Mr. W
@walt86.bsky.social
Giornalista che dedica buona parte dei suoi giorni a vivisezionare il mondo tech.
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Doing business online in Europe just got easier.
We’re making digital rules simpler, clearer and faster – while safeguarding privacy, fairness and security.
Our new Digital Package will save up to €5 billion in administrative costs by 2029 and unleash AI-driven innovation ↓
We’re making digital rules simpler, clearer and faster – while safeguarding privacy, fairness and security.
Our new Digital Package will save up to €5 billion in administrative costs by 2029 and unleash AI-driven innovation ↓
November 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Doing business online in Europe just got easier.
We’re making digital rules simpler, clearer and faster – while safeguarding privacy, fairness and security.
Our new Digital Package will save up to €5 billion in administrative costs by 2029 and unleash AI-driven innovation ↓
We’re making digital rules simpler, clearer and faster – while safeguarding privacy, fairness and security.
Our new Digital Package will save up to €5 billion in administrative costs by 2029 and unleash AI-driven innovation ↓
Tra imprese e diritti digitali dei cittadini, la Commissione UE ha fatto sapere cosa ne pensa del futuro tech in Europa. Lo ha messo nero su bianco nel Digital Omnibus.
Digital Omnibus on AI Regulation Proposal
The Commission is proposing targeted simplification measures to ensure timely, smooth, and proportionate implementation of certain of the AI Act’s provisions.
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
November 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Tra imprese e diritti digitali dei cittadini, la Commissione UE ha fatto sapere cosa ne pensa del futuro tech in Europa. Lo ha messo nero su bianco nel Digital Omnibus.
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Meta won a key lawsuit after a federal judge ruled that the company’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp don’t violate US antitrust law: Here’s your Evening Briefing.
Zuckerberg Just Won Big Over the Trump Administration
Get caught up.
bloom.bg
November 19, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Meta won a key lawsuit after a federal judge ruled that the company’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp don’t violate US antitrust law: Here’s your Evening Briefing.
Se vedete che internet non vi funziona, guardate lo stato di Cloudflare.
www.cloudflarestatus.com?t=1
www.cloudflarestatus.com?t=1
Cloudflare Status
Welcome to Cloudflare's home for real-time and historical data on system performance.
www.cloudflarestatus.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Se vedete che internet non vi funziona, guardate lo stato di Cloudflare.
www.cloudflarestatus.com?t=1
www.cloudflarestatus.com?t=1
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Chrome vuln exploited in the wild, beware!
⚠️ CVE-2025-13223
🖥️ Google Chrome 0day type-confusion flaw
💬 enables remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a V8 type-confusion bug exploited in the wild, allowing full browser compromise and potential sandbox escape
🔗 cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cven...
#ransomNews #vulnerabilities #CVE
🖥️ Google Chrome 0day type-confusion flaw
💬 enables remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a V8 type-confusion bug exploited in the wild, allowing full browser compromise and potential sandbox escape
🔗 cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cven...
#ransomNews #vulnerabilities #CVE
November 18, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Chrome vuln exploited in the wild, beware!
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For months, the Social Security Administration was quietly sharing sensitive data about immigrants with DHS. Now it’s official. www.wired.com/story/social...
Social Security Data Is Openly Being Shared With DHS to Target Immigrants
For months, the Social Security Administration was quietly sharing sensitive data about immigrants with DHS. Now it’s official.
www.wired.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
For months, the Social Security Administration was quietly sharing sensitive data about immigrants with DHS. Now it’s official. www.wired.com/story/social...
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So if AI succeeds loads of people lose their jobs as they're replaced by AI, and if AI fails, loads of people lose their jobs as the economy crashes?
It’s amazing how this story has gone from 0 to 60 in UK press. There’s been no mainstream coverage to date but this morning the story is leading BBC News site & bulletins.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Google boss Sundar Pichai warns 'no company immune' if AI bubble bursts
Speaking exclusively to BBC News, CEO Sundar Pichai said the artificial intelligence boom had been an
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:14 AM
So if AI succeeds loads of people lose their jobs as they're replaced by AI, and if AI fails, loads of people lose their jobs as the economy crashes?
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New, by me: Protei, a Russian-founded telecoms provider and a supplier of surveillance and web monitoring technologies, was breached, its website defaced, and its servers raided.
"Another DPI/SORM provider bites the dust," read the company's defaced website.
"Another DPI/SORM provider bites the dust," read the company's defaced website.
Surveillance tech provider Protei was hacked, its data stolen and its website defaced | TechCrunch
The defacement of Protei's website said "another DPI/SORM provider bites the dust," apparently referring to the company selling its web intercept and surveillance products to phone and internet provid...
techcrunch.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
New, by me: Protei, a Russian-founded telecoms provider and a supplier of surveillance and web monitoring technologies, was breached, its website defaced, and its servers raided.
"Another DPI/SORM provider bites the dust," read the company's defaced website.
"Another DPI/SORM provider bites the dust," read the company's defaced website.
