Cops’ favorite AI tool automatically deletes evidence of when AI was used
AI police tool is designed to avoid accountability, watchdog says.
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Hebron locals denounce sheikhs' plan to declare independence and recognise Israel
Palestinian residents of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron have disavowed a proposal by five purported local "sheikhs" to sever ties with the Palestinian Authority (PA) and establish an "emirate of Hebron" which would recognise the state of Israel.
Hebron-based activist and journalist Issa Amro said that the proposal and its authors are "complete fabrications". "The so-called 'Hebron sheikhs' in this WSJ piece are complete fabrications - anonymous figures with zero political presence, social standing, family ties and community recognition," he told Middle East Eye.
"No media, no clans, no Palestinian factions acknowledge them because they simply don't exist as consequential actors. This isn't journalism - it's inventing Palestinian 'leaders' to fit an artificial narrative while real Hebronites endure occupation," he added.
Hebron locals denounce sheikhs' plan to declare independence and recognise Israel
Palestinian residents of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron have disavowed a proposal by five purported local "sheikhs" to sever ties with the Palestinian Authority (PA) and establish an "emirate of Hebron" which would recognise the state of Israe…MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
Ukraine faces demographic crisis: 40% of working-age population lost
Ukraine faces demographic crisis: 40% of working-age population lost
According to the National Bank and the Ministry of Economy, Ukraine has lost around 40% of its working-age population due to the war. Currently, approximately 1.RBC-Ukraine
HMD is ‘scaling back’ in the US, killing Nokia all over again
Even Barbie couldn’t save it.
HMD is ‘scaling back’ in the US, killing Nokia all over again
HMD Global, which sells its own phones as well as Nokia ones, has stopped selling phones on its US site, and confirms it will ‘scale back’ its US operation.Dominic Preston (The Verge)
The Trump Administration Is Planning to Use AI to Deny Medicare Authorizations
The government plans to partner with private companies to automate prior authorizations.
The Commodore 64 Ultimate computer is the company's first hardware release in over 30 years — pre-orders start at $299
No software emulation, this 'faithful recreation of the original motherboard' runs on an AMD Artix 7 FPGA.
Microsoft shareholders demand report into the company's 'human rights due diligence' over allegations of war crime complicity in Gaza
A group of more than 60 Microsoft shareholders has filed a proposal that will be voted on at the company's next Annual General Meeting.
64 killed in Israeli strikes on aid seekers, tents, school-turned-shelters in Gaza Strip
At least 64 people were killed and dozens injured in Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, according to medical sources. Eight Palestinians, including five children, were killed and 18 others injured in a strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, Al-Awda Hospital said in a statement.
Three more people were killed and several others injured in another strike targeting the Al-Sultan water desalination plant in the Al-Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City. Israeli fighter jets also hit a café in Al-Zawaida town in central Gaza, leaving six people dead, medics said.
Seven people were killed and many injured in an Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, a medical source told Anadolu. The Israeli army targeted the home of a Palestinian family in the same neighborhood, killing four more people.
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Ibiza’s ambulance service risks collapse due to callouts to clubs, says union
The ambulance service on the Spanish island of Ibiza says it is at risk of collapse because of frequent callouts to attend to clubbers having bad experiences with recreational drugs.
The local ambulance union says up to a third of emergency calls are to clubs, the largest of which has a capacity of as many as 10,000 partygoers, and are largely drug-related. It is calling on club owners to contract private ambulance services.
“It’s inconceivable that businesses with an income of millions of euros a year can’t provide this service which is saturating the emergency services at the expense of the local population,” the president of the local health services union, José Manuel Maroto, told elDiario.es.
Ibiza’s ambulance service risks collapse due to callouts to clubs, says union
A third of emergency responses are to clubs, largely to attend to people having bad experiences with drugsStephen Burgen (The Guardian)
They are withdrawing from Truck festival because hedge fund KKR took stake in its ownership.
The KKR hedge fund heavily invests in Israeli weapons. Thus they are on the the boycott list.
Musicians from the festival cancelled their concert in solidarity.
People expected the musicians to have music with a political message, but they did not because non-political bands are doing BDS now. Hence the title.
Anyone have the experience registering a domain name with false personal information?
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/32523093
Anyone have the experience registering a domain name with false personal information?
