In quest to defeat Euro red-tape, Apple said it has three Safari browsers – not one - I like Apple products generally, I've mostly been happy with products I've bought from them, but sometimes they behave strangely. Are they really pretending to be a small startup to get aroubd EU regulation? Surely there must be more to this story, even Apple isn't this out of touch with reality. www.theregister.com #
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Why Mozilla is betting on a decentralized social networking future - They are testing out their own Mastodon server (@mozilla.social), are going to be implementing content moderation policies, and generally plan on using their expereience to streamline onboarding and discovery. They have also been investing in Mastodon based startups. techcrunch.com #
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EU Tries To Slip In New Powers To Intercept Encrypted Web Traffic Without Anyone Noticing - The new legislation would give individual member states the power to control certificates that web browsers trust. They would thus gain the ability to intercept and decrypt all web traffic using these certificates. What's even more worrying is that officials are currently denying they would have this power under the new arrangement, when clearly they would. They are currently accusing Mozilla of spreading misinformation. Scientists across the EU have signed a joint statement criticising the plan. I've been worried about certificate management for a while now. Who should we trust to organize this vital function? How would we ensure they don't abuse their power? www.techdirt.com #
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Cockney and King's English becoming less common, researchers find - The article could have done with some sound clips. It occurred to me last week when helping Brian McCullough review his french AI deep fake that you could use these models to learn accents in other languages by sort of triangulating on the same content with a known language and accent, an unknown language and neutral accent and the same unknown language with a regional accent. It's fascinating that accents are changing, but also I had no idea there were all these specific accent names like estuary English, southern British English and multicultural London English. Of course kinda sadenned to hear about the demise of the mighty Cockney accent. I can trace my origins back to East London, though I think I ended up a bit multi myself. www.bbc.com #
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Elon Musk's xAI releases it's AI model Grok - "Grok is an AI modeled after the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, so intended to answer almost anything and, far harder, even suggest what questions to ask!" x.ai #