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Holla… this is huge https://www.heise.de/en/news/BGH-bombshell-on-card-sharing-no-computer-fraud-in-pay-TV-piracy-11144974.html
The sentence by the highest German court is interesting as it seems to end a common practice …

BGH bombshell on card sharing: no computer fraud in pay-TV piracy
The Federal Court of Justice corrects previous case law and denies direct financial damage to providers for illegal pay-TV access.

Max Schrems hat nach 11 Jahren(!) endlich gegen Meta gewonnen: In Österreich (und wahrscheinlich der EU) sind Datensammlungen für personalisierte nur mit Einwilligung und unter strengen Auflagen zu besonders schützenswerten Personendaten und der Sammlung von Daten bei Dritten. Symbolischer Schadenersatz: 500€
#Schrems

Trump Needs a Shrink and a Baby-Sitter, Not a National Security Adviser (emptywheel)
https://www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/20/trump-needs-a-shrink-and-a-baby-sitter-not-a-national-security-adviser/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260120/p68#a260120p68

NS International Railways tries to make international rail travel even harder. Screenshot by my daughter, travelling from Barcelona to Rotterdam today. The app is informing her that the train from Paris to Rotterdam leaves on the same platform at Gare du Lyon where the train from Barcelona arrives. Not really. It leaves from a different station (Gare du Nord), about half an hour away by RER city train. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️🤦

TikTok's first awards show, held on December 18, handed out 14 awards, including Creator of the Year for Keith Lee; at the event, none of the screens worked (Kirsten Chuba/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

Inside the TikTok Awards: Paris Hilton and a Labubu Cannon Take Center Stage While Tech Issues Plague Inaugural U.S. Show
The event, which streamed live from the Hollywood Palladium on Thursday, handed out 14 awards and battled problems with its video screens.

Q&A with Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe on founding Rivian in 2009, production challenges, the VW partnership, autonomy, AI, EVs, chips, CarPlay, and more (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)
https://stratechery.com/2025/an-interv

An Interview with Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe About Building a Car Company and Autonomy
An interview with Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe about starting a car company, scaling, and building for an autonomous future.

Well, shit... :D
Swearing Actually Seems To Make Humans Physically Stronger - Slashdot
https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/12/18/2116258/swearing-actually-seems-to-make-humans-physically-stronger

Corporate algorithms and chatbots are taking over the internet, and it’s very bad.
Wikipedia, on the other hand, is a nonprofit made by and for human users who believe in sharing free, organized, accessible, quality information for the good of humanity.
Let’s not take that for granted.
-- Doug Lindner
https://

Doug Lindner (@douglindner.bsky.social)
Corporate algorithms and chatbots are taking over the internet, and it’s very bad. Wikipedia, on the other hand, is a nonprofit made by and for human users who believe in sharing free, organized, accessible, quality information for the good of humanity. Let’s not take that for granted. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

On Sept. 21, the police came for Larry Bushart.
They handcuffed him and hauled him away in the dead of night.
He spent 37 days in jail while held on a $2 million bond
— an amount the retired police officer could not afford.
It’s the sort of treatment one expects for accused murderers and thieves.
But Larry’s only “crime”?
In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, he posted a meme on Facebook
quoting President Trump’s remarks about a different …

LAWSUIT: Ex-cop sues after spending 37 days in jail for sharing meme following Charlie Kirk murder
Larry Bushart was arrested for a social media post and held on a $2 million bond he could not afford. Now, he's fighting back.