@Techmeme@techhub.socialLGND, which uses vector embeddings to analyze geospatial data and has an enterprise app to query it, raised a $9M seed led by Javelin Venture Partners (Tim De Chant/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/10/lgnd-wants-to-make-chatgpt-for-the-earth/
@heiseonline@social.heise.de
@aral@mastodon.ar.alA small price to pay for having billionaires and trillion-dollar corporations, wouldn’t you say?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/09/europe-june-heatwave-study-climate-breakdown-tripled-death-toll
@benb@osintua.eu12 killed, 52 injured in Russian attacks against Ukraine over past day: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/killed-injured-in-russian-attacks.html
@ErikUden@mastodon.dejust finished the animated TV series “Pantheon” and I must say it's peak. i just wanted to see one episode but now it's 5 AM and I've seen the whole show. please please watch it
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioSomething I've seen over and over, the constant claim of right-wing politicians that they're "just joking" about killing people put into better words than I could:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/10/right-progressive-societies-joke-glastonbury-starve-benefit-rod-liddle-lewis-schaffer
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeThis is crazy.
At U.S. request, France jails Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin on suspicion of ransomware conspiracy
https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/10/at-u-s-request-france-jails-…
@timbray@cosocial.caWe had a really boring all-white powder room and decided to give it a little pizzazz.
#Photography
@ruth_mottram@fediscience.orgThe incredible shrinking fish: how evolution of Baltic cod helps them dodge nets - https://on.ft.com/40KNJVc via @FT
@migueldeicaza@mastodon.socialEurope playing catch up to America.
Team Western Values!
https://xcancel.com/hussedogru/status/1925845756927197233#m
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social
@anneroth@systemli.socialMerz gerade in der Fragestunde des Bundestages:
"Migration als Waffe gegen uns"
Wer so einen Kanzler hat, braucht keine Desinformationsstrategien.
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online
@cdarwin@c.imThe Milky Way could have many more satellite galaxies than scientists have previously been able to predict or observe,
according to new research.
Cosmologists at Durham University used a new technique combining the highest-resolution supercomputer simulations that exist,
alongside novel mathematical modeling, to predict the existence of missing "orphan" galaxies.
@tante@tldr.nettime.orgNein, sorry. Ich werde "BMFTR" (Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt) niemals "BMFuture" aussprechen und ich verurteile jede*n, der das tut aufs schärfste.
@Life_is@no-pony.farmÄhm, ja. Grok wird in Teslas eingebaut.
Erlischt da nicht die Betriebserlaubnis?
Oder sollte das nicht der Fall sein?
Ein Smartphone beim Fahren in der Hand zu halten, ist ja verboten, weil es die Aufmerksamkeit beeinträchtigen kann.
in Bussen ist es verboten den Fahrer während der fahrt anzusprechen.
Also wenn der QuasselBot Grok keine Ablenkung ist. Grok mischt sich doch proaktiv ein, dieser MechaHitler.
@life_is@no-pony.farmÄhm, ja. Grok wird in Teslas eingebaut.
Erlischt da nicht die Betriebserlaubnis?
Oder sollte das nicht der Fall sein?
Ein Smartphone beim Fahren in der Hand zu halten, ist ja verboten, weil es die Aufmerksamkeit beeinträchtigen kann.
in Bussen ist es verboten den Fahrer während der fahrt anzusprechen.
Also wenn der QuasselBot Grok keine Ablenkung ist. Grok mischt sich doch proaktiv ein, dieser MechaHitler.
@frankel@mastodon.topWe've Issued Our First IP Address Certificate
#LetsEncrypt
@noellabo@fedibird.com耐水性おはぎ
@robpike@hachyderm.io"We didn't include a printed manual because everything you need to know about this device can be found at this dead link."
@Techmeme@techhub.socialxAI launches Grok 4 Heavy, a "multi-agent version" of Grok 4 offering increased performance, and unveils a new $300/month AI subscription plan, SuperGrok Heavy (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/09/elon
@benb@osintua.euProfitable partnership – how China supports Russia’s military machine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/profitable-partnership-how-china-supports.html
@heiseonline@social.heise.de @thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioIt's ironic that so many people are blinded by their own pattern recognition abilities that were billions of years in the making, misleading them into thinking LLM pattern generators have human-like intelligence
@aral@mastodon.ar.alThis is what a genocide denialist looks like.
