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    FBI stymied by Apple’s Lockdown Mode after seizing journalist’s iPhone

    Respect for the US Constitution (and other laws) are now quite optional under John Robert's kangaroo court.
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    Disney, ABC reinstate Jimmy Kimmel amid uproar over government censorship

    Nope...Disney can right fuck off regardless. They showed their true colors already. Zero plans to re-enable either our Hulu or Disney+ accounts. Too easy to get the content we want through other means.
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    xAI gets an air permit to power its supercomputer, but pollution fears remain

    oligarchy (noun) - a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution. From the Greek words oligoi - meaning "a few" and arkhein - meaning "to rule" TL;DR - Shut up poor people and be happy those in charge are not yet charging you by the hour for the polluted...
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    Gemini 2.5 is leaving preview just in time for Google’s new $250 AI subscription

    If you are using the service to fake your way through a job...such as, say, generating book lists for the Chicago Sun-Times, it might not be that bad of an "investment" all things considered.
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    US measles cases reach 5-year high; 15 states report cases, Texas outbreak grows

    Red state governors will simply outlaw reporting of cases. Problem solved. Move along..nothing to see here.
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    Amazon execs may be personally liable for tricking users into Prime sign-ups

    I love when you don't have Prime but have spent enough to qualify for free shipping that the system still will default to some damn expensive 2nd day shipping unless you really pay attention during the check out process. This is even after alerting you that you have qualified for free shipping...
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    Google’s “AI Overview” can give false, misleading, and dangerous answers

    Friends don't let friends use Google as their default search engine. This was true long before Google's "AI" beta showed up.
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    Sky voice actor says nobody ever compared her to ScarJo before OpenAI drama

    Something tells me that if Altman hadn't tried a couple times to hire Johansson for the gig combined with his weird "Her" social post, that this would have never amounted to anything. He totally bungled this one.
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    Tesla shareholder group opposes Musk’s $46B pay, slams board “dysfunction”

    I am trying to think of any other CEO of a public company that has pulled the "give me what I want or I will torpedo the company" shtick. Then again, most public companies have a functional board that wants to protect the shareholder.
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    23-year-old man accused of running $100 million online narcotics marketplace

    https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/media/1352546/dl This kid was pretty poor at hiding to say the least. Registers a domain in his name, physical address, tele, etc using a BTC wallet. Well, guess what Einstein? Now you have tied said crypto wallet right to you. Derp. The whole "public" part of...
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    AI marketing hype is coming for your favorite gadgets

    Seems companies are just dusting off the play books from the mid-90's. Doing a search/replace with the words "internet" and "AI". And we all know how that turned out for the vast majority of companies (and investors) in that bubble.
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    Elon Musk threatens to disobey court order over banned profiles

    Pretty sure it is related to inviting someone to fornicate a running kitchen appliance. Kind of sad that mods took that as a literal threat or whatever. It would take a herculean effort to even achieve said act. Meh, my sub is already set to expire to due to continue use of Twitter by ARS and...
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    Texas Secretary of State debunks election-fraud claim spread by Elon Musk

    I don't think we, as a society, are doing enough to help Elon get to Mars. Rumor is his buddy MbS has interesting ways to package humans in small, easily transportable containers. Maybe we could enlist the Saudi gov't to help get Elon to his new home? Edit: Grammar...wordz is hard.
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    Glassdoor adding users’ real names, job info to profiles without consent

    There needs to be review detailing the qualities of the employer Glassdoor on that very site after this...
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    HP wants you to pay up to $36/month to rent a printer that it monitors

    I feel bad for anyone duped into this. HP continues to confuse "innovate" with "exploit".
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    Lawsuit against Prime Video ads shows perils of annual streaming subscriptions

    I was a bit surprised that Amazon offered an option for a pro-rated refund on my Prime membership (annual plan with August as the renewal month) when I cancelled this morning.
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    Musk’s X sold checkmarks to Hezbollah and other terrorist groups, report says

    I love that one of the richest people in the world has so 'eff'd up this company that a couple $1000 a month accounts are worth the trouble. Full-on clown-show.
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    Texas firm allegedly behind fake Biden robocall that told people not to vote

    You had best watch just who you are calling the Saudi Arabia of North America, bud. Sincerely, Idaho Home of 100,000 (17%!) voting for a "sovereign citizen" (and currently on the run) fuck-up for governor. Home of a Lt. Governor that likes taking pictures with white-power scum. Pretty much...
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    Data broker selling de-anonymized info to face FTC lawsuit after all

    100% agree, but given that one of the two political parties in this country would rather the government not be able to enforce these kinds of consumer protections, I wouldn't hold my breath.