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The Korean government will provide trade secret original certification services to applicants of a government-backed AI startup program to help safeguard their business ideas following a major data leak.
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260622007000320

Gov't to provide trade secret certification for startup program applicants following data leak
SEOUL, June 22 (Yonhap) -- The Ministry of SMEs and Startups said Monday it will...

#Feelings can be weaponized. Feelings are what move us. They’re a status report and interpretation of our internal, visceral state, and of our limbs and head. We don’t like things that cause us pain. We avoid things that cause pain. Someone tells you that something will cause you pain, you won’t like it, you’ll fight it. Can you say,

"Datacenter rush will create ‘tsunami’ of discarded electronics, report says"
#Technology #Electronics #EWaste

Datacenter rush will create ‘tsunami’ of discarded electronics, report says
Global push will triple toxic e-waste annually in 25 years, filling enough shipping containers to circle globe six times

Bats Around our Home aka 16WW (2021) - Learn how my shiny new AudioMoth will help monitor these night-flying insect chompers! - https://www.earth.org.uk/bats-at-16WW-2.html

Bats Around our Home aka 16WW (2021)
Learn how my shiny new AudioMoth will help monitor these night-flying insect chompers!

15min left before CP1 officially closes. Will #tcrno12cap177 Lissa Breugelmans make it?
https://www.followmychallenge.com/live/tcrn…

i'm so annoyed with petitions being like "we are against $bad_thing, but we also implicitly or explicitly recognize the motivation for $bad_thing as legitimate and propose the following shitty compromise."
i guess this will appeal to some centristy wishy-washy types, but are those even the people who will likely see that petition in the first place?

British Columbia sues OpenAI for alleged safety violations and negligence for failing to flag the Tumbler Ridge shooting suspect's ChatGPT activity to police (Georgia Wells/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/british-columb

Two contrasting films,
produced eight years apart,
neatly distill the evolution of John Fetterman,
Pennsylvania’s maverick senator in his journey from progressive icon to a man seemingly more at ease with his nominal Republican opponents than his fellow Democrats.
Fetterman’s evolution has been so stark that some Democrats fear he will go over to the Republicans
– jeopardizing the party’s hopes of regaining control of the Senate
– despite his disavowals of…

‘I don’t trust him any more’: Pennsylvanians come to grips with John Fetterman’s rightwing turn
The maverick senator has isolated himself from supporters as he has become a strident supporter of Israel

Walmart, which has long resisted contactless Tap to Pay payments, says it will soon start rolling out the tech, which supports Apple Pay, Google Pay, and more (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/walmart-to-finally-start-ac…

Walmart to finally start accepting Apple Pay and Google Pay | TechCrunch
Are pigs flying? Walmart has finally caved on its refusal to support Apple Pay and Google Pay.