Tootfinder

Isn’t it time we had a back-up plan ‘just in case’ things do go catastrophically wrong?…. - resilience.
Rupert Read
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-03-13/isnt-it-time-we-had-a-back-up-plan-just-in-…

Isn’t it time we had a back-up plan ‘just in case’ things do go catastrophically wrong?….
We need a plan B. In case society starts to, erm, collapse… We need to be prepared…It won’t do to plan to WAIT til we win intellectual debates such as that around growth/degrowth before we get together to prepare…Theo Cox, Liam Kavanagh and Rupert Read outline their new OSF-funded report, just launched this week…

Gloom & Bloom II ☁️🌺
黑暗绽放 II ☁️ 🌺
📷 Zeiss IKON Super Ikonta 533/16
🎞️ Lucky SHD 400
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

«@… & Co. — Mit Custom-ROMs mehr Datenschutz für Android:
Das eigene Smartphone soll keine Petze mehr sein? Wie man den Datenschutz von Android mit und ohne Custom-ROMs verbessert […]»
Viele IT-Konzerne bauen auf Open-Source auf aber nun wollen die diesbezüglich nichts mehr der Allgemeinheit überlassen, denn unsere Daten ist ihr Vermögen.…

GrapheneOS & Co.: Mit Custom-ROMs mehr Datenschutz für Android | c’t uplink
Das eigene Smartphone soll keine Petze mehr sein? Wie man den Datenschutz von Android mit und ohne Custom-ROMs verbessert, erklären wir in c’t uplink.

in a world of omnipresent shitty and baity talk/blog/video titles, I cannot appreciate @… 's talk enough:
"How to give your Python code to someone else”
It's perfect. 🥹
https://…

How to give your Python code to someone else
You've written some Python code. It works great on your machine. Now you want someone else to use that code. … Presented by: Russell Keith-Magee

"I’d interpret this as follows: this likely came down to a discussion involving Secretary of State Marco Rubio and a few other Iran hardliners. That’s where the decision was going to be made. There were probably people on the margins […]. But they would have known these buzzkill remarks weren’t what Trump or his inner ring of advisors wanted to hear. This is the nature of personalist rule. It’s down to the leader’s gut impulses. He doesn’t want to hear about problems."

Ok … um … nope.

That’s a good point. Season 2 #HeatedRivalry needs to go to an actual GAY club … where Shane will be mortified … but Ilya will of course be whatever.
Or maybe the roles would be reversed. I DON’T KNOW!… 🤣

#BrowserGate - Wir haben es bei #9vor9 und im Blog behandelt. Jetzt kommentiert @…: "Warum ist diese Geschichte nicht größer? Warum ist BrowserGate nicht lä…

BrowserGate: So scannt LinkedIn offenbar euren Rechner
LinkedIn praesentiert sich als serioeses Business-Netzwerk … doch der Vorwurf hinter BrowserGate ist heftig! Waehrend ihr vermeintlich nur durch euren Feed scrollt, soll im Hintergrund euer Rechner auf installierte Programme und Browser-Erweiterungen gescannt werden … heimlich, ohne Einwilligung und ohne echte Transparenz. Sollte sich das bestaetigen, reden wir nicht ueber einen peinlichen

"Record low sea levels in the Baltic Sea could reshape sea's physical conditions"
#BalticSea #Oceans
https://…

Record low sea levels in the Baltic Sea could reshape sea's physical conditions
Since the beginning of January, an unusually long period of easterly winds has caused the average water level in the Baltic Sea to fall to a historic low. Measurements at the Swedish Landsort-Norra gauge show values that are the lowest since records began in 1886. Researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW) are currently monitoring this development very closely, as it represents a rare oceanographic situation that could lead to a large inflow of saltwater from…

@… FYI, and apologies if this is something like a frequently asked question …
At the foot of pages such as <https://sfconservancy.org/about/staff/#bkuhn…

Three Andean condor chicks hatch in Colombia as species nears local extinction https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/01/three-andean-condor-chicks-hatch-in-colombia-as-species-nears-local-extinction/<…

Three Andean condor chicks hatch in Colombia as species nears local extinction
Since July 2024, three Andean condor chicks have hatched at an artificial incubation program located near Bogotá, Colombia’s capital city, contributor Christina Noriega reported for Mongabay. The artificial incubation program is run by the Jaime Duque Park Foundation, a Colombian conservation nonprofit that has worked since 2015 to counter the birds’ population decline. Globally, the […]