Genocide denial is the last stage of genocide.
Phil, you’re complicit in genocide. And history is taking notes.
***
“Hamada Ice Cream shop, which has not been open for weeks, recently posted a highlight reel of the pastries, cakes and drinks the cafe once served.
‘Me and 2 million Gazans are waiting for this moment Oh God, make things easy and these days pass safely, O Lord,’ reads the video’s Arabic caption.”
…
@timbray@cosocial.ca @noellabo@fedibird.comおはようございます。
まだまだ子猫ですけど、だいぶ大きくなった気がします。
#chacha_cat #cat
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social"Demissionair minister Femke Wiersma van Landbouw (BBB) heeft „misbruik gemaakt van haar bevoegdheden” door de publicatie van uitstootgegevens van veehouderijen te blokkeren. „Het handelen van de minister kan niet anders worden begrepen dan een actie om de openbaarmaking van de gevraagde emissiegegevens te vertragen”, schrijft de rechtbank Overijssel donderdagochtend in een uitspraak."
@cdarwin@c.imDepartment of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem, whose department oversees FEMA’s work,
issued a new agency rule this year requiring all contracts and grants costing over $100,000 to be personally approved by her.
As floodwaters were rising in Texas, Noem failed to respond to such requests over the weekend,
taking four days to approve the spending that could have saved lives.
As of Wednesday evening, 120 people in Texas have been killed by the massive flo…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSamsung unveils the $2,000 Galaxy Z Fold 7, with a thinner 8.9mm design, bigger 8-inch and 6.5-inch displays, a new 200MP camera, and more in four colors (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/07/09/samsung-galaxy-z-fold-7-official-pri…
@benb@osintua.euZelensky considers Defense Minister Rustem Umerov for ambassador post in US: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/zelensky-considers-defense-minister-rustem.html
@heiseonline@social.heise.de @thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io“UK social media ID laws don’t affect Mastodon”
Do you really think the reactionary government will not turn off access to all those servers with DNS blocks or if hosted in UK at the ISP level for cheap “we’re doing something” points in the even more reactionary media?
(If was in the UK, I’d move to a non-UK instance and then access only with a VPN.)
@timbray@cosocial.caMastodon 4.4, now available, has a small setting that’s a big deal. See Administration/Server Settings/Discovery, “Allow external sites to see your Mastodon server as a traffic source”.
It means that every time you post a link to a site, that site is going to see as many hits as the number of instances that you have followers on, and those hits are going to be labeled as coming from Mastodon.
This is going to seriously increase Fediverse visibility. Get your instance admin to tur…
@noellabo@fedibird.com@… なかなか見かけないですねえ。とても成立しにくい！
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social @Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Meta offered Ruoming Pang a $200M pay package over a several-year period in line with Meta's other major AI hires; Apple didn't try to match the offer (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@heiseonline@social.heise.de @benb@osintua.euWar nightmares.: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/war-nightmares.html
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioThat study that shows that developers think they save 20% of time when using coding LLMs, but they’re actually taking 20% longer is so funny.
Not only does the AI bullshit the developers—the developers also bullshit themselves.
