DuckDuckGo Users Vote Overwhelmingly Against AI Features
DuckDuckGo recently asked its users how they felt about AI in search. The answer has come back loud and clear: more than 90% of the 175,354 people who voted said they don’t want it.

The privacy-focused search engine has since set up two versions of its tool: noai.duckduckgo.com for the AI-averse and yesai.duckduckgo.com for the curious. Users can also tweak se … ⌘ Read more

French Lawmakers Vote To Ban Social Media Use By Under-15s
French lawmakers have voted to ban social media access for children under 15 and prohibit mobile phones in high schools, positioning France as the second country after Australia to impose sweeping age-based digital restrictions. The Guardian reports: The lower national assembly adopted the text by a vote of 130 to 21 in a lengthy overnight session from Mon … ⌘ Read more

Senate Passes a Bill That Would Let Nonconsensual Deepfake Victims Sue
The U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits Act (DEFIANCE Act), giving victims of sexually explicit AI deepfakes the right to sue the individuals who created them. The Verge reports: The bill passed with unanimous consent – meaning there was no roll-call vote, and no Senator objected … ⌘ Read more

Ubisoft Closes Game Studio Where Workers Voted to Unionize Two Weeks Ago
Ubisoft announced Wednesday it will close its studio in Halifax, Nova Scotia — two weeks after 74% of its staff voted to unionize.

This means laying off the 71 people at the studio, reports the gaming news site Aftermath:

[Communications Workers of America’s Canadian affiliate, CWA Canada] said in a statement to Aftermath the un … ⌘ Read more

Wi-Fi Advocates Get Win From FCC With Vote To Allow Higher-Power Devices
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The Federal Communications Commission plans to authorize a new category of wireless devices in the 6 GHz Wi-Fi band that will be permitted to operate at higher power levels than currently allowed. The FCC will also consider authorizing higher power levels for certain wireles … ⌘ Read more

Corporation for Public Broadcasting To Shut Down After 58 Years
After Congress approved President Donald Trump’s rescission package eliminating federal funding, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting voted to dissolve after 58 years, rather than continue to exist and potentially be “vulnerable to future political manipulation or misuse.” The shutdown leaves hundreds of local public TV and radio station … ⌘ Read more

Japan Votes to Restart Fukushima Nuclear Plant 15 Years After Its Meltdown
The 2011 meltdown at Fukushima’s nuclear plant “was the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986,” CNN remembers.

But this week Japanese authorities “have approved a decision to restart the world’s biggest nuclear power plant,” reports CNN, “which has sat dormant for more than a decade following the Fukushim … ⌘ Read more

UK Actors Vote To Refuse To Be Digitally Scanned In Pushback Against AI
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: Actors have voted to refuse digital scanning to prevent their likeness being used by artificial intelligence in a pushback against AI in the arts. Members of the performing arts union Equity were asked if they would refuse to be scanned while on set, a common practice in which a … ⌘ Read more

Senate Confirms Billionaire Entrepreneur Jared Isaacman As New NASA Chief
Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Politico: The Senate on Wednesday approved Jared Isaacman for the top job at NASA – an unprecedented comeback after President Donald Trump yanked his nomination this spring. Senators confirmed the billionaire private astronaut in a 67-30 vote. Trump renominated Isaacman f … ⌘ Read more

4: (ainda a Lei da Nacionalidade) GeM explica o que diz a Constituição, o porquê, e que concorda com ela. É favor e acha urgente haver a Lei da Nacionalidade, mas tem de ser uma sem violações à constituição. AV não sua berraria e pressão ao GeM mete o GeM a dizer “temos de mudar a constituição”. Fonix, mas eles sabem que isto não é uma eleição a deputado mas sim a Presidente? E há quem vote nisto… Jornalista finalmente pergunta isto ao AV, Ventura bla bla e como jornalista está sem tempo deixa andar :-( GM acha que só há 1 artigo na constituição que não pode ser mudado (288).

5: futuro do país - GeM quer mobilizar a sociedade para uma mudança, instalar a união para irmos em frente. “Eu não disse que queria mudar a constituição”, mas se a direita quiser mudar, logo que não toque no 288, siga.

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Foi preciso um debate com o AV para cair o pano ao GeM e ver-se o que está por detrás de palavras de ocasião.

