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Sex toy maker Lovense caught leaking users’ email addresses and exposing accounts to takeovers


in reply to Pro

If you provide information. Email, name, address, etc. That data is sold. 100% of the time.

in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆

That sounds like 1) 2.5 Years are the new 10+ years and 2) My 15 year old Laptop can write Space invaders in Js, it just needs someone to touch the keyboard


This study on the impact of AI on perceived developer productivity is making the rounds. I find @simon, Quentin Anthony, and @gergelyorosz’s take the most interesting.

My personal theory is that getting a significant productivity boost from LLM assistance and AI tools has a much steeper learning curve than most people expect.

news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…

It’s super easy to get distracted in the downtime while LLMs are generating. The social media attention economy is brutal, and I think people spend 30 mins scrolling while “waiting” for their 30-second generation.

x.com/QuentinAnthon15

I cannot stay in the zone when using a time-saving AI coding tool; I need to do something else while code is being generated, so context switches are forced, and each one slows me down. It’s a distraction.

Cursor makes developers less effective?


I can confirm the danger of getting distracted when working with AI. I’ve learnt and continue to learn how to best leverage Cursor in my daily work. I know its impact on my productivity is very different depending on the projects I work on. I know I must use Cursor differently depending on the codebase I work with. I know I’m not as productive as I would like with some project types, because I haven’t found the best way to organize my work yet.

But I think the same was true when I worked without the help of AI.

#AI #development







Will your job survive AI?




Antidepressant of the masses


Incensole acetate, an incense component, elicits psychoactivity by activating TRPV3 channels in the brain
in reply to qaz

So the Church has wine and antidepressants in its rituals...


2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey


Hackernews.
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The dangerously blurry line between wellness and medical tech


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

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


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.

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in reply to GreenKnight23

That would impress me so much I'd die and come back to life.




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



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


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



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



Is Europe pushing for Palestinian statehood or Palestinian surrender?




Is Europe pushing for Palestinian statehood or Palestinian surrender?



in reply to Skavau

That link doesn’t say lemmy.world

Unless I missed it.

in reply to Optional

No, I mean I chose lemmy.world as the instance to show the announcement on.


Men freed from El Salvador mega-prison endured ‘state-sanctioned torture’, lawyers say


Venezuelans that the Trump administration expelled to El Salvador’s most notorious megaprison endured “state-sanctioned torture”, lawyers for some of the men have said, as more stories emerge about the horrors they faced during capacity.
in reply to MicroWave

I couldn't figure out why they sent them back, but my partner probably did. Trump didn't pay the bill. That's the only thing that makes sense.
in reply to pelespirit

The president of El Salvador also directly contradicted President Tiny Dick when Trump tried to claim he had no control over the fate of the people who were kidnapped and sent there. So having their government directly say that the US did, in fact, still have jurisdiction over those prisoners may have been a factor.

in reply to xc2215x

AfD or not, serving in a foreign army is a felony in German criminal law. You might even lose your Geman nationality (if you have a second one). Anyone to consider this guy a "hero" should be aware that it's primarily German neo-nazis who decided to join the war deliberately. His AfD membership obviously points in the same direction.
in reply to B-TR3E

AfD or not, serving in a foreign army is a felony in German criminal law.


I'm unaware of any law prohibiting that. IIRC, it's illegal to be a mercenary. But serving in a foreign military under the same terms as their own professional soldiers is legal.

This article from the beginning of the war said so as well: lto.de/recht/hintergruende/h/f…

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How SpaceX's rocket diplomacy backfired in the Bahamas


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/

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SpaceX's deal with the Bahamas, also included a $1 million donation to a University, where the company pledged to conduct quarterly seminars on space and engineering topics. The company must pay a $100,000 fee per landing, pursuant to the country's space regulations it enacted in preparation for the SpaceX activities.


musk makes more than that in single morning and this relatively tiny price tags reeks of corruption.



Video friendly communities for news, etc.?


