UK bank bosses plan to set up Visa and Mastercard alternative amid Trump fears
via @TheGuardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/16/uk-bank-bosses-plan-visa-mastercard-alternative
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Electronic Frontier FoundationIf you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Follow a few simple steps to limit how Meta collects and profits from your personal data. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/mad-meta-dont-let-them-collect-and-monetize-your-personal-data
Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data
If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect and profit from your personal data, here’s what you need to know.
There was a fire in Sapporo yesterday and listening to the news it referred to people being transported for a 単価 Unit price or fee.
I may be misunderstanding this but I thought ambulances were free in #japan. I’ve come to understand that ambulances do charge about 7700¥ or about $50 if you go home on the same day. I’m wondering have I misunderstood what’s going on, or is it a way for the news to say that the victims were not badly hurt, and went home on the same day so were charged?
Miguel Afonso Caetano#AI #GenerativeAI #AITransparency #AIEthics: "Our experts are overwhelmingly in favor of mandatory disclosures, with 84% either agreeing or strongly agreeing with the statement. At the same time, they have a wide array of views on implementing such disclosures. Below, we share insights from our panelists and draw on our own RAI experience to offer recommendations for how organizations might approach AI-related disclosures, whether they’re mandated by law or voluntarily provided to promote consumer trust and confidence."
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/artificial-intelligence-disclosures-are-key-to-customer-trust/
Cities “will pay hundreds of thousands and millions of dollars to mount some massive surveillance system, and the public will really be in the dark about how it’s used, when it’s used, where the things are located,” EFF’s Matthew Guariglia told the @chicagotribune and the Illinois Answers Project.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/29/chicago-police-cameras/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/29/chicago-police-cameras/
Datarainbow Privacy Assistant✅‘It’s important that we help people develop critical AI literacy, so that they have the tools to judge how feasible the claims of big tech companies are. https://www.ru.nl/en/research/research-news/dont-believe-the-hype-agi-is-far-from-inevitable #ai
Don’t believe the hype: AGI is far from inevitable | Radboud University
Will AI soon surpass the human brain? If you ask employees at OpenAI, Google DeepMind and other large tech companies, it is inevitable. However, researchers at Radboud University and other institutes show new proof that those claims are overblown.
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VLC Player Vulnerability Let Attackers Execute Malicious Code, Update Now https://cybersecuritynews.com/vlc-player-malicious-code/ #CyberSecurityNews #cybersecuritynews #Vulnerability #cybersecurity #vulnerability
VLC Player Vulnerability Let Attackers Execute Malicious Code, Update Now
A critical vulnerability in the VLC media player has been identified, allowing attackers to execute malicious code on users' computers. The vulnerability, detailed in the Security Bulletin VLC 3.0.21, affects versions 3.0.20 and earlier of the popular media player.
#SecretBarrister blog on “Two tier justice? Cutting through the online myths” well worth a read. https://thesecretbarrister.com/2024/08/14/two-tier-justice-cutting-through-the-online-myths/
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