Technology

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1284756/eu-governments-adopt-return-of-chat-control-1-0-breyer-the-true-losers-are-our-children

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1284443/meta-nvidia-microsoft-a16z-and-others-sign-a-letter-defending-open-weight-ai-jensen-huan

Lobsters.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1284061/new-jersey-bans-grocery-stores-from-using-shoppers-personal-data-to-set-prices

India has directed GitHub to disable access to the repositories of Bitchat, Jack Dorsey's decentralized Bluetooth mesh messaging application, under Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology Act and the IT Rules, 2021. According to the official notice issued by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), authorities argue that Bitchat's decentralized architecture, lack of mandatory user registration, absence of centralized logging, and ability to operate without internet connectivity make lawful interception and criminal investigations significantly more difficult.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1283882/volkswagen-profits-drop-10-as-embattled-automaker-considers-massive-job-cuts

Fucking Cowards

Is there no git hosting service left that isn't pushing censorship and fascism? I think I should just start self-hosting at this point.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1283158/patreon-lays-off-20-of-its-workforce

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1282802/new-warnings-that-russian-operatives-are-targeting-the-emails-of-us-nuclear-scientists-a

CISA Advisory.