Border Patrol Agent Recorded Raid with Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
On a recent immigration raid, a Border Patrol agent wore a pair of Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses, with the privacy light clearly on signaling he was recording the encounter, which agents are not permitted to do, according to photos and videos of the incident shared with 404 Media.Previously when 404 Media covered Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) officials’ use of Meta’s Ray-Bans, it wasn’t clear if the officials were using them to record raids because the recording lights were not on in any of the photos seen by 404 Media. In the new material from Charlotte, North Carolina, during the recent wave of immigration enforcement, the recording light is visibly illuminated.
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Border Patrol Agent Recorded Raid with Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
On a recent immigration raid, a Border Patrol agent wore a pair of Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses, with the privacy light clearly on signaling he was recording the encounter, which agents are not permitted to do, according to photos and videos of the incident shared with 404 Media.Previously when 404 Media covered Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials’ use of Meta’s Ray-Bans, it wasn’t clear if the officials were using them to record raids because the recording lights were not on in any of the photos seen by 404 Media. In the new material from Charlotte, North Carolina, during the recent wave of immigration enforcement, the recording light is visibly illuminated.
That is significant because CBP says it does not allow employees to use personal recording devices. CBP told 404 Media it does not have an arrangement with Meta, indicating this official was wearing personally-sourced glasses.
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New videos and photos shared with 404 Media show a Border Patrol agent wearing Meta Ray-Bans glasses with the recording light clearly on. This is despite a DHS ban on officers recording with personal devices.Joseph Cox (404 Media)
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How do you check if food is healthy?
Hey everyone 👋
I’m working solo on a small side project called BiteWise — it helps people understand what’s really in the food they eat 🍎
You can check it out here: bitewiser.carrd.co/
I’d love your feedback! Here’s a quick 2-minute questionnaire if you want to help shape it:
👉 tally.so/r/dWqa6z
Not selling anything yet — just testing if this solves a real problem 🙏
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Do Renewables Really Raise Electricity Prices? What The Data Shows
Do Renewables Really Raise Electricity Prices? What The Data Shows | ACE
Residential electricity prices have increased 6.2 percent over the past year, prompting a debate about the role of renewable energy adoption in driving upBrissa Acevedo (ACE)
U.S. Senator Wants $300 Billion Military ‘Make Up’ Payment From Canada
U.S. Senator Wants $300 Billion Military ‘Make Up’ Payment From Canada
Thom Tillis also suggested that Canadians should not criticize the lack of a universal public healthcare system in the U.S.Alex Cosh (The Maple)
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As Federal Funding Lags, a Critical Ocean Weather System Nears a Breaking Point | NOAA delays could mean imprecise forecasts, endangering fishermen, ships, and coastal communities.
As federal funding lags, a critical ocean weather system nears a breaking point
NOAA delays could bring imprecise forecasts, endangering fishermen, ships, and coastal communities.Mother Jones
Supreme Court weighs Republican appeal to end limits on party spending in federal elections
The Supreme Court is considering a Republican-led drive, backed by Donald Trump’s administration, to overturn a quarter-century-old decision and erase limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president.
A day after the justices indicated they would overturn a 90-year-old decision limiting the president’s power to fire independent agency heads, the court is revisiting a 2001 decision that upheld a provision of federal election law that is more than 50 years old.
Democrats are calling on the court to uphold the law.
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SSH Pilot is now a feature-rich server management toolbox!
Today I released a new version of SSH Pilot, a user-friendly SSH connection manager.
SSH Pilot packs some useful features:
- Built-in terminal
- Dual-pane SFTP file manager
- SCP file transfers
- SSH Key generation and transfer
- Secure storage for SSH secrets using libsecret and automatic login
- Server grouping and color taggings
- and more
It is available for major linux distributions, and there is a Flatpak that should run on any distro with Flatpak support.
