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If you're fed up with Windows, Linux, or macOS, you'll want to know if there's a great alternative desktop operating system that's worth using. While there are no absolute definitive answers here – everyone's use case is different, after all – we've discovered ten distinct examples that fall outside the usual bounds. Our list even includes a few true outsiders, independent operating systems built from the ground up which serve mainly to prove just how difficult it is to create an entire functioning OS without a large number of brains working on it. Everything here can be tested reasonably within a virtual machine, so if something grabs your interest don't hesitate to download and give it a try. https://www.techradar.com/news/best-alternative-operating-systems

Finding the best deal on tech can be laborious. You're on the lookout for a new piece of tech or an upgrade for your beloved PC, but how can we tell a good deal from a dud? Keep an eye on this deals hub for all the best tech deals from the most po[CENSORED]r UK based retailers. We regularly check this page to make sure we include the best deals and that the prices listed are as up-to-date as possible. So if you're looking for a new pair of gaming headphones or more SSD storage for your PlayStation 5, we have you covered. We’ll be keeping our deals eye out for more of the best bargains and deals on tech. Here are some of our best deals picks so far, but hurry, because these prices don’t last forever. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/best-uk-tech-and-pc-hardware-deals

If you're picking up a new Microsoft Surface laptop, you could now indulge in a bit of retro gaming while waiting for Windows to finish crawling through the interminable setup and updates process. Here's hoping it comes to the DIY Windows installation, too. It will certainly be something to do while setting up a new office test rig. As spotted by The Verge, Microsoft has seemingly added a cute game to the setup procedure in Windows 11. Not content with showing you endless screens about how much better your life will be with the operating system, it now seems you can just ignore it all and aim for a high score instead. The game in question has actually been around in the Edge browser since 2020. Just type edge://surf into the address bar and away you go. For me, it brought back memories of Horace Goes Skiing on the Sinclair Spectrum, though less ancient folks might think it's more akin to SkiFree (part of Microsoft's Entertainment Pack 3, released for Windows 3.0 in 1991).Surf is surprisingly good fun, though. Sure it's just an endless scrolling dodge-the-obstacle game, but the animations are ridiculously cute, and it supports keyboard, mouse, touchscreens, and even gamepads for the controls. The browser version has three different play modes too, but it's not clear if the Windows installation one offers the same.Mini-games hidden in software, or even other games, isn't something new, of course. When Namco ported its Ridge Racer arcade game to the original PlayStation, it popped Galaxian into the loading screens, allowing you to blast away a few aliens while the console got everything ready.What's not clear at the moment is whether Surf is now part of every new Windows 11 installation. It may well just be for Microsoft's own PCs but there's no reason why it couldn't add it in retrospectively, as part of a general update, so when you do your next OS reinstallation you can do a spot of surfing. Maybe that's something else Rufus will be able to do, as well as nixing the need for a Microsoft account, or TPM 2.0. It wasn't that long ago when Windows had loads of games in it to keep you entertained (i.e. totally distracted from your work) but since Windows 7, they've all been pretty much stripped out. Hopefully, the inclusion of Surf in the setup process is a sign that Microsoft has seen the error of its ways and more are on their way. Can I have Minesweeper back, at the very least? https://www.pcgamer.com/banish-the-tedium-of-setting-up-windows-with-a-built-in-while-you-wait-retro-game-courtesy-of-microsoft/

The Government has until Friday to present next year's Budget Law and the opposition has already focused on who will present said text: the Budget Director, Javiera Martínez. From Chile Vamos they have not yet fully decided whether or not they are going to condition the budget debate on Martínez's continuity in her position; However – under reservation – they admit that she is in the focus of attention, due to the “instilled suspicion” regarding the Agreements case, particularly for having promoted the change in bureaucratic criteria for the allocation of funds in the Regional Governments. Even though there is no direct link with said case, for the opposition, the head of the Dipres will have to clear up the doubts that circulate around her this Friday. Furthermore, they maintain that the support of Minister Marcel, when he described her as “the best Budget director we have ever had,” now weighs on Martínez, and it is the head of the Treasury himself who is risking her political capital. On Friday, the 2024 Budget Law proposed by the Government will enter Congress and the event places the opposition's spotlight on the Budget Director, Javiera Martínez. The engineer, who is one of the founders of the Democratic Revolution, has been one of the flanks that the right has exploited after the outbreak of the Covenants case and the revelation of a more flexible bureaucracy made in 2023. Although many of the cases investigated were prior to this change in criteria, the opposition insists that the presentation of the budget will be key to determining the offensive against Martínez, although – for now – “it is ruled out,” said the general secretary of the UDI. , María José Hoffmann. On Monday morning, at the UDI