@servelan@newsie.socialTrump admin 'overstepped' its authority on DOT grants: Judge
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/obviously-unrelated-trump-admin-blatantly-overstepped-its-authority-by-tying-immigration-enforcement-to-transportation-grants-judge-says/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Reno-based chip startup Positron raised a $230M Series B from the QIA and others to build high-speed memory chips, taking its total raised to $300M (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/04/exclusive-positro…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialWaPo Executive Editor Matt Murray says the paper will "concentrate on areas that demonstrate authority, distinctiveness, and impact" and today is "painful" (@washpostcomms)
https://x.com/washpostcomms/status/2019071299667063211
@cdarwin@c.imPROGRESSIVE CAUCUS DEPUTY CHAIR CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE VOTE TO END TRUMP'S ILLEGAL WAR ON VENEZUELA
Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Deputy Chair Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN-05)
released the following statement after news that Trump launched airstrikes inside Venezuela and captured its head of state:
"Trump's invasion of Venezuela is blatantly illegal and unconstitutional.
He has no authority to deploy U.S. forces into foreign countries to bomb them, capture …
@zachleat@zachleat.comFree idea:
A developer conference (née job fair) where all of the speakers are folks that aren’t employed and are looking! Speakers would really benefit from the authority that conference speaking provides and employers looking to hire can send their own devs in to learn (and recruit)!
@brichapman@mastodon.socialEver notice how the most influential people aren't always the bosses?
They're the ones everyone trusts. The ones whose ideas somehow become the plan. The ones people actually want to follow.
That influence doesn't come from a title. It comes from showing up consistently. Making things clearer. Being the same person in every room.
Read more about building influence without needing permission:
@ruth_mottram@fediscience.orgA common effort between 23 different local authorities* in Denmark to develop FOSS alternatives to big US tech in Danish schools.
I am here for this
Ja, tak 🙏
*But not apparently my local authority...
@… - @bettina alle kan læse mere om projektet her:
Https://www.os2.eu/OS2skole
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeThe Dutch Data Protection Authority, the national privacy watchdog, told Het Financieele Dagblad that it has counted dozens of such AI-related data breach reports so far this year.
https://nltimes.nl/2025/12/30/dutch-privacy-watchdog-warns-rising-ai-ch…
@lpryszcz@genomic.social"To punish me for my contempt for authority,
Fate made me an authority myself."
Einstein
@memeorandum@universeodon.comJustice Dept. demotes Ed Martin, stripping Trump ally of most authority (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/02/02/ed-martin-demoted-justice-department/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzcwMDA4NDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzcxMzkwNzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NzAwMDg0MDAsImp0aSI6IjU5ZjQzZDdkLTE5YjItNDUzMS04NGU2LTA3MWNhOWM2NDEwZiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9uYXRpb25hbC1zZWN1cml0eS8yMDI2LzAyLzAyL2VkLW1hcnRpbi1kZW1vdGVkLWp1c3RpY2UtZGVwYXJ0bWVudC8ifQ.3AYBbBrRtKJ6yReM8z8aHwsezLf0EPppgDGxCNWF46k&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/260202/p86#a260202p86
@karlauerbach@sfba.socialGiven that the US has effectively declared war on Venezuela I kinda wonder about the reciprocal authority that that imbues upon Venezuela to attack US assets - not just military assets - around the world?
And might the laws regarding neutrality come into play and force third party nations to limit the use of their seaports (and airports) by ships and aircraft of the combatant nations (US and Venezuela)?
Venezuela may not have much ability to hit US ships at sea, but that does not…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGlobal SWF: sovereign wealth funds invested $66B in AI and digitalization in 2025, with Mubadala investing $12.9B and Kuwait Investment Authority investing $6B (Alex Dooler/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202…
@cdarwin@c.imAfter years of following orders with clear rules of engagement and with congressional authority, targeting jihadists in rural and urban settings,
Admiral Frank Mitchell Bradley was put in command of a legally murky attack on Sept. 2
targeting a boat in the Caribbean that the Trump administration says was smuggling drugs.
