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The Associated Press launches AP Verify, an AI-powered tool, including chatbot and geolocation, to help journalists authenticate text, photos, and videos (Alice Brooker/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/wires_and_agencies/ap-verify-dash…

AP launches verification dashboard for publishers to meet 'demand for authenticity'
Associated Press has rolled out a new verification system for newsbrands to ensure content is authentic before publishing.

Sajal Nigam will speak on 'Guardon: Bringing Kubernetes Guardrails Directly to the Developer’s Browser' as part of our Cloud Native Days track at SCaLE 23x. Full details: https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x

AfD-Wahlkampf 2026: Statt Programmdiskussionen gibt’s Family-&-Friends-Hiring-Day! In Sachsen-Anhalt wurden Verwandte eingestellt, in Niedersachsen soll’s gar eine „Allianz zur Bereicherung“ geben… 😂 Die Bereicherungsnetzwerke der AfD Autoren: Debes & Schmidt (n-tv). #PolitikMitGeschmack #AfDFail

"Jetzt geht es ans Eingemachte": Die Bereicherungsnetzwerke der AfD
Die AfD-Skandale in Sachsen-Anhalt und Niedersachsen setzen die Partei vor den Landtagswahlen zusätzlich unter Druck. Björn Höcke warnt sogar vor einem Scheitern.

This is my 1st time learning of #Guacamole, despite being an ASF Member. Looks cool…
Basically a J2EE app that talks HTML5 with WebSocket (or falls back to a custom HTTP-based stream proto) to a JS client in the browser on the front end, and speaks its own abstract remote desktop proto to a backend proxy that talks RDP or VNC to desktop servers. Apparently there’s also a X11 graphics drive…

Weimer hat heute viel Platz in der Morgenpost und den anderen Funke-Zeitungen bekommen.
Der hat aber nicht gereicht, um die Frage zu beantworten, was am Berlinale-Auftritt antisemitisch war.

"Sharp-tongued viewers first took aim at the single, timed nibble McDonald's CEO Kempczinski took from the XXL burger during the entire 81-second video."
Competitors Burger King and Wendy's pounced,
issuing snarky videos of their own execs happily chomping on their burgers.

McDonald’s CEO Wanted to Sell a Burger. Instead, He Sparked a Viral Lesson in Executive Self‑Awareness
The failure of one CEO’s video, paired with a rival’s sparkling success, provides attention-seeking bosses a tough reminder.

Berlin prosecutors say they have charged a member of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party with making a Nazi salute in parliament.
The suspect allegedly “greeted a party colleague … at the east entrance to the Reichstag building with a heel click and a Hitler salute” in June 2023, the prosecutors said in a statement issued on Monday.
Bild named the politician as Matthias Moosdorf, 60, a member of parliament for Zwickau in the state of Saxony.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/15/member-far-right-afd-party-charged-nazi-salute-reichstag-germany?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Google rolls out Gemini in Chrome to India, New Zealand, and Canada, and adds support for over 50 additional languages, including Hindi, French, and Spanish (Charmaine D'Silva/The Keyword)
https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/prod…

Expanding Chrome’s AI experiences to India, New Zealand and Canada
We’re bringing Gemini in Chrome’s powerful AI features to more regions and languages, helping millions of people get the most out of their browser.

I just realized the Vivaldi browser has a default sidebar button for Trending from their Mastodon instance.
Which means I've breached containment... :elmo_fire:

Vivaldi Social
Vivaldi Social is part of the Mastodon network and is hosted in Iceland by the makers of Vivaldi Browser. Everyone is welcome to join.

A Maryland lawmaker proposed ✅ banning agents recruited and hired to carry out Trump's mass deportations
from ever working in state public safety jobs.

“It says something about the morals of the person
— the character of the person
— if they see what’s happening on TV,
they see what happening in the streets
and say, ‘You know what? I want to join that,’ ”
said Del. Adrian Boafo
(D-Prince George’s),
the bill’s sponsor.

“Something…

Maryland bill seeks to ban Trump’s ICE agents from joining state police
The legislation is part of a host of bills across the country seeking to counteract aggressive immigration enforcement efforts that lawmakers say has terrorized communities and incited violence.