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TikTok adds new safety features, including enhanced parental controls, and publicly launches Footnotes, its Community Notes-like feature, in the US (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/30/tiktok-adds-new-parental-controls-tools-for-c…

TikTok adds new parental controls, tools for creators | TechCrunch
The social network is bringing new parental controls to Family Pairing, its feature that allows parents to link their accounts with their teen's account to customize safety settings.

On Moving My Parents Across the Country https://muz4now.com/2021/on-moving-my-parents-across-the-country/

On Moving My Parents Across the Country
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

TikTok adds new safety features, including enhanced parental controls, and publicly launches Footnotes, its Community Notes-like feature, in the US (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/30/tiktok-adds-new-parental-controls-tools-for-c…

TikTok adds new parental controls, tools for creators | TechCrunch
The social network is bringing new parental controls to Family Pairing, its feature that allows parents to link their accounts with their teen's account to customize safety settings.

This Tuckahoe home won a $1.26 billion contract for an ICE detention center. The owner isn't talking. (Juliana Vandermark/The Richmonder)
https://www.richmonder.org/this-tuckahoe-home-won-a-1-26-billion-contract-for-an-ice-detention-center-the-owner-isnt-talking/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250730/p142#a250730p142

🏳️‍🌈 Commodore 64 Ultimate is a new FPGA-based computer that should be compatible with most classic C64 games and software
https://liliputing.com/commodore-64-ultimate-is-a-new-fpga-based-computer-t…

Commodore 64 Ultimate is a new FPGA-based computer that should be compatible with most classic C64 games and software - Liliputing
Commodore 64 Ultimate is a new FPGA-based computer that should be compatible with most classic C64 games and software

Agent-centric learning: from external reward maximization to internal knowledge curation
Hanqi Zhou, Fryderyk Mantiuk, David G. Nagy, Charley M. Wu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22255

Agent-centric learning: from external reward maximization to internal knowledge curation
The pursuit of general intelligence has traditionally centered on external objectives: an agent's control over its environments or mastery of specific tasks. This external focus, however, can produce specialized agents that lack adaptability. We propose representational empowerment, a new perspective towards a truly agent-centric learning paradigm by moving the locus of control inward. This objective measures an agent's ability to controllably maintain and diversify its own knowledge structures…

246 pilot whales slaughtered in Faroe Islands during controversial hunt https://www.speciesunite.com/news-stories/246-pilot-whales-slaughtered-during-faroe-islands-controversial-annual-hunt?utm_source=Mastod…

246 pilot whales slaughtered in Faroe Islands during controversial hunt — Species Unite
Pregnant females and newborn calves were among the pilot whales violently killed after being herded into the North Atlantic cove during this year’s Grindadráp.

https://techiegamers.com/texas-data-centers-quietly-draining-water/

AI Data Centers in Texas Used 463 Million Gallons of Water, Residents Told to Take Shorter Showers - Techie + Gamers
Texas has long been defined by oil, heat, and huge infrastructure projects. Now, it’s also at the center of a growing environmental debate. Microsoft’s Stargate campus in Abilene is leading a data center boom that is drawing concern over water use, right in the middle of a prolonged drought. According to a July 2025 investigation

How AI has transformed data center design, with concerns about overspending on AI infrastructure, sparked by DeepSeek, fading amid the ongoing building frenzy (Financial Times)
https://ig.ft.com/ai-data-centres/

Inside the relentless race for AI capacity
The quest for superintelligence is spurring a data centre boom — but critics question the cost, environmental impact and whether it is all needed

How Turkmenistan turned censorship into a lucrative extortion scheme by intentionally restricting internet access in order to sell its own VPNs to citizens (Tor Blog)
https://blog.torproject.org/Corruption-Control-Turkmenistan-internet-censorship-bus…

Corruption and Control: How Turkmenistan turned internet censorship into a business | Tor Project
In Turkmenistan, one of the most isolated regimes in the world, internet censorship has evolved beyond surveillance and control. In an Orwellian twist, the people blocking access to the internet are the same ones secretly selling it back, at a price most Turkmens can't afford.