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@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-02-20 07:30:47

Google rejected 1.75M policy-violating Android apps and blocked 80K developer accounts from Google Play in 2025, down from 2.36M apps and 158K accounts in 2024 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/goog

Google says its AI systems helped deter Play Store malware in 2025 | TechCrunch
Google said it prevented 1.75 million bad apps from going live on Google Play during 2025, a figure that's down from previous years.

@deprogrammaticaipsum@mas.to
2026-01-19 07:43:21

"Where will the von Neumanns, the Einsteins, and the Gödels of our age migrate after the SCOTUS overrules democracy in 2024 and Gödel’s Loophole is proven to exist? At this time, the two major powers of our time, the United States and China seem unlikely locations for brains to settle and grow in the long term."
(Inadvertently and ironically published on July 4th, 2022)

William Aspray
There was a moment in which Kurt Gödel, Albert Einstein, and John von Neumann were all roaming the halls of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton at the same time. Let that information sink in. Humanity experiences such gatherings of brilliant minds in a remote location of the space-time continuum only every so often; maybe the ancient Greeks and the men of the Renaissance witnessed such periods in time, as did the IAS staff at the end of World War II. How much will we have to wait f…

@jby@ecoevo.social
2026-02-09 15:19:01

Accounting for the effects of year-to-year climate variation on population growth rate can substantially decrease the size of a species' expected geographic range— by an average of 22% in this simulation study with a new method for range modeling
doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.30.621

The impacts of climate variability on the niche concept and distributions of species
Ecological demographers know that year-to-year climate variability influences the long-term growth of populations and thus their viability. Despite this, species distribution models (SDMs), widely used to project species’ geographic distributions based on climate, typically ignore inter-annual climate variability. Here, we show that climate variability plays a crucial role in determining current and future distributions of species. We achieved this by developing a new SDM framework, XSDM, tha…

@gwire@mastodon.social
2026-02-17 10:09:45

How is government still spending tens-of-millions on software development with nothing to show for it?
theguardian.com/business/2026/

UK shelves £110m frictionless post-Brexit trade border project
Programme launched by last Tory government was worked on by Deloitte and IBM but was paused in 2024

@tinoeberl@mastodon.online
2026-01-09 07:08:30

Die Deutsche #Umwelthilfe hat erneut vor Gericht gewonnen: Die Berliner Senatsverwaltung muss Akten zum gestoppten #Radweg in der #Stubenrauchstraße offenlegen.
Das Oberverwaltun…

Klageerfolg der DUH zum Berliner Radweg Stubenrauchstraße
• Berliner Senatsverwaltung muss der DUH Akten zum gestoppten Radweg herausgeben• Oberverwaltungsgericht Berlin-Brandenburg lehnt Antrag der Senatsverwaltung auf Zulassung der Berufung ab: Urteil des Verwaltungsgerichts Berlin von Mai 2024 damit rechtskräftig• DUH prüft nun Anordnung und fordert Umsetzung aller seit zwei Jahren von der CDU gestoppten Radwege

@raiders@darktundra.xyz
2026-02-17 02:11:41

Raiders name Matt Robinson Safeties Coach raiders.com/news/raiders-name-

Raiders name Matt Robinson Safeties Coach
Robinson spent the past five seasons with the Baltimore Ravens (2021-25), working with the outside linebackers in 2025 and assisting the defensive line in 2024.

@burger_jaap@mastodon.social
2025-12-09 08:50:48

"An increasing number of homes in the Netherlands are heated without the use of natural gas. In 2024, 11.2 percent of homes were fully gas-free, up from 8.7 percent in 2022. These homes are usually heated using a heat pump or are connected to a collective district heating system."
cbs.…

Ever more gas-free homes
An increasing number of homes in the Netherlands are heated without the use of natural gas. In 2024, 11.2 percent of homes were fully gas-free, up from 8.7 percent in 2022. These homes are usually heated using a heat pump or are connected to a collective district heating system. This means they do not require a gas-fired boiler. Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports this on the basis of newly released figures.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-02-09 12:30:38

How the US government is adopting AI: NASA reports 420 AI use cases in 2025, up from 18 in 2024, HHS reports 398, Energy 325, DOJ 295, Interior 234, and DHS 205 (Washington Post)
washingtonpost.com/technology/

Trump set off a surge of AI in the federal government. See what happened.
The Trump administration is accelerating AI adoption across government, embedding the technology in policing, health care, defense and science.