And in ordering a second strike that killed two survivors who were clinging to the burning wreckage of the boat
— something his superiors say they di…
@UP8@mastodon.social😅 New research finds Americans deeply concerned about US democracy
#usa
@deepthoughts10@infosec.exchangeAnnual Chicago Transit Authority Holiday #Train
@brichapman@mastodon.socialYou don't need a title to move work forward.
The people who shape decisions aren't always in charge. They're the ones others trust and turn to.
Influence is built through small actions that add up over time.
New piece on how to build it without authority.
What's helped you influence without power?
@unixorn@hachyderm.ioTurned on #Christmas Pandora playlist for the first time this year. And of course the first song was all about it being ok to abuse peers for being different and having the authority figure ignore it until he needs you for something important for him, not because it's wrong.
The "Now that we know your difference is useful we'll stop treating you like shit and pretend it never happened" is a perfect topper.
Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a great lesson for children. /sarcasm
#autistic #neurospicy
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialNetflix quietly removes support for casting from its mobile app to most modern TVs and streaming devices, including Chromecasts, regardless of subscription tier (Adamya Sharma/Android Authority)
https://www.androidauthority.com/netflix-casting-chromeca…
@0x663030623472@chaos.social#Silvester-#Party. Nur in meinem Kopf, zusammengerollt in der Ecke, während hier auf doppelter Zimmerlautstärke irgendein Bullshit („Verstehen Sie Spaß?“ - Jetzt ernsthaft?!?) im TV läuft.
Proudly presented by you next friendly Certificate Authority.
@teledyn@mstdn.caand it was going so well too: spent yesterday enjoying a not-gmail #Evolution access to my workspace, but now, as of this morning, with no changes other than sleep, Evolution is locked out:
“Failed to authenticate: Cannot create an item in a locked collection”.
ok #Debian13 #gnome wtf is a "locked collection" and by who's authority was it created with a lock on my own machine?
More to the point: will my Evolution email always be this fragile? ie is it pointless to even try?
More to the gripe: do software developers EVER post messages using terms that are actually DEFINED somewhere?
@primonatura@mstdn.social
@newstik@social.heise.de @Techmeme@techhub.socialThe UK's Advertising Standards Authority bans some Coinbase ads, finding them "irresponsible" for suggesting crypto as a solution to the cost of living crisis (Tom Knowles/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/28/coin…
@davidaugust@mastodon.onlineWait...
DC deployment of National Guard was ruled unlawful:
https://apnews.com/article/national-guard-dc-deployment-c1c2b13a7102632632267bf1262506ff
So what were they doing there before they were shot:
@vosje62@mastodon.nlHow well is your local authority tackling potholes? New map shows road conditions across England | Sky News
https://news.sky.com/story/how-well-is-your-local-authority-tackling-potholes-new-map-shows-road-conditions-across-england-13492794
Zou dit wat zijn voor België?
Of zijn die problemen ondertussen wel een beetje opgelost?
Toen Engeland mog in de EU zat viel het me juist op hoe goed de wegen in gebieden ala Schotland waren. Maar daar stonden wel overal bordjes die aangeven de EU daar steun aan had gegeven.
De kaart op gov.uk:
https://reportproblemfault.nidirect.gov.uk/live/Fault/PIP/map.aspx?cg=Pothole
@poppastring@dotnet.socialDoes Evidence Even Matter?