Series A, Episode 10 - Breakdown
VOICE: [V.O.]Right.
FARREN: Send the commander straight up. Make sure he's not armed.
VOICE: [V.O.] Understood. [Blake teleports in]
BLAKE: Don't worry, I'm not armed.
FARREN: How did you do that?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/110/363…

Epic Games arbeitet angeblich an mehreren Disney-Spielen
Bei Epic Games entstehen laut Bloomberg mehrere Spiele mit Disney-Figuren. Beim ersten davon soll es sich um einen Extraction Shooter handeln.
https://www.…

Ich werde nie vergessen wie von SPD und Grüne geschrien wurde das kriminelle Ausländer endlich abgeschoben werden müssen, nur damit dann mein Sportlehrer aus Norden im nächsten Flieger sitzen sollte, obwohl er seit über 10 Jahren einen festen Job hatte, perfekt deutsch sprechen konnte und nie eine Straftat begangen hat.
:UdenAI: …

#TIP Award 2026 – The winners are ….
Aufgrund der eingereichten Beiträge war die Auswahl für die Jury in diesem Jahr besonders
herausfordernd, doch letztlich konnten sich drei #Projektgruppen erfolgreich behaupten.
Die

What kind of footwear is so expensive it’s nuts?
…
Cash-shoes

Oh, dear thing, did you see a post by a Palestinian facing genocide on your favourite fucking sci-fi hashtag by mistake? You, poor, delicate flower. Do you think you’ll survive? Should we call 911? @… ht…

A survey of 1,000 hiring managers: 59% say they stress AI's role in layoffs or hiring freezes "because it plays better"; only 9% say AI has fully replaced roles (Gautam Mukunda/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles

Programmieren ist eine kreative und abwechslungsreiche Tätigkeit haben sie gesagt …

Trump and his advisers have declared war on a crucial tool of war-fighting -- diplomacy.
In the first year of his second term, Trump has seriously damaged U.S. diplomatic capacity and sidelined what diplomatic tools remain.
That will make it harder for the United States to manage every conflict it now faces,
including the Iran War.
It will also make it immeasurably more difficult to pick up the pieces when the fighting stops.
Trump planned to gut U.S. diploma…

Trump and Rubio dismantled U.S. diplomacy. It’s making the Iran War harder.
Since the start of 2026, President Donald Trump has taken the wheel of American military power and pressed hard on […]

RE: https://flipboard.com/@euronews/europe-news-vn516gnfz/-/a-aXf3u_2SRIGf5tVeUv9CVw:a:89340020-/0
EU President growing tired of Rutte's "We need Daddy" mantra.
"Let’s develop …

„Interne Chats belegen Kooperation von EVP mit Rechten“
Ach?
Jetzt bin ich aber überrascht …
Nein. Bin ich natürlich nicht. Sie haben es ja im Bundestag vor über einem Jahr schon völlig schamlos demonstriert.
„Brandmauer my ass!
https://www.

Europäische Volkspartei: Offenbar Zusammenarbeit mit AfD
Die Brandmauer zur AfD stehe auch im Europaparlament – das beteuerte CSU-Politiker Manfred Weber noch vor kurzem. Doch es gab eine gemeinsame Chat-Gruppe und ein Treffen.

"My approach to acting is that I am totally intuitive. I read the script and I get it. If I don't get it, I can't do it."
—Morgan Freeman
#acting #coaching #inspiration

Don't leave for the weekend until you've checked out today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--International operation takes down massive cybercrime proxy network SocksEscort,
--Telus probes purported ShinyHunters hack,
--Stryker cyberattack by alleged Iran-aligned hacking group continues to disrupt operations ,
--Leidos CTO John Solly ID'ed as DOGE SSA data thief,
--GAO finds gaps in CMMC program, …

International operation takes down massive cybercrime proxy network SocksEscort
Telus probes purported ShinyHunters hack, Stryker cyberattack continues to disrupt operations by alleged Iran-aligned hacking group, Leidos CTO John Solly ID'ed as DOGE SSA data thief, GAO finds gaps in CMMC program, Google issues emergency fixes for Chrome, much more

Wir suchen übrigens eine*n Nachrichtenredakteur*in als Elternzeitvertretung. Geht vor allem um die Berichterstattung über KI, aber nicht nur. Jemand Interesse?
Auf jeden Fall gerne teilen und weiter verbreiten. 👇🏻
https://

