Google will require developer verification for Android apps outside the Play Store
Starting next year, Google will begin to verify the identities of developers distributing their apps on Android devices, not just those who distribute via the Play Store.
Google will require developer verification for Android apps outside the Play Store | TechCrunch
Google will ask all Android developers to verify their identity starting next year.Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)
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Trump taps DOGE-aligned tech leader to overhaul federal websites
Trump taps DOGE-aligned tech leader to overhaul federal websites
Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia, new chief design officer of the United States, is the latest Silicon Valley technology leader to join the Trump administration.Jory Heckman (Federal News Network)
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NZ’s shift to more private healthcare will likely raise costs and reduce quality: what the evidence tells us
NZ’s shift to more private healthcare will likely raise costs and reduce quality: what the evidence tells us
Analysis: Studies show public healthcare is more likely to lead to better health outcomes, and diverting public funds to private healthcare erodes the quality of public care.Kaaren Mathias* (RNZ)
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Il viaggio speculativo della Wüstenschiff, ipernave veicolare trans-sahariana - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Il viaggio speculativo della Wüstenschiff, ipernave veicolare trans-sahariana - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
In una rassegna d’invenzioni pubblicata nell’ottobre del 1931 dalla rivista statunitense Modern Mechanics, figura in un angolo l’accattivante dicitura: “Prova che la Terra è tonda per vincere 5.Jacopo (Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri)
Amazon gives up building its own Auckland data centre, as power prices soar
Amazon gives up building its own Auckland data centre, as power prices soar
Opinion: Tech giant Amazon's NZ boss makes one of the clumsiest and most embarrassing attempts in a long time to spin good news out of a fiasco, writes Jonathan MilneJonathan Milne (Newsroom)
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Health minister leaves message for nurses striking outside his office
Health minister leaves message for nurses striking outside his office
More than 36,000 nurses are walking off the job in a pay dispute, and Simeon Brown had a message for them.Felix Walton (RNZ)
India's Offgrid raises $15M to make lithium optional for battery storage | TechCrunch
India's Offgrid raises $15M to make lithium optional for battery storage | TechCrunch
India's Offgrid Energy Labs has developed proprietary zinc battery tech as a safer, more cost-effective alternative to lithium for energy storage.Jagmeet Singh (TechCrunch)
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KEA: ”En Gazao la afero estas tre klara kaj akuta”
Kataluna Esperanto-Asocio en aŭgusto faris oficialan komunikon pri la situacio en Gazao, kun la titolo ”Ĉesigu la genocidon”. Libera Folio petis la prezidanton de KEA klarigi, kial la asocio decidis fari deklaron ĝuste pri Gazao, sed ne ekzemple pri la milito en Ukrainio, kiu rekte tuŝas multajn esperantistojn.
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Seems to be. I like using fmhy.pages.dev to check things like what domain is correct:
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Samsung and Nvidia (NVDA) Warned after New U.S. Crack Down on Chinese Chip Movements - TipRanks.com
Samsung and Nvidia (NVDA) Warned after New U.S. Crack Down on Chinese Chip Movements
Shares in South Korean chip-making giants Samsung Electronics ($SSNLF) and SK Hynix were lower today because of new U.S. restrictions on imports to China. AI Battle...David Craik (Tipranks)
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Q&A on the Trump EPA's Effort to Curtail Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Q&A on the Trump EPA's Effort to Curtail Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - FactCheck.org
The Environmental Protection Agency is holding public hearings this week on its effort to undo the legal foundation for its regulation of greenhouse gases, the heat-trapping gases that cause climate change.Kate Yandell (FactCheck.org)
Republicans voted against independent redistricting in 2021
Republicans voted against independent redistricting in 2021
CA Gov. Gavin Newsom said Republicans didn’t vote for national independent redistricting. House Republicans voted against a multifaceted 2021 bill that had such a measure. Republicans in at least four states supported state initiatives.@politifact
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Sports Piracy in 3D
Has anyone here checked the 3D live in the usopen.org page?
usopen.org/en_US/scores/
I must say I was impressed. It is not perfect, but if what you to want to watch is just the sport being played, it might very well meet your needs. Add a little sound to it and I could watch a whole tennis match that way.