"Velocity has replaced authority in media."
https://om.co/2026/01/26/does-evidence-even-matter/
@roland@devdilettante.comwhile you are at Dublin mayors, maybe you could ask car drivers to turn on their lights as required by law in Ireland :-) ?!?! During my super brief time in Dublin in 2024 I saw a lot of cars with their lights off during a dark rainy afternoon.
https://mastodon.ie/@irishcycle/115583918846…
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social"Wikidata-Enhanced Authority Records: A Project for Personal Names in SBN" https://doi.org/10.36253/jlis.it-677 [Artikel auf Italienisch]
@Dragofix@veganism.socialDeclared extinct in 2025: A look back at some of the species we lost https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/12/declared-extinct-in-2025-a-look-back-at-some-of-the-species-weve-lost/
@kctipton@mas.to @brichapman@mastodon.socialCheck out my latest article - "How to Build Influence Without Authority"
https://www.brichapman.com/p/how-to-build-influence-without-authority?utm_source=bri-mastodon&utm_medium=social
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialThe UK's Advertising Standards Authority bans some Coinbase ads, finding them "irresponsible" for suggesting crypto as a solution to the cost of living crisis (Tom Knowles/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/28/coin…
@neverpanic@chaos.social@… probably just a matter of opening a PR against the docs or writing a system-wide change. I don't think there is a higher authority than that.
@gwire@mastodon.socialI'm not saying the CAA broadening the licensing requirements for drones in the UK is a way of building a list of potential participants in a future military conflict, but.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjrjpzdzeddo
@chiraag@mastodon.online
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizzaI want to throw away all my computers, maybe even my ThinkPad. But who really holds the right to judge how I live? Authority itself is a chain meant to be shattered.
#Anarchism #Syndicalism
@cyrevolt@mastodon.socialSo Intel have added a so-called On-Die Certifying Authority (ODCA) with ME gen 3 version 15 based platforms.
That is also explained in the recent CSME whitepaper.
I figured that the FTPR CPD manifest contains a new extension now for certificate revocation, including a URL to CRL data.
That extension's data itself is encoded as ASN.1 DER, so I need yet another parser. Uh-oh... which one should I choose, does anyone have recent experiences to share? 🙃
I am checking t…
@servelan@newsie.socialThey Shot the Pastor Anyway: When Religious Authority Met Federal Force
https://religionnews.com/2026/01/20/they-shot-the-pastor-anyway-when-religious-authority-met-federal-force/
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioThis week I’m thinking back to this powerful quote (long-circulating, origin unclear):
❝
Sometimes people use “respect” to mean “treating someone like a person”
and sometimes they use “respect” to mean “treating someone like an authority”
and sometimes people who are used to being treated like an authority say “If you won’t respect me I won’t respect you,” and what they mean is “If you won’t treat me like an authority then I won’t treat you like a person.”
❞
Re @…: https://mas.to/@fsinn/115874975151407409
@cdarwin@c.imNetflix has removed the ability to cast shows and movies from phones to TVs,
unless subscribers are using older casting devices.
An updated help page on Netflix’s website, first reported by Android Authority, says that
the streaming service “no longer supports casting shows from a mobile device to most TVs and TV-streaming devices,”
and instead directs users to navigate Netflix using the remote that came with their TV hardware.
The change seems to have rolled ou…
@dhuyvetter@mastodon.socialOne of the many ways the US government is killing its citizens: “Trump EPA moves to abandon rule that sets tough standards for deadly soot pollution” https://www.independent.co.uk/news/donald-trump-environmental-protection-a…
@aral@mastodon.ar.al🥳 New Node Pebble release (version 5.3.0)
Thanks to the lovely folks at Let’s Encrypt tagging a new release of Pebble last night¹ (version 2.9.0), there’s now a new version of Node Pebble that uses it :)
https://codeberg.org/small-tech/node-pebble
Enjoy! 💕
¹
@Techmeme@techhub.socialNetflix quietly removes support for casting from its mobile app to most modern TVs and streaming devices, including Chromecast, regardless of subscription plan (Adamya Sharma/Android Authority)
https://www.androidauthority.com/netflix-casting-chromecas…
@joe@toot.worksEvery time I see that mural showing what Scheels is going to have, I think that it is going to be a good addition to Mayfair.
