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“And in the meantime? Want to learn more about how you can cut off big tech at the source? We have an episode for that! youtube․com/watch?v=a-oNyiNbfLA&t=4s ⌗cutoffbigtech ⌗disobey ⌗BigTech ⌗stopbigtech”

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“Well, a cup of hot coffee ☕ and some mundane activity ⌗life ⌗coffee ⌗music ⌗linux ⌗research”

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“NEWS: Commission drafts voluntary code of conduct to curb online scamsBy CARLO BOFFA, EU Correspondent The European Commission is drafting a voluntary code of conduct to tackle online…
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“People are using AI to make expensive computer programs free․ This could change everything
⌗Tech ⌗AI ⌗ReverseEngineering ⌗OpenSource ⌗FreeSoftware ⌗DigitalRights ⌗Microsoft ⌗Adobe …”

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“Researchers disclosed details on cyber attacks targeting organizations in Japan involving AI․Cases included TrendAI analyzing exposed servers where threat actors abused the open-source tool CyberStrikeAI with 44 agents …”

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“The ⌗Antrophic IPO reveals already suspected flaws in ⌗BigTech․ Risky profit outlooks, heavy debt, money locked in infrastructure and maybe no ROI at all․The ⌗AI bubble will not burst with a bang but deflate s…”

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TL;DR: Australia's federal government aims to ban AI chatbots that foster 'emotional intimacy', responding to concerns about children's attachment to these digital agents. Amid growing pressure, there are calls to establish a social media watchdog for better oversight in the industry. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/28/emotional-intimacy-ai-chatbots-ban-digital-duty-of-care-laws-australian-politics #law #tech #legaltech ⚖️ 🤖 #autosum

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“Early progress on accelerating drug development with Claude
Link: anthropic․com/research/early-progress-drug-development
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=50265609”

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“europesays․com/uk/1277611/ The blood test helping healthy people avoid ‘silent’ heart disease ⌗'silent'HeartDisease ⌗CardiologistAndClinicalResearcherGemmaFigtree ⌗CoronaryArteryDisease ⌗CoronaryPlaque ⌗…”

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“Impatient with Brussels, European capitals forge ahead with social media bans  – POLITICOPortugal formally notified the Commission of its own law a little over a week after the Kids Act…
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“RE: mastodon․social/﹫glynmoody/117511994327990408 ⌗esa ⌗press conference 2013 on ⌗spacedebris 🥱🙄 ⌗space ⌗security ⌗research”

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“europesays․com/uk/1279247/ EU governments want to ease access to citizens’ data for AI․ Report points to heavy lobbying ⌗BigTech ⌗DataOmnibus ⌗EU ⌗Europe ⌗European ⌗EuropeanCommission ⌗Europe…”

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“Today I had to look up a medical condition on a US NIH (National Institutes of Health) website
⌗medicine ⌗research ⌗science ⌗stupidpolitics Big banner at the top 'By executive order we have to change all …”

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“THE BIG TECH RESISTANCE ✊
Alongside 7 other Nordic countries, the Danish government has just signed a 'manifesto' calling for resistance against Big Tech (heavily motivated by worries over children’s welfare)․
Digitalis…”

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“Classification of Finite Simple Groups Formalized in Lean
Link: cfsg․axiommath․ai/
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“Can a system built around one parent who 'cares' and another who 'pays' reflect modern family life?In last week's ⌗CPCCGWebinar, Professor Susan Harkness explored parenting after separation, shared care and what chang…”

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“iPhone out in 2007, Facebook IPO'd in 2012, a massive drop off is visible just as the data economy ramps up persuasive design and gamification for behavioral addiction builds ⌗BigTech․Kids aren't growing up with 'vide…”

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“October 16 marked the official launch of the application lab in Erlangen as part of QuKomIn 🎉The project is establishing real-world test infrastructure in Bavaria for secure data transmission based on quantum Communic…”

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“It's really frustrating watching celebrities (I generally admire) schilling for Big Tech․Looking at you Spike Lee, as you watch us with the pervert glasses․ ⌗Meta
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"But there's a human in the loop" excuse doesn't pass a smell test and cannot hold up to scrutiny.

#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #LLM #code #tech #dev #pedagogy

The #Pentagon is quietly building an elite new #tech #sabotage agency
Creation of #TechnologySupportOffice signals the #DefenseDepartment's intent to ramp up a range of aggressive covert activities abroad.
While specifics of it's work are highly classified, POLITICO spoke with 12 current and former U.S. #nationalsecurity officials with knowledge about #TSO to understand how agency came to be, broad contours of its mission and why its operations are shrouded in secrecy.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/22/technology-support-office-dod-tech-spyware-sabotage-01100327

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“Battle-tested ⌗opensource software that people have worked on for decades - 'Eww, no'Vibe-coded ⌗AIslop clones of proprietary ⌗bigtech products - 'This is amazing!'We do it to ourselves․ ⌗techtyranny ⌗t…”

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“🛰️ ICYMI: ⌗NASA ⌗Goddard illustrates how ⌗smoke behaves as an atmospheric mixture of gases and suspended aerosols rather than a single ⌗cloud․In this ⌗video, watch how the ⌗PACE ⌗satellite gathe…”

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It turns out a beef hot dog is actually filet mignon if a person eats it and gives a thumbs up, according to the LibreOffice contribution guidelines.