That made me think how one could convert any sports event to 3D and stream it. I don't know how many cameras IBM uses for that 3D stream, but a handful of volunteers recording the game with their phones and uploading it to a server that would process it could, in theory, generate a 3D version of the match. Maybe even the cameras of the official stream itself could be enough to create this.
The best part of this is that the 3D stream would be untraceable. It can't be watermarked, it's just the movement of the players and the ball, nothing else. And it also would have a ridiculously low bit rate. You could watch a match in 4K using a 100 kbps stream. You could even customize the assets to remove ads and make the players wear the uniform of your choice.
I'm probably dreaming too much, but a man can dream, right?
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Usually at these events there are staff who constantly look around for people who might be recording, and they don’t hesitate to kick you out if you’re caught more than once. So it’s possible if you have a decent number of people who are good about being sneaky and have covert equipment, but not easy.
It makes you wonder what will happen when more people start wearing smart AR glasses that can record everything and barely look any different than regular glasses.
How to use PeerTube for Podcasting
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So .. I've been making a weekly podcast for over 14 years. For all that time I've had complete control over my own content by hosting all the audio, the transcripts, the website and the RSS feeds on an AWS S3 bucket for a couple of dollars per month.
I submitted the RSS feed to several aggregators like iTunes, Spotify, YouTube and others. There's eBooks, I send out weekly email, post on Mastodon and Lemmy (previously on Xitter and Reddit) and it's included in other podcasts, news broadcasts and magazines.
How is adding PeerTube adding anything except more cost to me? What is the benefit of this that goes beyond people using their preferred podcast player downloading the audio from my own existing platform?
It adds video. If you don't care about video, and you already have a system that works, it's probably not for you.
If potentially a new person wanted somewhere to host a podcast, they could do that using PeerTube. Along with all the other video services it offers.
Nadler, Pillar of Democratic Party’s Old Guard, Will Retire Next Year
In a recent interview in his downtown Manhattan office, Mr. Nadler, 78, said he hesitated to step aside when he believes that President Trump is threatening the foundations of democracy. But he said he had been persuaded it was time for a changing of the guard.
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A Compact for American Workers to Share This Labor Day
A Compact for American Workers to Share This Labor Day
Most of the long-overdue planks on this Domestic Compact for America are supported by both liberal and conservative families who live, work, and raise their children here.ralph-nader (Common Dreams)
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RFK Jr. Is Repeating Michelle Obama’s Mistakes
RFK Jr. Is Running Michelle Obama’s Playbook
It didn’t work a decade ago, and it won’t work now.Tom Bartlett (The Atlantic)
Leda Battisti – Sole, mare, e vento
“L’AIDS ti batte – è velenosa morte”
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Sole mare e vento by Leda Battisti
Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.Songlink/Odesli
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Leda Battisti - sole, mare, e vento
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Sole mare e vento by Leda Battisti
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Dominick Skinner, a Netherlands-based immigration activist, estimates he and a group of volunteers have publicly identified at least 20 ICE officials recorded wearing masks during arrests. He told POLITICO his experts are “able to reveal a face using AI, if they have 35 percent or more of the face visible.”
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"Some Democrats concerned about the masking are pushing for regulations to make it easier to identify law enforcement officials — but they still say they’re uneasy that vigilante campaigns have begun using technology to do it."
Luckily we have Dems clutching their pearls because people have taken action.
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House Republicans Investigate Wikipedia Over Alleged Bias
House Republicans Investigate Wikipedia Over Alleged Bias
Wikipedia, one of the world's most-visited websites, allows users to edit most articles, making content moderation an ongoing challenge for the platform.NBC Palm Springs
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House Republicans Investigate Wikipedia Over Alleged Bias
House Republicans Investigate Wikipedia Over Alleged Bias
Wikipedia, one of the world's most-visited websites, allows users to edit most articles, making content moderation an ongoing challenge for the platform.NBC Palm Springs
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Tencent open sources translation models Hunyuan-MT-7B and Hunyuan-MT-Chimera-7B, which support 33 languages, claiming they beat established models in benchmarks
GitHub - Tencent-Hunyuan/Hunyuan-MT
Contribute to Tencent-Hunyuan/Hunyuan-MT development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Who is dab.yeet.su
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It must be costing them
From their Terms:
DAB Music Player does not host any copyrighted content. Our Service acts as a search and streaming interface that connects to publicly available APIs. We do not store or distribute copyrighted material.
