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The EU seems set to dial back some of its most restrictive tech privacy rules including allowing websites to set some cookies without cookie banners being required and eliminating restrictions on usage of sensitive data such as health information to train AI.
AI comes for us all. Even privacy nerds
AI comes for us all. Even privacy nerds
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 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The EU seems set to dial back some of its most restrictive tech privacy rules including allowing websites to set some cookies without cookie banners being required and eliminating restrictions on usage of sensitive data such as health information to train AI.
AI comes for us all. Even privacy nerds
AI comes for us all. Even privacy nerds
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“There’s 1,400 employees at Opendoor. I don’t know what most of them do. We don’t need more than 200 of them” - Keith Rabois, new chairman of Opendoor
Imagine hearing that your employer has a new board chairman and this is what he says in his first interview on CNBC.
Imagine hearing that your employer has a new board chairman and this is what he says in his first interview on CNBC.
Opendoor board chair Rabois says company is 'bloated,' needs to cut 85% of workforce
Keith Rabois was named chairman of Opendoor this week and the company, which he co-founded, hired former Shopify executive Kaz Nejatian as its new CEO.
www.cnbc.com
September 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
“There’s 1,400 employees at Opendoor. I don’t know what most of them do. We don’t need more than 200 of them” - Keith Rabois, new chairman of Opendoor
Imagine hearing that your employer has a new board chairman and this is what he says in his first interview on CNBC.
Imagine hearing that your employer has a new board chairman and this is what he says in his first interview on CNBC.
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“He was responsible for Siri” is one of the most devastating personal attacks imaginable.
Sources: Robby Walker, one of Apple's most senior AI executives who was in charge of Siri until earlier this year, is leaving the company next month (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
September 13, 2025 at 6:08 AM
“He was responsible for Siri” is one of the most devastating personal attacks imaginable.
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Russia is shelling right on the EU's doorstep.
The latest attack on Ukraine (the one that destroyed a US factory owned by Flex Ltd) was 30km from Hungary & Slovakia, 50km from Poland, here:
If this is not a warning shot about war potentially coming to the EU, not sure what is.
The latest attack on Ukraine (the one that destroyed a US factory owned by Flex Ltd) was 30km from Hungary & Slovakia, 50km from Poland, here:
If this is not a warning shot about war potentially coming to the EU, not sure what is.
August 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Russia is shelling right on the EU's doorstep.
The latest attack on Ukraine (the one that destroyed a US factory owned by Flex Ltd) was 30km from Hungary & Slovakia, 50km from Poland, here:
If this is not a warning shot about war potentially coming to the EU, not sure what is.
The latest attack on Ukraine (the one that destroyed a US factory owned by Flex Ltd) was 30km from Hungary & Slovakia, 50km from Poland, here:
If this is not a warning shot about war potentially coming to the EU, not sure what is.
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My favorite thing about LinkedIn is people who are clearly terrible about their jobs, bragging about how bad they are at it while thinking they are dropping knowledge bombs.
June 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
My favorite thing about LinkedIn is people who are clearly terrible about their jobs, bragging about how bad they are at it while thinking they are dropping knowledge bombs.
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If the dude spent half as much time on his own companies as he does worrying about OpenAI, Tesla would be in a far better place.
Sources: Elon Musk tried to derail OpenAI's Abu Dhabi deal, telling G42 officials that there was no chance of Trump signing off on it unless xAI was included (Wall Street Journal)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
May 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
If the dude spent half as much time on his own companies as he does worrying about OpenAI, Tesla would be in a far better place.
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The lack of self awareness in making both of these announcements within 24 hours is breathtaking.
Pick a lane, bro.
Pick a lane, bro.
May 28, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The lack of self awareness in making both of these announcements within 24 hours is breathtaking.
Pick a lane, bro.
Pick a lane, bro.
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EU regulator:
If an app developer wants to link to the web (for example, because it allows for a better user experience / cheaper prices) then Apple needs to allow this.
This is a nice way of saying that Apple's anti-steering rules are anticompetitive.
If an app developer wants to link to the web (for example, because it allows for a better user experience / cheaper prices) then Apple needs to allow this.
This is a nice way of saying that Apple's anti-steering rules are anticompetitive.
May 29, 2025 at 3:38 AM
EU regulator:
If an app developer wants to link to the web (for example, because it allows for a better user experience / cheaper prices) then Apple needs to allow this.
This is a nice way of saying that Apple's anti-steering rules are anticompetitive.
If an app developer wants to link to the web (for example, because it allows for a better user experience / cheaper prices) then Apple needs to allow this.
This is a nice way of saying that Apple's anti-steering rules are anticompetitive.
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Remind me who will deal with keeping tech debt at bay; nonfunctional requirements (like the app performant, latency low), rationalising resource usage (to not go bankrupt with cloud bills), keeping on top of security and I can go on and on.
Today, “AI” cannot do either of these
Today, “AI” cannot do either of these
May 28, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Remind me who will deal with keeping tech debt at bay; nonfunctional requirements (like the app performant, latency low), rationalising resource usage (to not go bankrupt with cloud bills), keeping on top of security and I can go on and on.
Today, “AI” cannot do either of these
Today, “AI” cannot do either of these
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This was one of the main realizations that led us to _not_ use OpenAPI to model the Elasticsearch API when we started this new generation of code-generated client libraries 5 years ago. JSON schema doesn't model data structures, but expresses constraints they must verify. It's actually not a schema.
Another (major) issue: OpenAPI relies on JSON Schema, a data validation language. It is hard to go from a collection of oneOf and anyOf to actual request and response types in a given programming language. It works well enough for simple cases, so many projects still try.
