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Scale AI emphasizes that it remains an independent company and says Meta will not have access to Scale's internal systems or customers' confidential information (Scale AI)
https://scale.com/blog/customer-trust-scale-meta-deal

Scale Remains Independent After Meta Investment | Scale
Customer trust and data security remain Scale’s top priorities.

Many people are detained at U.S. airports for reasons they find arbitrary and mysterious.
I got lucky—when I was stopped by Customs and Border Protection last week, after flying to Los Angeles from Melbourne, a border agent told me, explicitly and proudly, why I’d been pulled out of the customs line.
“Look, we both know why you are here,” the agent told me.
He identified himself to me as Adam, though his colleagues referred to him as Officer Martinez.
When I said that…

How My Reporting on the Columbia Protests Led to My Deportation
Alistair Kitchen on being detained at Los Angeles International Airport and sent back to Australia because of his reporting on the protests at Columbia University criticizing Israel’s actions in Gaza.

I wanna make some cool hardware stuff but idk what to make aaaaaaa ;-;
Ideally it should be something useful or really really cool
I have two old Arduino Unos at home, but I’d be open about getting some pipicos or esp32 or something.
Extra points if it requires some soldering to put my iron to good use :3
(tho while ordering custom PCBs is cool (feel free to send cool stuff that use them), getting them shipped here is quite expensive I think)
Any recommendations?

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Y'all that have been following me for a bit know that I'm slowly adding customizable colors to #Jellyfin for #Roku.
This has been a HUGE undertaking!
So will someone explain to me why on top of that I'm now adding the ability to import the colors from the custom CSS setti…

Android: Google erschwert die Entwicklung von Custom-ROMs
Google erschwert die Entwicklung von Custom-ROMs wie Lineage für Pixel-Smartphones. Besonders die gehärtete Android-Version GrapheneOS trifft es. 

#Fahrradklimatest - gibts eigentlich schon Statements von #Bovenschulte und #Ünsal oder ist ihr Absturz im Ranking einfach auch in ihrer Politik eingepreist?
Bremen wird in den nächsten…

Scale AI's rivals like Snorkel AI, Labelbox, and Turing report rising interest from clients concerned about Scale's independence after Meta's $14.3B investment (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

ICE issued new rules for Congress members visiting detention centers.
Experts say they’re illegal
Rep. Norma Torres (D-Pomona) and three other members of Congress were denied entry to the immigrant detention facility inside the Roybal Federal Building in Los Angeles
The lawmakers were attempting an unannounced inspection,
a common and long-standing practice under congressional oversight powers.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said too many prot…

ICE issued new rules for Congress members visiting detention centers. Experts say they’re illegal
Members from California, Illinois and New Jersey have been denied access in recent weeks to immigrant detention facilities in their states. Oversight experts say that's a substantial departure from past practice.

Miami-based Pelico, which offers a supply chain orchestration platform, raised a $40M Series B led by General Catalyst, bringing its total funding to $72M (Colin Campbell/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/supply-chain-dea

Supply chain tech startup Pelico raises $40M round led by General Catalyst
The startup serves aerospace, defense, luxury and industrial customers, but its co-founder sees relevance in medical devices and energy.