When you open the Webbrowser Developer Tools, Network tab, you can see where it streams from.
When I check on a song, it streams it from a CDN of qobuz (qobuz.com).
[JS] Four phones, three weeks: Everything we saw on teen TikTok.
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Teen self-esteem and social media’s distorted mirror.
Four phones, three weeks: Teen self-esteem and social media’s distorted mirror
Teenagers say they feel 'bombarded' by body image content on social media - and that it can lead to a darker side of the algorithm.Kate Newton (RNZ)
[PDF] Over 16,000 compromised servers uncovered using Secure Shell key probing method
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36708596
Main.
Attackers regularly use SSH (Secure SHell) to compromise systems, e.g., via brute-force attacks, establishing persistence by deploying SSH public keys. This ranges from IoT botnets like Mirai, over loader and dropper systems, to the back-ends of malicious operations. Identifying compromised systems at the Internet scale would be a major break-through for combatting malicious activity by enabling targeted clean-up efforts.In this paper, we present a method to identify compromised SSH servers at scale. For this, we use SSH's behavior to only send a challenge during public key authentication, to check if the key is present on the system. Our technique neither allows us to access compromised systems (unlike, e.g., testing known attacker passwords), nor does it require access for auditing.
With our methodology used at an Internet-wide scan, we identify more than 21,700 unique systems (1,649 ASes, 144 countries) where attackers installed at least one of 52 verified malicious keys provided by a threat intelligence company, including critical Internet infrastructure. Furthermore, we find new context on the activities of malicious campaigns like, e.g., the 'fritzfrog' IoT botnet, malicious actors like 'teamtnt', and even the presence of state-actor associated keys within sensitive ASes. Comparing to honeypot data, we find these to under-/over-represent attackers' activity, even underestimating some APTs' activities. Finally, we collaborate with a national CSIRT and the Shadowserver Foundation to notify and remediate compromised systems. We run our measurements continuously and automatically share notifications.
[PDF] Over 16,000 compromised servers uncovered using Secure Shell key probing method
Main.Attackers regularly use SSH (Secure SHell) to compromise systems, e.g., via brute-force attacks, establishing persistence by deploying SSH public keys. This ranges from IoT botnets like Mirai, over loader and dropper systems, to the back-ends of malicious operations. Identifying compromised systems at the Internet scale would be a major break-through for combatting malicious activity by enabling targeted clean-up efforts.In this paper, we present a method to identify compromised SSH servers at scale. For this, we use SSH's behavior to only send a challenge during public key authentication, to check if the key is present on the system. Our technique neither allows us to access compromised systems (unlike, e.g., testing known attacker passwords), nor does it require access for auditing.
With our methodology used at an Internet-wide scan, we identify more than 21,700 unique systems (1,649 ASes, 144 countries) where attackers installed at least one of 52 verified malicious keys provided by a threat intelligence company, including critical Internet infrastructure. Furthermore, we find new context on the activities of malicious campaigns like, e.g., the 'fritzfrog' IoT botnet, malicious actors like 'teamtnt', and even the presence of state-actor associated keys within sensitive ASes. Comparing to honeypot data, we find these to under-/over-represent attackers' activity, even underestimating some APTs' activities. Finally, we collaborate with a national CSIRT and the Shadowserver Foundation to notify and remediate compromised systems. We run our measurements continuously and automatically share notifications.
[PDF] Over 16,000 compromised servers uncovered using Secure Shell key probing method
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36708596
Main.
Attackers regularly use SSH (Secure SHell) to compromise systems, e.g., via brute-force attacks, establishing persistence by deploying SSH public keys. This ranges from IoT botnets like Mirai, over loader and dropper systems, to the back-ends of malicious operations. Identifying compromised systems at the Internet scale would be a major break-through for combatting malicious activity by enabling targeted clean-up efforts.In this paper, we present a method to identify compromised SSH servers at scale. For this, we use SSH's behavior to only send a challenge during public key authentication, to check if the key is present on the system. Our technique neither allows us to access compromised systems (unlike, e.g., testing known attacker passwords), nor does it require access for auditing.
