Tootfinder

Public repo with text of a "Read Only License" and nothing else in the repo. So, can anyone else use that license text in their project? 🤔
(No license info -> no license grant, including no downloading, but would it kill to include a LICENSE.md?)
#technology #licenses #conundrum

The Economist, the FT, and Dow Jones are licensing their archives and live content to enterprise clients for use in their private LLMs (Jessica Davies/Digiday)
https://digiday.com/media/the-economist-licenses-its-content-to-enterprise-clients-…

The Economist licenses its content to enterprise clients’ private LLMs
The Economist and Factiva are actively driving LLM licensing deals with enterprise clients' private large language models LLMs.

A look at the challenges facing Europe's chip industry, as the EU will likely fall short of its targeted 20% share of global chip manufacturing by 2030 (Foreign Affairs)
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/europe/europe-losing-chips-race

Europe Is Losing the Chips Race
The continent needs more cooperation with America—not less.

We're not looking for a show vote from Republicans.
We're looking for meaningful help so that people can afford medical care.
-- Senator Elizabeth Warren
https://bsky.app/profile/warren.senate.gov/post/3m3fmmifads2u

Elizabeth Warren (@warren.senate.gov)
We're not looking for a show vote from Republicans. We're looking for meaningful help so that people can afford medical care.

Steelers trying to end this inexplicable 45-year Thursday losing streak in Week 7 against Bengals

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/steelers-thursday-night-losing-streak-bengal…

🎰 Do you have a license for that robot bookie?
#gambling

Defects4Log: Benchmarking LLMs for Logging Code Defect Detection and Reasoning
Xin Wang, Zhenhao Li, Zishuo Ding
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.11305 https://a…

Defects4Log: Benchmarking LLMs for Logging Code Defect Detection and Reasoning
Logging code is written by developers to capture system runtime behavior and plays a vital role in debugging, performance analysis, and system monitoring. However, defects in logging code can undermine the usefulness of logs and lead to misinterpretations. Although prior work has identified several logging defect patterns and provided valuable insights into logging practices, these studies often focus on a narrow range of defect patterns derived from limited sources (e.g., commit histories) and…

YouTube plans to expand its likeness detection tech to all Partner Program creators in the next months; creators can opt in by uploading an image of their face (Kerry Flynn/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/16/youtube-ai-likeness-detection-deepfakes

YouTube expands likeness detection to all creators
The tool helps creators manage AI-generated videos.

The Trump administration’s attack on Social Security is looking worse
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-09-17/the-trump-administrations-attack-on-social-security-is-looking-worse

Hiltzik: Social Security's ability to serve you is crumbling
Staff cutbacks and exposure of personal information are among the results of DOGE attacks on Social Security.

Sony Music Group joins UMG, Warner Music, and Kobalt in signing a direct licensing agreement with Spotify, allowing for greater freedom to negotiate (Jem Aswad/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/sony-music-spotify-new-deal-direct-lic…

Sony Music and Spotify Announce New Deal, With Direct Licensing
Sony Music and Spotify have announced an extension of their partnership, which includes a new direct licensing arrangement for publishing in the U.S.