US patent office confirms AI can’t hold patents - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/13/24072241/ai-patent-us-office-guidance

#ai

@bogo @aimee @plwt

One of the community team's goals this year is to independently manage our merch offerings, AND have a lot more fun with the designs.

You should see some of the stickers @micah and Sol have designed for future events -- they're hilarious, creative, and tons of fun! And they can easily get translated to shirts, mousepads, etc. Stay tuned on that front, ok?

Meantime:

US + Canada store: https://mozilla-na.myspreadshop.ca/

EU and rest of world: https://mozilla-europe.myspreadshop.ie/

Thanks,
~Jason

A few states (including my home state of New York) have recently passed "Right to Repair" laws, but this should be a national right of all product owners. It not only saves money, it keeps broken but repairable items out of landfills.

Tell your lawmakers you want the Right to Repair your electronics, devices, and equipment!

Via #ConsumerReports #RightToRepair #Petition

https://act.consumerreports.org/3uxuyUa

And another #GMail HTML piece that quotes me. This time, quite extensively and quite accurately since the reporter actually asked.

Google Retiring Gmail's Basic HTML View in January

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/google-is-retiring-gmails-basic-html-view-as-of-january-2024/#ftag=CAD590a51e

#accessibility #a11y

Looks like the global conference of the #OpenStreetMap community, State of the Map (SotM), will be held in a place where it's illegal to be gay & trans.

🙄🙄🙄
#OpenStreetMap #OSM
<https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2023/08/14/announcing-state-of-the-map-2024-september-6-to-8-2024-join-us-in-nairobi-and-online/>