GitHub - mfat/sshpilot: User-friendly, cross-platform SSH connection manager
User-friendly, cross-platform SSH connection manager - mfat/sshpilotGitHub
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The LanguageTool extension will now be paid
Important: Upgrade Required - LanguageTool
Instantly check grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors with LanguageTool's AI-powered grammar checker. Enhance your writing in over 30 languages with ease.LanguageTool
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German state of Schleswig-Holstein to save €15 million each year by kicking out Microsoft for Open Source, local government says
Schleswig-Holstein [Germany's most Northern state] started its open source journey early, becoming something of a vanguard in Europe's move away from proprietary software [by ditching Microsoft and introducing Linux and LibreOffice].
Now, Dirk Schrödter, the Minister for Digital Transformation of the state, has shared some remarkable numbers (link to article in German language) that prove the financial case for implementing open source for government use cases.
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According to Schrödter's ministry, Schleswig-Holstein will save over €15 million in license costs in 2026. This is money the state previously paid Microsoft for Office 365 and related services.
The savings come from nearly completing the migration to LibreOffice. Outside the tax administration, almost 80% of workplaces in the state government are said to have made the switch.
The remaining 20% of workplaces still depend on Microsoft programs. Technical dependencies in certain specialized applications keep these systems tied to Word or Excel for now. But converting these remaining computers is the end goal.
There is also a one-time €9 million investment set in motion for 2026, which would be used to complete the migration and further develop the open source solutions for the ministry.
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Open Source statt Microsoft: Schleswig-Holstein spart Millionen
Schleswig-Holstein muss durch den Wechsel von Microsoft auf Open-Source-Software deutlich weniger Lizenzkosten zahlen. Digitalisierungsminister Schrödter verkündet rund 15 Millionen Euro Ersparnis.Jonas Bickel (Kieler Nachrichten)
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Marques Brownlee's 📱 awards
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/39939276
Best big 📱 – Xiaomi 17 pro maxBest small 📱 – Galaxy z flip7
Best cam – Oppo find x9 pro
Most value – Cmf phone 2 pro
Best 🔋 life – Oneplus 15
Best design – iPhone air
Best foldable – Galaxy z fold7
Most improved – iPhone 17
2025 bust – iPhone 16e
📱 of 2025 – iPhone 17
In my area the Galaxy a56 was cheaper than the Cmf phone 2 pro at times. Online sale. For me the A56 gives the most value. The A56 olive has been prettyyyyyy.
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Claude Beta Feature Means Vibecoding Will Now Only Require a Slack Message
In theory, you just @ it and it gets to work.
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You got more with Firefox in 2025 | The Mozilla Blog
In 2025, we rolled out one update after another, all aimed at making your browsing better — with more flow, speed, choice, and control over your information and experience. Your window to the internet, whether on desktop, mobile, or across all your devices, has gotten an upgrade this year.
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Meet the artist behind Firefox’s new community-created app icon | The Mozilla Blog
Last year, the Firefox team set out to test something fans requested: choosing a custom app icon. The experiment was simple. Offer a small set of options and see how people use them.
Meet the artist behind Firefox’s new community-created app icon
Ruud is known for the charming, joyful characters in his comic series heyheymomo, and he brings that same energy to this design. He originally created the artwork as a quick five-minute doodle for fun.Jenifer Boscacci (The Mozilla Blog)
Manitoba Workers Will Finally Be Protected From Asbestos
After years of pressure from labour, there will finally be a strict certification program to ensure workers are protected.
UK unveils AI-driven undersea surveillance network to counter Russian submarine activity
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[Announcement] Path of Exile 2 Twitch Drops at The Game Awards
Early Access Announcements - Path of Exile 2 Twitch Drops at The Game Awards - Forum - Path of Exile
Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand.Path of Exile
[Patch Notes] 0.3.1f Patch Notes
0.3.1f Patch Notes
- This is the end of the Rise of the Abyssal League. Your characters and their progress will be migrated over the next few hours following the patch. Thanks for playing!
Early Access Patch Notes - 0.3.1f Patch Notes - Forum - Path of Exile
Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand.Path of Exile
What are these torrent connections?
