Damage from ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred tops $17m for NSW farmers
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10 Movie Studio Decisions That Completely Backfired
Hollywood executives are tasked with making massive decisions that shape the film industry—but sometimes, they get horribly wrong. Whether it’s turning down billion-dollar franchises, firing key actors, or rejecting movies that went on to become classics, these blunders ended up costing studios millions (or even billions) of dollars. Here are 10 of the biggest Hollywood […]
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Yes, Mozilla Receives USAID Money.
The Firefox maker spends millions from tax payers on “social and political” training, “centering marginalized groups”, and “engaging race, gender, sexuality perspectives”. ⌘ Read more
How to gain code execution on hundreds of millions of people and popular apps
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How is Mozilla Spending that $1 Million from US Taxpayers?
That’s right, the Firefox maker (turned activist organization) received a $1,051,622 grant from US Federal Government. ⌘ Read more
@bender@twtxt.net @prologic@twtxt.net The outcome was to be expected but it’s still pretty catastrophic. Here’s an overview:
East Germany is dominated by AfD. Bavaria is dominated by CSU (it’s always been that way, but this is still a conservative/right party). Black is CDU, the other conservative/right party.
The guy who’s probably going to be chancellor recently insulted the millions of people who did demonstrations for peace/anti-right. “Idiots”, “they’re nuts”, stuff like that. This was before the election. He already earned the nickname “Mini Trump”.
Both the right and the left got more votes this time, but the left only gained 3.87 percentage points while the right (CDU/CSU + AfD) gained 14.72:
The Green party lost, SPD (“mid-left”) lost massively (worst result in their history). FDP also lost. These three were the previous government.
This isn’t looking good at all, especially when you think about what’s going to happen in the next 4 years. What will CDU (the winner) do? Will they be able to “turn the ship around”? Highly unlikely. They are responsible for the current situation (in large parts). They will continue to do business as usual. They will do anything but help poor/ordinary people. This means that AfD will only get stronger over the next 4 years.
Our only hope would be to ban AfD altogether. So far, nobody but non-profit organizations is willing to do that (for unknown reasons).
I don’t even know if banning the AfD would help (but it’s probably our best/only option). AfD politicians are nothing but spiteful, hateful, angry, similar to Trump/MAGA. If you’ve seen these people talk and still vote for them, then you must be absolutely filled with rage and hatred. Very concerning.
Correct me if I’m wrong, @lyse@lyse.isobeef.org, @arne@uplegger.eu, @johanbove@johanbove.info.
Humane is shutting down the AI Pin and selling its remnants to HP
Humane is selling most of its company to HP for $116 million and will stop selling AI Pin, the company announced today. AI Pins that have already been purchased will continue to function normally until 3PM ET on February 28th, Humane says in a support document. After that date, Pins will “no longer connect to Humane’s servers.” As a result, AI Pin features will “no longer include calling, messaging, A … ⌘ Read more
What 10 Actors Actually Think of Their Most Famous Lines
You know you’ve really hit the mark with fame in Hollywood when you have one line that gets repeated over and over again by millions of people. To be an actor who has “made it,” as the phrase is used, is to be a star who can be readily quoted by millions of fans and […]
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Application to take more water from Perth Hills for bottling has locals up in arms
The City of Kalamunda has received an application to extract 30 million litres of groundwater a year from a Pickering Brook orchard, and nearby residents are worried. ⌘ Read more
Two million sailors died of scurvy until the discovery of a simple cure
The discovery that scurvy, a debilitating illness caused by vitamin C deficiency, could be treated with citrus fruit transformed 19th century naval exploration around the world. ⌘ Read more
10 Times the Might of the British Empire Was Defeated in Battle
During the reign of Elizabeth I in the late 16th century, the British Empire began to take shape. Although the 1707 Act of Union brought Scotland into the fold, strictly speaking, it was the English Empire. That aside, by 1913, the Empire encompassed some 400 million subjects at a time when the actual British population […]
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Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that its voice assistant Siri routinely recorded private conversations that were then sold to third parties for targeted ads.