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🚨 The Commission will propose a pause of up to 15 months for the EU AI Act’s high-risk regime, with the exact length to be confirmed on Wednesday. The pause is bundled into the AI omnibus, putting pressure on MEPs and countries to adopt it before August.
www.mlex.com/mlex/artific...
www.mlex.com/mlex/artific...
EU AI Act’s high-risk regime faces lengthy pause, with tight approval schedule | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation
The European Commission will propose a postponement of the entry into application of the AI Act's requirements on high-risk AI systems, with a final decision on the exact length — likely to be between...
www.mlex.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🚨 The Commission will propose a pause of up to 15 months for the EU AI Act’s high-risk regime, with the exact length to be confirmed on Wednesday. The pause is bundled into the AI omnibus, putting pressure on MEPs and countries to adopt it before August.
www.mlex.com/mlex/artific...
www.mlex.com/mlex/artific...
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The EU has opened a new probe into Google’s search spam policy under the Digital Markets Act, zeroing in on its “site reputation abuse” policy. Tech Policy Press fellow Megan Kirkwood breaks down what’s behind the case.
Breaking Down the EU’s Investigation into Google’s Search Policy | TechPolicy.Press
The Commission is probing Google’s “site reputation abuse” policy, known as parasite SEO. Tech Policy Press fellow Megan Kirkwood explains its impact.
buff.ly
November 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The EU has opened a new probe into Google’s search spam policy under the Digital Markets Act, zeroing in on its “site reputation abuse” policy. Tech Policy Press fellow Megan Kirkwood breaks down what’s behind the case.
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We are deeply concerned about news regarding the expansion of vans equipped with live facial recognition technology (FRT) cameras to 7 police forces across England. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Live facial recognition vans launched in Sussex and Surrey
Some politicians and campaign groups call the technology "intrusive" and "racially biased".
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
We are deeply concerned about news regarding the expansion of vans equipped with live facial recognition technology (FRT) cameras to 7 police forces across England. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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“A recent response from the European Commission to our access to documents request not only revealed that the President of the Commission was repeating the words of tech CEOs, but it also accidentally divulged the Commission’s use of generative AI in public documents.”
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The European Commission uses ChatGPT outputs in public documents.
@iccl.bsky.social has filed a complaint to the European Ombudsman as this use likely violates Commission's own guidelines and its obligation under EU treaties
www.iccl.ie/news/europea...
@iccl.bsky.social has filed a complaint to the European Ombudsman as this use likely violates Commission's own guidelines and its obligation under EU treaties
www.iccl.ie/news/europea...
European Commission breaches own AI guidelines by using ChatGPT in public documents
ICCL has filed a complaint to the European Ombudsman against the European Commission for its use of generative AI in public documents, which likely violates its own guidelines and its obligation under...
www.iccl.ie
November 14, 2025 at 7:19 AM
“A recent response from the European Commission to our access to documents request not only revealed that the President of the Commission was repeating the words of tech CEOs, but it also accidentally divulged the Commission’s use of generative AI in public documents.”
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New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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“researchers warn that the integration of AI into toys opens up entire new avenues of risk that we’re barely beginning to scratch the surface of”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
AI-Powered Toys Caught Telling 5-Year-Olds How to Find Knives and Start Fires With Matches
AI-powered toys are flying off the shelves -- but they're engaging in horrifically inappropriate conversations with children.
futurism.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:39 AM
“researchers warn that the integration of AI into toys opens up entire new avenues of risk that we’re barely beginning to scratch the surface of”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Giusto perché non ci facciamo mancare nulla: Trump chiede formalmente di graziare l'amico Bibi.
November 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Giusto perché non ci facciamo mancare nulla: Trump chiede formalmente di graziare l'amico Bibi.
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Oggi è il 12 novembre, giorno di #AgeVerification 🇮🇹
"Essere consapevoli per non fare cazzate".
Post sul blog di @garantepiracy.it
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Post sul blog di @garantepiracy.it
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VPN e verifica dell'età online: essere consapevoli per non fare cazzate. - GarantePiracy - Christian Bernieri (fucking good) DPO.
Con l'avvento della verifica dell'età obbligatoria, molti utenti della rete stanno attrezzandosi con VPN. Bene ma non benissimo. Meglio sapere come funziona.
garantepiracy.it
November 12, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Oggi è il 12 novembre, giorno di #AgeVerification 🇮🇹
"Essere consapevoli per non fare cazzate".
Post sul blog di @garantepiracy.it
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"Essere consapevoli per non fare cazzate".
Post sul blog di @garantepiracy.it
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This would be funny if it weren't so tragic.
I've only looked at the "simplification" rules for data protection and they seem to be written by someone who doesn't understand the regulations in the first place.
It's not about disagreeing, irrespective of goals they're incompetent. 🧵
I've only looked at the "simplification" rules for data protection and they seem to be written by someone who doesn't understand the regulations in the first place.
It's not about disagreeing, irrespective of goals they're incompetent. 🧵
In 2026 will continue simplifying ↓
Over a half of our legislative proposals will focus on making EU laws easier to apply and implement faster.