I'm trying to register one but all provider asks for name and address. Anyone have the experience providing false information? Do they really care enough to check your info manually if you don't use your domain name for malicious purposes?
particularly interested in experiences with cloudflare
thanks a lot
EDIT:
reddit.com/r/Domains/comments/…
The issue with using fake details is that you risk getting your account suspended. Also, if your domain gets stolen you've made it impossible to retrieve because you will have to verify your information.
How can a domain get stolen?
Usually, the company you bought the domain from sends a e-mail once a year to ask you to verify the WHOIS information is correct.
It doesn't go any further than that if your just hosting nextcloud, a DNS, a blog.
If the website is used to break the law, then that email is contacted, if the email is non respondant, the email provider is asked for IP adress at the time of the last connection, if ISP: you get contacted, if VPN provider: IP at plan subscription or last connection etc. until they can reach an ISP. Then you get contacted.
What are your summer league overreactions/thoughts?
Summer league is still getting started and I'm curious what y'all are thinking so far.
I haven't watched every game but I have some thoughts myself. I thought Tim Connelly was crazy for drafting another French center but I understand it now, Joan getting 7 blocks in his first game has convinced me that he can replace (and possibly exceed) Gobert in the future. Dilly, TSJ, and Clark were exciting too, the wolves' young core is looking nice especially on defense.
I had higher hopes for pistons' 2nd round pic Chaz Lanier, I'm hoping he gets some better catch-and-shoot looks going forward but those aren't as common in summer league. Ron Holland on the other hand might as well have been LebRon Holland. 28pts 11reb 3stl 4/5 3pt is impressive, especially the improved shooting, I hope it's not a fluke.
Speaking of fluke, all eyes have been on Cooper Flagg and Bronny James. We'll see in a couple hours if Coop can have a better game today, 5/21 from the field is rough though. Bronny was playing lockdown defense too which seems to be his new identity, we'll see if he can keep this up, he could be a rotational player going forward.
Anyways would love to hear what other people are thinking and feeling so far!
Linux gave me a brand new laptop
I bought a Lenovo laptop, one from the the bargain bin, 11th gen Intel and 8gb soldered RAM
Even if I reinstalled Windows to make sure all the bloatware was removed, it was almost unusable. At boot I was left with only 800mb free memory, and "Lenovo vantage" kept reappearing automatically like malware. (It's a useless electron app that wastes half a gig of ram to show you on screen when you press caps lock, check driver updates and try to upsell you on extended warranty)
At idle the machine was as loud as a jet, with crystal disk mark always complaining "the nvme drive is over 65°C!!" (I'm guessing from the constant swapping)
Battery life was a disaster, 2 hours at idle with no foreground apps open
I thought that it was the CPU too slow for my use and the RAM not enough, so I was planning to spend some hundreds of euro to buy a new laptop with at least 16gb of RAM.
Then I installed cachyos and because I'm masochist I chose hyprland at the "easy" install screen that asks you which of the 19 available DE you prefer.
After a week of suffering trying to understand all the text configuration files for everything (it was a shock, everything needs the terminal) I'm now getting used to it and... It's like I got a brand new laptop??!?
Memory: clean boot now obviously is reversed situation. I don't have only 800mb of free RAM, the whole system uses only 800mb
Temperatures: by default cachyos is set to show the CPU temperature on waybar, and it's always around 40-45° C. The fan is way quieter. At idle they can even stop, before they were like a hair dryer even after a clean boot
Battery life: astounding. I can't believe that I can use it for a whole afternoon. Accidentally fell asleep and when I came back after two hours it lost only 10% (on idle, screen turn off automatically)
Gaming performance: tried only with casual games but with something like tinytopia I get 60fps on ultra when on windows it was choppy on high
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Poll: Zohran Mamdani's policies are popular with Americans outside New York — even if Mamdani is not
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I mean haven't the likes of Chomsky and Cenk been pointing this out for decades? When polling Americans on the issues, they tend to be progressive?
That's in spite of a helluva lot of propaganda that is nonstop, 24/7, in favor of corporations, by the way...
