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Nicolas Jondet

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Nicolas Jondet @njondet.bsky.social · 9d

Update on the Gamers Nexus versus Bloomberg AI chips smuggling copyright case: The three-hour investigative video by Gamers Nexus regarding the alleged smuggling of (Nvidia) AI chips into China has been reinstated on YouTube. [1]
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YouTube's Systematic Punishment | Copyright Strikes & Defeating Bloomberg's Abuse

YouTube video by Gamers Nexus

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The Register @theregister.com · 1d

It's trivially easy to poison LLMs into spitting out gibberish, says Anthropic

Just 250 malicious training documents can poison a 13B parameter model - that's 0.00016% of a whole dataset Poisoning AI models might be way easier than previously thought if an Anthropic study is anything to go on. …

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Nicolas Jondet @njondet.bsky.social · 1d

An Open Source Phone Is the Free Software Foundation's Next Project www.howtogeek.com/the-free-sof...

An Open Source Phone Is the Free Software Foundation's Next Project

Let's hope they finish this one.

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Next @next.ink · 1d

La Free Software Foundation a 40 ans : nouveau président et projet de téléphone libre

L’ONG a fêté ses 40 ans le 4 octobre. Elle a profité d’un évènement dédié pour faire plusieurs annonces, dont la nomination de son nouveau président, Ian Kelling. La FSF a également provoqué une petite surprise en annonçant un projet de téléphone libre, nommé sobrement LibrePhone. La Free Software Foundation existe désormais depuis plus de […]

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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 1d

Protecting Privacy to Combat Authoritarianism -- feature about my recent scholarship in the GWU Magazine:
www.law.gwu.edu/protecting-p...

My article draft, "Privacy in Authoritarian Times," is here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Protecting Privacy to Combat Authoritarianism | GW Law | The George Washington University

Professor Solove's research explores how surveillance capitalism, in which corporations collect, store and commodify data, can enable authoritarian governments.

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Megan Gray @megangray.bsky.social · 1d

Ya don’t say

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Nicolas Jondet @njondet.bsky.social · 1d

"The company said: "... Given the lack of interest from the European Commission, lengthy process and costs on our side, Nextcloud decided to withdraw the complaint." The company is still pursuing the matter with the German Competition authority.

The Register @theregister.com · 1d

Nextcloud withdraws European Commission OneDrive bundling complaint

Lack of interest from the EU policy enforcer blamed for towel throwing Nextcloud has withdrawn a complaint against Microsoft with the European Commission over OneDrive bundling, citing a lack of progress with the governing body.…

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Next @next.ink · 1d

Les frais liés aux expertises informatiques judiciaires ont explosé de 111 % en cinq ans

Signe de la dépendance de plus en plus grande aux preuves numériques, le budget dédié aux experts de justice en informatique est passé de 8 à 19 millions d’euros par an. Si les frais d’interprétariat et de traduction ont progressé de 72 % dans le même temps, ils ne seront pas, a priori, remplacés par […]

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The Register @theregister.com · 1d

Intel's open source future in question as exec says he's done carrying the competition

Kevork Kechichian says x86 giant's contributions should benefit Intel first Over the years, Intel has established itself as a paragon of the open source community, but that could soon change under the x86 giant's new leadership. …

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The Register @theregister.com · 1d

Clearview AI sees red as UK tribunal sides with regulator over $10M GDPR fine

Court says ICO can chase US outfit for unlawfully hoovering up Brits' selfies The UK General Regulatory Chamber's Upper Tribunal (UT) has ruled in favor of the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), which appealed against a 2023 decision that it could not fine Clearview AI over GDPR violations.…

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Megan Gray @megangray.bsky.social · 2d

Police arrest man based on his ChatGPT prompts. Did they issue a warrant to OpenAI, did company give notice to the accused? How was the prompt “found?”

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 3d

The EU's General Court has upheld the EU/US arrangements for transfers of personal data to the US. Analysis by Dr Samira Allioui: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

The General Court of the European Union upholds the Data Privacy Framework

Dr Samira Allioui , Research fellow, Centre d'études internationales et européennes, Université de Strasbourg Photo credit : Ibrahim...

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Gateklons @gateklons.bsky.social · 2d

Loyalty programs and personal data as a commodity: German court sees no issue.

I think might be of interest to @privacymatters.bsky.social

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OLG Stuttgart - 6 UKl 2/25

A court rejected a case brought by a consumer's organisation against Lidl and found it lawful to claim that participation in a loyalty program was free of charge while users provided their personal da...