headquarters, the party leadership, together with a group of parliamentarians, announced that they had hired a team of lawyers to strengthen parliamentary work in terms of oversight of the proposed Law of Budget, “not only in the Government's priorities but also in the execution of spending,” Hoffmann pointed out. And the general secretary of the union revealed that "from the UDI there is distrust, mainly in the Budget Directorate (Dipres), due to the events that we have seen", referring to the multiple cases that are investigated in foundations and Regional Governments. The main concern that exists in the opposition falls on Javiera Martínez and the Budget Law that she presents on Friday. Representative Marlene Pérez, from the UDI bench, stated in the same instance that “it is complex to sit down to discuss a Budget Law with a Budget Director who is being questioned and who was the one who opened the key to the Regional Governments, and that from there all the irregularities that we have known until today started.” This is because Martínez was responsible for making the bureaucracy more flexible in direct transfers to foundations to receive money from Regional Governments. However, this information was already clarified in August by the Minister of Finance, Mario Marcel, who explained – in the 'Mesa Central' program on Channel 13 – that these changes “are subsequent to the cases that are being investigated. In other words, one could hardly say that the modifications of the 2023 Budget are responsible for things that happened in 2022.” At that time, Minister Marcel also risked his political capital to support Martínez: “I have known all the Budget directors since the return of democracy, she is probably the best Budget director we have had, due to her knowledge.” , for their dedication and for their honesty. And I want to tell you that that comparison includes all Budget directors, including myself.” https://www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/pais/2023/09/27/directora-de-presupuestos-en-la-mira/

'They seemed primed to take over': How the Great Dying doomed the 'beast tooth' and set the stage for the dawn of the dinosaurs "Much as we can only wonder today what knowledge was lost in the ransacking of the Library of Alexandria, we can also ponder what sort of magnificent creatures born of the Cambrian explosion were lost." Inostrancevia is a genus from the extinct group Theriodontia that appeared during the Middle Permian. (Image credit: Stocktrek Images/Getty Images) The excerpt below is taken from "Our Fragile Moment: How Lessons from Earth's Past Can Help Us Survive the Climate Crisis" (Hachette Book Group, 2023), by Michael Mann. It looks at how climate change following the Cambrian explosion caused the biggest mass extinction on Earth — dooming the creatures set to dominate and set the stage for dinosaurs to The mechanisms that can freeze the planet, as was the case with Snowball Earth can also lead to inhospitably hot climates, when enough carbon dioxide enters the atmosphere. Arguably the greatest extinction event of all time — called the Great Dying — appears to have resulted, at least in part, from a massive heat-inducing release of carbon into the atmosphere 250 million years ago. Is this ancient event a possible analog for a sixth, human-caused, climate-change-driven mass extinction today? In answering this question, we will at times work our way through some details of the science, but the payoff is that we will see not just that scientists are able to unravel such mysteries, but how they do it. In the late Proterozoic eon, around 550 million years ago, Earth had thawed out from a series of major glaciations, perhaps even global snowball conditions. The end of the Proterozoic marked the beginning of a brand new era — the Paleozoic, which extended from around 540 million to 251 million years ago. The first period of the Paleozoic — the Cambrian — saw a remarkable explosion in the diversity of life, known, appropriately, as the Cambrian explosion. Most of the life that exists today emerged during the first 10 million years of that period, including the first complex multicellular life and familiar groups such as mollusks and crustaceans. xn77m3MBTMpP8EfST2q797.jpg The ancient supercontinent of Gondwana, which formed around 600 million years ago. (Image credit: Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) Among the reasons for this remarkable diversification was a sustained rise in oxygen from photosynthetic life. Higher levels of oxygen allowed for more diverse, multicellular organisms because they require oxygen in high enough concentrations that it can reach interior cells. The stratospheric ozone layer, which had developed during the Neoproterozoic era (1 billion to 538 million years ago), protected animals from the sun's damaging ultraviolet rays and helped po[CENSORED]te the land. Some researchers even argue for a possible "bottleneck" effect, where the few life-forms that survived the Neoproterozoic ice ages (Snowball Earth or not) were able to rapidly fill emerging niches as Earth thawed. Related: 'Once again, innovation and proliferation ended with catastrophe': The environmental disaster of plants taking over the world A major glacial event occurred at the end of the following period of the Paleozoic, the Ordovician, around 450 million years ago, as chemical weathering outpaced the volcanic emissions of gas and atmospheric CO2 levels dropped. The resulting cooling caused a buildup in ice mass on the large South Pole–centered supercontinent of Gondwana. Sea levels dropped. Much of the coastal habitat that had been home to primitive mollusks and crustaceans disappeared. Some of the creatures scraped by, but about half of all existing genuses perished. Much as we can only wonder today what knowledge was lost in the ransacking of the Library of Alexandria, we can