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UK | Welsh government commits to making lying in politics illegal

www.theguardian.com Welsh government commits to making lying in politics illegal

Labour administration says ‘globally pioneering’ legislation will be brought in before next Senedd elections in 2026

Welsh government commits to making lying in politics illegal

> Labour administration says ‘globally pioneering’ legislation will be brought in before next Senedd elections in 2026

Archived version: https://archive.ph/6LFaV

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truthout.org Israel Has Forcibly Displaced 1.9 Million Palestinians in Gaza

Israel’s assault has displaced over 1 million people just since May, a UN human rights official said.

Israel Has Forcibly Displaced 1.9 Million Palestinians in Gaza

> Israel’s assault has displaced over 1 million people just since May, a UN human rights official said.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/Ile2Z

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USA | Baltimore nurses at largest Catholic health network in US fight on for first contract

therealnews.com Baltimore nurses at largest Catholic health network in US fight on for first contract

"We held the rally... to show [management] that we're not afraid, that we're not going to be intimidated, and that we're not going to back down until we win a good contract for our patients and for ourselves"

Baltimore nurses at largest Catholic health network in US fight on for first contract

> "We held the rally... to show [management] that we're not afraid, that we're not going to be intimidated, and that we're not going to back down until we win a good contract for our patients and for ourselves"

Archived version: https://archive.ph/SE8Po

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www.courthousenews.com British Nurse Lucy Letby, already convicted of killing 7 babies, found guilty in attempted killing

Letby is serving a life sentence with no chance of release — the most severe punishment possible under British law. Only three other women have received such a harsh sentence in the U.K.

British Nurse Lucy Letby, already convicted of killing 7 babies, found guilty in attempted killing

> Letby is serving a life sentence with no chance of release — the most severe punishment possible under British law. Only three other women have received such a harsh sentence in the U.K.

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www.darkreading.com Passkey Redaction Attacks Subvert GitHub, Microsoft Authentication

Adversary-in-the-middle attacks can strip out the passkey option from login pages that users see, leaving targets with only authentication choices that force them to give up credentials.

Passkey Redaction Attacks Subvert GitHub, Microsoft Authentication

> Adversary-in-the-middle attacks can strip out the passkey option from login pages that users see, leaving targets with only authentication choices that force them to give up credentials.

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Patelco shuts down banking systems following ransomware attack
  • The firm has not commented on the possibility of customer data exposure yet, presumably because the investigation is still in its early phase.

  • www.bleepingcomputer.com Patelco shuts down banking systems following ransomware attack

    Patelco Credit Union has disclosed it experienced a ransomware attack that led to the proactive shutdown of several of its customer-facing banking systems to contain the incident's impact.

    Patelco shuts down banking systems following ransomware attack

    > Patelco Credit Union has disclosed it experienced a ransomware attack that led to the proactive shutdown of several of its customer-facing banking systems to contain the incident's impact.

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    > On or about March 14, 2024, through March 15, 2024, Human Technology Inc., and its affiliates, Greer Orthotics & Prosthetics, Inc., Murphy's Orthopedic & Footcare, Inc., and Hi-Tech Prosthetics & Orthotics, Inc., ("Human Technology and its affiliates") suffered a data security incident. Human Technology and its affiliates became aware of this suspicious activity within its environment on March 15, 2024.

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    www.bleepingcomputer.com Affirm says cardholders impacted by Evolve Bank data breach

    Buy now, pay later loan company Affirm is warning that holders of its payment cards had their personal information exposed due to a data breach at its third-party issuer, Evolve Bank & Trust (Evolve).

    Affirm says cardholders impacted by Evolve Bank data breach

    > Buy now, pay later loan company Affirm is warning that holders of its payment cards had their personal information exposed due to a data breach at its third-party issuer, Evolve Bank & Trust (Evolve).

