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Reddit invites mods to “feedback” conversations with the admins (www.theverge.com)

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Actors say Hollywood studios want their AI replicas — for free, forever (www.theverge.com)

The reveal came as SAG-AFTRA actors confirmed they were going on strike.

Sarah Silverman and other authors are suing OpenAI and Meta for copyright infringement, alleging that they're training their LLMs on books via Library Genesis and Z-Library (www.thedailybeast.com)

"Privacy-Preserving" Attribution: Mozilla Disappoints Us Yet Again (blog.privacyguides.org)

Germany’s doner kebab becomes symbol of angst over rising costs (www.politico.eu)

“I can still remember when doner kebabs were sold for €3.50,” reminisced one teenager amid calls for a price brake to stop rising kebab costs....

I hate Clouds - a personal perspective on why I think Clouds suck (loudwhisper.me)

I hope this won’t be counted as some form of self-promotion, even though I am sharing a post from my own blog....

Netflix Starts Booting Subscribers Off Cheapest Basic Ads-Free Plan (www.macrumors.com)

VPN by Google One shuts down (9to5google.com)

AOC backs Hunter Biden verdict and says its proof Dems are ‘willing to accept when our justice system works’ (www.independent.co.uk)

210 Palestinians reportedly killed during Israeli hostage recovery operation (thehill.com)

The bodies of 109 Palestinians including 23 children and 11 women were taken to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, and spokesperson Khalil Degran told the Associated Press that more than 100 wounded also arrived to the hospital. In addition, he said the rest of the 210 Palestinians killed were taken to Al-Awda Hospital after the...

Outcry from big AI firms over California AI “kill switch” bill (arstechnica.com)

Big Tech to EU: "Drop Dead" (www.eff.org)

Thomas says critics are pushing 'nastiness' and calls Washington a 'hideous place' (apnews.com)

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas told attendees at a judicial conference Friday that he and his wife have faced “nastiness” and “lies” over the last several years and decried Washington, D.C., as a “hideous place.”...

‘I am starting to panic about my child’s future’: climate scientists wary of starting families (www.theguardian.com)

A fifth of female climate scientists who responded to Guardian survey said they had opted to have no or fewer children...

Demand ad companies take security seriously first and maybe we'll talk. (tesseract.dubvee.org)

To Fight ‘Shrinkflation’ France Will Force Retailers to Warn Shoppers: Merchants will be required to put signs in front of all products that have been reduced in size without a corresponding price cut (www.nytimes.com)

As the US deliberately starves the Cuban people, solidarity activists launch campaign to send flour (peoplesdispatch.org)

Calls for smartphone-free childhood grow in Britain (www.straitstimes.com)

Bentley CEO says sales are down because the rich are experiencing ‘emotional sensitivity’ due to the cost of living and don’t want to flaunt their wealth with a new luxury car (fortune.com)