"The city's Community Development Authority closed on a land transfer agreement on the parcel with the mall property owner Brookfield Properties, which will subsequently transfer the property to Scheels, the city said in a news release Dec. 19."
#Mayfair #Milwaukee #Tosa
@newsie@darktundra.xyzFrench government agency fined nearly $6 million for data security failings https://therecord.media/france-travail-fined-cnil
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scotI don't believe that anyone is intrinsically or essentially evil. If we believed they they were intrinsically evil, we could not hold them responsible for the evil that they do, because they could not help it.
But people do things which are evil. People do things which are evil often because they did not sufficiently think ahead, and consider the consequences of their actions. And people do things which are evil sometimes because others who have authority over them tell them to. &g…
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.netSeries B, Episode 05 - Pressure Point
SERVALAN: I have waited for eighteen days.
TRAVIS: It won't be much longer now. It's started, I can feel it-
SERVALAN: Oh, Travis!
TRAVIS: -I know Blake is coming here.
SERVALAN: And them? [Indicates the monitor]
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/205/10
@cdarwin@c.im @davidaugust@mastodon.onlineYa wanna know what is a bad idea? “AI-directed experimentation and manufacturing” is.
potus should have just called it a hand out for Oracle.
It is a solution searching for a problem. It literally gives 90 days for them to identify 20 problems it might solve.
It uses public funds for private research.
@vosje62@mastodon.nlDenmark Begins its Exit from Microsoft — and This is Just the Beginning
https://itsfoss.com/news/denmark-road-traffic-authority-ditches-microsoft/
'The move is part of a government-wide effort to reduce dependency on Microsoft software. The traffic department's move is just the beginning.'
Microsoft: 'We welcome competition, and there need not be a contradiction between open source and what Microsoft delivers.'
Microsoft could have avoided vendor lock ins for decades and datagrabbing. 😇🙃
(Via @… & @… )
@markhburton@mstdn.social"A Palestinian children's football club in the occupied West Bank faces imminent demolition despite an international campaign to save it. Its supporters say it provides a rare sporting opportunity for young Palestinian players.
"But Israel insists it's been built without the necessary permits."
As I understand it, such permits are rarely given.
It's on land supposedly under the control of the Palestinian Authority in occupied Palestine.
@hex@kolektiva.socialI feel as though I should illustrate the difference that this one single constraint can make by two examples.
The rules of Simon Says are maximally authoritarian. You must perform any action ordered, with the only restriction that the authority must say "Simon says" first. Were you forced to stay in this system, it would be the most despotic autocracy possible. But it's not. It's a silly game because you can leave at any time.
Let's flip this and imagine a room. During a specific period of time you will have absolute control over everything in this room. In this room you have total freedom. This is not even the limited freedom, the coordinated freedom, the compromising freedom of civil society. You could, without consequence, perform any action you wish in this room. You could say anything, destroy or steal any object, order any individual to perform any action, kill any person in the room with you and take anything they own. This is the sovereign freedom, the absolute freedom, of dictators and kings. The only restriction is that you are not allowed to leave the room while you have this freedom. In fact, you really only have this level of freedom because the room is actually empty other than for you. I am, of course, talking about a form of torture still common in the US: solitary confinement.
@fortune@social.linux.pizzaFirst Law of Procrastination:
Procrastination shortens the job and places the responsibility
for its termination on someone else (i.e., the authority who
imposed the deadline).
Fifth Law of Procrastination:
Procrastination avoids boredom; one never has the feeling that
there is nothing important to do.
@cdarwin@c.imSable Offshore Corp. has successfully petitioned federal authorities to assume regulatory authority over its Santa Barbara County oil and gas pipelines
-- another move in the company’s attempts to restart production.
The Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration decided on Wednesday that two Santa Barbara County pipelines operated by Sable are interstate pipelines,
removing them from state authority.”
