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The German government is trying to push through Parliament, at record speed, a "security package" that would increase biometric surveillance at an unprecedented scale. The proposed measures contravene the government’s own coalition and undermine European law and the German constitution. EFF stands with the opponents of these proposals. We must defend fundamental rights more decidedly than ever.eff.org/deeplinks/2024

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Hallo Fediverse 🙂

Wir sind ja eher für den #Datenschutztag zu haben. Aber die Kolleginnen und Kollegen vom @Zoll feiern morgen den #Welthundetag mit einem Postingmarathon. Und wer weiß - vielleicht gibt es ja auch einen #Datenschutzhund 😉

Wir werden das auf jeden Fall sehr aufmerksam verfolgen:
social.bund.de/deck/@Zoll/1132…

#Wuffathon

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Joep Meindertsma - Atomic Data
One of the issues with today’s internet is that a lot of data is siloed. Consequently, users are locked into Big Tech ecosystems and its hard to reuse data. Joep Meinderstma talks about how his project Atomic Data, a modular specification for sharing, modifying and modeling data, addresses this problem.


Historically antitrust breakups unlock shareholder value as the child companies end up dominating more of the market than the original monopoly (see Standard Oil to Exxon, Mobil, Chevron and the Baby Bells).

However it’s hard to see that happening if Google Search, Android and Chrome become independent comoanies. Unless Google can sign exclusive deals with them.

ft.com/content/f6e84608-e0e5-4…

in reply to Dare Obasanjo

I don't see Android or Chrome existing as stand alone companies. They're advertising for Google search right now, right?
in reply to Dare Obasanjo

It’s weird to think about what this means. Google maintains control over Android via Play Services sitting on top of the platform, and it’s the combination of those services rather any individual one that gives them power.


New today from @josephinelee: The private firms who have operated the tollway will be paid $1.7 billion by TxDOT, adding to the profit they’ve already made in toll revenues, construction contracts, and sales of shares. texasobserver.org/texas-tollwa…

#politics #travel #transit #Texas #USpol #news #cars






Exclusive: Harris widens lead over Trump to 47%-40%, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds (Jason Lange/Reuters)

usatoday.com/story/news/politi…
memeorandum.com/241009/p27#a24…



Donald Trump confuses Janet Mills' gender on rambling call to Maine supporters (Michael Shepherd/Bangor Daily News)

bangordailynews.com/2024/10/08…
memeorandum.com/241009/p29#a24…



MONSTER MILTON 🚨🚨

Milton approaches Florida as a Category 4 hurricane

Milton readies its one two punch as a 10 foot wall of water and 155 mph winds seek to devastate Florida tonight!
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #hurricane #noaa #GlobalWarming #climatechange #climatecrisis #Breaking #BreakingNews

apnews.com/live/hurricane-milt…




We’re finally going to the Solar System’s most intriguing but unexplored frontier
arstechnica.com/space/2024/10/…


La Comisión Europea autoriza el uso de maíz y algodón genéticamente modificados para alimentos y piensos (pero no para su cultivo en la UE)
europapress.es/sociedad/medio-…

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in reply to Stefan Bohacek

You can fake almost anything using the debugging tools available in most browsers.


“Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is threatening TV stations that air ads in support of an abortion rights ballot initiative with criminal penalties, including jail time,” Slate reports.

“DeSantis and his allies are already spending large sums of taxpayer dollars to fight Amendment 4, which would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution if voted into law in November. His […]

politicalwire.com/2024/10/07/d…



Start the day (or perk it up midway, or end it, depending on where you are) with a little dose of kitten cuteness that I recorded at the end of my last shift at Almost Home Cat Rescue. Three little boys together in the same bed!

youtube.com/shorts/ph-vTb7j-9M
#Cats #Kittens #Video #Short #AlmostHome #Cuteness



Very interesting knowledge graph with LLM architecture scenario by Denny Vrandečić (@vrandecic), where e.g. ChatGPT is combined with RAG, the declarative knowledge of Wikidata and the functional knowledge of Wikifuntions to improve the accuracy of LLM answers and reduce the limitations of current LLM’s #knowledgegraphs #llm #odi #datacentricai #webinar #4


More to come... Digital Fairness Act

European Commission 'President von der Leyen refers to the need to develop a Digital Fairness Act to tackle unethical techniques and commercial practices related to dark patterns, marketing by social media influencers, the addictive design of digital products and online profiling especially when consumer vulnerabilities are exploited for commercial purposes'.

ec.europa.eu/commission/pressc…

#eu #law #tech #dsa #advertising