With our methodology used at an Internet-wide scan, we identify more than 21,700 unique systems (1,649 ASes, 144 countries) where attackers installed at least one of 52 verified malicious keys provided by a threat intelligence company, including critical Internet infrastructure. Furthermore, we find new context on the activities of malicious campaigns like, e.g., the 'fritzfrog' IoT botnet, malicious actors like 'teamtnt', and even the presence of state-actor associated keys within sensitive ASes. Comparing to honeypot data, we find these to under-/over-represent attackers' activity, even underestimating some APTs' activities. Finally, we collaborate with a national CSIRT and the Shadowserver Foundation to notify and remediate compromised systems. We run our measurements continuously and automatically share notifications.
[PDF] Over 16,000 compromised servers uncovered using Secure Shell key probing method
Main.Attackers regularly use SSH (Secure SHell) to compromise systems, e.g., via brute-force attacks, establishing persistence by deploying SSH public keys. This ranges from IoT botnets like Mirai, over loader and dropper systems, to the back-ends of malicious operations. Identifying compromised systems at the Internet scale would be a major break-through for combatting malicious activity by enabling targeted clean-up efforts.In this paper, we present a method to identify compromised SSH servers at scale. For this, we use SSH's behavior to only send a challenge during public key authentication, to check if the key is present on the system. Our technique neither allows us to access compromised systems (unlike, e.g., testing known attacker passwords), nor does it require access for auditing.
With our methodology used at an Internet-wide scan, we identify more than 21,700 unique systems (1,649 ASes, 144 countries) where attackers installed at least one of 52 verified malicious keys provided by a threat intelligence company, including critical Internet infrastructure. Furthermore, we find new context on the activities of malicious campaigns like, e.g., the 'fritzfrog' IoT botnet, malicious actors like 'teamtnt', and even the presence of state-actor associated keys within sensitive ASes. Comparing to honeypot data, we find these to under-/over-represent attackers' activity, even underestimating some APTs' activities. Finally, we collaborate with a national CSIRT and the Shadowserver Foundation to notify and remediate compromised systems. We run our measurements continuously and automatically share notifications.
Bear Blog is now source-available
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36707987
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In the heart of the Miccosukee, the Native American tribe that shut down Alligator Alcatraz
But the Miccosukee don’t oppose the detention center just because it’s “a showcase of cruelty.” For decades, the tribe has been at the center of several legal disputes that have set precedents for how U.S. courts interpret tribal sovereignty, environmental law, and the taxation of Native Americans. In 1982, for example, the tribe sued the state of Florida for illegal land grabs, resulting in the Florida Indian Land Claims Settlement Act, a law that extinguished land claims in exchange for thousands of acres held in trust. In 2004, they challenged Miami’s pumping of sewage into the Everglades, a case that highlighted the Miccosukee’s role in defending the ecosystem and influenced the national debate on water transfers.
Water has been the focus of many of their conservation efforts. The fragile ecosystem has been altered since the last century by urbanization and agriculture, particularly by the diversion of water from its natural course from Lake Okeechobee, north of the peninsula, to Florida Bay, a process that can take months or years.
In the heart of the Miccosukee, the Native American tribe that shut down Alligator Alcatraz
The community found refuge from white persecution deep in the Everglades swamps centuries ago. Together with environmental groups, they succeeded in forcing the closure of the immigration detention center built on their ancestral landsAbel Fernández (Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L.)
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"Go to" link for comments stops working when a post has a lot of comments?
For posts that receive a lot comments, e.g. 50~100+
When I turn on notifications for a post, I receive the notifications for new comments but the "Go to" link just takes me to the top of the post, not to the specific comment. (Same problem in both Zen/Firefox browser on computer and Firefox/PWA on Android.)
E.g. piefed.social/notification/115…
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Ah.
I fixed this for one type of reply but missed out a different one. It's fixed for all future notifications, now.
Falliscono i colloqui per il trattato globale sull'inquinamento da plastica
Dopo 11 giorni di negoziati a Ginevra, i delegati di 184 nazioni non sono riusciti a trovare un accordo su un trattato giuridicamente vincolante per affrontare la crisi globale della plastica.
I punti di disaccordo principali sono stati:
• Limitazione della produzione: profonda spaccatura tra chi chiedeva limiti vincolanti alla produzione di nuova plastica e chi si opponeva.
• Controlli chimici: stallo sull'imposizione di regole globali per le sostanze chimiche tossiche usate nella produzione.
• Finanziamento: nessun consenso su come finanziare l'attuazione del trattato, specialmente per i paesi in via di sviluppo.