It seems like all the biggest comms prohibit posting videos. I'm mostly talking about news, world news, etc. at lemmy.world... What are the biggest comms or instances that allow posting videos? I enjoy reading but I also enjoy watching and posting videos. Thanks!
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in reply to technocrit

I don't think there is one, because Lemmy is mainly based on text and images, and will need tons of extra space and bandwidth for an instance to support videos.
in reply to Rose56

OP seems to be talking about posting videos which I imagine are links instead of uploading videos.

Wouldn't that solve the whole storage issue?



Cambodia calls for ceasefire with Thailand as death toll rises


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.



Taiwan Straits not a ‘projection screen’ for Britain’s imperial nostalgia




Taiwan Straits not a ‘projection screen’ for Britain’s imperial nostalgia




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


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."

in reply to greenfire

Clinton didn't mention the Israeli blockade that has kept food from reaching Palestinians, more than 120 of whom have now died of starvation, or the at least $12.5 billion in military aid the U.S. has provided to Israel since the blockade first began in October 2023—in violation of U.S. laws prohibiting the government from giving military aid to countries that block humanitarian aid.


Well, yeah...

Neoliberals only pick the ethically right side when they're powerless to do anything.

She couldn't say anything while Biden was in office, especially the first two years, because Dems had the numbers to stop it. Even when Biden went around Congress to provide arms to Israel.

Because there was no one else to blame it on.

in reply to greenfire

Regular cope is citing how history will judge anyone as if that's a major threat for most of anyone. At best most people only care how they are judged by their social circle, not even their future equivalents
in reply to commander

The absurd thing to me is that history does not record people, only names.
in reply to commander

Maybe a hot take but I think the people who say history will judge anyone are the same people who don't think/realize the United States committed genocide against the Indigenous population.

The good guys always win because the good guys dictate how the story is told



Gaza: 'I witnessed war crimes,' former worker at GHF aid site tells BBC


A retired US special forces officer has revealed to the BBC why he resigned from his work with US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid distribution centres.
"I witnessed the Israeli Defense Forces shooting at the crowds of Palestinians," Anthony Aguilar told the BBC.
He added that in his entire career he has never witnessed such a level of "brutality and use of indiscriminate and unnecessary force against a civilian population, an unarmed, starving population".
in reply to MyEdgyAlt

Not war crimes, this is a GENOCIDE not a war.


“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), e a quanto pare nemmeno a verificare se le premesse sono corrette… almeno, questo […]

octospacc.altervista.org/2025/…


“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). 😈
have you guys seen how people are unlocking xiaomi bootloaders nowstep 1: ask store to downgrade firmwarestep 2: before they relock the bootloader run away with your devicehttps://imgur.com/P4n0pcIhttps://imgur.com/8UWg5hv
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! 😤

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?):

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



in reply to Davriellelouna

How dare Brazil build out infrastructure that’s not controlled extractively from the US!
in reply to Davriellelouna

discriminates


… by being better for everyone involved. smh

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in reply to Davriellelouna

People want democracy.

Authoritarian state known for overreach tries to kidnap critics living in other countries.

I hope these people manage to stay safe.






'A distraction': Unrwa says Israeli and GHF claims over UN aid delivery are baseless


in reply to Saleh

Right, cause as we all know, it was the UN that illegally boarded a ship in international waters and pretty much kidnapped it's crew just cause their efforts to get supplies into Gaza was topping the news cycle. Wait, no, that of course was Israel's doing.

Fuckin fascist assholes. I'm referring of course to that mission that Greta joined. But can't let compassion for the indigenous people of the land they are stealing overtake the news cycle cuz that makes it hard to convince people that Israel are the victims.

I cannot comprehend reacting with anger and hatred cause somebody is trying to get food to starving children, let alone the disgusting level of bigotry it takes to intentionally starve an entire population to death.

in reply to Saleh

Imagine taking a single word the Israeli government says seriously. How gullible can you be?