Ofcomβs risk assessment deadline has passed, and online platforms must now take action to protect users from illegal content and activity occurring on their platforms. Significant fines await those who fail.
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#technews #uk #ofcom #onlinesafetyact #osa
New Online Safety Act measures come into force
Ofcomβs risk assessment deadline has passed, and online platforms must now take action to protect users from illegal content and activity occurring on their platforms. ...www.computing.co.uk
Over the weekend, I received some vaguely threatening emails from someone who wanted to stop me from publishing my research into Readium's LCP DRM.
I've published both my findings *and* the emotionally manipulative messages they sent.
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I am downright delighted to announce that my latest book, YOU DESERVE A TECH UNION, has a brand new look. I really love it, and I hope you do too.
Hereβs a look at whatβs changed andβmaybe more importantlyβwhatβs stayed the same:
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#YDATUbook #books #bookstodon #blogging #labor #TechLabor #unions #TechUnions #1u
Refresh. βΒ ethanmarcotte.com
In 2023, I wrote a book. Several months later, my publisher closed its doors. And now? Weβre back, and better than ever.ethanmarcotte.com
NBC/Axios: Trump's claims that Biden's pardons are invalid are nuts
There are no provisions for a president to "undo" the pardons
or a previous president. Use of an "autopen" by a president is
legally binding, as per 2005 DOJ guidance from President George W. Bush term.
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Trump claims Biden's pardons for Jan. 6 committee are 'void' because he used an autopen
President Donald Trump claimed without evidence his predecessorβs pardons for members of the House select committee that investigated the Jan.Patrick Smith (NBC News)
Dry stone walls who doesn't love them. Today's run got me thinking about them and some I saw earlier this year. The skills and time it has taken make just amazes me. A free places here in Spain I've seen some good walls, I wonder how much difference there is between Yorkshire, Scottish and Spanish walls. Who nicked from whom erm taught others. Did the skill travel with people and adapt to the stone at the location or did they come up the "how to" because of a the need there. Boy, do I ramble ;)
And you can't talk about dry stone wall without bringing in @kristiedegaris ;)
EU foreign ministers have not yet agreed on a β¬40 billion aid package for Ukraine but hope to make progress soon, says EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas.
Putin ally Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico said his country will not participate in any military missions in Ukraine and will not allocate "a single cent" for military aid to Kyiv.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO
Qualcomm Takes New Stab at Handhelds With Next-Gen Snapdragon G Chips
The company refreshes its gaming handheld chips, one of which will power the Pocket S2 Android handheld from Chinese vendor Ayaneo.Michael Kan (PCMag)
Muskβs Tesla has been forced to halt sales of its electric Cybertruck pickup amid mounting concern about metal panels falling off the supposedly indestructible vehicles. Customers posting on the Cybertruck Owners Club website & X, said they'd been told by agents that deliveries were on hold.
EV-enthusiast website Electrek said the decision was taken amid increasing instances of trim and panels βflying off the supposedly βbulletproofβ electric truck.β
#Tesla #Musk #USPol telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/β¦
Musk forced to halt Cybertruck deliveries as parts fall off
Latest development adds to a litany of build-quality issues with the electric pickupChristopher Jasper (The Telegraph)
"The US and Israel were interested in the possibility of Gazans migrating to Syria. The US administration even tried to contact the new government there through a third party - but it is unclear whether the Syrians responded."
- CBS News
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Israel #gaza #Hamas #Syria
"Just smell the fresh air of the Gaza seacoast Bennie...We'll make a fortune"
- Frump
Tiny Desk Radio launches April 17
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/14/g-s1-53867/tiny-desk-radio-launches-april-17?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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This is the IKEA that Russian intelligence burned in Poland last year.
And Europe still has no idea they're at war.
Amazon is discontinuing a privacy-focused feature that allowed select Echo devices to process voice requests locally, meaning all voice recordings will now be sent to the cloud before being deleted.
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#technews #amazon #echo #ai #privacy
Amazon to remove privacy feature from Echo
Amazon is discontinuing a privacy-focused feature that allowed select Echo devices to process voice requests locally, meaning all voice recordings will now be sent to ...www.computing.co.uk
Amazing Invention- This Drone Will Change Everything
These folks engineering a much better way to deliver your basically anything. If you want to engineer your own creations with me every month, just head to ht...YouTube
I use it for daily garden min/max temperatures, can be used for things like tracking the peak generation on solar installations and being generic it's up to you on how you use it.
First release so use with caution.
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GitHub - andrew-codechimp/HA-Periodic-Min-Max: Periodic Min Max Helpers for Home Assistant
Periodic Min Max Helpers for Home Assistant. Contribute to andrew-codechimp/HA-Periodic-Min-Max development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Initial Thought: The name is "Max Min" but in other HA places they use "Max/Min" with the slash.