—and subsequently:
@karlauerbach@sfba.socialWTF? Homicide is a state level crime. There are Federal crimes about things like deprivation of civil rights, but in general, homicide is *not* a Federal level crime.
So, Minnesota not only has a right to investigate and obtain evidence, Minnesota has the dominant right and authority to deal with this killing.
Moreover, if the Feds assert authority the state of Minnesota should demand that the Feds demonstrate that authority, with real evidence, including proofs that the accuse…
@Kingu@sakurajima.moeTHERE IS NO AUTHORITY BUT YOURSELF
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizzaI have long lived by the principles of community, voluntary cooperation, and decentralized member-driven governance. Before knowing the term anarcho-syndicalism, I often imagined unions as truly democratic organizations, where delegates are elected and revocable at any moment, rooted in direct workers’ self-management and direct participation in controlling economic and social life, independent from both state authority and capitalist ownership.
Discovering anarcho-syndicalism about a…
@aral@mastodon.ar.alJust updated Node Pebble to support latest release version of Let’s Encrypt’s Pebble testing server.
#LetsEncrypt…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comA Top Republican Wanted to Reclaim Congress' Spending Authority. The White House Stopped Him. (Oriana Gonzšlez/NOTUS)
https://www.notus.org/congress/mario-diaz-balart-trump-rescissions-appropriations
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p107#a251119p107
@inthehands@hachyderm.io“The point of doing the right thing isn’t to merely experience the catharsis of success—it’s to assert standards, uphold values; to acknowledge the existence of moral authority and answer its call for redress courageously.” https://mastodon.social/@GuyNamedBrian/115871819547625205
@brichapman@mastodon.socialHow to build influence without authority!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRN_FyS-96k
@UP8@mastodon.social👍 Montreal's electric buses use more energy in winter but are still more cost-effective than diesel
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-11-montreal-electric-buses-energy-winter.html
@servelan@newsie.socialCongress cedes war authority, Harman warns of danger
https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5658095-congress-war-powers-retreat/
@hex@kolektiva.socialI feel as though I should illustrate the difference that this one single constraint can make by two examples.
The rules of Simon Says are maximally authoritarian. You must perform any action ordered, with the only restriction that the authority must say "Simon says" first. Were you forced to stay in this system, it would be the most despotic autocracy possible. But it's not. It's a silly game because you can leave at any time.
Let's flip this and imagine a room. During a specific period of time you will have absolute control over everything in this room. In this room you have total freedom. This is not even the limited freedom, the coordinated freedom, the compromising freedom of civil society. You could, without consequence, perform any action you wish in this room. You could say anything, destroy or steal any object, order any individual to perform any action, kill any person in the room with you and take anything they own. This is the sovereign freedom, the absolute freedom, of dictators and kings. The only restriction is that you are not allowed to leave the room while you have this freedom. In fact, you really only have this level of freedom because the room is actually empty other than for you. I am, of course, talking about a form of torture still common in the US: solitary confinement.
@Dragofix@veganism.socialMassachusetts water resources body punts on permanently dumping sewage into Charles River https://phys.org/news/2025-11-massachusetts-resources-body-punts-permanently.html
@karlauerbach@sfba.socialI want to remind everyone of the Montana Plan - a viable approach to diminish the force of the Citizens United decision.
I myself have written about the power of each separate State to regulate corporations operating under the laws of that state - especially those corporations created under the laws of that state. This means that each state has the power and authority to regulate and restrict how corporations created under that state's laws spend money, and for what purpose.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialA job listing shows Google is developing a new Android-based "Aluminium OS" that is "built with AI at the core", potentially as a ChromeOS replacement for PCs (Mishaal Rahman/Android Authority)
https://www.androidauthority.com/aluminium-os-android-f…
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizzaTrump is apparently taking over LA, using "WILDFIRE DISASTERS" as the means! 💀
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/01/addressing-state-and-local-failures-to-rebuild-los-ang…
@cdarwin@c.imThe Færdselsstyrelsen
(Danish Road Traffic Authority)
is becoming the first agency to pilot SIA Open,
a government-wide project by Statens IT
(Danish Governmental IT Agency)
designed to replace Microsoft services with open source alternatives.
