@Techmeme@techhub.socialSpaceX inks Alaska Air deal for Starlink in-flight Wi-Fi; sources say it is courting Middle Eastern airlines in a potential watershed against legacy operators (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-21/musk-s…
@heiseonline@social.heise.de
@NFL@darktundra.xyzThis Week in Sports Trivia: August 21, 2025 https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6565023/2025/08/21/this-week-in-sports-trivia-august-21-2025/
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeoh no
Don’t use AI to tell you how to vote in election, says Dutch watchdog
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/21/ai-chatbots-unreliable-biased-advice-voters-dutch-watchdog
@catsalad@infosec.exchangeBrushes your hair
@cdarwin@c.imIn a censored society everyone needs debates about harmless topics
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/sep/21/fascism-women-homemaker-trad-wife?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
@life_is@no-pony.farmImmer mehr Staaten erkennen den Gaza als Staat an. Die Fiktion, dass das ja nur symbolisch sei, läßt sich wohl nicht mehr lange aufrecht erhalten. Ich bin gespannt:
@fgraver@hcommons.socialMeta exposé author faces bankruptcy after ban on criticising company https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/21/meta-expose-author-sarah-wynn-williams-faces-bankrup…
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioRuby is unraveling. Someone (a known transphobe and troll) started a “free speech” Ruby Discord server.
https://github.com/ruby/www.ruby-lang.org/pull/3639
@jake4480@c.imNew scientific analysis determines there are four distinct species of giraffe #science
@Life_is@no-pony.farmIch habe im Auto jetzt immer eine Fernsehkamera und Scheinwerfer dabei, damit ich straffrei Gafferfotos machen kann. Außerdem kann ich die dann an ARD und RTL verkaufen.
@noellabo@fedibird.comお金がかかる趣味ですか……どう考えてもサーバ運営ですね……
@stefan@gardenstate.socialBoys Go to Jupiter 🍊 Official Trailer
#movies
@aral@mastodon.ar.alGuess what you anonymous coward, “both sides”-ing a genocide is genocide denial.
And genocide denial is complicity in genocide.
Blocked right back, asshole.
(His post was in reply to https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/115065419489536063)
@…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAnalysis: BBC license fee evasion rate hits 12.5%, costing it up to £550M; households that say they don't consume BBC content rises from 2.4M in 2021 to 3.6M (Michael Savage/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/nov/21/bbc-los…
@lichtlauschen@ruhr.socialFei, frei, frei sind die Bochumer Parkhäuser.
Frei, frei, frei sollten die Straßen von Autos sein.
https://verkehrswatchbo.de/stats/21-09-2025.html
@luca@social.luca.runWenn dein Unternehmen “Kuhbonbon” heißt und dein Logo eine Kuh ist, steht das natürlich auch auf deinen veganen Produkten. Ich finde ja die vegane Karamellsoße von denen super. https://kuhbonbon.de/shop/veganes-karamell/kuhbonbon-vegan-caramel-165g
@timbray@cosocial.caThese days, anti-GenAI screeds cross my radar every week. Even when I agree with what they’re saying (I often do), they’re mostly saying the same things. So, FWIW, here’s one with a fresh PoV: https://going-medieval.com/2025/10/21/on-ai-and-the-golem/
With an entertain…
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social
@johl@mastodon.xyzMany years ago, someone told me “Mormonism is basically steampunk Scientology” and I still think about that.
@khalidabuhakmeh@mastodon.socialFolks, feel free to buy me this life-size Street Fighter Akuma statue.
https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2025/aug/18/sf6-statues-jamie-aki-akuma/
@ingo@social.stuetzle.ccVor 20 Jahren brachte das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit die Broschüre „Vorrang für die Anständigen – Gegen Missbrauch, ‚Abzocke‘ und Selbstbedienung im #Sozialstaat“ heraus. Kurz vor der Bundestagswahl 2005, #HartzIV war schon durch. In der Broschüre fanden sich keine Statist…
@cdamian@rls.socialBest title ever
"Wealth tax would be deadly for French economy, says Europe’s richest man" | Bernard Arnault | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/21/wealth-tax-would…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialOpenAI launches its ChatGPT Atlas web browser, available initially for macOS (Ina Fried/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/21/openai-atlas-new-ai-web-browser-release-date
@heiseonline@social.heise.deSmart Glasses ab 40 Dollar: VR-Hersteller DPVR stellt neue Modelle vor
DPVR steigt mit sechs Modellen in den Smart-Glasses-Markt ein. Das Einsteigermodell gibt es zum Kampfpreis von 40 US-Dollar.
https…
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeDelays continue at Heathrow, Brussels and Berlin airports after alleged cyber-attack
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/21/delays-continue-…
@cdarwin@c.imThe Grammy-winning rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel of the Fugees
has been sentenced to 14 years in prison
for a case in which he was convicted of funnelling millions of dollars in foreign contributions to former US president Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign.
