Palestinian group, launching strikes on the blockaded Gaza Strip. CPJ is investigating all reports of journalists killed, injured, detained, or missing...
Palestinians under attack as settler violence surges in the West Bank (www.bbc.com)
Palestinian families say they have been intimidated and displaced in the wake of Hamas's attack on Israel.
