UK-funded spy flights over Gaza linked to attack that killed British volunteers: Report
UK-funded spy flights over Gaza linked to attack that killed British volunteers: Report
London has refused to release aerial footage of the deadly strikes that killed British aid workersthecradle.co
US | Net neutrality advocates won’t appeal loss, say they don’t trust Supreme Court
Advocates say Supreme Court shows “hostility toward sound legal reasoning.”
Net neutrality advocates won’t appeal loss, say they don’t trust Supreme Court
Advocates say Supreme Court shows “hostility toward sound legal reasoning.”…Jon Brodkin (Ars Technica)
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Americans, Be Warned: Lessons From Reddit’s Chaotic UK Age Verification Rollout
Age verification has officially arrived in the UK thanks to the Online Safety Act (OSA), a UK law requiring online platforms to check that all UK-based users are at least eighteen years old before allowing them to access broad categories of “harmful” content that go far beyond graphic sexual content. EFF has extensively criticized the OSA for eroding privacy, chilling speech, and undermining the safety of the children it aims to protect. Now that it’s gone into effect, these countless problems have begun to reveal themselves, and the absurd, disastrous outcome illustrates why we must work to avoid this age-verified future at all costs.
Americans, Be Warned: Lessons From Reddit’s Chaotic UK Age Verification Rollout
Age verification has officially arrived in the UK thanks to the Online Safety Act (OSA), a UK law requiring online platforms to check that all UK-based users are at least eighteen years old before allowing them to access broad categories of “harmful”…Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Trump administration threatens to take Harvard's patents
The federal government told Harvard University it could take control of the school's patents — the latest in a months-long feud between the Trump administration and the school.
Switch lite shell swap and modchip
My modded switch lite with new shell and joycons! Got these from aliexpress since the original shell was cracked and the joycons had some dead zones. Whole process took about 3.5 hours (with child interruptions). I had some pics of the soldering but seem to have lost them.
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Microsoft sued for discontinuing Windows 10 support
The plaintiff says that Microsoft's tactic of "forced obsolescence" is an "attempt to monopolize the generative AI market."
Case file: courthousenews.com/wp-content/…
https://www.courthousenews.com/microsoft-sued-for-discontinuing-windows-10-support/
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Stunning new data reveals 140% layoff spike in July, with almost half connected to AI and 'technological updates'
The summer of layoffs is real.
Stunning new data reveals 140% layoff spike in July, with almost half connected to AI and ‘technological updates’
The summer of layoffs is real, according to the July monthly "job cut" report from employment consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas.Nick Lichtenberg (Fortune)
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Diabetes patient produces own insulin after gene-edited cell transplant – without anti-rejection drugs
A potential major step toward a type 1 diabetes cure
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Riot Games Accused of Blocking Mastercard Discourse in VCT Chat
As Mastercard deals with other backlash, the payment processor and Riot Games are now accused of actively suppressing negative posts during esports events.
