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No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature X’s sexual deepfake machine is still running, despite Grok saying otherwise.

www.theverge.com/news/859309/...

Why does this matter? At least in my part of Germany we use Europa for the continent (including the UK, Switzerland, Norway, etc) and die europäische Union (EU) when talking about Schengen/Euro/EU. Nobody would say Switzerland ist not in Europe but everyone knows they’re not in the EU or EEA (EWR).

Solidarität mit HateAid – Angriff der Trump-Regierung stoppen HateAid kämpft im Netz für die Einhaltung von Recht und Gesetz und gegen strafbare Inhalte wie Morddrohungen oder antisemitische Volksverhetzungen. Dafür sollen sie jetzt bestraft werden. Die Sanktion...

Dieses Thema liegt mir am Herzen. Europäisches Recht wird in Europa bestimmt und nirgendwo sonst. Bitte hier unterzeichnen: weact.campact.de/petitions/so...

Nina Jankowicz: “They’re not doing this because they have any evidence of censorship — they lost a Supreme Court case that made those claims… They’re doing this because the group of researchers and advocates have stood up to liars like Donald Trump and the platforms that enable them.”

It’s ironic that Europeans are being sanctioned for censorship while no Russians, Chinese, or Saudis are on the list.

Europe is the closest you can get to freedom of speech, and the US under Trump shouldn’t lecture anyone on censorship. Traitorous hypocrites!

I'm going to buy the Swift Power Pack once I finish Unwrap. Would you recommend doing the 100 Days of Swift online first, or is it covered in Hacking with iOS already?

If I were American I’d want to see the restoration of the Fairness Doctrine and extension to cable/satellite news near the top of that list. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairnes...

If your Mac doesn't turn on - Apple Support If your Mac doesn't seem to turn on after you press the power button, follow these steps.

Here is Apple‘s guide: support.apple.com/en-us/102623

Without seeing the device there’s not much more anyone can say. If you have another Mac you can try to put it in DFU mode and Restore, depending on type and age.

Launchie - The Launchpad Replacement macOS 26 Deserves Launchie brings back the power of Launchpad with drag & drop reordering, custom folders, and customizable hotkeys for macOS 26 Tahoe. Free download for Apple Silicon Macs.

It doesn't bother me as I have a massive Dock and Spotlight for the rest, but a colleague who misses Launchpad says launchie.app is the best replacement so far.

It also worked for Mette Frederiksen in Denmark, which I think is the more likely inspiration. Strict immigration policies marginalised the far right, although the Danish centre left went a lot further than Labour. They also succeeded in presenting their policies as a defence of the welfare state.

Look up Windows Subsystem for Linux, which Microsoft has made for Windows 11. Once it’s installed, you can download several Linux versions to run in the Windows Terminal, from the Windows Store. GUI support was patchy when I last tried WSL a year ago but you had a full Linux terminal.

I’ve done it on my Mac mini and iPad but not my MacBook Air or iPhone. macOS 26 seems more stable and polished than iPadOS 26. Some iPad apps (Deutsche Bahn, Mactracker) crash. I backed up macOS settings with a script and all my files and I don’t regret it. I wouldn’t go near iOS 26 right now.

I never expected that the first to surrender in the Russia-Ukraine war would be the United States.

With the benefit of hindsight, clearly a huge mistake.

The thing about Europe: it’s the actual land of the free now Europe’s very real problems don’t look so bad by comparison

The thing about Europe is it doesn't invest enough in defence. But nor does it joke about invading neighbours.

The thing about Europe is its economy is ailing. But Europeans have no concept of "medical bankruptcy".

My take this week on the truly free continent

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Habe vergessen zu sagen: die bieten eine App für Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, und Android an. Die fand ich gewöhnungsbedurftig am Anfang (anders als OneDrive) aber mittlerweile gut.

Schaue außerdem bei european-alternatives.eu und www.goeuropean.org vorbei.

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Ich benutze seit kurzem Filen.io als Cloud-Speicher. Die Firma ist deutsch und sie bieten for €30 100GB lebenslang (Abos gibt es auch). Ich kaufe immer wieder zusätzlich 100GB. Die haben auch Notizen, die man mit anderen teilen kann (kein Kalender, soweit ich weiß).

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Conscription would provide numbers, but the cost & complexity to reintroduce it would use up any extra defence spending/capacity. Is a conscript army really better than investing in a stronger professional service (like US/UK/France) or a joint European deterrence?

I would actually prefer to take the train, but literally every Deutsche Bahn train I’ve taken in the past 18 months has been delayed or cancelled entirely and I don’t see any improvements on the horizon. Luckily the line I use most for work isn’t run by DB.

I’ll definitely look at that one when the time comes, and I think Fiat have a reasonably-priced model.

I paid just under €12,000 for a Dacia Sandero in 2017. When I come looking for a replacement in the coming years I would love to buy an electric car, but my budget won’t be massively higher. The mistake German car makers have made was to market EVs as luxury rather than everyday cars.

For the past few years we have made our own. A jar of Robertson's mincemeat does all of Christmas and it lasts long enough that visitors can get us one at Christmas for the following year. You can even order from Amazon DE but delivery is a killer. The crust is easy enough to make in Germany.

One of these things is not like the others - why would she regret promoting open borders within the EU?

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