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Jurgis Kirsakmens 8h ago

Jurgis Kirsakmens 10h ago

Sloptimization
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/06/google-search-ai-optimization/687495/

Your Search Results Are Getting Sloptimized

How companies are gaming the chatbot internet

The Atlantic

Jurgis Kirsakmens 23h ago

LSM.lv (unofficial)1d ago

Vai bezpilota lidaparātu notriekšana ar iznīcinātāju raķetēm, kas krietni pārsniedz pašu dronu izmaksas, ir risinājums? "Ļoti neracionāls veids, kā notriekt dronus" – tā izteikušies Latvijas un Igaunijas premjeri. Latvijas Sabiedriskā medija (LSM) raidījums "Pasaules Panorāma" skaidro, kā ar dronu radītajiem draudiem mēģina tikt galā Igaunijā. https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/arzemes/10.06.2026-lsm-no-igaunijas-dronu-pilotesana-apmaca-ari-civiliedzivotajus.a651002/?utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss&utm_medium=links

Jurgis Kirsakmens 1d ago

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EDRi 3d ago

4/4 ⚠️ We've already seen the consequences of EU lawmakers playing with fire when the negotiations on the ‘interim ePrivacy derogation’, also known as 'Chat Control 1.0', fell apart in April 2026.

Although there were attempts to blame the EU Parliament, a closer look shows that the Commission and the Council refused to engage in good faith. Read our analysis here ➡️ https://edri.org/our-work/did-the-eu-parliament-really-vote-not-to-protect-children-online/

Did the EU Parliament really vote not to protect children online? - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

In April 2026, negotiations on the ‘interim ePrivacy derogation’ fell apart, with several stakeholders claiming that the European Parliament stopped the EU from protecting children.

European Digital Rights (EDRi)

Jurgis Kirsakmens 1d ago

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EDRi 3d ago

2/4 ❓ Will the final law refrain from making it impossible to use private message services and send emails without a government-registered ID? We have long argued that the CSA Regulation is the wrong place to tackle #AgeVerification and would have huge exclusionary consequences and a chilling effect on free expression.

Jurgis Kirsakmens 1d ago

And this, kids, is why we don't connect our smart TVs, fridges and washing machines to Internet.
https://blog.includesecurity.com/2026/06/the-smart-tv-in-your-livingroom-is-a-node-in-the-aiscraping-economy/

The Smart TV in Your LivingRoom Is a Node in the AIScraping Economy - Include Security Research Blog

In this post we look under the hood of BrightData's SDK and how it turns ordinary consumer TVs into exit nodes of an enormous commercial, residential proxy network leveraged by the AI industry to scrape web data and train language learning models.

Include Security Research Blog

Jurgis Kirsakmens 2d ago

Very cool/hot
https://ember-energy.org/latest-updates/for-the-first-time-wind-and-solar-generated-more-electricity-than-gas-worldwide-in-april-2026/

For the first time, wind and solar generated more electricity than gas worldwide in April 2026 | Ember

Ember

Jurgis Kirsakmens 2d ago

Nerius 3d ago

Siri AI is super private and secure but in EU we're working to make it private and secure
#wwdc

Jurgis Kirsakmens 2d ago

Marcin Wichary 3d ago

This might be the first ligature-driven “smart” font I like because it’s clear that you’re not actually meant to use it in a text editor or any other WYSIWYG app – it’s only for a coding text editor (the input is JSON). Clever.

https://franktisellano.github.io/datatype

Datatype — variable font that turns text into charts

An OpenType variable font that turns simple text expressions into inline charts. No JavaScript, no images — just type.

Jurgis Kirsakmens 2d ago

Danpiker 4d ago

This illusion was new to me. Does whichever dot you look at turn more purple?

Pretty neat how clearly this lets you see the reduced sensitivity to blue light in the very centre of your vision.

https://www.schulz-hildebrandt.com/9-purple-dots-illusion/

https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.11582

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