also ponder what sort of magnificent creatures born of the Cambrian explosion were lost. Welcome to the first of the widely recognized global mass extinction events. It will hardly be the last we encounter. The most well-known extinction event ended the reign of the dinosaurs roughly 66 million years ago. But the deadliest extinction event took place at the end of the Permian period, roughly 250 million years ago. It is referred to in the scientific community as the Permian-Triassic (or P-T for short) extinction, but because an estimated 90% of all Permian species disappeared from the face of the planet, it has earned a nickname: the Great Dying. Marine organisms were hit especially hard, with 96% of species perishing. Gone were the trilobites so familiar to amateur fossil collectors everywhere — primitive arthropods that were the distant ancestors of the modern horseshoe crab. Having survived the earlier Ordovician extinction event, their own nearly 300-million-year moment had come to an end. The ancient supercontinent of Gondwana, which formed around 600 million years ago. (Image credit: Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) Among the reasons for this remarkable diversification was a sustained rise in oxygen from photosynthetic life. Higher levels of oxygen allowed for more diverse, multicellular organisms because they require oxygen in high enough concentrations that it can reach interior cells. The stratospheric ozone layer, which had developed during the Neoproterozoic era (1 billion to 538 million years ago), protected animals from the sun's damaging ultraviolet rays and helped po[CENSORED]te the land. Some researchers even argue for a possible "bottleneck" effect, where the few life-forms that survived the Neoproterozoic ice ages (Snowball Earth or not) were able to rapidly fill emerging niches as Earth thawed. Related: 'Once again, innovation and proliferation ended with catastrophe': The environmental disaster of plants taking over the world A major glacial event occurred at the end of the following period of the Paleozoic, the Ordovician, around 450 million years ago, as chemical weathering outpaced the volcanic emissions of gas and atmospheric CO2 levels dropped. The resulting cooling caused a buildup in ice mass on the large South Pole–centered supercontinent of Gondwana. Sea levels dropped. Much of the coastal habitat that had been home to primitive mollusks and crustaceans disappeared. Some of the creatures scraped by, but about half of all existing genuses perished. Much as we can only wonder today what knowledge was lost in the ransacking of the Library of Alexandria, we can also ponder what sort of magnificent creatures born of the Cambrian explosion were lost. Welcome to the first of the widely recognized global mass extinction events. It will hardly be the last we encounter. The most well-known extinction event ended the reign of the dinosaurs roughly 66 million years ago. But the deadliest extinction event took place at the end of the Permian period, roughly 250 million years ago. It is referred to in the scientific community as the Permian-Triassic (or P-T for short) extinction, but because an estimated 90% of all Permian species disappeared from the face of the planet, it has earned a nickname: the Great Dying. Marine organisms were hit especially hard, with 96% of species perishing. Gone were the trilobites so familiar to amateur fossil collectors everywhere — primitive arthropods that were the distant ancestors of the modern horseshoe crab. Having survived the earlier Ordovician extinction event, their own nearly 300-million-year moment had come to an end. 7bVJ7DdT6ZhkMD3EymDHAD.jpg A giant dragonfly from the Carboniferous period that was wiped out in the Great Dying mass extinction. (Image credit: Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) Not only were the vast majority of marine invertebrates gone, but so were the earliest fish species. On land, more than two thirds of amphibian and reptile species and nearly one third of insect species were wiped out. Another iconic species, a giant dragonfly called Meganeuropsis with a nearly three-foot (0.9 meter) wingspan that is often included in artist depictions of the Carboniferous period — and to this day still haunts my nightmares — was now gone. The P-T extinction event wiped out many of the groups that had dominated life on land, freeing up ecological niches to be filled by new organisms, including reptiles such as crocodiles and the earliest dinosaurs. Once again, there were both winners and losers. Who won and who lost, in this case, came down to geology and geochemical weathering cycles. Midway through the Paleozoic, around 420 million years ago, we saw the emergence of plants with roots, stems, and leaves, which as we now know helped accelerate chemical weathering by producing acids that dissolve rock, helping cycle water from the soil back into the atmosphere. This may have led to a slow, steady decrease in atmospheric CO2 levels through the late Paleozoic. The spread of these vascular plants, however, also led to a new source of organic matter that could be buried on land or carried off in rivers for ocean burial. Increased burial of organic matter causes rising atmospheric oxygen levels because that organic matter is the product of photosynthesis, which splits up oxygen and carbon atoms. The carbon, once buried, is no longer available to cannibalize the liberated oxygen. In the Paleozoic, oxygen concentrations climbed as high as 35% (almost twice the current concentration of 21%). Those high oxygen levels favored synapsids, creatures with a high metabolism, featuring a single hole in each side of their skull that led to improved jaw function. They were part of a diverse group of four-legged terrestrial animals, including carnivores, insectivores, and herbivores, that first arose in the late Carboniferous and would evolve into the group we today know as mammals. 