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Johnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · 2d

As I write in The Guardian this morning, the danger of this moment is that if Europe does not act against Trump now, it will never act again.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The EU has a secret weapon to counter Trump’s economic bullying. It’s time to use it | Johnny Ryan

The anti-coercion instrument, or ‘trade bazooka’, is designed to shield against foreign pressure, says civil liberties campaigner Johnny Ryan

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 2d

Moving accounts between Mastodon and Bluesky is about to get much easier, thanks to Bounce 2.

Bounce introduces a tool to move your Mastodon account to Bluesky | TechCrunch

Moving accounts between Mastodon and Bluesky is about to get much easier, thanks to Bounce 2.

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The Verge @theverge.com · 2d

The problems with AI in the smart home and how Amazon and Google plan to fix them

Home, smarter home?

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Nicolas Jondet @njondet.bsky.social · 2d

"The industry’s reticence to provide comprehensive cover for AI companies comes from the unprecedented scale of potential claims faced by relatively young tech companies. The risk is heightened as enormous damages known as “nuclear verdicts” against big US companies have also become more common."

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 2d

With insurers unwilling to provide comprehensive coverage, OpenAI and Anthropic are considering using investor funds to settle potential claims from multibillion-dollar lawsuits.

Insurers balk at paying out huge settlements for claims against AI firms

OpenAI, Anthropic consider using investor funds to settle potential lawsuits.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 2d

MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ Awarded To Inventor Of Eatin’ Shirt https://theonion.com/macarthur-genius-grant-awarded-to-inventor-of-eatin-shirt/

MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ Awarded To Inventor Of Eatin’ Shirt
‘It’s A Big Ol’ Shirt I Put On Before Supper So My Good Shirts Don’t Get Dirty,’ Says Recipient

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 2d

Bank of England warns AI stock bubble rivals 2000 dotcom peak

Central bank says market concentration hasn’t been this extreme in 50 years.

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Nicolas Jondet @njondet.bsky.social · 2d

"Governor Newsom signed California Assembly Bill 325 into law... making it a violation of the state's flagship antitrust law, the Cartwright Act, to use or distribute a common pricing algorithm "as part of a contract, combination in the form of a trust, or conspiracy to restrain trade or commerce."

The Register @theregister.com · 2d

The price is wrong! California goes Bob Barker on algorithmic price rigging

When sellers collude through a computer algorithm, that doesn't make it right California companies that use algorithms to fix the prices of their products and services could now face stiff antitrust penalties if they continue to do so. …

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Nicolas Jondet @njondet.bsky.social · 2d

"The city of New York was joined in the lawsuit by the city's school district and NYC Health... The lawsuit alleges that the social media companies have intentionally designed their platforms to be addictive to children and that they have failed to implement effective safeguards."

Engadget @engadget.bsky.social · 2d

New York City is suing Meta, Snap, TikTok and YouTube over 'youth mental health crisis'

The lawsuit specifically calls out viral "subway surfing" videos.

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Next @next.ink · 2d

Bien que très rentable, la chaîne TV Game One s’apprête à baisser le rideau après 27 ans

La nouvelle n’a pas encore été confirmée par la chaîne, mais plusieurs des employés et chroniqueurs ont confirmé publiquement l’information, révélée mercredi soir par BFM : la chaîne de télévision Game One, spécialisée dans les jeux vidéo et la culture geek, s’apprête à fermer ses portes. Le groupe Paramount Networks France, à qui elle appartient, […]

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Framework @frame.work · 2d

Some of the last reasons to stay on Windows have been gaming related. Both the time from installation to in-game and gaming performance on Bazzite are now actually better than Windows on many games, and living room usability is more seamless too.

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The Register @theregister.com · 2d

Germany slams brakes on EU's Chat Control device-scanning snoopfest

Berlin's opposition likely kills off Brussels' bid to scan everyone's messages Germany has committed to oppose the EU's controversial "Chat Control" regulations following huge pressure from multiple activists and major organizations.…

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Graham Dutfield @grahamdutfield.bsky.social · 2d

So our xenophobic Reform Party wants us to emulate a country nearly 90% of whose resident population is foreign born.

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d

UAE has no democratically elected institutions, no free speech and an appalling human rights record.

Its economy functions on completely different metrics to the ours & ranks well below us for GDP

No serious person would ever think that we should emulate it.

But here's Tice calling us decadent

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 3d

At some point these imbeciles are going to realise that arts courses are *funding* the courses they do like and if they cut those places unis will just go bankrupt so no maths or science either.

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