@jake4480@c.im
2025-12-10 16:22:23

Pelican is putting out a 12" EP 'Ascending' on January 9 with Flickering Resonance era tracks. The last two had a limited release in 2024, and the title track was left off Flickering Resonance as they felt it was more its own thing. Didn't know if I was gonna like Geoff Rickly's (from Thursday) vocals on the 'vocal version' of 'Cascading Crescent', but it rips: <…

@inthehands@hachyderm.io
2026-01-31 21:42:52

Precedented, but not the same:
If ICE and CBP are basically the reincarnation of the KKK, it’s the KKK with a budget the size of Russia’s entire military.
Literally. In the literal sense of “literally.” The incoming ICE CBP budget is ~$140 billion.[1] Russia’s military budget is ~$145 billion.[2]
(If I’m misreading these numbers, please correct me.)
[1] appropriations.senate.gov/imo/
[2] reuters.com/world/europe/russi
12/

@rmdes@mstdn.social
2025-12-30 00:18:59

Check out this compelling rebuttal of Soteria International's claims regarding the OKC case. Get informed about the facts and perspectives presented in the article by visiting: blog.rmendes.net/2024/12/15/re

Rebuttal of Soteria International's Claims on the OKC Case - rMdes - a place to write and think freely
Rebuttal of Soteria International’s Claims on the OKC Case As a victim of the Ogyen Kunzang Chöling (OKC) cult and an advocate for justice, I find Soteria …

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-01-30 09:33:13

The Italian tech holding company Bending Spoons, has developed a reputation for buying tech companies past their peak and aggressively cutting costs.
The firm acquired Evernote in 2022, followed by Meetup and WeTransfer in 2024, and AOL and Eventbrite in 2025.
Layoffs followed many of those deals. In September 2024, just months after being acquired by Bending Spoons, WeTransfer laid off 75% of its staff.
Just months after Bending Spoons bought Vimeo for $1.38 billion last ye…

Vimeo Lays Off 'Most' of Its Staff, Allegedly Includes 'the Entire Video Team'
Employees reported major job cuts this week, just months after the video hosting site was bought by Bending Spoons.

@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2025-12-08 23:24:30

Bengals waive embattled WR prospect Burton espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/472504

Bengals cut ties with embattled WR prospect Jermaine Burton - ESPN
The Bengals waived WR Jermaine Burton after the latest dust-up between the 2024 third-round pick and the team led to a suspension ahead of Sunday's game.

@nemobis@mamot.fr
2026-02-11 07:00:45

Ajit Niranjan writes about the supposed decoupling in #Romania.
theguardian.com/environment/20

Consumption-based CO₂ emissions, 2013 to 2023 Consumption-based emissions include those from fossil fuels and industry. Land-use change emissions are not included.
Evolution of total energy supply in Romania since 2000 Oil and oil products use increased from 400 to 460 TJ between 2000 and 2023. This matches an increase in emissions from the transportation sector.
Evolution of electricity generation sources in Romania since 2000 Hydro is at 30 %, wind+solar 17 %
Electricity generation sources, Italy, 2024 Hydro is at 20 %, wind+solar 21 %
@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-02-09 23:40:46

The US NLRB abandons its 2024 case accusing SpaceX of illegally firing eight engineers and signals it will steer clear of future cases against the company (Josh Eidelson/Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

@StephenRees@mas.to
2026-02-09 20:30:27

the BC Greens have reached a turning point.
When we signed the Cooperation and Responsible Government Accord (CARGA) with the BC NDP in 2024, we did so with a clear goal: to use our leverage in the legislature to force action on some of the issues that matter most to you—housing, healthcare, climate, and the cost-of-living crisis.
Today, I am announcing that the BC Greens will not renew that agreement.

@Europablog@mastodon.social
2026-02-08 13:42:00

In diesem Essay aus Mai 2024 erklärt Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, weshalb in gesellschafltichen Umbruchzeiten oft dritt- oder vierklassige Politiker in Regierungsverantwortung kommen.
europa.blog/de/das-ist-populis

Das ist Populismus: eine Politik, die sich aus wahltaktischen Gründen vollständig von der öffentlichen Meinung leiten lässt - Europa Blog
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@KlausBulle@nfdi.social
2025-12-08 16:10:16

Das #bpkFotoarchiv der @… erprobt seit 2024 #KI-gestützte Erschließungsmethoden, um seine mehr als 12 Millionen Bildmotive besser zugänglich und nutzbar zu machen.
Ste…

