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  Google Translate is now Gemini — and you can prompt-inject it https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/07/google-translate-is-now-gemini-and-you-can-prompt-inject-it/ > In November 2025, Google switched Google Translate to an “advanced” mode that runs on the Gemini chatbot! #AI #Google #GoogleTranslate #Gemini

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  ‘Never seen this level of objection’: Scotland pushes back against datacentre boom https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/25/never-seen-this-level-of-objection-scotland-pushes-back-against-datacentre-boom Holyrood ‘inching towards moratorium’ amid concerns over massive proposed developments in Auchtertool and beyond #AI #DataCenters #Scotland

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  Alternatywny interface Lemmiego "Tesseract" zawiera ukrytą cenzurę słów kluczowych, społeczności i konkretnych loginów - szmer https://szmer.info/post/15290991 #Lemmy #Fediverse #censorship

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  Światy młodych Polaków się rozjechały. Powstała niepokojąca luka https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/kraj/news-swiaty-mlodych-polakow-sie-rozjechaly-powstala-niepokojaca-l,nId,23517451 > Relacje stały się bardzo płytkie. Jakbyś zamawiał jedzenie w maku - opowiada Janek. Młodzi mężczyźni coraz częściej zmagają się z samotnością i trudnościami w tworzeniu związków. Oni też częściej zostają w Polsce powiatowej, podczas gdy ich rówieśniczki wyjeżdżają. Powstaje niepokojąca luka. Eksperci nie mają...

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  US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a 'duress' password during border search | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/us-accuses-american-of-allegedly-wiping-his-phone-using-a-duress-password-during-border-search/ > A U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government's claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone's data, opening up fresh questions about a person's constitutional r...

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  What to learn https://danluu.com/learn-what/

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  A defense of boring languages https://danluu.com/boring-languages/

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  AI backlash becomes a real business risk https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/ai-backlash-becomes-real-business-120007051.html?guccounter=1 > The AI hype cycle would have you believe the technology is inevitable. But AI backlash is growing, as people worry it will steal their jobs, jack up electricity rates and further enrich the wealthy, all while hurting the environment. #AI

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  Unlimited AI tokens aren’t unlimited after all as US Army burns through supply https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/07/us-army-faces-ai-use-limits-after-exhausting-years-supply-of-ai-tokens/ > Troops received an email informing them that they were rapidly depleting their AI tokens. #AI #tokenmaxxing

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  Zuzai, a new word, indicates the absence of AI https://zuzai.org/ > About the word zuzai, coined to denote things made or done without artificial intelligence. #AI #zuzai

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  Giganci AI kupują i niszczą stare książki. Trwa wielkie skanowanie https://geekweek.interia.pl/technologia/sztuczna-inteligencja/news-giganci-ai-masowo-wykupuja-i-niszcza-stare-ksiazki-trwa-wiel,nId,23520344 > Giganci na rynku AI znaleźli nowe źródło danych: używane książki drukowane. Z powodu wyczerpania zasobów internetu firmy skupują z antykwariatów całe #AI

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  Trump Flies Waaaaay Off The Rails In Bonkers AI Slop Posting Spree https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-ai-slop-posts_n_6a66d0d0e4b00feba845ef63 > The president posted dozens of times on Sunday, mostly bizarre images of himself. #DonaldTrump

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  How is the Bun Rewrite in Rust Going? https://lockwood.dev/ai/2026/07/27/how-is-the-bun-rewrite-in-rust-going.html > The Bun rewrite seems well positioned as proof-positive that AI and specifically Anthropic’s AI can do the work of open-source maintainers, for some money, but faster. #AI #Bun

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  Spadek dzietności to uniwersalny wzorzec. Przyczyna jest prostsza, niż można by sądzić https://kopalniawiedzy.pl/dzietnosc-spadek-przyczyna,38821 #dzietność

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  Botswana Did Everything Right - Cremieux Recueil https://www.cremieux.xyz/p/botswana-did-everything-right > Botswana invested its diamond wealth in its citizens. Has it all been for naught? #Botswana

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  Opinion | Obsessing About Our Mental Health Is Part of Our Mental Health Problem - The New York Times https://archive.ph/T6VHg #MentalHealth

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  It’s hard to feel sorry for AI companies when China is giving them a taste of their own medicine https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/articles/hard-feel-sorry-ai-companies-160500996.html > The latest installment of 'please, dear God, slow down before it gets too dangerous' comes in the form of Pacing the Frontier. Thousands of staff from frontier AI companies once again pleading for a halt in the development of AI technology. #AI #China

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  After laying off Battlefield 6 developers, EA pays its CEO $38 million because Battlefield 6 did so well https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/after-laying-off-battlefield-6-developers-ea-pays-its-ceo-usd38-million-because-battlefield-6-did-so-well/ > Remember when Battlefield 6 dropped in 2025 and it was a big hit, selling seven million copies in three days and becoming the first Battlefield game to outsell a competing Call of Duty? And then Electronic Arts rewarded the people who ma...

