https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-29/israel-gaza-war-citizens-begin-to-question-morality-of-conflict

Let me catch you up. On July 15th, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent Whoop a letter. In it, the FDA declared that Whoop — maker of a niche fitness tracker favored by elite athletes — had crossed a line. Its new Blood Pressure Insights feature, the regulator said, was being marketed to customers without undergoing the proper clearance process.

In response, Whoop pulled out the W word: wellness.

In the world of health and wearable tech, “wellness” is sort of like a “get out of jail free” card. Some advanced health features, like EKGs and atrial fibrillation notifications, require regulatory clearance before consumers can use them. These features could be interpreted as diagnostic in nature or prompt a person to make a medical decision. Others, like step tracking and blood oxygen measurements, don’t require FDA oversight at all. They’re simply meant to make living a healthy life easier by helping you visualize certain measurable markers. Those features fall under the wellness umbrella. They’re “just for fun.”

Archive: archive.is/IeGW2

The dangerously blurry line between wellness and medical tech

Whoop is saying its latest blood pressure insights feature is wellness tech. The FDA disagrees, saying it has clear medical and diagnostic implications.

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It’s interesting how almost every model released in 2025 has specifically targeting coding. That focus has clearly been paying off: these coding models are getting really good now.

I still contend that this sort of task is uniquely positioned to show off LLMs. The idea that they'll turn into agents that can do real-world tasks remains a fantasy. Despite how impressive this is, they're losing money and have no real path to profitability.

Look up Ed Zitron's newsletter and podcast for more info on why the industry is a bubble. I'm genuinely impressed with this specific example, but our economy is gonna suffer when the bubble bursts.

My 2.5 year old laptop can write Space Invaders in JavaScript now, using GLM-4.5 Air and MLX

I wrote about the new GLM-4.5 model family yesterday—new open weight (MIT licensed) models from Z.ai in China which their benchmarks claim score highly in coding even against models such …

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Israel has long restricted or completely blocked aid to Gaza on the argument that Hamas steals it to use as a weapon of control

By Natan Odenheimer
Reporting from Jerusalem
July 26, 2025 Updated 1:34 p.m. ET

More than 100 aid agencies and rights groups warned this past week of “mass starvation” and implored Israel to lift restrictions on humanitarian assistance. The European Union and at least 28 governments, including Israeli allies like Britain, France and Canada, issued a joint statement condemning Israel’s “drip-feeding of aid” to Gaza’s two million Palestinian residents.

Israel has largely brushed off the criticism.

David Mencer, a government spokesman, said this week that there was “no famine caused by Israel.” Instead, he blamed Hamas and poor coordination by the United Nations for any food shortages.

archive.ph/awIxu

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/world/middleeast/hamas-un-aid-theft.html

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/33714981

Israel has long restricted or completely blocked aid to Gaza on the argument that Hamas steals it to use as a weapon of control

By Natan Odenheimer
Reporting from Jerusalem
July 26, 2025 Updated 1:34 p.m. ET

More than 100 aid agencies and rights groups warned this past week of “mass starvation” and implored Israel to lift restrictions on humanitarian assistance. The European Union and at least 28 governments, including Israeli allies like Britain, France and Canada, issued a joint statement condemning Israel’s “drip-feeding of aid” to Gaza’s two million Palestinian residents.

Israel has largely brushed off the criticism.

David Mencer, a government spokesman, said this week that there was “no famine caused by Israel.” Instead, he blamed Hamas and poor coordination by the United Nations for any food shortages.

archive.ph/awIxu

Peter Link

2025-07-26 20:20:05

No Proof Hamas Routinely Stole U.N. Aid, Israeli Military Officials Say

Israel has long restricted or completely blocked aid to Gaza on the argument that Hamas steals it to use as a weapon of control

By Natan Odenheimer
Reporting from Jerusalem
July 26, 2025 Updated 1:34 p.m. ET

More than 100 aid agencies and rights groups warned this past week of “mass starvation” and implored Israel to lift restrictions on humanitarian assistance. The European Union and at least 28 governments, including Israeli allies like Britain, France and Canada, issued a joint statement condemning Israel’s “drip-feeding of aid” to Gaza’s two million Palestinian residents.

Israel has largely brushed off the criticism.

