"Will Google continue to invest like this if they are forced to sell Chrome? It would be hard to blame them if they did not."
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Google Being Forced To Sell Chrome is Not Good for the Web
You’ve got a monopoly on lemonade because you pay all the grocery stores to be the default lemonade. So we’re going to force you sell your car. What’s with the weird redirect? If …Chris Coyier
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Firing federal employees was swift. Unwinding the terminations is proving complicated
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5332139/fired-federal-employees-reinstate-leave?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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California’s A.B. 412: A Bill That Could Crush Startups and Cement A Big Tech AI Monopoly
California legislators have begun debating a bill (A.B. 412) that would require AI developers to track and disclose every registered copyrighted work used in AI training. At first glance, this might sound like a reasonable step toward transparency.Electronic Frontier Foundation
> This bill demands that creators of any AI model–even a two-person company or a hobbyist tinkering with a small software build– identify copyrighted materials used in training. That requirement will be incredibly onerous, even if limited just to works registered with the U.S. Copyright Office. The registration system is a cumbersome beast at best–neither machine-readable nor accessible, it’s more like a card catalog than a database–that doesn’t offer information sufficient to identify all authors of a work, much less help developers to reliably match works in a training set to works in the system.
Would you mind expanding on this statement? If you know what works are going into your model, why do you need to scour the Copyright Office's database to find that information?
The best bands we saw at SXSW 2025
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/g-s1-54516/best-of-sxsw-music-2025?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Und gerade eine Core 2 Duo fände ich aus Retro Gründen tatsächlich sehr reizvoll.
EFFecting Change: Is There Hope for Social Media?
Users are frustrated with legacy social media companies. Unpredictable censorship, hostility, and dodgy information collide on platforms that seem designed to exploit your emotions for ad revenue.Electronic Frontier Foundation
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#russia #eu #europe #sabotage #geopolitics @geopolitics
Russia Escalated Sabotage to Pressure U.S. and Allies on Ukraine, Study Says
Anger at Russia’s covert efforts, which included targeting undersea cables, warehouses and railways, has the potential to influence European reactions to the U.S.-led push for an end to the war.Julian E. Barnes (The New York Times)
Google made itself indispensable. Even competitors depend upon it for survival. Like the parasite taking over the tongue of fish
Mozilla tells DoJ that it would crash if Google cannot make payments to browser developers for preferential search placement news.slashdot.org/story/25/03/…
Mozilla Warns DOJ's Google Remedies Risk 'Death of Open Web' - Slashdot
Mozilla has warned that the U.S. Department of Justice's proposed remedies in its antitrust case against Google would harm independent browsers and reduce competition in the browser market.news.slashdot.org
Trust me, slapstick goblins while the Yakity Sax is playing is an experience you will never forget
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The Capacitor Plague of the Early 2000s
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The Capacitor Plague Of The Early 2000s
Somewhere between the period of 1999 and 2007 a plague swept through the world, devastating lives and businesses. Identified by a scourge of electrolytic capacitors violently exploding or splurging…Hackaday
Openvibe is here to stay! 🚀
We’re ready to supercharge our mission - bring people to the Open Social Web and make the switch effortless. 🔥
techcrunch.com/2025/01/28/auto…
Automattic and others back Openvibe, an app that's unifying the open social web | TechCrunch
Openvibe's clever app that integrates multiple open social networks, including Bluesky, Mastodon, Nostr, and Threads, just got a boost toward its futureSarah Perez (TechCrunch)
US appeals court rejects copyrights for AI-generated art lacking 'human' creator reuters.com/world/us/us-appeal…
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Tensions mount as DOJ gives sworn response to judge's questions about deportations
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5331986/deportation-flight-tren-de-aragua-justice-department-boasberg?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Just keep calling out the horseshit and hypocrisy that is the GOP...
Playboi Carti, a rap superstar who's never acted like one
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5328698/playboi-carti-music-review?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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"Premier Danielle Smith visited the University of Alberta Faculty of Law today. 👀
Lawyers and future lawyers know that Bill 26 and the UCP’s anti-trans bills are regressive, unconstitutional, and just plain wrong. And they had a message for her today. 👏"
- Janice Irwin, MLA
#abpoli #cdnpoli #transrightsarehumanrights #TransRights
Trump and Putin agree to start talks for a ceasefire in Ukraine
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5331887/trump-putin-ukraine-call?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ideological purposes. But in reality, ancient works of art were colorful, and even scented.
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#history #archaeology #greece #rome #statues
Statues in ancient Greece, Rome were colorful — and perfumed
The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ideologies. But, in reality, ancient works of art were colorful and even scented.Sarah Hucal (Deutsche Welle)
I also hate floating shelves that sag.
My utility room had both and now I have a filling job before putting up proper shelves with supports into solid brick at both ends.
#diy
The spending bill fight split Democrats. 2 strategists offer takes on party's future
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5330876/democrats-trump-divided-voters?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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A 14-year-old is in the National Women's Soccer League. What protections does she have?
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5330868/mckenna-mak-whitham-youngest-athlete-nwsl-protections-soccer?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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New Privacy Guides article 🔐✨
by me:
If you want to keep your password manager local-only, KeePassXC is a great solution!
It's free,
Open-source,
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Works on Linux, macOS, and Windows,
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Here's how to set it up with a YubiKey: privacyguides.org/articles/202…
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KeePassXC + YubiKey: How to set up a local-only password manager
This tutorial demonstrates how to install the local-only password manager KeePassXC and secure a password database with YubiKey.Privacy Guides
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Does the U.S. deserve the Statue of Liberty? Not anymore, one French politician says
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5332084/statue-of-liberty-france-return?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Some Americans Have Already Been Caught in Trump’s Immigration Dragnet. More Will Be.
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Federal immigration authorities have a history of wrongfully detaining U.S. citizens. Advocates warn that the Trump administration’s immigration policies mean that more citizens will get caught up in raids and sweeps.
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#News #Trump #Immigration #ICE #Migrants #Immigrants #Detention #History
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Stone House (with Couch), Harvard, CA, 2010.
All the pixels, cozy and perfect for weekend getaways, at flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/46…
Stone House (Harvard, California)
15 May 2010. Near Harvard, CA (Mojave Desert). Nikkor 24mm/3.5 PC-E lens (@ f/9), Nikon D3x camera (@ ISO 100). No emulsions were harmed in the making of this image. 1574Flickr
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I drove through that area last week and I remembered your photo, I thought I spotted the building about 200 yards off to the side of I-15 not far from the Harvard Road exit.
His stick is better than bacon! This Star Wars action figure model was crafted by @Playactiontoys, and I was 3D printing it live on twitch.tv/MakerDeck yesterday.
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in reply to Roderick Gadellaa • • •@slightlyoff Don’t threaten me with a good time, or what is the saying.
Honestly, that seems like another argument for taking Crome away from Google. Google was a source of quite a few… let’s say not very good things. Remember AMP? WebUSB, Web Bluetooth, Topics, and pretty much everything that allows tracking after cookies. Google’s very gung ho about adding stuff. They throw together a silly page in GitHub and merge a feature in a day. Then pressure everyone to accept it because they have a proposal and an implementation. And it’s all because they need it for their product (that’s going to be discontinued next quart anyway).
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in reply to Roderick Gadellaa • •@Roderick Gadellaa
How is Google going to sell something they do not own? If we take a look at the actual code base then 95%+ of Chrome is Chromium. Which Google does not own. If I am running a monopoly on selling eggs should I be allowed to sell My Neighbors farm to correct that problem?