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Russia’s war against Ukraine
Smoke billows above the city’s buildings following mass Russian drone and missile strikes in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on July 12, 2025. (Yuriy Dyachyshyn / AFP via Getty Images)
2 killed, 38 injured as Russia launches missile, drone attacks striking Ukrainian cities far from front line. Russia continued its attacks on western Ukrainian cities overnight on July 12, striking communities far from the front line with drone swarms and missile attacks for the third straight night.
Germany-funded long-range weapons to arrive in Ukraine by late July, general says. German Major General Christian Freuding confirmed that the weapons systems’ initial deliveries are expected by the end of July. The arms will be supplied in a “high triple-digit quantity,” he said.
Trump considering sending new funds to Ukraine for first time since taking office, CBS News reports. The funds could come from the $3.85 billion remaining in Presidential Drawdown Authority from the Biden administration or from frozen Russian assets, current and former U.S. officials said.
Zelensky signals major cabinet reshuffle, calls for defense reforms. Zelensky said Ukraine “requires more positive momentum in relations with the United States, alongside new steps in managing the nation’s defense sector.”
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‘Impeccable results’ — New Skynex video shows Ukrainian forces destroying Russian drones with German gun. Filmed in an undisclosed location at an unspecified time, the video published on July 12 shows Ukrainian soldiers shooting down multiple Russian targets with a German-made Skynex air defense system.
‘Cut off the head’ — Ukrainian intelligence accuses ‘Putin’s favorite’ brigade of another war crime. “Cut off the head, impale it on a pike, throw it the f**k away,” says the voice attributed by HUR to a company commander from Russia’s infamous 155th Marine Brigade. The intelligence agency said the order, intercepted on July 10, concerned a Ukrainian prisoner of war (POW).
Ukraine destroys Russian drone unit after Kherson infant killed, child ‘should never have been a target,’ governor says. “Dmytro should never have been a target. I thank our soldiers for their just retribution. No occupier who brought death and destruction to our land will escape punishment,” Kherson Oblast Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said.
Ukrainian doctors transplant organs of deceased girl amid Russian strikes, saving 3 children. “This is a story about humanity, the incredible power of a parent’s decision, and the chance for life even in the most difficult times,” the hospital said in a statement.
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Analysis: Russia is stepping up attacks. Allies are stepping back. What happens to Ukraine next?
Short of a massive injection of military aid, or crushing sanctions on Moscow, there’s little that Trump could announce that could help Ukraine bring Russia’s full-scale invasion to a swift end on terms favorable to Kyiv.
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Ukraine’s top anti-corruption activist faces charges that his team calls political vendetta
Vitaliy Shabunin, the chair of the Anti-Corruption Action Center’s executive board and member of the Armed Forces, was charged with evading military service and fraud — an accusation his team rejects.
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Ukrainians grapple with how to memorialize a war still being fought
While the improvised memorial reflects a public need to honor those killed in the war, designing a permanent monument for a conflict with no clear end presents a unique challenge for urban planners and designers.
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Human cost of Russia’s war
At least 13 killed, 46 injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine over past day. Russia launched 623 aerial weapons overnight, including 339 Shahed-type drones, various decoy UAVs, and 26 Kh-101 cruise missiles, the Air Force said.
Hungarian foreign fighter killed in Ukraine fighting against Russia, media reports. Benjamin Aser, originally from Hungary, was previously a contracted soldier in the Hungarian Defense Forces.
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,032,690 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022. The number includes 1,070 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
International response
Slovakia seeks EU guarantees on Russian gas phase-out ahead of sanctions deal, Reuters report. While Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said the sanctions package itself is not objectionable, his government has blocked the proposal over concerns about a separate EU plan to fully phase out Russian gas imports by 2028.
Polish president-elect urges Ukraine to allow full exhumations of Volyn massacre victims, despite resumed work. Speaking at a ceremony in Chelm marking the 82nd anniversary of the 1943-44 Volyn massacres, Polish President-elect Karol Nawrocki said the victims “do not cry out for revenge, but for a cross, a grave, and memory,” and urged Ukraine to authorize further work across multiple sites.
Former Wagner fighter seeks asylum in Finland after fleeing across Russian border, media reports. The man, identified only as Yevgeny, reportedly served in a Wagner assault unit and fought in eastern Ukraine, including in Bakhmut and around Selydove.
French army chief says Russia sees France as ‘main enemy in Europe’ due to Ukraine support. The head of the French army, General Thierry Burkhard, attributed Russia’s view of Paris as a primary adversary largely to France’s unwavering support for Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion.
