@Techmeme@techhub.socialNikita Bier accuses the European Commission of trying to deceptively amplify the reach of its post about the €120M fine on X; X terminates the EC's ad account (Bjarke Smith-Meyer/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/x-axes-european-commiss…
@migueldeicaza@mastodon.socialHas anyone heard anything from Apple regarding the safety of X, given that it is a porn generator on demand?
They seemed to be very concerned about it a year ago:
@digitalnaiv@mastodon.socialhr verlässt Social-Media-Plattform X: Der Hessische Rundfunk wird die Social-Media-Plattform X künftig nicht mehr nutzen. Das hat die hr-Programmdirektion entschieden. #hesssenschau
#X #SocialMedia
@ErikJonker@mastodon.socialGood to repeat.
The EU’s Fine Against X is Not About Speech or ‘Censorship’ | TechPolicy.Press
https://techpolicy.press/the-eus-fine-against-x-is-not-about-speech-or-censorship
@x_tof@verkehrswende.socialwenn das Rad schon so aus der Garage kommt 🫣 (weil ich gestern Abend noch kurz unterwegs war). Aber Morgen soll der Dauerfrost hier auch schon wieder zuende sein.
Am Ausblick über den #Kessel in #Stuttgart ändert das aber nichts. ;-)
@heiseonline@social.heise.deWas Grok aktuell auf X ermöglicht, sorgt international für Entsetzen. 😡 Der Bildgenerator wird genutzt, um sexualisierte Deepfakes von realen Personen zu erstellen - darunter auch Minderjährige. Diese manipulierten Bilder landen dann öffentlich auf der Plattform.
Zum Artikel: https://
@Techmeme@techhub.socialTow Center identifies eight X bot accounts that use X's AI Note Writer API to write between 5% to 10% of the Community Notes visible to the public each day (C.J. Robinson/Columbia Journalism Review)
https://www.cjr.org/analysis/x-twitter-ai-
@dnddeutsch@pnpde.socialSwen Vincke (Larion Studios) kommentiert auf X (https://x.com/LarAtLarian/status/2019646146587525143):
@LillyHerself@Mastodon.social"My strongest social media belief is that Threads isn't real"
@azonenberg@ioc.exchangeFinally had time to sit down and do a GPU version of the constellation diagram filter.
I'm now running this filter graph (4 channels -> 2 differential legs, S-parameter de-embed of dual directional coupler, 3 dB FIR equalizer, 4x sin(x)/x upsample, PAM-3 edge detection, CDR PLL, PAM-3 eye pattern, demux to 2D-PAM3 channels, 2D-PAM3 constellation, 100baseT1 single pair ethernet protocol decode) at about 6.3 WFM/s on 4 channels * 20M points.
This is 504 Msps or a touch over …
@mho@social.heise.de
@jake4480@c.im
@hikingdude@mastodon.socialToday three years ago. oh boy that was a nice tour. But also one of my first longer snowshoe tours where I learned how much energy this can drain :-D
But it was worth the walk!
And this "today x years ago" is one of my favourite features of image galleries like (in this case) #immich.
The curiousity each day "oh has there been some cool thing I did a couple of yea…
@vosje62@mastodon.nlX axes European Commission’s ad account after €120M EU fine – POLITICO
https://www.politico.eu/article/x-axes-european-commissions-ad-account-after-e120m-eu-fine/
If you wondered why EU Commission was still sponsoring Twitter...
Musk seems to be a bad loser..
(But we knew that already...)
(Via @… & @… )
@Techmeme@techhub.socialX faces fresh probes in Europe, India, and Malaysia after Grok generated explicit images of women and children; the UK says it has requested related info from X (Lora Kolodny/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/05/india-eu-investigate-m…
@x_tof@verkehrswende.socialeben noch eine schickte Critical Mass hier in Stuttgart gefahren. Und trotz ca. 2⁰C waren etwa 500 Personen dabei. Einige Musikanlagen (wann habe ich denn zuletzt Darude's Sandstorm gehört?), natürlich viel Licht, zwei Tandems und das Hexabike mit mir. ;-)
#CriticalMass #Stuttgart
@a@paperbay.org
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #ElSonido
Faauna:
🎵 Hongo X Hongo
#Faauna
https://faauna.bandcamp.com/track/hongo-x-hongo
https://open.spotify.com/track/0JYW4bzkKoqmTYds8R82It
@jamesthebard@social.linux.pizzaYay, got nerd sniped with another math problem. I made it a smidge more difficult than it should've been, but I'm happy that I got the correct answer eventually.
