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  • A federal agent said WhatsApp's encryption is a lie. Then the investigation was shut down

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  • Mergers: Commission fines Facebook €110 million for providing misleading information about WhatsApp takeover - Brussels, 18 May 2017

    Classic

  • TIL that for the average price of a car in the US, you could buy 5 cars in China

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  • :)

  • There was an attempt at scale.

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  • DO NOT talk about the goblins

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  • Comment would seem to make a lotta sense so perhaps the VC money was the wildcard…

    Inflection point may have hit for some though? It’s been out just long enough and has been good just long enough (kinda garbage before December 2025) that people we all respect are on board.

    Head Linux dude Linus

    Wolfram Alpha’s founder Stephen Wolfram

    Many others now but big caveat is these folks presumably Do It Right unlike, have to guess, a huge majority of users. Plenty will experience skill atrophy - dangerous for society at large.

  • DO NOT talk about the goblins

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  • Anthropic actually developed a system which, in the hands of the most capable…in narrow domains used conscientiously in a limited fashion with tremendous and constant risk mitigation……, is reportedly not garbage

    Narrator: they ruined it

  • There was an attempt at scale.

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  • Welcome to the future

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  • So then if they choose their spots right this could be a dangerous proposition. You might think theft risk, but if you didn’t and (without any badge) tried to steal it you’d find out there’s a guy on every street corner watching their dog.

  • Age checks could turn internet into an ID checkpoint and would kill anonymity, Proton CEO says

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  • Harder to organize protests though. Like if they implement a new renter’s/homeowner tax, or sales tax, or whatever, that means we’d have to sell our books to make ends meet. And then make “digitally inciting” protests illegal too maybe so you don’t feel comfortable even discussing it on your devices. (Not that our opsec today is sufficient, wager it’s not for like 95+% of us, but this feels yet worse)

    Scary stuff

  • "Google CEO decisions"

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  • They don't care about the negative impacts because it doesn't actually affect them.

    How odd.

    Wealth has a tremendous capacity to insulate, but nothing is unlimited.

    Whose kids could be rich enough to live as safely or comfortably in a world that regresses/declines beyond various tipping points? (I also want their safety & comfort, we would all win)

  • ‘We will not survive’: Toyota, Honda and Ford CEOs issue chilling warning about China — and it could hit your portfolio

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  • Thoughts on what I think is the standout from their comment?:

    the advanced state of automaton

  • ‘We will not survive’: Toyota, Honda and Ford CEOs issue chilling warning about China — and it could hit your portfolio

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  • To be fair to Honda or, here, Toyota…

    Worth finding a clip if anyone isn’t familiar

  • TIL vending machines were invented in the 1st century AD, and accepted coins in exchange for wine or holy water

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  • I would use the coin the vending operator wanted me to as long as it exists in this millennium, but I would have to be on the lookout for sheisters with their arcade tokens and coin blanks:

  • Maryland Becomes First US State to Ban Surveillance Pricing for Groceries | Common Dreams

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  • That’s Milk®️

  • Scibot!

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  • “RAG”’s tough in acronym form though concept is quite popular right now - decent summary btw I’d say (fully non-expert)

  • There really isn't

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  • Okay for thousands of people, phone hobby

    Edit: which is literally dozens

  • Gas Price

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  • Thank you :)

  • Federal Surveillance Tech Becomes Mandatory in New Cars by 2027

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  • Federal Surveillance Tech Becomes Mandatory in New Cars by 2027

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  • Firefox Has Quietly Integrated Brave's Adblock Engine

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  • :’(

  • Wikipedia @lemmy.world
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    Boar taint

    en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boar_taint
  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    Is there a science educator who shows in a video how they hand wash dishes?

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    "Refrigerate after opening and store in the refrigerator door." Why the door for this mayo?

  • Apple @lemmy.world
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    "Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help"

    hey.paris /posts/appleid/
  • 196 @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Mid-nineties ghost rizz rule

  • test @sh.itjust.works
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    ...

    setcookie.net
  • World News @lemmy.world
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    A seal galumphs into a bar. The bartender says ‘Grab the salmon!’

    apnews.com /article/seal-bar-new-zealand-pub-richmond-487e2a8207c9f0e69be79ac7eb8045c0
  • Apple @lemmy.world
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    I want one-finger flashlight brightness adjustment back (from iOS 17)

  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
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    It started to stop kids vaping [pot] in school bathrooms. Then they stuck it in poor people's homes. | DEF CON Snitch Puck Talk, October 2025

  • Star Trek Social Club @startrek.website
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    Has anyone annotated the Star Trek: Enterprise theme video? e.g. where all the source clips/images came from & so on

  • Apple @lemmy.world
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    Siri, play news from... NPR, CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox. Who else?

  • Reddit @lemmy.world
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    Absolute bot free-for-all, wow - no more digging into spammers'/liars' comment histories

    www.theverge.com /news/679328/reddit-update-hide-comments-posts-user-profiles
  • World News @lemmy.world
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    DE; EN below

    Cash Tracking: You’ve Got a Surveillance Tool in Your Wallet

    netzpolitik.org /2025/bargeld-tracking-du-hast-ueberwachungsinstrumente-im-portemonnaie/
  • Climate @slrpnk.net
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    Major reversal in ocean circulation detected in the Southern Ocean, with key climate implications

    www.icm.csic.es /en/news/major-reversal-ocean-circulation-detected-southern-ocean-key-climate-implications
  • Apple @lemmy.world
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    500 shortcuts later, today I was the last person to discover you can re-arrange the order Shortcuts appear on the Share Sheet

  • TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world
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    Love Star Trek: Enterprise... though "Bounty" was total fan service for T'Pol+Phlox shippers

  • Asklemmy @lemmy.ml
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    Does the Iranian state news website block American IP addresses? irna.ir has errored out yesterday and today

  • 196 @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    techbro PSBattles rule

  • photoshopbattles @lemm.ee
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    Sam & Jony introduce io || OpenAI's Sam Altman & Apple's former iPhone designer Jony Ive

  • Wikipedia @lemmy.world
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    Bode Ioiô - "Did you know ... that a liquor-drinking celebrity goat named Ioiô (pictured) won an election for city councilman in Fortaleza?"

    en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bode_Ioi%C3%B4