Manchmal ist ne rote Startzeile gar nicht so schlimm …
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I had a question about Olympic success and wealth, and I’m glad someone else did too. And, they brought all the Python!
https://towardsdatascience.com/the-price-of-gold-is-olympic-success-reserved-for-the-wealthy-adade0233d61/…

The Price of Gold: Is Olympic Success Reserved for the Wealthy?🥇 | Towards Data Science
Analyzing 30 years of Olympic Games medals distribution and national wealth indicators

Das Hauptproblem ist, dass diese Untersuchungen überhaupt nötig sind. Demokratie lebt vom Vertrauen.
[…]
Bei einer entsprechend knappen Abstimmung wären die Resultate auf Wochen hinaus nicht festgestanden. Beschwerden, Wiederholungen, Rechtsgutachten – und mittendrin 2048 Stimmen, die irgendwo in einer verschlüsselten Urne auf einen USB-Stick warten.
[…]
In die Urne gehören nicht nur Stimmzettel, sondern auch E-Voting – und zwar eingeäschert."

Isn’t it time we had a back-up plan ‘just in case’ things do go catastrophically wrong?…. - resilience.
Rupert Read
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-03-13/isnt-it-time-we-had-a-back-up-plan-just-in-…

Under <https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#github-pull-requests>:
"… the normal FreeBSD review and development process (described below) instead. …"
I can't see the description.
(I…

Trump-Handy: T1 Phone bekommt offenbar neues Design
Noch immer ist unklar, wann das T1 Phone der Trump Organization auf den Markt kommt. Nun gibt es eine neue Webseite, die ein überarbeitetes Design zeigt.
https://www.…

So a Palestinian facing genocide autocompletes a hashtag incorrectly by mistake (#doctor -> #doctorWho) and you jump down her throat?
How about you get some fucking perspective, Angela?
#Gaza …

Shares of Dell and HP jump after a report said Nvidia "has been in negotiations for over a year to buy a large company and it will reshape the PC landscape" (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

»ICE — Google gibt Bankdaten von Nutzern an umstrittene US-Behörde weiter:
[…] hat Medienberichten zufolge sensible Nutzerdaten an die US-Einwanderungs- und Zollbehörde (ICE) weitergegeben – darunter sogar Bankdaten. Betroffen ist ein britischer Student und Journalist, der in New York an einer Demo teilgenommen hatte. […]«
Wenn jetzt noch wer behauptet nichts verbergen zu haben, hat es absolut nicht begriffen oder befürwortet es.
🕵️

Google gibt sensible Nutzerdaten an ICE-Behörde weiter
Der US-Dienst Google hat Medienberichten zufolge sensible Nutzerdaten an die US-Einwanderungs- und Zollbehörde (ICE) weitergegeben – darunter sogar Bankdaten. Betroffen ist ein britischer Student und Journalist, der in New York an einer Demo teilgenommen hatte. Offenbar kein Einzelfall.

Ich brauche noch einen Kaffee oder warum kann die Bash kein SQL?
user@host:~$ SELECT s.id, s.url …
FROM statuses s
JOIN …
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
-bash: FROM: command not found
#fail

Canada starts 'fuel tax holiday', including aviation fuel, expected to cost an estimated C$2.4 billion.
The stupidest tool from the box.
Keeps demand and prices artificially high, costs billions, and largely ends up with households that don't need support. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️🤦
https://www.

Carney temporarily suspending federal fuel excise tax on gas, diesel and aviation fuel | CBC News
A day after sweeping three byelections in Ontario and Quebec that gave him a majority in the House of Commons, Prime Minister Mark Carney says he is temporarily removing the federal excise tax on gas and diesel.