Russia blames Western sanctions for collapse of UN food deal. A day earlier, the U.N. announced that the three-year agreement would end on July 22. The deal “will not be renewed” because of disagreements, a source close to the discussions told the AFP.
Russia’s Lavrov cautions West on North Korea security pact. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused the U.S., South Korea, and Japan of military buildups around North Korea. “We warn against exploiting these ties to build alliances directed against anyone, including North Korea and, of course, Russia.”
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Putin backs ‘zero enrichment’ in new Iran nuclear deal, sources tell Axios. Russia’s position, conveyed to both U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian officials, marks a notable shift given Russia’s historical public advocacy for Iran’s right to enrich.
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Putin backs 'zero enrichment' in new Iran nuclear deal, sources tell Axios
Russia's position, conveyed to both U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian officials, marks a notable shift given Russia's historical public advocacy for Iran's right to enrich.Olena Goncharova (The Kyiv Independent)
One Law to Rule Them All: The Iron Law of Software Performance
One Law to Rule Them All: The Iron Law of Software Performance
A systems-level reasoning model for understanding why optimizations succeed or fail.Abhinav Upadhyay (Confessions of a Code Addict)
do you mean the holy grail of
firstname@gmail.com
or the slightly uncommon
firstnamelastname@gmail.com?
I got firstnamelastname@gmail.com when gmail was still 'invite only'.
The one drawback to that is there is a General in the U.S. Army with my exact name who doesn't understand how email works and apparently gives out my email address as his. I wish I knew what his actual email address was so I could let people know what it is. I bet he's missing out on a lot of VA functions and barber appointments because he couldn't be assed to remember his actual email address.
I have first name lastname too. And tbh… It’s a bit of a curse.
I have 2 swedish people wirh the same name as me give it to whatever websites they sign up for at random.
(I’m pretty sure its two people, but oculd also be one person)
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In eigener Sache: „Established 2023“
Zwei Jahre. 24 Monate. 730 Tage. So lange gibt es diesen Blog – und das nur, weil ich eigentlich nur für mich die Mediatheken durchforste, um Filme zu finden, die etwas riskieren. Filme, die weh tun, irritieren, begeistern, wütend machen. Filme, die nicht glatt gebügelt wurden, Filme für meinen ganz privaten Eskapismus. Ich schreibe darüber, weil sie mich beschäftigen. Weil ich etwas sehe, das nicht untergehen sollte im Strom der Flachware. Und weil ich glaube, dass Filmkritik viel mehr sein kann als Konsumberatung.
In eigener Sache: "Established 2023"
Zwei Jahre. 24 Monate. 730 Tage. So lange gibt es diesen Blog - und das nur, weil ich eigentlich nur für mich die Mediatheken durchforste, um Filme zu finden, die etwas riskieren. Filme, die weh tun, irritieren, begeistern, wütend machen.NexxtPress
Pignio pignatico si rende superpignastico per pignare cose e cosine
L’altro giorno mi è venuta l’idea pazza che più pazza non si può etc etc… solito andazzo. Ma, per quanto l’andazzo sia sempre lo stesso del cazzo, il risultato delle mie macchinazioni è anche stavolta originale, e la primissima versione utilizzabile di esso è già in produzione da ieri sera. Occhi aperti sul nuovissimo gnammifico […]
Buongiorno
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Il problema delle patate - Una storiella nata in Francia e raccontata da Lucio Russo nel suo "Segmenti e bastoncini" per esemplificare il tracollo della prparazione matematica negli studenti della
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Il problema delle patate - Una storiella nata in Francia e raccontata da Lucio Russo nel suo "Segmenti e bastoncini" per esemplificare il tracollo della prparazione matematica negli studenti della scuolaPer mostrare un esempio del dibattito sul deterioramento dell'insegnamento scientifico, diffuso in termini analoghi in tutto il mondo occidentale, riportiamo la storiella del "problema delle patate", che, nata in Francia, è stata riproposta recentemente in Spagna. [Nota. Il "problema delle patate", ripreso da una rivista spagnola, è stato riproposto in traduzione italiana da Ana Millàn Gasca nel numero marzo-giugno 1996 di "Lettera matematica". Ho abbreviato leggermente il testo. Fine nota.] Si tratta della descrizione delle successive modifiche di un semplice problema di aritmetica.
