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Is that good
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Talked to Sir Tim Berners-Lee about the future of the web, AI, and how he feels about ~all this~ www.theverge.com/podcast/8145...
Sir Tim Berners-Lee doesn’t think AI will destroy the web
The inventor of the World Wide Web still believes in the internet as a force for good.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Very peculiar. Why is this very similar story involving both the supposed costs and supposed revenues - but tilted in Anthropic’s favour - running in both the information and WSJ? Why is Anthropic so desperate to tell everyone it’ll be profitable by 2028 all of a sudden?
November 11, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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Apple’s $1,000 ultra thin iPhone Air which has fewer cameras and worse battery life than the $800 iPhone 17 is selling so poorly they’re second guessing the next release.
They really misjudged their audience by betting thinness at the expense of user value was the way to go.
They really misjudged their audience by betting thinness at the expense of user value was the way to go.
Apple Delays Release of Next iPhone Air Amid Weak Sales
Apple is delaying the release of next year’s version of the iPhone Air, its thinnest smartphone, after the first model sold below expectations, according to three people involved in the project. Altho...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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"Palantir has a multimillion-dollar contract with ICE involving “targeting and enforcement”—essentially helping the agency to locate people for deportation."
In the article, he pretends not to know what ICE is actually doing. Always profit > people with these companies
www.wired.com/story/alex-k...
In the article, he pretends not to know what ICE is actually doing. Always profit > people with these companies
www.wired.com/story/alex-k...
Alex Karp Goes to War
Palantir’s CEO is good with ICE and says he defends human rights. But will Israel and Trump ever go too far for him?
www.wired.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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lol .
It doesn’t even matter . They created the fractured landscape and the enablers they wanted
It doesn’t even matter . They created the fractured landscape and the enablers they wanted
Meta plans to discontinue its Like and Share buttons for external websites in February 2026 as their usage "naturally declined as the digital landscape evolved" (Anna Washenko/Engadget)
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November 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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The EU’s Digital Omnibus could roll back key parts of the GDPR, AI Act, and ePrivacy rules — laws that set global standards for privacy and AI. Leaked drafts suggest companies could get more leeway on data use and slower enforcement, reports Ramsha Jahangir (@ramshajahangir.bsky.social):
EU Set the Global Standard on Privacy and AI. Now It’s Pulling Back | TechPolicy.Press
The draft Digital Omnibus could weaken core data protections and give tech companies more leeway in using European data, reports Ramsha Jahangir.
www.techpolicy.press
November 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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For anyone in the EU concerned about their data and theft by AI companies, this looks really worrying. noyb.eu/en/eu-commis...
EU Commission about to wreck core principles of the GDPR
The EU Commission has secretly set in motion a potentially massive reform of the GDPR. noybs first overview of the proposed changes.
noyb.eu
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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fresh off their attempt to force chat control dragnet surveillance on its members, the eu are planning to gut gdpr and privacy rights to pave the way for ai to siphon everyone's private information
this is why we have to limit governments' access to our data
www.politico.eu/article/brus...
this is why we have to limit governments' access to our data
www.politico.eu/article/brus...
Brussels knifes privacy to feed the AI boom
Draft proposals obtained by POLITICO show EU is breaking sacred privacy regime to placate industry.
www.politico.eu
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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First Tim Apple pulls the ICEBlock app, now another marginalized group is sidelined in order to please shareholders and random dictators.
Apple Pulls China’s Top Gay Dating Apps After Government Order
The removal of Blued and Finka marks another setback for China’s marginalized LGBTQ+ community.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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These companies already pulled ICE tracking apps in the US. I don't have high hopes if the Trump admin demands it, they won't also pull LGBTQ apps from their app stores.
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Apple Pulls China’s Top Gay Dating Apps After Government Order
The removal of Blued and Finka marks another setback for China’s marginalized LGBTQ+ community.
www.wired.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Vigilante lawyers have documented a rising amount of low-quality AI-generated text in court filings, raising questions about accuracy and authenticity in legal documents.
Vigilante Lawyers Expose the Rising Tide of A.I. Slop in Court Filings
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November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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"...but draft documents obtained by POLITICO show that officials are planning far-reaching changes to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to the benefit of artificial intelligence developers."
Brussels knifes privacy to feed the AI boom
Draft proposals obtained by POLITICO show EU is breaking sacred privacy regime to placate industry.
www.politico.eu
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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We sent @stevenlevy.bsky.social to interview Palantir CEO Alex Karp, and he came back with one of the more insane, and certainly more combative, interviews I've read in a minute (and yes, Steven would like to meet Alex's parents!)
