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  1. Comment on EU country grouping cleared to build sovereign digital infrastructure in ~tech

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    The European Commission on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for a group of four countries to establish a common organisation for building open source alternatives to much-used (non-European) software.

    France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands will work to develop open, European alternatives in “key areas” such as AI, cloud, cybersecurity, and – curiously – social networks.

    2 votes

  3. Comment on Aggressive bots ruined my weekend in ~tech

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    Interesting bit about smartphones possibly being abused for scraping

    Interesting bit about smartphones possibly being abused for scraping

    What's wild is that these scrapers rotate through thousands of IP addresses during their scrapes, which leads me to suspect that the requests are being tunnelled through apps on mobile devices, since the ASNs tend to be cellular networks. I'm still speculating here, but I think app developers have found another way to monetise their apps by offering them for free, and selling tunnel access to scrapers.

    16 votes

  4. Comment on Pete Hegseth announces Qatar will build air force facility at US base in Idaho in ~society

  5. Comment on Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without an online account in ~tech

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    In Windows Enterprise, so called domains are used. Historically, these are networks where the accounts are managed centrally by servers in the local corporate network. Microsoft doesn't know...

    In Windows Enterprise, so called domains are used. Historically, these are networks where the accounts are managed centrally by servers in the local corporate network. Microsoft doesn't know anything about these, as all the information stays in the local network.

    But Microsoft also offers several cloud-based solutions for account and identity services.

    3 votes

  6. Comment on US Supreme Court allows order forcing Google to make app store reforms in ~tech

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    The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to halt key parts of a judge's order requiring Alphabet's Google to make major changes to its app store Play, as the company prepares to appeal a decision in a lawsuit brought by "Fortnite" maker Epic Games.

    The injunction issued last year by U.S. District Judge James Donato requires Google to allow users to download rival app stores within its Play store and make Play's app catalog available to competitors. Those provisions do not take effect until July 2026.
    The judge also said Google must allow developers to include external links in apps, enabling users to bypass Google's billing system. That part of the injunction is due to take effect later this month.

    7 votes

  9. Comment on Greg Kroah-Hartman explains the Cyber Resilience Act for open source developers in ~comp

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    There has been considerable worry about the impact of the European Union's Cyber Resilience Act on open source programmers. Linux stable kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman says, however, that there won't be much of an impact at all.

    2 votes

  11. Comment on What can I do with my old Pixel 3 phone in 2025? in ~tech

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    Additional information for others: Not all Pixel 6a devices are affected. You can check here if your Pixel 6a is affected: https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/16340779?p=pixel6a_battery

    Additional information for others:
    Not all Pixel 6a devices are affected. You can check here if your Pixel 6a is affected:
    https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/16340779?p=pixel6a_battery

    4 votes

  12. Comment on Making your own MSP/payment processor (in response to Itch/Valve) in ~games

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    I think they talked about this:

    I think they talked about this:

    What I'm saying is yes, Itch could deal with CCBill or Epoch for porn. It would be a nightmare at every level and they probably can't afford to. Even only sending 18+ game purchases to them, there's giant recurring fees just for the privilege.

    Also there are people I trust who have been around this block, like the Dreamwidth founder who say every high risk MSP ever forbids this practice of split horizon processing.

    10 votes

  13. Comment on Miami jury orders Tesla to pay hundreds of millions in damages in Autopilot crash case in ~transport

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    They should be forced to record a certain base level of data and release this data for accidents and if they don't they should be fined to oblivion.

    Tesla has previously faced criticism that it is slow to cough up crucial data by relatives of other victims in Tesla crashes, accusations that the car company has denied. In this case, the plaintiffs showed Tesla had the evidence all along, despite its repeated denials, by hiring a forensic data expert who dug it up. Tesla said it made a mistake after being shown the evidence and honestly hadn’t thought it was there.

    They should be forced to record a certain base level of data and release this data for accidents and if they don't they should be fined to oblivion.

    9 votes

  14. Comment on MTG - Building a collection in ~games.tabletop

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    Offtopic: I prefer using https://mtg.wiki/ as it is ad free and not bloated as the fandom wiki. It's hosted by the same team as https://scryfall.com/, which is s great resource to find specific...

    Offtopic:
    I prefer using https://mtg.wiki/ as it is ad free and not bloated as the fandom wiki. It's hosted by the same team as https://scryfall.com/, which is s great resource to find specific magic cards.

    3 votes

  15. Comment on Content Independence Day: No AI crawl without compensation! in ~tech

  16. Comment on European Speedrunner Assembly’s Summer 2025 event, a weeklong charity marathon featuring speedruns, is live (runs June 28 - July 5) in ~games

  17. Comment on Can Bearblog links show authors? in ~tildes

  18. Comment on Four former Volkswagen managers found guilty in German emissions trial in ~transport

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    Two times prison sentence without suspension, two times with suspension

    Two of the managers received multiyear prison sentences, and two received suspended sentences. Jens Hadler, who oversaw diesel engine development, received the longest prison sentence, at four and a half years. Another ex-manager who worked in engine electronics, Hanno Jelden, received two years and seven months. The two men given suspended sentences were Heinz-Jakob Neusser, who was responsible for components development and was sentenced to one year and three months, and a man identified as Thorsten D., an emissions specialist who received one year and 10 months.

    Two times prison sentence without suspension, two times with suspension

    Ferdinand Dudenhöffer, director of the Center Automotive Research in Bochum, Germany, who worked at Volkswagen early in his career, called the four convicted men “scapegoats.” The scandal, he said, was the product of “a system based on fear and obedience created by authoritarian leaders.”

    The scandal has cost Volkswagen more than $30 billion in fines and legal fees.

    9 votes

  19. Comment on Larry David: My dinner with Adolf Hitler in ~society

  20. Comment on The Energia-Buran, as detailed by an eyewitness to the Soviet spaceplane before its destruction in ~space