Stop using Brave Browser
Brave Software, the company behind the browser of the same name, was founded by Brendan Eich. He's best known as the creator of JavaScript from his days at Netscape Communications, and he was later the co-founder of Mozilla. He remained at Mozilla Foundation and its for-profit segment, Mozilla Corporation, well into the 2000s. In 2014, he was appointed as CEO of Mozilla Corporation, which immediately caused backlash from at least a few people inside Mozilla and many people outside the organization.Why was appointing Eich as CEO so controversial? It's because he donated $1,000 in support of California's Proposition 8 in 2008, which was a proposed amendment to California's state constitution to ban same-sex marriage. Eich wrote a blog post defending himself in 2012, when the donation was initially discovered, where did not apologize and denied the donation made him a bigot:
Here's a bonus fun fact: one of those early investors was Founders Fund, which is operated by billionaire Peter Thiel. He's a regular campaign donor to far-right political candidates, and said in an essay that "I no longer think that freedom and democracy are compatible." He also keeps funding libertarian “seasteading” ships designed to function as independent cities in international waters (think BioShock), all of which have failed miserably.
Brave was also caught up in a privacy scandal in 2020, when it was revealed that the browser was adding affiliate codes to some URLs typed into the address bar. For example, typing in “binance.us” would add Brave’s affiliate link to the end, allowing Brave Software to collect revenue from signups or purchases. An official blog post called that “a mistake,” and the functionality was later turned off. That should have been enough to swear off Brave as a privacy-centric browser forever, considering the entire point of affiliate links is to collect data about the user and traffic source. For example, when you click an Amazon affiliate link in a web article, the publisher can see the exact products you purchase in the timeframe the tracking cookie remains active (which is currently 24 hours).
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Battlefield REDSEC, the series’ take on Battle Royale, is a free-to-play game launching this week [VGC]
Battlefield REDSEC, the series’ take on Battle Royale, is a free-to-play game launching this week
It appears that the mode will be a separate title, rather than part of Battlefield 6Chris Scullion (Video Games Chronicle)
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia pushes far-right talking points
The new AI-powered Wikipedia competitor falsely claims that pornography worsened the AIDS epidemic and that social media may be fueling a rise in transgender people.
On Monday, Elon Musk’s xAI startup launched Grokipedia, which the billionaire is pitching as an AI-generated alternative to the crowdsourced encyclopedia Wikipedia.
When we finally got access to it, WIRED found that the online encyclopedia contained lengthy entries generated by AI. While many of the pages WIRED saw on launch day appeared fairly similar to Wikipedia in terms of tone and content, a number of notable Grokipedia entries denounced the mainstream media, highlighted conservative viewpoints, and sometimes perpetuated historical inaccuracies.
The Grokipedia entry about the slavery of African Americans in the US includes a section outlining numerous “ideological justifications” made for slavery, including the “Shift from Necessary Evil to Positive Good.” The end of the entry focuses on criticisms of The 1619 Project, which it says incorrectly framed “slavery as the central engine of the nation's political, economic, and cultural development.”
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-launches-grokipedia-wikipedia-competitor/
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Mittelland AD, an updated version of the 1996 game Die Fugger 2, where you found a dynasty, trade goods, prove your political skill, eliminate your rivals, set in Germany in 1600s, released on Steam.
Mittelland AD on Steam
Achieve wealth and fame in the Principality of Mittelland! Found a dynasty, trade goods, prove your political skill, eliminate your rivals, and immortalize yourself in the history books! The classic political and economic simulation starting from the…store.steampowered.com
These Dallas Residents Are on the Front Lines of Trump’s War Against “Antifa”
If convicted, people who showed up to a protest could face “decades of prison time,” the National Lawyers Guild says.
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EU AI Act Demands Informed, Disclosure-Aware Patent Strategies
The requirements for governance, model transparency/notification, began in August 2025. General applicability of most of the AI Act including obligations for “high-risk” AI systems begin in August 2026. Obligations for high-risk AI systems that are part of safety components in regulated products become applicable in August 2027.
By introducing a tiered, risk-based regime, the law bans certain AI practices outright, layers strict obligations on high-risk systems, and establishes unprecedented oversight for general-purpose AI and foundation models, especially those with systemic impact. Its reach is global—any company placing AI into the EU market must comply and its penalties are steep.
For businesses and their counsel, compliance isn’t optional. It’s now the price of entry into one of the world’s largest markets, and it will influence how innovation is documented, safeguarded, and patented.
