Charter Communications to buy rival Cox for $21.9bn
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Charter Communications to buy rival Cox for $21.9bn
The proposed merger, which would create the largest cable provider in the US, could face antitrust hurdles.Al Jazeera
🚨 iPhone 17 Series Launch Confirmed! 📱
Coming this September 2025, Apple drops the iPhone 17, Pro & Pro Max with:
⚡ A19 Bionic Chip
📷 48MP AI Cameras
🛡️ Titanium Design
💰 Price in 🇮🇳 🇦🇪 🇺🇸
#iPhone17 #AppleEvent #iPhone17ProMax #TechNews #TheUS24 #Apple #iPhone #Tech
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iPhone 17 Series Launch – Prices in India, Dubai & USA, Full Specs Breakdown
iPhone 17 Series Launch is expected in September 2025. Check full specs, features, and expected prices in India, Dubai, and the USA.Kailash Kavhale (IndiaPlix)
Technology with fundamental flaws in action.
#AI #LLM #OpenAI #ChatGPT #technology #tech #software #artificialintelligence
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"Encore un rappel des dangers des réseaux sociaux…" - "Blastinfo"
Merci à @blast_info pour la conclusion de cette brève. Il est vraiment grand temps que la gauche, celle qui prétend lutter pour les libertés, l'émancipation et la désinformation, cesse de recourir aux pires outils numériques que l'industrie de la Silicon Valley ait jamais créé, à savoir : #instagram
Le parquet de Marseille a peu goûté les déclarations de la France Insoumise, après la perquisition et la convocation en audition libre de du député des quartiers Nord de Marseille, Sébastien Delogu. Au point de publier ce 16 mai un communiqué au ton particulièrement acide.Selon les services du procureur, les opérations qui ont visé le parlementaire ne concernent aucunement le signalement qu’il a adressé à la justice le 5 septembre dernier, concernant Laser Propreté, la société de nettoyage en charge de la propreté du réseau de métro et de la gare Saint Charles, soupçonné d’avoir organisé frauduleusement sa faillite. « Ces faits ont fait l’objet d’une ouverture d’enquête préliminaire le 16 septembre 2024 confiée à la brigade de la criminalité financière », révèle d’ailleurs le ministère public.
Sans aucun lien
Si les policiers se sont invités chez Sébastien Delogu, c’est en raison….d’une de ses publications Instagram.
En effet, le patron de Laser Propreté a déposé plainte pour vol de documents en octobre 2024. Et le procureur de Marseille de préciser la chronologie des faits. Première étape. « Le 19 septembre 2024, une délégation syndicale de la CGT composée d’une centaine de personnes, envahissait les locaux de la société LASER PROPRETE (...). Au départ de la délégation, le plaignant s’apercevait qu’une pochette avait été dérobée dans son bureau qui contenait des documents ayant trait à sa vie privée.» Deuxième étape. « Le 24 septembre 2024, Sébastien DELOGU diffusait sur son compte INSTAGRAM, fort de 95 000 abonnés, une grande partie des documents dérobés à Isidore ARAGONES, en évoquant ses liens avec l’Etat d’Israël , ainsi que ses projets financiers personnels, et en précisant que des gens bienveillants les leur avaient transmis.» Troisième temps. « La perquisition, qui s’est déroulée le 15 mai 2025 sans incident, au domicile et dans les locaux de la permanence électorale de Sébastien DELOGU, a eu pour objectif de rechercher les documents volés à la victime et de permettre d’identifier les personnes qui ont commis ce vol.» Et conclusion cinglante. «Contrairement à la communication erronée relayée dans la presse et sur les réseaux sociaux notamment par Sébastien DELOGU, ces perquisitions sont donc sans aucun lien avec l’article 40 dont ce dernier a saisi, en son seul nom, le procureur de la République de Marseille.»
Encore un rappel des dangers des réseaux sociaux…
#blastinfo #delogu #lfi #stopgafam #exemplaritepolitique #probite
Justice : le procureur de Marseille allume Sébastien Delogu
Le parquet de Marseille a peu goûté les déclarations de la France Insoumise, après la perquisition et la convocation en audition libre de du député des quartiers Nord de Marseille, Sébastien Delogu. Au point de publier ce 16 mai un communiqué au ton…www.blast-info.fr
ICC prosecutor Karim Khan takes leave amid sexual misconduct inquiry - The Washington Post
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Texas Stock Exchange CEO Sees State Muscling In on NYC, Delaware
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Verizon Wins FCC Approval for $9.6 Billion Frontier Acquisition
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-16/verizon-wins-fcc-approval-for-9-6-billion-frontier-acquisition?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Trump Returns Home to Face Unfinished Business
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Consumer Mood Tanks | Open Interest 05/16/25
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Today I share a new print: The Tortoise and the Hare.
