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Google launches its AI-powered ad tools in India; the country repealing its so-called "Google Tax" boosts its appeal to global tech companies selling online ads (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/09/goog

Google brings its AI-powered marketing tools to India after 'Google tax' repeal | TechCrunch
Google has launched a suite of its AI-powered advertising tools in India, which debuted in the U.S. in May, as the repeal of the so-called "Google tax"

Iran becoming 'much more aggressive' in nuclear talks, Trump tells Fox News (Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/iran-becoming-much-more-aggressive-nuclear-talks-trump-tells-fox-news
http://www.memeorandum.com/250610/p72#a250610p72

I read this press release and I think the only thing I found interesting was the bit about improved accessibility...
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/06/apple-supercharges-its-tools-and-technologies-for-developers/

Apple supercharges its tools and technologies for developers to foster creativity, innovation, and design
Apple announced new technologies and enhancements to its developer tools to help developers create more beautiful, intelligent, and engaging apps.

Google launches its AI-powered ad tools in India; the country repealing its so-called "Google Tax" boosts its appeal to global tech companies selling online ads (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/09/goog

Google brings its AI-powered marketing tools to India after 'Google tax' repeal | TechCrunch
Google has launched a suite of its AI-powered advertising tools in India, which debuted in the U.S. in May, as the repeal of the so-called "Google tax"

A post from the archive 📫:
A talk about Dump File analysis
#debugging

Now Trump is ready to discuss Russia keeping part of Ukraine as reward for its war of aggression, Europe needs to strongly support Ukraine.
Tricky for the EU, which hasn't been very united and courageous recently, and which has some friends of Putin in its midst.

»Gaokao – KI-Tools während Chinas wichtigster Prüfung abgeschaltet:
Chinas Technologiekonzerne haben ihre KI-Dienste während der diesjährigen Hochschulzulassungsprüfungsprüfungen eingeschränkt.«
Dürfen die in China nicht manipulieren oder pseudo kreativ sein oder ist dies sogar eine indirekte KI-Services Werbung??? Nun ja, für deren Marketing ist dies sicherlich nicht negatiev.
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Gaokao: KI-Tools während Chinas wichtigster Prüfung abgeschaltet - Golem.de
Chinas Technologiekonzerne haben ihre KI-Dienste während der diesjährigen Hochschulzulassungsprüfungsprüfungen eingeschränkt.

That some people find “text box that spits out a broken version of what they want and then you yell at it until it’s sufficing” more convenient than using existing tools says a lot more about existing tools than about the text box.
E.g. programming has long been extremely overwrought and complex for no reason other than enterprise wankery and gatekeeping, see the various frameworks from Big Tech.
The same companies now rent you expensive tools that “make programming easy”, while their overly complex frameworks and environments are free of course.
Instead of fixing the problem we’re now having two problems.
(The same is true in other industries.)

5 Tools to Amp Up Your Keyboard Rig
#DigitalPiano #MusicianTips
https://muz4now.com/2020…

5 Tools to Amp Up Your Keyboard Rig
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Last week I had the great honor to give a talk with my friend Malte about capitalism, (tech-)fascism and how it connects to "AI".
(Original title: “Fascist AI” talk at LOOPS)
https://tante.cc/2025/07/04/fascist-ai-talk-at-loops/

"Fascist AI" talk at LOOPS
The New Practice space at TU Berlin runs a series of talks called LOOPS. Together with my friend Malte I was invited to talk a bit about “Fascist AI”. How capitalism, fascism and AI narratives are very closely aligned and (re)produce one another. I enjoyed giving the talk (I rarely do those together with others) […]