With this, they are not stopping at just Office apps.
Færdselsstyrelsen will be replacing both the Windows operating system and Microsoft's suite of applications
(Word, Excel, Teams, and Outlook)
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialFCC Chairman Brendan Carr defends using a public interest standard for broadcasters at a House hearing; commissioner Anna Gomez calls the standard "undefined" (Ted Johnson/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/01/fcc-brendan-carr-trump-public-…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialItaly's antitrust authority orders Meta to suspend contractual terms that bar rival AI chatbots from WhatsApp; Meta calls the decision "fundamentally flawed" (Elvira Pollina/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/s…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comAmericans weary of Trump's executive authority, military action in Venezuela, Quinnipiac poll finds (Gregory Svirnovskiy/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/17/poll-trump-military-action-in-venezuela-00695694
http://www.memeorandum.com/251217/p113#a251217p113
@cdarwin@c.imA recently leaked DHS memo told immigration agents they have the authority to break into people's homes to conduct immigration operations,
The memo ignores parts of DHS training materials related to the Fourth Amendment,
according to David Kligerman,
the senior vice president and special counsel of Whistleblower Aid.
Kligerman discussed the memo with Adam Klasfeld on the "Legal AF" podcast on Sunday.
He said the "dangerous"
memo …
@brichapman@mastodon.socialAdapting to change is a crucial skill for any leader.
This involves recognizing what the system needs in each situation, and meeting that need whether or not your authority is formally acknowledged.
How do you adapt your leadership style?
https://www.brichapman.com/p/leading-by-co
@karlauerbach@sfba.socialCongress lacks the cajones to respond to this clear rejection of the authority of Congress to make laws.
The proper response would be impeachment and conviction of blondi bondi. But no, our Congress will just roll over and snore.
"Trump over-promises and under-delivers with heavily redacted Epstein cache"
@Techmeme@techhub.socialItaly's competition authority closes its July 2024 probe into Google's alleged unfair practices over users' personal data after Google adopted remedies (Gianluca Semeraro/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialItaly's competition watchdog fines Apple €98.6M, saying the company's ATT rules are "disproportionate" and "harmful" to app developers and advertisers (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/12/22/italy-fines…
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizzaI have always envisioned a union operating autonomously from capitalist structures, organized horizontally without hierarchical authority, embodying direct workers’ self-management and solidarity, aimed at dismantling hierarchical power and creating a society structured around the needs and capacities of people rather than profit.
#Anarchism
@cdarwin@c.imThis should be getting more attention
Lawsuit: DHS wants
“unlimited subpoena authority”
to unmask ICE critics
DHS is weirdly using import/export rules to expand its authority to identify online critics.
https://arstechnica.com…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialItaly's competition watchdog fines Apple €98.6M, saying the company's ATT rules are "disproportionate" and "harmful" to app developers and advertisers (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/12/22/italy-fines…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialLou Cannon, a veteran Washington Post reporter who wrote several influential biographies of Ronald Reagan, has died at 92 (Robert D. McFadden/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/books/lou-cannon-dead.html
@cdarwin@c.imThis action by HHS and RFK Jr is unprecedented in scope.
Never before has the fed. gov. usurped the authority of medical professionals to set a separate standard of care
in an attempt to ban evidence based lifesaving care.
The man who thinks getting measles is good wants trans kids to suffer.
https://
@brichapman@mastodon.socialHow to build influence without authority
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6E4JyqGZIw
@cdarwin@c.imThe Trump administration faced a string of four significant legal defeats this week
as federal and state courts pushed back on a range of initiatives spanning immigration enforcement,
deportation authority,
voting policy,
and the use of the National Guard.