“The are several stages to the escalation trap,” said Robert Pape,
a US historian who has studied the limitation of air power and has advised a number of US administrations.
“What we saw with the initial attack was tactically almost 100% success,” he said.
“The problem is that when that doesn’t lead to strategic success … you get to second stage of the trap.
“The attacker still has escalation dominance, so there is a doubling down,
which then moves up the escala…

"To grasp the full significance of life is the actor’s duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication."
—Marlon Brando
#acting #coaching #inspiration …

Happy Saturday! Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and premium subscribers a weekly digest of the best long-form (and longish) infosec-related pieces we couldn't properly fit into our daily news crush.
This week's selection covers
--Trump's supposed cyber-first war strategy,
--How an OpenClaw agent attacked an open source project maintainer,
--Electronic warfare threatens maritime navigation,
--Trump's offensive cyber-based strategy,
--…

Best infosec-related long reads for the week of 3/7/26
Trump's supposed cyber-first war strategy, How an OpenClaw agent attacked an open source project maintainer, Electronic warfare threatens maritime navigation, Trump's offensive cyber-based strategy, Iridium satellite is not a secure system

I recently got a “new” iPad (meaning, a used model from 2020) and I was amazed at how terrible it was for web browsing. Then I realized I forgot to point it at my Pi-hole install for DNS.
So much of the (commercial) web is nearly unusable on old(er) devices because of the amount of advertising crammed onto a page.
(Indie sites personal blogs, etc are mostly unaffected. Recipe sites though… whew!)
#web

Noch ein paar der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Analyse: KI-Modelle auch als Gruppe weniger kreativ als viele Menschen

Anthropic opposes an Illinois bill backed by OpenAI that would shield AI labs from liability, even for "critical harms" like 100 deaths or $1B in damage (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-opposes-the-extreme-…

Anthropic Opposes the Extreme AI Liability Bill That OpenAI Backed
Anthropic and OpenAI are clashing over a proposed Illinois law that would let AI labs largely off the hook for mass deaths and financial disasters.

Lebanon reports 12 medical personnel killed in Israeli strike on healthcare center | AFP https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/lebanon-reports-12-medical-personnel-killed-in-israeli-strike-on-healthcare-center/…

«Online-Sicherheitschecks: Schutz oder Risiko?
„Ist mein PC sicher?“ – eine Frage, die Millionen Menschen dazu bringt, Online-Tools zu nutzen, die genau das versprechen: einen schnellen Sicherheitscheck für Laptop, Smartphone oder Browser. Ein Klick, ein Scan, eine beruhigende Meldung – oder ein alarmierender Warnhinweis. […]»
Ich hatte auch daran geglaubt, als ich ano dazumal noch Windows nutzte.
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Online-Sicherheitschecks: Schutz oder Risiko?
„Ist mein PC sicher?“ – eine Frage, die Millionen Menschen dazu bringt, Online-Tools zu nutzen, die genau das versprechen: einen schnellen Sicherheitscheck

The first electronic surrender was during Gulf War 1 and now the machines are taking prisoners and territory.
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-war-latest-putin-troops-surrender-military-robot-first-time-11825010 …

Putin's Troops Surrender Position To Robots For First Time: Zelensky 
Volodymyr Zelensky has said that robotic systems have carried out more than 22,000 missions on the front line in just three months, saving thousands of lives.

Don't miss today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you might have missed over the weekend, including
--ShinyHunters hits Rockstar Games, threatens data dump after cloud breach,
--Basic-Fit data breach exposes data on 1m members,
--Operation Atlantic disrupted $45m pig butchering network,
--Hackers exploited Hyberbridge flaw for $237k gain,
--Booking [dot] com suffered breach exposing customer details,
--UK finance regulators …

ShinyHunters hits Rockstar Games, threatens data dump after cloud breach
Basic-Fit data breach exposes data on 1m+ members, Operation Atlantic disrupted $45m pig butchering network, Hackers exploited Hyberbridge flaw for $237k gain, Booking [dot] com suffered breach exposing customer details, UK finance regulators are assessing Anthropic's Claude Mythos, much more

Stahlproduktion mit Wasserstoff: Erzreduktion im Industriemaßstab gelungen
Die Stahlproduktion zu dekarbonisieren, ist ein wichtiger Schritt hin zu klimaneutralem Wirtschaften. In Namibia wurde nun ein Meilenstein erreicht.

The White House is forcing countries to choose between opening up a potentially unbridgeable rift
or playing down the climate crisis and trying to squeeze in green priorities by the back door.
Last autumn, the US Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, demanded the removal of some climate finance targets from the World Bank’s aims
and insisted it must “finance all affordable and reliable sources of energy … [with] an all-of-the-above approach to energy that includes financing fo…

Elon Musk says xAI "was not built right first time around, so is being rebuilt from the foundations up" (Fred Lambert/Electrek)
https://electrek.co/2026/03/13/elon-musk-admits-xai-built-wrong-rebuild-tesla-spacex-investment/…

Musk admits xAI ‘not built right’ — weeks after Tesla invested $2 billion
Elon Musk admitted today that xAI, his artificial intelligence venture, “was not built right first time around” and “is being...