From Siri “unintentionally” recorded private convos; Apple agrees to pay $95M https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/apple-agrees-to-pay-95m-delete-private-conversations-siri-recorded/
I’m not sure I’m convinced Apple is really that much better than the other big tech companies when it comes to this kind of thing. Their reputation is better and they do seem to be better about things like on-device encryption, but then stories like this come out.
Deals: Grab an AirTags 4-pack for $69.99
AirTags are the compact easy to use tracking devices from Apple that allow you to keep track of your personal belongings, car keys, even pets, packages, and other interesting uses. AirTags leverage the Find My network of millions of other Apple devices to help pinpoint the locations of AirTags, and you can make them play … Read More ⌘ Read more
Wikipedia Spends $31 Million on “Racial Equity” in 2024
Wikimedia Foundation now has $286 Million in assets, spends 10x more on “Equity” than server hosting. ⌘ Read more
Has someone a) found a bug or security hole in GoBlog or b) actually sent well over 5 million requests to my site to like my post about how to export GPX files automatically from Komoot? 🤔 ⌘ Read more
Frustrated farmers take Silicon Valley approach to launch world-first $60m startup fund
Frustrated with how long it takes for research ideas to become reality, fruit, vegetable and nut growers invest millions in high-risk startups. ⌘ Read more
Initial thoughts about Bluesky
There’s a lot of noise about Bluesky recently, it seems like they passed 20 million users, with more than 1 million new users daily recently. ⌘ Read more
Lol. “Lighty Encrypted” https://www.pcmag.com/news/hot-topic-breach-confirmed-millions-of-credit-cards-email-addresses-exposed
Wikipedia’s War on Israel, USA, & Truth
Pro-Hamas and Pro-Iran editors flood Wikipedia (& Google) with false data, while Wiki Media Foundation earns hundreds of millions of dollars. ⌘ Read more
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83(4) GDPR sets forth fines of up to 10 million euros, or, in the case of an undertaking, up to 2% of its entire global turnover of the preceding fiscal year, whichever is higher.
Though I suppose it has to be the greater of the two. But I don’t even have one euro to start with.
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Mango lovers get ready, Darwin is forecast to produce 2.4 million trays this season
Mango season in the Northern Territory is starting to heat up, with 24,000 trays sent to markets last week and future yields looking good. ⌘ Read more
Total Linux Desktop PCs Now Over 56 Million
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Almost 500,000 black market cigarettes, 380kg of ‘chop chop’ seized in Queensland raids
Health officials and police are cracking down the sale of illicit vapes, cigarettes and “chop chop” tobacco in Queensland. In the Wide Bay area alone sellers are estimated to have avoided paying about $1.2 million in tax. ⌘ Read more
Introducing GitHub Models: A new generation of AI engineers building on GitHub
We are enabling the rise of the AI engineer with GitHub Models–bringing the power of industry leading large and small language models to our more than 100 million users directly on GitHub.
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ProcessOne: Breaking Down the Costs of Large Messaging Services
I will comment on an interesting article from Meredith Whittaker and Joshua Lund breaking down the cost of running a large-scale messaging platform.
It estimates that the cost to operate Signal messaging will reach 50 million dollars per year in 2025.
Over 3.6 Million files totaling over 334 GB. And it’s real. Source code. Documentation. Markdown files. The works. ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: Instant Scalability with MongooseIM and CETS
The main feature of the recently released MongooseIM 6.2.1 is the improved CETS in-memory storage backend which makes it much easier to scale up.
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Docker and JFrog partner to further secure Docker Hub and remove millions of imageless repos with malicious links
Docker and JFrog partner further secure Docker Hub by removing millions of imageless repos with malicious links. ⌘ Read more
Securing millions of developers through 2FA
We’ve dramatically increased 2FA adoption on GitHub as part of our responsibility to make the software ecosystem more secure. Read on to learn how we secured millions of developers and why we’re urging more organizations to join us in these efforts.