2LEjenGtccrCFCQj6uoq9a.jpg Skull of a Rubidgeinae, an extinct subfamily of gorgonopsid therapsids. (Image credit: RMDobson/Getty Images) By the early Permian, they were the dominant terrestrial species. By the mid-Permian, another group of proto-mammals — the possibly warm-blooded, somewhat rodent-like therapsids — emerged and became the new dominant species. By the late Permian, they may have even developed fur. One group, known as Theriodontia (Latin for "beast tooth"), displayed a number of evolutionary innovations: A shift in the bones supporting the jaw allowed the jaw to open wider, and may have aided hearing as well. The skull and teeth became larger, the teeth more specialized, and the jaw more powerful. They seemed primed to take over. But it was not to be. Everything changed at the Permian-Triassic boundary. Levels of CO2 spiked. That led to massive warming. Plate tectonics by now had brought all the continents together into a single giant continent — Pangea — straddled across the equator. It was already difficult for maritime moisture to penetrate deep into the center of the continent. Rapid greenhouse warming made it even hotter and drier, according both to climate model simulations of the end of the Permian and analyses of the fossil river deposits from Pangean floodplains. The sudden drying would have led to the massive die-off of the tenuous, moisture-dependent forests that had arisen over the course of the Paleozoic. That meant less burial of organic matter on land, assisted perhaps by decreased carbon export to the deep oceans due to a collapsing marine food web. Atmospheric oxygen levels appear to have dropped precipitously as a result, reaching concentrations as low as 15% at the P-T boundary. QbmyTv3qHnoRAe5huHvHCF-970-80.jpg.webp Plummeting oxygen levels helped dinosaurs become the dominant group on Earth. (Image credit: Roger Harris/SPL/Getty Images) The drop in oxygen was a further contributor to the mass die-off. The combination of greenhouse warming and low oxygen would have led to widespread hypoxia — a state where organisms simply cannot take in enough oxygen to support metabolism. That's where the dinosaurs come in. The proto-mammals that had come to dominance during the Permian — the synapsids and therapsids — had thrived off high oxygen levels. But as oxygen concentrations dropped, they were now poorly suited to their environment. https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/they-seemed-primed-to-take-over-how-the-great-dying-doomed-the-beast-tooth-and-set-the-stage-for-the-dawn-of-the-dinosaurs

SINGAPORE, Oct 4 (Reuters) - To own a car in Singapore, a buyer must bid for a certificate that now costs $106,000, equivalent to four Toyota Camry Hybrids in the U.S., as a post-pandemic recovery has driven up the cost of the city-state's vehicle quota system to all-time highs. Singapore has a 10-year "certificate of entitlement" (COE) system, introduced in 1990, to control the number of vehicles in the small country, which is home to 5.9 million people and can be driven across in less than an hour. The quota, offered through a bidding process, has made it the most expensive city in the world to buy a car, with the COE for a large car more than quadrupling from 2020 prices on Wednesday to a record S$146,002 ($106,376.68). Including COE, registration fees and taxes, a new standard Toyota Camry Hybrid currently costs S$251,388 ($183,000) in Singapore, compared with $28,855 in the U.S. A small, government-subsidised flat in Singapore costs about S$125,000.In 2020, when fewer people in Singapore were driving, the price of COEs dropped to about S$30,000; a post-COVID increase in economic activity has led to more car purchases while the total number of vehicles on the road is capped at about 950,000. The number of new COEs available depends on how many older cars are deregistered. The skyrocketing price puts cars firmly out of reach of most middle-class Singaporeans, putting a dent in what sociologist Tan Ern Ser said was the "Singapore Dream" of upward social mobility - having cash, a condominium and a car. https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/singapore-certificate-own-car-now-costs-106000-2023-10-04/

River will go to Bombonera this Sunday for the Superclásico against Boca with the aim of returning to victory away from home after seven games without achieving it. However, for many of the Millonario players it will not be just another game, since there is a long list of historical players who were key in recent years, especially in Marcelo Gallardo's multi-champion team, who could have their last time in this class. of meetings. Among the usual starters, the first from back to front is Franco Armani. The goalkeeper has a contract until December 2024 but at 36 years old it cannot be ruled out that he seeks a change of scenery. His own representative Martín Áraoz recognized an interest from Inter Miami in the past and, although at that time the player paused the offers to focus on River, which was playing key games, he did not rule out that in the future he would look for a way out and that moment could be in December. Even the leadership is already moving in search of a goalkeeper. Similar is the case of Milton Casco, who is 35 years old and has a contract until 2025 but is approaching the end of his career. A while ago his agent assured that he wanted to stay in River "until he gets his legs," but it will depend on a personal decision. At the end of the year, River aims to add a winger on the right and if he wants to continue in the club, he will have to compete for the position, either in that place or on the left, where the undisputed was Enzo Díaz until the last time The former Newell's took the position.The situation of Enzo Pérez, captain and idol who seems to be increasingly