Happy St Patrick's Day!
FunHouse Radio
Novelty Records, Parodies, Weird Covers, Outsider Music, Oddities, Mashups, Comedy, Nonsense & Cringe.FunHouse Radio
People who are worried about vaccines often ask: What are the risks of the vaccine?
They do NOT ask: What are the risks of the disease?
And with measles? You need to ask. teamtrash.substack.com/p/the-rβ¦
The risk you see, and the risk you don't
On vaccines as victim of their own success.Bethany Brookshire (Team Trash: Where People and Wildlife Meet)
US Official Blasts Trump's Broadband Funding Shift From Fiber To Starlink
An outgoing official at the US Commerce Department alleges that the $42 billion BEAD program risks being derailed even more to benefit Elon Musk's Starlink.Michael Kan (PCMag)
I REALLY beg people to stop treating Trump's autopen claim as if it were true. You're spreading propaganda disseminated by Heritage Foundation either willfully or stupidly misunderstanding that ALL signatures in Federal Register, including Trump's, are graphics. The underlying premise is false.
Combining this (Trump declares Biden admin pardons void) with Trump's admin ignoring judicial orders and I conclude the USA is now in an uncontrolled skid towards dictatorship.
The rule of law is void where it offends Trump.
(Checks calendar: just under 60 days in, events still tracking Hitler's post-election seizure of power in 1933.)
Reminder that the Nazis re-occupied the Rhineland 3 years in. That's probably about the right time scale for the invasion of Canada.
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Trump claims Biden pardons for Jan. 6 committee 'void, vacant'
The House committee investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. President Donald Trump claimed that former President Joe Biden's preemptive β¦ABC News - Nicholas Kerr
Startup idea: Borg regeneration alcoves.
Plug yourself in, become fully rested, and learn new skills in your downtime! Give them away free and charge for premium skills!
Thatβs the public pitch. The real money is in the drone army you control once enough people are using the regeneration alcoves π
"Germany will allocate another β¬3 billion to help Ukraine, and in total Berlin will provide Kyiv with β¬7 billion in 2025,"
- German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock
"Our goal is strong and sovereign Ukraine. It is important not only to strengthen our defense capabilities, but also to take a quick and ambitious decision at the level of EU leaders and governments to provide military support," she added.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Germany
Exclusive: Apple Unveils Shamrock M4 MacBook Air
Russian propaganda works exceedingly well on Russians!
"We can't finish until we destroy all the Nazis. Ukraine is our enemy, Poland is our enemy, the Baltic states are the enemy. These are our most important enemies. They are too much against us. Negotiations with them do not work."
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO
European industrial and tech firms want the EUβs backing to reduce reliance on the U.S.
Up to 100 European companies and lobby groups including heavyweights Airbus and Dassault are pressing the European Commission to force more home-made technology into the bloc's digital infrastructure
Bill Gates Is Giving Up on Climate Change as Trump Drains the Woke Out of Washington
Looks like banking on billionaires to solve climate change isn't gonna do the trick.AJ Dellinger (Gizmodo)
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Reverends: Trumpβs Anti-Trans Attacks Are Unchristian
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#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #GOPCult #trump #ethics #corruption #lgbtq #transrights
Reverends: Trumpβs Anti-Trans Attacks Are Unchristian
President Donald Trump and his supporters often ground their anti-trans actions in βreligious freedomβ for Christians.TIME
They use religion to justify their cruelty. They don't really care or believe in their religion or Bible, they just cherry pick or interpret it in a way that alignes with their agenda. And others will follow it because, after all, hating is much easier than loving who you hate.
So if there is a god and that's the god of Christianity, they've already failed the test of loving others.
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Canada Considers Blocking Pornhub in U.S. as Trade War Escalates
A viral proposal and petition suggest cutting U.S. access to the Canadian-owned adult site as a symbolic response to ongoing tariff disputes.Particle News
#ScribesAndMakers 3/17. What's your favourite book about writing, or your other craft?
If I'm ever asked to recommend a book on writing I say "Writing a Great Movie" by Jeff Kitchen, it's not just about movies.
(I never recommend anything involving the Hero's Journey because it's racist, misogynistic shit and isn't the basis of all stories.)
There's no definitive book on 3D rendering (although I have a technical background on the subject) or DazStudio specifically, but there are a lot of YouTube videos of varying degrees of usefulness.
But 3D rendering is photography, or even film-making, where you have to organise the models, set and costumes, as well as take the picture.
The most important thing for me is the Rule of Three.
I'm currently working on a portfolio for #merMay the picture below is a snippet of one.
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