1960.
Un contadino vende un sacco di patate per 1000 pesetas. Le sue spese di produzione sono i 4/5 del prezzo di vendita. Qual è il suo guadagno?
1970 (insegnamento "tradizionale").
Un contadino vende un sacco di patate per 1000 pesetas. Le sue spese di produzione sono i 4/5 del prezzo di vendita, e cioè 800 pesetas. Qual è il suo guadagno?
1970 (insegnamento "moderno").
Un contadino scambia un insieme P di patate con un insieme M di monete. La cardinalità dell'insieme M è uguale a 1000 e ogni elemento di M vale una peseta. Disegna 1000 grossi punti che rappresentino gli elementi dell'insieme M. L'insieme S delle spese di produzione è un sottoinsieme di M ed è formato da 200 grossi punti in meno di quello dell'insieme M. Rappresenta l'insieme S e rispondi alla domanda seguente: qual è la cardinalità dell'insieme G che rappresenta il guadagno? Disegna G in colore rosso.
1980 (insegnamento "rinnovato").
Un contadino vende un sacco di patate per 1000 pesetas. Le sue spese di produzione sono 800 pesetas e il suo guadagno è di 200 pesetas. Sottolinea la parola "patata" e discutine con il tuo compagno.
1990 (insegnamento "riformato").
Supponendo che degli agricoltori vogliano vendere un sacco di patate per 1000 pesetas, fai un sondaggio per determinare il volume della domanda potenziale di patate nel nostro paese. Completa questa ricerca analizzando gli elementi del problema, mettendo in rapporto gli elementi fra loro e cercando il principio del rapporto fra questi elementi. Per finire, fai una tabella a doppio ingresso, indicando in orizzontale, in alto, i nomi degli elementi citati, e in verticale, in basso, diversi modi di cucinare le patate.
Lucio Russo, Segmenti e bastoncini - Dove sta andando la scuola? - Milano 1998
S'è destra - Redistribuire violenza e non ricchezza
Valerio Renzi on Substack
La destra vince perché, pur non redistribuendo ricchezza, redistribuisce la possibilità di esercitare potere e violenza sul piano simbolico e materiale ad alcune porzioni di popolazione, che creano un blocco sociale trasversale e interclassista poten…Substack
Na ja, vermutlich ist das Industriezeitalter in 200-300 Jahren komplett vorbei, und der Kaputtalismus mit seinem bösartigen tumorhaften Wirtschaftswachstum kollabiert spätestens um 2050, wenn er überhaupt noch so lange durchhält. Interessant ist, wie schlimm die kumulativen Schäden an allen möglichen ökologischen Systemen dieses Planeten bis dahin noch werden. Wenn nur so 50-60% aller Spezies aussterben, stehen die Chancen sehr gut, daß hinreichend viele Menschen den Kollaps überleben, daß die Hominiden nicht aussterben. Wenn wir es so weit eskalieren lassen, daß 90% aller Spezies aussterben, dann verschwinden mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit alle ökologischen Nischen für große Landwirbeltiere, und das sind wir dummerweise halt auch. Egal wie es läuft, in 5-10 Millionen Jahren ist die Biosphäre wieder völlig normal, nur halt mit anderen Spezies, die aus den Überlebenden evolvieren.
Um Ameisen würde ich mir keine Sorgen machen, die haben diverse ganz gewaltige Massensterben überlebt. Selbst wenn die meisten Spezies von denen verschwinden, ist das nicht allzu schlimm für die Ameisen insgesamt. Problematisch ist eher, daß die verschwindenden Ameisenspezies alle möglichen Tiere und Pflanzen beeinflussen, und daß sich dort, wo sie verschwinden, andere Spezies breitmachen, die andere Einflüsse auf das lokale Ökosystem haben.
I can't login to the Fediverse Canvas using my PieFed account
I'm trying to login here --> canvas.fediverse.events but can't seem to.
