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Interesting to compare the author Neal Stephenson's profiles on X/twitter vs. Bluesky.
He has 89,4 K followers on X, where he still posts, but just under 10 K on Bluesky, where he doesn't post at all.
He has many fans on the fediverse who discuss his books, but he is not here.

Analysis: Meta removed code for an unreleased face-recognition system in the Meta AI app for its smart glasses, following a report on the code's existence (Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-removes-face-recognition-code-meta-ai-app-smart-gl…

Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED Report
The code WIRED identified is gone from the latest version of Meta AI, the companion app for the company’s smart glasses. Meta won’t say why or whether it’s coming back.

IKEA wirft die MALM Linie raus - und wir verkaufen unser 180x200 grosses MALM Doppelbett mit Aufbewahrung und Kopfteil - für CHF 250 (NP 599, Kopfteil 169)
Muss in Dachsen ZH, Schweiz abgeholt werden.
https://www.tutti.ch/de/vi/zuerich/haushal

New Ofcom proposals would fine social media platforms and search engines up to £18M or 10% of global revenue for failing to take action to stamp out scam ads (Anna Wise/The Independent)
https://www.the-independent.com/tech/ofcom-meta-european-…

Tech firms must ‘stamp out’ scam adverts or face fines, under Ofcom proposals
Firms could face fines of up to £18 million or 10% of global revenue, whichever is greater, once the new rules come into effect.

I couldn't decide what to do today and where to go. I got up too late for a longer hike due to the heat. In the end I just got on my bike and followed the road and pushed myself for some training effect.
It was a really enjoyable ride except for the last 10km where the heat got really annoying.
Is this a #silentsunday contribution? I think so... No talking, less thinking, j…

Filing: college social app Fizz accuses Maveron's Jerry Lu of giving confidential info to rival Sidechat after he met with Fizz as a potential investor in 2022 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/fili

Filing: College app Fizz accuses VC of sharing confidential startup information with rival Sidechat | TechCrunch
Fizz has expanded its lawsuit against rival Sidechat, alleging that a Maveron VC shared its confidential information obtained during a fundraising meeting with the competing startup.

Reuters and Time started blocking all AI bots by default and created whitelists of approved bots, following the default disallow strategy of People and others (Sara Guaglione/Digiday)
https://digiday.com/media/reuters-and-time-adopt-bot-blocki…

Reuters and Time adopt bot-blocking whitelists to rein in AI crawlers
Reuters and Time adopt a ‘block-all’ AI bot strategy, part of a broader publisher move toward whitelist-only access.

A US judge cancels a Mississippi trial and disqualifies and fines lawyers on both sides after finding their filings were filled with hallucinated case citations (Jason Koebler/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/judge-learns-lawye

Judge Learns Lawyers on Both Sides of Case Used AI, Cancels Trial, Kicks Everyone Off the Case
When two AIs argue against each other, the legal system loses.

The BBC appoints Rhodri Talfan Davies as deputy director general, following his tenure as interim chief of the broadcaster before Matt Brittin was hired (Ellise Shafer/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/global/bbc-rhodri-talfan-davies-deputy-…

BBC Names Rhodri Talfan Davies Deputy Director General
The BBC has appointed Rhodri Talfan Davies as deputy director general, following his tenure as interim chief before Matt Brittin was hired.

Xbox chief strategy officer Matthew Ball said Game Pass lost "millions" of subscribers in the months following a 50% price hike announced in October 2025 (Eddie Makuch/GameSpot)
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/is-xbox-fixable/

Is Xbox Fixable?
At Summer Game Fest today, Xbox’s new chief strategy officer Matthew Ball spoke about some of the company’s big moves recently, including its strategy on exclusives and what’s next for the company in the hardware space with Project Helix. He made these comments at The Game Business Live. “Reliable pipeline” of exclusives On the subject...