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"What Scotland’s Ecocide Law Means for the Environment and You"
#Scotland #Environment
https://happyeconews.com/…

What Scotland’s Ecocide Law Means for the Environment and You | Happy Eco News
Scotland’s ecocide law would make severe harm to nature a criminal offense. If passed, people could face prison and companies massive fines. It aims to fill gaps in current laws, strengthen accountability, and align Scotland with international environmental standards. The bill may be voted on by 2025.

Anthropic's $1.5B copyright settlement raises a drawbridge on its startup rivals, which could not afford to pay such fines, setting an AI copyright floor price (M.G. Siegler/Spyglass)
https://spyglass.org/cynical-read-on-anthropics-book-settlement/

A Cynical Read on Anthropic's Book Settlement
$1.5B. Damn. Who can afford to pay that?

Forget about nation-states for a moment: The top four items in today's Metacurity all deal with serious cybersecurity threats emanating from teen hackers.
Don't miss today's issue for the complete run-down of infosec developments you should know, including
--ShinyHunters threatens to release data stolen from dozens of Fortune 500 firms,
--Salesforce refuses to pay ShinyHunters ransom,
--Qantas braces for the release of its data,
--Two teens busted for…

ShinyHunters threatens to release data stolen from dozens of Fortune 500 firms
Salesforce refuses to pay ShinyHunters ransom, Qantas braces for the release of its data, Two teens busted for Kido nurseries cyberattack, Qilin claims attack on Asahi, Chinese hackers infiltrated Williams & Connolly, DPRK hackers have stolen $2b in crypto so far in 2025, much more

Historian Timothy Snyder lists eerie similarities between how Stalin came to power and how Stephen Miller came to power.
https://snyder.substack.com/p/stalinism-and-stephen-miller-video
So now I'm watching "The Death of Stalin" streaming.

As in "point to where he touched you"?
New Orleans church’s proposed settlement with abuse survivors lays out ‘point’ system
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/09/new-orleans-catholic-archdiocese-cle…

Volkswagen und Bosch wollen das autonome Fahren demokratisieren
VW und Bosch stellen sich globalen Tech-Giganten und kündigen eine "autonome" Fahrsoftware für 2026 in Serie an. Sie wollen Robo-Fahrfunktionen günstig machen.

Best sideline sounds from Raiders' Week 1 win vs. Patriots: ''It's go time!' https://www.raiders.com/video/best-sideline-sounds-nfl-week-1-win-patriots-2025-season

What began as a silent infiltration into one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency mining pools has now been confirmed as
the biggest crypto theft in history.
The LuBian mining pool, once a dominant force in the Bitcoin network, quietly lost over 127,000 Bitcoins in 2020.
The breach was only uncovered in 2025 by Arkham Intelligence, revealing a staggering $14.5 billion worth of stolen assets that had remained untouched and undetected for half a decade

The biggest heist of all time involved over $14 billion of crypto being stolen - and it went undetected for five years
Five years of silence before exposure

A judge rejects Anthropic's $1.5B copyright settlement over concerns that class lawyers are striking a deal behind the scenes that will be forced on authors (Annelise Levy/Bloomberg Law)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/anthropic-ju…

Anthropic Judge Rejects $1.5 Billion AI Copyright Settlement (1)
The federal judge overseeing Anthropic PBC’s proposed $1.5 billion copyright settlement is concerned class lawyers are striking a deal behind the scenes that will be forced “down the throat of authors.”

Rekordjahr: Nordkorea soll zwei Milliarden US-Dollar Kryptogeld gestohlen haben
Dass Nordkorea Kryptogeld stehlen lässt, um Finanzsanktionen zu umgehen, ist seit Jahren bekannt. So viel wie 2025 hat das Regime offenbar noch nie erbeutet.