It’s 11x17, limited edition of 30, signed & numbered with a cert of authenticity.
I print, pack, and post this from my own studio. It’s Human-Made, with no artificial generative assistance in the process. Here’s the speedpaint: makertube.net/w/hLKS2mwuudyauS…
Here are the livestream recordings of when I made it:
Pt 1: makertube.net/w/tGSiELHhRpMvRm…
Pt 2: makertube.net/w/1idH5Kv2v2UbZ7…
Pt 3: makertube.net/w/vmksXKPZRNGqRr…
I think this is one of my best pieces.
#prints #artprints #MastoArt #Art #ArtForSale #IndieArtist #FediGiftShop #Fable
Un accordo siglato tra i due Paesi autorizza questi interventi, ma solo se sono coinvolte la Cantonale o le Guardie di confine - In questo caso erano pattuglie delle Comunali
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Dubbi sul fermo dopo sconfinamento in Italia - RSI
Un accordo siglato tra i due Paesi autorizza questi interventi, ma solo se sono coinvolte la Cantonale o le Guardie di confine. A Lavena-Ponte Tresa sono però intervenute le Comunalirsi
The Kremlin’s invisible war: the real machine behind Doppelgänger
A Swedish report reveals the Russian digital network that goes far beyond cloned sites. At the centre, a public-private hybrid structure driven by Moscow to destabilise the West In 2022, the ‘Doppe…LiberoReporter
The church behind the trees.
Shot on Nikon F70 with Illford HP5plus film.
#analogphotography #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #analogfilm #nikonphotography #filmphotography
Too many to mention, I love a lot of games for different reasons, but here are some standouts:
CONTROL
Resident Evil 4 (Gamecube)
Morrowind
Fallout NV / 3
Subnautica
STALKER SoC
Characters Welcome
#graffiti #city #art #street #streetart #phoe #wawa #philly #philadelphia #photo #photography #urban #urbanexploration
artist: Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894
source: National Portrait Gallery
notes: The Frederick Hill Meserve Collection comprises more than five thousand […]
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random
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“I fagioli alla Bud Spencer? Ispirati dai film di nonno con Terence Hill”. L’idea dei nipoti di Carlo Pedersoli
Cosa c'è dietro lo straordinario successo di Bud Power, la società fondata dai nipoti di Carlo Pedersoli, in arte Bud SpencerLorenzo Ruggeri (Gambero Rosso)
Hearing in #KilmarAbregoGarcia's case is underway with Judge #Xinis on the bench hearing arguments over whether the #Trump admin can invoke the #StateSecrets privilege [GMAFB] to withhold information about what it has done to facilitate #AbregoGarcia’s return to the #US [nada].
[via Anna Bower + my commentary]
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#immigration #law #judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower #rendition #StateSponsoredAbduction
#Xinis: C'mon, you took over this case. You read that transcript.
There's a back-&-forth between Guynn & Xinis. Guynn eventually agrees to assume for the sake of argument that Garcia was unlawfully detained/removed.
But says even if that's assumed, there's still no showing of govt #misconduct on that basis
#KilmarAbregoGarcia #immigration #law #judiciary #Trump #rendition
Stone Tombs Discovered in Morocco
A team of archaeologists has uncovered tombs dating back to around 2000 BC, as well as rock shelters decorated with mysterious drawings and standing stones in the Moroccan city of Tangier.www.saba.ye
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A DHS reality show where immigrants compete for citizenship? No, this isn’t "The Hunger Games"—but it sure feels like it. Nothing says "land of opportunity" like turning the American Dream into a game show.
Apple denies removing Fortnite from alternative marketplaces in the EU and says it asked Epic Sweden to resubmit the app update excluding the US App Store (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
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Apple denies removing Fortnite from alternative marketplaces in the EU and says it asked Epic Sweden to resubmit the app update excluding the US App Store
By Mark Gurman / Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.Techmeme
#OpenAI signals it plans to release a new open-weight AI model - joining #Meta and #Mistral in the race to make #AI more open and accessible. Great rundown by @lizziegibney.bsky.social.#OpenWeights #LLM #AGI #ResearchSky
‘AI models are capable of nove...