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/39867783
When seeding a file. Let's say a movie, and all I see are a lot of connections where others try to download that movie. However, they remain at 0% and never download anything.Almost feels like its something watching, logging connections to everyone connected to that torrent. Just a theory.. No idea. (Privacy conscious)
Maybe someone can shed some light?
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something watching, logging connections to everyone connected to that torrent
Might be, FWIW there are quite a few ways to torrent in a rather private way, namely require encrypted connection, have a blocklist, require to be behind a VPN, etc ... but in the end you still share data with strangers, that's the core premise. The whole point is to facilitate the sharing of data reliably but then who joins the pool is outside of the protocol itself.
That's how it's supposed to be pronounced.
Genes are passed down physical traits.
Memes are passed down knowledge.
I'm sorry, but what the fuck is a System Album?
What OS even has that? What happened to the Downloads folder?
Trump, 79, Jolts Awake After Nodding Off at Roundtable
Trump, 79, Jolts Awake After Nodding Off at Roundtable
It marks the second time in less than a week that the 79-year-old president has been caught nodding off during an official event.Erkki Forster (The Daily Beast)
Trump greenlights Nvidia H200 AI chip sales to China if U.S. gets 25% cut, says Xi responded positively
I have informed President Xi, of China, that the United States will allow NVIDIA to ship its H200 products to approved customers in China, and other Countries, under conditions that allow for continued strong National Security. President Xi responded positively! $25% will be paid to the United States of America. This policy will support American Jobs, strengthen U.S. Manufacturing, and benefit American Taxpayers. The Biden Administration forced our Great Companies to spend BILLIONS OF DOLLARS building “degraded” products that nobody wanted, a terrible idea that slowed Innovation, and hurt the American Worker. That Era is OVER! We will protect National Security, create American Jobs, and keep America’s lead in AI. NVIDIA’s U.S. Customers are already moving forward with their incredible, highly advanced Blackwell chips, and soon, Rubin, neither of which are part of this deal. My Administration will always put America FIRST. The Department of Commerce is finalizing the details, and the same approach will apply to AMD, Intel, and other GREAT American Companies. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
Trump greenlights Nvidia H200 AI chip sales to China if U.S. gets 25% cut, says Xi responded positively
I have informed President Xi, of China, that the United States will allow NVIDIA to ship its H200 products to approved customers in China, and other Countries, under conditions that allow for continued strong National Security. President Xi responded positively! $25% will be paid to the United States of America. This policy will support American Jobs, strengthen U.S. Manufacturing, and benefit American Taxpayers. The Biden Administration forced our Great Companies to spend BILLIONS OF DOLLARS building “degraded” products that nobody wanted, a terrible idea that slowed Innovation, and hurt the American Worker. That Era is OVER! We will protect National Security, create American Jobs, and keep America’s lead in AI. NVIDIA’s U.S. Customers are already moving forward with their incredible, highly advanced Blackwell chips, and soon, Rubin, neither of which are part of this deal. My Administration will always put America FIRST. The Department of Commerce is finalizing the details, and the same approach will apply to AMD, Intel, and other GREAT American Companies. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
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Evidence That Humans Now Speak in a Chatbot-Influenced Dialect Is Getting Stronger
Evidence That Humans Now Speak in a Chatbot-Influenced Dialect Is Getting Stronger
Slop may be seeping into the nooks and crannies of our brains.Mike Pearl (Gizmodo)
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Evidence That Humans Now Speak in a Chatbot-Influenced Dialect Is Getting Stronger
Evidence That Humans Now Speak in a Chatbot-Influenced Dialect Is Getting Stronger
Slop may be seeping into the nooks and crannies of our brains.Mike Pearl (Gizmodo)
Evidence That Humans Now Speak in a Chatbot-Influenced Dialect Is Getting Stronger
Evidence That Humans Now Speak in a Chatbot-Influenced Dialect Is Getting Stronger
Slop may be seeping into the nooks and crannies of our brains.Mike Pearl (Gizmodo)
Evidence That Humans Now Speak in a Chatbot-Influenced Dialect Is Getting Stronger
Evidence That Humans Now Speak in a Chatbot-Influenced Dialect Is Getting Stronger
Slop may be seeping into the nooks and crannies of our brains.Mike Pearl (Gizmodo)
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The worst part - through human communication, texts on the internet, etc. - it seems to propagate towards people who don't even use AI.
