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A $400,000 shipment of lobster was stolen as it was headed for Costco stores, according to the freight company’s president
It'll be fenced by a shell company
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lobster-stolen-en-route-costco-stores-rcna251110<…

$400,000 worth of lobster stolen en route to Costco stores, shipper says
A whopping $400,000 shipment of lobster was stolen as it was headed for Costco stores, according to the lobster company's president.

A San Francisco jury finds former Google engineer Linwei Ding guilty of stealing trade secrets related to AI chip technology to build a startup in China (Isaiah Poritz/Bloomberg Law)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/esg/ex-google-engineer-guilty-…

Ex-Google Worker Guilty of Stealing AI Tech for Chinese Firm (1)
A former Google engineer was convicted Thursday of economic espionage and trade secrets theft for taking hundreds of the company’s confidential documents on AI chip technology to build a startup in China.

A shipment of over 410,000 #KitKat bars—12 tons!—was stolen en route from #Italy to #Poland:

12 tons of KitKat bars stolen in chocolaty heist in Europe, Nestle says
The truck, transporting 413,793 KitKat bars, was stolen during transit in Europe, Nestle said.

"Scotland protects more than a third of its seas. Why is trawling still allowed?"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Scotland #Environment

Why trawling is still allowed in protected Scottish waters
Environmentally damaging fishing practices continue across Europe even in protected areas, conservation groups say.

Why would anyone bother stealing KitKat:
(It wasn't me)
https://www.dw.com/en/nestle-praises-thieves-exceptional-taste-after-12-tons-of-kitkat-bars-stolen/a-76579815

Nestle says thieves stole 12 tons of KitKat chocolate bars
"We've always encouraged people to have a break with KitKat," the company said, "but it seems thieves have taken the message too literally."

Cowboys Linked to Stealing Quarterback From Rival Commanders https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/stealing-marcus-mariota-washington-commanders/

Bundesdatenschutzbeauftragte veröffentlicht Handreichung für KI und Datenschutz
Der Einsatz von KI führt bei öffentlichen Stellen oft zu Unsicherheiten. Hier soll die jüngste Publikation der Bundesdatenschutzbeauftragen Abhilfe schaffen.

My main gripe with “AI coding” is that people present it in highly emotional terms as a fait accompli that will “change everything” instead of it being just another tool (that is one of many) to make software.
Like I saw a SERIOUS post today (not on here) from a tech guy I previously respected that was basically like a 90s infomercial with black and white video of working on a computer (labeled “without AI”) and then over-saturated footage of chilling in the pool or whatever shit (labeled “with AI”).
Not to mention there’s a constant barrage of “enjoy being poor” type bullshit.
This is abusive behavior; it’s emotional manipulation and gaslighting.
It’s cringe, as the kids would say.
I think the underlying LLM technology has use cases that are genuinely useful, for example when making explorative software prototypes, both for backend and frontend stuff.
But it's like a hammer. Useful for nails, useless for anything else.
And you got to ask where the hammer is coming from. Was it made with stolen metal? Forged by exploitative labor? Locked away in a data center so you can only rent the hammer by the hour from some business trying to do a bait and switch?
I'm hoping that the AI landlord industry dies eventually (signs point to this as they won't be able to fulfill the obligations to their investors) and people use locally-run stuff, ethically with open source models (without stolen stuff) and without ridiculous environmental impact in the future.

Amazon streicht weitere 16.000 Jobs
Mit dem zweiten großen Stellenabbau innerhalb von wenigen Monaten streicht Amazon insgesamt 30.000 Arbeitsplätze. Betroffen sind vor allem Bürojobs.
https://www.heise.de…

Opel-Mutter Stellantis fährt 22 Milliarden Euro Minus ein
US-Präsident Trump ändert den E-Auto-Kurs – und der Vielmarkenkonzern Stellantis spürt die Folgen. Der neue Chef will gegensteuern.
https://www.