‘AI models are capable of novel research’: OpenAI’s chief scientist on what to expect
Jakub Pachocki, who leads the firm’s development of advanced models, is excited to release an open version to researchers.Gibney, Elizabeth
MESOPOTAMIA: BEIRUT E ANP VOGLIONO DISARMARE LA RESISTENZA PALESTINESE NEI CAMPI PROFUGHI IN LIBANO
Il presidente dell’Autorità Nazionale Palestinese Mahmoud Abbas sarà in Libano il 19 maggio per coordinare insieme al governo libanese il disarmo dei gruppi della resistenza palestinese attivi nei...Radio Onda d`Urto
Marcello and Haydn with Vary and Beethoven from Budapest - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com
Lucienne Renaudin Vary, trumpet, and the Ferenc Liszt Chamber Orchestra conducted by Péter Tfirst Conductor play: Alessandro MARCELLO: Trumpet Concerto in D minor. HAYDN: Symphony in F minor 'La passione' no. 49. BEETHOVEN: Grand Fugue op. 133...www.worldconcerthall.com
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Donald Trump minaccia dazi al 100% sui giocattoli Mattel, mettendo a rischio il futuro delle Hot Wheels e il settore globale dei giocattoli
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#motori #auto
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Deutsche Bahn vor Gericht: Wie der DB Navigator Nutzer trackt, Wahlfreiheit untergräbt und gegen Datenschutzrecht verstößt – Antworten auf wichtige Fragen. 👇
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#deutschebahn #bahn #dbnavigator #klage #datenschutz #dsgvo #tdddg #tracking
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In Italia esistono tante realtà che si occupano di libertà digitali, sotto molti aspetti ed in molti modi: associazioni, gruppi informali, aziende, professionisti e pubbliche amministrazioni.merge-it.net
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⛔️🇺🇸Trump revisionist history has Putin reacting to him, rather than he cancelling after Putin no-showed, then pities Russian soldiers over Ukrainian civilians yet again (AP News VIDEO) #Ukraine #Mastodon #NukesForUkraine #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
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The start of this chart is giving me flashbacks to Labour's argument that Tony Blair had 'lost five million voters since 1997'. Is 'the Obama re-elect' a natural starting point for a chart of Democratic party outcomes?
Anthropic received a $2.5B, five-year revolving credit line, and says annualized revenue reached $2B in Q1 2025, up from $1B in Q1 2024 (Hayden Field/CNBC)
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Anthropic closes $2.5 billion credit facility as Wall Street continues plunging money into AI boom
Anthropic, founded by former OpenAI research executives, launched its Claude chatbot in March 2023.Hayden Field (CNBC)
The image features a close-up of a glass of red wine in the foreground, with the wine's dark color contrasting against the clear blue sky. The glass is positioned slightly to the left, allowing a view of the wine's surface and the light reflecting off it. In the background, there is a white wall with a scalloped top edge, suggesting a rustic or traditional architectural style. The wall has a small, dark opening with a metal grille, and a chimney is visible on the roofline, indicating a building behind the wall. The sky is clear and blue, suggesting a sunny day. The overall composition highlights the wine glass as the focal point, with the architectural elements providing context and depth to the scene.
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Albrich sings Wagner and Verdi in Madrid - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com
Ferrán Albrich, baritone, and the Spanish RTV Choir and Symphony Orchestra conducted by Christoph König perform: WAGNER: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Overture/ Lohengrin: Wedding Choir 'Treulich geführt'/ Tannhäuser...www.worldconcerthall.com
Duncan Campbell, celebrated Guardian crime reporter, dies aged 80
Tributes paid to ‘courageous’ journalist who covered police corruption, Rosemary West trial and Hatton Garden heistMichael Savage (The Guardian)
This is an awesome, scary, black hat presentation.
Prompt injection to the next level.
Practical, easy to understand, jargon-free, actionable demonstrations to make it really clear.
I wish more talks were like this.
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#infosec #llm #promptInjection
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Deep down that's inherent in the very idea of a Turing machine. To have a machine read a series of magic numbers, following instructions in those numbers, rewriting the numbers, looping back, follow the new instructions. It's in the the root source of the daemon, if you will, that code and data are not distict. The distinction is something we do as engineers, it's not in the math.
Removing the guardrails and having the wheels come off, seems much in tune with the Zeitgeist.
Point.
I'm a CS major from long ago.
But even ideal, theoretical Turing machine has an initial state table for the "operating instructions," telling it how to operate.
