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As many teenagers in Australia grapple with a new reality without social media, content creators who spent years cultivating their followings are also feeling the effects of losing their most active audience members. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/11/asia-pacific/australian-ban-content-creators/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #australia #socialmedia #children #instagram #tiktok #youtube #meta #alphabet
A day after a world-first social media ban on under-16s went live, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that the rollout was always going to be bumpy but would ultimately save lives. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/11/asia-pacific/society/australia-social-media-teens/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #australia #socialmedia #tiktok #meta #instagram #alphabet #youtube #snapchat #lemon8 #yope
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Wiederholt Schulbusse passiert: Update soll Waymo-Taxis Verkehrsregel beibringen
Haltende Schulbusse dürfen in den USA nicht passiert werden. Schon länger heißt es, dass Waymos Robotaxis sich daran nicht halten. Jetzt soll ein Update helfen.
#Alphabet #autonomesFahren #Verkehrssicherheit #Wirtschaft #news
Wiederholt Schulbusse passiert: Update soll Waymo-Taxis Verkehrsregel beibringen
Haltende Schulbusse dürfen in den USA nicht passiert werden. Schon länger heißt es, dass Waymos Robotaxis sich daran nicht halten. Jetzt soll ein Update helfen.
#Alphabet #autonomesFahren #Verkehrssicherheit #Wirtschaft #news
The artificial intelligence consumer gold rush may come from images not words. That should worry anyone who still thinks pictures don’t lie. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/03/world/photos-might-be-ais-real-killer-app/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #ai #artificialintelligence #photoshop #vidu #alphabet #google #gemini #alibabagroup #qwen #bytedance #doubao #alibaba
If you want to buy some real art from a real person in this relentless season of commerce, then why not see which of Rachel Joy's one-off letters are left in stock. Each one is 50 × 50 cm, painted in lettering enamel on canvas.
https://www.racheljoy.art/shop
Learn more about the stories and inspiration behind some of these via this recent despatch from Rachel's newsletter, which you should probably subscribe to:
https://us20.campaign-archive.com/?u=73ace62722651ce75e102b630&id=6365f806f5
#SignPainting #Art #Signwriting #Lettering #Letters #Alphabet
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Autonome Autos: Waymo darf in Kalifornien in viel größerem Gebiet testen
Jede Woche befördert Waymo mit autonomen Taxis hunderttausende Menschen. Nun erlaubt Kalifornien Tests mit den Fahrzeugen rund um San Francisco und Los Angeles.
Autonome Autos: Waymo darf in Kalifornien in viel größerem Gebiet testen
Jede Woche befördert Waymo mit autonomen Taxis hunderttausende Menschen. Nun erlaubt Kalifornien Tests mit den Fahrzeugen rund um San Francisco und Los Angeles.
EDIT: The Malwarebytes article has been updated:
"After taking a closer look at Google’s documentation and reviewing other reporting, that doesn’t appear to be the case."
This confusion could've been easily avoided if Google was more clear in how they communicate with their users.
ORIGINAL:
PSA to anyone who uses Gmail!
"Reportedly, Google has recently started automatically opting users in to allow Gmail to access all private messages and attachments for training its AI models. This means your emails could be analyzed to improve Google’s AI assistants, like Smart Compose or AI-generated replies. Unless you decide to take action."
Note to self: look for anything called #SmartFeatures and disagree for them to be used. Wording about compliance may well change, and be sure to look out for them again every once in a while. #Google is now just partner a bigger Thing called #Alphabet which has other manifestations including (? tbc)
US-Regierung gewährt Milliardenkredit für Reaktivierung von Three Mile Island
In wenigen Jahren soll das stillgelegte Atomkraftwerk Three Mile Island wieder Strom produzieren. Die US-Regierung vergibt dafür einen Kredit.
#Alphabet #Atomkraft #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Facebook #Microsoft #Stromversorgung #Wirtschaft #news
Idealo-Prozess: Google zu 465 Millionen Euro Schadenersatz verurteilt
Der Preisvergleichsanbieter Idealo hat vor Gericht gegen Google gesiegt. Der Schadenersatz ist beträchtlich, aber auch beträchtlich kleiner als gefordert.
#Alphabet #Google #IT #Recht #Suchmaschine #Wirtschaft #news
Delivering a positive wealth effect for the general public from rising asset prices is key to Prime Minister Takaichi's economic success. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/14/japan/takaichi-and-making-abenomics-20-successful/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #japaneseeconomy #goldmansachs #abenomics #sanaetakaichi #wallstreet #alphabet #amazon #apple #metaplatforms #microsoft #nvidia #tesla #nikkei225 #jpmorgan #merrilllynchjapan
DMA: EU-Kommission prüft mögliche Mediendiskriminierung durch Google
Die EU-Kommission geht dem Verdacht nach, dass Google beim Ranking von Webseiten legitime Inhalte abwertet. Das soll unter anderem Medienangebote betreffen.
#Alphabet #DigitalMarketsAct #EU #Google #Medien #Netzpolitik #Suchmaschine #Wettbewerb #Wirtschaft #news
If your fund suspends its ethics rules during a genocide, you didn’t need an “ethics committee”, you just need a portfolio board or a returns committee.
Ethics matter when it’s hard…
UN report: “From economy of occupation to economy of genocide” including the key role of Big Tech:https://www.un.org/unispal/document/a-hrc-59-23-from-economy-of-occupation-to-economy-of-genocide-report-special-rapporteur-francesca-albanese-palestine-2025/
@wlaatje The honest logo's of those companies:
https://aka-unless.codeberg.page/nobody/@pages/