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Mehr als 50.000 kWh: China stellt vollelektrisches Containerschiff in Dienst
China macht Ernst und krempelt nun auch die Container-Schifffahrt um. Das wohl größte vollelektrische Containerschiff Green Water 01 hat den Dienst aufgenommen.

Google updates its ad policy to ban the promotion of services that generate, distribute, or store synthetic sexually explicit content, starting May 30, 2024 (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Roundtable)
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-disal…

Google Ads To Disallow Services For Deepfake Sexual Content
Google Ads, Shopping Ads, Admob, and other Google Ads products will soon disallow deepfake sexual content, synthetic sexually explicit content, or synthetic content containing nudity services. I mean

Wiley licenses content for training an #LLM. The company was not named, but I would suspect it's the one which has been signing a lot of licensing deals lately. Access to STM content could be a big differentiator, though I wouldn't expect it to be exclusive. Also, $23M sounds small.

Q3 2024 John Wiley & Sons Inc Earnings Call
Q3 2024 John Wiley & Sons Inc Earnings Call

👎🏿 US court blocks EPA order to eliminate PFAS in plastic containers
https://www.thenewlede.org/2024/03/us-court-blocks-epa-order-to-eliminate-pfas-in-plastic-containers/

US court blocks EPA order to eliminate PFAS in plastic containers
By Shannon Kelleher A US appeals court has vacated an action by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  ordering a company to stop producing plastic containers that leach toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) into pesticides, household cleaners, condiments, and many other products. The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals on March 21 ruled that the EPA exceeded its statutory authority when it issued orders to Texas-based Inhance in December prohibiting the company from manufactur…

We need to talk about the recently published WeDistribute Article regarding Mastodon user's response to a new federated service.
To make a long story short, someone tried setting up a website called ContentNation which would display Fediverse posts. To do so it adhered to the ActivityPub protocol, just like every Masto…

Content Nation Backlash Highlights Mastodon's Toxicity
It turns out, if people in an online community really don't like what you're doing, they can turn to harassment, threats, or worse to try to shut you down.

Roku partners with the NBA to launch the first-ever NBA-branded FAST channel, and a NBA Zone content hub with access to basketball content (David Satin/The Streamable)
https://thestreamable.com/news/roku-la

Roku Launches First-Ever NBA Free Streaming Channel; New Basketball Content Hub Includes Highlights, NBA League Pass, More
Fans will be able to watch classic games, see highlights, originals, documentaries and more on the first-ever NBA FAST channel.

#ContentNation Backlash Highlights Mastodon's Toxicity
"Over the years, #Mastodon’s user culture has become incredibly insular and hostile towards outsiders. Despite repeated claims of “People are just nicer here!” and “Everyone is just so welcoming!”, often those preaching abo…

Useful for people interested in the AI act.
https://ai-regulation.com/tools-for-navigating-the-eu-ai-act-3-final-text-with-interactive-table-of-contents/

Tools for Navigating the EU AI Act: (3) Final Text with Interactive Table of Contents - MIAI
As a part of a series of tools to help practitioners and the academic community navigate through the lengthy and complex AI Act, our Chair proposed an updated version of its previous “AI Act with an interactive ToC”. Our pdf allows a comprehensive overview of the AI Act’s structure, enabling users to “click” and be directly transferred to different Titles, Chapters, and Articles.

We need to talk about the recently published WeDistribute Article regarding Mastodon user's response to a new federated service.
To make a long story short, someone tried setting up a website called ContentNation which would display Fediverse posts. To do so it adhered to the ActivityPub protocol, just like every Masto…

Content Nation Backlash Highlights Mastodon's Toxicity
It turns out, if people in an online community really don't like what you're doing, they can turn to harassment, threats, or worse to try to shut you down.

🔥 Protected areas bear the brunt as forest loss continues across Cambodia
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/04/protected-areas-bear-the-brunt-as-forest-loss-continues-across-cambodia/

Protected areas bear the brunt as forest loss continues across Cambodia
PHNOM PENH — New data published by the University of Maryland on April 4 and available through satellite monitoring platform Global Forest Watch show continued forest loss across Cambodia last year, particularly in areas designated as protected by the Ministry of Environment. Last year saw 121,000 hectares (300,000 acres) of forest cover, an area the […]