The problem: Given `1 / tan(x) = tan(1 / x)`, solve for `x`.
#math #nerdsnipe
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialWhat's that site people use to link to x/twitter posts without actually sending them traffic?
@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
The Notwist:
🎵 X-Ray
#NowPlaying #TheNotwist
https://thenotwist.bandcamp.com/track/x-ray
https://open.spotify.com/track/4JZszc5kPbfQqb6V1gg7nu
@ladefuchs@electroverse.techGegen die Scham: https://shop.ladefuchs.app/shop/crazy-elon-aufkleber/
@cyrevolt@mastodon.social
@gevoel@mastodon.greenWie iets van minister Van Weel wil lezen, moet eerst op X langs beelden van vrouwen in bikini scrollen | de Volkskrant
https://archive.ph/XLwVY
@cjust@infosec.exchange
@rainerzufall_le@mastodon.social#pastpuzzle 234
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https://www.pastpuzzle.de
@jorgecandeias@mastodon.socialFucking amazing. Not surprising at all coming from such unfuckable losers, but still amazing.
https://toad.social/@wdlindsy/115503363869254443
@Techmeme@techhub.socialResearchers tested Google DeepMind's AlphaEvolve AI agent on 67 mathematical problems and found that it discovered improved solutions to about 20 of them (Adam Zsolt Wagner/@azwagner_)
https://x.com/azwagner_/status/1986388872104702312
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzX-ray observation of the cometary interloper C/2025 N1 (3I/ATLAS) by XRISM/Xtend: #3IATLAS from beyond the solar system: https://www.xrism.jaxa.jp/en/topics/news/1208/
@gray17@mastodon.social> if you think about it in the context of the training models—it has a rough sense that you’re like a 37 year old guy on Reddit. That’s the kind of person that it’s doing the continuation for, because that’s a big chunk of the training corpus.
> I often tell people whenever they send me a message like, “a large language model said I should do x, y, z.” what you’re really saying is, “a 37 year old guy on Reddit said it,” and you’ve got roughly the same amount of information
@patrikja@functional.cafeX-mas comes early this year: the ICFP 2025 talks are now on YouTube.
You can catch my talk on "Domain-specific tensor languages" below. We explore implementing tensor calculus in #Haskell, supporting both Einstein notation and Penrose diagrams to model things like General Relativity and black holes. 🕳️🚀
My talk:
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #LateJunction
Lénok:
🎵 xxx-xxx-xxx-x
#Lénok
@YaoyuanXiaLei@mstdn.jp @vosje62@mastodon.nlWie iets van minister Van Weel wil lezen, moet eerst op X langs beelden van vrouwen in bikini scrollen | de Volkskrant
https://www.volkskrant.nl/columns-van-de-dag/wie-iets-van-minister-van-weel-wil-lezen-moet-eerst-op-x-langs-beelden-van-vrouwen-in-bikini-scrollen~b3c29296/
Alles wat @… schrijft... Maar vooral blijft vooral gelden dat aanwezig zijn op het platform het bestaansrecht van Twitter* voortdurend ondersteunt. Zeker grote accounts (zoals die van de overheid en politiek) moeten zich daarvan bewust zijn.
Zeker bij grootschalige illegale activiteiten als dit soort misbruik van portretrecht.**
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@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineKumulativer Zubau der #Windenergieleistung in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 01.12.2025.
Summen der Inbetriebnahmen minus Stilllegungen pro Jahr.
Der Datenbestand enthält ggf. unplausible Datensätze.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff: Warum
@funkvolk@mastodon.socialDie Aussicht, dass ein Projekt nur noch x Tage Zeit hat, ist gleichzeitig furchterregend und beruhigend.
