A leap toward lighter, sleeker mixed reality displays
A leap toward lighter, sleeker mixed reality displays
Using 3D holograms polished by artificial intelligence, researchers introduce a lean, eyeglass-like 3D headset that they say is a significant step toward passing the “Visual Turing Test.”news.stanford.edu
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After partnering with Israel, Google Cloud supports AI ambitions of UAE, accused of complicity in Sudan genocide
Google announced a cybersecurity partnership with the United Arab Emirates, which has been accused of arming the paramilitary group denounced for committing genocide in Darfur
After partnering with Israel, Google Cloud supports AI ambitions of UAE, accused of complicity in Sudan genocide
The United Arab Emirates has been accused of arming the paramilitary group denounced for committing genocide in DarfurMaurizio Guerrero (Prism)
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After partnering with Israel, Google Cloud supports AI ambitions of UAE, accused of complicity in Sudan genocide
Google announced a cybersecurity partnership with the United Arab Emirates, which has been accused of arming the paramilitary group denounced for committing genocide in Darfur
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The United Arab Emirates has been accused of arming the paramilitary group denounced for committing genocide in DarfurMaurizio Guerrero (Prism)
Tldr: New tech (audiovisual media) bad, old tech (reading) good.
They even say that good reading skills lead to liberal democracy. Which is ironic because there is no government on this planet (that i know of) that is democratic (or liberal).
Personally i think we would live in a utopia if people consumed cave-art and stories by storytellers rather than this book-slop which is easy to mass produce and distribute.
I think this is all very person-dependent. I have found 3d printing resources/tips/experiences from others. I have gotten into building my own antennas after learning about VNAs via social media. I have gotten into SDRs, ham radio, electronics thanks to shtuff on social media. I have learned a few new 3d modeling tricks via social media. I have found a few suggestions for go packages, etc. I could keep going for years about what I have run into online.
I have found the world's knowledge available at my fingertips. Others are finding tiktok dances. I think this is a matter of who you are and what you prefer to do than "the bad tech" making people somehow bad. You will find that people through history have fit a similar distribution of people who are into learning and people who just want to be entertained.
I agree on all of this, but were books different (except for surveillance)?
- Back then those authors that wrote books with messaging supporting the owner class received loads of coverage from their media andtherefore spread their propaganda far and wide. While the average Joe could write whatever they want, nobody was able to see it (until now with social media), because printing is timeconsuming and expensive, and marketing even more so.
- Back then fascists spread their ideas in books, today they do on social media. In both cases supported by the money of the 1%.
- Back then only politically active people were surveilled, now it is everyone. This is a big change.
- Back then entertainment was inexpensive, now it is basically free.
Also that's not really the point the article is making. They say that simply reading books makes you smarter. As if people read physics books in their freetime back then. No, they just read entertaining stories, and now they stream entertaining stories. Nothing has fundamentally changed. Back then Oil made you part of the owner class, now it's IT and the owning of marketplaces.
Personally i think we would live in a utopia if people consumed cave-art and stories by storytellers rather than this book-slop which is easy to mass produce and distribute.
That's sarcasm. Don't worry.
Democracy
There is no democracy on this planet because all democracies are representative democracies. In representative democracies the politicians are not representative of the people, but they promise to do things a certain way, and if people elect them for it, that's like indirect representation.
However this breaks down as soon as secrecy laws are put in place, because if the government or private companies can decide which knowledge will reach the people, and which will not, they will simply declare information that will upset their voters to be secret. This breaks all representative democracies.
Then there is the issue of corruption, which is generally legal under the guise of lobbying.
And because all democracies that i know of have secrecy laws, they can't be considered democratic.
Liberty
With the liberal part: A person can only be free if they feel safe. But in all countries (that i know) there is a large part of the population that works most/all of their day because they are (rigtfully) afraid they can't pay for their daily needs if they don't. And they don't like their job.
So how can any society claim to be free, if a (large) part of their population is not controlled by their ambitions, but by their fears? If you dislike your job, but do it anyways because if you don't you die, that's not freedom. That's the definition of slavery.
Am i OK?
Absolutely not. Here a list of problems that could (all) be solved by diverting some funds from the world's militaries:
1. Startvation
2. Malnutrition
3. Homelessness
4. Climate Change
5. Wage Slavery fixed by UBI/Scary Communism
And here a list of things that can be fixed literally for a negative cost. People would be richer while fixing the following problems:
1. Mass animal torture fixed by Veganism.
2. War
3. Any disease, physiological or mental including aging fixed by Antinatalism
And these are just a few of the worst problems. All of them fixable. Many for free.
