Deepfakes and the Digital Wild West
Deepfakes and the Digital Wild West - FEE
Denmark’s government has announced plans to expand copyright law in “a pioneering measure that would allow people to demand that social media platforms takeFoundation for Economic Education
The Sandman - 2° Stagione
Chi la sta seguendo? A me la prima stagione è piaciuta tantissimo :hearts: E la sesta puntata della seconda stagione è wow! :sob:
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TikTok Germany moderators raise alarm over layoff plans
TikTok Germany moderators raise alarm over layoff plans
Content moderators at the German branch of social media giant TikTok sounded the alarm Thursday about what they say is a plan to replace them with artificial intelligence, potentially putting platform users at risk.France 24 (FRANCE 24)
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TikTok Germany moderators raise alarm over layoff plans
TikTok Germany moderators raise alarm over layoff plans
Content moderators at the German branch of social media giant TikTok sounded the alarm Thursday about what they say is a plan to replace them with artificial intelligence, potentially putting platform users at risk.France 24 (FRANCE 24)
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European missile group MBDA selling parts for bombs that have killed children in Gaza
Europe’s largest missiles maker, MBDA, is selling key components for bombs that have been shipped in their thousands to Israel and used in multiple airstrikes where research indicates Palestinian children and other civilians were killed.
With concerns mounting about the extent to which European companies may be profiting from the devastation of Gaza, a Guardian investigation with the independent newsrooms Disclose and Follow the Money has examined the supply chain behind the GBU-39 bomb, and the ways in which it has been deployed during the conflict.
European missile group MBDA selling parts for bombs that have killed children in Gaza
Exclusive: Britain has paused some weapons sales to Israel, but a Guardian investigation shows revenues from the GBU-39 bomb generated by the US arm of MBDA flow through the UKJuliette Garside (The Guardian)
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European missile group MBDA selling parts for bombs that have killed children in Gaza
Europe’s largest missiles maker, MBDA, is selling key components for bombs that have been shipped in their thousands to Israel and used in multiple airstrikes where research indicates Palestinian children and other civilians were killed.
With concerns mounting about the extent to which European companies may be profiting from the devastation of Gaza, a Guardian investigation with the independent newsrooms Disclose and Follow the Money has examined the supply chain behind the GBU-39 bomb, and the ways in which it has been deployed during the conflict.
European missile group MBDA selling parts for bombs that have killed children in Gaza
Exclusive: Britain has paused some weapons sales to Israel, but a Guardian investigation shows revenues from the GBU-39 bomb generated by the US arm of MBDA flow through the UKJuliette Garside (The Guardian)
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The Complex Relationship Between India and China
The Complex Relationship Between India and China
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Xi Jinping meet for the first time since the India–China border conflict. Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar’sАнвар Азимов (New Eastern Outlook)
Ride-hailing giants’ electric promises are stalling worldwide
The biggest ride-hailing companies globally are struggling to keep their electric vehicle promises.In 2020, Uber, the world’s largest ride-hailing company, set a target for all its rides and deliveries to be zero-emission by 2040. As of 2025, only a few hundred thousand out of its 7.1 million drivers have adopted green rides.
Grab, Southeast Asia’s biggest ride-hailing company, is targeting carbon neutrality by 2040. Last year, 7% of all Grab rides and deliveries used low- or zero-emission modes of transport, including electric and hybrid vehicles, cyclists, and walkers.
While Uber, Lyft, and Grab don’t disclose the precise number of EVs in their fleets, each platform has less than 1% EVs globally, research and advisory firm Gartner estimates.
“Even though we have seen immense growth in EV adoption by these companies, it is highly unlikely they will achieve 100% EV adoption in the next decade,” Shivani Palepu, transport tech analyst at Gartner, told Rest of World. Palepu expects the shift to electric to vary “drastically” by region.
Ride-hailing leaders like Uber, Lyft, Grab, are far from hitting their EV goals - Rest of World
EV adoption by major platforms is at low single digits as infrastructure gaps and costs derail climate goals.Munira Mutaher (Rest of World)
‘Debt-ridden’ Eilat Port faces imminent shutdown due to Yemeni blockade
The southern Israeli port of Eilat is set to shut down completely in the coming days, due to massive debts and paralysis caused by Yemen’s pro-Palestine naval blockade on Israel.
The Israeli Ports and Shipping Authority said on 16 July that Eilat Port will suspend all its operations starting on 20 July.
