The Download: a new form of AI surveillance, and the US and China’s tariff deal
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The Download: a new form of AI surveillance, and the US and China’s tariff deal
Plus: OpenAI is reportedly negotiating a future IPORhiannon Williams (MIT Technology Review)
Oyez, oyez ! Il est enfin là : le programme des conférences de Paris Web 2025 est disponible !
Et ce n’est pas tout…
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How Budget Reconciliation Works in Congress
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Trump's Visit Is Set to Boost Middle East’s AI Ambitions, Deals
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A historical home at Ephrata Cloister in Pennsylvania, for #MonochromeMonday.
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The Trump regime and China have agreed to a 90-day pause in their bruising trade war on Monday, a sudden thaw in relations that slashes reciprocal tariffs by 115% in a deal brokered during high-stakes weekend talks in Switzerland.
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Trump Admin and China Agree to Slash Tariffs in Shocking Trade War Truce
The Trump administration and China have agreed to a 90-day pause in their bruising trade war on Monday, a sudden thaw in relations that slashes reciprocal tariffs by 115% in a deal brokered during high-stakes weekend talks in Switzerland.David Gilmour (Mediaite)
Seksfeesten, meer dan honderd aanklachten en mogelijk lange celstraf: dit weten we van rechtszaak tegen Diddy
De grootste MeToozaak van de muziekindustrie gaat maandag inhoudelijk van start in New York. Rapper en producer Sean Combs (55), beter bekend als P. Diddy, wordt beschuldigd van mensenhandel en seksueel misbruik.Fleur Broeders (DPG Media)
The charismatic 38-year-old state senator from Michigan is less experienced than some primary rivals, but has a style resembling that of AOC—her youth, her make-no-apologies speaking style, and her sharp view of Trump.
Mallory McMorrow Wants Power—and Yes, That Is a Good Thing
The star Michigan state senator felt powerless when Donald Trump first won. Now she wants to flip that script—by winning a U.S. Senate seat.The New Republic
A video of this orphanage: youtu.be/XJKKfc4a1Xs
Abandoned orphan house (Mono Orphanage) Italy Oct 2012
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2,000,000 Face Famine in Gaza!
Israel’s siege puts Gaza at famine risk; Edan Alexander to be freed
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LIVE: Israel bombs Gaza school, kills 15; Hamas to free US-Israeli captive
Humanitarian crisis worsens in Gaza as Hamas says it will release US-Israeli captive Edan Alexander.Lyndal Rowlands (Al Jazeera)
French lawmakers revive the assisted suicide debate as the end-of-life bill returns to parliament.
French MPs are again debating assisted suicide, as an end-of-life bill restarts its legislative process after it was interrupted by President Macron’s dissolution of parliament last year.
Lawmakers in committee also adopted a bill on palliative care, which was initially part of the end-of-life legislation.
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On “agentic AI”
There’s this weird phrase “agentic AI” which looks weid. But it’s a sign for how bad the state of the bubble is: Software agents are a very old concept, they are simple systems provided with a target function to optimize that operate somewhat autonomously. This fits in well with modern “AI” systems who can be used to either extract data to operate on or might provide a few newish modes of interacting with other systems. So why not call them “Agents” but use the construct “agentic AI”?
The “AI” bubble is in trouble. Investment in data centers goes down, there still is no realistic business case, most people outside of LinkedIn still don’t much appreciate the slopification of the world. The only thing keeping the hype alive is momentum. First you had LLMs/generative AI, then came “reasoning models” who also hallucinated a chain of thinking/reasoning that might look like something that could have lead to the output (it is important to realize that this is still just a random string, nothing that has anything to do with cognitive processes). There’s always the next thing behind the horizon.
Problem is that the next thing when it comes mostly is the same thing we have: Maybe better at a few things, worse at a few others, maybe a bit cheaper, maybe also more expensive. And often: A disappointment when compared to the massive promises that predated their actual release. To not have that disappointment settle in, you need a new thing: “We never cared about this model really, it’s just a thing, we are actually working on …”
We see that a lot. Fabrications/hallucinations have been “soon gone” for a while now because that’s how software works, right? Bugs get removed. (Problem is that hallucinations are a structural property of those systems, they can be removed just as well as human beings’ need to breathe.) So when you read “agentic AI” you have to read it as scaffolding.
