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Tesla's Europe sales cratered 40% in July while overall EV sales were up 34% compared to a year ago. Tesla sales in the Netherlands were down 62%!
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/teslas-europe-sales-crater-40-in-july-as…

Tesla's Europe sales crater 40% in July as BYD, competitors gain
Tesla's troubles across the pond in Europe are worsening. Per the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association, Tesla EV registrations (a proxy for sales) ...

»Life360 Secretly Sells Users’ Geolocation Data to Third Parties, Class Action Claims:
A proposed class action alleges family tracking app Life360 secretly sells data about users’ locations and movements to third parties.«
When apps are (almost) free, they make unlimited money by selling you. Don't trust any, if they don't communicate their data protection.
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Life360 Secretly Sells Users’ Geolocation Data to Third Parties, Class Action Claims
A class action alleges family tracking app Life360 secretly sells data about users’ locations and movements to third parties.

Runway and Luma AI say they are talking to robotics and self-driving car companies about their video models and expect these revenue sources to eclipse studios (Rocket Drew/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/runway-luma-target-sales-r…

Runway, Luma Target Sales to Robotics Companies
Imax on Monday announced that it would screen the winning films from Runway’s AI-generated film festival at some of its theaters. Netflix recently said it had used AI to generate a scene in one of its shows for the first time: a building collapsing in The Eternaut, an Argentine sci-fi show.Both ...

« Seules quelques sanctions ont eu un effet sérieux sur la capacité de Poutine Š poursuivre la guerre »
https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2025/07/29/seules-quelques-s…

« Seules quelques sanctions ont eu un effet sérieux sur la capacité de Poutine à poursuivre la guerre »
L’économiste Dmitry Nekrasov, ancien conseiller du Kremlin, passé à l’opposition et désormais exilé, revient, dans un entretien au « Monde », sur le nouveau paquet de sanctions pris par l’Union européenne contre la Russie et sur sa potentielle efficacité.

I have a large amount of code logging using logrus, and it's basically abandonware now that slog is in Go standard.
Big problem.
I spent some time getting Claude Code to make me a full drop-in replacement for logrus. I moved my biggest project to slog in sub 1 hour with this. Quality wise I think the generated outcome is pretty good - I would not have done it this well as its super tedious work.
I can gradually move to slog for new code with a aim to eradicate logrus…

A provision in the recently passed Wisconsin state budget that diverts $2.2 million annually from schools to fund 12 Milwaukee County prosecutors may violate the Wisconsin Constitution.
The positions had previously been paid for with federal funding that is set to expire.
The budget act redirects all traffic fines and forfeiture revenues in Milwaukee County to the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office to fund 12 positions.

State Budget Shifts Money from Schools to Milwaukee Prosecutors
$2.2 million per year diverted from city schools could violate state constitution.

Runway and Luma AI say they are talking to robotics and self-driving car companies about their video models and expect these revenue sources to eclipse studios (Rocket Drew/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/runway-luma-target-sales-r…

Runway, Luma Target Sales to Robotics Companies
Imax on Monday announced that it would screen the winning films from Runway’s AI-generated film festival at some of its theaters. Netflix recently said it had used AI to generate a scene in one of its shows for the first time: a building collapsing in The Eternaut, an Argentine sci-fi show.Both ...

Sometimes {renv} just isnt enough to ensure your environment is controlled. Maybe {slushy} could be an option? https://gsk-biostatistics.github.io/slushy/index.html

Den här artikeln berör annat än hälsofrågor men problemet är precis det samma. Använd inte AI för att få svar på mer kontroversiella frågor där du inte kan något sen tidigare. För allt för ofta så ger den dig påhittade svar samtidigt som det låter väldigt självsäkert.
AI swallows misinformation and spits it back at us: ‘It’s optimized to give useful information, but not for it to be correct’

AI swallows misinformation and spits it back at us: ‘It’s optimized to give useful information, but not for it to be correct’
ChatGPT and Grok absorb fake news and regurgitate it when asked. Due to their design, these models and their competitors are highly susceptible to disinformation

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Soulwax:
🎵 Run Free (Radio Edit)
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https://soulwax.bandcamp.com/album/all-systems-are-lying-run-free
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