Core Ultra 400: Bis zu 52 Kerne, verwirrende Klassen und Thunderbolt 5
Bei Intels nächster Desktop-Prozessorgeneration Nova Lake-S soll ein Core Ultra 7 mehr CPU-Kerne haben können als ein 9er.
https://…

Each week, Metacurity is proud to offer our free and premium subscribers a digest of the best long-form (and longish) infosec-related pieces we couldn't properly fit into our daily news crush.
This week's selection covers
--Thai citizens are trafficked to unlock bank accounts with facial ID,
--Texas police deploy AI surveillance with little transparency,
--Bot swarms threaten democracy,
--Digital age checks erode privacy, security, and free speech,
-…

Best infosec-related long reads for the week of 2/7/26
Thai citizens are trafficked to unlock bank accounts with facial ID, Texas police deploy AI surveillance with little transparency, Bot swarms threaten democracy, Digital age checks erode privacy, security, and free speech, Promptware attacks could pose Stuxnet-scale cyber threats.

In late Middle English writing, 'a' and 'an' commonly were joined to the following noun,
if that word began with a vowel,
-- which caused confusion over how such words ought to be divided when written separately.
In 'nickname', 'newt', and British dialectal 'naunt',
the -n- belongs to a preceding indefinite article 'an' or possessive pronoun 'mine'.
My naunt for "mine aunt" is recorded from 13c.…

N - Etymology, Origin & Meaning of the Name
"an island," early 13c.), a narawe ("an arrow," c. 1400), a nox ("an ox," c. 1400), a… See origin and meaning of n.

The EU appoints Anthony Whelan as its top competition official; Whelan says he will press ahead with Big Tech investigations despite President Trump's pressure (Barbara Moens/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/5781c054-9190-4ed0-8f91-3af94a6c313e
…

KI-Halluzinationen vor Gericht
In Zeiten von KI ist noch auf die Justiz Verlass, oder? Schließlich zählen dort noch echte Fakten. Ein Bericht aus den USA zeigt: Das Gegenteil ist der Fall.
https://www.heise.de/…

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@metacurity/116221677231369930
Hey, I pasted something incorrectly in today's summary for the emailed version of Metacurity, and it read "Stryker cyberattack continues to disrupt operations by alleged Iran-aligned …

Eighty years of peaceful world order are under unprecedented harm,
thanks to the
"wrecking-ball politics"
led by Donald Trump. 
That's the assessment of European security experts who are getting set to host world leaders and diplomats at the pivotal
Munich Security Conference starting tomorrow.
Robert Kagan is a traditional conservative foreign policy scholar, 
he calls himself a
"former Republican"
and his latest …

Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
KI ein „Kind Gottes“? Anthropic-Treffen mit mehreren Kirchenleuten

Sources: the Trump administration is set to receive a ~$10B fee from investors in TikTok's US business for the government's role in brokering the TikTok US deal (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/tiktok-deal-fee-t

Smartphonemarkt: Apple überholt Samsung im ersten Quartal 2026
Der weltweite Smartphonemarkt war im ersten Quartal 2026 rückläufig. Nur Apple legte mit seinen iPhones zu und überholte erstmals Samsung.
https:…

JD Vance jumped into Donald Trump’s feud with Pope Leo,
effectively telling the pontiff to stay in his lane after the head of the Catholic church criticized the White House over the Iran war.
“It would be best for the Vatican to stick to matters of morality"
-- Implicitly conceding that Trump's politics are immoral

A preview of Nvidia's 2026 GTC, which kicks off on March 16, where the company is expected to unveil new agentic-optimized CPUs, a CPU-only rack, and more (Katie Tarasov/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/13/nvidia-gtc-ai-jensen-huang-cpu-gpu.html
…

Nvidia's GTC will mark an AI chip pivot. Here's why the CPU is taking center stage
Nvidia and AMD are seeing huge demand for CPUs and Jensen Huang is poised to unveil details for processors specialized for agentic AI at the GTC conference.

