Pakistan and India again traded barbs at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) — this time on occupied Kashmir — with Islamabad slamming the other side for “misleading” the council.
Speaking during the presentation of the UNSC’s Annual Report to the General Assembly on Friday, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad called for the resolution of the…
Wow, another year has passed. And now another review.
It's time for the list, that I usually compile monthly for my newsletter.
January
Big Tech Earnings • New Disney Boss Tested • Siri Camera Mode • The AI Button • Netflix's Narnia to Theaters
Despite threats—by an editor who shall go unnamed, but who does not have my best interests in mind—to ship me off to Aintree Racecourse to cover the event in person, I am once again conducting an ethnography of English horse race attendees from the safe remove of Getty Images. By year three, one begins to pick up patterns, such as the fact that the atmosphere at the Grand National is not only…
With smartglasses, Apple is once again entering Meta's turf. Wielding a familiar weapon: the iPhone...
beantaco:
Am I the only one who sees extreme irony in this privacy community forum asking about installing “security” cameras again and again?
Cameras are a tool much like computers. Just because computers can be used to capture information on society en masse, does that mean we should advocate for unplugging entirely in the name of privacy?
So as a parent, I need CCTV cameras for my kids…
beantaco:
Am I the only one who sees extreme irony in this privacy community forum asking about installing “security” cameras again and again?
Cameras are a tool much like computers. Just because computers can be used to capture information on society en masse, does that mean we should advocate for unplugging entirely in the name of privacy?
So as a parent, I need CCTV cameras for my kids…
I assume we here as privacy advocates have a general concern cameras are turning the physical world into a surveillance nightmare. For several other reasons outlined in these videos, these “security” cameras should never have been put up in the first place.
Am I the only one who sees extreme irony in this privacy community forum asking about installing “security” cameras again and again?
I assume we here as privacy advocates have a general concern cameras are turning the physical world into a surveillance nightmare. For several other reasons outlined in these videos, these “security” cameras should never have been put up in the first place.
Am I the only one who sees extreme irony in this privacy community forum asking about installing “security” cameras again and again?
Over the weekend, Pope Leo XIV celebrated Palm Sunday Mass at the Vatican by condemning those who “wage war” and insisting that God unequivocally rejects war and the prayers of those who wage it. In recent weeks, other influential Catholic leaders have loudly voiced opposition to Operation Epic Fury; amid an academic conference at the Vatican Apostolic Library on March 26, Vatican Secretary of…
Debian is the latest in an ever-growing list of projects to wrestle (again) with the question of LLM-generated contributions; the latest debate stared in mid-February, after Lucas Nussbaum opened a discussion with a draft general resolution (GR) on whether Debian should accept AI-assisted contributions. It seems to have, mostly, subsided without a GR being put forward or any decisions being made,…
I love music, Ireland, and concert documentaries. This has all 3.
You'll need to Bring Your Own Magnets via a third-party case to take full advantage of Qi2 charging speeds.
Cities across the United States are figuring out how to slow ICE’s reckless authoritarian roll. (Sara Diggins / The Austin American-Statesman…
The Seedance "End of Hollywood" likely points to the paths forward...
LAHORE/ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR/QUETTA: Most of the markets in Lahore and Islamabad were open on Sunday, despite a strike call by opposition alliance Tehreek-i-Tahafuz-i-Ayin-i-Pakistan (TTAP) in protest of alleged discrepancies in the 2024 general elections.
A partial shutdown was observed in Peshawar, while a complete shutterdown strike was reported in Quetta.
The PTI — a part of the TTAP — is also…