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by botanical 2y ago
It's funny how Mozilla is being vilified non-stop this past week when nothing's really changed (only their legal wording). Whereas Google are literally personal information vampires; they make the web a worse place for people and
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Browser choice? How EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA) is helping make it real(blog.mozilla.org)
2 points by botanical 2y ago|0 comments
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by botanical 2y ago
The idea of Hamas will never be eradicated for as long as Palestinians live under occupation and dehumanisation. Hamas came to be after Palestinian land was occupied, large swathes stolen and its people killed by Apartheid Israel. There alr
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ReCAPTCHA: 819M hours of wasted human time, billions of dollars in profit(boingboing.net)
8 points by botanical 2y ago|1 comments
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by botanical 2y ago
When people ask how could IBM facilitate in the Holocaust, this is how it happens. Google rushed to sell AI tools to Israel’s military after Hamas attack: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/01/21&#
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by botanical 2y ago
Also related is apparently data.gov datasets being scrubbed: https://old.reddit.com/r/ClimateOffensive/comments/1idiize/d...
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Doomsday Clock set at 89 seconds to midnight, closest ever to human extinction(thebulletin.org)
3 points by botanical 2y ago|1 comments
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After shutting down several emulators, Nintendo admits emulation is legal(androidauthority.com)
9 points by botanical 2y ago|0 comments
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by botanical 2y ago
I hope the leaders of this genocide are brought to be accountable. Apartheid Israel have killed 10s of thousands, stole their land and dehumanised the Palestinian people; all supported by the so-called enlightened West (especially the US).
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by botanical 2y ago
So there's a Carnarvon in Australia that has to do with radio telescopes and a Carnarvon in South Africa that has to do with radio telescopes? In South Africa, the Square Kilometre Array telescopes (and others) are situated within the
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Support for ASHA hearing aids coming to Linux(asymptotic.io)
1 points by botanical 2y ago|0 comments
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Android 15 sideloading restrictions are a raw deal for users(androidpolice.com)
14 points by botanical 2y ago|3 comments
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by botanical 2y ago
You left out politicians. As far as companies like this are concerned, they are functioning within the limits of the law.
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Mozilla: Proposals in US vs. Google threaten vital role of independent browsers(blog.mozilla.org)
64 points by botanical 2y ago|92 comments
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Celebrating 20 Years of Thunderbird: Independence, Innovation and Community(blog.thunderbird.net)
2 points by botanical 2y ago|0 comments
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Exxon lobbyist investigated over hack-and-leak of environmentalist emails(reuters.com)
6 points by botanical 2y ago|0 comments
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Enlisting Microbes to Break Down 'Forever Chemicals'(scientificamerican.com)
3 points by botanical 2y ago|0 comments
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by botanical 2y ago
I've just come across this, Planetary boundaries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_boundaries We've impacted the Earth to our detriment, I feel, for the sake of chasing money. We need to rethink what it
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Earth Will Exceed 1.5 Degrees Celsius of Warming This Year(scientificamerican.com)
17 points by botanical 2y ago|4 comments
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What would Trump 2.0 mean for trade, migrants, climate change and electric cars?(reuters.com)
4 points by botanical 2y ago|0 comments
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Google accused of shadow campaigns redirecting antitrust scrutiny to Microsoft(arstechnica.com)
10 points by botanical 2y ago|1 comments
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Former OpenAI Staffer: Company Breaking Copyright Law, Destroying the Internet(gizmodo.com)
5 points by botanical 2y ago|0 comments
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by botanical 2y ago
Some of my polyester t-shirts have lasted more than 10 years without any loss in colour or quality, it's a damn shame they cause microplastics since it's probably better that people don't buy clothing every month if clothes l
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by botanical 2y ago
They have $118.4 billion in USD reserves?
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by botanical 2y ago
Slowly, more citizen rights are being eroded by so-called democratic countries by weaponising legislation to get what the few elite in government want. Another example was US sanctions against Russia, which led to the Linux kernel maintaine
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by botanical 2y ago
Only the US government can allow corporations to beta test unproven technology on the public. Governments should carry out comprehensive tests on a self-driving car's claimed capabilities. This is the same as cars without proven passen
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Meta fires staffers for using $25 meal credits on household goods(arstechnica.com)
18 points by botanical 2y ago|32 comments
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The human internet is dying. AI images are taking over Google top results(old.reddit.com)
107 points by botanical 2y ago|3 comments
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by botanical 2y ago
LLMs are the type of junk AI that these corps think will succeed? They are spending billions and consuming a large amount of resources and energy for this. Seriously, what a waste.
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by botanical 2y ago
France needs to give back sovereignty of so many islands around Madagascar. It's galling that they still act like a colonial state.

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