outside the club by 2024, is already known. At 37 years old, his contract expires in December and the management made him an offer in April but until now he has not responded. . He always said that his intention is to retire at Deportivo Maipú, the club in which he emerged and that today fights for promotion in the Primera Nacional. If this happens, it is very likely that he will not continue. Even when he was consulted in May of this year at the end of the League Superclásico by TyC Sports, the midfielder himself sowed uncertainty: "It could be." For his part, Nicolás de la Cruz was already on the verge of leaving in the last transfer market and it is likely that in the next one he will be intensively sought after by several clubs abroad. The 26-year-old Uruguayan is linked to the club until 2025 but in each transfer period he was wanted and the Millionaire did not let him go. However, at this point in his career it is very possible that he will try to make the leap either in sports or financially, and he could emigrate at the end of the year. https://www.tycsports.com/river-plate/river-historicos-podrian-jugar-ultimo-superclasico-bombonera-id537932.html

Thousands have been subject to rigorous checks at the Armenia-Azerbaijani border Nearly 30,000 ethnic Armenians have fled Nagorno-Karabakh - a quarter of the po[CENSORED]tion of the enclave which Azerbaijan seized last week. Hundreds of cars are backed up on the one road leading into Armenia, the destination of those leaving. Azerbaijan says residents will be safe, but Armenia's prime minister says "ethnic cleansing" has started. Nagorno-Karabakh - recognised as part of Azerbaijan - had been run by ethnic Armenians for three decades. The mountainous region in the South Caucasus has been supported by Armenia - but also by its ally, Russia. At least 200 ethnic Armenians and dozens of Azerbaijani soldiers were killed as Azerbaijan's army swept in. As part of a ceasefire deal, separatists have agreed to surrender their weapons. The Azeris have said they want to treat ethnic Armenians as "equal citizens" but a limited amount of aid has been allowed through and many residents are fleeing. On Monday, a massive fuel blast killed at least 68 people attempting to leave. Nearly 300 more were injured and 105 are missing. It is not yet clear what caused the explosion on Monday evening near the main city of Khankendi, known as Stepanakert by Armenians, but many were refilling their cars. As they crossed the border on Tuesday, thousands of ethnic Armenians were subject to rigorous checks from Azerbaijani border control. Azerbaijani authorities claimed to be looking for "war crimes" suspects, and one government source told Agence France Presse news agency that the country intended to apply an "amnesty to Armenian fighters who laid down their arms in Karabakh". "But those who committed war crimes during the Karabakh wars must be handed over to us," they said. Hundreds of cars and buses are trying to reach the town of Goris across the border. A BBC team saw families crammed into cars, boots overflowing and roof-racks piled high with belongings. Convinced they are leaving their homes for good, people are squeezing as much of their lives as possible into their vehicles. Inside Goris, a small town that is the same dusty brown as the jagged mountains that surround it, the narrow streets are filled with more cars and more families. One has arrived in a car held together with little more than sticking tape, its side badly dented and dotted with shrapnel holes, and windows smashed. The owner tells the BBC it was hit by mortar fire when Azerbaijan launched a lightning assault to take control of the region last week. "But it still got us here," he smiles, surrounded by small children. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66931178

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ow to live longer? It’s a question that’s occupied us throughout the ages – from the ancient Pharaohs to today’s tech bros – but never before have we had so many answers. A growing body of research has identified a handful of lifestyle choices associated with longevity – from healthy diets to regular social contact – plus a host of habits that are likely to cut your life short. Adding to the evidence is a new US study, which looked at the lifestyles of 700,000 veterans. After adjusting for factors like age, socioeconomic status and race, it found that men who practiced eight healthy habits at the age of 40 would on average live 24 years longer than men with none of the habits. For women, it was 21 years. Those eight habits are: being physically active, having a good diet, sleeping well, having positive social relationships, managing stress, not smoking, drinking in moderation and being free from opioid addiction.“We were really surprised by just how much could be gained with the adoption of one, two, three, or all eight lifestyle factors,” said lead researcher Xuan-Mai T Nguyen, a health science specialist at the US Department of Veterans Affairs. The findings coincided with some altogether less cheery research, which forecast that on current trajectory one in five adults in England would be living with a major disease by 2040. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Prof Rose Anne Kenny, a geriatrician at Trinity College Dublin who was not involved in the US study, told Positive News: “Eighty per cent of the ageing process is within our control, and I find that incredibly heartening. The earlier you start, the better – but it’s never too late.”If the idea of regular weekday workouts fills you with dread, don’t sweat it — at least not until the weekend. A decades-long study by researchers in Brazil tracking 350,000 people concluded that cramming exercise into one or two weekend sessions is just as good as spreading it over the week. The World Health Organization recommends adults get at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity activity — a walk or gentle bike ride — each week. For more vigorous exercise like running or swimming, it’s just 75 minutes. https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/how-to-live-longer-eight-habits-that-could-add-years-to-your-life/