In April 2023, a federal jury convicted Michel of 10 counts,
including conspiracy and acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government.
The trial in Washington DC included testimony from the act…
@catsalad@infosec.exchangeBreaking News: Another breach has been detected.
via @…
https://hachyderm.io/@skinnylatte/1150641…
@life_is@no-pony.farmWie ich höre musste lilly becker einem gerichtsvollzieher 50000 euro zahlen um auf dem oktoberfest das erste fass abzustechen.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialThe NYT announces the addition of a TikTok-like Watch tab to its app, featuring a mix of short-form, scrollable, vertical news videos, available October 22 (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/21/new-york-times-watch-tab-tiktok-nyt-app
@khalidabuhakmeh@mastodon.social80s anime aesthetic convinced me we’d all be living in a future where we all wore red headbands.
I look around and what do I see, no headbands. NO HEADBANDS!
@Techmeme@techhub.socialDario Amodei addresses "inaccurate claims" about Anthropic's policy stances after David Sacks said the "real issue" is "Anthropic's agenda to backdoor Woke AI" (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/21/anthropic-ceo-trump-s…
@heiseonline@social.heise.deFörderstedt bringt den Saft! Deutschlands größter Batteriespeicher kommt. 🔌📍
Ab dem 4. November 2025 baut das deutsch-norwegische Unternehmen Eco Stor dort den aktuell größten Batteriespeicher Deutschlands.
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-10786438?wt_mc=sm…
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeVeeam snaps up Securiti in $1.7B deal to bolster cyber-resilience portfolio
https://blocksandfiles.com/2025/10/21/veeam-buying-securiti/
@catsalad@infosec.exchangeArson is just crime brûlée :nes_fire:
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialTrump says Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch "is involved" in the ownership group for TikTok US and "Rupert is probably going to be in the group" along with Michael Dell (Erin Doherty/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/21/trump-tiktok-murdoch-fox-bytedance.h…
@cdarwin@c.imAustralia joins UK and Canada in formally recognising Palestinian state
The move comes as Australian PM Anthony Albanese tries to secure meeting with Donald Trump and amid warnings that recognition could spark ‘punitive measures’ from the US
http…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThoma Bravo agrees to buy HR software provider Dayforce for $12.3B at $70 per share, a 32% premium to Dayforce shares before reports of a possible deal (Dan Primack/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/21/dayforce-hr-software-thoma-bravo
@khalidabuhakmeh@mastodon.socialHey #dotnet folks and #security wonks, join our #livestream today to learn about FAPI 2.0 and how to enhance security at your organization with the latest specification.
Also, drop in and say h…
@catsalad@infosec.exchangeDemon core plush that glows blue when you squeeze it
@Techmeme@techhub.socialA US judge orders Mark Zuckerberg, Evan Spiegel, and Adam Mosseri to testify in the "first bellwether trial" over child social media safety, set for January (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/21/meta-instagram-snap-social-media-chi…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialYouTube launches its likeness detection tech, letting eligible creators in its Partner Program request the removal of AI-generated content with their likeness (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/21/youtubes-likeness-d…
@cdarwin@c.imAmerican Diplomacy- 2025 Style
'I don’t like you either. And I probably never will,” the US president, Donald Trump, tells Australian ambassador Kevin Rudd at the White House cabinet room table.
https://www.
