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Avid Amoeba

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  • European Union: Chinese online retailer Temu hit with 200 million euro fine over unsafe toys and electronics

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  • Which is a good example for why individualizing regulation does not work when it goes against the tangible material incentives of individuals. E.g. it's cheap and I need a phone charger.

    This and a lot more has to be regulated on national basis and not let through the border when not compliant. We have clothing with heavy metals coming in (Canada). No one tests it, no spot checks, nothing. When I ask people about this they are shocked Health Canada or CBSA do not protect them. I get "But how can it be for sale if it's dangerous?"

  • Canada vows to amend Bill C-22's encryption and metadata rules amid massive tech backlash

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  • It's just politalk for "will amend the turd and try to flush it down again"

  • Canada vows to amend Bill C-22's encryption and metadata rules amid massive tech backlash

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  • Signing with your name and address is actually important. They don't pay attention to mail without identity info.

  • Canada vows to amend Bill C-22's encryption and metadata rules amid massive tech backlash

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  • Not quite, they're more like pro-business Democrats. Promise nice things, deliver for big business and weaken labour instead, give you more pride flag zebra crossings as consolation.

  • Tech Billionaire Peter Thiel is concerned about the future of the US and is making plans to flee to Argentina.

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  • Why so little?

  • Meshtastic mentioned in video

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  • LOL "scares cell carriers" come on now. We all enjoy a bit of clicbait but this is egregious. 😆

  • You can now use your Gmail account in Proton Mail

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  • Good stuff. Been waiting on this to be able to move family out of Gmail.

  • You can now use your Gmail account in Proton Mail

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  • you can now send emails from your Gmail address directly inside Proton Mail.

    This is the big change. So far importing and setting up forwarding from Gmail was trivial. Sending from the Gmail address (including replying to an email sent to the Gmail address with the receiving address) was not possible without an email client with separate SMTP setup. And an email client coildn't be used without running IMAP bridge on your own machine, due to Proton's encryption. The ability to send from your Gmail address from Proton obviates all that.

  • Brussels watchdog moves to ban Alternative for Germany’s EU party

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  • No doubt. That said we (many of our societies) like treating symptoms alone and hoping they don't recur.

  • Taiwan’s economy is booming thanks to AI. Not everyone sees the benefits

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  • A country adopts free-market economics (privatization of SOEs and so on), gets K-shaped economy, shock ensues.

  • It's insane how beautiful life can be

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  • Nothing. We got the laws for it.

  • Former US Attorney General Pam Bondi diagnosed with cancer

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  • Fiddy tausand points!!

  • It's insane how beautiful life can be

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  • Well.. not for this. We did take a lot more land than what we use for highways. 😅

  • Israeli defence minister insists there are 'voluntary emigration' plans for Gaza

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  • Never stop talking Mr. Katz!

  • Brussels watchdog moves to ban Alternative for Germany’s EU party

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  • If you think this is going to solve anything about the discontent AfD voters express by voting AfD... you have another thing coming. The AfD is a symptom. Ban the AfD (which this decison does not do) and the discontent will emerge elsewhere. Not in votes for SPD or CDU.

  • US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows

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  • Soon as people's push against Big Tech threatens profits.

  • 99% of CEOs Expect AI-Driven Layoffs in the Next Two Years

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  • I ask again to consider that AI does not have to replace human labour to lead to layoffs. All it has to do is help existing labour to produce more in the same amount of time. In an economy that doesn't suddenly want to buy more product than it previously did, that means letting go of the people whose labour is no longer needed to produce the same amount product it previously had. Whether or not corpos are using AI as cover for layoffs, if today's AI increases productivity, it very likely will lead to layoffs. And there are signs that it does indeed increase productivity in some tasks in certain sectors.

  • Departing Meta staffer posts biting anti-AI video internally amid mass layoffs

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  • Doesn't have to bother you. People experience material changes first and foremost, which means they have to be affected by them. We're in this context, have much more information about the pace and impact since it's hapoening to us as we speak, in a high information environment where we hear our bosses talk in no uncertain terms about it. I don't know if its effect would be worse than deindustrialization. I don't personally put the previous events as less important, but I won't blame impacted people who do.

  • Departing Meta staffer posts biting anti-AI video internally amid mass layoffs

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  • The system we have pretty much guarantees it won't be done right and you know it. I can safely assume that. Then I don't have to be too bothered by the distinction. If there's two options in theory but only one in practice, then why bother uhm-akshually it myself? No point - "fuck AI" is good enough. Don't mean I won't (have to) use it and navigate the landscape. I just bought a couple of R9700s for local inference for family and friends, to fuck AI.

    AI can bring enormous societal benefit in non-capitalist systems. The AI we have today. That won't be us though. We're in for pain.

  • World News @lemmy.world
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    Israel just quintupled its PR budget to $730 million; experts say it won’t work

    www.timesofisrael.com /israel-just-quintupled-its-pr-budget-to-730-million-experts-say-it-wont-work/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Productivity gains from AI are appearing in many of the same fields where entry-level employment is starting to decline

    hai.stanford.edu /news/inside-the-ai-index-12-takeaways-from-the-2026-report
  • Meshtastic @mander.xyz
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    New Raspberry Pi hat by RAK

  • Canada @lemmy.ca
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    Lawyers urge federal ban on U.S. forced labour imports, cars built by prisoners

    www.ctvnews.ca /canada/article/lawyers-urge-federal-ban-on-us-forced-labour-imports-cars-built-by-prisoners/
  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    Experience or opinions of Music Assistant?

    www.music-assistant.io
  • Technology @lemmy.ml
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    Palantir's corporate manifesto

    xcancel.com /PalantirTech/status/2045574398573453312
  • Buy Canadian @lemmy.ca
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    Source for fresh black pepper?

  • World News @lemmy.world
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    Israel continuing to strike in Iran despite ceasefire announcement, security official tells ToI

    www.timesofisrael.com /liveblog_entry/israel-continuing-to-strike-in-iran-despite-ceasefire-announcement-security-official-tells-toi/
  • World News @lemmy.world
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    Zelensky says allies asked him to scale back attacks on Russian energy

    www.bbc.com /news/articles/c0e7lrxrelwo
  • News @lemmy.world
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    Gavin Newsom says he regrets using term ‘apartheid’ to describe Israel

    www.theguardian.com /us-news/2026/mar/24/gavin-newsom-israel-apartheid-comment
  • Hardware @lemmy.world
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    Samsung 37" S80UD monitor does not display BIOS

  • Europe @feddit.org
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    The Commission stands with Big Tech in an utterly wild letter that puts pressure on the democratically elected European Parliament to abandon their rights respecting vote on ChatControl

    eupolicy.social /@je5perl/116290677867253817
  • World News @lemmy.world
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    US demands trillions in 'war ransom' from GCC allies: Report

    thecradle.co /articles-id/36652
  • Canada @lemmy.ca
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    Avi Lewis beats Carney in a hypothetical by-election in Toronto-Beaches

  • Android @lemdro.id
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    Android 16 for Fairphone 6 is out!

    forum.fairphone.com /t/android-16-for-the-fairphone-gen-6/130356
  • linuxmemes @lemmy.world
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    I don't always instantly buy merch, but when I do...

  • linuxmemes @lemmy.world
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    Prove you're a real penguin

  • Canada @lemmy.ca
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    NDP leadership online voting is on!

    vote.ndp.ca
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Firefox 148 introduces the promised AI kill switch for people who aren't into LLMs

    www.xda-developers.com /firefox-148-introduces-the-promised-ai-kill-switch-for-people-who-arent-into-llms/