David Mencer, a government spokesman, said this week that there was “no famine caused by Israel.” Instead, he blamed Hamas and poor coordination by the United Nations for any food shortages.

archive.ph/awIxu

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/world/middleeast/hamas-un-aid-theft.html

https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/07/26/german-afd-moves-to-expel-young-politician-who-fought-russians-in-ukraine/

NASSAU, Bahamas, July 29 (Reuters) - When SpaceX was negotiating a deal with the Bahamas last year to allow its Falcon 9 rocket boosters to land within the island nation's territory, Elon Musk's company offered a sweetener: complimentary Starlink internet terminals for the country's defense vessels, according to three people familiar with the matter.

The rocket landing deal, unlocking a more efficient path to space for SpaceX's reusable Falcon 9, was then signed in February last year by Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper, who bypassed consultation with several other key government ministers, one of the sources and another person familiar with the talks said.

Reuters found no evidence that Cooper broke any laws or regulations in striking the deal with SpaceX, but the people said the quick approval created tension within the Bahamian government.

https://www.reuters.com/science/how-spacexs-rocket-diplomacy-backfired-bahamas-2025-07-29/

Cambodia has called for an "immediate" ceasefire with Thailand, as the two countries have seen more than 30 people killed, including civilians, in the ongoing border clashes.

Cambodia's ambassador to the UN, Chhea Keo, said his country asked for a truce "unconditionally", adding that Phnom Penh also wanted a "peaceful solution of the dispute".

Thailand's foreign minister Maris Sangiampongsa said on Saturday that Cambodia needed to show "genuine sincerity in ending the conflict" for ceasefire talks to proceed.

At least 32 people - soldiers and civilians - have been killed and nearly 200,000 displaced in the two Southeast Asian countries, who accuse each other of firing the first shots on Thursday.

Fighting continued for a third day on Saturday. Thailand's military said the Cambodians launched attacks in a new area near the coast in the south, but were pushed back by the navy.

Earlier, Thailand reported fighting in its Surin, Ubon Ratchathani and Srisaket provinces, along the border with Cambodia. It has declared martial law in eight districts bordering Cambodia.

Cambodia calls for ceasefire with Thailand as death toll rises

Thailand has not yet commented on the proposal, as fighting continues for a third day with 32 confirmed killed.

^{Jaroslav Lukiv (BBC News)}

As Common Dreams reported this week, Integrated Food Security Phase Classification has said that 85% of people in Gaza are now in Phase 5 of famine, defined at "an extreme deprivation of food."

Organizer and attorney Aaron Regunberg said that instead of simply doing "reputational damage control by speaking up in these very last moments," powerful political leaders must "shut shit down."

”You want history books to not record you as an evil genocide supporter?" said Regunberg. "One speech now—after countless speeches condemning those who have been speaking out—ain't gonna cut it... You need to go to Gaza. You need to actually make an impact, NOW."

At Eleventh Hour, Enablers of Israel's Mass Starvation of Gaza Do 'Reputational Damage Control'

"You want history books to not record you as an evil genocide supporter?" said one organizer. "You need to actually make an impact, NOW."

^{julia-conley (Common Dreams)}

C’è una notizia divertente dal fronte smarfonico che per ora è caduta un po’ in sordina… forse perché quelli che si fermano alle ricerche superficiali non riescono a risalire alla vera fonte (perché cercando solo in inglese non si arriva all’originale), e a quanto pare nemmeno a verificare se le premesse sono corrette… almeno, questo […]

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minioctt

2025-07-29 14:05:54

“avete visto come la gente sblocca i bootloader Xiaomi adesso”

C’è una notizia divertente dal fronte smarfonico che per ora è caduta un po’ in sordina… forse perché quelli che si fermano alle ricerche superficiali non riescono a risalire alla vera fonte (perché cercando solo in inglese non si arriva all’originale che, sottinteso, è cinese), e a quanto pare nemmeno a verificare se le premesse sono corrette… almeno, questo accade su Reddit e sulla sua controparte federata, dove puntualmente le discussioni sembrano approfondite ma i contenuti stanno a zero. Ma, io ho trovato qualcosa di più (ovviamente, e sennò che esisto a fare). 😈

Ecco, nel 2025 la situazione con i telefoni (e suppongo i tablet) Xiaomi è così terribile per quanto riguarda lo sblocco del bootloader — questione che non è il caso di approfondire ora, pena il perdere in un lampo completamente fiducia nell’intera industria dei personal computer tascabili (oltre che in #Xiaomi in particolare, ovviamente; -50 crediti sociali) — che un tizio evidentemente disperato ha diffuso un nuovo META: chiedere ad un negozio ufficiale di fare un downgrade del firmware, processo per cui ti devono temporaneamente sbloccare il bootloader, quindi scippare il tuo stesso dispositivo all’impiegato al momento giusto! 😤