May 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This was one of the main realizations that led us to _not_ use OpenAPI to model the Elasticsearch API when we started this new generation of code-generated client libraries 5 years ago. JSON schema doesn't model data structures, but expresses constraints they must verify. It's actually not a schema.
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After seeing how people use Grok on X, it’s actually worse out there than I thought.
May 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
After seeing how people use Grok on X, it’s actually worse out there than I thought.
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The sun has officially set on the British Empire.
May 23, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The sun has officially set on the British Empire.
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In 2014, Russia started an unprovoked war on Ukraine, aiming to seize all of Ukraine. It launched an all-out invasion in 2022.
I do not understand how anyone can possibly be taking the side of Russia and Putin. This war is not “self defense:” it is brutality and war crimes.
I do not understand how anyone can possibly be taking the side of Russia and Putin. This war is not “self defense:” it is brutality and war crimes.
May 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
In 2014, Russia started an unprovoked war on Ukraine, aiming to seize all of Ukraine. It launched an all-out invasion in 2022.
I do not understand how anyone can possibly be taking the side of Russia and Putin. This war is not “self defense:” it is brutality and war crimes.
I do not understand how anyone can possibly be taking the side of Russia and Putin. This war is not “self defense:” it is brutality and war crimes.
New blog post: Built a Raycast extension to switch default browsers despite zero TypeScript/macOS experience. A practical example of "vibe coding" where I used AI agents to solve a real problem in an afternoon. kupczynski.info/posts/vibe-c... 1/3
May 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
New blog post: Built a Raycast extension to switch default browsers despite zero TypeScript/macOS experience. A practical example of "vibe coding" where I used AI agents to solve a real problem in an afternoon. kupczynski.info/posts/vibe-c... 1/3
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The 'S' in MCP stands for Security…
MCP is blowing up as the way to wire AI agents to APIs — but the security risks aren't getting enough attention. I dug into this today for @thenewstack.io:
thenewstack.io/building-wit...
thenewstack.io/building-wit...
Building With MCP? Mind the Security Gaps
A recent exploit raises concerns about the Model Context Protocol, AI's new integration layer.
thenewstack.io
April 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The 'S' in MCP stands for Security…
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Whenever some pitches me on an amazing solution to a problem, I usually ask
1. Is this really a problem?
2. If so, is it a big problem?
3. Does this solution actually solve the problem?
It’s amazing how often the answers to one or more of these questions is no.
1. Is this really a problem?
2. If so, is it a big problem?
3. Does this solution actually solve the problem?
It’s amazing how often the answers to one or more of these questions is no.
April 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Whenever some pitches me on an amazing solution to a problem, I usually ask
1. Is this really a problem?
2. If so, is it a big problem?
3. Does this solution actually solve the problem?
It’s amazing how often the answers to one or more of these questions is no.
1. Is this really a problem?
2. If so, is it a big problem?
3. Does this solution actually solve the problem?
It’s amazing how often the answers to one or more of these questions is no.
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The same people complaining about DEI who are erasing the achievements of minorities and women in the military can’t even successfully manage a group chat.
Middle schoolers are more competent than they are.
Middle schoolers are more competent than they are.
March 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The same people complaining about DEI who are erasing the achievements of minorities and women in the military can’t even successfully manage a group chat.
Middle schoolers are more competent than they are.
Middle schoolers are more competent than they are.
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I don’t want AI to make me 10x more productive, I want it to give me Fridays off.
March 19, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I don’t want AI to make me 10x more productive, I want it to give me Fridays off.
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Given that Trump wants travel bans for even more countries this time around, this would be a great moment to move engineering conferences to countries that require less to no paperwork to visit for many more people.
March 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Given that Trump wants travel bans for even more countries this time around, this would be a great moment to move engineering conferences to countries that require less to no paperwork to visit for many more people.
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Abruptly ending USAID support in the poorest parts of the world, ended lives in much the same way ordering aitstrikes would have.
These are deaths that happened for no reason besides spite and scoring political points to own the libs. It is beyond tragic and a stain on the soul of this nation.
These are deaths that happened for no reason besides spite and scoring political points to own the libs. It is beyond tragic and a stain on the soul of this nation.
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. (Gift Article)
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Abruptly ending USAID support in the poorest parts of the world, ended lives in much the same way ordering aitstrikes would have.
These are deaths that happened for no reason besides spite and scoring political points to own the libs. It is beyond tragic and a stain on the soul of this nation.
These are deaths that happened for no reason besides spite and scoring political points to own the libs. It is beyond tragic and a stain on the soul of this nation.
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That was my immediate reaction when I first heard "GenAI will soon replace junior devs" a while ago. How are juniors supposed to learn and become senior if there are no junior positions? This is our industry shooting itself in the foot.
This is from the ex CTO of Shopify.
Unpopular opinion: companies no longer doing internships, spooked by GenAI tools (“they’re like a junior dev! Why should we hire any?”) will do worse than those that bring on interns/new grads like before.
Unpopular opinion: companies no longer doing internships, spooked by GenAI tools (“they’re like a junior dev! Why should we hire any?”) will do worse than those that bring on interns/new grads like before.
March 13, 2025 at 7:39 AM
That was my immediate reaction when I first heard "GenAI will soon replace junior devs" a while ago. How are juniors supposed to learn and become senior if there are no junior positions? This is our industry shooting itself in the foot.
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Still thinking about the fact that USAID is just gone.
No debate. No rationale. Just gone.
No debate. No rationale. Just gone.
February 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Still thinking about the fact that USAID is just gone.
No debate. No rationale. Just gone.
No debate. No rationale. Just gone.
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How it started versus how it’s going
(maximally truth seeking edition)
(maximally truth seeking edition)
February 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
How it started versus how it’s going
(maximally truth seeking edition)
(maximally truth seeking edition)