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Hirom, (edited ) to technology in China's state subsidies in green technologies significantly higher than those in EU and OECD countries, distorting competition, researchers say

That sounds a bit contradictory but there’s an important details. Part of the accusation seems to be about picking winners, ie giving subsidies to specific companies rather than the sector as a whole.

The anti-subsidy investigation has been intended to confirm the Commission’s allegations that manufacturers of battery electric vehicles (BEV) in China benefit from countervailable – i.e. specific and advantageous to the receiving companies – subsidies

If that’s true then a tweak to subsidies might technically solve the issue without changing the EU-China competition balance.

IMHO the EU should focus on carbon border tax, and on doing it quickly and efficiently. The idea is taxing import from countries that don’t tax pollution, or at least less than the EU does, to make competing companies subject to similar emissions tax/regulation.

Hirom, to privacy in Matrix - A Pit of Abuse with Government Ties

Thanks for the explanation. I’m considering Matrix but will hold off, at least until v1.11 or v1.12 solves the unintended CDN issue described in another comment here, cf matrix.org/blog/2024/06/20/matrix-v1.11-release/#…

Hirom, to privacy in Matrix - A Pit of Abuse with Government Ties

I’m interested into the technical details, not actual URLs. How come servers cited in the video keep hosting/seeding chatrooms despite closing corresponding accounts? Is this impossible due to Matrix’s design, or is it poor moderation from server admins?

About URLs: the author is absolutely right to blur these. The only people he should be sharing this is police, or maybe admins if they’re not aware of the abuse on their server.

Hirom, to privacy in Matrix - A Pit of Abuse with Government Ties

That’s the first time I hear of Matrix having this issue.

I’m curious to know more, but the video only cite an anonymous source. Are there evidence or more technical details available regarding this?

Hirom, to privacy in What would you consider your threat model?

Scams, identity thefts, manipulation through targeted ads (eg Cambridge Analytica), malware delivered via ads

Hirom, to technology in Nvidia becomes the most valuable public company - GSMArena.com news

They were years ahead of the curve with AI hardware, and they’re well placed to benefit from the AI craze.

Regardless of whether a company’s AI product is useful, or profitable, they need lot of hardware to make it run.

Hirom, to foss in Signal on Linux

Yes, AppImage can run on more distro.

Still AppImage has disadvantages over DEB: No auto-update, No/less system integration, Bigger install packages.

Hirom, to foss in Signal on Linux

They can’t possibly provide a package for every distro.

Signal’s model, ie keep tight control over development and distribution of the client, and the absence of federation, it well suited for Apple/Google’s stores, but not at all for open-source and Linux’ ecosystem.

Hirom, to foss in Signal on Linux

Some projects of Signal-compatible clients and forks received a message from a Signal representrive requesting they stop distributing unofficial clients that connect to their servers.

That probably has on shilling effect on Linux distribution that may be considering building and distributing Signal in their repository.

Hirom, to opensource in What to do when a giant company refuses to honor a GPL claim?

Don’t waste time trying to reason them. If you’re not able and willing and sue them to enforce the GPL license, the company won’t care.

You should directly informe one of the organisations mentioned previously, they may have a lawyer and experience fighting this kind of fight.

Best you can do youself is collect evidence that they’re distributing modified GPL software, and write a precise description of the issue, to help these organisations kickstart their investigation into the GPL violation.

Hirom, to technology in Microsoft's Recall Feature Is Even More Hackable Than You Thought

Not surprising. If there’s a way for a non-admin user to use this, it means there’s probably a way for a non-admin process to access the data.

Even if if were more secure, there’s probably plenty of ways for attackers to escalate privileges to admin.

The bigger issue is Microsoft providing an official tool for snooping on user activity. Malware won’t have to install their own, and recall taking screenshots periodically won’t be considered anomalous behaviour since it’s an official Microsoft service.

Hirom, to technology in Oral-B bricking Alexa toothbrush is cautionary tale against buzzy tech

No toothbrush will last a lifetime, so maybe don’t put $320 in it

Hirom, to technology in New breakthrough may let us charge smartphones in 60 seconds

It sounds like this is completely clickbait article, bordering on misinformation.

Hirom, to music in New open source Bandcamp alternative "Mirlo" is a worker co-op!

Pretty slick

Hirom, to technology in Self-balancing commuter pods ride old railway lines on demand

Ahah, I just told myself: cannot wait for Adam Something to debunk this

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