California Gov. Gavin Newsom will appoint EMILY’s List President Laphonza Butler to fill the seat of the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, elevating the head of a fundraising juggernaut that works to elect Democratic women who support abortion rights, according to a person familiar with the decision. Newsom is moving swiftly to name the next senator, two days after Feinstein’s death and just as a perilously split Congress narrowly averted a government shutdown. Senate Democrats are in need of every vote in the closely divided chamber.The announcement was expected to come Monday, and an adviser to the governor, Anthony York, told POLITICO that Newsom is making his appointment without putting limitations or preconditions on his pick running for the seat in 2024. That means Butler could decide to join the sprawling and competitive field of Democratic contenders seeking to succeed Feinstein, with special elections now layered on top of the March primary and November runoff. Butler is expected to be sworn-in to the U.S. Senate on Wednesday by Vice President Kamala Harris. Newsom’s selection of Butler comes at a moment of immense change in California’s political establishment, with millions of people still mourning the death of Feinstein, the barrier-breaking Senate lioness. Meanwhile the California governor, who was mentored by Feinstein, has been grappling with his own personal grief and the political ramifications of his choice to succeed her. The people who spoke with POLITICO ahead of the announcement were granted anonymity to disclose internal deliberations. Butler is registered to vote in Maryland but will switch her registration to California. Newsom faced considerable pressure around the decision after first pledging to name a Black woman to the seat. Several potential nominees said publicly they were not interested. Some others privately expressed trepidation about accepting a short-term appointment and then having to immediately gear up for what would be a five-month campaign. The swift nature of Newsom’s appointment cuts politicians and their allies off from mounting more sustained efforts to lobby the governor and his inner circle over his pick. And it halts interest groups that were starting to apply pressure on him, including over the question of whether he would require them to serve only temporarily. On Sunday, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Steven Horsford wrote to Newsom urging him to appoint Rep. Barbara Lee, a candidate for the Senate whom the governor recently ruled out over worries about giving someone a leg up. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/01/newsom-senate-pick-butler-00119360

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Moeen Ali crashed 56 off 39 balls, including six sixes, as England chased a revised target of 197 with 77 balls remaining in Guwahati. Reece Topley took 3-23 as Bangladesh made 188-9 from their 37 overs, with rain causing a three-hour delay during the middle of their innings. England start their World Cup campaign against New Zealand on Thursday. Listen to the Tailenders World Cup preview on BBC Sounds After losing the toss and being asked to bowl England started poorly with Topley and Sam Curran struggling with their length. However, they recovered and England took regular wickets to leave Bangladesh 153-5 off 30 overs when the rain arrived. England were brilliant after the resumption with David Willey (2-26) taking two wickets in two balls, plus Topley and Curran (1-23) also taking a wicket. Jos Buttler used all nine of his main bowling options, with Mark Wood (1-9) and Adil Rashid (2-27) bowling for the first time since July and 8 September respectively because of injuries. England lost Dawid Malan (four) early in their innings but rattled to 100-3 in 10 overs, with Jonny Bairstow, who received some treatment on a lower back injury, making 34 off 21 and Harry Brook 17 off 15. Buttler added 30 and Liam Livingstone seven, before Moeen attacked the short ball and spinners to propel England towards a comfortable win. He fell with them needing four to win, but Joe Root, who made a patient 26 off 40 as he looks to find form, and Chris Woakes saw them over the line. "It was very valuable," Moeen told Sky Sports. "We didn't have the first warm-up [because it was rained off against India] but it was important for the bowlers to bowl, us to spend time in the field and some batters to get time in the middle in these conditions. It is very valuable before the World Cup." Monday's other warm-up saw New Zealand edge South Africa by seven runs in another rain-affected game in Thiruvananthapuram. New Zealand posted 321-6, with Kane Williamson making 37 before retiring as he continues his comeback from a knee injury. South Africa were 211-4 off 37 overs when the rain arrived, with opener Quinton de Kock 84 not out. Tuesday's warm-up games see hosts India play the Netherlands, Australia face Pakistan and Afghanistan come up against Sri Lanka. https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/66987965