Riot Games Accused of Blocking Mastercard Discourse in VCT Chat
As multiple different parts of the art, entertainment, and gaming industries are being impacted by ongoing crackdowns from various payment processors, it appearCale Michael (Sports Illustrated)
an incomplete list of fediverse instances scraped by meta to train AI
INSTANCES KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN SCRAPED BY META INCLUDE:
• mastodon.social• mastodon.online
• tech.lgbt
• hackers.town
• chaos.social
• mastodon.org.uk
• mastodont.cat
• mastodon.de
• mastodon.xyz
• mastodon.coffee
• mastodon.cloud
• mastodon.scot
• mastodonapp.uk
• mastodon.green
• mastodon.ml
• mastodon.au
• mastodon.eus
• mastodonczech.cz
• mastodon.sdf.org
• mstdn.social
• troet.cafe
• techhub.social
• tchncs.de
• kolektiva.social
• mamot.fr
• defcon.social
• meow.social
• social.linux.pizza
• ioc.exchange
• eldritch.cafe
• yiff.life
• furry.engineer
• infosec.exchange
• blahaj.zone
• woof.group
• union.place
• queer.party
• sakurajima.moe
• pawb.social
• digipres.club
• journa.host
• corteximplant.net
• corteximplant.com
• octodon.social
• bitbang.social
• jorts.horse
• tenforward.social
• pnw.zone
• spore.social
• hear-me.social
• neuromatch.social
• vt.social
• cosocial.ca
• chitter.xyz
• tooter.social
• cloudisland.nz
• social.seattle.wa.us
• masto.es
• nobigtech.es
• mastodon.gal
• masto.host
• toot.community
• pony.social
• climatejustice.global
• pleroma.envs.net
• indiepocalypse.social
• anarchism.space
• disroot.org
• dragonscave.space
• toot.bike
• fuzzies.wtf
• norden.social
• beige.party
• ohai.social
• freeradical.zone
• metalhead.club
• treehouse.systems
• icosahedron.website
• sunbeam.city
• sunny.garden
• zeroes.ca
• ursal.zone
• chaosfem.tw
• mas.to
• mathstodon.xyz
• rubber.social
• todon.nl
• cupoftea.social
• nerdculture.de
• toad.social
there're definitely more, i just did ctrl+f when i thought of an instance name so i definitely missed some. will be editing this list to add them as i think of them
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an incomplete list of fediverse instances scraped by meta to train AI
INSTANCES KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN SCRAPED BY META INCLUDE:
• mastodon.social• mastodon.online
• tech.lgbt
• hackers.town
• chaos.social
• mastodon.org.uk
• mastodont.cat
• mastodon.de
• mastodon.xyz
• mastodon.coffee
• mastodon.cloud
• mastodon.scot
• mastodonapp.uk
• mastodon.green
• mastodon.ml
• mastodon.au
• mastodon.eus
• mastodonczech.cz
• mastodon.sdf.org
• mstdn.social
• troet.cafe
• techhub.social
• tchncs.de
• kolektiva.social
• mamot.fr
• defcon.social
• meow.social
• social.linux.pizza
• ioc.exchange
• eldritch.cafe
• yiff.life
• furry.engineer
• infosec.exchange
• blahaj.zone
• woof.group
• union.place
• queer.party
• sakurajima.moe
• pawb.social
• digipres.club
• journa.host
• corteximplant.net
• corteximplant.com
• octodon.social
• bitbang.social
• jorts.horse
• tenforward.social
• pnw.zone
• spore.social
• hear-me.social
• neuromatch.social
• vt.social
• cosocial.ca
• chitter.xyz
• tooter.social
• cloudisland.nz
• social.seattle.wa.us
• masto.es
• nobigtech.es
• mastodon.gal
• masto.host
• toot.community
• pony.social
• climatejustice.global
• pleroma.envs.net
• indiepocalypse.social
• anarchism.space
• disroot.org
• dragonscave.space
• toot.bike
• fuzzies.wtf
• norden.social
• beige.party
• ohai.social
• freeradical.zone
• metalhead.club
• treehouse.systems
• icosahedron.website
• sunbeam.city
• sunny.garden
• zeroes.ca
• ursal.zone
• chaosfem.tw
• mas.to
• mathstodon.xyz
• rubber.social
• todon.nl
• cupoftea.social
• nerdculture.de
• toad.social
there're definitely more, i just did ctrl+f when i thought of an instance name so i definitely missed some. will be editing this list to add them as i think of them
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IBM and Moderna have simulated the longest mRNA pattern without AI — they used a quantum computer instead
Scientists used IBM's R2 Heron quantum processor to predict the secondary protein structure of a 60-nucleotide-long mRNA sequence.
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Encryption Made for Police and Military Radios May Be Easily Cracked
Researchers found that an encryption algorithm likely used by law enforcement and special forces can have weaknesses that could allow an attacker to listen in.
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US | As electric bills rise, evidence mounts that data centers share blame. States feel pressure to act
Amid rising electric bills, states are under pressure to insulate regular household and business ratepayers from the costs of feeding Big Tech’s energy-hungry data centers.
Archived version: archive.is/20250809173126/apne…
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US | Trump admin orders federal agencies to scrub all worker COVID vaccination records
'Things got out of hand during the pandemic, and federal workers were fired, punished, or sidelined' for declining vaccines, OPM chief says.