La ministra francese per la transizione ecologica, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, si è detta "arrabbiatissima" per la mancanza di risultati tangibili, sottolineando che "la plastica uccide". Il delegato della Colombia ha accusato "un piccolo numero di stati" di aver bloccato l'accordo, in un apparente riferimento alle nazioni produttrici di petrolio che spingevano per focalizzarsi solo sul riciclo e non sulla riduzione della produzione.
I colloqui sono sospesi e dovrebbero riprendere in futuro, ma il fallimento ritarda una cruciale soluzione coordinata alla crisi.
Perché riguarda anche la moda?
Il poliestere è plastica. Questo trattato avrebbe avuto un impatto diretto sull'industria della moda, regolamentando le sostanze chimiche tossiche e la produzione della fibra sintetica più utilizzata dal fast fashion.
(Fonti: Reuters, The Guardian)
Il fallimento ritarda una cruciale soluzione coordinata alla crisi.
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Plastic pollution: Global plastic treaty talks collapse after 11 Days - suite123
Plastic pollution: Nations fail to agree on production caps and chemical controls, delaying a critical solution to the plastic crisis.suite123
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Esperanto malpermesita en Esperanto-kongreso
En kiu lingvo oni parolu en nacia Esperanto-aranĝo? La demando estas same malnova kiel la organizita Esperanto-movado. Ofte oni plendas pri troa krokodilado en la nacia lingvo, sed en la ĵusa asembleo de Itala-Esperanto okazis male: oni oficiale malpermesis al la vicprezidanto de la asocio paroli en Esperanto.
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Bone, mi komprenas, do nur dum la parto rezervita por la anoj de la itala asocio oni ne parolis Esperante.
Mi iel misinterpretis la vortojn «En la tuta kunveno ĝis tiam estis nur intervenoj en la itala, kun pluraj eksterlandanoj kiuj foriris iel malĝojaj.»
Nun mi komprenas ke per kunveno oni nur celis indiki la asembleo de la asocio, kiu, kredeble, ne havas multaj eksterlandajn anojn.
States fast-track wind, solar permits and contracts to beat Trump’s deadline • North Dakota Monitor
Federal clean energy tax credits have been essential to the financing of wind and solar projects across the country, and a key part of states’ plans to transition to wind and solar power.
Following President Donald Trump’s moves to quickly phase out those credits, pending projects have a tight time frame to start construction before their eligibility expires. But states have long struggled to speed up permitting decisions, reduce regulatory hurdles and add new power to the grid. And the clock is running out.
“Every month counts,” said Patty O’Keefe, Midwest regional director at Vote Solar, a clean energy advocacy nonprofit. “[The tax credits] are the financial backbone of nearly every renewable energy project that’s currently in the pipeline.”
Social Security whistleblower who claims DOGE mishandled Americans' sensitive data resigns from post
Charles Borges, the agency's chief data officer, alleged that more than 300 million Americans’ Social Security data was put at risk by DOGE officials who uploaded sensitive information to a cloud account not subject to oversight. His disclosure was submitted to the special counsel’s office on Tuesday.
“After reporting internally to management and externally to regulators, serious data and security and integrity concerns impacting our citizens’ most sensitive personal data, I have suffered exclusion, isolation, internal strife, and a culture of fear, creating a hostile work environment and making work conditions intolerable,” Borges added.
The Government Accountability Project, which is representing him in his whistleblower case, posted Borges' resignation letter on its website Friday evening. Borges declined to comment.
“He no longer felt that he could continue to work for the Social Security Administration in good conscience, given what he had witnessed,” his attorney Andrea Meza said in a statement. She added that Borges would continue to work with the proper oversight bodies on the matter.
Social Security whistleblower who claims DOGE mishandled Americans' sensitive data resigns from post
Social Security’s chief data officer, Charles Borges, resigned after alleging officials mishandled sensitive data on 300M Americans, citing retaliation and a hostile workplace.AP via Scripps News Group (News Channel 5 Nashville (WTVF))
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House committee investigating the Jeffrey Epstein case has withdrawn a subpoena to Robert Mueller due to his health
House committee investigating the Jeffrey Epstein case has withdrawn a subpoena to Robert Mueller
A House committee investigating the DOJ's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case has withdrawn a subpoena to former FBI Director Robert Mueller, citing the state of his health.AP via Scripps News Group (News Channel 5 Nashville (WTVF))
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Report: Apple Demands Suppliers Switch to Robotics for Manufacturing
Apple's alleged automation mandate spans all major product categories, including the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. Apple now purportedly expects suppliers to fund their own automation upgrades rather than rely on Apple to finance or subsidize the necessary capital equipment. This policy change diverges from Apple's previous approach, where the company frequently invested in tooling and machinery for contract manufacturers to meet its specifications.
