Meet Mark Chen and Jakub Pachocki. The two people shaping the future of OpenAI’s research
The two people shaping the future of OpenAI’s research
An exclusive conversation with Mark Chen and Jakub Pachocki, OpenAI’s twin heads of research, about the path toward more capable reasoning models—and superalignment.Will Douglas Heaven (MIT Technology Review)
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Facial recognition vans to be rolled out across police forces in England
Under the plans, 10 live facial recognition (LFR) vans will be used by seven forces across England to help identify "sex offenders or people wanted for the most serious crimes", according to Home Secretary Yvette Cooper.
The tech, which has been trialled in London and south Wales, will be subject to strict rules, the Home Office said, but human rights groups have warned it is "dangerous and discriminatory".
Amnesty International UK said the plans should be "immediately scrapped", with facial recognition proven to be "discriminatory against communities of colour".
Facial recognition vans to be rolled out across police forces in England
Ten live facial recognition vans will be deployed - but human rights groups argue the tech is "dangerous and discriminatory".Sky News
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Facial recognition vans to be rolled out across police forces in England
Under the plans, 10 live facial recognition (LFR) vans will be used by seven forces across England to help identify "sex offenders or people wanted for the most serious crimes", according to Home Secretary Yvette Cooper.
The tech, which has been trialled in London and south Wales, will be subject to strict rules, the Home Office said, but human rights groups have warned it is "dangerous and discriminatory".
Amnesty International UK said the plans should be "immediately scrapped", with facial recognition proven to be "discriminatory against communities of colour".
Facial recognition vans to be rolled out across police forces in England
Ten live facial recognition vans will be deployed - but human rights groups argue the tech is "dangerous and discriminatory".Sky News
Facial recognition vans to be rolled out across police forces in England
Under the plans, 10 live facial recognition (LFR) vans will be used by seven forces across England to help identify "sex offenders or people wanted for the most serious crimes", according to Home Secretary Yvette Cooper.
The tech, which has been trialled in London and south Wales, will be subject to strict rules, the Home Office said, but human rights groups have warned it is "dangerous and discriminatory".
Amnesty International UK said the plans should be "immediately scrapped", with facial recognition proven to be "discriminatory against communities of colour".
Facial recognition vans to be rolled out across police forces in England
Ten live facial recognition vans will be deployed - but human rights groups argue the tech is "dangerous and discriminatory".Sky News
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Online Safety Act - shutdowns and site blocks
Online Safety Act - shutdowns and site blocks
Report incorrectly blocked sites on UK ISP and mobile networks.Report mobile and Internet Service Providers blocking sites
Now you see me, now you don’t: how subtle ‘sponsored content’ on social media tricks us into viewing ads
Now you see me, now you don’t: how subtle ‘sponsored content’ on social media tricks us into viewing ads
Scientists find that people mostly avoid social media ads when they see them, but many ads blend in seamlessly.Angharad Brewer Gillham (Frontiers | Science news)
Fake Clinics Quietly Edit Their Websites After Being Called Out on Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Claims
Fake Clinics Quietly Edit Their Websites After Being Called Out on HIPAA Claims
In a promising sign that public pressure works, several crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs, also known as “fake clinics”) have quietly scrubbed misleading language about privacy protections from their websites.Electronic Frontier Foundation
UK Government urges citizens to delete old emails and pictures as data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems
National Drought Group meets to address “nationally significant” water shortfall
Five areas remain in drought with six more in prolonged dry weatherEnvironment Agency (GOV.UK)
Temperature records broken as extreme heat grips parts of Europe
Extreme heat is breaking temperature records across Europe, early measurements suggest, and driving bigger and stronger wildfires.
In south-west France, records were broken on Monday in Angoulême, Bergerac, Bordeaux, Saint-Émilion and Saint-Girons. Météo France said the “often remarkable, even unprecedented, maximum temperatures” in the region were 12C above the norm for the last few decades.
In Croatia, air temperature records were set in Šibenik, at 39.5C, and Dubrovnik, at 38.9C, while large forest fires raged along its coasts and ripped through neighbouring countries in the Balkans.