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Putin presented award to Witkoff meant for CIA official whose son died fighting for Russia, CBS News reports
Russian President Vladimir Putin presented the Order of Lenin award to U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff to pass along to a senior CIA official whose son died fighting for Russia in Ukraine, CBS News reported on Aug. 8.
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Canada will lower price cap for Russian oil
Canada announced it will lower the price cap for Russian oil to US$47.60 per barrel, down nearly $13, in an effort to restrict Russia’s war efforts against Ukraine.
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PSA: Newpipe è un ottimo client peertibr
Ho sempre trovato scomodo e macchinoso seguire canali peerda mastodont, soprattutto perché i client mastodon non visualizzano i video, bisigna usare un browser.
Ho scoperto che Newpipe visualizza i video peertube e supporta l'iscrizione ai canali, con notifica opzionale per le nuove pubblicazioni.
Solo dopo ho trovato l'articolo di le alternative.
Immagino che il mio problema iniziale si risolverebbe con peertube redirect che mi consentirebbe di aprire i video peertube da mastodon su Newpipe, ma per ora mi trovo bene così
Applicazioni per PeerTube - Le Alternative
Quali applicazioni utilizzare per visualizzare i video di PeerTube? Le abbiamo provate per voi ed ecco i nostri suggerimenti!skariko (Le Alternative)
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Niger announces nationalisation of its only gold mine
Niger’s military government has announced the nationalisation of the country’s sole industrial gold mine, accusing its Australian operator of “serious breaches” as the junta seeks greater control of natural resources.
The military junta has ruled the West African nation since seizing power in a 2023 coup, promising to crack down on Niger’s myriad security issues.
Juntas in Niger, neighbouring Burkina Faso and Mali have ramped up pressure on foreign mining companies in recent years, with Niger nationalising the local branch of French uranium giant Orano in June.
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/08/niger-announces-nationalisation-of-its-only-gold-mine/
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Question - Seedbox Copyright Notice - Remove Files too?
Is it enough to stop sharing a movie in response to a copyright complaint given to a seedbox or does the file have to be deleted as well? I removed the movie from the bittorent client, and the seedbox automated system says I'm compliant, but does the movie file also have to be deleted as well?
Edit: For further clarification, the seedbox explicitly states that the file has to be removed as well. But their automated system says I'm compliant by removing the torrent from the p2p client?
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As someone already answered your question, i'm more interested in your seedbox choice. Isn't your case (DMCAs) exactly why people get a seedbox to avoid these copyright infringement from your ISP?
Am I missing something here? I have never had a seedbox so I probably do, or this seems rather a bad seedbox in a bad country I guess?
Sorry for my ignorance if that's the case, but it's the first time I hear about a seedbox that states about copyright complains.
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Most seedbox providers offer data center choices in the US, Asia and Europe.
OP is likely using public trackers without a VPN so a US based location is not ideal. The seedbox provider receives and forwards any copyright notices to you, and your ISP is still unaware that you have received a copyright notice.
Ohh, soo a combination of public tracker & no-vpn with a seedbox, makes sense ! I was kinda suprised & intrigued to read this kind of info on Lemmy while I never read something similar on any private tracker i'm on. (I'm not alone seeing the numbers of upvotes)
Thanks for the clarification and sorry for my minimal though process 😅
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Ukraine imposes sanctions on Russian officials, energy companies, including Rosatom
Vladislav Vlasiuk, the president's representative on sanctions policy, said the latest sanctions are "100% synchronized" with U.S. restrictions.
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Indonesia says it will treat 2,000 of Gaza’s wounded on uninhabited Galang island
Muslim-majority Indonesia says the plan to treat wounded Palestinians in island’s medical facility is temporary and patients will return to Gaza
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Brazil's Lula vetoes parts of environment bill pushed by the opposition that could harm the Amazon
Brazil’s president has vetoed parts of a controversial congressional bill that sought to loosen the country’s environmental licensing rules.
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Canada’s 2025 wildfire season now second-worst on record, fuelled by Prairies blazes
The latest figures posted by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre suggest fires have torn through 72,000 square kilometres, an area roughly the size of New Brunswick.
