Articles by latexr
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Techno-cynics are wounded techno-optimists (aftermath.site)

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Grok Exposed a Porn Performer's Legal Name and Birthdate–Without Being Asked (404media.co)

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Extension of interim rules to combat CSAM must prevent indiscriminate scanning (europa.eu)

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LLVM: Concerns about low-quality PRs being merged into main (llvm.org)

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The risks of OpenAI's Whisper audio transcription model (baldurbjarnason.com)

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Have I hardened against LLMs? (baldurbjarnason.com)

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Data Protection Day: 5 misconceptions about data protection, debunked (noyb.eu)

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'AI' is a dick move, redux (baldurbjarnason.com)

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Satya Nadella decides Microsoft needs a quality czar (theregister.com)

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Draft on Chat Control: Mass Surveillance to Continue, Sparking Renewed Protests (patrick-breyer.de)

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Chat Control 1.0: Civil Society Mobilizes Against Extending Mass Surveillance (patrick-breyer.de)

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Beg Bounties (troyhunt.com)

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Guthman Musical Instrument Competition (2026 Finalists) (gatech.edu)

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If Apple is richer than ever, why does it feel so broke? (macworld.com)

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Plotting via Claude (leancrew.com)

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The Fallen Apple (mattgemmell.scot)

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Microsoft stock plunges as Wall Street questions AI investments (aljazeera.com)

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Nvidia Halts Plan to Invest $100B in OpenAI, WSJ Says (bloomberg.com)

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Nvidia halts plan to invest $100B in OpenAI after talks collapse (business-standard.com)

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The AI problem no one is talking about (morrick.me)

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New OpenAI tool renews fears that "AI slop" will overwhelm scientific research (arstechnica.com)

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Apple's John Ternus Takes over Design in Latest CEO Succession Move – MacRumors (macrumors.com)

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Node.js: New HackerOne Signal Requirement for Vulnerability Reports (nodejs.org)

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We will ban you and ridicule you in public if you waste our time on crap reports (curl.se)

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AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns (irishtimes.com)

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Claude Code Won't Fix Your Life (joanwestenberg.com)

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cURL stopped HackerOne bug bounty program due to excessive slop reports (github.com/curl)

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U.S. Court Order Against Anna's Archive Spells More Trouble for the Site (torrentfreak.com)

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Woz vs. Wooz (cabel.com)

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iOS 26 Shows Unusually Slow Adoption Months After Release (macrumors.com)

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Tim Cook Posts AI Slop in Christmas Message on Twitter (daringfireball.net)

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TikTok unlawfully tracks your shopping habits – and your use of dating apps (noyb.eu)

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Mozilla's new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox (theverge.com)

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Data center construction moratorium is gaining steam (theverge.com)

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Chat Control Twist: Commissioner Sides with Parliament over Governments (patrick-breyer.de)

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The Free Software Foundation Europe deleted its account on X (fsfe.org)

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Livestream: MEPs Question Commissioner Brunner on Chat Control (europa.eu)

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Bad Dye Job (daringfireball.net)

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Elon Musk is on a racist posting spree again (theverge.com)

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Apple security bounties slashed as Mac malware grows (9to5mac.com)

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UK digital ID plan gets a price tag at last – £1.8B (theregister.com)

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New EU regulator is contractually prohibited from hurting Meta's feelings (pluralistic.net)

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OpenAI just made another circular deal (theverge.com)

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When Playdate Stopped Being Fun (gingerbeardman.com)

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Chat Control is not dead, it is just being privatized (patrick-breyer.de)

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Apple Event – November 20 (Spoof) [video] (youtube.com)

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HP and Dell disable HEVC support built into their laptops' CPUs (arstechnica.com)

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Microsoft Exec Asks: Why Aren't More People Impressed with AI? (pcmag.com)

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EU governments are removing Chat Control from today's COREPER agenda (digitalcourage.social)

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Becoming an AI detective is a job I never wanted and wish I could quit (theguardian.com)