Beyond Europe, dozens of temperature records were broken across Canada, and record-breaking heat above 50C in Iraq was blamed for a nationwide blackout.
Temperature records broken as extreme heat grips parts of Europe
Unprecedented temperatures causing difficulties in south-west France, Croatia, Italy and Spain with wildfire destruction across Europe up 87%Ajit Niranjan (The Guardian)
Interlock Ransomware Group Leaks 43GB of Data in City of St. Paul Cyberattack
Interlock Ransomware Group Leaks 43GB of Data in City of St. Paul Cyberattack
St. Paul hit by Interlock ransomware attack, 43GB of data leaked, city refuses ransom, launches Operation Secure St. Paul with FBI and National Guard.Deeba Ahmed (Hack Read)
Issues posting comments or Posts on some Threads
I have hade issues posting on lemmy threads. Both commaenta and a normal post. Is this because I use a VPN?
Example:
I have successfully replied to a comment in the "gaming" section of Lemmy (once). A while later I wanted to post a thread, or comment, but simply can't because 'a problem occurred' or something similar.
AI start-up Perplexity makes surprise bid for Google Chrome
AI start-up Perplexity makes surprise $34.5bn bid for Google Chrome
One technology industry investor called the $34.5bn offer a "stunt" that is much lower than Chrome's true value.Osmond Chia (BBC News)
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It's a gimmick to get publicity. But if it happens, the company has to generate revenue to pay it off.
Guess how browser makers make money off a 'free' product?
Couchpotato, sonarr alternatives in 2025
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UN chief warns Israel, Russia over reports of sexual abuse by armed forces
In his annual report to the UN Security Council on conflict-related sexual violence, Guterres said that Israel and Russia could be listed next year among the parties “credibly suspected of committing or being responsible for patterns of rape or other forms of sexual violence”.
In his warning to Israel, Guterres said he was “gravely concerned about credible information of violations by Israeli armed and security forces” against Palestinians in several prisons, a detention centre and a military base.
“Cases documented by the United Nations indicate patterns of sexual violence such as genital violence, prolonged forced nudity and repeated strip searches conducted in an abusive and degrading manner,” Guterres wrote.
In the case of Russia, Guterres wrote that he was “gravely concerned about credible information of violations by Russian armed and security forces and affiliated armed groups”, primarily against Ukrainian prisoners of war, in 50 official and 22 unofficial detention facilities in Ukraine and Russia.
UN chief warns Israel, Russia over reports of sexual abuse by armed forces
UN chief Antonio Guterres puts both countries ‘on notice’ over documented pattern of sexual violence.Al Jazeera
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Western “democracies” will still support the genocidal Israeli regime no matter how many reports come out detailing the atrocities it commits. Hell, the most powerful “democracy” has a rapist pedophile leading it. They won’t let their Zionism and dehumanization of Palestinians be dissuaded by such pesky concepts like ethics or humanity.
Kill your leaders
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UN chief warns Israel, Russia over reports of sexual abuse by armed forces
In his annual report to the UN Security Council on conflict-related sexual violence, Guterres said that Israel and Russia could be listed next year among the parties “credibly suspected of committing or being responsible for patterns of rape or other forms of sexual violence”.
In his warning to Israel, Guterres said he was “gravely concerned about credible information of violations by Israeli armed and security forces” against Palestinians in several prisons, a detention centre and a military base.
“Cases documented by the United Nations indicate patterns of sexual violence such as genital violence, prolonged forced nudity and repeated strip searches conducted in an abusive and degrading manner,” Guterres wrote.
In the case of Russia, Guterres wrote that he was “gravely concerned about credible information of violations by Russian armed and security forces and affiliated armed groups”, primarily against Ukrainian prisoners of war, in 50 official and 22 unofficial detention facilities in Ukraine and Russia.