#Arbeitsleaks #AusGründen
@UP8@mastodon.social💢 Partisan X posts boost political polarisation among users, research finds
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/27/partisan-x-posts-increase-political-polarisation-among-users-social-media-resea…
@johnleonard@mastodon.socialAn explainer as to why UK regulators are struggling to tackle deepfake imagery generated with Grok and posted on X.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news-analysis/2026/how-many-regulators-does-it-take-to-tackle-deepfake-pornography
@davej@dice.camp
@_tillwe_@mastodon.socialDas erste #FotoDerWoche des neuen Jahres kommt bei mir aus dem winterlichen Wald im Wildtal.
https://blog.till-westermayer.de/2026/01/photo-of-the-week-i…
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ngNeither #Affinity nor #Darktable seemingly support 1D LUTs, which would have been too easy and useful for my #DigitalNegative preparation tool... Instead they both insist on using only 3D LUT…
![Syntax color highlighted TypeScript source code:
```
import {
cycle,
map,
normRange,
permutations,
str,
take,
transduce,
} from "@thi.ng/transducers";
// LUT size (number of samples per axis)
const N = 9;
// example curve of N samples in [0,1] range
// (the curve here is y = x^1.2, i.e. a basic darken effect)
const curve = [...map((x) => (x ** 1.2).toFixed(4), normRange(N - 1))];
// compute cartesian product to produce RGB tuples
const lut = permutations(curve, curve, curve);
// alt…](https://mastothing.files.fedi.monster/media_attachments/files/115/645/234/959/322/403/original/b9dc6bcea2fe1257.png)
@villavelius@mastodon.onlineX described the probe as "politically-motivated"
I'm pretty sure it's nowhere near as politically-motivated as the content recommended by X's algorithm.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3ex92557jo
@ErikJonker@mastodon.socialSlightly troubling for Denmark and EU this line of thinking 🤔 ..... The message is from the wife of Stephen Miller. A close advisor of Trump.
#denmark #greenland #eu
@sean@scoat.esOur Christmas tree didn't drink water this year. It's been pretty much dead for the past 2 weeks. Every time you get near it, needles fall off. It's been quite a mess.
Today was the day it came down. I really wasn't looking forward to having to pick needles out of everything we own between the living room and the door for the next year, so… I went Full Dexter on it. (And it actually worked.)
@digitalnaiv@mastodon.social @kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Dead Kennedys:
🎵 Nazi Punks Fuck Off
#DeadKennedys
https://illgates.bandcamp.com/track/dead-kennedys-nazi-punks-fuck-off-ill-gates-x-rip-kenny-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/35iszqjgLhqZZ6Rk9TjIdf
@LillyHerself@Mastodon.socialThere's one big fan of moss and lichen on Bsky, and he just did a thread with great photos, but he has the setting turned on that means you have to be logged in to see it. So here's the link, for those who can log in: https://bsky.app/profile/dj-acid-reflux.bsky.soci…
@aardrian@toot.cafeJust me trying to reconcile Baseline listing `<track>` as “widely available” and all browsers shown with green checks when down the page there’s an entire row of red Xes for one of the core accessibility features of `<track>`.
#HTML #accessibility
@weddingweiser@berlin.socialPost Edited: 5 x Wedding in aller Kürze https://weddingweiser.de/5-x-wedding-in-aller-kuerze/
@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Amber Mark:
🎵 Sink in
#NowPlaying #AmberMark
https://soulbuttermusic.bandcamp.com/track/sink-in-x-der-stiller-see-soulbutter-blend
https://open.spotify.com/track/3jFHtovu88ZrWf0nmK90ab
@Techmeme@techhub.socialRoblox expands mandatory age estimations for chat features to all regions using Persona's tech, after a rollout in Australia, New Zealand, and the Netherlands (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/856696/roblox-age-check-estimation-chat
@maxheadroom@hub.uckermark.social
@alm10965@mastodon.socialAuch gut
ein wenig #tekkno
#techno
#EllenAllien | Boiler Room x Dommune x Technics: A Celebration of 50 Years of the SL-1200
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioJust installed a fresh copy of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger (released 2005) into an emulator and Software Update showed up to tell me there's some updates. 😮
@x_tof@verkehrswende.socialnatürlich auch in Stuttgart: #WeDontKehr!
Während nebenan die Fahrbahn komplett von Schnee und Eis befreit ist, wird hier am Radweg einfach gar nichts gemacht.
Natürlich ist es, wegen fehlender Anwohner dort, die Aufgabe der Stadt, hier für sichere Bedingungen zu sorgen.
Macht sie aber nicht, weil sie nicht will.
Da fällt mir doch das Verb
@carloshr@lile.cl¡Rosalía llega a Chile con su Lux Tour 2026!
https://los40.cl/2025/12/04/rosalia-en-chile-2026-fechas-lugar-y-venta-de-entradas/
La diva española del pop vuelve a Chile con 2 fechas en el Movistar Arena el 24 y 25 de julio de 2026. La vent…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineBruttoleistung von rückgebauten und zugebauten #Windkraftanlagen an Land in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 01.12.2025.
