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Deezer says 44% of new music uploads are AI-generated, most streams are fraudulent AI tracks account for a small fraction of Deezer streams, and most are demonetized for fraud.

Deezer says 44% of new music uploads are AI-generated, most streams are fraudulent - arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/d... " AI tracks account for a small fraction of Deezer streams, and most are demonetized for fraud. "

… so… what’s the overlap between dudes that think this is awesome & dudes who complain women won’t date them…?

This is worth reading

More of this.

A large white waterfowl with orange feet stands in front of a door. On the door is a cardboard sign secured with tape that reads, "DO NOT LET THE DUCK IN." Adding insult to injury, I think the duck might be a goose.

Whatever you do,

Maryland to Become First US State to Ban Surveillance Pricing That Charges More After Mining Personal Data Maryland will become the first US state to ban surveillance pricing in retail stores, after passing Protection from Predatory Pricing Act.

“Maryland is set to become the first US state to ban surveillance pricing in retail grocery stores, after the legislature last week passed the Protection from Predatory Pricing Act.”

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Absolutely incredible.

NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone.

Watch with sound on.

the number of smart people (including people in tech) I've talked to who genuinely think their chatbot is sentient (or very close) is WAY more unsettling than the distant threat of Skynet

I don’t think we talk nearly enough about the fact that corporations like Amazon, don’t pay a single cent to maintain the roads they use, the transportation system they use, the courts they use, they pay nothing for the infrastructure that is absolutely critical to their business.

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How Big Tech Lobbied the EU to Hide Data Centers' Environmental Toll The European Commission has adopted industry-drafted language shielding data center emissions data from public view, report Nico Schmidt and Ella Joyner.

Microsoft and other US tech companies successfully lobbied the EU to hide the environmental toll of their data centers, Investigate Europe reports in collaboration with Tech Policy Press and other media partners.

Yes! Such a good analogy!

NATO is a vaccine created to protect us all from all-consuming global war.

Calling it a Cold War relic is the same logic as “we don’t need measles vaccines because measles doesn’t exist anymore.”

Oh FFS

OpenAI’s New ‘Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age’ is a Policymercial OpenAI has ultimately co-opted the idealism of public infrastructure while actively undermining concrete steps toward it, writes Eryk Salvaggio.

OpenAI's new industrial policy framework relies on a superabundance thesis that helps the company sidestep present accountability, writes Eryk Salvaggio. It’s a convenient set of positions for a company selling a particular version of the future, he says.

This AI Button Wearable From Ex-Apple Engineers Looks Like an iPod Shuffle Two former Apple Vision Pro developers made an AI wearable that only listens when you tap it. They hope to win where other AI gadgets have fumbled: privacy.

Today in luxury surveillance.

Hang it in The Louvre.

The thing that really makes people stupid is wanting to look smart more than they want to learn.

Lebanon is one of the most surprising clean energy stories in the world.

Solar went from <1% of electricity in 2020 to nearly 30% by 2024.

Not because of policy - because the state grid collapsed and people installed rooftop solar out of sheer necessity.

An Incredibly Weird Time to Be Alive The world witnessed the best and worst of humanity in a single week.

“We are, in this tense moment, living with our own overview effect. Four are watching from afar. But the rest of us are watching too—left to reckon with our own place on the pale blue dot, reminded of all the ways we might die, and all the reasons for which to live.” @cwarzel.bsky.social

The Moon: oh wow you guys decided to come back

Artemis II crew: earth’s haunted

Aw thank you Eileen!! ❤️ and lol “not a drag” is my new favorite tagline 😂💅🥂

3-year-old suffered sexual abuse during months in immigration custody, family alleges An immigrant family is grappling with the ordeal suffered by a 3-year-old girl who endured alleged sexual abuse while her father fought for five months for her release from federal custody.

"To have your child abused while in the government's care, to not understand what has happened or how to protect them, to not even be told about the abuse, it is unimaginable," said an attorney representing the girl. https://to.pbs.org/3PV4hr9

This is the face of a lunar scientist who has just been told that the #Artemis II crew saw SEVERAL impact flashes (the flashes when meteors hit the lunar surface) in real time 😃 🌓💥

This Week in Tech // April 6 Stuff happening in tech that is relevant to your kids, classrooms, and lives.

I’ve started a weekly round-up of tech news that I think parents should know about. Latest here 🤗

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Clearly they are playing 17 dimensional chess to boost attendance for the World Cup.

Artifice and Intelligence Emily Tucker, Executive Director of the Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law, on tech, vocabulary and power.

Amen. Also “artifice” here reminds me of this excellent @techpolicypress.bsky.social piece by @georgetownprivacy.bsky.social’s Emily Tucker

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Remember when Dan Quayle misspelled a word and it was the end of his political career?

Crisis Engineering Learn how to successfully emerge from complex crisis conditions with this practical, comprehensive guide.  "A book I wish I’d had in difficult times.” ...

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