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeCheck out today's Metacurty for the most crucial infosec developments you should know, including
--Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters claims dossiers on US officials including NSA employees
--EU cops bust up illegal SIM-box service,
--Russia's COLDRIVER uses two new backdoors,
--Korea preps financial consumer data protection bill,
--76K WatchGuard Firebox network security appliances are exposed on the web,
--Attackers target OpenVSX and Microsoft Visual Studi…
@heiseonline@social.heise.deNoch einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Link auf linksunten.indymedia: Durchsuchung bei Journalist war verfassungswidrig
@Techmeme@techhub.socialChipAgents, which is developing an agentic AI platform to automate chip design and verification, raised a $21M Series A led by Bessemer (Kyt Dotson/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2025/10/21/chipagents-scores-21m-transform-semicondu…
@cdarwin@c.imEcuador says it has no evidence to detain the survivor of US strike on Caribbean boat
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ecuador-says-no-evidence-detain-survivor-us-strike-suspected-drug-vessel-2025-10-21/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialInternal Amazon documents and sources: executives believe Amazon is on the cusp of replacing 500K jobs with robots and aims to automate 75% of its operations (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/technology/inside-amazons-…
@heiseonline@social.heise.deWarnungen vor KI-Blase: Nvidias Rekordzahlen beruhigen Finanzmärkte doch nicht
Die unerwartet positiven Geschäftszahlen von Nvidia haben an den Finanzmärkten nur vorübergehende Euphorie ausgelöst. Sogar für Nvidia-Aktien ging es ins Minus.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGoogle rolls out AI Mode to 180 countries and territories in English, after testing in the US, UK, and India, and plans to add more languages and regions "soon" (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/08/21/google-ai-mode-countries-agentic/
@cdarwin@c.imOn Tuesday, multiple congressional Democrats made a video reminding members of the military and intelligence community of their duty to the Constitution,
not to President Trump.
The comments—made by military and intelligence veterans Senators Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin, and Representatives Jason Crow, Chris Deluzio, Maggie Goodlander, and Chrissy Houlahan—set the MAGAverse off.
By Thursday, President Trump suggested they be charged with sedition and executed.
And y…
@heiseonline@social.heise.deEinige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Nächste Holocaustleugnung durch Grok: Staatsanwaltschaft in Paris ermittelt
@Techmeme@techhub.socialA look at Amazon's Sparrow, Cardinal, Proteus, and other warehouse robots, taking over roles like selecting and picking items, carrying shipping carts, and more (Karen Weise/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/technology/amazon-robotics-automa…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialYouTube launches its likeness detection tech, letting eligible creators in its Partner Program request the removal of AI-generated content with their likeness (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/21/youtubes-likeness-d…
@heiseonline@social.heise.deFreitag: Festnahmen nach Kryptofonds-Aus, Android kompatibel mit Apples AirDrop
Millionenbetrug in England Quick Share mit iPhones 5G-Auktion politisch beeinflusst Teleintensivmedizin mit Videokonferenzen Verbraucherschutz-Podcast
@Techmeme@techhub.socialServal, which uses agentic AI models to automate IT service management for clients like Perplexity and Mercor, raised a $47M Series A led by Redpoint Ventures (Russell Brandom/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/21/serval-raises-4…
@heiseonline@social.heise.deGoogle erlaubt den direkten Datenaustauch von iPhone und Android-Smartphones
Googles Quick Share und Apples AirDrop arbeiten jetzt zusammen für die kabellose Übertragung von iPhones und Android-Handys, zunächst aber nur für Pixel 10.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialNine current and ex-Apple staffers accuse Apple VP of Fitness Tech Jay Blahnik of creating a toxic work environment; Apple settled a sexual harassment complaint (Tripp Mickle/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/technology/apple-fitness-jay-blahnik.…
@heiseonline@social.heise.deGroße Änderungen beim Jugendschutz in Deutschland! 🔍 Die Bundesländer haben eine weitreichende Reform des Jugendmedienschutz-Staatsvertrags beschlossen, die direkte Auswirkungen auf alle digitalen Geräte haben wird.