Illustriert wird der Rückbau von kleinen Anlagen mit üblicherweise > 20 Betriebsjahren im Vergleich zu leistungsstärkeren neuen Anlagen. Keine 1:1 Beziehung hinsic…
@georgiamuseum@glammr.usWe used to write a blog post at the end of every semester celebrating our interns. It was lovely to appreciate their work and find nice things to say about them. But when we shifted to letting THEM talk about their work and their experience, the post became much more powerful. Here they are, writing about what they got out of their internships and the different things they learned. ❤️
@cheryanne@aus.socialUnleashed
For Gen X women who need a laugh right now...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: #AusPods
@gwire@mastodon.social @digitalnaiv@mastodon.socialDer Mythos: Qualitätsjournalismus mischt auf X mit. Die Realität: Millionen Follower, aber Kommentare wie „Propagandasch**“ & tägliche Stimmung wie auf dem Marktplatz einer Schimpfwort-Genossenschaft. Trotzdem bleiben ARD & Co – Diskurs oder Dauerbelagerung? @… #Medien
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social @Techmeme@techhub.socialPhysicist Steve Hsu says he has published a peer-reviewed theoretical physics paper whose main idea came from GPT-5 (Steve Hsu/@hsu_steve)
https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1996034522308026435
@Techmeme@techhub.socialWall Street's idea that a software pure play will "vanish" into an LLM is "nonsense": we need more software, and AI-enabled software moves up the product stack (Steven Sinofsky/@stevesi)
https://x.com/stevesi/status/2019167552794948020
@vosje62@mastodon.nlOfcom makes 'urgent contact' with X over concerns Grok AI can generate 'sexualised images of children' | Science, Climate & Tech News | Sky News
#Twitter
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineJährlich genehmigte #Windenergieleistung in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 01.12.2025.
Genehmigt bedeutet noch nicht gebaut oder in Betrieb. Nicht alle Anlagen benötigen eine Genehmigung.
Der Datenbestand enthält ggf. unplausible Datensätze.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:
@weddingweiser@berlin.socialPost Edited: 5 x Wedding in aller Kürze https://weddingweiser.de/4-x-wedding-in-aller-kuerze/
@rainerzufall_le@mastodon.social#pastpuzzle 190
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https://www.pastpuzzle.de
@Techmeme@techhub.socialResearcher: Grok generated ~6,700 sexually suggestive or "nudifying" images per hour on X between January 5 and January 6; 85% of Grok images are sexualized (Cecilia D'Anastasio/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@azonenberg@ioc.exchangeOK, I think the STM32MP2 x Kintex-7 test board is ready for design review.
I'll be running through my checklist but would love some other eyes on it, especially by people familiar with such stuff.
https://github.com/azonenberg/stm32mp2-baremetal-t…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialxAI raised a $20B Series E, exceeding the $15B targeted round size, with participation from Valor, Nvidia, and others, and says Grok 5 is currently in training (xAI)
https://x.ai/news/series-e
<…
@LillyHerself@Mastodon.socialFed up with not being able to visit the "Live Feeds" tab without instantly encountering explicit pornography.
It's because of the porn that many people didn't stay on Masto after leaving X, but went to BlueSky instead.
@digitalnaiv@mastodon.social
@UP8@mastodon.social🕯️ Modder builds all-in-one console with PS5, Xbox Series X, & Switch 2 in a single system — "Ningtendo PXBOX 5" powered by a shared 250W power supply mounted inside a lost-wax chassis
@x_tof@verkehrswende.social @weddingweiser@berlin.socialPost Edited: Kurz jund knapp informiert: 5 x Wedding in aller Kürze https://weddingweiser.de/5-x-wedding-in-aller-kuerze/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialVice President JD Vance, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr denounce the EU's €120M X fine (Liv McMahon/BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g9kejzvw0o
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #StreetSounds
Hitkidd & GloRilla:
🎵 F.N.F (Let’s Go)
#Hitkidd #GloRilla
https://primetimemusiq.bandcamp.com/track/palance-x-f-n-f-lets-go-8-jw-blaze-x-hitkidd-x-glorilla-remix
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineBruttospeicherleistung aktiver #Batteriespeicher je #Netzanschlussebene in #Deutschland ab 2012 mit Stand vom 29.11.2025.
