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evacide
@evacide.bsky.social
about 11 hours ago
Google continues the industry-wide trend of jamming AI down users' throats, making it difficult or impossible to opt out, and potentially endangering the privacy of communications: www.neowin.net/guides/googl...
Google can now read your WhatsApp messages, here's how to stop it

www.neowin.net

Google can now read your WhatsApp messages, here's how to stop it

Google has released a feature that allows Gemini to access third-party apps, such as WhatsApp, even if you've turned off Gemini Apps Activity. Here's how to prevent that from happening.

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Sanjush Dalmia
@sanjushdalmia.bsky.social
about 3 hours ago
What do we need to *build* for metascience and open science? I’ve written a “Request for Products” that I think could be particularly valuable to improve science. open.substack.com/pub/whi….
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ZoĂŤ Schiffer
@zoeschiffer.bsky.social
about 14 hours ago
OpenAI has hired 4 high-level engineers, including David Lau, former vice president of software engineering at Tesla, away from rivals. They’re joining the scaling team, per a Slack message from Greg Brockman just now. New from me and @willknight.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/openai...
OpenAI Poaches 4 High-Ranking Engineers From Tesla, xAI, and Meta

www.wired.com

OpenAI Poaches 4 High-Ranking Engineers From Tesla, xAI, and Meta

The new hires are joining OpenAI’s scaling team, according to an internal Slack message sent by cofounder Greg Brockman.

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Ro Khanna
@rokhanna.bsky.social
about 11 hours ago
The Trump bill repealed the 30 percent tax credit for solar and wind & provided a 2.5% tax credit for coal instead, labeling it a "critical rare earth mineral" like cobalt. You can't make this stuff up!
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nitasha tiku
@nitasha.bsky.social
about 11 hours ago
new from me and @gerritd.bsky.social wapo.st/4lg3pIh (gift link) on an internal forum for Google Deepmind employees, Sergey Brin called the UN a “transparently antisemitic organization” after a new UN report accused tech companies of profiting from genocide in Gaza
Google co-founder Sergey Brin calls U.N. ‘transparently antisemitic’ after report on tech firms and Gaza

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Google co-founder Sergey Brin calls U.N. ‘transparently antisemitic’ after report on tech firms and Gaza

Google co-founder Sergey Brin called the United Nations “transparently antisemitic” in a message on a company forum, after a U.N. report alleged Google profited from Israel’s war in Gaza.

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CDT Europe
@cdteu.bsky.social
about 3 hours ago
⏰ Today, CDT Europe, together with 51 experts, academics & civil society organisations, sent an open letter to the European Commission to express our concerns regarding the forthcoming Digital Simplification package, which could include revisiting the AI Act. 👇🏻 Read the full letter on our website:
Open Joint Letter against the Delaying and Reopening of the AI Act

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Open Joint Letter against the Delaying and Reopening of the AI Act

CDT Europe, alongside the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC), European Digital Rights (EDRi) and the European Centre for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL), co-drafted a letter signed by 52 civil society or...

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Electronic Frontier Foundation
@eff.org
about 14 hours ago
Did you know EFF's Certbot tool has helped encrypt millions of websites? Our open source software is free to everyone, but we need your support.
Defend Privacy and Free Speech

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Defend Privacy and Free Speech

We're building a better web together. Donate to help out Certbot and all of the Electronic Frontier Foundation's public interest software development, activism, and legal work. Your support...

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Jameel Jaffer
@jameeljaffer.bsky.social
22 minutes ago
Who, other than every civil liberties and human rights group in the country, could have predicted that these tools introduced in the name of national security would one day be turned against us? www.washingtonpost.com/na…
Gabbard’s team has sought spy agency data to enforce Trump’s agenda

www.washingtonpost.com

Gabbard’s team has sought spy agency data to enforce Trump’s agenda

A team created by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has sought access to emails and chat logs of the largest U.S. spy agencies to root out “weaponization.”