Zitat unter der Überschrift "Ausblick: Die Zukunft ist hybrid": "Die Erfahrungen im bpk-Fotoarchiv zeigen schon jetzt: Die Zukunft liegt nicht in der Wahl zwischen Mensch und Maschine, sondern in ihrer klugen Verbindung. KI übernimmt Routinen und schafft Freiraum für das, was Menschen am besten können – kontextualisieren, interpretieren und kuratieren. Der Human-in-the-Loop-Ansatz bleibt zentral. Auch kleinere Institutionen profitieren von modularen, niedrigschwellig einzusetzenden Werkzeugen.…

Zwischen Algorithmus und menschlicher Expertise
Als Mitarbeiter im Bereich Data Science Service der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin erlebe ich täglich, wie sich die Landschaft der digitalen Archive wandelt. Diese Veränderung ist faszinierend. Das Fotoarchiv des Bildarchivs Preußischer Kulturbesitz (bpk) steht exemplarisch für die Veränderungen und Herausforderungen, mit denen sich Fotoarchive und ihre Mitarbeitenden im digitalen Zeitalter konfrontiert sehen und denen sie sich stellen müssen: Mehrere Millionen Bildmotive warten auf ihre syst…

@markhburton@mstdn.social
2026-02-04 10:04:35

Concerns over "apparent move towards lifting the arms licences to Israel that it suspended in September 2024, and the reported transfer of new F-35 fighter jets from a British air base."
While the killing continues.
‘Frankly shameful’ | Morning Star
morningstaronline.co.uk/articl

@jlpiraux@wallonie-bruxelles.social
2025-12-08 16:16:21

Cyclo-logistique en Belgique
- plus de 5 millions de colis livrés Š vélo en Belgique, soit 70 % de plus qu’en 2023
- 10 millions de km parcourus par des coursiers Š vélo, soit 30 % de plus
- 4112 tonnes de CO₂ évitées et 12 millions € de coûts externes économisés

De plus en plus de marchandises transportées à vélo-cargo - Wallonie Cyclable
La Belgian Cycle Logistics Federation (BCLF), le réseau belge des opérateurs de transport à vélo, vient de publier son baromètre 2025. Celui-ci fait le bilan de l’année 2024, qui montre une forte croissance de la cyclo-logistique : Si, aujourd’hui, les livraisons à vélo représentent 2,3 % des flux urbains de marchandises, le potentiel de développement […]

@jake4480@c.im
2025-12-10 14:52:23

Re-doing a #MusicWomenWednesday from 2024, as the video I'd linked to disappeared and I had to grab a new one.
When I was a kid in the 90s, I had a Wax Trax video compilation on VHS that had this great cover of Patsy Cline's "Walking After Midnight" done by Los Angeles' BRAINDEAD SOUND MACHINE. This was the first way I ever heard this song, and I'm crazy about th…

@publicvoit@graz.social
2026-02-13 09:10:39

I added a quote from the #TechOversightProject:
"The documents provide smoking-gun evidence that #Meta, #Google, #Snap

Fediverse and Mastodon: Social Media, but in a Good Way: Sustainable, Healthy, Collaborative, ...
Fediverse and Mastodon: Social Media, but in a Good Way: Sustainable, Healthy, Collaborative, ...

@davej@dice.camp
2025-12-02 09:36:28
Content warning: CW: ukpol, prisons.

262 prisoners were released in error in the 2024/25 year—on average, five per week. Blame the Tories’ staff cuts or outdated systems all you like, but that degree of permeability looks awfully like corruption. #ukpol #prisons

Twelve further prisoners accidentally released, says Lammy
Justice Secretary David Lammy has said 12 prisoners have been accidentally released in the past three weeks, two of whom are still at large. It comes on top of the 91 prisoners who were freed by mistake between April and October. Speaking to the BBC, Lammy said there would always be a "human error" …

@mszll@datasci.social
2026-01-03 13:29:39

Just updated our server's downtimes for 2025 and for all-time. Although datasci.social had a downtime of over 10 hours in 2025, our all-time uptime is still way above 99.9%. 🤓
community.datasci.social/docs/

Historical uptimes Year Uptime Average downtime per month All-time 99.931% 30 minutes 2025 99.876% 54 minutes 2024 99.998% <1 minute 2023 99.908% 40 minutes 2022 99.995% <2 minutes
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-01-31 00:30:31

