iri hoxha
@irihox.com
Senior product designer at Swayable. NYC-based. He/Him
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The FTC's attorney says a recent "extremely severe resource shortfall in terms of money and personnel" has scrambled the agency's trial preparation.
FTC can’t afford to fight Amazon’s allegedly deceptive sign-ups after DOGE cuts
FTC says credit card charges are capped at $1, amid other budget shortfalls.
arstechnica.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The FTC's attorney says a recent "extremely severe resource shortfall in terms of money and personnel" has scrambled the agency's trial preparation.
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Meta rep flagged 'critiques of tech industry figures' as 'sensitive or controversial content'
www.usermag.co/p/meta-rep-f... by @taylorlorenz.bsky.social
www.usermag.co/p/meta-rep-f... by @taylorlorenz.bsky.social
Meta rep flagged 'critiques of tech industry figures' as 'sensitive or controversial content'
Meta said that the journalist "should never have received this response," but the incident set off a wave of concern over censorship online.
www.usermag.co
March 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Meta rep flagged 'critiques of tech industry figures' as 'sensitive or controversial content'
www.usermag.co/p/meta-rep-f... by @taylorlorenz.bsky.social
www.usermag.co/p/meta-rep-f... by @taylorlorenz.bsky.social
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Google is scamming us all 🥲
February 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Google is scamming us all 🥲
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I wrote about Google unveiling its 'responsible AI progress report' by quietly deleting the part of its AI principles where it promised not to work on weapons www.platformer.news/google-ai-pr...
Google is ready to work on AI weapons now
The company’s promise to avoid building AI applications that cause harm has been deleted
www.platformer.news
February 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I wrote about Google unveiling its 'responsible AI progress report' by quietly deleting the part of its AI principles where it promised not to work on weapons www.platformer.news/google-ai-pr...
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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
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Spot the difference
January 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Spot the difference
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what is the video quality like on here? good enough to post prototypes?
January 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
what is the video quality like on here? good enough to post prototypes?
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Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.
Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data
If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...
www.eff.org
January 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.
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never change, Microsoft
January 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
never change, Microsoft
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"OptumRx, the group’s pharmacy benefit manager, along with its two main peers, Express Scripts and CVS Caremark Rx, have pocketed an extra $7.3 billion over cost thanks to price gouging, according to the findings of a report by the Federal Trade Commission."
Lina Khan really is That Girl.
Lina Khan really is That Girl.
UnitedHealth, employer of slain exec Brian Thompson, found to have overcharged cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%
The report is the latest indictment of America’s broken healthcare system.
fortune.com
January 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
"OptumRx, the group’s pharmacy benefit manager, along with its two main peers, Express Scripts and CVS Caremark Rx, have pocketed an extra $7.3 billion over cost thanks to price gouging, according to the findings of a report by the Federal Trade Commission."
Lina Khan really is That Girl.
Lina Khan really is That Girl.
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wow the actual cast showed up for the Severance popup in Grand Central 🤯
January 15, 2025 at 2:28 AM
wow the actual cast showed up for the Severance popup in Grand Central 🤯
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My favorite part of Zuckerberg's Joe Rogan interview is when he suggests there is not enough masculine energy at his company, where two out of every three employees is a man.
January 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
My favorite part of Zuckerberg's Joe Rogan interview is when he suggests there is not enough masculine energy at his company, where two out of every three employees is a man.
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In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers.
See what changes are in store for your county.
By @shaw.al , @abrahm.bsky.social & Jeremy W. Goldsmith
See what changes are in store for your county.
By @shaw.al , @abrahm.bsky.social & Jeremy W. Goldsmith
New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States
According to new data analyzed by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, warming temperatures, rising seas and changing rainfall will profoundly reshape the way people have lived in North…
propub.li
January 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers.
See what changes are in store for your county.
By @shaw.al , @abrahm.bsky.social & Jeremy W. Goldsmith
See what changes are in store for your county.
By @shaw.al , @abrahm.bsky.social & Jeremy W. Goldsmith
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Meta has never invented anything great. Period. Their entire product strategy is CMD+C then CMD+V.