UN chief warns Israel, Russia over reports of sexual abuse by armed forces
UN chief Antonio Guterres puts both countries ‘on notice’ over documented pattern of sexual violence.Al Jazeera
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Ett av de projekt som Föreningen för Digitala Fri- och Rättigheter (DFRI) driver är att ta fram en ny och bättre digital legitimation. Anledningen till varför det behövs en bättre e-legitimation anger de tydligt i projektbeskrivningen.
blog.zaramis.se/2025/08/13/for…
För en bättre e-legitimation - Svenssons Nyheter
För en bättre e-legitimation. Ett av de projekt som Föreningen för Digitala Fri- och Rättigheter (DFRI) driver är att ta fram en nyAnders_S (Svenssons Nyheter)
Serving a simple website from a Jail with Bastille
In this short little howto we will be setting up a simple Jail via Bastille and host a static website.
Beware: The article assumes that sudo is configured. You can of course also use doas or switch to root, if you so desire. Some commands need root rights to work – keep that in mind as you go along!
First, we need to install Bastille itself.
$ sudo pkg install -y bastille
After installing, we enable the bastille service.
$ sudo sysrc bastille_enable=YES
And finally we start it.
$ sudo service bastille start
The next step on the list is to acually alter the bastille config to adapt it to our needs. Beware that in this guide I assume that you’ve installed FreeBSD with ZFS – or that you have a ZFS pool on hand that we can leverage. By default FreeBSD calls this pool zroot (Which can be altered during the install of FreeBSD). If you do not use ZFS be sure to not alter the variables below – the default is not leveraging ZFS.
Edit the configuration file.
$ sudo vim /usr/local/etc/bastille/bastille.confbastille_tzdata="Europe/Berlin"...bastille_zfs_enable="YES"bastille_zfs_zpool="zroot"...
In my case, as you can see, I’ve adapted the timezone and set up ZFS for the coming Bastille Jails. Be sure to alter the timezone according to your needs.
Next up is creating a loopback interface.
$ sudo sysrc cloned_interfaces+=lo1$ sudo sysrc ifconfig_lo1_name="bastille0"
Start the newly created interface after creating it.
$ sudo service netif cloneup
Now we can move on to the bootstrap phase. The following command will get the newest release (As of this time) and prepare the environment.
$ sudo bastille bootstrap 14.3-RELEASE update
Alright, with that done we can create our first Jail.
The command given will create a Jail named “web” and give it the IP address of 10.0.23.60. Also specifying the interface after the IP address is important.
Note: Be sure to alter the given address to your own needs!
$ sudo bastille create web 14.3-RELEASE 10.0.23.60/24 vtnet0
So far so good. Check if the Jail is created with the “list” option to bastille.
$ sudo bastille list
If the output shows our newly created Jail called “web” we are good to go.
Now we want to enter our freshly created Jail to continue the setup.
$ sudo bastille console web
First, let’s install pkg and update the repository.
# pkg# pkg update
Next we’ll install the needed software (Webserver) to host our website. We also install a editor – pick the one your prefer (In this example we’ll use vim).
# pkg install -y lighttpd vim
Enable Lighttpd and start it afterwards.
# sysrc lighttpd_enable="YES"# service lighttpd start
We could now configure Lighttpd to our needs and change quite some settings. But in the interest of keeping it simple we will use the default configuration for now. If however you want to change things you can always take a look into the configuration directory which can be found under /usr/local/www/lighttpd (Multiple config files).
By default Lighttpd serves the directory /usr/local/www/data (Document Root). This is where we will put the needed files of our little website.
But, the directory “data” is not yet created. So let us just do that.
# cd /usr/local/www/# mkdir data# chown www:www data
Make sure the owner is set correctly since Lighttpd will by default leverage the user www and group www.
Final stretch ahead. Let’s cd into the directory and clone a simple website from git – After installing git of course.
# pkg install -y git-lite# cd data# git clone github.com/jhx0/bsd-website.gi… mv bsd-website/* .
Our frehsly cloned site should now be moved into the data directory.
The only thing left to do is opening your webbrowser of choice on our client system and navigation to the IP address previously configured.
$ firefox 10.0.23.60
Finsihed!
Beware: This is a default setup – There are many ways to improve this!
Look into the configuration of Lighttpd, esp, considering security related alterations.
Have fun everyone.
Stay Open!
Streamio whilst traveling
Hello me hearties.
I have a question about the Streamio app/Service.