#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #LLM #code #tech #Dev #FOSS #LOSS #LibreOffice #NoSlop #AISlop #slop

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“⌗BigTech vs ⌗Linux ⌗Software ⌗tracking ⌗surveillance ⌗spy ⌗Microsoft ⌗Google ⌗Apple ⌗Linux ⌗foss ⌗os ⌗security ⌗cybersecurity ⌗online ⌗internet ⌗Digital …”

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OLED-MACBOOK-PRO KÖNNTE TEURER WERDEN – MACBOOK NEO 2 FÜR 2027 ERWARTET

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“Linus Tech Tips is a YouTube show catering to hardware & gaming enthusiasts․ The kind of people that like to overclock their pc to play the latest games․ Lately he has been giving more and more attention in his videos t…”

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“We wired our services together using fractal reverse proxies and a central identity broker so our AI agents can finally collaborate on sovereign bare-metal hardware․ Read the latest at opendesk-edu․org 🤝Read the la…”

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“Here Be Monsters: What Do You Still Need to Know When Agents Do the Work?
Link: blog․adrq․dev/here-be-monsters-what-do-you-still-need-to-know-when-agents-do-the-work
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=50258868”

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“That was before the winds changed․Politico: Texas officials huddled with tech companies before grid blitz politico․com/news/2026/10/27/how-big-tech-and-abbott-made-texas-the-epicenter-of-data-centers-01135261 ﹫pol…”

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“This is all fine by me, but they are twice as expensive as commercial Google enabled phones due to development and materials․
Other than that I think most people would buy it for the battery life alone and less annoyan…”

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“New 'Circadian' Subtype of Depression Affecting 1 in 4 Patients sciencealert․com/researchers-identify-new-circadian-subtype-of-depression-affecting-1-in-4-patients Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=50196212 …”

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“Who has done more for us: ⌗WinRAR or ⌗OpenAI? ⌗meme ⌗criticism ⌗ai ⌗technology ⌗Software ⌗question ⌗future ⌗profit ⌗finance ⌗money ⌗bubble ⌗economy ⌗civilization …”

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“A simplified proof of ETH is False [pdf] shivakintali․github․io/papers/ETH․pdf Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=50255406 ⌗HackerNews ⌗ETH ⌗False ⌗Proof ⌗Simplified ⌗PDF ⌗Research …”

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“See the writing on the wall? this is a good time to do something about it․'How much of your portfolio depends on how well AI does? If you invest in an S&P 500 index fund, the answer is about 44%․''Just six companies – A…”

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“Holy crap, I've gotta set up that DVR one of these days, had in the past when that's all there was, but now it's a must for sharing broadly what a targeted ad looks like to a global audience․ Look up 'Liberals New Racis…”

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“On Sunday, Mozilla put out an ad campaign asking you to come back to Firefox and escape corporate tracking․ Meanwhile, Mozilla engineers are co-writing an on-by-default, no-consent ad tracking standard for browsers at t…”

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“europesays․com/3334632/ From chokepoint to crisis: The Strait of Hormuz and global oil markets ⌗article ⌗CenterForMiddleEastPolicy ⌗Climate &Energy ⌗conflict ⌗Crisis &ConflictManagement ⌗Defense &…”

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“Python's experimental JIT to be removed
Link: lwn․net/SubscriberLink/1102102/0c00e4d550f25f8c/
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“Holy crap, I've gotta set up that DVR one of these days, had in the past when that's all there was, but now it's a must for sharing broadly what a targeted ad looks like to a global audience․ Look up 'Liberals New Racis…”

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“Well, a cup of hot coffee ☕ and some mundane activity ⌗life ⌗coffee ⌗music ⌗linux ⌗research”

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“Notice the names․ These are the same companies minus a few mentions that have lopsidedly taken over the markets, leaving everyone else in the dust․'The fundraising plan, among the biggest by an AI company, has also draw…”

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“And this, my friends, is why, thought they're fun and often useful, you don't trust things like Apple or Google maps for serious research, especially with real-world costs or consequences․ They may have been compressed,…”

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In #China, #AIbubble has already burst
While global #tech #stocks teeter, in China they have already crashed as lofty valuations collapse under worries about #AI demand and curbs on Chinese exports. The meltdown, tanking the mainland #STAR50 index of AI and #semiconductor leaders by 40% in less than four months and vaporizing $480B in market value, is an ill omen for wobbly world markets and a dampener on China's efforts at encouraging its savers into stocks to fund AI.
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/analysis-china-ai-bubble-already-120038616.html

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“europesays․com/thestates/94070/ New Jersey City Scraps Potential Data Center After Resident Backlash ⌗BigTech ⌗CityCouncil ⌗DataCenter ⌗EnvironmentalConcern ⌗ManyCommunity ⌗meeting ⌗MoreDatum…”

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“europesays․com/africa/491461/ Rising heat and humidity increase pregnancy termination risks in Nigeria ⌗ClimateChange ⌗conception ⌗Fertility ⌗heat ⌗HeatStroke ⌗Nigeria ⌗pregnancy ⌗PublicH…”

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“A simplified proof of ETH is False [pdf]
Link: shivakintali․github․io/papers/ETH․pdf
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“A brilliant contributor to the No To Big Tech movement (Kevin) made some initial logo designs for our group, and I modified some and made some tweaks (they went off radar for a while, and I needed a logo for some fairly…”

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“'The big tech bros are suppressing our activism' as groups continue to organize on platforms owned by the big tech bros․ 🤷‍♀️Reminds me of the time a group organized to deal with the collapse of the monetary economy an…”

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“🛰️ WATCH: ⌗NASA ⌗Goddard illustrates how ⌗smoke behaves as an atmospheric mixture of gases and suspended aerosols rather than a single ⌗cloud․In this ⌗video, watch how the ⌗PACE ⌗satellite gathe…”

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