A new survey reveals that software engineering talent remains in high demand, with a preference for software generalists and full-stack engineers over specialized skill sets.Despite ongoing cycles of layoffs by major tech companies, software engineering talent is still in high demand, with the emphasis talent leaders are placing on strong engineers only growing, according to a Karat/Harris Poll survey of 600 engineering and talent leaders. The survey revealed that more than half of the engineering leaders said strong engineers were worth at least three times their total compensation — up more than 20% since the job market peak in 2020. Related: Senior Software Engineers with Experience in NLP, AI in Demand Jason Wodicka, principal engineering advocate at Karat, calls the continued acceleration of the hiring process "really interesting." "We first started seeing interview cycles speed up during the 2020 lockdowns as remote work enabled faster scheduling," Wodicka said. "Now, even though the overall pace of hiring has slowed, we're still seeing that trend continue." Related: ITPro Today's 2023 Salary Survey Report The highest performing leaders the company surveyed averaged eight days for their technical interviews — nearly a week faster than their peers. Karat's interview data from the past year confirms this trend. "We've seen the average time to interview completion shrink from seven days in 2022 to just five days in 2023 as more candidates are prioritizing interviews and moving fast to land jobs in a tighter labor market," Wodicka said. The survey indicated software generalists and full-stack engineers are being prioritized over more specialized skill sets. By hiring engineers with strong problem-solving skills, engineering leaders can bring in desirable people and plug them in where they are needed most. "This may be an example of organizations rising to the top based on having the infrastructure in place to encourage internal mobility and upskilling," Wodicka said. "This lets organizations hire the best engineers available rather than being overly focused on niche skill sets that can be taught.""The growing value that leaders place on strong software engineers is really encouraging," Wodicka said. "This is a strong indication that fears of AI taking over developer jobs don't reflect what's actually happening." Wodicka added that, if anything, these new tools are making software development more accessible to more people, which will accelerate innovation and create more demand for tech jobs, not less, adding that it's a great time to be getting into tech. The trend shows top leaders prioritizing generalists with strong fundamental skills, which Wodicka said is a testament to the central importance of continuing learning and development. "We've had a lot of buzzy new techs hitting the market over the past decade," Wodicka explained. "Containers, microservices, blockchain, AI, the list keeps going — and some have been more successful than others." Because nobody enters the field knowing all these things, having curiosity and a desire to keep up with new tech is important to sustaining a long career in tech, and the pace of change is only going to continue to accelerate. Benefits of 'Hiring Fast and Hiring Fair' In an introduction to the report, Karat CEO and co-founder Jeffrey Spector touted the benefits of "hiring fast and hiring fair." "It's a common misconception that equitable hiring and efficient hiring are conflicting goals," Wodicka said. "They aren't. This is something that I'm passionate about, and a fact that this year's survey data reinforces.""Hiring fast," Wodicka explained, is about having a candidate-friendly experience that moves at the speed of talent, while "hiring fair" means giving every candidate a chance to demonstrate what they can do.This year's report shows that the most effective hiring leaders are relying less on referrals and resume screens. "These outdated processes can introduce pedigree bias, where candidates are judged on factors like where they went to school or worked in the past," Wodicka said. "Instead, they're evaluating candidates based on their capabilities, using assessments that give every candidate the chance to prove themselves at the application stage." A good assessment doesn't have to be burdensome on candidates — they adapt to the level of skills demonstrated and can generate a strong signal about which candidates to advance to interviews in as little as 15 minutes. Wodicka added that building diverse teams is an outcome of having a fair hiring process, but it's just as accurate to say that building strong teams is an outcome of having a fair process. "Not missing out on great candidates because of pedigree bias, candidate dropout, or other negative factors is a big reason why top leaders in this survey were twice as likely to prioritize DEI," Wodicka said. https://www.itprotoday.com/software-development/software-engineering-talent-strong-demand-2023#close-modal

Spoilers are kind of Google’s other thing. Rather than attempting to shut down leaks and rumors, Google has leaned in. In fact, the company has already announced and revealed pictures and specs of the two marquee devices we’ll be seeing at its event on Wednesday, October 4 at 10 AM ET.In fact, if you go to the Google Store right now, you’ll see a giant ad for the Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro and Google Watch 2. Clicking through, you’ll find additional photos and a little more information. On the Pixel 8 front, the company continues sticking with the design language it laid out with the Pixel 6, though the corners are more rounded and the 8 Pro drops the secondary hole in the camera bar. The landing page also highlights existing software features like Magic Eraser and Live Translate. Nothing new there, but both are still bleeding edge compared with much of the rest of the industry. An image of the Pixel Watch 2, meanwhile, shows little if anything in the way of design changes. “Pair it with your new Pixel phone to get even more personalized help, safety features, and health insights,” Google writes, seemingly alluding to some new health features — no surprise there. The Pixel 8 and 8 Pro are reportedly arriving with 6.2- and 6.7-inch displays, respectively, along with a sizable bump in brightness. The 8 Pro is said to max out at a whopping 2,400 