@timbray@cosocial.ca@… There’s some weird shit in the dusty corners of Unicode: https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1FB00.pdf
@noellabo@fedibird.com商人制サーバ（？）
@heiseonline@social.heise.deNoch einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Deutsche Bahn kündigt weitere Verspätung bei der Generalsanierung an
@benb@osintua.euZelensky urges US senators to 'increase sanctions pressure on Russia': https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/11/zelensky-urges-us-senators-to.html
@Techmeme@techhub.socialxAI introduces Grok 4, trained on its Colossus supercomputer, featuring multimodal tools, faster reasoning, Grok 4 Voice, Grok 4 Code, a new interface, and more (Amanda Caswell/Tom's Guide)
https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/grok-4-is-her…
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioI see the vague-posting replyguys are alive and well on Mastodon 😂
Truly every social media platform has its own type of trolls
@noellabo@fedibird.com@… ちゃんと意味があって埼玉にお店あるらしいので、そのへんも面白いです
@heiseonline@social.heise.deEinige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Datenschutz: Psychologen gegen geplante Weitergabe sensibler Daten an Behörden
@benb@osintua.euGeneral Staff: Russia has lost 1,030,580 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe US Treasury's OFAC sanctions individuals and companies linked to North Korea's fake tech worker scheme, including "malicious cyber actor" Song Kum Hyok (Magdalena Del Valle/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioMy hobby: blocking people who use AI-generated slop images as hero images for their blog posts
@heiseonline@social.heise.deEinige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Update für Mastodon: Die "Quote Posts" kommen und mehr Infos auf Profilseiten
@noellabo@fedibird.comさいたまだけど、近所にあるからね
@benb@osintua.euTrump promises 'major statement' on Russia, reveals new NATO weapons deal for Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/11/trump-promises-major-statement-on.html
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe US Senate confirms Jonathan Gould to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; Gould was previously the chief legal officer at Bitfury (Sarah Wynn/The Block)
https://www.theblock.co/post/362071/senate-confirm…
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioUgh, they're banning[1] self-importing sunscreens from Europe and Asia. I can only use like one specific Japanese sunscreen that doesn't have crap in it that I'm allergic to.
I guess because freedom and small government or something. /s
[1] https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCBP/bulletins/3e8b084
@heiseonline@social.heise.deNoch einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Bundestag: Petitionsausschuss lehnt Opt-in für elektronische Patientenakte ab
@benb@osintua.euRussia losing ground in the oil market: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/russia-losing-ground-in-the.html
@noellabo@fedibird.com夏が来れば思いぁぅ
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioIf you read the "Bluesky requires IDs now" post:
1. This only applies to UK users.[1]
2. It's because the UK is building a surveillance state that requires websites and apps to do this, not because Bluesky is evil.[2]
3. It's either that or shut down in the UK.
Whether you like it or not, this also affects Mastodon—and even personal blogs with comments enabled.[3]
[1] https://www.theverge.com/news/704468/bluesky-age-verification-uk-online-safety-act
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Safety_Act_2023
[3] https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/law/doing-an-osa-assessment-for-my-single-user-fedi-server.html
@heiseonline@social.heise.de @benb@osintua.euWhat Russian bombardment feels like in Kyiv: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/what-russian-bombardment-feels-like.html
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Amazon weighs another multibillion-dollar investment in Anthropic, as it seeks to position itself ahead of Google, which has invested $3B in Anthropic (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/3e569928-dc0e-4baa-80c3-b51d24facb23
@heiseonline@social.heise.de @thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioWhat’s your favorite computer or video game packaging?
@benb@osintua.euWith partner finances, Ukraine 'will shoot down everything' amid escalating Russian drone attacks, Zelensky says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/11/with-partner-finances-ukraine-will.html
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe team behind AI agent Manus has relocated its HQ to Singapore and started recruiting there, while parent company Butterfly Effect reportedly remains in China (Hannah Wang/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-t…
@heiseonline@social.heise.de @thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioYay, Murderbot has been renewed for a second season
@benb@osintua.euSBU officer shot dead in Kyiv, investigation underway: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/sbu-officer-shot-dead-in.html
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Nvidia plans to launch a new AI chip designed for China that will be a version of its Blackwell RTX Pro 6000 processor, as soon as September (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/e496f80f-1789-46b3-9275-a3f54344047e
@benb@osintua.euOil wars: OPEC, Saudi Arabia & global energy security: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/oil-wars-opec-saudi-arabia.html
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioToday is one of those “Face ID doesn’t recognize me” days, I think swollen eyes from allergies?
@Techmeme@techhub.socialNominal, which develops AI agents for ERP systems to automate tasks for finance teams, raised a $20M Series A led by Next47, bringing its total funding to ~$30M (Meir Orbach/CTech)
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hjp11cpislx
@benb@osintua.euUkraine, UK pen deal for Thales air defense missile supply: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/ukraine-uk-pen-deal-for.html
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioImagine if we collectively spent just 10% of the resources that go into the AI bullshit hype machine on solving, you know, the myriad of existential problems humanity faces.