It’s important to understand the AI Act’s most consequential provisions for patent strategy, particularly how regulatory documentation duties intersect with data provenance, inventorship disputes, trade secret versus patent trade-offs, claim drafting under new compliance constraints, and geo-strategic filing decisions.
The AI Act distinguishes between four key categories of AI systems:
Minimal-risk systems (AI-enabled video games, spam filters)
Limited-risk systems (chatbots interacting with users)
High-risk systems (AI in health care, education, employment, infrastructure, biometric identification)
General purpose and foundation models
While minimal and limited risk systems carry only modest obligations, the regulation of high-risk and general-purpose/foundation models forms the core of the AI Act and presents the most significant patent implications.
Before entering the market, high-risk systems must clear a conformity assessment and provide detailed technical documentation that includes:
System description and intended purpose
System architecture, algorithms, and datasets used
Risk management, testing, and validation protocols
Transparency and human oversight measures
Properly managed, these records can help distinguish human inventive contributions from AI-assisted outputs, providing valuable support for defending inventorship and reinforcing patent validity in a contested landscape.
Documentation and dataset summaries may further reduce the viability of trade secret protection. Both the EU Trade Secrets Directive and US law require that information be kept confidential through reasonable protective measures.
By mandating disclosures, the AI Act can erode this confidentiality, making secrecy harder to sustain in practice. This shift alters the calculus for IP strategy. In some cases, patenting may become the safer path, as certain technologies no longer can be reliably safeguarded as trade secrets.
EU AI Act Demands Informed, Disclosure-Aware Patent Strategies
US companies whose patent portfolios are exposed to the EU market face unique risks under the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act.Lestin Kenton Jr. (news.bloomberglaw.com)
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Everyone who joins the military ends up with like 6 sets they don't need, and they end up donating them. Usually you find stuff used, but there's a decent amount of stuff that ends up sitting on storeroom shelves for a decade before being sold to the civilian population.
Here's a decent place to buy in the US.
And here's a spot in the EU.
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Poland Signs Palantir, Anduril Deals Amid Record Army Spending
Poland signed two separate deals with Palantir Technologies Inc. and Anduril Industries Inc. on Monday as the country steps up to upgrade its army amid record military spending.
Poland’s Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz and Palantir Chief Executive Officer Alex Karp signed a letter of intent on data, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity in Warsaw. At the same time, state-owned PGZ SA agreed with Anduril to cooperate on making Barracuda-500M cruise missiles, without saying when production would start or how much the deal was worth.
The Palantir deal is an early stage agreement and neither the government nor the company said how much the deal was worth. Poland is interested in several systems the company offers, including for battlefield management and logistics, Kosiniak-Kamysz said.
The minister said the Palantir CEO told him the company planned to invest in Poland, tapping into the potential of the local defense industry and engaging Polish engineers, without giving details. The country expects to sign deals with Palantir for specific systems in the next two or three months.
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Mittelland AD, an updated version of the 1996 game Die Fugger 2, where you found a dynasty, trade goods, prove your political skill, eliminate your rivals, set in Germany in 1600s, released on Steam.
Mittelland AD on Steam
Achieve wealth and fame in the Principality of Mittelland! Found a dynasty, trade goods, prove your political skill, eliminate your rivals, and immortalize yourself in the history books! The classic political and economic simulation starting from the…store.steampowered.com
Studprogramo de EU instruos pri Esperanto
Esperanto kiel interfaka kampo por transnacia novigado estas la temo de nova universitata programo, okazonta kadre de Erasmus+. Ok universitatoj en ok landoj kunlaboras pri la programo.
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Lode a Thule, ombra di un antico albero, cipresso colonnare che sorregge il mondo - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Lode a Thule, ombra di un antico albero, cipresso colonnare che sorregge il mondo - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Emblematica nella letteratura fantastica è la città costruita sotto i rami protettivi di un abnorme arbusto, capace di proteggere coloro che vi abitano dalle influenze negative di creature dedite alla perpetuazione di un antico male.Jacopo (Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri)
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Signal president Meredith Whittaker says they had no choice but to use AWS, and that's a problem
Signal president Meredith Whittaker says they had no choice but to use AWS, and that's a problem
: 'The problem is the concentration of power in the infrastructure space that means there isn’t really another choice'Thomas Claburn (The Register)
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Amazon plans to cut 30,000 corporate jobs in response to pandemic overhiring
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/37968628
Amazon is preparing to lay off tens of thousands of corporate workers, reversing its pandemic hiring spree. The cuts come months after the retail giant’s CEO warned white-collar employees their jobs could be taken by artificial intelligence.I'm sure the tRump slump has nothing to do with it
Amazon plans to cut 30,000 corporate jobs in response to pandemic overhiring
Figure represents nearly 10% of the company’s roughly 350,000 corporate employeesCallum Jones (The Guardian)
Here’s what ads on your $2,000 Samsung smart fridge will look like
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/51856491
Here’s how to opt out.Archived version: archive.is/20251027141201/thev…
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Only idiots pay for appliances/services that include ads.