I myself have strong aversion to it, but found myself using much more bullet points, cliché constructions, and yes - even em-dashes - when I don't actively pay attention to how I write.
I've always been sensitive to language around me, naturally adapting to the environment around - and now it backfires.
I see the point being made; however, how the fuck else might I jam several clauses into one compound megasentence - overwrought and peppered with purple prose - if not with multiple types of punctuation? Should I summarize, streamline? Clearly not: all thoughts should be expressed in full, replete with all irrelevant details. Perhaps remove unneeded, intra-sentence explanations and asides (like this one, which I'm quite fond of) of details obvious to the reader?! Never!
No AI could write with matching convolution — especially when, unlike me, it cannot do so on the toilet.
Your eloquence strikes me as unnecessary but beautiful - truly, it is in human nature to overcomplicate, but in such a special way that makes it unique and almost spiritual instead of verbose and obtuse. I compliment your decisiveness and ability - a distinctively human ability - to see through this thin line and turn your toilet habit into something so profound. Yet, I cannot help but note that taking out the phone while unloading your bowel - or bladder, for that matter - is yet another symptom - a very alarming symptom - of the modern age interfering with our ability to distance ourselves from a neverending steam of distractions, one that comes hand in hand with modern AI-powered enshittification. So, if you'd like to truly reconnect with your roots, to find human in yourself - perhaps it might be bright to create an intimate space where the only connection you experience is a connection with yourself.
Perhaps, I couldn't express myself as vividly as you do; for that I apologize; yet, I'm not even operating in the domain of my mother tongue, so I hope I can be forgiven. Besides, one other distinctively human thing is to try regadless.
Evidence That Humans Now Speak in a Chatbot-Influenced Dialect Is Getting Stronger
Evidence That Humans Now Speak in a Chatbot-Influenced Dialect Is Getting Stronger
Slop may be seeping into the nooks and crannies of our brains.Mike Pearl (Gizmodo)
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I remember my grandparents saying they dream in black and white like they’re old tv programs.
I didn’t watch many movies as a kid, but my cousins rented them all the time. I remember thinking they all talked and argued as if they were in a movie.
Really makes you wonder about us, and the next gen.
Claiming we now speak in a chatbot-influenced dialect disregards the beauty of human expression. Language evolves with technology, but that doesn’t mean we’re losing our voice. Instead, we’re blending styles, adapting to new contexts while holding on to our rich heritage. Let’s celebrate this evolution rather than fear it; it reflects our creativity in an ever-changing world!
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How to leave a lot of communities at the same time?
Hi,
I am subscribed to a lot of communities.
I want to leave a lot of them.
Is there a way to easily select all the communities I want to leave?
Now I do it one by one, but this is a lot of work.
I would love to hear how to do this in bulk.
Thanks.
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The Digital Omnibus: Deregulation Dressed as Innovation
The Digital Omnibus: Deregulation Dressed as Innovation
The EU's sweeping data and AI package loosens safeguards for workers while promising competitiveness gains that will flow mainly to US tech giants.Aida Ponce Del Castillo (Social Europe)
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The hidden Kenyan workers training China’s AI models
Chinese tech companies hire Kenyan workers for AI training - Rest of World
Unemployed young people are hired over WhatsApp for low-wage data labeling jobs.Munira Mutaher (Rest of World)
It's Kenyan issue first and foremost. Lack of labour protections sucks and the fact that people fear to lose these shitty jobs is telling.
