EU fines Apple €500M and Meta €200M
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-fines-apple-meta-breaking-europe-digital-markets-act-dma/
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-fines-apple-meta-breaking-europe-digital-markets-act-dma/
POLITICO
EU fines Apple €500M and Meta €200M for breaking Europe’s digital rules – POLITICO
The highly anticipated penalties are the first to be issued under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act.
'60 Minutes' chief resigns, saying show's independence was compromised
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/22/nx-s1-5372733/60-minutes-bill-owens-cbs-trump-paramount
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/22/nx-s1-5372733/60-minutes-bill-owens-cbs-trump-paramount
NPR
'60 Minutes' chief resigns, saying show's independence was compromised
The longtime head of CBS' 60 Minutes resigned Tuesday, as the network's parent company grapples with President Trump's lawsuit over an interview the show did with Kamala Harris last fall.
Mozilla blocks UAE for internet security guardian after hacking reports (2019)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-mozilla/mozilla-blocks-uae-bid-to-become-an-internet-security-guardian-after-hacking-reports-idUSKCN1U42CA/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-mozilla/mozilla-blocks-uae-bid-to-become-an-internet-security-guardian-after-hacking-reports-idUSKCN1U42CA/
Reuters
Mozilla blocks UAE bid to become an internet security guardian after hacking reports
Firefox browser maker Mozilla is blocking the United Arab Emirates' government from serving as one of its internet security gatekeepers, citing Reuters reports on a UAE cyber espionage programme.
OpenAI tells judge it would buy Chrome from Google
https://www.theverge.com/news/653882/openai-chrome-google-us-judge
https://www.theverge.com/news/653882/openai-chrome-google-us-judge
The Verge
OpenAI tells judge it would buy Chrome from Google
OpenAI has its eye on Chrome.
How I Blog with Obsidian, Hugo, GitHub, and Cloudflare – Zero Cost, Fully Owned
https://ingau.me/blog/how-i-write-my-blogs-in-obsidian-and-publish-instantly/
https://ingau.me/blog/how-i-write-my-blogs-in-obsidian-and-publish-instantly/
ingau
How I write my blogs in Obsidian and publish instantly
I’ve been using Obsidian for all my writing lately, and it’s been a game changer. The local-first model means everything lives as plain text on my machine, and with the Minimal theme, the interface stays clean and distraction-free.
My vault lives in iCloud…
My vault lives in iCloud…
"Periodic table of machine learning" could fuel AI discovery
https://news.mit.edu/2025/machine-learning-periodic-table-could-fuel-ai-discovery-0423
https://news.mit.edu/2025/machine-learning-periodic-table-could-fuel-ai-discovery-0423
MIT News
“Periodic table of machine learning” could fuel AI discovery
After uncovering a unifying algorithm that links more than 20 common machine-learning approaches, MIT researchers organized them into a “periodic table of machine learning” that can help scientists combine elements of different methods to improve algorithms…
Empty Calories of AI: A Cure for Loneliness Worse Than the Disease?
https://peakhorse.substack.com/p/empty-calories-of-ai-a-cure-for-loneliness
https://peakhorse.substack.com/p/empty-calories-of-ai-a-cure-for-loneliness
Substack
Empty Calories of AI: A Cure for Loneliness Worse Than the Disease?
AI may keep us from being alone, but its presence could lead to a different kind of loneliness
Launch HN: Cua (YC X25) – Open-Source Docker Container for Computer-Use Agents
https://github.com/trycua/cua
https://github.com/trycua/cua
GitHub
GitHub - trycua/cua: c/ua is the Docker Container for Computer-Use AI Agents.
c/ua is the Docker Container for Computer-Use AI Agents. - trycua/cua
More Everything Forever
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/books/review/more-everything-forever-adam-becker.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/books/review/more-everything-forever-adam-becker.html
NY Times
Go to Mars, Never Die and Other Big Tech Pipe Dreams
In “More Everything Forever,” the science journalist Adam Becker subjects Silicon Valley’s “ideology of technological salvation” to critical scrutiny.
I won't be vibe coding anymore: a noob's perspective
https://varunraghu.com/why-i-wont-be-vibe-coding-anymore/
https://varunraghu.com/why-i-wont-be-vibe-coding-anymore/
Varun Raghu
why i wont be vibe coding anymore
i’m breaking up with vibe coding. here’s why.
when i first started learning to code, i built apps/websites that would be considered poor in the tradition...
when i first started learning to code, i built apps/websites that would be considered poor in the tradition...
Spring 83: a draft protocol intended to suggest new ways of relating online
https://github.com/robinsloan/spring-83
https://github.com/robinsloan/spring-83
GitHub
GitHub - robinsloan/spring-83: A speculative new protocol 🌸
A speculative new protocol 🌸. Contribute to robinsloan/spring-83 development by creating an account on GitHub.
Ninth Circuit Takes a Wrecking Ball to Internet Personal Jurisdiction Law
https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2025/04/ninth-circuit-takes-a-wrecking-ball-to-internet-personal-jurisdiction-law-briskin-v-shopify.htm
https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2025/04/ninth-circuit-takes-a-wrecking-ball-to-internet-personal-jurisdiction-law-briskin-v-shopify.htm
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
Ninth Circuit Takes a Wrecking Ball to Internet Personal Jurisdiction Law-Briskin v. Shopify - Technology & Marketing Law Blog
Let’s start with a tiny piece of good news. The majority says: “The parties agree among themselves that we need not develop an internet-specific standard for personal jurisdiction. We also agree.” No need for Internet exceptionalist rules. Yay! With that...
Moon photovoltaics utilizing lunar regolith and halide perovskites
https://www.cell.com/device/fulltext/S2666-9986(25)00060-2?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2666998625000602%3Fshowall%3Dtrue&utm_source=clivethompson&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=linkfest-33-two-hit-wonders-moonglass-and-trees
https://www.cell.com/device/fulltext/S2666-9986(25)00060-2?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2666998625000602%3Fshowall%3Dtrue&utm_source=clivethompson&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=linkfest-33-two-hit-wonders-moonglass-and-trees
Device
Moon photovoltaics utilizing lunar regolith and halide perovskites
This study proposes and fabricates perovskite-based Moon solar cells utilizing anorthositic
regolith, an abundant resource on the Moon, to save ∼99 wt % of required raw materials.
This strategy enables power-per-launched mass ratios in excess of 22 W/g, a…
regolith, an abundant resource on the Moon, to save ∼99 wt % of required raw materials.
This strategy enables power-per-launched mass ratios in excess of 22 W/g, a…