Interview: Puraite will Evidenzsynthese mit erklärbarer KI beschleunigen
Puraite will die manuelle Literaturrecherche in den Lebenswissenschaften mit erklärbarer KI deutlich verkürzen. Über die Pläne des Start-ups.
…

Q&A with New York Assembly member and ex-Palantir staffer Alex Bores on running for Congress, Palantir, opposition from super PAC Leading the Future, and more (Katie Drummond/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/the-big-interview-podcast-new-…

Silicon Valley Is Spending Millions to Stop One of Its Own
Alex Bores, a former Palantir employee, helped pass one of the country’s toughest AI laws. Now Silicon Valley’s biggest names are trying to stop his rise to Congress.

The "America Last" Trump administration is prepared to
waive the Jones Act to loosen shipping rules as the Iran war continues,
the White House said Thursday. 
The 100-year-old statute requires goods shipped between U.S. ports to be carried on ships that are
U.S.-built, U.S.-flagged and U.S.-crewed,
and it limits the number of tankers domestic shippers can use.
"In the interest of national defense, the White House is considering waiving the …

Medienanstalten beziehen Stellung in Debatte um Social-Media-Verbot
Kinder und Jugendliche wachsen mit den sozialen Medien auf. Ein Bericht der Landesmedienanstalten befeuert die Debatte um Altersgrenzen und mehr Jugendschutz.
…

Regulators in Europe were largely left out of the loop as Anthropic limited the release of its latest model Mythos to select companies and organizations (Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/anthropic-apple-microsoft-europe-left-in-the-…

European regulators sidelined on Anthropic superhacking model
New AI tech could pose major cybersecurity risks but many European regulators have limited oversight.

"Western man" is code for
"white man,"
and one of the most popular racist books in these subcultures is
"Which Way Western Man",
which has been featured in a [Department of Homeland Security] post celebrating manifest destiny.
The 1978 book is essential reading among the American far right
and was written by the late white nationalist #William

Weltweiter Interpol-Schlag gegen Cybercrime: 45.000 IP-Adressen offline
Bei einer großangelegten internationalen Polizeiaktion waren Phishing, Malware und Ransomware im Visier. Es kam zu zahlreichen Festnahmen.

Kraken parent Payward is raising $200M from Frankfurt stock exchange operator Deutsche Börse for a 1.5% fully diluted stake, valuing Kraken at $13.3B (Emily Nicolle/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-…

Meta, Virtual Reality und das Prinzip Hoffnung
VR wächst aller Unkenrufe zum Trotz. Doch wie das Medium den Sprung in den Mainstream schaffen soll, bleibt weiter offen. Meta setzt auf das Prinzip Hoffnung.
https://www.…

New information published Friday by the New York Times further suggests that
the U.S.military may have lied when it tried to pin the blame for a February airstrike that killed 21 people in Iran on the Iranian government,
with evidence indicating that the U.S. carried out the attack with a new missile designed to inflict maximum casualties

New Evidence Bolsters Claim That US Lied About Another Iran Airstrike Massacre | Common Dreams
Munitions experts and The New York Times say a US missile designed to inflict maximum casualties was used in a February bombing that killed 21 people, including at least five children.

KI-Update Deep-Dive: KI im Recruiting zwischen Effizienz und Risiko
Künstliche Intelligenz verspricht, den Bewerbungsprozess zu beschleunigen. Doch es gibt hohe rechtliche Hürden und die Gefahr der Diskriminierung.

Palantir software demos and DOD records show how the military may be using AI chatbots, including the kinds of queries and the data used to generate responses (Caroline Haskins/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-demos-show-…

Palantir Demos Show How the Military Could Use AI Chatbots to Generate War Plans
Software demos and Pentagon records detail how chatbots like Anthropic’s Claude could help the Pentagon analyze intelligence and suggest next steps.

Every now and then, it's worth reminding yourself that every single crisis of Trump 2.0
-- the economic downturn, the chaos in our cities, the rising health crisis, the foreign wars
-- has been a direct result of their own actions.
If they'd done nothing at all, they'd be coasting comfortably.
https://…

Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social)
Every now and then, it's worth reminding yourself that every single crisis of Trump 2.0 -- the economic downturn, the chaos in our cities, the rising health crisis, the foreign wars -- has been a direct result of their own actions. If they'd done nothing at all, they'd be coasting comfortably.

Von USK inspiriert: Alterseinstufungssystem PEGI straft Lootboxen ab
Das europäische Alterseinstufungssystem PEGI will Videospiele mit Lootboxen künftig erst ab 16 Jahren freigeben. Als Inspiration diente die USK.