Maybe this helps?
curl 'https://auth.fediverse.events/api/v1/login/step/username' \
-H 'Accept: */*' \
-H 'Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.7' \
-H 'Connection: keep-alive' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-b 'connect.sid=s%3AyUrOl_jKXQ...removed.for.reasons...2wm7rkbzw5wdkvg2%2Bdzw' \
-H 'Origin: https://auth.fediverse.events' \
-H 'Referer: https://auth.fediverse.events/login?return=%2Finteraction%2F5_Yx..removed..oAld' \
-H 'Sec-Fetch-Dest: empty' \
-H 'Sec-Fetch-Mode: cors' \
-H 'Sec-Fetch-Site: same-origin' \
-H 'Sec-GPC: 1' \
-H 'User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/138.0.0.0 Safari/537.36' \
-H 'sec-ch-ua: "Not)A;Brand";v="8", "Chromium";v="138", "Brave";v="138"' \
-H 'sec-ch-ua-mobile: ?0' \
-H 'sec-ch-ua-platform: "Linux"' \
--data-raw '{"username":"Ek-Hou-Van-Braai","instance":"piefed.social"}' like this
Don't put a @ on the front, that'll get you to the next step and at that point it will try to send you a PM but it never arrives when I try it.
Sorry 😀
I didn't put a @ there, the UI just shows that, if you look at the cURL request it's just my username
{"username":"Ek-Hou-Van-Braai","instance":"piefed.social"}
Mumford & Sons – Babel (2012)
Ormai sono acclamati come rock star, ma guardateli in copertina: più facile scambiarli per impiegati in relax dopolavoristico. O in un gruppo di buskers di classe media, con le custodie degli strumenti appoggiate per strada... Leggi e ascolta...
Storia dello sforzo ad Abu Simbel, il grande tempio tratto in salvo dalle acque del Nilo - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Storia dello sforzo ad Abu Simbel, il grande tempio tratto in salvo dalle acque del Nilo - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Gioia e giubilo, giungevano tra il popolo, ogni qual volta le più rosee previsioni si avveravano, e sotto lo sguardo degli agricoltori il fiume sacro fuoriusciva dai suoi argini, inondando i campi e gli ampi spazi verdi contrapposti all’arido deserto…Jacopo (Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri)
xAI explains the Grok Nazi meltdown as Tesla puts Elon’s bot in its cars
xAI explains the Grok Nazi meltdown as Tesla puts Elon’s bot in its cars
xAI apologized for ‘horiffic behavior’ from the Grok AI chatbot earlier this week, while Tesla said a new update adds Grok to its electric cars with AMD chips.Richard Lawler (The Verge)
'The Next Level': Ex-KADOKAWA Chairman Says Generative AI and Short Anime Will Drive Japanese Content Forward - Anime Corner
'The Next Level': Ex-KADOKAWA Chairman Says Generative AI and Short Anime Will Drive Japanese Content Forward - Anime Corner
Ex-chairman of anime and publishing giant KADOKAWA, Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, predicts that short anime and generative AI will drive Japanese content forward.Chike Nwaenie (Anime Corner)
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Chinese Scientists Create Cyborg Bees That Can Be Controlled Like Drones for Undercover Military Missions
Chinese Scientists Create Cyborg Bees That Can Be Controlled Like Drones for Undercover Military Missions
Researchers at the Beijing Institute of Technology turned innocent bees into cyborgs that can be controlled via an insect brain controller.Victor Tangermann (Futurism)
The Internet is for Extremism - by Jeremiah Johnson
The Internet is for Extremism
How MrBeast explains why everything online is going insaneJeremiah Johnson (Infinite Scroll)
Me staring at my shit in the toilet like
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Jack Dorsey’s New App Just Hit a Very Embarrassing Security Snag
Jack Dorsey’s New App Just Hit a Very Embarrassing Snag
Twitter co-founder and erstwhile CEO Jack Dorsey has started yet another new app — and this one's got an embarrassing secret.Noor Al-Sibai (Futurism)
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No, Ubisoft's EULA clause ordering you to destroy your games isn't new, nor is it unique
Ubisoft isn't the only studio that orders you to destroy your games once support ends
Ubisoft is under fire for an EULA clause that orders people to destroy their games once support ends, but the clause isn't exclusive to Ubisoft.Josh Coulson (TheGamer)
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Evarist Bartolo: 50 Years of Deceiving Russia & the Collapse of Pan-European Security
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Using Clouds for too long might have made you incompetent
My take on how a decade (or more) of using cloud services for everything has seemingly deskilled the workforce.