nits of brightness that could go a ways toward making the handset that much more readable in direct sunlight. The most bizarrely plausible rumor on the Pixel 8 front is a new thermometer feature. Soon your phone could be used to read your temperature. Why not? Another nice potential addition for the phone is seven years of Android software support. The arrival of the Google Tensor G3 seems like a no-brainer, as well. The Pixel 8 an Pixel 8 Pro are apparently getting more expensive, as well, to the tune of $699 and $999 to start, respectively. That would mean they both get a not insignificant $100 price increase. Preorders begin the day of the event (October 4) and they would start shipping the 12th. The Pixel Watch 2, meanwhile, is said to start at $349, which would put it right in line with the first-gen product. Google could also include the Watch 2 as part of a bundle, if you preorder the Pixel 8 Pro — not a bad deal, TBH. The above video also features a glimpse at a new sensor many believe is electrodermal. That would make sense, given that Fitbit’s Versa watches have used the sensor to determine stress levels for several years now. I’ve not heard much in the way of Home/Nest rumors. In fact, things have been extremely quiet on that front for several years. It seems Google’s smart home ambitions have been sidelined temporarily or permanently in the wake of economic headwinds and other global woes. As for Pixel Buds, new colors seem like a possibility. It seems likely the company would have included the headphones in it own hardware teases if something more substantial was on the way. Whatever the case, TechCrunch will be live at the Manhattan event on October 4, bringing you the news as it breaks. https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/29/google-pixel-event-2023-pixel-8-watch-2-and-everything-else-we-expect/

The floodgates are open and we're awash in new PC games. August opened and closed with widely-celebrated releases, opening the month with the full release of Baldur's Gate 3—maybe you noticed—and closing out with a mech-sized showstopper courtesy of Armored Core 6. What's next? September means Starfield. It's Todd's time now.We might be entering the year's last quarter, we're in the age of game delays no matter what month it is. Even as 2024 approaches, it'll be no surprise if a lot of these games get their release dates knocked back for some extra polish. If they're lucky, it'll just be one delay. Not all of them are lucky. Still, while release dates are always tentative nowadays, 2023 has already shaped up to be a huge year—particularly for RPGs. A lot of major releases and long-in-the-works sequels are targeting this year: June launched us into a frenzy of demonslaying in Diablo 4, Baldur's Gate 3 emerges from early access its August full release, and Starfield's sending us spaceward to kick off September.If August ramped up the role-playing with Baldur's Gate 3, September's sending things skyrocketing: Starfield is primed and ready for takeoff. If 1,000 planets' worth of Bethesda open-world isn't tickling your fancy, maybe some fresh fatalities in Mortal Kombat 1 will. If all else fails, there's always crime, and Payday 3 has plenty of opportunities for an enterprising posse of crown-faced co-conspirators. https://www.pcgamer.com/2023-games-new-upcoming/

MELBOURNE, Australia — The Philippines has confirmed it is in the process of canceling a contract to acquire Russian-built transport helicopters, citing changes in priorities brought on by world events. National Defense Department spokesman Arsenio Andolong said in a statement carried by the Philippines’ national news agency that the government is currently formalizing the termination of the contract with Russia’s Sovtechnoexport for 16 Mi-17 helicopters.“We are also preparing to initiate a diplomatic dialogue with the Russian side regarding matters arising from the project’s cancellation,” Andolong said, adding cryptically that “changes in priorities necessitated by global political developments resulted in the cancellation of the project by the previous administration.” He also said efforts are being made to retrieve the $48.2 million down payment for the helicopters made in January. Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana previously told The Associated Press that the government was canceling the $322.3 million deal due to concerns over potential U.S. sanctions. He also said the decision was approved by then-President Rodrigo Duterte, whose administration had signed the contract for the helicopters in November 2021.The Philippines insisted as recently as March 2022 that the procurement would go ahead despite the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began Feb. 24. Those buying Russian arms could be hit with sanctions under the U.S. law Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act. The law was passed in 2017 and is meant to discourage governments or entities from acquiring weapons as well as military hardware and parts from American adversaries like Iran, North Korea and Russia. Without the Mi-17s, the Philippines would be left with an outstanding requirement for heavy transport helicopters. The Mi-17 was chosen because of its relatively spacious cabin as well as its rear ramp or clamshell doors (depending on the variant). Transport helicopters are a vital component of the Philippine military; the country is an archipelagic nation made up of more than 7,000 islands and is beset with natural disasters and ongoing insurgencies. Its existing fleet of transport helicopters are often engaged in relief operations or transporting troops and equipment. The Mi-17 has similar payload capabilities to several Western transport helicopter types, but its price was a draw for the Philippines, with the country seeking to modernize its aging and modest military in the face of a tight budget.