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Ukraine, Europe reject Putin's ceasefire proposal, present counterproposal to US ahead of Trump-Putin meeting, WSJ reports
Ukrainian and European officials rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposal for a ceasefire in exchange for Kyiv to cede its eastern territories to Russia, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Aug. 9.
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Iran arrests 20 alleged spies of Israel
Iran has arrested 20 people it alleges are operatives of Israel's Mossad spy agency in recent months, the judiciary said on Saturday, warning that they will face no leniency and will be made an example of.
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Trump’s envoy ‘misunderstood’ Putin’s territorial demands as concessions, media report
Witkoff was apparently confused as to which country’s forces should withdraw.
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'We stand firm on clear Ukrainian positions' — Zelensky warns Russia will reinvade if ceasefire favors Moscow, ahead of Trump-Putin meeting
President Volodymyr Zelensky in his evening address on Aug. 9 rebuked Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposal for Kyiv to cede Ukrainian territory to end Russia's war, warning that a lack of a "genuine peace" may give Russia the opportunity to reinvade.
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'We stand firm on clear Ukrainian positions' — Zelensky warns Russia will reinvade if ceasefire favors Moscow, ahead of Trump-Putin meeting
President Volodymyr Zelensky in his evening address on Aug. 9 rebuked Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposal for Kyiv to cede Ukrainian territory to end Russia's war, warning that a lack of a "genuine peace" may give Russia the opportunity to re…Dmytro Basmat (The Kyiv Independent)
Google confirms data breach exposed potential Google Ads customers' info
Google has confirmed that a recently disclosed data breach of one of its Salesforce CRM instances involved the information of potential Google Ads customers.
Trump announces peace deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia at White House
Trump announces peace deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia at White House
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a U.S.-brokered peace agreement on Friday during a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump that would boost bilateral economic ties after decades of conflict.Reuters (CNBC)
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AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified
AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified
Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.Ashley Belanger (Ars Technica)
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Those that want to this to go against Anthropic, keep in mind that authors themselves oppose this.
Also backing Anthropic's appeal, advocates representing authors—including Authors Alliance, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, American Library Association, Association of Research Libraries, and Public Knowledge—pointed out that the Google Books case showed that proving ownership is anything but straightforward.
This seems to one of those cases where 80 year old judge is just too old to understand what he's doing.
Popup Ads in Your Pickup Truck? RAM Trucks Now Feature Scammy Ads on the Center Display
cross-posted from: fedia.io/m/technology@lemmy.wo…
Well folks, it finally happened. The screen in your pickup truck… your last bastion of peace from the chaos of unskippable advertisements… now plays popup ads. Not even subtle ones. We’re talking full-dash, head-unit-commandeering infomercial panels in your RAM 1500, like you’re driving a Times Square billboard on wheels.
Popup Ads in Your Pickup Truck? RAM Trucks Now Feature Scammy Ads on the Center Display - FuelArc News
Well folks, it finally happened. The screen in your pickup truck... your last bastion of peace from the chaos of unskippable advertisements... now plays popup ads. Not even subtle ones.Kay Leadfoot (FuelArc News)
The current state of LLM-driven development
The current state of LLM-driven development
I spent the past ~4 weeks trying out all the new and fancy AI tools for software development.Tolki's Blog
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Fedora 42 / KDE - What is the difference between "dnf upgrade" and Discover "system upgrade"
I usually update through dnf but sometimes Discover says there is a "system upgrade" with however many packages that are pending upgrade, but no details provided. It requires a restart after completing.
What is the difference between the two?
Picture of what I'm talking about
Discovers talks to PackageKit, a project that attempts to abstract packaging concepts. So rather than Discover supporting dnf, apt, pacman, etc, it talks to PackageKit and that handles the lower level stuff.
But PackageKit is not perfect. It’s better to use dnf directly and use the flag for offline upgrades (for more reliable upgrades).
It’s getting harder to skirt RTO policies without employers noticing
It’s getting harder to skirt RTO policies without employers noticing
Most companies downsizing office space say it’s because of hybrid work.Scharon Harding (Ars Technica)
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Employee owned companies
I would like to get your opinion about employee owned companies.
