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The secret sauce of Chinese social media apps

Here’s how Chinese apps like TikTok hook U.S. users with shopping and entertainment algorithm

“Western apps are going to be playing catch-up for a very long time, no matter what happens to TikTok.”

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How Chinese apps like TikTok hook U.S. users with shopping and entertainment algorithm - Rest of World

Xiaohongshu (RedNote) and Lemon8 — not YouTube, X, and Instagram — were the big winners of the initial U.S. TikTok ban.
Joanna Chiu (Rest of World)

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Aah, good old AOL Instant Messenger. Crazy days.

You can now run the BIGGEST chat system of the 2000s at home! youtube.com/watch?v=taDOa2zIhl…


You can now run the BIGGEST chat system of the 2000s at home!

▶Sponsored by PCBWay: https://www.pcbway.com/It's been 26 years since AOL completely revolutionized how people communicate over the internet with AOL Instant...
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As an open source game developper, i'm working on remaking this not well known game, which inspired me a lot : and extending it's original concept. I hope to meet there, a great community, and makers of all kind 💽📻💾
#opensource #community #remake #common #videogame #gamedev #pixelart #indie #indiegame #retro #retrogaking #art #dev #programmation #android #emulation #aesthetic #aestethics #drawing #creative #gaming #steam
#android #opensource #gaming #art #drawing #steam #gamedev #pixelart #dev #indie #indiegame #aesthetic #retro #community #emulation #creative #videogame #remake #common #retrogaking #programmation #aestethics
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„I was part of a team that was directly ordered to manipulate Twitter's systems to influence the 2024 US presidential election. It wasn't subtle, and it wasn't ethical.

We completely changed how the algorithm worked, pushing pro-Trump and right-wing posts to the top of people's feeds. To make it look balanced, we also boosted some left-wing critics of Democrats, but it was all carefully calculated.“

Elon Musk's and X's Role in 2024 Election Interference
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Elon Musk's and X's Role in 2024 Election Interference

The confessions of a concerned bird.
The Concerned Bird (The Concerned Bird’s Substack)

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Standing Where Braille Began: Reflections on Literacy, Legacy and Access helenkeller.org/standing-where…

Standing Where Braille Began: Reflections on Literacy, Legacy and Access – Helen Keller Services

Experience HKS Accessibility Specialist Megan Dausch's journey to the Louis Braille Museum in France, exploring braille's vital role in education, employment and independence for blind and DeafBlind communities
Helen Keller Services

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Amazon Fire HD 8 Tablets Now on Sale for Just $64.99 cordcuttersnews.com/amazon-fir…

Amazon Fire HD 8 Tablets Now on Sale for Just $64.99 | Cord Cutters News

Amazon has announced a limited-time sale on its popular Fire HD 8 tablets, offering a significant discount of $35 off the regular price. Customers can now purchase the Fire HD 8 for just $64.
Luke Bouma (Cord Cutters News)

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WHO summit will bring together key stakeholders to help accelerate global access to assistive tech attoday.co.uk/who-summit-will-…

WHO summit will bring together key stakeholders to help accelerate global access to assistive tech - AT Today - Assistive Technology

From 7-8 May 2025, WHO will host the fourth GATE Summit, under the GATE Initiative, and in collaboration with UNICEF.
Sarah Sarsby (AT Today - Assistive Technology)

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Salve Feelers! Come state?
Siete pronti per l'imperdibile Live a tema #Linux di domani???

Con immenso piacere e con grande onore, avrò come ospite Julian Del Vecchio, Sviluppatore e Patron di @ufficiozero!

Parleremo di come nasce una Derivata, di Linux e di tanti altri argomenti interessanti! 😉

🕠 Start: 17.30

Vi aspettiamo!

#linux @Ufficio Zero Linux

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Big Techs don't block the tiny pixel trackers lurking in your emails 🕵️ but Tuta Mail does!

Want to know more about how you're tracked while reading emails and how to stop this? check our latest guide 👉 tuta.com/blog/what-is-pixel-tr…

#PixelTracking #PrivacyMatters #TutaMail

Image of a pixalated Email with a zoom icon

What is a tracking pixel? (+How to stop email tracking) | Tuta

Emails containing images often track you with tracking pixels. Here’s how you can stop tracking and regain privacy for your mailbox.
Tuta
#privacymatters #tutamail #pixeltracking

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After 25 years of using GNOME, this is just another Friday. Of course, they deprecated something without creating a replacement first. Of course, you will only see the replacement in one of the future releases.

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Alice :neocat_flag_transbian: (@alice)

PSA: If you're developing/maintaining a libadwaita app, ignore the recent deprecation of [`GtkShortcutsWindow`](https://docs.gtk.org/gtk4/class.ShortcutsWindow.html). Don't remove or replace existing dialogs.
Nyaa~ Place

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Aus der beliebten Serie „Ach komm, sind doch nur Gesundheitsdaten!“ Heute mal wieder Doctolib. Was kann da schon schief gehen?