Knowing that all of the problems are easily fixable, and the people around me are not only not working on them, but actually making things worse by dedicating their live to emitting CO2 (SUVs, Meat-Eating), supporting (Wage-)Slavery (Being against UBI), and making more babies so they may suffer under these manufactured conditions makes me sad (and angry).
I would say the first step in fixing these problems is realizing that things are absolutely not OK. That earth is closer to hell than to paradise. The next step is realizing that no sane person can (or should be) OK under these conditions. And the final step is implementing a solution, ideally with the help of others.
Is it a representative democracy with secrecy laws? Then no.
There is no democracy on this planet because all democracies are representative democracies. In representative democracies the politicians are not representative of the people, but they promise to do things a certain way, and if people elect them for it, that’s like indirect representation.
However this breaks down as soon as secrecy laws are put in place, because if the government or private companies can decide which knowledge will reach the people, and which will not, they will simply declare information that will upset their voters to be secret. This breaks all representative democracies.
People are voted here for the person there are or for their idea's on certain subject or whatever somebody chooses to make their vote. Everybody can enlist themselves to be voted on different levels on the politic spectrum. Heck, it is even is a spectrum instead of a 2 or 3 party system.
A lot of what is done in the government is transparent and open for the public to read/see, a lot of our justice system is publicly available as well (except certain cases regarding children).
Most companies have to be transparent at least on a financial level and most of the bigger once also on other levels.
Our politic system is far from ideal though: democratiemonitor.nl/wp-conten…
Let's say i put myself out there and say people should vote for me if they want world peace.
Let's assume the people vote for me, because they want world peace.
Now that i am elected, a lobbyist from a arms company visits me and asks me to grant them an export license to sell weapons to an agressor (let's assume i have the right to sign such deals).
Are there laws in place that allow me to prevent my voters from finding out that i granted that export license, like a law that says i don't need to report publicly that i signed this? Or maybe even a law that prevents journalists from reporting on this even if they find out, because the contract (or it's contents) are considered secret and publishing it would be illegal?
We have a lot of registers and depending on the licence the company or person receives it will be made public. Things like building changes, export of live animals etc. You can look some up over here: nvwa.nl/onderwerpen/erkenninge…
Weapon licences go through the police instead of the government itself justis.nl/producten/wet-wapens… the office of justice needs to sign it off it seems.
So it just works differently, if you would want to pass a law that changes how those licences are signed, it would be known, and you wouldn't be the person signing it. The office of justice would be, and probably it is checked multiple times before it even gets there that it isn't financing terrorism or something which is illegal according to the WWFT and some other laws.
Pretty sure a journalist is allowed to write about anything and everything rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/m… there are probably some exceptions on things like kids etc, but a public spokesperson doesn't have that anyway.
This law goes on about the open government: wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0045754…
And there are multiple parties who try and keep businesses somewhat in check (like accountants, the fiod, etc.)
So if you would try and pull this off in The Netherlands you would have a hard time doing it and I doubt you can do it without somebody being a whistleblower.
Zoek bedrijven met een erkenning, registratie of vergunning
Benieuwd welke bedrijven welke erkenning, registratie of vergunning hebben? En wat hun erkennings- of registratienummer is? Of hebt u een nummer en bent u op zoek naar het bedrijf dat erbij hoort? U zoekt het eenvoudig op met de online zoekhulp of be…www.nvwa.nl
Representative democracy is a type of democracy. You're not doing anyone any favors by conflating "direct democracy" and "democracy".
Though somehow, I feel like you know exactly what you're doing...
Of course you can define words as you want, and say that only direct democracy is rule of the people, while representative democracy can be oligarchy dressed as democracy, but for me using such a definition makes the word democracy meaningless and undesirable.
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Social Media Posts Are Leading to Criminal Charges Under Tennessee’s School Threats Law
Social videos, memes and retweets are becoming fodder for criminal charges in an era of heightened responses to student threats. Authorities say harsh punishment is necessary, but experts say the crackdown has unintended consequences.ProPublica
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The new age verifying app for the EU will only accept Google Play integrity for Android, de-facto banning any aftermarket OS like GrapheneOS
Taken from the readme of the app on github:
The current release provides only basic functionality, with several key features to be introduced in future versions, including:App and device verification based on Google Play Integrity API and Apple App Attestation
Additional issuance methods beyond the currently implemented eID based method.
These planned features align with the requirements and methods described in the Age Verification Profile.