The “agentic” part promises that something new will happen in “AI”. Something more than “we can now use those systems in automation pipelines a lot easier”. That’s just a bit of application and as soon as you are on the application level, you need to really talk about revenue and all those nasty things. But if “agentic AI” is “on the horizon” you can still keep the momentum going for a few more months, for another round of investments. “Agentic AI” will be deprecated in summer or early fall to coin a new term describing the same processes of automation.
Because it’s never about the tech, it is about the political project.
Mafia Terra Madre, prequel ambientato nella Sicilia dei primi anni ’900, promette un’immersione intensa nelle dinamiche di Cosa Nostra. Il gioco, in uscita l’8 agosto 2025 su PC e console next-gen, ri...
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Mafia Terra Madre, rivelati i requisiti PC raccomandati | HyNerd
Rivelate le specifiche PC essenziali e raccomandate per Mafia Terra Madre, il nuovo capitolo della serie in arrivo l'8 Agosto 2025.Luca Donato Mandorino (HyNerd)
I really want to find the time to get back to painting some bigger #aquarell #paintings again...
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Tactical reality behind the India-Pakistan hacktivist surge - Secure Bulletin
In May 2025, a wave of hacktivist activity targeting Indian digital infrastructure sparked widespread alarm in media and social networks, with numerous groups claiming significant breaches of government, educational, and critical infrastructure websi…securebulletin.com
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Elle: The Runaway Tradwives of TikTok. “What’s less visible behind the highly filtered portrayal of 1950s or prairie-style homesteading is the flip side of the movement—an increasingly vocal ecosystem on Instagram and TikTok of some former tradwives who became unhappy with their patriarchal lifestyle and left, and who now use their own experience as a model: They got out, and so can you.”
Trent'anni di desiderio 1995 - 2000
L'Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna presenta il progetto culturale biennale Trent'anni di desiderio. 1995 - 2000 TPO - Teatro Polivalente Occupato e Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna
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👉 Lunedì 19 maggio ore 14.00 - Qualcosa ci è sfuggito dal palco (e lo stiamo ancora cercando)
Ospiti: Bettina Cottone e Elena Lolli
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Padre Paolo Benanti, esperto di etica e nuove tecnologie nel suo libro, Il crollo di Babele,esamina la trasformazione del web da sogno di interconnessione democratica a strumento di potere e disinformazione. Il testo sottolinea come le Primavere Arabe abbiano segnato un culmine e come la successiva quotazione in borsa di FB abbia segnato un punto di svolta. @writefreely @libri
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Il crollo di Babele: dopo il sogno di Internet
Paolo Benanti, Il crollo di Babele. Che fare dopo la fine del sogno di Internet?, Edizioni San Paolo, 2024. Padre Paolo Benanti, esperto di etica e nuove tecnologie nel suo libro, Il crollo d…Sussurri di Carta
We have never witnessed this level of corruption in the US. Democracy in free fall.
Neue Hoffnung auf Frieden mit der PKK
Seit Monaten gibt es Anzeichen für eine Aussöhnung zwischen der verbotenen kurdischen PKK und der türkischen Regierung. Jetzt hat die PKK offenbar ihre Auflösung beschlossen. Doch es bleiben Fragen. Von Markus Rosch.
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Neue Hoffnung auf Frieden mit der PKK
Seit Monaten gibt es Anzeichen für eine Aussöhnung zwischen der verbotenen kurdischen PKK und der türkischen Regierung. Jetzt hat die PKK offenbar ihre Auflösung beschlossen. Doch es bleiben Fragen.tagesschau.de
Sure, newer American cars like the Tesla have lots of fancy electronic doodads and comfortable seats.
But the stuff Detroit produced in the 1940s were way tougher.
