I joined the Times Tech Report to talk about the collapse of growth in the software industry, the lie of infinite growth in SaaS, and Oracle sinking over a hundred billion dollars into data centers that will be obsolete by the time they're built.
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The city’s transition away from the car, tho fantastically chaotic, has become a global role model. Under mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social, Paris was “the most influential city in the world”, says Canadian urbanist Brent Toderian. Hidalgo, stepping down after 12 yrs, exulted: “The bike beat the car.”
‘If you feel that something being a stochastic parrot is derogatory, it’s worth reflecting on why that is. Being a stochastic parrot is very cool.’ @mmitchell.bsky.social
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As crypto ATMs have multiplied, scams have proliferated alongside them. In 2024, the FBI received nearly 11,000 fraud complaints involving crypto ATMs, a 99% increase from the year prior and representing about $247 million in alleged losses.
Our tax dollars are paying for this horror.
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In former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke’s trial, which is expected to last for about three months, her lawyer maintains that she was merely a “rubber stamp” for official decisions that she had no real influence over.
Azy à ma place ymgave au machin là tu parleras des enfants ça fera chialer dans les chaumières
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From @pressfreedom.bsky.social: More journalists and media workers were killed in 2025 than in any other year since CPJ began collecting data. Despite a rise in targeted killings, there have been few transparent investigations and no one held accountable.
As computing weaves itself into the interstitial spaces of civilization, increasingly every line of code represent an ethical and moral decision.
And now, what we see unfolding in real time with regard to the Department of Defense’s decisions regarding the use of AI in warfare encompasses every one of these elements, particularly the last one.
So apparently according to @Keir_Starmer I am an "extreme leftist."
I support economic equality, good public services accessible to everyone, human rights and international law, and bringing ecological impacts back within safe limits.
"extreme" 🤷♀️. Sure.
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BILLET. Les poids lourds sont un danger pour les cyclistes, il est temps que les pouvoirs publics réagissent
New: this app warns you if someone is wearing smart glasses nearby.
Meta plans to add facial recognition to its Ray-Ban smart glasses. A 404 Media reader made this app after we showed men filming people w/o their consent, and DHS officials were wearing the glasses www.404media.co/this-app-war...
Symboles, groupuscules, saluts nazis, insultes racistes : ce qu'il s'est passé dans la manifestation néonazie de Lyon
➡️ l.humanite.fr/GXa
"Sadly, a hypothetical future of high consumption and high well-being is simply impossible, because high consumption is incompatible with remaining within planetary boundaries."
Former British Columbia chief electoral officer Anton Boegman, nominated by the federal government, will take on the new position of the first foreign interference watchdog. Canadian parliament voted to create the position over a year and a half ago.
As cryptocurrency use in the U.S. surges, the number of federal investigators assigned to review safeguards against dirty money in the industry plummeted last year to the lowest level since at least 2017, according to federal data obtained by ICIJ.
A year after the Assad regime collapsed, grieving families are still grappling with a lack of information about those who disappeared into the country's vast prison network.
ICIJ's #DamascusDossier reporters spoke to families who are searching for answers:
Nous étions à la journée d'écoconception du numérique organisée par les Designers Éthiques.
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An ICIJ analysis found that between “CZ” Zhao and Binance's guilty pleas and the former CEO's recent pardon, the exchange continued to profit from hundreds of millions of dollars in crypto transactions linked to notorious organized crime groups. buff.ly/TXtiHXr
Entities linked to the Chinese state have quietly assumed control of one of Malawi’s most strategic rare-earth mineral projects — without required oversight from Malawian authorities, an investigation by ICIJ partners PIJ Malawi, Finance Uncovered and The Continent found.
Rejoignez-nous demain soir pour une découverte des OS mobiles libres ! Si vous vous demandez à quoi ressemblent Lineage ou /e/OS avant de sauter le pas, ou par simple curiosité, venez manipuler des smartphones libérés pour voir à quoi ça ressemble 😊
Inscriptions : opencollective.com/le-47/events...
@franceinter.fr quel intérêt de donner une tribune à l’ambassadeur d’un régime dictatorial et assassin pratiquant la langue de bois ?
[Atelier découverte] Vous voulez vous passer d'Android et basculer sur un système d'exploitation mobile open source... mais vous ne savez pas comment faire ? Vous voulez en savoir plus sur l'expérience utilisateur d'OS libres (Lineage, /e/OS) et explorer une expérience mobile un peu différente ?
"... et dans ce clair obscur surgissent les monstres"
Antonio Gramsci
🧵🌡️ J'ai le grand plaisir de vous présenter le résultat de trois mois de travail sur la désinformation climatique :)
J'ai entrepris de cartographier les acteurs de la diffusion des discours climato-dénialistes (= climatosceptiques) en France. #climat #climate
👉 deni-climatique.fr
La voiture électrique est régulièrement pointée du doigt pour les impacts environnementaux, notamment sur le sujet du Cobalt et le travail des enfants en RDC.
Aurélien Bigo a fait une synthèse complète du sujet pour aborder factuellement ce sujet difficile : bonpote.com/analyse-la-r...
A documentary by Yle, a Finnish broadcaster and ICIJ media partner, appears to confirm ICIJ’s #ChinaTargets findings about some of China’s tactics at the U.N. premises.
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California wants to tax billionaires with a 5% wealth tax and the CEO of Nvidia, who would have to pay $8 billion on his $163 billion fortune, says it like it is:
that's perfectly fine! 🧵
