Mauritius Supreme Court legalises homosexuality in historic victory (www.gaytimes.co.uk)
The Supreme Court of Mauritius has declared the country’s criminalisation and ban of same-sex intimacy ‘discriminatory’ in a landmark ruling.
At least 22 killed in massive Hamas surprise attack, emergency service says (www.timesofisrael.com)
The Magen David Adom emergency service says at least 22 people have been killed since the start of the massive attack by the Hamas terror group.
Germans caught celebrating Oktoberfest with Nazi salutes (www.jpost.com)
Performing Nazi salutes has been illegal in Germany and Austria since the end of World War II and is punishable by law with prison time.
How dictator Franco built his regime vilifying the Jews, then tried to hide it (www.timesofisrael.com)
In his new book 'Architects of Terror,' Sir Paul Preston shows how Spain's ties to Nazi Germany and use of antisemitic propaganda belied its claims of sympathy to Jewish refugees
The Last Hour of Prigozhin’s Plane (www.wired.com)
Russia tightly controls its information space—making it hard to get accurate information out of the country. But open source data provides some clues about the crash.
AI-Created Art Isn’t Copyrightable, Judge Says in Ruling That Could Give Hollywood Studios Pause (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
A federal judge on Friday upheld a finding from the U.S. Copyright Office that a piece of art created by AI is not open to protection.
Former Trump adviser blames Jews for dying in Auschwitz (www.jpost.com)
Michael Flynn, a Christian nationalist who previously served as US national security advisor under Donald Trump, said that Jews were willingly given to the Nazis and said there were no guards.
Second Temple era synagogue discovered in Russia (www.jpost.com)
The finding marks the discovery of one of the world’s oldest synagogues.
Are corporations going to ban the use of ChatGPT? (www.jpost.com)
As more workers around the world adopt the generative AI chatbot for menial tasks, some corporations have begun to push back in fear of data and IP security concerns.
The Next Generation of Solar Technology: An Introduction to Solar Paint and Solar Glass (www.energyportal.eu)
Exploring the Future of Solar Energy: Solar Paint and Solar Glass Innovations
Videos denying climate science approved by Florida as state curriculum (www.theguardian.com)
Prager University Foundation’s animations cast doubt over renewable energy and liken climate activists to Nazis
New COVID variant spreading in the UK as hospitalizations rise (www.jpost.com)
Increases in coronavirus cases have been reported in other countries as well recently.
Spain fines Apple and Amazon €194M for colluding to restrict competition (thenextweb.com)
Amazon and Apple were found guilt of colluding to limit the sale of Apple products by third-party sellers on the huge online retail platform.
Study suggests universe is twice as old as presumed (www.ynetnews.com)
Physicist Rajendra Gupta's study suggests current calculations that show the age of the universe is 13.7 billion years old are wrong, and his new theory shows the universe has actually been around for 26.7 billion years.
“Millions” of sensitive US military emails were reportedly sent to Mali due to a typo (www.theverge.com)
Emails have been mistakenly routed to Mali for over a decade.
Germany’s AfD uses Nazi symbol to campaign against gender-inclusive language (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Alternative for Germany party condemned as 'disgusting and homophobic' for photo showing a downwards-facing rainbow triangle in a campaign
Meta won’t say what happened to taxpayer data it may have illegally collected (arstechnica.com)
One tax preparer said the scandal likely impacts every user of its services.
Congressional Report Finds Meta and Tax Prep Companies “Recklessly” Shared Taxpayers’ Data – The Markup (themarkup.org)
The investigation was opened in response to work published last year by The Markup
Israel's 'Day of Disruption': Protests break out at Ben-Gurion (www.jpost.com)
Roads were blocked across Israel as protesters demonstrated against the passage of the reasonableness standard bill.
Twitter Blue accounts fuel Ukraine War misinformation (www.bbc.com)
False and misleading claims about the war in Ukraine are being widely shared.
‘We’ve seen this before’: Growing fears after German county elects far-right leader (www.timesofisrael.com)
After win last month by member of 'proven right-wing extremist' AfD branch, Jewish head of Thuringia domestic intelligence agency says will emigrate if party joins state gov't
The British town where the antisemitic blood libel theory was born could get a Jewish heritage center - Jewish Telegraphic Agency (www.jta.org)
Local Jews in Norwich are considering leasing Jurnet's House, built by a Jewish moneylender in the 12th century, for the new institution.
Encryption With A Back Door Is NOT Encryption (ktetch.co.uk)
There’s been an increasing call in recent weeks and months for encryption to have government ‘backdoors’ put into them. This is a bad idea. No really, it’s an incredibly bad idea. Even if we took the assumption that it is a push that’s made with only the purest of intentions, and the government universal key is kept...
Jewish German intelligence chief says he and his family would leave Germany if the AfD gain power (www.jpost.com)
Stephan Kramer's comments come after the Alternative für Deutschland candidate won the local district council election in the same state.
'Chinese spy balloon' was 'crammed' with US hardware (www.theregister.com)
Blasted from the sky in February, device never transmitted photos, videos, or radar data it collected, officials say