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Neue Datenschutzhinweise: Doctolib will KI-Modelle mit Gesundheitsdaten trainieren

Ab Ende Februar will der IT-Dienstleister Doctolib die Daten seiner Nutzer:innen für das Training sogenannter Künstlicher Intelligenz einsetzen. Wenn sie einwilligen, sollen auch ihre Gesundheitsdaten dafür genutzt werden.
netzpolitik.org

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Ab Ende Februar will Doctolib Nutzerdaten für KI-Training verwenden – auch Gesundheitsdaten, wenn du zustimmst. Es wird höchste Zeit, Doctolib zu verlassen und deine Daten löschen zu lassen! 👇

netzpolitik.org/2025/neue-date…

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#doctolib #datenschutz #dsgvo #ki


Neue Datenschutzhinweise: Doctolib will KI-Modelle mit Gesundheitsdaten trainieren

Ab Ende Februar will der IT-Dienstleister Doctolib die Daten seiner Nutzer:innen für das Training sogenannter Künstlicher Intelligenz einsetzen. Wenn sie einwilligen, sollen auch ihre Gesundheitsdaten dafür genutzt werden.
netzpolitik.org
#datenschutz #DSGVO #ki #doctolib
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Für alle die nicht mehr ganz genau den Stand der Debatte der #Chatkontrolle parat haben oder nach einem Artikel suchen um andere zu informieren.
Dieser Artikel fasst es sehr gut zusammen
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

The EU wants to scan every message sent in Europe. Will that really make us safer?

Lawmakers argue that mass surveillance will help to protect children. But the implications for our privacy and security are staggering, says journalist Apostolis Fotiadis
Apostolis Fotiadis (The Guardian)
#Chatkontrolle

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So, TikTok is supposedly a national security threat from China, but it seems odd that there's been almost no mainstream press coverage of Trump dismantling the board investigating the Salt Typhoon hack which is an ACTUAL PROVEN hack from China & incredibly damaging. www.techdirt.com/2025/01/23/t...

Trump Disbands Cybersecurity B...


Trump Disbands Cybersecurity Board Investigating Massive Chinese Phone System Hack

For all the hype and warnings about how TikTok is clearly a “national security threat” from China, the Trump administration has effectively kneecapped the investigation into one of the most serious…
Techdirt

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Na vylete do Parize Severu zena prohlasila "Reznik bez masky je jen tlustej jouda". Reznikovi in da face. Co uz, mel popijet Bohemku u jinyho stolu. Nebo nosit masku, aby ho slusny lidi poznali.

Jenom za tenhle zazitek ten vylet stal a pokracovani pelisku 11/10*. Doporucujeme!

Rumburk nas taky prekvapil. Maji tu dve super hipsterske kavarny, kam dokonce chodi lidi. Vic nez v takovem Jablonci. Coz neco vypovida o Jablonci 🤷

#kino #film #rumburk #vylet #sluknovskyhrebejk

Reznik, Zena a Grundza v kine v Rumburku.
#film #kino #vylet #rumburk #sluknovskyhrebejk

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Let's say China manages to get just a little bit of data about people from just a few of these ... 😑

"China's overlapping tech-industrial ecosystems"

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#cybersec #cybersecurity #infosec #itsec #china #privacy #gdpr #dataprotection #dataskydd


China's overlapping tech-industrial ecosystems

EVs, batteries, lidar, drones, robotics, smartphones, AI. China's progress across a range of overlapping industries creates a mutually reinforcing feedback loop.
Kyle Chan (High Capacity)
#privacy #infosec #gdpr #cybersecurity #DataProtection #itsec #china #cybersec #Dataskydd

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Sabíais que hay un lenguaje de programación que es ETA? Vamos que se llama así, literalmente xD eta-lang.org/ Viene a ser como una implementación de Haskell en la JVM, con todo lo bueno y malo que eso pueda traer :D

Eta Programming Language - Haskell on the JVM

Eta is a simple, compact and powerful programming language to build scalable systems on the JVM. It is a dialect of Haskell on the JVM.
Eta Programming Language - Haskell on the JVM

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Celkem se ztotožňuju s tím, jak se k tomu soud postavil, byť mě diametrálně odlišnej přístup různých soudních instancích dost děsí.

Skutek je stále stejnej, ale jeden #soud z vás udělá těžkýho kriminálníka a druhej to hodnotí jako "přešlap". To není dobře, #justice takhle moc důvěry nezíská.

Máte někdo jinej názor na verdikt soudu? Proč si myslíte, že různé soudní instance soudí diametrálně odlišně?

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@Mikromobilita CZ/SK #koloběžka #motorka


Zvrat v případu zardoušení motorkáře, místo osmi let vězení podmínka

Vrchní soud v Praze zrušil rozsudek plzeňského soudu - "Vyplatí se nevzdat to a bojovat!" komentoval právník obžalovaného
Krimi Plzeň
#Justice #soud #koloběžka #motorka @Mikromobilita CZ/SK

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"Remember Internet forums? Those bustling online spaces where people gathered to chat, share ideas, and build communities? While social media giants like Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) took center stage, forums continued to thrive. Now, one of the leading open-source forum software providers, NodeBB, is joining the fediverse. Starting with NodeBB v4.0.0, federation is a core feature": Opensource Forum Software NodeBB Joins the Fediverse - OSTechNix ostechnix.com/nodebb-joins-fed…

Opensource Forum Software NodeBB Joins the Fediverse

One of the popular opensource forum software NodeBB, is joining the fediverse. Starting with NodeBB v4.0.0, federation is a core feature.
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Just got back from a week of cross-country skiing in Seefeld, Austria. The weather was perfect!

The tourism board proudly advertises that Seefeld is reachable by train (which is true, though there’s definitely room for improvement). Still, every time I mentioned to someone—be it the hotel staff or my ski instructor—that I arrived by train, they were completely baffled.

An alpine village with snowy mountains in the background.
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7-Zip flaw lets hackers infect your PC with malware. Update ASAP! pcworld.com/article/2586643/7-…

7-Zip flaw lets hackers infect your PC with malware. Update ASAP!

Make sure you're running version 24.09 or later of 7-Zip as soon as you can, else you're still vulnerable to this dangerous security flaw.
Mikael Markander (PCWorld)

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