‘There isn’t really another choice:’ Signal chief explains why the encrypted messenger relies on AWS
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/51866711
Signal was just one of many services brought down by the AWS outage.
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Hurricane Melissa’s strength grew out of warmer-than-usual Caribbean waters
Hot sea surface temperatures are a symptom of the planet’s warming atmosphere, which is increasingly trapping heat as humans emit greenhouse gases by burning fossil fuels.
Step by Step, How China Seized Control of Critical Minerals
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/51884794
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China is the sole producer, for example, of samarium, a rare earth metal used in many military applications. China is also the only country to master the difficult art of refining ultrapure dysprosium: The entire world’s supply, needed for superfast chips, comes from a single factory near Shanghai.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/business/china-rare-earth-export-controls.html
Seized? That's a joke.
West allowed and even encouraged this by failing to build their own industry and relying on China's cheaper labour. Why pay unioned workers a fair pay when you can exploit foreign work force instead for maximum shareholder value.
See national security is irrelevant when it comes at a cost of corporate overlords profit margins.
Trump hosting talks at Mar-a-Lago to integrate Canada into United States: report
Trump hosting talks at Mar-a-Lago to integrate Canada into United States: report
Businessman and "Shark Tank" star Kevin O'Leary confirmed that President-elect Donald Trump is hosting discussions at Mar-a-Lago about integrating Canada into the United States.David Edwards (Raw Story)
How Politics Is Changing the Way History Is Taught
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30Wajã Xipai (The Guardian)
Roger Pielke Jr.’s Appallingly Bad Analysis of Billion Dollar Disasters
Roger Pielke Jr.’s Appallingly Bad Analysis of Billion Dollar Disasters – Economics from the Top Down
In a recent paper called Scientific integrity and U.S. “Billion Dollar Disasters”, Roger Pielke Jr. published a chart that's so bad I've devoted a whole essay to debunking it.Blair Fix (Economics from the Top Down)
Why Is the NYT Editorial Board More Worried About Progressivism Than Fascism? | Common Dreams
cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/35849167
An estimated 7 million peaceful protesters took to the streets on October 18, in the second-largest demonstration in US history (after the first Earth Day in 1970), demanding accountability and a return to democracy and the rule of law. In a system of government where citizens can only use the ballot box every two to six years to show how they feel about their electeds, that’s something you’d think would warrant journalistic attention.Yet at the nation’s paper of record—whose headquarters sat literally a stone’s throw away from the New York City No Kings march route—the protest was deemed not important enough for a front-page story. Two small below-the-fold photos were offered instead (10/19/25), with the accompanying article buried on page 23.
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Why Is the NYT Editorial Board More Worried About Progressivism Than Fascism? | Common Dreams
Why Is the NYT Editorial Board More Worried About Progressivism Than Fascism?
The nation's paper of record downplayed the 'No Kings" protests while urging Democrats to move toward the center to defeat Trump, all the while ignoring the GOP's attempt to undermine election integrity.julie-hollar (Common Dreams)
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Blanca 3, anticipazioni ultima puntata di lunedì 3 novembre 2025: tutta la verità sul bambino scomparso e sulle bugie di Domenico
La resa dei conti è arrivata. Lunedì 3 novembre 2025, su Rai 1, va in onda la sesta ed ultima puntata di Blanca 3, con Maria Chiara Giannetta nei panni dell’investigatrice non vedente che ha conquistato il pubblico. L’episodio, dal titolo “Il bambino”, porta al culmine l’indagine iniziata in apertura di stagione: la scomparsa del figlio di Domenico (Domenico Diele) e la morte della madre del piccolo. Sul piano personale, Blanca dovrà guardare in faccia la verità sulle bugie di Domenico e decidere se coinvolgerlo nella sua gravidanza, mentre Liguori (Giuseppe Zeno) le resta accanto in un momento cruciale.