There is an issue opened to remove this as it's basically telling us that to verify our age in the EU an American corporation has the last word, making it not only a privacy nightmare but a de-facto monopoly on the phone market that will leave out of the verification checks even the fairphone (european) with /e/os.
GitHub - eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-app-android-wallet-ui
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A Second Tea Breach Reveals Users’ DMs About Abortions and Cheating
A Second Tea Breach Reveals Users’ DMs About Abortions and Cheating
The more than one million messages obtained by 404 Media are as recent as last week, discuss incredibly sensitive topics, and make it trivial to unmask some anonymous Tea users.Emanuel Maiberg (404 Media)
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States sue USDA over efforts to gather food stamp data on tens of millions of people
Move marks latest attempt by Trump Administration to collect unrelated, protected data to fuel mass deportation machine
Attorney General Bonta Sues Trump Administration Over Illegal Demands that States Hand Over Sensitive Personal Data of SNAP Recipients
Move marks latest attempt by Trump Administration to collect unrelated, protected data to fuel mass deportation machine OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, leading a coalition of 20 attorneys general with New York Attorney General …State of California - Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General
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Mozilla Announces Imminent End of Firefox Account Services in China
Mozilla Announces Imminent End of Firefox Account Services in China
Mozilla has announced that it will terminate its partnership with Beijing Firefox, the company handling localized Firefox services in China.Alex Lekander (CyberInsider)
What Happened When I Tried to Replace Myself with ChatGPT in My English Classroom
What Happened When I Tried to Replace Myself with ChatGPT in My English Classroom
My students call it “Chat,” a cute nickname they all seem to have agreed on at some point. They use it to make study guides, interpret essay prompts, and register for classes, turning it loose on t…Literary Hub
Trae AI IDE(ByteDance's VSCode Fork) quietly beams data to ByteDance, even with tracking turned off
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Sploitlight: Analyzing a Spotlight-based macOS TCC vulnerability
Sploitlight: Analyzing a Spotlight-based macOS TCC vulnerability | Microsoft Security Blog
Microsoft Threat Intelligence has discovered a macOS vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-31199, that could allow attackers to steal private data of files normally protected by Transparency, Consent, and Control (TCC), including the ability to extract …Microsoft Threat Intelligence (Microsoft Security Blog)
Kentucky files lawsuit against Temu over data collection practices
Kentucky files lawsuit against Temu over data collection practices
Kentucky Attorney General files consumer protection lawsuit against Chinese e-commerce platform over alleged spyware capabilities.Luis Rijo (PPC Land)
Former Moderator Sues Chaturbate for ‘Psychological Trauma’
Former Moderator Sues Chaturbate for ‘Psychological Trauma’
“Without these safeguards, Mr. Barber eventually developed full-blown PTSD, which he is currently still being treated for,” the former mod's lawyer said.Court Watch
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Just Banning Minors From Social Media Is Not Protecting Them
Just Banning Minors From Social Media Is Not Protecting Them
By publishing its guidelines under Article 28 of the Digital Services Act, the European Commission has taken a major step towards social media bans that will undermine privacy, expression, and participation rights for young people that are already en…Electronic Frontier Foundation
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ByteDance AI IDE Trae telemetry continues even after opt-out
Report: Trae AI IDE quietly beams data to ByteDance, even with tracking turned off
: Investigators detail persistent background connections and file transmissions despite telemetry opt-outTim Anderson (The Register)
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Former Moderator Sues Chaturbate for 'Psychological Trauma'
In May, a woman in Kansas sued Chaturbate, claiming that it was the site’s fault that her teenage son found her old laptop unlocked in a closet and used it to access porn without age verification in place.
Sounds like a parenting problem to me, but go ahead and blame porn. People like this should have to pay the legal fees of the defendants. Would anti-slapp (or whatever it’s called) apply here?
Former Moderator Sues Chaturbate for 'Psychological Trauma'
“Without these safeguards, Mr. Barber eventually developed full-blown PTSD, which he is currently still being treated for,” the former mod's lawyer said.Samantha Cole (404 Media)
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I mean, by that same logic, we shouldn't offer mental health counseling to first responders because they knew what they were getting into when they signed up for it. You can say there's a difference between naiveté and stupidity, but it's entirely arbitrary.
Idk man, I feel like you're really missing the point here. If you're going to hire people to do a job that involves exposure to traumatic material, you need to provide resources for them to process and recover from it.
I had a friend who was a firefighter who 100% agreed with that. He said if you don't want to see nasty shit like limbs torn apart in car accidents then go flip burgers.