Hebrew media reports described the situation as a “dramatic step” that could undermine Israeli maritime logistics in the Red Sea, and referred to the port as “debt ridden.”
‘Debt-ridden’ Eilat Port faces imminent shutdown due to Yemeni blockade
The port faces up to millions of shekels in tax debts and cannot continue to operate as a result of Yemen’s pro-Palestine operationsthecradle.co
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what's the deal with flatpak's organic maps downloading the whole world all at once, not even offering the user an option to cancel it or to choose what maps to download? (debian 12.11)
debian 12.11, organic maps from flatpak.
My local organic maps started to download the whole world. Every single map it could find. I tried stopping it but the only way to achieve that is to turn the application off. On starting it again, it resumes downloading.
Why?
The android based version found on f-droid is easier to use. I wanted to use the desktop based one because I work from home more often than elsewhere.
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Are you positive it's all the maps or maybe just the world map overview?
Also sidenote, look at the fork of OrganicMaps called CoMaps
Are you positive it’s all the maps or maybe just the world map overview?
yes, I'm sure. It started downloading every.single.country.
look at the fork of OrganicMaps called CoMaps
what's the difference? because graphics and functions look exactly the same for both apps, except the project's icon. Am I missing something?
Unfortunately I don't know how yo help with your original question then.
CoMaps is a recent fork because Organic Maps shows signs of corporate takeover and going against the principals of FOSS
More details here
lwn.net/Articles/1024387/
CoMaps emerges as an Organic Maps fork
The open-source mobile app Organic Maps is used by millions of people on both the Android and i [...]LWN.net
Trump has already crossed Fed independence Rubicon
Trump has already crossed Fed independence Rubicon
U.S. President said he is not planning to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell after unleashing fresh round of criticism against the chief, declining to completely reject possibility of ousting himJamie McGeever (The Globe and Mail)
Brandenburg is now the second German state that made it mandatory to recognise “Israel’s right to exist” to get citizenship
Article link. Translation:
Potsdam (dpa/bb) - The commitment to Israel's right to exist is a condition for naturalisation in Brandenburg. In addition to the commitment to the liberal-democratic basic order, “the recognition of the right to existence of the State of Israel has been a condition for naturalisation since the beginning of June this year,” said Interior Minister René Wilke in the . This is done in consultation with Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke (SPD).
The Minister of the Interior made it clear that it is not about the acceptance of all decisions by the Israeli government: “It is a commitment to the right of the State of Israel to exist, which is being made,” said Wilke. “It is not a commitment that everything any head of government in Israel will ever do and will also be solidarity and agreement.”
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They’re Skipping Car Payments; That’s The Final Warning Sign
They’re Skipping Car Payments; That’s The Final Warning Sign
Auto loan delinquencies just hit a 15-year high. Consumers are skipping car payments, signaling deeper financial stress. Markets haven’t priced it in yet.Forbes
DoJ seeks single-day sentence for officer who fired into Breonna Taylor’s home
The US Department of Justice is recommending a one-day jail sentence and supervised release for the former police officer convicted of violating the civil rights of Breonna Taylor, who was fatally shot in her bedroom by Louisville, Kentucky, police in March 2020.
Brett Hankison is set to be sentenced on Monday after being found guilty in November 2024 of one count of civil rights abuse for shooting into Taylor’s bedroom window, which was covered by blinds and a blackout curtain, during a narcotics raid on the wrong home.
He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison, which justice department attorneys argued should be drastically reduced.
DoJ seeks single-day sentence for officer who fired into Breonna Taylor’s home
Department of Justice says no prison needed for ex-officer convicted of violating Taylor’s civil rights in fatal 2020 raidEmily Swanson (The Guardian)
[Dune: Awakening] freezes after some time of playing
I've been experiencing freezes after ~1h of playing. Those are hard freezes when even switching workspace doesn't work. Restarting the game helps for another hour
I've tried what few options from protondb but haven't noticed much change
Am I the only one?
- GPU: Radeon 5700 xt
- CPU: AMD
- 48 GB RAM
- SSD
trying to dual boot laptop
I decided to go with Linux mint for my laptop. After installing it alongside windows 10, it won't boot into either. If I reboot from my USB stick, it says that maybe it's too far away from the start of the drive to be detected. But I believe there is some intel /hp stuff that includes some kind of boot that might also be interfering. Does anyone have a good way forward from here?