Report: Apple Demands Suppliers Switch to Robotics for Manufacturing
Apple is significantly accelerating the rollout of automation and robotics across its manufacturing supply chain, DigiTimes reports. While Apple...Hartley Charlton (MacRumors.com)
We Deserve Way, Way More Time Off
There is much more to life than work. We all have families, friends, and a beautiful world to enjoy. We need more time off to enjoy it.
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California’s Democratic governor leads the charge in expanding state repression
On August 28 and 29, California Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled two sweeping initiatives that together mark a sharp rightward turn in state policy and expose the Democratic Party’s deepening complicity in the destruction of democratic rights. As he portrays himself as a bulwark against President Trump, Newsom is in fact laying the foundation for a massive expansion of state power against the working class and the poor.Under the guise of public safety and compassion, the Democratic governor has placed the California Highway Patrol (CHP) at the center of two major new enforcement regimes: a statewide “crime suppression” expansion and a “homeless encampment clearance” task force.
These measures are being marketed as alternatives to Trump’s deployments of federal forces into major U.S. cities, but in substance, they mirror their basic functions. Far from opposing the authoritarian measures emanating from Washington, Newsom’s actions mimic them, signaling a growing alignment between the Democratic Party and the Trump administration on the fundamental issue: the use of state repression to deal with the social crisis created by capitalism.
California’s Democratic Governor leads the charge in expanding state repression
Despite boasting about “falling crime rates” across California, Newsom is doubling down on Trump-style “law-and-order” policies.World Socialist Web Site
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I setup a Mastodon relay - anyone want to help me test?
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We are stopping shipments to the US - Kiwix
We are stopping shipments to the US - Kiwix
The US administration is unable to figure out how to implement its own decisions. We have decided to suspend all hotspot shipments to the US.The other Kiwix guy (Kiwix)
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Juliana Moreira svela: “Ero un Uomo e mi chiamavo Roberto”
Lo Scherzo di Juliana Moreira: “Prima ero un Uomo e mi chiamavo Roberto”
Juliana Moreira ed Edoardo Stoppa Rivivono la Loro Storia: "Mi Chiamavo Roberto Prima", lo scherzo raccontato.Redazione (Mister Movie)
The Evidence That AI Is Destroying Jobs For Young People Just Got Stronger
In a new paper, several Stanford economists studied payroll data from the private company ADP, which covers millions of workers, through mid-2025. They found that young workers aged 22–25 in “highly AI-exposed” jobs, such as software developers and customer service agents, experienced a 13 percent decline in employment since the advent of ChatGPT. Notably, the economists found that older workers and less-exposed jobs, such as home health aides, saw steady or rising employment. “There’s a clear, evident change when you specifically look at young workers who are highly exposed to AI,” Stanford economist Erik Brynjolfsson, who wrote the paper with Bharat Chandar and Ruyu Chen, told the Wall Street Journal.In five months, the question of “Is AI reducing work for young Americans?” has its fourth answer: from possibly, to definitely, to almost certainly no, to plausibly yes. You might find this back-and-forth annoying. I think it’s fantastic. This is a model for what I want from public commentary on social and economic trends: Smart, quantitatively rich, and good-faith debate of issues of seismic consequence to American society.
The Evidence That AI Is Destroying Jobs For Young People Just Got Stronger
A big nerd debate with bigger implications for the future of work, technology, and the economyDerek Thompson
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in reply to Mas • • •If it starts for real, the freedom of Android is lost.
We need to sue them 1000 times and more before they can even start this.
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in reply to NuclearDolphin • • •1. UIs that have simply not gotten any attention
2. A severe lack of decent hardware
3. Scaled down desktop apps on a phone (seriously who thought this was a good idea)
4. No security whatsoever
5. Basic features missing or requiring a significant degree of tinkering to get working such as audio or calling
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in reply to boonhet • • •I'd argue it doesn't "just work" any longer. I recently left iOS for Android, after 10 years with an iPhone. The keyboard was the first issue, the OS stalling and making the device heat up was another. The lack of actual smarts got a bit annoying, too. You ask Siri something and it goes down a k-hole.