If you're going to hire people to do a job that involves exposure to traumatic material, you need to provide resources for them to process and recover from it.
I don't agree. The person in question knew what they were getting int, if not they'd have left at the first incident and noped out. They're just teying to make coin of this.
Well, I've been a paramedic for a long time, a paramedic instructor for half as long, and a firefighter longer than either of the other two. Your friend sounds like a pompous dipshit, and his attitude is the reason we keep killing ourselves.
The ones who think they're coping just fine are usually taking it out on their body or their family, in my experience. If you are exposed to shit like that at work, it always catches up with you eventually. Some people last years, some last decades, and some last one call. It's the nature of the work.
Which is why you should always provide those resources. It saves lives. I really don't see anything to suggest that the plaintiff is lying about having PTSD or is just trying to make money; I think that's just the social stigma of PTSD providing you with rationalizations for your own problematic beliefs.
I'm Canadian, I can just go get help...
Again though I'd say this guy knew what he was gonna be seeing, and if he didn't he's a dumbass.
Kenya’s protests are not a symptom of failed democracy. They are democracy
Kenya’s protests are not a symptom of failed democracy. They are democracy
The youth leading the protests must not repeat the mistakes of previous generations. They must demand real change.Patrick Gathara (Al Jazeera)
Microsoft admits it would have to let Trump spy on EU data if demanded
Microsoft admits it would have to let Trump spy on EU data if demanded
Microsoft says it can't promise data sovereignty for EU firmsCraig Hale (TechRadar)
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It's SO funny how apparently for almost 20 years we (as in the west outside the USA) decided that using Chinese cloud platforms or networking hardware was dangerous and to be avoided, but private US companies? Nothing to see here!
Silver lining of the orange man is that maybe countries will wake up and smell the digital sovereignty that we sorely lack.
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These creators help millions of people talk about bodies, sex and sexuality. Their content is being removed because of it
Shadowbanned then suspended: Can sex ed content survive on Instagram? | The Fuller Project
A Dutch artist’s page is suddenly removed, an Indian influencer tries to stay ahead of the algorithm and a pan-African sex-positive account slowly rebuilds its following. Online sex ed content creators say Instagram’s “brought [them] to their knees”.Louise Donovan (The Fuller Project)
Middle School Cheerleaders Made a TikTok Video Portraying a School Shooting. They Were Charged With a Crime.
Social Media Posts Are Leading to Criminal Charges Under Tennessee’s School Threats Law
Social videos, memes and retweets are becoming fodder for criminal charges in an era of heightened responses to student threats. Authorities say harsh punishment is necessary, but experts say the crackdown has unintended consequences.ProPublica
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Facebook Rigorously Removes News Articles Mentioning Pirate Service "MagisTV"
Facebook has several anti-piracy tools and technologies to keep problematic content off the platform. This apparently includes automated keyword filters that ban mentions of piracy-related terms, regardless of the context. This resulted in the removal of several MagisTV news articles, including a press release from anti-piracy coalition ACE. Trying to spot these errors is not without risk either, as Facebook bans repeat offenders.
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Hemispheres Can’t Stop Us (Planet Dyne S2025-E06)
Seasons are just Earth’s way of reminding us it’s always someone’s turn to hibernate or spontaneously combust with ideas.
I trust my friends and our friendship, some of them has anxiety that make it very stressful to reach out, luckily I don't so I don't mind keeping in touch for both our sake.
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Release v1.8.3 · MbinOrg/mbin
This is our release v1.8.3. We did a lot of changes to our activity pub code and started to add testing of it. We did a lot of improvements on the UI and added more options for the user. We also im...GitHub
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in reply to Pro • • •So they just came up with a needlessly opaque synonym of “verisimilitude”.
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in reply to KairuByte • • •It's 'verisimilitude'.
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in reply to xenomor • • •If you had, hypothetically, AR glasses that weighed 25 grams with a 12 hour battery runtime with transparent or equivalent real world visuals and perfectly opaque virtual content across the entire field of view, youd have even broader adoption than earbuds have today.
Being able to pull up your phone apps without holding your phone, the ability to have real world subtitles in any language. If they go the camera and reproduce route, they can have a nice solution to presbyopia (reading glasses suck to have to switch out).
Unfortunately current headsets weighs the same as twenty eyeglasses and has much improved, but still terrible passthrough, and wouldn't last but a couple of hours even if you wanted to try. Bigscreen beyond gets down to 100 grams, but still looks weird and requires external battery and processor.
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