How AppLovin, which lets advertisers use IP addresses to track users, began eroding Google's ad market share and pushed Google to loosen its privacy stance (Catherine Perloff/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/applovin-scared-google

How AppLovin Scared Google
In 2023, Google ad executives noticed something alarming about one aspect of their business. Once-red hot revenue growth from selling ads promoting mobile apps, a business worth double-digit billions of dollars for Google, had slowed, a former employee said. When staffers discussed what was ...

2025 NFL free agency tracker: Ravens extend WR Rashod Bateman on three-year deal https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/2025-nfl-free-agency-tracker-signings-updates-best-players-available

Die #Apfelblüte beginnt in Deutschland immer früher. Seit 2006 dokumentieren Bürgerinnen und Bürger den #Blühbeginn und liefern damit wertvolle Daten zum #Klimawandel.
Im Schni…

Bürgerforschungsprojekt: Apfelbäume blühen immer früher
Es ist ein besonderes Forschungsprojekt: Seit zwei Jahrzehnten beobachten Bürger, wann die Apfelbäume in ihrer Region blühen. An den Daten lassen sich gut die Veränderungen des Klimas zeigen.

From SPEC
Repair Cafés
Next up:
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870 Denman Street
📅 Saturday, June 21, 2025
🕤 9:30am–1:30pm PT
Bring your small appliances, clothing, bikes, and more — our team of volunteer fixers is ready to help you repair, learn, and connect with your community. Full schedule available and registration for the June Café available at

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Also FML because there's a power outage at my house so all my self-hosted stuff is not available right now so hopefully I don't suffer too much from this one and also goddamn should have ordered that UPS I guess.

Wat heerlijk om niet naar het debat te kijken en wel naar oude afleveringen Star Trek...
@… #debat

OnePlus unveils the $700 OnePlus Pad 3, a 13.2-inch Android tablet with a Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, a <6mm thick body, 17 hours of battery life, and LCD display (Chris Welch/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Google rolls out an upgraded preview of Gemini 2.5 Pro and says its Elo scored jumped by 24 points to 1470 and it leads on coding benchmarks like Aider Polyglot (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/06/05/gemini-2-5-pro-preview-06-05/

Google rolling out upgraded Gemini 2.5 Pro preview 
Google today released an “upgraded preview” of Gemini 2.5 Pro that will soon be generally available in the coming weeks.