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  Mk3 Security Advisory | COINKITE Blog https://blog.coinkite.com/coldcard-mk3-seed-generation-warning/ > Coinkite is warning users who generated a seed using a COLDCARD Mk3 on firmware version 4.0.1 or any subsequent version that their funds may be at risk. #BitCoin #Coldcard

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  US government lists fictional nation Wakanda as trade partner https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-50849559 > The US Department of Agriculture listed Wakanda as a free-trade partner - despite it being a fictional country. #Wakanda

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  Leading AI chatbots are nudging pregnant women to anti-abortion sources https://www.opendemocracy.net/ai-chatbots-anti-abortion-investigation-chatgpt-gemini-claude-grok-openai-anthropic-google-x-musk-united-states-pregnancy/ > Exclusive: A handful of US tech firms are shaping intimate medical decisions – with little transparency about answers #AI #TeenPregnancy

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  WhatsApp blocks Dutch sex workers, cutting off their income https://nltimes.nl/2026/07/18/whatsapp-blocks-dutch-sex-workers-cutting-income > WhatsApp blocked the accounts of at least five Dutch sex workers last year, cutting off their primary channel for arranging client appointments, a Pointer investigation found. The blocks also made it harder for support services to provide urgent assistance to sex workers. #Meta #WhatsApp #SexWork #privacy

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  Irish datacenters now guzzle 23% of the country's electricity https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/07/11/irish-datacenters-now-guzzle-23-of-the-countrys-electricity/5270013 > Consumption rose another 10% while restrictions on most new grid connections remained around Dublin #AI #DataCenters

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  Bluesky's age assurance sucks, here's how to work around it. · GitHub https://gist.github.com/mary-ext/6e27b24a83838202908808ad528b3318 > Bluesky's age assurance sucks, here's how to work around it. - bluesky-osa.md #Bluesky #AgeVerification

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  Report: How Developers React to AI-Scented Blog Posts https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/dev-reaction-to-ai-blog-posts > 98% of readers prefer imperfect-yet-authentic human writing; most will stop reading, block you, and downvote you if they suspect AI #AI #LLM

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  Ireland is now paying artists a basic income. Will the idea catch on? - Positive News https://www.positive.news/economics/imagination-and-creation-are-products-of-time-and-space/ > Artists boost the economy and enrich society, yet many struggle to make ends meet. Ireland's income scheme aims to change that #UBI

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  Polish nationals among the top property buyers in Malaga https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/polish-nationals-among-the-top-property-buyers-20260506084040-nt.html > Housing is a central issue in Malaga province and even more so now, in the midst of the campaign for the Andalusian elections on 17 May. The housing issue has been analysed from almost every possible angle: price, scarcity, lack of social housing, phenomenon of tourist flats. Until now, however, the question of who actually...

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  Scottish mum stuck abroad after baby falls foul of UK dual nationality rules | Home Office | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/06/scottish-mum-stuck-in-spain-after-baby-falls-foul-of-uk-dual-nationality-rules > Sarah Schloegl was unable to board flight home from Spain as 11-month-old lacked documents needed under new rules #PostBrexit

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  Pluralistic: In praise of vultures (06 May 2026) https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/06/champerty-loves-company/#circle-of-life > One of my bedrock beliefs is that capitalists really hate capitalism. They may name their beloved institutes after the likes of Adam Smith, but they ignore everything Smith had to say about the necessity of competition to keep markets from turning into monopolies #capitalism

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  ‘Hondurasgate,’ the alleged US and Israeli interference plot to destabilize Mexico and other progressive governments | International | EL PAÍS English https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-07/hondurasgate-the-alleged-us-and-israeli-interference-plot-to-destabilize-mexico-and-other-progressive-governments.html > A leaked audio recording points to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, Javier Milei, and Donald Trump as attempting to create a platform to spread fake n...