The data read and written from the "tape" didn't change that state table.
There is a fundamental distinction between instruction and data.
It's the "execute arbitrary data representing a state table and data for an other machine" aspect that gets us in trouble.
How to Install MySQL on AlmaLinux 10 - RoseHosting
Learn how to install MySQL on AlmaLinux 10 using our latest easy-to-follow guide. Alternatively, let our Linux admins install it for you.Jeff Wilson (RoseHosting)
⛔️🇺🇸President Zelensky says Putin was 'afraid' to come to Turkey for ceasefire talks (CNN News VIDEO) #Ukraine #Mastodon #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania #NukesForUkraine #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
ChatGPT & Me. ChatGPT Is Me!
For a while now part of my email signature has been a quote from a Hackaday commenter insinuating that an article I wrote was created by a “Dumb AI”. You have my sincerest promise that I am a humble meatbag scribe just like the rest of you, indeed one currently nursing a sore shoulder due to a sporting injury, so I found the comment funny in a way its writer probably didn’t intend. Like many in tech, I maintain a skepticism about the future role of large-language-model generative AI, and have resisted the urge to drink the Kool-Aid you will see liberally flowing at the moment.
Hackaday Is Part Of The Machine
Anyway, once an LLM has enough text from a particular source, it can do a pretty good job of writing in that style. ChatGPT for example has doubtless crawled the whole of Hackaday, and since I’ve written thousands of articles in my nearly a decade here, it’s got a significant corpus of my work. Could it write in my style? As it turns out, yes it can, but not exactly. I set out to test its forging skill.
In Which I Meet My Digital Impostor
A couple of weeks ago I covered the news of the impending re-entry of a failed Soviet Venus mission stuck in orbit since 1972. It’s a fascinating story because the craft may survive the experience, and it’s possible that by the time you read this it might have been retrieved. I asked ChatGPT to provide me with a 200 word article on the story “in the voice of the Hackaday writer Jenny List”. Here’s what it came up with:
In the early days of the Space Race, the Soviet Union launched a bold bid to reach Venus: the Venera missions. Among them was Kosmos 482, a 1972 mission that never made it past Earth’s gravity. Now, over five decades later, its descent craft is finally coming home—with a bang.Kosmos 482 was intended to deliver a lander to Venus, but due to a malfunction in its upper stage, it was stranded in a highly elliptical orbit around Earth. Encased in a semi-spherical titanium shell, the descent craft—designed to survive the brutal atmosphere of Venus—has been orbiting quietly, steadily losing altitude. By early May 2025, that orbit had decayed to a precarious 232 x 136 km, setting the stage for an uncontrolled reentry around May 10th.
Unlike typical space debris, Kosmos 482’s reentry carries a bit more drama. Built to endure Venus’s hellish surface, the lander is expected to survive Earth’s atmospheric plunge mostly intact. Impact predictions estimate it will hit the ground at about 65-70 m/s, roughly the speed of a meteorite, packing the punch of a 500 kg hunk of Soviet engineering.
With an orbital inclination of 51.95 degrees, it could come down anywhere between 52°N and 52°S, adding an element of unpredictability. One thing is certain: after 53 years in limbo, Kosmos 482 is finally coming back to Earth—whether we’re ready or not.
Reading it is a fascinating experience, because superficially it feels like a Hackaday piece. It has my vague style with some phrases such as “packing the punch of a 500 kg hunk of Soviet engineering“. It’s casual in its language, and it’s captured my wordiness; in contrast to the more terse style it does when for example I ask it to do the same thing in the voice of my colleague Al Williams. It fails though in several senses, I feel it doesn’t capture my sentence style and the very British way I use punctuation, it relies on far more figures than I would put in a piece, and perhaps most importantly it has no inference. It relies only on the facts it can find, indeed those figures are a sign of it overusing them, and it doesn’t go further in commenting on any likely outcomes. In my human-written version of the same piece I finished up by speculating on who would own it if retrieved, and anything of that nature is absent in its output.
Don’t Worry, Humans Still Needed
So it’s clear from the above that while it can write something which is superficially coverage of the same story in my voice when writing a Hackaday piece, it still fails at the task in hand. Where we would try to give a little introduction, background and comment to the story, it instead presents only a summary of facts it has found. The fact that it can’t infer beyond the story is reassuring, because it means we meat-based Hackaday scribes still have the edge. There are many people who will tell you to look for certain words as clues to AI-written text, but the truth is much simpler. Look for the human touch.
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