Starting in early March, the platform will place every account into a default “teen-appropriate” experience unless it has proof that users are adults.

Fairphone sales jump 83% as the memory crunch makes longevity look better than ever.

A top House Democrat on Monday accused the justice department of making “mysterious redactions” to documents related to Jeffrey Epstein that obscured the names of abusers, while also allowing the identities of the disgraced financier’s victims to become public.

GitHub Repo. - On-device translation using Mozilla’s translation models - Transliteration of non-latin script - OCR (Optical Character Recognition) for translating text in images - Automatic language detection - Image translation overlay that preserves original formatting - Support for multiple language pairs - No internet required for translation once models are downloaded - All translation happens locally

French President Emmanuel Macron has urged Europe to assert itself on the world stage, saying it is time to start acting like a “power”.

The UK and US have sunk to new lows in a global index of corruption, amid a “worrying trend” of democratic institutions being eroded by political donations, cash for access and state targeting of campaigners and journalists.

It started as a cheeky response on social media to the US secretary for homeland security. Months later, however, a Europe-based project to unmask US immigration and custom enforcement (ICE) agents has racked up millions of views and mobilised hundreds of volunteers.

I argee with the article’s author that there’s reason to have some concerns about this.

An Israeli court has rejected an appeal to allow a five-year-old Palestinian boy with an aggressive form of cancer to enter Israel for life-saving treatment, citing a government policy that bars residents registered in Gaza from crossing the border, even when they no longer live there.

how nuts is this? It’s a scary thought to visit the USA nowadays

An Irish man living in the US for almost 20 years has said he is in fear for his life after being detained by immigration officials last year.

Fifty-one House members and nine senators have decided not to run for re-election, the most retirements from Congress this century.

From Blackland Prairie Raptor Center

“Please help,” the woman said, again and again, her voice rising to a scream. Then, her pleas stopped.

Vladimir Putin has no desire to halt Russia’s almost 4-year-old invasion of neighboring Ukraine and thinks he can “outsmart” the United States during talks with Washington about how to end the war, a senior European intelligence official told The Associated Press.

A Norwegian ambassador who was involved in Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts in the 1990s and most recently served in Jordan has resigned as she faces scrutiny over her contacts with Jeffrey Epstein, the country’s Foreign Ministry said.

Discover the exciting new features of TeamSpeak 6, including a complete redesign, screen sharing capabilities, and community server management, all aimed at improving user experience in gaming communication.

From ARC

cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/mop/p/660681/conk-creet

https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/2021059471804596548

A South Korean official was expelled from his political party for suggesting the country “import” Vietnamese and Sri Lankan women to boost the declining birth rate.

The larvae of the cheese fly (*Piophila casei*) are deliberately introduced to pecorino cheese, where their digestive action produces an advanced level of fermentation, including a breakdown of the cheese’s fats. The cheese’s texture softens, and a liquid called làgrima (’teardrop’) may seep out.

Another correspondence from the files released by the DOJ shows the Emirati businessman describing sexual experiences to Epstein

From The Owl and Nature Page

The European Commission today (Feb 9) adopted new measures under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) to prevent the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear.

Europeans are booking fewer trips to the US, Europe’s biggest travel operator has said, as appetite for long-haul travel wanes and concerns linger around Donald Trump’s immigration policies.

From New Mexico Wildlife Center

Ottawa has started to make payments for key components for 14 additional U.S.-built F-35s, even as the Carney government has been reviewing future fighter-jet purchases in the context of trade tensions with Washington, sources have told CBC News.

In just one week, the company has gone from being Gen Z’s preferred social media platform to a tool for spying on Americans and the suppression of information.

Oil and gas exports have sustained Russia’s finances throughout its war against Ukraine. But as the fourth anniversary of the full-scale invasion approaches, those cash flows have suddenly dwindled to lows not seen in years.

Cyber-espionage campaigns are targeting employees directly, including through hiring processes, report claims

It’s an open source venture backed by $35M from FirstMark Capital, Spark Capital, and GV (Google Ventures). It’s a drop-in replacement for MySQL with an extension architecture. See their native UUID extension with efficient 16-byte storage as an example.

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An investigation by Euractiv found that even as it continues to receive millions of euros in EU support, Euronews has rebalanced its business model to become increasingly reliant on politically connected investors, lobbyists and commercial partnerships with entities linked to illiberal states. Financial records and interviews with 14 current and former employees depict a financially strained organisation deepening ties with strongman-led governments from Serbia to Azerbaijan.

cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/58832297

https://t.me/exilenova_plus/16247

This is how “divide and conquer” works in Europe right now, in practice. If the Greeks stick with Europe, they risk their security by leaving Erdogan as the only interlocutor of Trump in the East Mediterannean.

Weil Vernichtung oft günstiger ist als Recycling, landen in der EU jährlich Millionen nicht verkaufter Kleidungsstücke im Müll - mit Folgen für Umwelt und Klima. Dem will die EU-Kommission nun einen Riegel vorschieben.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Castafiore_Emerald