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Blanca 3, finale del 3 novembre 2025: anticipazioni dell’ultima puntata “Il bambino”
Blanca 3, ultima puntata il 3 novembre 2025: anticipazioni dell’episodio “Il bambino”, verità sul caso e sulle bugie di Domenico.Redazione (Atom Heart Magazine)
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Trump and Republicans Join Big Oil’s All-Out Push to Shut Down Climate Liability Efforts
Trump and Republicans Join Big Oil’s All-Out Push to Shut Down Climate Liability Efforts - Inside Climate News
Republican attorneys general, GOP lawmakers, industry groups and the president himself are all maneuvering to foreclose the ability of cities and states to hold the fossil fuel industry liable for damages linked to climate change.Inside Climate News
Liability is inevitable, so when they seemingly try to "shut it down," remember that the real goal is not only to delay it, but secretly also to shift it.
They offer people money to shield them from accountability, but later, when there is accountability, they will blackmail those same people and throw them under the bus.
If someone lets the authorities bribe them to sell out the safety of future generations, there's nothing they can say to defend themselves when the authorities later say "oh look, we found the guy that sold out the safety of future generations, what shall the punishment be?"
Be ready to help low-ranking criminals betray higher-ranking criminals, not just blindly attack whatever target is put in front of you.
You have one week to opt out or become fodder for LinkedIn AI training
Nations previously exempt from scraping now in the firing line
You have one week to opt out or become fodder for LinkedIn AI training
: Nations previously exempt from scraping now in the firing lineBrandon Vigliarolo (The Register)
When Rejection Feels Personal
I’ve always believed that if you put your heart into something — really try — eventually, it will be seen.
But lately, I’m not so sure.
For months, I’ve been trying to get my websites approved for AdSense. Three sites, three different focuses, one consistent effort: to share my work, my voice, my perspective. And every time, I get rejected. Every time, the same message: “Low-quality content.”
No explanation. No guidance. No human response. Just those cold words, repeated, over and over.
It’s not the money that stings. It’s the feeling of being invisible. Of having your effort, your care, your heart poured into something — only to be told, vaguely, that it doesn’t matter.
And sometimes, you can’t help but wonder if it’s about more than the content. If there’s something about who you are, or what your name sounds like, or the perspective you bring — and yes, my name is Hispanic — that quietly works against you.
I want to believe it’s not true. I want to believe that a system that powers the world’s largest advertising platform treats everyone fairly. But when silence replaces answers, and automation replaces understanding, it’s hard not to feel like something deeper is at play.
I wrote to Google. I asked for clarity, for feedback, for a human to look at my work. I explained how it felt to be repeatedly dismissed without explanation.
No response.
It’s not just a rejection. It’s a dismissal. And when your name or your identity might be part of the invisible reason, it cuts deeper than any automated message could.
And yet, despite all that, I keep going.
I write because I have to. I create because I have to. Not for validation, not for approval, but because this is who I am. My work — my words, my ideas, my perspectives — matter to me. And I hope they matter to others too.
Maybe one day Google will see that. Maybe one day a human reviewer will look at my sites and recognize the care, the effort, and the heart behind them.
But until then, I’ll keep sharing, keep writing, keep creating. Because no rejection, no algorithm, no automated judgment can erase what I put into the world.
And even if it sometimes feels like the system is blind, or worse — biased — I refuse to let that stop me.
Because heart and honesty can’t be rejected. They can only be ignored. And I refuse to be silent.
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Alien Anthropology: Doing without Agriculture
A six-month pilot project completed earlier this year showcased the potential of zero-emission, last-mile delivery in a 16-block area of downtown Portland, Oregon.
Portland brings zero-emission delivery to its downtown
A six-month pilot project completed earlier this year showcased the potential of zero-emission, last-mile delivery in a 16-block area of downtown Portland, Oregon.Justin Gerdes (Quitting Carbon)
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Fornitore italiano di spyware collegato agli attacchi zero-day su Chrome
Una vulnerabilità zero-day in Google Chrome, sfruttata nell'operazione ForumTroll all'inizio di quest'anno, ha diffuso malware collegato al fornitore italiano di spyware Memento Labs, nato dopo che IntheCyber Group ha acquisito la famigerata Hacking Team.
L'operazione ForumTroll è stata scoperta da Kaspersky a marzo. La campagna ha preso di mira organizzazioni russe - media, università, centri di ricerca, organizzazioni governative e istituzioni finanziarie - con inviti ben congegnati al forum Primakov Readings che contenevano un link dannoso.
Era sufficiente caricare il link in qualsiasi browser web basato su Chromium per infettare il sistema informatico. I ricercatori di Kaspersky hanno affermato che la distribuzione del malware è stata effettuata sfruttando CVE-2025-2783, una vulnerabilità zero-day di tipo sandbox escape nel browser Chrome.
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