I'll probably end up on a Fairphone without any Google tripe, which is a shame, because I quite like my new OnePlus 13.
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in reply to kittenzrulz123 • • •iPhones are too expensive for some people. Not everyone has $500 lying around.
You can't get an iPhone for $100, an unlocked Motorola phone is only about $100, if you get a carrier locked version its like $30-$40 (and you can carrier unlock them 60 days after activation, just get the cheapest 30 day plan will do, you don't even need 60 days of service to get it unlocked.
Pricing wise, Android phones will still have advantages, even with google's autocratization.
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in reply to Mas • • •Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul
Or, said in the common corporate tongue, “embrace, extend, extinguish”.
dorumon
in reply to Mas • • •VeryFrugal
in reply to Mas • • •Shady_Shiroe
in reply to Mas • • •I guess it's time to switch to developing apps for Linux mobile distro
The only reason I like android is cuz I can make my own apks and use them without issue.
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in reply to Mas • • •xthexder
in reply to Mas • • •How are they going to enforce this? Is side loading getting some extra signing step only Google can provide?
I shouldn't need to go through Google at all to release an Android app if it's not on their store. This is bullshit
shortwavesurfer
in reply to xthexder • • •Any device with Google Play services will enforce this. Any device that does not have Google Apps and services will not enforce this.
In this case, China actually has a leg up over the West because they haven't had Google Play services for a long time.
Sir_Kevin
in reply to shortwavesurfer • • •shortwavesurfer
in reply to Sir_Kevin • • •DeathByBigSad
in reply to shortwavesurfer • • •China is pushing in the same direction. The government want to develop Harmony OS that is gonna have compatibility issues with .apk installs and they could design it in such a way to make VPNs unusable. China is a State Capitalist regime, they will learn all the tricks that the west is using and do their capitalism with an even more stronger grip.
China is not FOSS friendly. Remember how Reddit is keep nagging you to install their app and make an account. Well in China, a lot of their platform/services doesn't even have a desktop client, or even a web browser log-in. You can try visiting some of the mainland Chinese websites yourself. They force you to enter a phone number to sign up and some even require you to scan qr code with their phone app to log in to the website (meaning you're supposed to sign up in their phone app first, PC use is considered "secondary"). Almost everything requires an app on a smartphone.
Edit: P.S. Overseas Chinese Citizens need to download a government spyware app on their phone in order to submit an application to renew passports. I know because my father is a PRC citizen.
shortwavesurfer
in reply to DeathByBigSad • • •Superorbit
in reply to Mas • • •Emily (she/her)
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in reply to Emily (she/her) • • •yeehaw
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NekuSoul
in reply to yeehaw • • •What's extra funny is that I already did all of this, and yet, I've been informed that my developer account is subject to deletion because I'm not active enough. Since my game does not get regular updates I said F this, let them delete my account. It's still available for sideload on itch.io anyway. Jokes on me for believing that.
So yeah, it seems like Google is actively hostile towards building a library of software/games that just work and intentionally only wants live service garbage apps on their platform because those make more revenue.
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in reply to yeehaw • • •Integrate777
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in reply to Integrate777 • • •nutsack
in reply to Integrate777 • • •DeathByBigSad
in reply to Mihies • • •I highly doubt they'll sign Torrent clients.
(Yes I torrent on my phone, cuz why not lol 😛)
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DeathByBigSad
in reply to DreamlandLividity • • •DreamlandLividity
in reply to DeathByBigSad • • •Right sorry. I thought you meant developers won't sign them. Obviously you mean Google.
I hope Google at least will only sign identities, e.g. you really are DeathByBigSad and this is your key which you can sign apps with. Not look at the apps themselves. That may be too much to hope for. 🙁
Mihies
in reply to DeathByBigSad • • •themachinestops
in reply to Mihies • • •Mihies
in reply to themachinestops • • •yeehaw
in reply to Emily (she/her) • • •The closer google gets to apple, the more similar they become. Except apples shit generally all works well together. Knock off air tags, chromecast, audio groups, and so many other things are riddled with bugs and never fixed.
If you make android the same as iOS, I might as well switch.
