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"Dutch government bodies were unpleasantly surprised by news that an American tech firm has acquired the Dutch cloud company Solvinity, the Financieele Dagblad reported.
Several governments opted for working with Solvinity precisely to reduce dependence on American technology firms"

Dutch governments caught off guard by American tech firm buying Dutch cloud company
Dutch government bodies were unpleasantly surprised by news that an American tech firm has acquired the Dutch cloud company Solvinity, the Financieele Dagblad reported. Several governments opted for working with Solvinity precisely to reduce dependence on American technology firms.

Google adds Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, aka Nano Banana, to Search's AI Mode and Google Lens, on Android in the US for those with an account opted into Search Lab (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/10/11/google-lens-ai-mode-nano-banana/

Nano Banana image editing comes to AI Mode and Google Lens
Nano Banana has been a hit in the Gemini app, and Google is now bringing image editing and generation to AI Mode, as well as Google Lens.

Cuckoo eggs match the eggs of their adoptive hosts thanks to (mostly) loci inherited from their mothers, who put them there — impressive multifaceted genomic study #science

I've noticed a lot of sites with popups and nagware are now blocking my view of said site because I've opted not to view their ads (through Firefox settings and private DNS). This is really irritating on the phone because the nagware takes up virtually all of the screen. However, once again RemovePaywall comes to the rescue. Just pop that pesky url into RP's search bar and voila...

Sources: Disney has opted out of having its IP appear in OpenAI's Sora app; CAA says OpenAI is exposing artists to "significant risk" with Sora (Mrinmay Dey/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-tel

Things that Google Assistant (opted out of AI) has added to our grocery list recently:
★ hi (instead of hydrocortisone cream)
★ lunch (instead of lunch meat)
★ aqua 4 (instead of aquaphor)
All things that have been easily understood for ten years by Google Assistant but now, for mysterious reasons, is no longer working consistently

Juggling Congress and Life, She Opted to Freeze Her Eggs (Annie Karni/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/us/politics/sara-jacobs-egg-freezing-pregnancy-bill.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250908/p45#a250908p45

“A continue statement and other loop controls were a recurring demand from users. ... In Lua 5.2, we opted to introduce a goto statement instead because it is more general.
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The introduction of goto in Lua 5.2 was met with virtually no reaction from the community; there are still requests for a continue statement.”

Sources: Disney has opted out of having its IP appear in OpenAI's Sora app; CAA says OpenAI is exposing artists to "significant risk" with Sora (Mrinmay Dey/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-tel

Aftenpostens spalte med Frode Thuen har trykt tre spŸrsmål som var fiktive, sendt inn av et forlag for å promotere ei bok. Når det nå er oppdatert at det var fiktivt, avpubliseres de av #Aftenposten. Frekt av forlaget! Men om enda frekkere: de bruker tilsvaret sitt til å fortsette å drive reklame.

Aftenposten avpubliserer innhold etter falske innlegg fra norsk forlag
Aftenposten har avpublisert tre artikler som er publisert i spalten «Leve sammen». I denne spalten svarer psykolog Frode Thuen på spørsmål fra leserne.