The rulings, delivered in quick succession, highlight the extent to which judges across multiple jurisdictions are scrutinizing the administration’s procedural compliance,
statutory interpretations,
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSamsung unveils the Exynos 2600, the world's first smartphone SoC built on a 2nm Gate-All-Around process, expected to power some Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus models (Adamya Sharma/Android Authority)
https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-exynos-2600-announced-3626595…
@cdarwin@c.imMayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles announced a flash flood warning for the region beginning on Tuesday
and is urging people to use caution while traveling for the upcoming holiday.
The city is also deploying staff with the Los Angeles homeless services authority (Lahsa) to get supplies and hotel vouchers to those living outside.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialHow media coverage of Trump's AI EO overstated federal authority over states and overlooked how the order's interstate commerce argument could backfire (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/12/trump-pretends-to-…
@cdarwin@c.imVenezuela’s rulers have deployed #armed #militias to patrol streets, operate checkpoints and check people’s phones in a crackdown to consolidate authority after the US attack on Caracas.
Paramilitary groups known as #colectivos…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialHow media coverage of Trump's AI EO overstated federal authority over states and overlooked how the order's interstate commerce argument could backfire (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/12/trump-pretends-to-…
@cdarwin@c.imTrump's sweeping tariffs appear to be on shaky legal ground, with Supreme Court justices on Wednesday indicating he may not have the authority to impose them under a law designed for use during a national emergency.
The Supreme Court has a 6-3 conservative majority that has regularly backed Trump on various contentious cases since he took office in January,
but based on the almost three-hour oral argument, the tariffs dispute could go the other way.
Both conservative an…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialOpenAI quietly rolls out ChatGPT Translate, a standalone website that currently supports plain text translations across 50 languages (Adamya Sharma/Android Authority)
https://www.androidauthority.com/chatgpt-translate-3632584/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialItaly's antitrust authority says it reduced the record fine imposed on Amazon in 2021, from €1.13B to €752M, after a recalculation (Elvira Pollina/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/italy-antitrust-cuts-amazon-record-fine-8782-million-20…
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@Techmeme@techhub.socialSwitzerland launches a preliminary investigation into whether Apple's terms for granting third-party access to NFC tech on iPhones violate its antitrust laws (Tim Hardwick/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/12/12/apple-pay-swiss-antitrust-probe-nfc/
@cdarwin@c.imThe Trump administration is preparing to upend a foundational safeguard of the Department of Justice,
by proposing a rule that would effectively bar DOJ attorneys from recusing themselves from cases due to conflicts of interest.
The rule, expected to be filed in the Federal Register as early as this week,
would grant Attorney General Pam Bondi final authority over all recusals.
Under the proposal, career prosecutors and political appointees alike would be required to…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialDocument: Meta said last week that it would exclude Italy from its ban on rival AI chatbots on WhatsApp, after an order from the country's antitrust authority (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa
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Although the Insurrection Act appears to confer wide-ranging authority,
the Department of Justice has long taken the position that the law is
“limited . . . by the Constitution and by tradition.”
In a 19…
@cdarwin@c.imThe UK Treasury is drafting new rules
to regulate cryptocurrencies
under legislation set to come into force in 2027, The Guardian reported Sunday.
The move would place digital asset firms under the supervision of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA),
subjecting them to the same standards as other traditional financial products such as stocks and shares.
Regulators are seeking to address gaps in consumer protection as the market has expanded rapidly,
especia…
@cdarwin@c.imThe Food and Drug Administration rarely uses its authority to pull dangerous medical devices off the market
and is so poorly staffed that it’s sometimes unable to make sure companies are taking critical steps to protect patients during health emergencies,
according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office.
The inquiry by the congressional watchdog was requested nearly two years ago by top members of the Senate
in the wake of an investigation about the 2…