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#ThroughTheNight
- BBC Proms 2024: Mahler's Fifth Symphony
The Hallé family of orchestra and choirs perform James MacMillan’s Timotheus, Bacchus and Cecilia and Mahler’s life-affirming Fifth Symphony. Penny Gore presents.
Relisten now 👇
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002qb5z

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-12 07:01:18

GPT-5.2 models match GPT-5 and 5.1 with a 400K context window and 128K max output tokens, but have a newer knowledge cutoff of Aug. 31, 2025 vs. Sept. 30, 2024 (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Newsletter)
simonw.substack.com/p/gpt-52-a

GPT 5.2 and useful patterns for building HTML tools
Plus a YouTube video, a podcast appearance and more

@tinoeberl@mastodon.online
2025-12-05 09:10:01

Kumulativer Zubau von #Balkonsolarleistung in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 03.12.2025.
Die summierte Leistung aller offiziell registrierten #Steckersolaranlagen beträgt b…

Liniendiagramm mit dem kumulierten Zubau von Balkonsolaranlagen in Deutschland von 2018 bis 03.12.2025. Die gelbe Linie zeigt die Bruttoleistung in Megawatt-Peak (MWp) über die Zeit. Bis 2021 verläuft die Kurve fast waagrecht. Ab 2022 beginnt ein kontinuierlicher Anstieg, der ab 2023 deutlich steiler wird. Ab 2024 ist der Zubau stark beschleunigt. Der Höchststand liegt aktuell bei 1192,31 Megawatt peak. Die Kurve deutet auf einen anhaltenden Boom hin.
@cdarwin@c.im
2026-02-01 05:30:52

A good thing the republicans just gerrymandered texas assuming theyd keep the latino voters they picked up in 2024 forever!
bsky.app/profile/isilanor.bsky

eressëa 🦭 (@isilanor.bsky.social)
a "fun" fact is that texas' state senate map is so gerrymandered that this swing would flip all but four republican districts [contains quote post or other embedded content]

@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2025-11-22 09:36:13

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Loeb, Caroline:
🎵 C'est la ouate
#NowPlaying #Loeb #Caroline
francescocofano.bandcamp.com/t
open.spotify.com/track/1NzowVF

@berndsonneck@mastodon.social
2025-11-27 07:05:02

Dieses Thema liegt mir am Herzen. Bitte hier unterzeichnen:
weact.campact.de/petitions/afd

AfD-Boykott zu den Landtagswahlen 2026 in BW und Rheinland-Pfalz Keine Wahlpodien mit der AfD
In Belgien weigerten sich im Europawahlkampf 2024 die etablierten politischen Parteien im Rahmen des „Cordon sanitaire“, einer echten Brandmauer, mit der extremen Rechten zusammenzuarbeiten. Festzuhalten ist ein geringer Wahlerfolg der rechten Parteien in Belgien (vgl. (3) und (4)). Die Autoren der europäischen Cambridge-Studie von 2022 finden keine Hinweise dafür, dass Anpassungsstrategien die Unterstützung der radikalen Rechten verringern. Wenn überhaupt, deuten die Ergebnisse darauf …

@newsie@darktundra.xyz
2025-12-30 20:38:45

Treasury removes sanctions for three executives tied to spyware maker Intellexa therecord.media/treasury-sanct

Treasury removes sanctions for three executives tied to spyware maker Intellexa
The Treasury Department on Tuesday took three people closely affiliated with the holding company behind Predator spyware off of a sanctions list, reversing their designation in 2024 by the Biden administration.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-02-02 11:30:39

How food delivery is reshaping US mealtimes, as some users spend thousands; NRA data shows nearly 75% of 2024 restaurant orders were not eaten in a restaurant (Priya Krishna/New York Times)
nytimes.com/2026/01/30/d…

How DoorDash and Other Food Delivery Apps Are Reshaping Mealtime in the U.S.
Almost three of every four restaurant orders in the U.S. weren’t eaten in a restaurant, according to recent data. We spoke to readers who are devoted to delivery but question the costs.

@jlpiraux@wallonie-bruxelles.social
2026-01-02 21:21:21

Une bonne nouvelle pour commencer l'année ;
les ventes de Tesla en baisse de 15,6 % par rapport Š la même période de trois mois en 2024
#elmoron #svasticars

Tesla’s fourth quarter sales fell a lot more than expected
Tesla’s sales dropped over 15 percent in the fourth quarter year over year. The company’s cheaper EVs have yet to counteract rising competition and the loss of tax incentives.