Arizona City Rejects Data Center After Lobbying Push
Chandler, Arizona unanimously rejected a proposed AI data center despite heavy lobbying from Big Tech interests and former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema. Politico reports: The Chandler City Council last night voted down a request by a New York developer to rezone land to build a data center and business complex. The local battle escalated in October after Sinema showed up at a pla … ⌘ Read more

Doom Studio id Software Forms ‘Wall-To-Wall’ Union
id Software employees voted to form a wall-to-wall union with the CWA, covering all roles at the Doom studio. “The vote wasn’t unanimous, though a majority did vote in favor of the union,” notes Engadget. From the report: The union will work in conjunction with the Communications Workers of America (CWA), which is the same organization involved with parent company ZeniMax’s … ⌘ Read more

Arkansas Becoming 1st State To Sever Ties With PBS, Effective July 1
joshuark writes: Arkansas is becoming the first state to officially end its public television affiliation with PBS. The Arkansas Educational Television Commission, whose members are all appointed by the governor, voted to disaffiliate from PBS effective July 1, 2026, citing the $2.5 million annual membership dues as “not feasible. … ⌘ Read more

Berlin Approves New Expansion of Police Surveillance Powers
Berlin’s regional parliament has passed a far-reaching overhaul of its “security” law, giving police new authority to conduct both digital and physical surveillance. From a report: The CDU-SPD coalition, supported by AfD votes, approved the reform of the General Security and Public Order Act (ASOG), changing the limits that once protected Berliners from int … ⌘ Read more

Why Switzerland Is Weighing a 10 Million Population Limit
An anonymous reader shares a report: Growing support for far-right parties is pressuring European governments to introduce stricter controls on immigration. Switzerland is set to vote on a proposal that would take the idea to the next level – imposing a cap on its population [non-paywalled link]. The initiative could lead eventually to a blanket ban on new … ⌘ Read more

SA prisons remain locked down indefinitely, as home detention officers step off job
The union representing correctional officers has voted to strike indefinitely, while officers who monitor 1,500 people on home detention will stop work for 24 hours ⌘ Read more

We’ve finally cracked how to make truly random numbers
From machine learning to voting, the workings of the world demand randomisation, but true sources of randomness are surprisingly hard to find. Now quantum mechanics has supplied the answer ⌘ Read more

Voting open for World Sport Star of the Year - meet the contenders
Voting is open for the BBC Sports Personality’s World Sport Star of the Year 2025 award. ⌘ Read more

‘Time to go’: Calls for UTS VC to resign after staff no confidence vote
The union-run vote comes as controversial, consultant-designed redundancies continue and politicians call for resignations. ⌘ Read more

Hong Kong votes in election as city mourns deadly fire
The Legislative Council election is seen as a test of public sentiment following a deadly fire. ⌘ Read more

Hong Kong votes in election as city mourns deadly fire
The Legislative Council election is seen as a test of public sentiment following a deadly fire. ⌘ Read more

Hong Kong vote in election as city mourns deadly fire
The Legislative Council election is seen as a test of public sentiment following a deadly fire. ⌘ Read more

Hong Kong to vote in election as city mourns deadly fire
The Legislative Council election is seen as a test of public sentiment following a deadly fire that angered some. ⌘ Read more

Not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth, US vaccine advisers say
President Donald Trump is calling the vote a “very good decision” after US vaccine advisers recommended ending the universal hepatitis B shots at birth. ⌘ Read more

Germany votes to bring back voluntary military service programme for 18-year-olds
The shift in its approach to its military follows a push to create Europe’s strongest conventional army. ⌘ Read more

With a vote, Tasmania is on the way to ending greyhound racing
Legislation that lays out the phased approach to ending greyhound racing in Tasmania has passed the state’s lower house and will be debated in the upper house next week. ⌘ Read more

Faroe Islands scraps one of Europe’s strictest abortion laws
Politicians in the self-governing Danish territory have voted to overturn legislation which banned abortion in most cases. ⌘ Read more

US Supreme Court allows Texas to use redrawn voting maps in midterms
The electoral map could boost the Republican effort to shore up their majority in the coming 2026 midterm elections. ⌘ Read more

It’s a ‘Yes’. Hobart’s AFL stadium gets final parliamentary approval
A roofed $1.13 billion stadium on the edge of the Hobart CBD has been approved by Tasmania’s upper house and will be built, satisfying a key condition for the state’s AFL licence. ⌘ Read more

New mayoral elections to be delayed in two areas of England
Sources say votes in Essex and the combined counties of Norfolk and Suffolk will now take place at a later date. ⌘ Read more

Live: Hobart’s stadium debate continues, with project unofficially approved
The Hobart stadium is unofficially approved after securing enough yes votes, but the $1.13 billion project is still being scrutinised in the Tasmanian parliament. Follow the debate live. ⌘ Read more

NSW council votes to stop flying Indigenous flags to ‘promote civic neutrality’
A mayor in southern NSW says removing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags from council meeting chambers will “promote civic neutrality”. ⌘ Read more

A vote to approve an AFL stadium on Hobart’s waterfront will now pass
A stadium on Hobart’s waterfront has gained enough support to pass parliament, after independents Casey Hiscutt, Bec Thomas and Tania Rattray declared they would support the contentious project. ⌘ Read more