Mark Zuckerberg slams Apple in Joe Rogan interview: ‘They haven’t invented anything great in a while’ - 9to5Mac
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg joined the Joe Rogan Experience podcast today for a wide-ranging interview on content moderation, the Trump...
9to5mac.com
January 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Meta has never invented anything great. Period. Their entire product strategy is CMD+C then CMD+V.
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Meta is making big changes to hiring practices, sources told me and @mikeisaac.bsky.social
- no more teams devoted to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- no diversity preference for working with outside minority owned supplier businesses
- no goals for hiring women and minorities
- no more teams devoted to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- no diversity preference for working with outside minority owned supplier businesses
- no goals for hiring women and minorities
January 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Meta is making big changes to hiring practices, sources told me and @mikeisaac.bsky.social
- no more teams devoted to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- no diversity preference for working with outside minority owned supplier businesses
- no goals for hiring women and minorities
- no more teams devoted to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- no diversity preference for working with outside minority owned supplier businesses
- no goals for hiring women and minorities
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These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer.
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
January 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer.
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
Hopefully the price won’t be anywhere near Apple’s Pro Display XDR
LG made a slim 32-inch 6K monitor with Thunderbolt 5
LG made a slim 32-inch 6K monitor with Thunderbolt 5
But what will its refresh rate be?
buff.ly
January 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Hopefully the price won’t be anywhere near Apple’s Pro Display XDR
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Touching to have Spotify celebrate the 1-year anniversary of my layoff by demonstrating that they could not, in fact, still do Wrapped just as well without me.
December 4, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Touching to have Spotify celebrate the 1-year anniversary of my layoff by demonstrating that they could not, in fact, still do Wrapped just as well without me.
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Earth’s surface painted with 2m temperature. 🧪
Contrasts in temperature between the ocean and land, as well as between different orographic features, allow you to clearly see surface details.
Model: IFS-FESOM | Shown: 2m temperature | Project: nextGEMS| Simulations @trackow.bsky.social
#SciArt
Contrasts in temperature between the ocean and land, as well as between different orographic features, allow you to clearly see surface details.
Model: IFS-FESOM | Shown: 2m temperature | Project: nextGEMS| Simulations @trackow.bsky.social
#SciArt
December 3, 2024 at 8:36 AM
Earth’s surface painted with 2m temperature. 🧪
Contrasts in temperature between the ocean and land, as well as between different orographic features, allow you to clearly see surface details.
Model: IFS-FESOM | Shown: 2m temperature | Project: nextGEMS| Simulations @trackow.bsky.social
#SciArt
Contrasts in temperature between the ocean and land, as well as between different orographic features, allow you to clearly see surface details.
Model: IFS-FESOM | Shown: 2m temperature | Project: nextGEMS| Simulations @trackow.bsky.social
#SciArt
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Wow! Look how much Iberia🇦🇩🇪🇦🇵🇹 has changed in 30 years! My new map shows the population growth & decline across the peninsula, using the Global Human Settlement data
🗺️ Want to learn how to make maps like this with R?
Check my video 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
youtu.be/vQ_M-wv73aY
#dataviz #maps #rstats #population
🗺️ Want to learn how to make maps like this with R?
Check my video 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
youtu.be/vQ_M-wv73aY
#dataviz #maps #rstats #population
November 29, 2024 at 8:17 AM
Wow! Look how much Iberia🇦🇩🇪🇦🇵🇹 has changed in 30 years! My new map shows the population growth & decline across the peninsula, using the Global Human Settlement data
🗺️ Want to learn how to make maps like this with R?
Check my video 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
youtu.be/vQ_M-wv73aY
#dataviz #maps #rstats #population
🗺️ Want to learn how to make maps like this with R?
Check my video 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
youtu.be/vQ_M-wv73aY
#dataviz #maps #rstats #population
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Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.
November 29, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.
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Ban pharmaceutical ads!
November 26, 2024 at 4:21 AM
Ban pharmaceutical ads!