Nice repurposing of a .cab (as in cabinet dentaire) #gTLD

Are we sure it's Lindsay Graham, not Mitch McConnell, who passed?

This!

"Amazon execs were concerned that Gero's take on the series would not have broad appeal beyond the franchise's already dedicated fanbase. " #WTF #Stargate

‘Stargate’ TV Series From Martin Gero Not Moving Forward at Amazon (EXCLUSIVE)

The new "Stargate" TV series has been axed at Amazon, Variety has learned.

variety.com

I would love to see a « Layer 1 » approach where the EU (or UN) would create a taxpayer-funded index of the entire web. And leave it to search engines to sort it and monetise their ranking. blog.kagi.com/waiting-dawn...

Want your own internet extension? Now is the time to prepare. ebrand.com/blog/icann85... #ICANN

Apple built Maps to break free from Google's grip. Now they're about to hand the keys to Gemini. I know times have changed but still....

Counterfeiters now manufacture the entire bike, not just components. www.cyclingweekly.com/news/largest...

‘Largest counterfeit bust in the cycling industry’ - $1.6 million in illegal bike goods seized by Chinese law enforcement

AliExpress and Specialized worked with Chinese law enforcement to uncover over $1 million of counterfeit goods

cyclingweekly.com

Big AI companies courted controversy by scraping wide swaths of the public internet. With the rise of AI agents, the next data grab is far more private. www.wired.com/story/expire...

The Age of the All-Access AI Agent Is Here

Big AI companies courted controversy by scraping wide swaths of the public internet. With the rise of AI agents, the next data grab is far more private.

wired.com

Realising that all those EU regulations and the administrative obligations they impose on clueless businesses are a terrible burden is welcome. Using this as an excuse to allow LLMs to train on EU citizens' personal data, not so much. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Simpler EU digital rules and new digital wallets to save billions for businesses and boost innovation

Europe\'s businesses, from factories to start-ups, will spend less time on administrative work and compliance and more time innovating and scaling-up, thanks to the European Commission\'s new digital ...

ec.europa.eu

#CloudFlareOutage

Ten percent of Meta's revenue is from scams and illegal content. I hate them so much.

Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show

Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.

reuters.com

The EU is once again trying to push a dangerous legislative proposal that undermines encrypted communication and obliterates our rights to private conversations. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Chat Control Is Back on the Menu in the EU. It Still Must Be Stopped

The European Union Council is once again debating its controversial message scanning proposal, aka “Chat Control,” that would lead to the scanning of private conversations of billions of people. Chat

eff.org

Samsung, Google, and Xiaomi are all trying to develop contextual assistants based on AI. Meanwhile in Cupertino: look, you can now hang your iPhone on your backpack next to your Labubu.

AppleInsider@appleinsider.com · 11mo ago

Soon, Apple will launch the iPhone 17 lineup and with it, several new accessories. Here's what the rumors claim that Apple has in the works.

This one burn is worth more than all AI-generated slop Newsom's team regurgitated.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Pritzker: Over the last four years, we have seen homicides drop in half. That’s something the President should pay attention to. I know he doesn’t read but I know he watches TV so perhaps if someone from Fox or Newsmax is here

Google's AI summaries are - killing traffic to legitimate sites - producing summaries that can be wrong - in the long run probably making you a dumbass www.404media.co/googles-ai-i...

Google’s AI Is Destroying Search, the Internet, and Your Brain

Google’s AI Overview, which is easy to fool into stating nonsense as fact, is stopping people from finding and supporting small businesses and credible sources.

404media.co

Somehow, I doubt “the EU” is still so proud of this co-funding.

That’s a rather peculiar line of reasoning from the UK representative: since the crypto bros are throwing money at Web 3.0, we should apparently respond by wedging “the blockchains naming spaces” into the DNS root. #IGF2025

Musk already concentrates enough real power in his hands. There’s no need to make some up. Starlink isn’t the only satellite ISP. There are Viasat and Hughesnet, and even a French one oneweb.net #IGF2025

There's a whole world unknown to me with some really interesting IP rights matters. I am truly intrigued by “eSports” and how everything can be monetised. #IGF2025

Well, that was reassuring. The OpenAI representative wrapped up a session on safety in innovation by declaring that AI is already smarter than us. Nothing like a casual existential threat to end on a high note. #IGF2025

a picture of a robot with the words " the machines are taking over " on it

ALT: a picture of a robot with the words " the machines are taking over " on it

media.tenor.com

Listening to Meta’s stakeholder engagement director talk about safety, one gets the impression he’s unfamiliar with the platform in practice: or blessed with a very curated feed. #IGF2025 www.wsj.com/tech/meta-fr...

Meta Battles an ‘Epidemic of Scams’ as Criminals Flood Instagram and Facebook

Fake puppies and phony offers of mouthwatering bargains are often seeded by overseas crime networks; employees say company is reluctant to impede its advertising juggernaut

wsj.com

That’s an odd one. Numerous registries are offering (selling) IDN domain names, but their mail servers are not compatible with email, including non-Latin addresses. Universal acceptance starts at the root. #IGF2025 www.idnworldreport.eu/idn-world-re...

IDN World Report (2025 Edition)

Statistics and analysis on Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs)

idnworldreport.eu

Good to see universal acceptance - aka non-Latin domain names - being promoted outside of ICANN. Well done @euregistry.bsky.social #IGF2025

I will never cease to be amazed by diplomatic euphemisms. « amongst the reasons for not having internet access is the **the local context** » #IGF2025 The local context:

I think that’s Norwegian for "brown-tinted water with commitment issues" . #IGF2025

ICC’s prosecutor on the panel explained that even offline crimes involve digital evidence nowadays. #ThingsOverlooked #IGF2025

Is it because it’s scheduled at noon? I would have thought a cyber threat mitigation session would attract a bigger crowd. #IGF2025

Jorge Cancio is right. The issue isn’t so much the split of participants into tracks but the absence of joint sessions between those. IGF could look at ICANN to see how to do it. #IGF2025

Whenever someone talks about “AI skills,” I get flashbacks to when everyone suddenly became a “social media ninja.” Unless you’ve got a PhD in computer science or applied mathematics, let’s be honest: you’re a very enthusiastic user, not an AI expert. #IGF2025