Just recently I found myself interviewing senior security engineers just to realize that in many cases they had absolutely no idea about how the stuff they supposedly worked with, actually worked.
This all made me wonder, is it possible that over-reliance on cloud services for everything has massively deskilled the engineering workforce? And if it is so, who is going to be the European clouds, so necessary for EU's digital sovereignty?
I did not copy-paste the post in here because of the different writing style, but I get no benefit whatsoever from website visits.
“We found the fossil halfway up Virginia”
“WHO THE FUCK IS VIRGINIA AND WHY DOES SHE HAVE A FOSSIL INSIDE HER??”
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A firefighter extinguishes fire after a Russian drone attack in the Moldovanka district of Odesa. Nine people were injured as a result of the attack, and seven were hospitalized, Odesa Oblast Governor Oleh Kiper said. Windows of homes were damaged and service station, cars damaged by debris. (Viacheslav Onyshchenko/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Ukraine’s HUR destroys Russian command post in occupied Melitopol in joint operation with partisans. “As a result of the explosion, a satellite communication hardware station—intended by Russian military leadership to coordinate occupying forces—was also destroyed,” Ukraine’s military intelligence said.
Ukraine behind new pipeline explosion in Siberia that supplies Russian military-industrial complex, source claims. A source in Ukraine’s military intelligence told the Kyiv Independent the attack had destroyed a section of a key pipeline supplying Russian military-industrial facilities in Chelyabinsk, Orenburg, and Sverdlovsk oblasts.
Ukrainian drone strikes reported at Russian MiG plant, other defense industry facilities amid mass attack. Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed its forces downed 155 Ukrainian drones overnight, including 53 over Kursk Oblast and 13 over Tula Oblast.
Ukraine deploying interceptor drones to defend Kyiv amid surge in Russian attacks. During several months of testing, the system intercepted nearly 550 Russian drones over Kyiv Oblast, an official said.
‘Aid shipments have been restored,’ Zelensky says amid halt of US weapons deliveries. “We have received political signals at the highest level — good signals — including from the United States and from our European friends. According to all reports, aid shipments have been restored,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
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Germany, Norway ready to buy 3 Patriots for Ukraine, Zelensky says. President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine needs a total of 10 Patriots and voiced hope that other European partners will join the new financing scheme.
Ground drone maker Tencore raises $3.7 million in one of the largest known investments in Ukraine defense tech. The deal is one of the largest publicly disclosed investments in Ukrainian defense technology since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in 2022.
Russia confirms brigade commander’s death, allegedly linked to Ukrainian strike in Kursk Oblast. Russian authorities confirmed that Colonel Sergei Ilyin, commander of Russia’s 155th Marine Brigade, has been buried, without disclosing the cause of death.
Ukraine, EU launch $117 million military innovation partnership. Ukraine and the EU will allocate 100 million euro ($117 million) to boost battlefield-driven solutions under the newly-launched BraveTech EU initiative, announced at the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC) in Rome on July 11.
Russian troops tasked to create 10-kilometer buffer zone in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine’s spy chief says. According to Ukraine’s military intelligence head Kyrylo Budanov, Russia’s earlier announcement of its entry into Dnipropetrovsk Oblast serves a political goal.
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Ukraine war latest: Kyiv behind new pipeline explosion in Siberia, drone strikes reported at Russian aircraft plant
Ukraine was behind the operation that caused an explosion on a major gas pipeline in the city of Langepas, Russia’s Tyumen Oblast, a source in Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR) told the Kyiv Independent on July 11.
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‘These were not negotiations’ — Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister on Istanbul talks with Russia in exclusive interview
In an interview with the Kyiv Independent, Kyslytsya argues that the Istanbul meetings, for the most part, couldn’t truly be called negotiations due to Russia’s rigid, ultimatum-like approach.
Photo: Danylo Pavlov / The Kyiv Independent
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Russia’s new drone tactic — rolling out mass terror across all of Ukraine
As Russia intensifies its air strikes against Ukraine, its tactics have visibly shifted, with a growing number of missile and drone attacks now targeting western regions once considered relatively safe. Overnight on July 9, cities across Ukraine came under the largest air assault yet, with the western city of Lutsk experiencing what local officials described as the heaviest bombardment to date.