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Cloud Native Computing Foundation and Udemy Announce New Partnership to Supercharge the Next Generation of Cloud Native Developers
The partnership seeks to help millions of current and aspiring developers upskill on key Kubernetes disciplines to enhance their level of cloud native proficiency PARIS, France – KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe –– March 21, 2024 –– The Cloud… ⌘ Read more
Cloud Native Computing Foundation Member Akamai Upgrades Its Membership to Gold
The distributed cloud provider increases its investment in the cloud native ecosystem, earmarking $1 million in credits for CNCF compute infrastructure projects PARIS, France – KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe – March 20, 2024 – The Cloud Native Computing… ⌘ Read more
Fruit, veg growers say biggest customer ‘is the rubbish bin’, as millions of tonnes of food is wasted
Fresh produce growers scramble to meet “forecast” supply deals with supermarkets, but every year millions of dollars of surplus food goes to waste. So what’s going on? ⌘ Read more
The humble spud is now a $1 billion industry but a potato farmer says not all growers are benefitting
Australia consistently produces about 1.4 million tonnes of spuds each year and their value is on the rise. ⌘ Read more
Government launches illegal tobacco crackdown, as bikie ‘turf war’ on tobacco shops rages on
As another tobacco shop burns in Melbourne, the federal government announces a $188 million crackdown on the tobacco black market, hoping to stop imports before they reach the Australian border. ⌘ Read more
Scaling vulnerability management across thousands of services and more than 150 million findings
Learn about how we run a scalable vulnerability management program built on top of GitHub.
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Watch YouTube Without Ads with FreeTube for Mac, Windows, Linux
YouTube is the webs most popular video site by a long shot, practically serving as a television replacement for millions. But as any Youtube viewer knows, the ads can be very aggressive and there are times where you’ll have to watch a 30 second ad before you can watch one minute of content, which is … Read More ⌘ Read more
China wine tariff review ‘no silver bullet’, but Australian producers hold hope for the future
Wine exports to China have dropped to a low of $10 million a year, but China’s announcement it will review tariffs on imports has given a glimmer of hope to the industry. ⌘ Read more
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Murray’s 100 million bees are finally on the move after an ‘anxious’ week stuck in a varroa mite surveillance zone
After playing a crucial role in pollinating Victorian almond orchards and a week caught in a varroa mite surveillance zone, Queensland’s Murray Arkadieff and his 1,000 beehives are finally heading home. ⌘ Read more
Millions of bees are dead as governments continue to scramble to contain varroa mite, so why is the parasite still such a threat?
With bees responsible for pollinating much of the food we find at the supermarket and green grocer, authorities remain committed to trying to eradicate the recently introduced varroa mite before it gains too much of a foothold. ⌘ Read more
Darwin mango season kicks off, with 2.3 million trays expected to be picked
The Darwin region is forecast to produce about 2.3 million trays this year, according to the Australian Mango Industry Association, down from about 2.6 million last season. ⌘ Read more
Border Force seizes 3 million illegal cigarettes in Queensland raids
Authorities say they have dismantled a large-scale illicit tobacco syndicate operating in south-east Queensland, seizing nearly 3 million illegal cigarettes and 380 kilograms of the drug. ⌘ Read more
Spinach industry rebuilds reputation for producing ‘very safe food’ after contamination event
Dino Borrato lost close to $1 million and continues to plough some of his crop into the ground as the spinach industry recovers from last year’s contamination event. ⌘ Read more
Mango-picking robot snaps up $1 million in venture capital
A robot designed to pick mangoes and hopefully ease worker shortage issues, expected to ”create ripples through the supply chain”, has landed $1 million in venture capital. ⌘ Read more