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11086704?wt_m…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAnalysis: Baidu's stock is trading at a forward P/E ratio of ~9.7, the lowest of any profitable Hang Seng Tech Index company, amid AI competitiveness concerns (Jeanny Yu/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@heiseonline@social.heise.de @heiseonline@social.heise.deKollision mit der Erde vor 4,5 Milliarden Jahren: Theia war vorher ein Nachbar
Ein Protoplanet ist vor mehr als vier Milliarden Jahren in die Erde gestürzt und hat den Mond herausgeschlagen. Jetzt ist klar, woher der Protoplanet stammte.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAfter a delay, Ubisoft reports Q2 net bookings up 39% YoY to €490.8M, above €450M est., and expects Q3 bookings of €305M; Ubisoft resumed trading on November 21 (Leo Marchandon/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific
@heiseonline@social.heise.de @Techmeme@techhub.socialA South Korean court dismisses a K-pop-related stock manipulation case against Kakao founder Brian Kim; prosecutors had sought a 15-year prison sentence (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-21/billionaire-kakao…
@heiseonline@social.heise.de @Techmeme@techhub.socialLagos-founded payments startup Moniepoint raised $90M at a $1B valuation, after raising $110M in October 2024, and says it processes $250B yearly transactions (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-21/visa-…
@heiseonline@social.heise.deNach großem Cyberangriff: US-Börsenaufsicht lässt Klage gegen Solarwinds fallen
Weil Solarwinds vor einer verheerenden Cyberattacke die eigenen Investoren getäuscht haben soll, ist die SEC vor Gericht gezogen. Nun komt der Rückzieher.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialDeepSeek details V3.1 and says it surpasses R1 on key benchmarks and is customized to work with next-gen Chinese-made AI chips, after unveiling it on August 19 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-21/deep…
@heiseonline@social.heise.de @Techmeme@techhub.socialMeta froze hiring in its AI division last week with sources saying exceptions need Alexandr Wang's permission; the duration of the freeze remains unclear (Meghan Bobrowsky/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-ai-hiring
@heiseonline@social.heise.de @heiseonline@social.heise.deKI-Update Deep-Dive: Besser texten mit KI
KI kann beim Schreiben helfen, doch oft ist das Ergebnis mittelmäßig. Wie man zu besseren Texten kommt, erklärt Anne-Kathrin Gerstlauer.
https://www.heise.de/…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialA survey of US adults on social media: 84% use YouTube, 71% use Facebook, 50% use Instagram, 37% use TikTok, 32% use WhatsApp, 26% use Reddit, and 21% use X (Pew Research Center)
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialCoreWeave says it won't increase its $9B offer for data center provider Core Scientific, despite opposition to the deal from major Core Scientific shareholders (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-2…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialUbisoft delayed reporting its Q2 results after auditors found it improperly booked sales from a partnership as revenue, forcing it to restate its accounts (Daniel Zuidijk/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialInsight Partners-owned Veeam agrees to acquire Securiti AI, which makes data security tools, for ~$1.73B in cash and stock, set to close first week of December (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAnrok, which helps software companies automate sales tax compliance, raised a $55M Series C at a $525M valuation, up from $250M after raising $30M in April 2024 (Kate Clark/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@Techmeme@techhub.socialBrian Chesky says Airbnb didn't integrate its app with ChatGPT because ChatGPT integrations aren't "quite ready" yet, and he advised Sam Altman on ChatGPT apps (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@Techmeme@techhub.socialApple challenges the DMA in the EU's General Court, saying it "imposes hugely onerous and intrusive burdens" at odds with Apple's rights in the EU marketplace (Samuel Stolton/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@Techmeme@techhub.socialInterviews with three Google executives on the new Pixel phones, why Pixel won't ever be a "giant player", improving the devices by ~30% each year, AI, and more (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/20
@Techmeme@techhub.socialOnlyFans CEO Keily Blair says the platform has paid out $25B to creators since its founding in 2016; OnlyFans takes a 20% fee on subscriptions and content sales (Rose Henderson/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialDocuments: OpenAI has more than 100 ex-investment bankers paid $150 per hour to train its AI to build financial models as part of its secretive Project Mercury (Omar El Chmouri/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSamsung names mobile chief TM Roh as co-CEO and DX division head; Roh was serving as consumer business acting head since April after co-CEO Han Jong-Hee's death (Heekyong Yang/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/samsung-el…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAustralia adds Twitch to teen social media ban; Twitch plans to deactivate accounts for 16-and-under users from Jan. 9 and bar new underage users from Dec. 10 (Renju Jose/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-tel
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Chinese DRAM chipmaker CXMT plans a Shanghai IPO as soon as Q1 2026, targeting an up to ~$42B valuation and aiming to raise between ~$2.8B and ~$5.6B (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific
@Techmeme@techhub.socialTrump says Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch "is involved" in the ownership group for TikTok US and "Rupert is probably going to be in the group" along with Michael Dell (Erin Doherty/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/21/trump-tiktok-murdoch-fox-bytedance.h…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialInterviews with Apple's Tim Millet, Arun Mathias, and Kaiann Drance on the new neural accelerators in A19 Pro GPU cores, C1X modem, N1 wireless chip, and more (Katie Tarasov/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/21/apple-now-controls-a…