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Am #TagDerPflege erinnern wir an einen Beitrag zur gewerkschaftlichen Organisierung weiblicher #Pflegekräfte in der Bundesrepublik & damit verbundenen #Geschlechterbildern:
➡️ Susanne Kreutzer, Eine »rote« #Schwesternschaft in der #Gewerkschaft Öffentliche Dienste, Transport und Verkehr (ÖTV). Zur Attraktivität einer gewerkschaftlichen Problemgruppe, 1949–1968, #WerkstattGeschichte 34/2003, werkstattgeschichte.de/abstrac…
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The Best Pet Cameras
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France Vows Firm Response After Algeria Orders Embassy Staff Out
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Joy, despair, worry, hope
Another surreal week in America — and, perhaps, a path forwardMargaret Sullivan (American Crisis)
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🖨️ Scopri le migliori stampanti laser economiche di maggio 2025! Qualità, velocità e risparmio a portata di click. 💸🙌 #TecnologiaAccessibile #RisparmioSmart
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Migliori stampanti laser economiche (maggio 2025)
Stanchi di andare in copisteria? Niente paura, in questo articolo potete trovare i nostri consigli con le migliori stampanti laser economiche.Antonello Buzzi (Tom's Hardware)
Champagne ! Un an (!) plus tard, le site de La Hulotte, dont j’ai fait la DA et le design, est enfin en ligne : lahulotte.fr/
Je n’ai pas fait l’inté, mais le résultat est chouette ! (vous l’avez ?)
C’est un projet atypique que j’ai pris énormément de plaisir à accompagner, en collaboration avec une petite équipe familiale de passionnés (et surtout de passionnées d’ailleurs), pour qui le web n’était pas forcément une évidence. Vive la presse indépendante !
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La clericalata della settimana, 19: il governo fa esporre le bandiere in tutti gli edifici pubblici per il nuovo papa
Ogni settimana pubblichiamo una cartolina dedicata all’affermazione o all’atto più clericale della settimana compiuto da rappresentanti di istituzioni o di funzioni pubbliche.A ragion veduta
Israël-Palestine : « Le plus révoltant, c'est la différence de traitement »
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"Entretien avec Rony Brauman.
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2010-... La désinformation continue
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'This is definitely a must' - All For Gardening
A TikTok gardener has shared an important lesson about raised-bed planters that he, unfortunately, had to learn the hard way.Gardening (All For Gardening)
Das Bild zeigt ein braunes Pferd, das neugierig hinter einem Metallzaun steht und direkt in die Kamera schaut. Das Pferd hat große, aufgerichtete Ohren und ein dunkles Mähnenhaar. Es steht auf einem trockenen, sandigen Boden, der mit Stroh bedeckt ist. Im Hintergrund ist ein weiteres Pferd, ein weißes, zu sehen, das in der Ferne steht. Die Umgebung besteht aus einem Gebäude mit einem Metalldach und einer Wand aus vertikalen Metallplatten. Der Himmel ist blau und wolkenlos, was auf einen sonnigen Tag hinweist.
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One things that happened in the pandemic was that people noticed that those "making a real and lasting contribution" were the low-paid immigrants who kept the show on the road. Now it seems we've forgotten that and the "real and lasting contributors" are, once again "tech entrepreneurs" or something
'Seltsame Schilder / Hinweise / Beschriftungen ' #FotoVorschlag
Es macht mich tatsächlich etwas wuschig, dass ich mich nicht mehr erinnere, wo ich das aufgenommen habe und wie der Kontext war.
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RGESN : la force du collectif pour viser la conformité — Paris Web
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À la découverte du monde au travers de l’Unicode — Paris Web
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Maintenance du web : des données de référence, des boucles et du lien humain — Paris Web
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L’impact psychosocial de l’IA sur le futur de nos métiers du numérique — Paris Web
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Le S de HTTPS — Paris Web
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Un web disponible, même sans Internet ? — Paris Web
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Paillettes, Netscape et GIFs animés — Paris Web
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