I travel full time and with all the paid streaming services requiring a 'home' IP address I'm now looking for alternatives.
Streamio seems to fit the bill, however I have one question. Although I will be streaming to one or maybe 2 devices, I would probably like to use REAL DEBRID, But, Can I use different IP addresses, for example, one week I might be in Japan, the next week I'll be in Thailand.
In my case would it be best to purchase my own private IP from a VPN provider?
Any advice would be awesome.!
Thank you
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This might be of use?
stremio-addons.net/addons/aios…
"AIOStreams consolidates multiple Stremio addons and debrid services into a single, easily configurable addon. It allows highly customisable filtering, sorting, and formatting of results and supports proxying all your streams through MediaFlow Proxy or StremThru for improved compatibility and IP restriction bypassing."
I use this addon, but not for the proxy stuff.
Do not use Real Debrid and use TorBox, do not make problems with IPs as explained here:
support.torbox.app/en/articles…
I use it and now it works very well, first I used Real Debrid.
if you want my referral:
torbox.app/subscription?referr…
Can I Use My Account With Many Different IP's? | TorBox Help Center
TorBox can be used anywhere!support.torbox.app
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Wildlife team 'devastated' by Holt Heath fire animal deaths
A group that has been searching the burnt remains of a heath fire for surviving animals has said it is "devastated" by the loss of wildlife.
The Dorset Heaths Partnership is made up of 10 organisations working together to protect and enhance the Dorset heathlands
Paul Attwell is the partnership's team manager and said the blaze, which started at Holt Heath near Wimborne in Dorset on Saturday morning, was "horrendous".
Wildlife team 'devastated' by Holt Heath fire animal deaths
The Dorset Heaths Partnership found more than 50 dead reptiles on Tuesday.Curtis Lancaster (BBC News)
Rare Sowerby's Beaked Whale washes up in Norfolk
A Sowerby's Beaked Whale, a poorly known deep sea species, has perished after washing up on a beach in Norfolk.
The animal was found in The Wash near Holme-next-the-Sea on Wednesday 6 August by a member of the public, who alerted it to British Divers Marine Life Rescue. By the time a BDMLR representative arrived at the scene, the whale had died, according to Wild Ken Hill on Facebook.
The whale was found to be a female. At this time of year females move south from Arctic breeding grounds – and it may be that this individual was with a young animal.
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Google will now let you pick your top sources for news search results
Google is making it easier to see news from your favorite outlets. A new feature, called “preferred sources,” will let you choose the outlets you want to see featured the most in Search’s “top stories” section.
Google’s top stories hub appears when you search for something related to a current event, and displays a bunch of relevant articles from around the web. Along with prominently featuring articles from your preferred outlets in the top stories list, Google may also include them in a new “from your sources” section. Google first started testing the preferred sources feature in June, and now it’s rolling out to users in the US and India.
Google is adding a new way to personalize the news you see
Google is rolling out a new “preferred sources” feature that lets you choose which outlets you want to see the most in Search’s “top stories” section.Emma Roth (The Verge)
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Who said you can move furniture with a bike?
I saw this bike made by an independent bike shop for himself.
It's an electric longtail and can carry a 300kg europallet, plus the toolbox on the front, plus an extra person or material on the bike rack!
Here is the link to the shop website: cycles-penet.fr/
Cycles Penet Frères – Fabrication de vélos rallongés personnalisés
Artisan assemblant des vélos longtails, robustes et durables au meilleur prix du marché.www.cycles-penet.fr
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Musk threatens Apple and calls OpenAI boss a liar as feud deepens
Musk threatens Apple and calls OpenAI boss a liar as feud deepens
Relations between the two tech bosses have soured amid a slew of lawsuits and social media digs.Liv McMahon (BBC News)
AI companion apps are on track to generate $120M+ in revenue in 2025, and in H1 there were 60M downloads of this kind of app, up 88% YoY
Holy shit. And I thought I was alone.
Where the hell are we heading as humanity?
AI companion apps on track to pull in $120M in 2025 | TechCrunch
The number of AI companion apps has grown more than 60% since 2024.Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)
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