Over a half of our legislative proposals will focus on making EU laws easier to apply and implement faster.
November 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This would be funny if it weren't so tragic.
I've only looked at the "simplification" rules for data protection and they seem to be written by someone who doesn't understand the regulations in the first place.
It's not about disagreeing, irrespective of goals they're incompetent. 🧵
I've only looked at the "simplification" rules for data protection and they seem to be written by someone who doesn't understand the regulations in the first place.
It's not about disagreeing, irrespective of goals they're incompetent. 🧵
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🧵 La prigione sotterranea di Israele, dove i palestinesi sono detenuti senza accuse e non vedono mai la luce del giorno
www.valigiablu.it/israele-prig...
www.valigiablu.it/israele-prig...
La prigione sotterranea di Israele, dove i palestinesi sono detenuti senza accuse e non vedono mai la luce del giorno - Valigia Blu
La prigione sotterranea di Rakefet in Israele detiene decine di palestinesi di Gaza in condizioni estreme, senza luce del giorno, cibo adeguato né contatti con le famiglie. Riaperta dopo il 7 ottobre ...
www.valigiablu.it
November 10, 2025 at 8:09 AM
🧵 La prigione sotterranea di Israele, dove i palestinesi sono detenuti senza accuse e non vedono mai la luce del giorno
www.valigiablu.it/israele-prig...
www.valigiablu.it/israele-prig...
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South Korean president calls for aggressive AI spending in budget speech
South Korean president calls for aggressive AI spending in budget speech
South Korean president calls for aggressive AI spending in budget speech
www.independent.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 6:09 AM
South Korean president calls for aggressive AI spending in budget speech
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Tomorrow, multinational Lafarge and several of its former executives will stand trial in Paris for financing terrorist groups. Although this is a milestone for corporate accountability, it should not detract from the fact that the company is also charged for complicity in crimes against humanity.
November 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Tomorrow, multinational Lafarge and several of its former executives will stand trial in Paris for financing terrorist groups. Although this is a milestone for corporate accountability, it should not detract from the fact that the company is also charged for complicity in crimes against humanity.
Si può malignare che i lavoratori di Amazon abbiano iniziato a preoccuparsi dell'etica dell'IA nel momento in cui l'azienda ha iniziato a parlare di licenziamenti, tuttavia le loro richieste restano interessanti e legittime. Il minimo per evitare la concretizzazione delle distopie sci-fi.
I dipendenti di Amazon chiedono alla Big Tech di assumere una posizione etica sull’IA
C’è chi costruisce l’intelligenza artificiale e chi, dentro le sue stesse fabbriche, ne teme la direzione. I lavoratori di Amazon hanno deciso di parlare, chiedendo attraverso una lettera aperta all’a...
www.lindipendente.online
November 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Si può malignare che i lavoratori di Amazon abbiano iniziato a preoccuparsi dell'etica dell'IA nel momento in cui l'azienda ha iniziato a parlare di licenziamenti, tuttavia le loro richieste restano interessanti e legittime. Il minimo per evitare la concretizzazione delle distopie sci-fi.
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Good bit of analysis here.
'Putting lay-offs down to AI sounds better than saying “we need to keep margins high so we’re sacking some low performers” and politically safer than saying “unpredictable Trump tariff policy means we are hiring less young people.”'
'Putting lay-offs down to AI sounds better than saying “we need to keep margins high so we’re sacking some low performers” and politically safer than saying “unpredictable Trump tariff policy means we are hiring less young people.”'
Lay-offs and AI on.ft.com/4qG3Pec | opinion
Lay-offs and AI
Bad news, OK data
on.ft.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Good bit of analysis here.
'Putting lay-offs down to AI sounds better than saying “we need to keep margins high so we’re sacking some low performers” and politically safer than saying “unpredictable Trump tariff policy means we are hiring less young people.”'
'Putting lay-offs down to AI sounds better than saying “we need to keep margins high so we’re sacking some low performers” and politically safer than saying “unpredictable Trump tariff policy means we are hiring less young people.”'
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“To leave our students to their own devices — which is to say, to the devices of A.I. companies — is to deprive them of indispensable opportunities to develop their linguistic mastery, and with it their most elementary powers of thought” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o... #AI #reading #writing #philsky
Opinion | Why Even Basic A.I. Use Is So Bad for Students
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:20 AM
“To leave our students to their own devices — which is to say, to the devices of A.I. companies — is to deprive them of indispensable opportunities to develop their linguistic mastery, and with it their most elementary powers of thought” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o... #AI #reading #writing #philsky
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Jassy said in an earnings call that layoffs weren't about AI but "culture" https://gizmodo.com/amazon-ceo-now-says-ai-is-not-responsible-for-recent-layoffs-2000679893
Amazon CEO Now Says AI Is Not Responsible for Recent Layoffs
CEO Andy Jassy told investors on Thursday that the cuts were based on ‘culture.’
gizmodo.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Jassy said in an earnings call that layoffs weren't about AI but "culture" https://gizmodo.com/amazon-ceo-now-says-ai-is-not-responsible-for-recent-layoffs-2000679893