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Angus Cloud – famous from “Euphoria” – has died at his family’s home in Oakland … TMZ has learned.

The proposed Digital Consumer Protection Commission Act by Senators Warren and Graham seeks to create a new federal commission to regulate large tech platforms. However, the bill contains many problematic provisions that threaten free speech and internet freedom. It would require platforms to reveal content moderation policies,...

For 10 days I learned like I have never learned before....

South Africa’s radical leftist opposition party on Saturday urged the leaders of China, India and Brazil to boycott the Brics summit in Johannesburg next month in solidarity with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, who will not be attending....

Self-proclaimed ‘village volunteers’ are armed with weapons sourced from the black market and looted from police armouries.

On 25 July, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang was removed from his position and replaced by his predecessor, Wang Yi. No official reason is provided by Chinese authorities for the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress’s decision to replace Qin following his vague, “health-related” absence from his official...

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/803087...

Large language models like ChatGPT are reviving interest in chatbots and virtual assistants. However, chatbots have failed to gain traction in the past during the rise of both websites and apps. The key issue is that users prefer to interact with their personal virtual assistants like Siri and Alexa, rather than individual...

Practical matters require French to remain a working language, but no longer will it hold prestige as an official means of communication. Another win for the continued decolonization efforts in the imperial periphery.

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/791944...