🎉 Castro 2024.7 is live in the App Store, featuring a major podcast artwork makeover along with many bug fixes.
Read more about this update on our blog: castro.fm/blog/summer-update-2…
“Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly,” - says US judge.
#Google paid billions to keep its #monopoly, but must stop now! 💰
Learn more 👉tuta.com/blog/google-search-mo…
BBC news: bbc.com/news/articles/c0k44x6m…
Google's online search monopoly is illegal, US judge rules
The decision is a major blow to Alphabet, Google's parent company, and could reshape how technology giants operate.Nadine Yousif and Michelle Fleury (BBC News)
Tim Walz changed the 2024 election with a single viral diss—and earned a VP nod because of it — Fast Company
The Minnesota governor handed Democrats a potent political weapon at a critical time in the campaign.apple.news
rfc6265bis - Cookie Parser - cookie-name includes too many characters now · Issue #2848 · httpwg/http-extensions
The cookie-name changed from the definition of ... http-extensions/draft-ietf-httpbis-rfc6265bis.md Line 470 in a214951 cookie-name = token to http-extensions/draft-ietf-httpbis-rfc6265bis.md Line ...GitHub
"Bamboo HR’s findings show that about one-quarter of vice presidents and C-suite executives implemented return-to-office policies in hopes of prompting voluntary resignations. Similarly, around 20 percent of HR professionals indicated that their in-office policies were designed to make workers quit."
Hello hello Jamers 😎
😍 Here's how to easily share your ID with other users❗️🤖🍎
#Jami #opensource #P2P #PrivacyMatters #App
Are you a #Finance person with #OpenSource experience?
We (OpenUK.uk/) want to hire someone with experience in grant applications & administration and managing invoicing / reconciliation via Xero
You *must* have worked in open source.
If that's you, and you would like to discuss the role please drop me a DM here or on LinkedIn.
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OpenUK is the UK Organisation for the business of Open Technology being open source software, open hardware and open dataOpenUK
A reminder that assistive technology (AT) covers more than screen readers. Using “AT” to mean solely SRs is a regular source of confusion between and among clients, vendors, and practitioners, so yeah I have things to say about it:
adrianroselli.com/2024/08/at-i…
AT Is More Than Screen Readers
A screen reader is a single element of the overall set of assistive technologies. In practice, however, each is often used as a metonym for the other. Well, hello there. It’s nice to see you.Adrian Roselli
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LibreOffice Conference 2024: Extending the Call for Papers deadline - The Document Foundation Blog
Come and give a talk at the upcoming LibreOffice Conference 2024 which will take place from October 10 – 12 in Luxembourg! Our Call for Papers is open, and we are extending the submission deadline until August 31.Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)
Live updates as annual glacial outburst flooding impacts Juneau's Mendenhall Valley
The Mendenhall River crested at 15.99 feet just past 3 a.m. and has started to fall.Anna Canny (KTOO)
Join Julie Ripa at The Matrix Conference to learn how @dinum is using Matrix as the foundation for the French federated, sovereign messenger, Tchap!
🎟️ Grab your tickets at 2024.matrix.org
🏆️ Secure a sponsorship package at 2024.matrix.org/sponsor
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The Matrix Conference is coming to Berlin, Germany on September 19–22, 2024.2024.matrix.org
Excited our customer is speaking at The Matrix Conference in Berlin on 20 Sept 🚀
Learn how Tchap is using Matrix to secure communication across the French government.
puri.sm/products/liberty-phone…
#Purism #PureOS
Accessibility of Job Search: Screener Survey for Remote Interviews
Researchers at Northeastern University are conducting a research study to understand how blind and low vision people search for and apply to job and develop accessible solutions for enhancing their experiences during job search and application.Google Docs
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Storm Cloud Over Texas
Image Credit & Copyright: Laura Rowe (Used with permission)
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240806.ht… #APOD
APOD: 2024 August 6 – Storm Cloud Over Texas
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
TIL that in the UK some low voltage electrical cables feature "an uninsulated plain copper earth continuity conductor". It is then sleeved by Green/Yellow only during installation for identification purposes.