PalmTreeIsBestTree
in reply to yeehaw • • •GlenRambo
in reply to Mas • • •ayyy
in reply to Mas • • •Xatolos
in reply to ayyy • • •No, it's nothing like what Apple's been doing.
Apple has been losing in court about everyone needs to give them money anytime anything makes any money on iOS, or even thinking absolutely allowing others to install anything beyond their App Store.
This is Google demanding every app that can be installed on Android must be signed by them, and the only cost is registering with them your name and address, possibly verified by government ID. (And quite possible doxxing you at the same time as they already do on the Play Store....)
These are very different, and unlike Apple, will more likely be applauded by numerous world governments in the current "anything a child can even remotely even know about" must have its users be checked to make sure they are "allowed to".
Pycorax
in reply to Mas • • •yeehaw
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in reply to yeehaw • • •boonhet
in reply to Pycorax • • •Pycorax
in reply to boonhet • • •DeathByBigSad
in reply to boonhet • • •Pycorax
in reply to yeehaw • • •BlameTheAntifa
in reply to Mas • • •FryHyde
in reply to BlameTheAntifa • • •BlameTheAntifa
in reply to FryHyde • • •plyth
in reply to BlameTheAntifa • • •postmarketOS // real Linux distribution for phones
postmarketOSAda
in reply to plyth • • •Truscape
in reply to Ada • • •Ada
in reply to Truscape • • •JackbyDev
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in reply to JackbyDev • • •cookie019
in reply to Mas • • •Eager Eagle
in reply to Mas • • •and just like that google expands their walled garden and becomes apple 2
remember when the internet was an open platform and computers were yours to run programs you wanted?
ronigami
in reply to Eager Eagle • • •DegenerationIP
in reply to Eager Eagle • • •We had it coming.. I do let my thoughts Go, that you Someehen need to identify yourself to even connect to the internet.
They didn't apply laws to regulate some stuff, so now they start hammering down to enforce Control.
And big tech and companies will absolutely be one of the hardest Driver for this. There are Potential new ways to make Money. Basically a wet dream for especially big tech.
mybuttnolie
in reply to Mas • • •wabafee
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in reply to ratzki • • •DegenerationIP
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in reply to MonkderVierte • • •xthexder
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in reply to Mas • • •Balldowern
in reply to Mas • • •So I guess my next phone will be a Chinese phone. Even if it spies on me, I'll have the freedom to install whatever I want from anywhere.
The Chinese have a golden window of opportunity. Let's hope they don't mess this up.
SugarCatDestroyer
in reply to Mas • • •nutsack
in reply to Mas • • •LuigiMaoFrance
in reply to nutsack • • •Right now? Yeah, its very easy to do, and there's a download link for it included in GrapheneOS's preinstalled app-store.
I am however worried that eventually Google will make running custom software (apks, alternate firmwares) so difficult that development for those will stop long term.
xcjs
in reply to Mas • • •Android developer verification requirements
Google Docschaospatterns
in reply to xcjs • • •xcjs
in reply to chaospatterns • • •A valid question.
It's the official survey form from the Android Developer page on the matter: developer.android.com/develope…
Android developer verification
Android DevelopersHal-5700X
in reply to Mas • • •Will, what's the point now? Fuck it get an Apple. Why not.
EDIT This is going to be the future for us. Stop sideloading apps, then lock the bootloader.
IngeniousRocks (They/She)
in reply to Mas • • •jcs
in reply to IngeniousRocks (They/She) • • •MNT Research GmbH
mnt.reIngeniousRocks (They/She)
in reply to jcs • • •3laws
in reply to IngeniousRocks (They/She) • • •RealM__
in reply to Mas • • •goddamnit I JUST bought a new Fairphone 5 and opted not to go for e/os variant, because I was worried of incompatibility issues.
Guess I'll have to learn how to replace my phone OS in 2026...
python
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in reply to Mas • • •Lutra
in reply to Mas • • •Shanmugha
in reply to Mas • • •I sent Apple to hell because of dumb "you can't change UI to your liking", guess Google is next
*yes, this was seen miles away. I work with a laptop most of the time, so phone doesn't matter much for me, apart of a box that rings a few times a year
**Yes, both companies are run by greedy dumbfucks. I am getting tired and angry that finding companies that are different takes actual dedication. It should not be this way