Link from boot repair: paste.ubuntu.com/p/GJcsXfRkrj/
Do you know if you installed in legacy BIOS or EFI mode? If its EFI then most BIOS screens have a method to then pick the actual EFI entry (if the bootup discovers more than one) and you can then set it to boot Linux (and hopefully your Linux install did a probe OS and chainloaded to your Windows Boot). I had this issue before.
I also had an HP recovery partition getting invoked every time windows booted and detected change. The remedy wiping the drive to her ride of that stupid partition
Pirate Site Blockades Get Judicial Scrutiny in Germany, But No Transparency?
Germany's voluntary pirate site blocking regime has undergone a fundamental change, now requiring judicial oversight for all blocking actions. The participants will rely on court orders going forward, instead of their own recommendations. While the change ensures a proper review of blocking requests, it does not necessarily make the blockades more transparent for the public.
Pirate Site Blockades Get Judicial Scrutiny in Germany, But No Transparency? * TorrentFreak
Germany's voluntary pirate site blocking regime has undergone a fundamental change, now requiring judicial oversight for all blocking action.Ernesto Van der Sar (TF Publishing)
Spies and SAS personnel among 100-plus Britons included in Afghan data leak
Details of members of the SAS are among more than 100 Britons named in the database of 18,700 Afghans, the accidental leak of which by a defence official led to thousands being secretly relocated to the UK.
Defence sources said the highly sensitive document contained names and email addresses belonging to people sponsoring or linked to some individual cases. Personal information about MI6 officers was also included.
The identities of members of the SAS and MI6 are a closely guarded secret, and the possibility that following the leak such information could have ended up in the public domain was a source of significant official concern.
Earlier this week it emerged that the Ministry of Defence had obtained a superinjunction preventing the fact of the leak and a £2bn-plus scheme had been created to relocate some Afghans affected by the breach to the UK to protect them from the Taliban.
Spies and SAS personnel among 100-plus Britons included in Afghan data leak
Sources say leak included details of Britons who endorsed Afghan applications to be brought to UK after Taliban takeoverGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
Between China & USA: Australia chooses trade over geopolitics
Between China & USA: Australia chooses trade over geopolitics
While the Trump administration doubles down on its 'America First' approach to reshaping global power dynamics, key allies like Australia are quietlyСалман Рафи Шейх (New Eastern Outlook)
Pornhub goes dark in France, after age verification law came back.
Liberty has an off button, for nowOngoing legal challenges, decisions, and reversals highlight one thing very clearly: lack of direction, lack of a comprehensive solution and simply put, legislative dysfunction.
While important questions about the implementation of the law in France are still being considered, we maintain that French citizens deserve regulation that will prevent children from accessing adult content and that can be effectively enforced. They also deserve that their privacy and sensitive data be protected. Again, we believe the current approach faces significant challenges in achieving these important goals.
Your government is proposing we verify your age every single time you visit our site. The harsh reality: This does not protect minors — it endangers everyone's privacy and puts children in danger by driving traffic to thousands of sites that deliberately circumvent regulations, don't verify the age of performers in content, and actively encourage users to bypass the law. Unlike us, they don't monitor content or prioritize safety—making everyone more vulnerable, not less...
Data breaches happen daily. Forcing you to enter sensitive personal information repeatedly creates an unacceptable security risk we refuse to impose on our users. We refuse to compromise your privacy with measures that, ironically, fail to effectively protect children.
A path forward requires law makers to understand and address with a clear enforcement plan the fact that adult content exists on hundreds of thousands of platforms, not simply the 17 sites designated in the ministerial order.
To the French government and Arcom we ask, how many minors have been protected in the six weeks since this law came into effect? Provide the data on how this reduced access to age-inappropriate content.