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Ukrainians grapple with how to memorialize a war still being fought
Every nation-defining event in Ukraine’s nearly 35 years of independence has begun in the main square of Kyiv. There, on what is now called Independence Square, democratic protests sparked three revolutions, each commemorated by several memorials. But none of those memorials are as prominent as the square’s newest addition — a collection of flags, photos, and candles installed since 2022.
Photo: Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images
Human cost of Russia’s war
‘Russia targets life’ — Russian attacks kill 9, injure 42 over past day, damaging maternity hospital in Kharkiv. Regional authorities reported casualties in at least six Ukrainian oblasts over the past day.
Russian drone attack on Odesa injures 11, hits residential areas, horse stable. A Russian attack against the southern city of Odesa injured at least eight people and damaged residential areas, local authorities reported.
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,031,620 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022.
The number includes 1,040 casualties that Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
Over 118,000 Russian military personnel killed in Ukraine identified by media, including 523 foreigners. The media investigation has identified 523 foreign nationals from 28 countries who were killed while serving in the Russian army.
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International response
US Senate committee backs $500 million in Ukraine aid in 2026 defense budget. The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee approved $500 million in aid for Ukraine as part of the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Reuters reported on July 11.
Ukraine secures $200 million from World Bank for reconstruction projects. The World Bank will provide $200 million over the next five years to prepare Ukrainian projects for large-scale reconstruction, the Economy Ministry announced on July 11. The funding will be available under the five-year PREPARE program with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA).
EU transfers $1.2 billion to Ukraine using profits from frozen Russian assets. Ukraine has received more than $18.5 billion from frozen Russian assets this year, directing the money toward swift recovery projects, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.
Europe will also benefit from US-Ukraine minerals investment fund, Americans say. The Ukraine-U.S. Reconstruction Investment Fund will provide opportunities not only for U.S. companies but also for other countries, representatives of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation said during a workshop at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome on July 11.
Trump’s envoy Kellogg to visit Ukraine on July 14 amid military aid confusion. U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg will arrive in Kyiv on July 14 for a week-long visit, he told a Novyny Live journalist at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome.
Russia must pay at least 500 billion euros in compensation to Ukraine, Germany’s Merz says. Russian assets frozen by the West should not be released until Moscow pays back at least 500 billion euros (over $580 billion) in compensation to Ukraine, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on July 10 in Rome.
Norway pledges $200 million for Ukraine’s emergency energy support, green recovery. According to the Energy Ministry, the initiative will restore heating and water services to millions of Ukrainians, particularly in front-line communities.
EU considering tougher Russian oil price cap as bloc aims to pass 18th sanctions package, Bloomberg reports. The proposed price cap would be set at 15% below the market rate based on a 10-week average, lowering the threshold to $50 down from the current cap of $60, people familiar with the matter said.
Opinions and insights
Trump administration immigration policies leave Ukrainian refugees in limbo
In summer 2023, Anna arrived in the United States to start a new life in the midwestern state of Illinois. After more than a year of war, she had fled her home in Kyiv to seek shelter abroad from the drone and missile strikes that regularly target the Ukrainian capital. Now, she finally had a safe place to settle for the long term. Or so she thought. Today, Anna is again at risk of losing her home.
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In other news
Ukrainian anti-corruption activist faces charges as his team alleges government pressure. “We consider these searches to be another wave of attack on Vitaliy Shabunin and the Anti-Corruption Action Center for criticizing the Presidential Office and (Presidential Office head) Andrii Yermak personally,” the center said.
Ukraine ex-minister’s home searched in connection with controversial lawmaker’s fraud case. Former Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov denied any connections with controversial lawmaker Yevhenii Shevchenko’s fraud case.
Russia arrests truck driver allegedly transporting drones for Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb. Mediazona’s source said that Mikhail Ryumin was unaware that his vehicle was carrying Ukrainian drones hidden beneath the roofs of the frame house structures.
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Russia arrests truck driver allegedly transporting drones for Ukraine's Operation Spiderweb
Mediazona's source said that Mikhail Ryumin was unaware that his vehicle was carrying Ukrainian drones hidden beneath the roofs of the frame house structures.Kateryna Hodunova (The Kyiv Independent)
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