Betrachtet werden Datensätze mit Betriebsstatus „a…
@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
WhoMadeWho feat. RY X:
🎵 Love Will Save Me
#NowPlaying #WhoMadeWho #RYX
https://whomadewho.bandcamp.com/track/love-will-save-me
https://open.spotify.com/track/2YjXImhg2zXDmWcVy1oSDw
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSam Altman says the Anthropic Super Bowl ads are funny but "dishonest", and Anthropic serves a "product to rich people" while OpenAI is committed to free access (Sam Altman/@sama)
https://x.com/sama/status/2019139174339928189
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online#Speicherkapazität der #Batteriespeicher in #Deutschland je Netzanschlussebene ab 2012 mit Stand vom 29.11.2025.
Betrachtet werden Datensätze mit Betriebsstatus „aktiv“…
@digitalnaiv@mastodon.socialTesla verkündet das Ende von Model S & X – nicht wegen revolutionärer Neuerungen, sondern weil die einstigen Flaggschiffe kaum noch Käufer finden. Stattdessen sollen humanoide Roboter und fahrerlose Taxis gefertigt werden. Eine Wette mit hohen Risiken. #Tesla #Elektromobilität
@x_tof@verkehrswende.socialCritical Mass Stuttgart, gleich gehts los.
#CriticalMass #Stuttgart #Hexabike #Tallbike
@x_tof@verkehrswende.socialCritical Mass Stuttgart heute mit Schneefall! ❄️❄️❄️
#CriticalMass #Stuttgart #Hexabike
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe EU fines X €120M for breaching online content rules, the first fine under the DSA, citing issues including the deceptive design of its blue checkmarks (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineDie öffentlich-rechtlichen #Fernsehsender haben 2β0β2β5β eine Menge zum Thema #Klimawandel und verwandte Themen ausgestrahlt. Insbesondere im #Regionalfernsehen werden die Themen in …
@Techmeme@techhub.socialIndia orders X to fix Grok to block the generation of obscene content, giving it 72 hours to submit an action-taken report or risk losing "safe harbor" immunity (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/02/india-orders-mus…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialOracle says the Nvidia-OpenAI deal has "zero impact" on its financial relationship with OpenAI and it is "highly confident in OpenAI's ability to raise funds" (@…)
https://
@Techmeme@techhub.socialxAI rolls out Grok Imagine 1.0, which it says can generate 720p 10-second videos with better audio, and says Imagine generated 1.245B videos in the past 30 days (@…)
https://x.com/xai/status/2018164753810…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAfter X updated Grok to ban sexual deepfakes of women, tests show Grok still undresses men on the Grok app, website, and X, rarely resisting user requests (Robert Hart/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/report/872062/grok-still-undressing-men
@Techmeme@techhub.socialEven though Moltbook has security risks and a lot of spam, the scale of nearly 150,000 autonomous AI agents interacting with each other is unprecedented (Andrej Karpathy/@karpathy)
https://x.com/karpathy/status/2017442712388309406
@Techmeme@techhub.socialInside Elon Musk's bet to hook X users that turned Grok into a porn generator; sources say xAI's AI safety team was just two or three people for most of 2025 (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/02/02/elon-musk-grok-porn…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialIndonesia lifts its ban on Grok after receiving a letter from X "outlining concrete steps" to prevent misuse; Indonesia was the first country to ban Grok (Jin Yu Young/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/world/asia/indonesia-lift-grok-ban.h…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGurman: internal development at Apple "runs on Anthropic at this point", Apple wanted to rebuild Siri around Claude, but Anthropic's terms were too steep (@tbpn)
https://x.com/tbpn/status/2016911797656367199
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAn analysis of Google TPU v6e vs AMD MI300X vs Nvidia H100/B200: Nvidia achieves a ~5x tokens-per-dollar advantage over TPU v6e and 2x advantage over MI300X (@artificialanlys)
https://x.com/artificialanlys/status/1993878037226557519
@Techmeme@techhub.socialKalshi and Polymarket have partnered with social media accounts purporting to be breaking news reporters, some of which have repeatedly posted false information (Jordy Fee-Platt/The Athletic)
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6876922/2
@Techmeme@techhub.socialNew York becomes the first US state to require retailers to disclose use of algorithmic pricing tied to personal data; 10 states are considering similar bills (Tim Balk/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/nyregio
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Intel may start shipping a portion of Apple's lowest-end M chips as early as 2027; Apple is evaluating Intel's 18A process for the chip production (@mingchikuo)
https://x.com/mingchikuo/status/1994422001952555318