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    www.techdirt.com Vermont Man Who Cursed At, Flipped Off Cop Scores Settlement From The State

    You know, rather than paying out thousands or millions in lawsuits for retaliatory arrests, maybe states should just spend more money on skin thickening for their police officers. It’s not li…

    Vermont Man Who Cursed At, Flipped Off Cop Scores Settlement From The State

    > You know, rather than paying out thousands or millions in lawsuits for retaliatory arrests, maybe states should just spend more money on skin thickening for their police officers.

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    www.techdirt.com FCC Eyes Making Carriers Unlock All Phones Within 60 Days Of Purchase

    For decades there has been endless policy wrangling over whether “unlocking your phone” (removing restrictions allowing you to take the device with you to another carrier) should be all…

    FCC Eyes Making Carriers Unlock All Phones Within 60 Days Of Purchase

    > For decades there has been endless policy wrangling over whether “unlocking your phone” (removing restrictions allowing you to take the device with you to another carrier) should be allowed. Giant carriers have generally supported onerous phone locks because it hampers competition by making it harder to switch providers. Consumer rights groups and the public broadly support unlocked devices.

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    > You’ll have to pay more to go ad-free.

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    arstechnica.com SCOTUS agrees to review Texas law that caused Pornhub to leave the state

    Law that requires porn sites to verify user ages faces First Amendment challenge.

    SCOTUS agrees to review Texas law that caused Pornhub to leave the state

    > Law that requires porn sites to verify user ages faces First Amendment challenge.

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    www.theverge.com Google’s carbon footprint balloons in its Gemini AI era

    Google says “reducing emissions may be challenging” as it integrates AI into its products.

    Google’s carbon footprint balloons in its Gemini AI era

    > Google says “reducing emissions may be challenging” as it integrates AI into its products.

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    arstechnica.com AI trains on kids’ photos even when parents use strict privacy settings

    Even unlisted YouTube videos are used to train AI, watchdog warns.

    AI trains on kids’ photos even when parents use strict privacy settings

    > Even unlisted YouTube videos are used to train AI, watchdog warns.

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    www.techdirt.com Justice Alito’s Views On Social Media And The First Amendment Seem To Shift Depending On Who He Wants To Win

    The Supreme Court’s opinions in the NetChoice/CCIA cases have been leading to some bizarre interpretations, as many people try to read into it things they wanted to see but just aren’t there. Cathy…

    Justice Alito’s Views On Social Media And The First Amendment Seem To Shift Depending On Who He Wants To Win

    > The Supreme Court’s opinions in the NetChoice/CCIA cases have been leading to some bizarre interpretations, as many people try to read into it things they wanted to see but just aren’t there. Cathy already covered some of the oddities of Justice Alito’s concurrence (which Justices Thomas and Gorsuch signed onto), but I wanted to dig in a little more to his concurrence, pointing out a few things that show just how much Alito is willing to decide on an ideological basis, rather than one based on principles.

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    arstechnica.com Apple Vision Pro, new cameras fail user-repairability analysis

    Meta Quest 3, PS5 Slim also received failing grades despite new right-to-repair laws.

    Apple Vision Pro, new cameras fail user-repairability analysis

    > Meta Quest 3, PS5 Slim also received failing grades despite new right-to-repair laws.

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    > Microsoft already has a board seat as well.

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    www.courthousenews.com Mistrial Declared in Karen Read Murder Trial

    A case that divided the jury and the public will most likely be retried, according to prosecutors.

    Mistrial Declared in Karen Read Murder Trial

    > A case that divided the jury and the public will most likely be retried, according to prosecutors.

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    [Mastodon] Highlighting journalism on Mastodon
  • Not Mastodon, but mastodon.social. All the journalist on news focused instances are excluded.

  • ploum.net On Open Source and the Sustainability of the Commons

    On Open Source and the Sustainability of the Commons par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.

    On Open Source and the Sustainability of the Commons

    > On Open Source and the Sustainability of the Commons par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.

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    Freed Gaza hospital head accuses Israel of repeated torture
  • Any countries want to stop all funding until claims can be investigated, or do they prefer to stick to their double standards?