MacBook Neo teardown: most repairable MacBook in ~14 years, with no parts pairing issues, a screwed-down battery, and relatively easy keyboard replacement (Elizabeth Chamberlain/iFixit News)
https://www.ifixit.com/News/116152/macbook-neo-is-the-most-…

MacBook Neo Is the Most Repairable MacBook in 14 Years
Is Apple’s most affordable laptop ever also one of its most repairable? We’re loving the screwed-in battery.

Tinder jetzt auch mit Events, live und mit KI
Online-Dating kommt ins reale Leben. Tinder testet Live-Events, Speed-Dating und KI-Unterstützung – sowie einen Horoskope-Modus.
https://www.heise.de/…

EFF, along with the national ACLU and the ACLU affiliates in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey,
filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
urging the court to require a warrant for border searches of electronic devices,
-- an argumentEFF has been making in the courts and Congress for nearly a decade.
In our amicus brief, we argue that the U.S. Supreme Court’s balancing test in
Riley v. California (2014)
should govern the …

EFF to Third Circuit: Electronic Device Searches at the Border Require a Warrant
EFF, along with the national ACLU and the ACLU affiliates in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey, filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit urging the court to require a warrant for border searches of electronic devices.

Current and former senior employees say AWS is undergoing a strategic shake-up amid fears it is losing ground to competitors in securing corporate AI contracts (Rafe Rosner-Uddin/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/905df663-8c47-4e88-b6ff-24dd4bd46290
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Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Deutschsprachige Wikipedia erwägt umfassendes KI-Verbot
https:…

The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, has put forward a four-point proposal for peace and stability in the Middle East,
as he called for the world not to be allowed to “revert to the law of the jungle”.
In the most significant remarks he’s made so far about the crisis in the Middle East,
Xi said China would play a “constructive role” in promoting peace talks in the Middle East.
He made the comments during a meeting with Khaled bin Mohamed, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, …

A matplotlib maintainer explains how an AI agent that suggests code changes on open source repos wrote a hit piece on him after a rejection, and the aftermath (Scott/The Shamblog)
https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me-part-2/
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Android 17 Beta 1 ist da
Google hat die erste Beta von Android 17 freigegeben. Sie kann auf Pixel-Geräten installiert werden und richtet sich vor allem an Entwickler.
https://www.heise.de/news/Android-17-Beta-…

If no Iranian oil gets through the strait, prices could keep rising over time
— some companies say they are planning for $175 a barrel.
The Iranians understand the potential political effects of continued inflation in the United States less than seven months before midterm elections.
“Soon you’ll be nostalgic for $4 to $5 gas,” Iran’s top negotiator and the speaker of its Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, warned American consumers after the failure of the talks he led …

Iran Blockade Sets Up a Test of Which Side Can Endure More Pain
President Trump is trying to choke off the country’s lifeline with a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. But the Iranians are betting that his tolerance for political pain is limited.

India partners with Alibaba.com to help Indian startups and small businesses reach overseas buyers, highlighting its selective engagement with Chinese platforms (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/13/india-…

India partners with Alibaba.com for export push despite past China tech bans | TechCrunch
India turns to Alibaba.com's B2B network of 50 million buyers in 200 countries to help businesses scale global exports.

Fahrradmarkt 2025: Branche hofft nach Umsatzrückgang auf „neues Normal“
Die deutsche Fahrradwirtschaft hofft nach einem schwachen Jahr 2025 auf bessere Geschäfte – und neue Chancen.
https://www.…

21-Tage-Challenge gegen Onlinesucht: App „freii“ jetzt kostenlos verfügbar
Die kostenlose App „freii“ soll 11- bis 15-Jährige mit einer 21-Tage-Challenge zu weniger Bildschirmzeit motivieren.
https:…

CoinDesk Data: Binance's market share of spot crypto trading fell to 25% in December, its lowest since 2021, and it is also losing ground in derivatives trading (Sidhartha Shukla/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20<…

As of a month ago, half of xAI’s founding team of 12 individuals had resigned.
As of today, that number has grown to nine, meaning that a mere three are left, as Bloomberg points out.
In the face of it all, Musk is admitting that the company is in deep trouble
— and in need of a deep overhaul
https://…

Elon Musk Says He’s Epically Screwed Up at xAI, Is Rebuilding “From the Foundations”
Musk is admitting that his AI company xAI is in deep trouble — and in need of a deep overhaul, a surprising admission.