• People found new ways to unlock xiaomi bootloader and its hilarious😂 — old.reddit.com/r/PocoPhones/co… — old.reddit.com/r/IndiaTech/com…
• lemmy.world/post/33551940
• t.me/techcrimes/14378 — t.me/techcrimes/14378?comment=…
• imgur.com/P4n0pcI — imgur.com/8UWg5hv

Dai vari repost giustamente sono stati sollevati diversi dubbi su se le premesse fossero davvero queste, ma, cercando meglio, pare proprio di si. Grazie ai watermark nei video, sono riuscita a risalire all’utente di Internet che ha per l’appunto creato questa nuova moda, o almeno il suo canale su Bilibili, dove ha pubblicato a dire il vero svariati video a riguardo della storia… ce ne sono ben 4 tra remix del suo atto originale (che, se guardate bene dalla data in sovraimpressione, è del marzo di quest’anno, quindi nonostante la storia si stia diffondendo solo negli ultimi giorni in realtà risale a prima) e la messa in scena di altri che hanno gradito l’idea (che poi, la cosa strana è che sono tutti filmati di videosorveglianza, quindi non capisco da dove minchia escono… da qualche telegiornale, o li hanno condivisi gli impiegati del negozio esasperati?):

• Quello che dovrebbe essere il video originale, che però è sparito dal canale Bilibili: facebook.com/groups/1357432617…
• L’intero processo di sblocco del telefono cellulare Xiaomi BL da parte del servizio post-vendita della persona divina: bilibili.com/video/BV1Y8bQzRE8…
• (File supplementare) Seguito dello sblocco del metodo di fuga post-vendita Xiaomi: bilibili.com/video/BV1jA8szpEJ…
• Casi di successo e fallimento dello sblocco post-vendita Xiaomi: bilibili.com/video/BV1vg84zxEv…
• Il metodo di esecuzione post-vendita Xiaomi Marathon sblocca la famosa raccolta di scene BL: bilibili.com/video/BV1Wv87z7ED…
• Esame di sblocco per reclutamento speciale Xiaomi Sports: bilibili.com/video/BV1Qp8gzGEU… (remix/compilation da un altro canale)

Una curiosità: per quanto mi è concesso comprendere attraverso i traduttori, la pratica ha subito preso l’appellativo informale di “小米马拉松” o “小米馬拉松”, cioè “MARATONA XIAOMI“… non ce la posso fare!!! E data questa denominazione, giustamente, è partito il meme dell'”esame fisico di ammissione al college sportivo di Xiaomi“… perché giustamente devi prendere rapidamente il dispositivo e scappare, immediatamente. Anche se non capisco in realtà come mai si debba scappare, visto che non si sta commettendo un furto (come sarebbe facile pensare a primo impatto); ci si sta semplicemente riprendendo il proprio dispositivo affidato in assistenza prima che il lavoro sia compiuto… Boh. Certamente comunque il tempismo è importante, e per completare la missione con successo devi aiutarti guardando in qualche modo cosa accade sul computer dell’impiegato… se stacchi e porti via l’affare troppo presto rischi che ancora non sia sbloccato, mentre se lo fai troppo tardi potrebbe già essere iniziato il flash del firmware, e quindi il rischio brick è dietro l’angolo. Statv’ accort. 😳
Non ricarico qui nel post i video, perché se ne metto uno poi voglio metterli tutti, e sarebbero troppi… però, questo meme piazzato alla fine di uno dei video non potevo assolutamente lasciarlo lì. Questo sblocco del #bootloader è diventato una fottuta missione alla Assassin’s Creed per davvero… ahi ahi…

#bootloader #news #Xiaomi

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小米高考之體育特招🤣 https://b23.tv/b4T8UIM 給各位說一下為什麼要這樣搞 小米要解bl鎖，正常要小米社區五級加答題才能解鎖（陸版是這樣國際版不知道） 然後去售後系統降級需要先解開bl鎖（不過聽說15以上已經不需要解鎖就可以降級）然後降級再然後上鎖，正流程是這樣，有些人就騙師傅降級等師傅解完bl鎖立刻拔手機走人。。。🤣

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Source: Financial Times

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