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More homes, fewer cars. Denver resident. Open a gold savings account: https://kinesis-referrals.com/0102-1572-km13451433/

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SCOTUS kills Chevron deference, giving courts more power to block federal rules

EPA rules and FCC net neutrality order at risk: "No consumer protection is safe."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/06/scotus-kills-chevron-deference-giving-courts-more-power-to-block-federal-rules/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica well fuck

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Spotify’s 2nd price hike in a year raises prices in July by up to $3

Spotify last raised prices in July 2023.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/06/spotifys-2nd-price-hike-in-a-year-raises-prices-in-july-by-up-to-3/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica I got out when I learned that they stopped paying small artists. Slowly rebuilding the algorithm on Apple so that it knows me. It’s a struggle.

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Here’s why a Japanese billionaire just canceled his lunar flight on Starship

"I feel terrible making the crew members wait longer."

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/06/heres-why-a-japanese-billionaire-just-canceled-his-lunar-flight-on-starship/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica okay this is a major bummer for me. I was excited to send artists to the moon and see what they dreamed.

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Spotify won’t open-source Car Thing, but starts refund process

Spotify will brick the hardware it released in 2022 this December.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/spotify-wont-open-source-car-thing-but-starts-refund-process/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica what is the point of bricking your hardware and not letting people open source it? What is gained by being massive pricks?

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With weight-loss drugs booming, companies target dieters with new foods

Taking a weight-loss drug? Food makers have just the new food for you.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/with-weight-loss-drugs-booming-companies-target-dieters-with-new-foods/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica why do I see this trend backfiring on people who don’t take these drugs? I’ll bet I’m about to start subsidizing dieters as drug and food companies battle for dollars.

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GM adds the ability to power your house from one of its new EVs

GM's Ultium-based EVs can power your house during an outage.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/05/gm-adds-the-ability-to-power-your-house-from-one-of-its-new-evs/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica shows just how much energy it takes to drives 4 ton behemoth 3 miles to the grocery store to get a gallon of milk

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Downranking won’t stop Google’s deepfake porn problem, victims say

Delisting non-consensual deepfake porn on Google is "draining," victim says.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/downranking-wont-stop-googles-deepfake-porn-problem-victims-say/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica funny that they have AI that can create deepfake porn of Ms X but using that same AI to search for porn of Ms X and automatically pull it isn’t possible.

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Elon Musk’s X tried and failed to make its own copyright system, judge says

Judge rules copyright law governs public data scraping, not X’s terms.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/elon-musks-x-tried-and-failed-to-make-its-own-copyright-system-judge-says/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica we desperately need copyright reform. Corporations use effectively perpetual copyright to stifle innovation.

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New iPad Pros are the thinnest Apple device ever, feature dual-OLED screens

They also contain what Apple calls the fastest consumer AI computer you can buy.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/new-ipad-pros-are-the-thinnest-apple-device-ever-feature-dual-oled-screens/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica I’m struggling to focus out the purpose of these. They are marketed as pro machines but then what is the MacBook for?

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SEC crypto crackdown continues with Robinhood as lawsuit looms

Robinhood accused SEC of creating a "world of confusion around crypto."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/sec-crypto-crackdown-continues-with-robinhood-as-lawsuit-looms/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica imo this is less about protecting citizens from fraud and more about maintaining an iron grip on money and keeping current power players in power

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The surprise is not that Boeing lost commercial crew but that it finished at all

"The structural inefficiency was a huge deal."

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/05/the-surprise-is-not-that-boeing-lost-commercial-crew-but-that-it-finished-at-all/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica lol at Boeing saying “you can’t expect a program designed like this to succeed” to excuse their failure while SpaceX already succeeded at it.

There are huge structural problems in the US market, stock buybacks and monopolies being two of them. It’s led to industry that has eaten itself and can’t respond to markets.

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America's 813 billionaires now collectively hold a record $5.8 trillion.

That’s more than the wealth of the entire bottom half of the US, roughly 65 million households.

It's not radical to tax the rich. It's radical to allow this level of wealth concentration to continue.

jcriecke ,
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@rbreich there needs to be a better way than taxing unrealized gains. That’s going to cause problems.

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Garry’s Mod is taking down 20 years’ worth of “Nintendo Stuff”

Creator: "They don't want you playing with that stuff... we have to respect that."

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/04/garrys-mod-is-taking-down-20-years-worth-of-nintendo-stuff/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica reform copyright!

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Microsoft’s VASA-1 can deepfake a person with one photo and one audio track

YouTube videos of 6K celebrities helped train AI model to animate photos in real time.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/04/microsofts-vasa-1-can-deepfake-a-person-with-one-photo-and-one-audio-track/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica silly as it sounds, THIS is a serious use case for blockchain. If a video isn’t authenticated by your official address then it’s assumed to be fake.

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Chinese EV makers won’t get subsidies from Mexico after US pressure

Mexico has offered generous incentives for automakers in the past.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/chinese-ev-makers-wont-get-subsidies-from-mexico-after-us-pressure/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica can’t have the Chinese outcompeting the Big 3, neither in the market nor in the government handouts. Guess we’ll just have to keep buying deadly giant mega trucks instead of cheap electric sedans, oh well.

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Studies reveal new clues to how tardigrades can survive intense radiation

Radiation damages their DNA; they're just able to repair that damage very quickly.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/04/studies-reveal-new-clues-to-how-tardigrades-can-survive-intense-radiation/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica this is good news if we can learn how to copy the ability

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For the 7th time this year, MAGA extremists killed the GOP’s own bill by voting no on the “rule” to advance it. This time it was a renewal of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act—all because Trump wrongly claimed it was used against his campaign. The GOP is pure dysfunction.

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@rbreich wish trump would rail against the patriot act, I’d actually like to get rid of that one.

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Movie industry demands US law requiring ISPs to block piracy websites

Opponents say SOPA-like proposal would block plenty of legitimate websites.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/movie-industry-demands-us-law-requiring-isps-to-block-piracy-websites/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica past time to reform copyright. These corporations shouldn’t have sole access to all culture for a century, it’s harmful.

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2,000 senior women win “biggest victory possible” in landmark climate case

Landmark ruling could motivate more climate litigation globally.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/2000-senior-women-win-biggest-victory-possible-in-landmark-climate-case/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica the US only cares about global rules that the US decides apply to itself. Which is none.

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