@tinoeberl@mastodon.online
2025-12-05 08:09:01

Anzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von Balkonkraftwerken pro Jahr in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 03.12.2025.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

Balkendiagramm zur Anzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von Balkonkraftwerken in Deutschland von 2018 bis 03.12.2025. In den Jahren 2018 bis 2021 sind die Installationen sehr gering. Ab 2022 steigt die Zahl stark an: über 65.000 Anlagen im Jahr 2022, über 290.000 im Jahr 2023 und über 450.000 im Jahr 2024. Die Balken deutet auf einen anhaltenden Boom hin.
@krone@frawas.de
2026-01-23 23:09:54

Dämpfer bei CO2, aber: - Österreicher fahren immer öfter elektrisch #News #Nachrichten

Dämpfer bei CO2, aber: - Österreicher fahren immer öfter elektrisch
Österreich hatte im Jahr 2024 weniger CO2 ausgestoßen. Die Klimabilanz des Umweltbundesamtes zeigt: Maßnahmen wirken. Doch 2025 kam der Dämpfer. ...

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-11-23 18:34:49

“More music is being released today (in a single day) than was released in the calendar year of 1989,” Page explained.
“More of that music is being done by artists themselves, meaning there’s even more demand for music production software.”
It’s true,
the rise in musicians goes hand-in-hand with the rise of music-making software and music-distributing platforms.
Now that making high-quality recordings is possible from the palm of your hand
— and sharing them i…

In 2024, More Music Is Released in a Day Than in All of 1989 Combined
As more music is being made than ever before, the music industry economy is rapidly changing. In 2024, More Music Is Released in a Day Than in All of 1989...

@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2025-12-03 16:26:30

Browns QB Deshaun Watson designated to return to practice for first time since Achilles injury

cbssports.com/nfl/news/browns-

Browns QB Deshaun Watson designated to return to practice for first time since Achilles injury
The Browns opened the 21-day window for Watson to practice for the first time since suffering the injury in October 2024

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-02-02 09:30:39

SEC complaint: a whistleblower alleges Google broke its ethics rules in 2024 to help an Israeli military contractor use AI to analyze drone surveillance video (Gerrit De Vynck/Washington Post)

Google helped Israeli military contractor with AI, whistleblower alleges
A whistleblower complaint filed with the SEC claims that Google breached its own ethics rules to help an Israeli contractor apply AI to drone surveillance video.

@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2025-12-29 13:57:05

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #CraigCharles
SOAK:
🎵 Bleach (6 Music Session, 25 Nov 2024)
#SOAK
soakinbleach.bandcamp.com
open.spotify.com/track/7aCOnhe

@wvmierlo@zirk.us
2025-12-29 15:33:20

Hathern (Charnwood, Leicestershire), June 2024
#photography #ukphotographer #documentingbritain #documentingplace

@life_is@no-pony.farm
2026-01-30 18:11:36
In den #USA wurden Journalisty verhaftet wegen #Journalismus
The Don Lemon Show (2024)

On January 9, 2024, #Lemon announced plans for a new show on X, The #DonLemon Show.[52] X owner Elon Musk was the show's first interviewee. After the Elon Musk interview was fil…

@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-01-25 07:29:31

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #Afrodeutsche
Lex Amor:
🎵 Beg (6 Music Session, 24 Sep 2024)
#LexAmor
lexamor.bandcamp.com/track/beg
open.spotify.com/track/1IPLicv

@tinoeberl@mastodon.online
2025-12-05 15:16:01

#Streudiagramm der #Bruttoleistung von #Balkonkraftwerk​en in #Deutschland mit …

Streudiagramm Entwicklung der Bruttoleistung von Balkonsolarkraftwerken in Deutschland mit Stand vom 03.12.2025. Ein Streudiagramm zeigt die Entwicklung der Bruttoleistung (kWp) von Balkonsolarkraftwerken in Deutschland zwischen 2018 und 2025. Jeder orange Punkt steht für eine Anlage. Die meisten Anlagen liegen unter 2 kWp, mit Ausreißern bis über 30 kWp. Die Anzahl und Leistung steigen ab 2022 deutlich an und sind anscheinend mit Inkrafttreten des „Solarpaketes“ am 16. Mai 2024 auf 2 kWp begr…
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-01-25 07:24:33

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #Afrodeutsche
Lex Amor:
🎵 Beg (6 Music Session, 24 Sep 2024)
#LexAmor
lexamor.bandcamp.com/track/beg
open.spotify.com/track/1IPLicv