I do prefer working for companies that are employee owned. This means that employees can invest in the company and that no shares are owned by external investors. The financial incentive is often the stable dividend rather than making profits due to risen share price.
For me, working at these type of companies is still way better than working for a publicly traded company where profit often feels like the only purpose (to please the share holders). However, I got a bit reluctant to invest in the employee owned company as a employee because I find the system a bit unfair:
- I find it a capitalistic implementation where the more you are willing (or able) to invest, the larger your cut of the profit. Everybody worked just as hard for that profit so why should you be able to get more if you got more shares.
- To get a management position, you often have to buy a significant amount of shares "as incentive to do your work as a manager I was always told". Of course, they have more responsibility but they already get a higher salary for that. Why also get a bigger part of the profit?
- On the management part, if there is also a voting system linked to the amount of shares you have, it also means that the management has a significant (majority?) saying in things. Legally the company is owned by the employees but not when it comes to decision making ( if employees are consulted via their shares).
What are your opinions on this and would you participate? Of course, not participating will not have consequences for the system because others will just buy those shares, but by participating you show support for an, in my eyes, unfair system.
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Not all co-ops are created equally. There are many different ways to structure one on the spectrum between horizontal and hierarchical.
Someone already mentioned Mondragon, but I think a better example of what an anarchist co-op would be like is Cecosesola.
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Police arrest 365 people at protest over Palestine Action ban in London
The Met said it estimated 500 to 600 people were in Parliament Square when the demonstration began, but “many” were not partaking. By 6pm, the force said 365 people had been arrested.
A spokesperson for Defend Our Juries said: “The fact that unprecedented numbers came out today risking arrest and possible imprisonment shows how repulsed and ashamed people are about our government’s ongoing complicity in a livestreamed genocide, and the lengths people are prepared to go to defend this country’s ancient liberties.”
“The police have only been able to arrest a fraction of those supposedly committing ‘terrorism’ offences, and most of those have been given street bail and allowed to go home. This is a major embarrassment to Yvette Cooper, further undermining the credibility of this widely ridiculed law.”
Arrests begin in London at largest Palestine Action protest since group’s ban
Met police says it has drawn officers from other forces to form ‘significant presence’ in busy weekend of protestsSammy Gecsoyler (The Guardian)
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in reply to bigkahuna1986 • • •Nice shell and clean work.
What did you do for the joycons? The last time I went in my switch I finally bit the bullet and dropped the extra cash for Hall effect joysticks. It was pricier but not that costly (like $27 instead of the normal like $3 joycon swap) but they are far more sensitive and will last basically forever whereas I was swapping joycon sticks like once a year before bc of drift and dead zones. Absolutely crazy they didn’t go with a better design for switch 2. The ifixit guide showed the joycon stick is basically the same despite Nintendo claiming it’s sturdier.
Switch 2 Teardown: Still Glued, Still Soldered, Still Drifting
Elizabeth Chamberlain (iFixit)bigkahuna1986
in reply to ragebutt • • •I got mine from AliExpress and I think they were "no drift" or something like that.~~ About 18$ so maybe they're Hall effect~~? I've had really good luck with joycons until I bought this one from eBay.
I'm not surprised with Nintendo s decision, they're probably saving hall effect and OLED for the switch 2 pro. I'm disappointed with it, but not surprised.
Edit: they were 4$ so definitely not Hall effect. I had a number of items in my order and got confused.
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in reply to aislopmukbang • • •Easy, pay someone $$$ to do it lol...
Less jokey, you do need reasonable microsoldering skills unfortunately.
In Australia I paid someone $150 to do mine including the pi chip.
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in reply to aislopmukbang • • •Plus on the switch lite, take great care about the battery connector. It's super fragile and can pull out when disconnecting it
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in reply to bigkahuna1986 • • •I love that shell!! Can you link to the seller?
I’d love to pick up a cheap used switch and do some hardware mods to it - are there any good guides?
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in reply to JohnBrownsBawdy [none/use name] • • •Here's a link to the shell: aliexpress.us/item/32568015078…
I used this YouTube video for disassembly:
Definitely breaths new life into it! The original shell was a bit cracked.
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