@heiseonline@social.heise.deOpenAI und Oracle: 300-Milliarden-Deal für Project Stargate
OpenAI soll 300 Milliarden US-Dollar für die Nutzung von Rechenkapazitäten zahlen. Woher das Geld kommen wird? Bisher unklar.
https://www.
@benb@osintua.euGermany ready to buy US Patriot systems for Ukraine, Merz says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/germany-ready-to-buy-us.html
@heiseonline@social.heise.deNoch einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
UKW-Abschaltung in der Schweiz: Parlament bereitet Rückzieher vor
@benb@osintua.euZelensky arrives at Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/zelensky-arrives-at-ukraine-recovery.html
@heiseonline@social.heise.deEinige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
"Single point of failure": 400 Wissenschaftler gegen Chatkontrolle
@benb@osintua.euUkrainians grapple with how to memorialize a war still being fought: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/ukrainians-grapple-with-how-to.html
@benb@osintua.euUS reportedly resumes some arms deliveries to Ukraine after pause: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/us-reportedly-resumes-some-arms.html
@benb@osintua.euEU unveils $700 million Ukraine support package for energy and infrastructure: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/eu-unveils-million-ukraine-support.html
@benb@osintua.euEU aims to mobilize up to $12 billion for Ukraine's recovery under new agreements: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/eu-aims-to-mobilize-up.html
@benb@osintua.euTrump administration immigration policies leave Ukrainian refugees in limbo: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/trump-administration-immigration-policies-leave.html
@benb@osintua.euUkraine needs new Marshall Plan, Trump's envoy Kellogg says ahead of Recovery Conference: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/ukraine-needs-new-marshall-plan.html
@benb@osintua.euRubio, Lavrov meet in Malaysia as European leaders gather for Ukraine Recovery Conference in Italy: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/rubio-lavrov-meet-in-malaysia.html
@benb@osintua.euRubio discusses 'new approach' to ending Russian war in talks with Lavrov despite US 'frustration': https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/rubio-discusses-new-approach-to.html
@benb@osintua.euLukashenko regime designates exiled Belarusian opposition body as 'terrorist organization': https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/lukashenko-regime-designates-exiled-belarusian.html
@benb@osintua.euPro-Ukraine partisans sabotage railways in Russia's Volgograd, occupied Crimea, group claims: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/proukraine-partisans-sabotage-railways-in.html
@benb@osintua.euRussia's summer offensive becomes its costliest campaign during Ukraine invasion, Economist reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/russias-summer-offensive-becomes-its.html
@benb@osintua.euAfter years of relative calm, a western Ukrainian city comes to terms with being in Russia's crosshairs: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/after-years-of-relative-calm.html
@benb@osintua.euUkraine's largest battery energy storage project enters final testing phase, set to power 600,000 homes: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/ukraines-largest-battery-energy-storage.html
@benb@osintua.eu'You think the end has come' — as Russian attacks on Ukraine escalate, Kyiv grapples with terrifying new normal: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/you-think-the-end-has.html
@benb@osintua.euEU suspends Ukrainian language interpreter for suspected espionage on Zelensky for Russia, Le Monde reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/eu-suspends-ukrainian-language-interpreter.html
@benb@osintua.euFirst-ever catalog on Ukraine's battlefield-proven drones, technologies, published by KI Insights and Tech Force in UA: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/firstever-catalog-on-ukraines-battlefieldproven.html
@benb@osintua.eu'If someone doesn't like it, we'll close it' — Poland's Duda calls out Ukraine, allies over attitudes toward key military aid hub: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/if-someone-doesnt-like-it.html
@benb@osintua.euPure TERRORISM! Zelenskyy comments on night ATTACK in Kyiv #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/pure-terrorism-zelenskyy-comments-on.html
@benb@osintua.euMASSIVE attack on Kyiv: consequences of the strikes on the Ukrainian capital #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/massive-attack-on-kyiv-consequences.html