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News publishers take paywall-blocker 12ft.io offline
News/Media Alliance Secures Takedown of Illegal Paywall Bypass Website 12ft.io | News/Media Alliance
The News/Media Alliance has successfully secured the takedown of notorious paywall bypass website 12ft.io.NMA Staff (News/Media Alliance)
News publishers take paywall-blocker 12ft.io offline
News/Media Alliance Secures Takedown of Illegal Paywall Bypass Website 12ft.io | News/Media Alliance
The News/Media Alliance has successfully secured the takedown of notorious paywall bypass website 12ft.io.NMA Staff (News/Media Alliance)
Russia’s Role in Reviving Afghanistan: A Shift towards Eastern Geopolitics
Russia’s Role in Reviving Afghanistan: A Shift towards Eastern Geopolitics
Afghan people have been the victims of violence and chaos since the US-led War on Terror. However, the recent support of the Eastern powers, Russia andАббас Хашемит (New Eastern Outlook)
Linux Breaks 5% Desktop Share in U.S., Signaling Open-Source Surge Against Windows and macOS
Linux Breaks 5% Desktop Share in U.S., Signaling Open-Source Surge Against Windows and macOS
Linux has surpassed 5% desktop market share in the US (5.03% in June 2025), per StatCounter, driven by privacy concerns, rising costs of Windows/macOS, and user-friendly distros like Ubuntu.Ryan Gibson (WebProNews)
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Zelensky becoming more authoritarian
Zelensky becoming more authoritarian – FT
Recent raids and cabinet reshuffles have reportedly fueled concerns over a crackdown on dissent in KievRT
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Who started attacking btw? I mean seriously.
What was the Tornado battalion doing in 2015?
Proposal: Integrate a Human+AI Hybrid Mental Health Support Plan into ChatGPT (Co-created with ChatGPT 🤖)
Hi everyone,
I’d like to share an idea I refined together with ChatGPT, combining AI’s strengths with human expertise to create something truly impactful.
🌿 Proposal Summary
“ChatGPT Mental Health Plan” – a new subscription tier or add-on offering hybrid mental health support:
1. AI-powered emotional support and journaling tools
2. Guided pattern-recognition for stress, anxiety, and burnout
3. Optional upgrade to connect with licensed counselors or therapists (e.g. 1–2 virtual sessions/month)
4. Collaboration with trained psychology professionals
5. Privacy-first design with full user consent
🧩 Why this matters:
- Mental health is a growing global crisis, especially among teens and young adults
- Traditional therapy often has access barriers (cost, time, stigma)
- ChatGPT already provides comfort, but combining it with real counselors could offer life-changing support
💡 Benefits:
- AI scales emotional support affordably
- Human professionals provide clinical depth when needed
- Potentially life-saving early intervention for those who otherwise wouldn’t seek help
This post was drafted with assistance from ChatGPT — proof that AI-human collaboration can fuel real-world ideas.
I’d love to hear your thoughts, feedback, or suggestions on how to make this proposal even stronger or more feasible.
Thanks for reading!
Russia Deeply Concerned About New Wave of Violence in Syria - Foreign Ministry
Russia Deeply Concerned About New Wave of Violence in Syria - Foreign Ministry
A new wave of violence in Syria causes deep concerns in Moscow, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.Sputnik International
AI Bubble Today Is Bigger Than the IT Bubble in the 1990s
AI Bubble Today Is Bigger Than the IT Bubble in the 1990s - Apollo Academy
The difference between the IT bubble in the 1990s and the AI bubble today is that the top 10 companies...Torsten Sløk (Apollo Academy)
Amazing Hand: Open-Source Robot Hand.
GitHub - pollen-robotics/AmazingHand: Code and model to control the AH!
Code and model to control the AH! Contribute to pollen-robotics/AmazingHand development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Boffins detail new algorithms that boost AI perf up to 2.8x
We all know that AI is expensive, but a new set of algorithms developed by researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Intel Labs, and d-Matrix could significantly reduce the cost of serving up your favorite large language model (LLM) with just a few lines of code.Presented at the International Conference on Machine Learning this week and detailed in this paper, the algorithms offer a new spin on speculative decoding that they say can boost token generation rates by as much as 2.8x while also eliminating the need for specialized draft models.
Speculative decoding, if you're not familiar, isn't a new concept. It works by using a small "draft" model ("drafter" for short) to predict the outputs of larger, slower, but higher quality "target" models.
If the draft model can successfully predict, say, the next four tokens in the sequence, that's four tokens the bigger model doesn't have to generate, and so we get a speed-up. If it's wrong, the larger model discards the draft tokens and generates new ones itself. That last bit is important as it means the entire process is lossless — there's no trade-off in quality required to get that speed-up.
Boffins detail new algorithms to losslessly boost AI perf by up to 2.8x
: New spin on speculative decoding works with any model - now built into TransformersTobias Mann (The Register)
Hacker breaks into Arizona election website, changes candidate photos
The Secretary of State’s Office is working with the state’s homeland security agency to investigate whether private candidate information was accessed.
Hacker changed candidate photos on Arizona election results website
Just before a congressional primary election, a hacker gained access to the web portal Arizona candidates use to upload information and changed candidate profile photos.Jen Fifield (Votebeat)
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