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Chat Control Still Poses High Risks Despite Removal of Mandatory Scanning (patrick-breyer.de)

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Urban Myth of 5-7-5 (graceguts.com)

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Apple Peelings (warnercrocker.com)

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She was hanging from the Bataclan's window. He caught her hand (lemonde.fr)

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Chat Control is close to being adopted, and its worse (mastodon.social)

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Chat Control one step closer to being adopted (hachyderm.io)

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Oversight Committee Releases Additional Epstein Estate Documents (house.gov)

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EU Commission about to wreck core principles of the GDPR (noyb.eu)

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Hilarious Finalists from the 2025 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards (popsci.com)

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George R.R. Martin Wins First Battle in Game of Thrones Copyright Lawsuit (screenrant.com)

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The curl project on GitHub has reached zero open issues (github.com/curl)

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Boston Police Can No Longer Use Facial Recognition Software (builtinboston.com)

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The Highs and Lows of Tardigrade Pregnancy [video] (youtube.com)

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Criminal complaint against facial recognition company Clearview AI (noyb.eu)

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Hi, It's Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology (mcsweeneys.net)

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Cirrus Labs Enforces Its Fair Source License (tart.run)

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Microsoft violated EU law in handling of kids' data, Austrian regulator finds (therecord.media)

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Noyb win: Microsoft 365 Education may not track school children (noyb.eu)

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OpenAI wasn't expecting Sora's copyright drama (theverge.com)

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The Exhaustion of Permanent Disruption (joanwestenberg.com)

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A Responsibility to the Industry (lmnt.me)

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[flagged] Disney+ Subscribers Face a Wave of Cancellations (techbook-magazine.com)

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When Cats Came to My California Prison (prisonjournalismproject.org)

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Authors, Time to Get That (Anthropic) Bag (scalzi.com)

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Root-access bug in Red Hat OpenShift AI allows full cluster takeover (theregister.com)

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The UK's war on Apple encryption is back (theverge.com)

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First mushroom-powered toilet could replace stinky porta-potties (popsci.com)

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YouTube caves to Trump with $24.5M settlement (theverge.com)

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Chat Control Is Back on the Menu in the EU. It Still Must Be Stopped (eff.org)

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Affinity (owned by Canva) is closing their public forums and using Discord (serif.com)

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Whitebridge.ai: your personal data is for sale to you and anyone (noyb.eu)

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Losing Your Voice to AI – An End-of-Semester Ramble [video] (youtube.com)

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GitHub-hosted copycat Mac app malware scam proliferates (lapcatsoftware.com)

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A Critique of Dictionary Websites and Apps (bit-101.com)

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Noyb WIN: Austrian authority forbids unlawful credit scoring by KSV1870 (noyb.eu)

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Apple Stops Signing iOS 18.6.2, iOS 26 Downgrades Now Impossible (macrumors.com)

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Pokémon Cards CSS Holographic Effect (simey.me)

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macOS becomes iOS: Safari video controls (underpassapp.com)

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Data Shows That AI Use Is Now Declining at Large Companies (futurism.com)

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The psychology of fixing bugs, Part 2: Google (lapcatsoftware.com)

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Budget Cuts Paralyse Austrian DPA: NGO Complaint to the EU Commission (noyb.eu)

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Tariffs Kill the Starling Home Hub, Google Nest's Best Bridge to Apple Home (theverge.com)

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Meta bypassed Apple privacy protections, claims former employee (9to5mac.com)

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When You're No Longer One of Us (gibber.blog)

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How Tim Cook sold out Steve Jobs (anildash.com)

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Tim Cook, how low will you go? (ljpuk.net)

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The CoPilot Productivity Paradox (marginalia.nu)

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996 Working Hour System (wikipedia.org)

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Let us git rid of it, angry GitHub users say of forced Copilot features (theregister.com)

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Tell HN: Top 3 GitHub Community Discussions of the Past Year Are Critical of AI