Would you like to receive funding to attend #RIPE89 in Prague? If you plan to apply for a #RIPE Fellowship or via the RIPE Academic Cooperation Initiative (#RACI) the deadline is 16 August.
🤝 Fellowship
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RACI - Get funding to present your research
Are you carrying out academic research? You can get funded to attend RIPE Meetings and other events through the RIPE Academic Cooperation InitiativeRIPE Network Coordination Center
Of course, priority from the right doesn't count for #cyclists.😠
I see car on the left, seems slowing down.
I take care of my right to give priority if something is coming from there.
There is a bad view to the right because of a parking van so it takes me more time to see if I can continue freely.
When I look back I suddenly see a car just in front of me.
Braking intensively...😱
Já fakt nechápu proč jsou na pana Babiše fšichni tak zlý ?!?
Dyk nikomu nic neudělal!!!
Pražákům neudělal Applestore,
Sáblíkové neudělal stadion,
Kosteleckým uzeninám neudělal dobrou pověst ...
atd ...
macOS 15.1 Beta 1: Apple Intelligence Backend Prompts
Reddit user [devanxd2000](https://www.reddit.com/user/devanxd2000/) found what look like the system prompts for various Apple Intelligence features in the `/System/Library/AssetsV2/com_apple_MobileAsset_UAF_FM_GenerativeModels` folder on their instal…simonwillison.net
What I find interesting is how gramatically incorrect the prompts are.
See e.g. "a set of question and its answer are provided" instead of "a set of questions and its answers are provided", or "by modify the draft response" instead of "by modifying the draft response".
I guess this is done to reduce token count.
I also find it interesting that they're using the term CSEAI as one of the possible categories. This heavily suggests fine-tuning (or just LoRa) to me, as the term isn't very popular, and even mainstream, large AI models struggle with defining what it means (likely "child sexual abuse and exploitation").
There's also an interesting "AI safety" configuration, albeit for a far, far older model, at /System/Library/AssetsV2/com_apple_MobileAsset_ImageCaptionModel/53d7bfd1009473aea8a86155f67a2c70905e9dae.asset/AssetData/ImageCaptionModel/runtime_parameters.json
This is not specific to the newest beta.
"Google illegally maintains monopoly over internet search, judge rules"
apnews.com/article/google-anti…
Google illegally maintains monopoly over internet search, judge rules
A judge has ruled that Google’s ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation.MATTHEW BARAKAT (AP News)
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I migrated to GitLab recently. They might be a bunch of [insert expletive here] as well. But I have HAD IT with Microsoft!
I bet you did not expect to be still working on that little project 24 years later 
Congratulations!
1 #million views! Today is a momentous day for the #WHY2025 #MCH2022 #SHA2017 Youtube account.
The video of a talk called "Non-Euclidean Doom: what happens to a game when pi is not 3.14159…" reached 1 million views on Youtube a few minutes ago.
The video is of course also on media.ccc.de and has reached almost a hundred thousand views there.
The recommended way to watch the video is media.ccc.de/v/mch2022-236-non…, but if you want proof of the milestone, check out youtu.be/_ZSFRWJCUY4
Non-Euclidean Doom: what happens to a game when pi is not 3.14159…
We all know that the value of pi is a constant with a particular immutable value. Anyone who has done any graphical programming also know...media.ccc.de
If you're thinking of going to why2025.org, the recurring Dutch hacker camp (@why2025camp), please sign up for one (or more!) volunteering shifts.
We would really appreciate it if you signed up for one of our AV shifts. Producing these videos takes a lot of effort from our volunteers and we can never have too many shifts assigned to a volunteer ahead of time.
Google Lens now lets you search with your voice and images
Latest update lets you add important context to inquiriesCesar Cadenas (TechRadar)
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Some of those have been laying off people for months like their stock was crashing. It just took a while for the stock price to catch up :)
Also I think we have a bit of an AI bubble that's popping. I closed out all of my positions on #NVDA on July 1st which wasn't exactly the peak but pretty close to it.
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