Kenya has long been a data labor hub for U.S. tech giants like Meta and OpenAI.
Also as article mentions, US companies has been doing the same thing.
The hidden Kenyan workers training China’s AI models
Chinese tech companies hire Kenyan workers for AI training - Rest of World
Unemployed young people are hired over WhatsApp for low-wage data labeling jobs.Munira Mutaher (Rest of World)
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The hidden Kenyan workers training China’s AI models
Chinese tech companies hire Kenyan workers for AI training - Rest of World
Unemployed young people are hired over WhatsApp for low-wage data labeling jobs.Munira Mutaher (Rest of World)
The hidden Kenyan workers training China’s AI models
Chinese tech companies hire Kenyan workers for AI training - Rest of World
Unemployed young people are hired over WhatsApp for low-wage data labeling jobs.Munira Mutaher (Rest of World)
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AI Safety Index Winter 2025: No AI company is doing enough. Meta, xAI and DeepSeek scored some of the worst grades(D)
- A clear divide persists between top performers and the rest
> A clear divide persists between the top performers (Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google DeepMind) and the rest of the companies reviewed (Z.ai, xAI, Meta, Alibaba Cloud, DeepSeek). The most substantial gaps exist in the domains of risk assessment, safety framework, and information sharing, caused by limited disclosure, weak evidence of systematic safety processes, and uneven adoption of robust evaluation practices. - Existential safety remains the industry’s core structural weakness
> All of the companies reviewed are racing toward AGI/superintelligence without presenting any explicit plans for controlling or aligning such smarter-than-human technology, thus leaving the most consequential risks effectively unaddressed. - Despite public commitments, companies’ safety practices continue to fall short of emerging global standards
> While many companies partially align with these emerging standards, the depth, specificity, and quality of implementation remain uneven, resulting in safety practices that do not yet meet the rigor, measurability, or transparency envisioned by frameworks such as the EU AI Code of Practice.
AI Safety Index Winter 2025 - Future of Life Institute
The Winter 2025 edition of our AI Safety Index, in which AI experts rate eight leading AI companies on key safety and security domains.Future of Life Institute
AI Safety Index Winter 2025: No AI company is doing enough. Meta, xAI and DeepSeek scored some of the worst grades(D)
- A clear divide persists between top performers and the rest
> A clear divide persists between the top performers (Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google DeepMind) and the rest of the companies reviewed (Z.ai, xAI, Meta, Alibaba Cloud, DeepSeek). The most substantial gaps exist in the domains of risk assessment, safety framework, and information sharing, caused by limited disclosure, weak evidence of systematic safety processes, and uneven adoption of robust evaluation practices. - Existential safety remains the industry’s core structural weakness
> All of the companies reviewed are racing toward AGI/superintelligence without presenting any explicit plans for controlling or aligning such smarter-than-human technology, thus leaving the most consequential risks effectively unaddressed. - Despite public commitments, companies’ safety practices continue to fall short of emerging global standards
> While many companies partially align with these emerging standards, the depth, specificity, and quality of implementation remain uneven, resulting in safety practices that do not yet meet the rigor, measurability, or transparency envisioned by frameworks such as the EU AI Code of Practice.
AI Safety Index Winter 2025 - Future of Life Institute
The Winter 2025 edition of our AI Safety Index, in which AI experts rate eight leading AI companies on key safety and security domains.Future of Life Institute
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in reply to flandish • • •They're inhumane terrorists, and I think it's important to point out they're fucking idiots. DHS dramatically lowered its standards to recruit so many so quickly, and we're dealing with some of America's meanest idiots being given a badge and a gun and told to run wild.
They're stupid even by American law enforcement standards, and that's saying something. People are pointing out that this is against the rules, but I'm not even sure these guys can read the rules.
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in reply to Tony Bark • • •Sounds like what these idiots did during Jan6.
All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
It might take a while, but we will get you all.
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in reply to Tony Bark • • •Technocracy = fascism
This is the intended use.
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