Alex Karp Goes to War
Palantir's CEO is good with ICE and says he defends human rights. But will Israel and Trump ever go too far for him?
www.wired.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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EU Commission internal draft would wreck core principles of the #GDPR - noyb.eu/en/eu-commis... "remote access to personal data on PCs or smart phones without consent of the user would be enabled." #EU wrecking its greatest legislative achievement
EU Commission about to wreck core principles of the GDPR
The EU Commission has secretly set in motion a potentially massive reform of the GDPR. noybs first overview of the proposed changes.
noyb.eu
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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"Other voices point at recent reporting by Politico, that Virkkunen's message to US businesses in direct meetings was that the EU will review its rules and become more business-friendly."
Left-leaning EP groups should call for resignation and ask her why she's prioritizing
noyb.eu/en/eu-commis...
Left-leaning EP groups should call for resignation and ask her why she's prioritizing
noyb.eu/en/eu-commis...
EU Commission about to wreck core principles of the GDPR
The EU Commission has secretly set in motion a potentially massive reform of the GDPR. noybs first overview of the proposed changes.
noyb.eu
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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"Paranoia is a constant friend of hackers." In an exclusive interview for our podcast, we went inside a Colorado prison to interview former Most Wanted cyber criminal 'Tank'. Vyacheslav Penchukov, climbed to the top of the Russian-speaking cyber-underworld.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Tank interview: A hacking kingpin reveals all to the BBC
One of the world's most prominent cyber-criminals speaks to the BBC in an exclusive interview.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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“Foody envisions Mercor pays tens of billions to contractors each day as the training of machines becomes a dominant labor category. To critics, that sounds like a dystopian gig economy. But Mercor sees it as meeting demands of a future that’s already taking shape." sfstandard.com/2025/11/07/s...
San Francisco’s youngest billionaires are betting on a new kind of job boom
Mercor’s 22-year-old CEO Brendan Foody imagines a future in which white-collar contractors earn riches teaching machines to behave like humans.
sfstandard.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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"When I pressed Foody on his utopian vision, and why he thinks tech companies won’t hoard the spoils of the AI boom, he waved his hand and described a future in which everyone has $10 million in purchasing power, lives in a nice apartment, and works only if they want to."
San Francisco’s youngest billionaires are betting on a new kind of job boom
Mercor’s 22-year-old CEO Brendan Foody imagines a future in which white-collar contractors earn riches teaching machines to behave like humans.
sfstandard.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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We need to stop falling for this shit.
"A world of material abundance" is not what we're building. And displacing entire categories of jobs would not be the way to get there. Stupid.
sfstandard.com/2025/11/07/s...
"A world of material abundance" is not what we're building. And displacing entire categories of jobs would not be the way to get there. Stupid.
sfstandard.com/2025/11/07/s...
November 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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“We have been following the slow growth in revenues for generative AI over the last few years, and the revenues are neither big enough to support the number of layoffs attributed to AI, nor to justify the capital expenditures on AI cloud infrastructure”
www.fastcompany.com/91435192/cha...
www.fastcompany.com/91435192/cha...
AI isn't replacing jobs. AI spending is
Big spending on artificial intelligence puts pressure on jobs, as gloomy narratives about the future of work are ironically making new graduates less employable.
www.fastcompany.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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The #FinancialSector, a threat to the security of us all .
"The fund will be closed-end, meaning traders will not be able to quickly redeem their shares at will and could find their money trapped if too many investors rush for the exit."
www.ft.com/content/7278...
"The fund will be closed-end, meaning traders will not be able to quickly redeem their shares at will and could find their money trapped if too many investors rush for the exit."
www.ft.com/content/7278...
Robinhood wants to allow amateur traders to invest in AI start-ups
CEO Vlad Tenev plans to offer shares in a fund that holds a handful of private artificial intelligence companies
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Judges and bar associations certainly shouldn’t be allowing AI use if qualified human lawyers aren’t checking the results.
And with over 500 cases of AI misuse, clearly continuing legal education is failing on this issue.
And with over 500 cases of AI misuse, clearly continuing legal education is failing on this issue.
A group of US lawyers document 509 cases of AI misuse in legal filings so far in 2025, including fabricated citations; judges and bar associations permit AI use (Evan Gorelick/New York Times)
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November 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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