Jul 30, 2026
I'm surprised that so many people don't know this.
Jul 30, 2026
Valve has been sponsoring Collabora engineers with early phase, exploratory work for trying to bring the open-source Radeon Vulkan “RADV” driver to Microsoft Windows.
Jul 30, 2026
Amnesty said its ‘conservative’ methodology meant it was likely underestimating the true extent of India’s contribution to Israel Archived version: archive.is/…/made-india-new-amnesty-report-shows-… Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.
Jul 30, 2026
Search teams are still looking for survivors in the collapsed Aeon shopping centre.
Jul 30, 2026
First-in-nation law sets up test on states’ power to regulate use of AI as it tries to outlaw fake nude images of real people
Jul 30, 2026
The country’s internet regulator said Telegram failed to remove videos of terrorist executions and mass shootings.
Jul 30, 2026
The designation exposes companies to tougher regulations and transparency requirements.
Jul 30, 2026
A UN expert warned on Tuesday that policies on border protection and migration cannot nullify the absolute ban on returning a person to torture as set out in international law. Archived version: archive.is/…/un-expert-warns-that-border-policies… Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.
Jul 30, 2026
Francesca Hong and the death of old school politics
Jul 30, 2026
“The referendum, that doesn’t enter into the calculus.”
Jul 29, 2026
Tonight's Low Quality Ad is for this Fantasy Battle Blanket. Sorry to ruin the fun here, but that is not fantasy. That is clearly a historically accurate depiction of the Revolutionary War's Battle of Bunker Hill.https://collabs.shop/wh3qbb
Jul 29, 2026
I feel betrayed.
Jul 29, 2026
alright, I know I said last week that Doomsday might be a superhero mess too far (and it still could be), but I saw Brand New Day and really enjoyed it.Yes it was somewhat continuity heavy / probably helped that I had a ton of context, but it was also a pretty good fun movie in general.YMMV. There is a single post credits teaser, for those interested in whether to stay put.
Jul 29, 2026
NEW: EFF’s @pluralistic joins Jon Stewart’s The Weekly Show to examine how the AI industry relies on inflated expectations, question what AI can genuinely do, and explore how AI supercharges problems like surveillance, labor exploitation, and corporate consolidation. https://youtu.be/-dAIJRjb-Bw?si=aMSHGVnlIy7wajx0
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Jul 29, 2026
Only eight?
Jul 29, 2026
We made a comic about sharing.
Jul 29, 2026
New episode of EFFector is up 🎧 This time, we're chatting with EFF Senior Security and Privacy Activist Thorin Klosowski about the health fitness tracker landscape and your privacy. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/fitness-tracker-privacy-fails-effector-3814
Jul 29, 2026
Privacy afforded by “anyone with a link”-style sharing of chats & documents is fragile, EFF’s Jacob Hoffman-Andrews told @TheGuardian. “If you share something with a friend, & they share it with a friend, & they post it to social media, suddenly it’s findable and readable by anyone on the web.”https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/28/how-to-keep-your-claude-chats-and-google-files-private
Jul 29, 2026
It's literally their job.
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Jul 29, 2026
That makes sense.