Live: Debate to determine future of Hobart AFL stadium
The future of Hobart’s proposed AFL stadium is set to be decided by a vote in Tasmania’s upper house of parliament, which begins today. Follow live. ⌘ Read more

WA electoral commissioner resigns, months after problem plagued election
Robert Kennedy tends his resignation as WA electoral commissioner, nine months after a state election that was plagued by issues including long wait times to vote, and polling booths running out of ballot papers. ⌘ Read more

Tasmanian politicians under ‘intense pressure’ as answer on stadium looms
State politicians face a looming debate in parliament’s upper house, which will finally decide whether a stadium is built at Hobart’s Macquarie Point and whether Tasmania gets an AFL side. ⌘ Read more

Waymo Has A Charging Problem
The Santa Monica City Council has unanimously voted to order Waymo to halt overnight charging operations at two outdoor depots near Broadway and 14th Street after months of resident complaints about constant beeping from reverse sensors, noise from charging equipment, traffic congestion and flashing lights between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. As many as 56 autonomous vehicles charge at the two sites. It’s unclear whether Waymo … ⌘ Read more

‘Hopefully it’s not like the Spirits’: Opinions mixed as Hobart stadium vote looms
By the end of this week, Tasmania will know whether or not Hobart will have a new AFL stadium. Many Tasmanians are still making up their own minds about whether they support it or not. ⌘ Read more

The XMPP Standards Foundation: 2025 Annual Meeting and Voting Results
Every year the members of the XSF get together to vote on the current quarter’s new and renewing members. Additionally, elections for both XMPP Council and Board of Directors have been held.

This year’s election meeting wa … ⌘ Read more

What to expect as decision day on Macquarie Point stadium finally arrives
The long-running debate over whether an AFL stadium should be built on Hobart’s waterfront is reaching an end, as the parliamentary vote takes place this week. ⌘ Read more

Pro-stadium rally gathers ahead of crucial parliament vote
Supporters of Tasmania’s proposed AFL stadium have gathered on Hobart’s parliament lawns on Sunday to show their backing of the controversial build. ⌘ Read more

Yes or no? Hobart sits at the crossroad of two futures
Since its inception, the stadium project has divided the Hobart community in a tug of war between development and preservation of its historic waterfront. In just days, the door will shut forever on one side of the debate. ⌘ Read more

Legal Aid NT rejected ‘exception for children’ in service cuts, memo shows
A leaked internal memo shows the board of the NT’s main legal aid service voted down a proposal to exempt children accused of crimes from sweeping service cuts. ⌘ Read more

Italy votes to make femicide a crime
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says the measure will help “defend the freedom and dignity of every woman”, following a series of killings and other violence targeting women in Italy. ⌘ Read more

The way Rockliff will be remembered inextricably tied to Hobart stadium’s future
With the vote to decide the fate of the Hobart stadium a week away, Premier Jeremy Rockliff’s political legacy is in the balance. ⌘ Read more

How millennials are rewriting the rules of Australian politics
Millennials are bucking trends, becoming an increasingly progressive voting bloc and rewriting the long-held rules of politics, writes Isabella Higgins. ⌘ Read more

Cryptographers Cancel Election Results After Losing Decryption Key
The International Association of Cryptologic Research (IACR) was forced to cancel its leadership election after a trustee lost their portion of the Helios voting system’s decryption key, making it impossible to reveal or verify the final results. Ars Technica reports: The IACR said Friday that the votes were submitted and tallied using Helios, … ⌘ Read more

Para quem ainda não conhece o discurso do @pluralistic@pluralistic sobre a merdificação da internet, ler a entrevista que deu ao Público pode ser interessante:

https://www.publico.pt/2025/11/19/p3/entrevista/merdificacao-curso-internet-pior-2155061

Mas para quem já conhece, ainda assim há um parágrafo - o final - que quero destacar, porque cair na desesperança é muito fácil:

“E o que é que cada um de nós pode fazer? Cory Doctorow sugere a acção colectiva, não a individual. “Juntem-se a um grupo de defesa dos direitos digitais ou a um grupo político na região e envolvam-se como membro de uma comunidade e não como consumidores. A razão pela qual um bilionário quer que votes com a tua carteira é porque a carteira dele é mais grossa do que a tua”, diz. “Se quisermos fazer a diferença na sociedade, temos de actuar como parte de um sistema político.””

E já agora aproveito para relembrar que portugal temos a @d3 como associação defensora dos direitos digitais, e de quem se podem tornar associados como um primeiro passo!

Eastern suburbs council votes to trade native trees for ocean views
A Sydney council has voted to remove trees in clifftop reserves in some of Sydney’s wealthiest suburbs to restore ocean views for waterfront residents. ⌘ Read more

Both the lock-em-up and let-em-out brigades are wrong on jailing the young
The reforms are ill-considered and are designed not to capture young offenders but votes in the ballot box. ⌘ Read more