Prozessoren: AMD knöpft Intel an allen Fronten Marktanteile ab
Das Jahresende 2025 hätte für AMD kaum besser laufen können. Alle Einheiten fuhren Rekorde ein. Bei x86-Servern wächst der Umsatzanteil auf über 41 Prozent.

French MPs are preparing to vote on a law that treats criticism of Israel as antisemitic and widely expands the scope of terrorism legislation. 
Lawmakers will debate the bill informally dubbed Yadan’s Law
– in reference to the MP who proposed the bill, Caroline Yadan
– on 18 April. 
Under current law, “direct” incitement to terrorism is punishable by five years in prison and a €75,000 fine.
The bill would expand that to “implicit” incitement or glorification of …

French MPs to Vote on Bill That Would Treat Anti-Zionism As Terrorism
French MPs are preparing to vote on a law that treats criticism of Israel as antisemitic and widely expands the scope of terrorism legislation. 

Steuererklärung mit einem Klick startet im Juli
Am Handy mit einem Klick die Steuererklärung machen? Was lange wie ein unerfüllbarer Wunsch klang, soll ab Juli möglich werden – zumindest für die Ersten.
https://www.…

China could emerge a winner from Trump’s global energy shock
The disruption caused by the war on Iran may reveal that years China spent preparing for a global energy crisis have left the country and its economy better positioned than most to endure a long-term hike in the cost of oil and gas.

Through massive stockpiles of crude oil,
an aggressive push into electric vehicles
and huge investments into coal, renewable power and battery storage,
Beijing has worked …

Why China could emerge a winner from Trump’s global energy shock
Spiking oil prices may reveal how China has been more successful in electrifying its economy and reducing dependence on fossil fuels than the United States.

In a recent interview with conservative radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt, Donald Trump drew a link between immigration, violent crime, and genetics, stating,
“we got a lot of bad genes in our country right now.” 
Comments such as these are not new.
Claims regarding genes and human behavior have long been used to perpetuate social harm.
Understanding this history shows just how pervasive and harmful Trump’s comments are.
They also illustrate how influential they …

The Alarming History Behind Trump’s “Bad Genes” Comments : The Hastings Center for Bioethics
In a recent interview with conservative radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt, Donald Trump drew a link between immigration, violent crime, and genetics,

Hundreds of unionized University of California workers circled the Arbor,
in front of the Library at UC Santa Barbara on Thursday
at what organizers called a “last chance” practice picket
— a visible warning that a strike could be days away if contract talks continue to stall.
…

UAW Workers Stage ‘Last Chance’ Practice Picket at UC Santa Barbara
About 300 unionized UC workers marched through campus Thursday in a coordinated statewide action organizers described as a “last chance” signal to university leaders.

Meta aims to introduce
facial recognition to its
smart glasses
while its biggest critics are distracted,
according to a report from The New York Times.
In an internal document reviewed by The Times, Meta says it will
💥launch the feature “during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
The document is from last May and reportedly describes …

Meta reportedly wants to add face recognition to smart glasses while privacy advocates are distracted
Meta is planning to add facial recognition technology to its smart glasses while critics are distracted by political events, according to a report from The New York Times.

There are some changes for the 2026 tax filing season that people who are 65 years of age and older should be aware of.
The most recent being the enhanced deduction for seniors
https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/2026-filing-season-updates-and-resources-for-…

The Trump Administration Will Somehow Make $10 Billion Off the TikTok Deal
The unusually large fee comes after the president brokered the sale of the company’s US operations to investors allied with his administration
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/…

The Trump administration will somehow make $10 billion off the TikTok deal
The unusually large fee comes after the president brokered the sale of the company's US operations to investors allied with his administration.

This drives me nuts.
You spend all this time trying to explain that the president doesn’t have much to do with, e.g., gas prices,
& then this asshole comes along and drives up gas prices.
https://bsky.app/profile/jjgass.bsky.social/post/3mgzpnmiawc2j…

Innocent🕷Abroad (@jjgass.bsky.social)
This drives me nuts. You spend all this time trying to explain that the president doesn’t have much to do with, e.g., gas prices, & then this asshole comes along and drives up gas prices.