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Tom Warren
@tomwarren.co.uk
about 2 hours ago
Activision has pulled a Call of Duty game after multiple reports of PC players having their computers hacked. An old insecure version of the game was reportedly uploaded to the Microsoft Store 😬 www.theverge.com/news/702….
Activision pulls Call of Duty game after PC players are hacked

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Activision pulls Call of Duty game after PC players are hacked

Call of Duty: Remote Code Execution

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Aarian Marshall
@aarianmarshall.bsky.social
about 17 hours ago
Talked to Waymo about teens’ fears—of driving, of awkward small talk, of social FOMO—and if self-driving cars are part of a solution www.wired.com/story/the-te...
The Teens Are Taking Waymos Now

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The Teens Are Taking Waymos Now

Alphabet’s self-driving car company launches what it hopes will be lucrative individual teen accounts—and maybe a whole lot of social change in the process.

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Tom Nichols
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
about 11 hours ago
Join The Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg and staff writers Ross Andersen, Tom Nichols, and Missy Ryan for a conversation at the intersection of national defense, technology, and global conflict. www.theatlantic.com/natio….
The Big Story: Nuclear War and the Future of National Security

www.theatlantic.com

The Big Story: Nuclear War and the Future of National Security

Ross Andersen, Tom Nichols, and Missy Ryan join Jeffrey Goldberg for a conversation about the intersection of national defense, technology, and global conflict. Tune in for this subscriber-only event.

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Fight for the Future
@fightforthefuture.org
about 17 hours ago
The FTC should be focused on lowering the cost of these groceries and making sure data brokers don’t get more people killed …but instead they’re hosting a workshop tomorrow to pick on trans youth! www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com
about 16 hours ago
"When 18 House Republicans wrote a letter to Speaker Johnson before the election begging him not to eviscerate the IRA, many in the climate community took it as a sign that interests would overcome ideology. But in the end, all 18 voted for a bill that does exactly what they hoped it wouldn’t do."
The Republican budget is a climate horror

www.publicnotice.co

The Republican budget is a climate horror

Not content to ignore climate change, they decided to make it even worse.

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Tech Policy Press
@techpolicypress.bsky.social
about 17 hours ago
"Brain data cannot become just another commodity in the digital economy. The time to act is now—before people’s private thoughts become the next frontier of surveillance capitalism," writes Virginia Mahieu.
Why EU Policy Must Catch Up to the Neurotechnology Boom | TechPolicy.Press

www.techpolicy.press

Why EU Policy Must Catch Up to the Neurotechnology Boom | TechPolicy.Press

Neurotechnology that can read and interpret brain activity is rapidly entering the mainstream market with no regulatory oversight, writes Virginia Mahieu.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation
@eff.org
about 17 hours ago
Tech can be complicated, but we've got some clear answers to frequently asked questions about the devices you use every day.
Welcome to Digital Rights Bytes

www.digitalrightsbytes.org

Welcome to Digital Rights Bytes

Digital Rights Bytes

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Camille Stewart Gloster
@camillestewartgloster.com
about 18 hours ago
🚨 Just launched: Net Zero Day — a new Substack where climate risk, cybersecurity, and AI collide. Co-writing this with @DrNewtonCampbell, and we’re cutting through the noise with weekly insights on the cascading crises no one’s connecting fast enough. 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/net…
NetZeroDay | Camille Stewart Gloster | Substack

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NetZeroDay | Camille Stewart Gloster | Substack

Net Zero Day is your weekly dispatch where climate risk and cybersecurity collide—decoded through AI by Camille Stewart Gloster, a leading voice in responsible tech & cybersecurity, and Dr. Newton Cam...

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Will Oremus
@willoremus.com
about 17 hours ago
Tech advances Email: People can send letters instantly now! (magical!) Web: People can put up a magazine or store for the whole world to see! (useful!) Smartphone: People can carry computers in their pocket now! (convenient!) Generative AI: Computers can pass as people now! (*record scratch*)
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Matthew Guariglia
@mguariglia.bsky.social
about 17 hours ago
“Suddenly, something you thought was a First Amendment protected activity now lands you under scrutiny of police, and suddenly that license plate reader data, which you thought was so innocuous, is a lot less innocuous.” I got to speak to the LAist about the massive expansion of ALPRs in SoCal.
License plate readers coming to West LA's Cheviot Hills amid privacy and immigration concerns

laist.com

License plate readers coming to West LA's Cheviot Hills amid privacy and immigration concerns

People living in the West L.A. community requested the cameras because of recent home burglaries and calls for more safety measures.

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