  • Pantheon
  • Probably one of the best sci-fi shows created in the last few decades. It’s smart, deep, and engaging. You might need to get through a few first episodes if high school drama is not your jam, but after that you will be hooked.

  • Microsoft’s AI boss thinks it’s perfectly OK to steal content if it’s on the open web
  • All of them are considered in tandem, not individually.

    Considering that OpenAI is making a commercial profit from developing its ML models

    They are losing money during development (all those GPUs are not free and running them costs a lot of energy), they are making the money after it's trained. Just factual inaccuracy.

    And being used for commercial purpose is not automatic rejection. Take YouTube, where fair use comes up constantly. Almost all the cases are for commercial purpose, but most qualify under fair use.

    #3 also because the model usually ingests the entire work, not just part of it.

    While they are trained on full works, the used work in the result is different. Probably minimal considering the size of the models. The fact that some courts already ruled that "AI" works can't be copyrighted gives weight to the argument that it's a unique work.

    It's very hard to argue that "AI" generated is different from someone looking at the original and making a copy by hand. And since the latter is allowed, by the same token is the former.

  • Judge denies Alec Baldwin’s plea to dismiss case in fatal Rust shooting
  • Which is both sad and confusing as he pulled it out on set with the intention to pull the trigger for the scene.

    It wasn't even an actual scene being filmed, It was blocking (working out the details of an actor’s moves in relation to the camera) where non-functioning props like cardboard are usually used. The scene script in question also didn't even have him pointing the gun. He was supposed to only draw the gun out partially.

  • NSFW
    Lawsuit Claims Microsoft Tracked Sex Toy Shoppers With 'Recording in Real Time' Software
  • I think my workplace would be more concerned about the fact that their own sex toy shopping is tracked than the fact that I use sex toys.

    But I marked it as NSFW anyway.

  • HubSpot says it's investigating customer account hacks
  • At this point, it’s unclear what’s the extent of the incident and how many HubSpot customers were affected.

  • TeamViewer's corporate network was breached in alleged APT hack
  • While TeamViewer states there is no evidence that its product environment or customer data has been breached, its massive use in both consumer and corporate environments makes any breach a significant concern as it would provide full access to internal networks.

  • Yemen: Houthis Disappear Dozens of UN, Civil Society Staff
  • Both things can be true. And in this case they are.

  • rabbit data breach: all r1 responses ever given can be downloaded
  • Checkout coffeezilla/voidzilla coverage if you haven't seen it yet.

  • CISA: Most critical open source projects not using memory safe code
  • Fucking pay them or write them yourselves.

    This. Refactoring the whole code is insanely time intensive, even if developers know multiple languages. All these critical components you rely on, you use without any compensation or support and then dare to complain it's not to your security standards. Fix it, or pay for it to be fixed.

  • To those of you with nothing to hide: One day you might have. Because you don’t make the rules.
  • It really depends on each person's threat model. But there are a few things everyone would benefit from. Like VPN, email aliasing, password manager, 2FA/MFA. They don't have any convenience cost and in most cases make your life easier.

    If you are interested in learning more:

  • Firefox now lets you choose your preferred AI chatbot in its Nightly builds
  • There is also Vivaldi (based on Chromium/Blink) which is employee owned, but the choices are shrinking.

    Mozilla Foundation is still non-profit, but Mozilla Corporation is not. And while they claim to operate by Mozilla Manifesto, it's non-binding and has been broken multiple times. Remember Pocket and their promise to open source it?

  • Welcome to the fediverse: Your guide to Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, and more
  • I know there are strong feelings about posts that include Threads and to lesser extent Bluesky, but it's important to know what corporate media thinks of Fediverse and how they compare it to corporate alternatives. You are encouraged to dissect the article and point out all of its failures, or just downvote the post and move on. But I won't be removing it.

    P.S. The author of the article definitely has a pro VC stance.