Elon Musk targets OpenAI’s for-profit transition in a new filing
Illustration: Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Image: Getty Images
In a new motion filed late Friday in his lawsuit against OpenAI, Elon Musk’s attorneys have asked for a preliminary injunction to stop OpenAI from transitioning to a for-profit enterprise, reports TechCrunch. They also asked the judge to forbid the company from continuing alleged practices that they say violate US antitrust laws.
Musk’s lawyers claim that because of CEO Sam Altman’s alleged self-dealing, OpenAI “will likely lack sufficient funds to pay damages” if Musk wins the suit. The motion follows reports of OpenAI’s intent to become a for-profit business and that it recently began early talks with regulators to move its structural change forward.
As for antitrust claims, the lawyers say OpenAI and Microsoft “told investors not to...
slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Hacker News: the IQ test you pass by not commenting.
Daojoan ("JA Westenberg") wrote:
oh no, you called joe rogan “joe rogaine.” his testosterone just dropped by 300% and all the elk meat in his freezer turned into tofu. truly a devastating blow to the podcast industrial complex
Good news: I'm no longer spending 100% of my waking hours in a blind panic about the impending crush of fascism! That's because I'm now spending 80% of my waking hours panicking about how much money DNA Lounge is losing, and whether we can possibly survive until spring.
Monkey paw curls.
https://jwz.org/b/ykdq
nadim@infosec.exchange ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:
Drove here today and I’m 100% sure that the only reason this catastrophe actually works (no lane markers! No lights! Total free-for-all with twelve exits!) is because every single person in the roundabout is scared out of their minds
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This high-powered portable power bank is down to just $74 right now
This beefy battery from Anker, which can keep all your gadgets charged while traveling, is on sale for its lowest price to date. | Image: Anker
As a power-hungry tech journalist, I’m constantly on the lookout for good bargains on portable power to keep my devices charged while I’m traveling for work. So, I snapped up Anker’s 24,000mAh 737 Power Bank when I saw it on sale at Amazon for $73.99 — which is more than 50 percent off the original retail price. It’s also available directly from Anker for the same Black Friday low when you use promo code WS24SJHXE0JN at checkout.
I’ve been looking for a good power bank that could simultaneously charge my MacBook Pro, iPhone, and headphones while on the go, and I’ve had my eye on the Anker 737 for a while. Its whopping 24,000 mAh battery means I can ditch my other less powerful power banks and seriously streamline my go-bag (although at...
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baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:
“I wrote a course, but it’s so much more than that - Andy Bell”
https://bell.bz/i-wrote-a-course-but-its-so-much-more-than-that/
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thenexusofprivacy@infosec.exchange ("The Nexus of Privacy") wrote:
Thank much for the tag, @stefan, and I'm in good company! But I'm not actually doing crowdfunding at this point, so I preobably shouldn't be there.
Instead, here are the donation links for Black-led instances blackqueer.life, diaspora.im, and blacktwitter.io
dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:
♬️ SECRET LAIR: THE OFFICIAL FAN EXPO AFTERPARTY at DNA Lounge tonight: Sat Nov 30, 8pm!
https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2024/11-30.html
#dnalounge #secretlair #mckingfish #nerdcore #videogamemusic #burlesque #sanfrancisco
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It's the real thing. I can tell because of the pixels.
Somehow I had missed that the Utah Teapot has once again escaped confinement. Alan Butler:
https://jwz.org/b/ykdo
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‘Privacy Nightmare on Wheels’: Every Car Brand Reviewed By Mozilla:
"Mozilla’s latest edition of *Privacy Not Included reveals how 25 major car brands collect and share deeply personal data, including sexual activity, facial expressions, and genetic and health information." https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/privacy-nightmare-on-wheels-every-car-brand-reviewed-by-mozilla-including-ford-volkswagen-and-toyota-flunks-privacy-test/
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simon@simonwillison.net ("Simon Willison") wrote:
Here is a fun piece of computing history I just became aware of: in 2007 the Bush administration changed when DST started, and because Exchange stored event times converted to UTC Microsoft had to release an "Exchange Calendar Update Tool" to help try and fix everyone's calendars https://web.archive.org/web/20070302224145/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930879
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- About the Exchange tool After you install the DST updates for Microsoft Windows, all old appointments that occur during the DST change periods will be incorrectly displayed as occurring one hour later. This is true for both recurring and single-instance appointments. These appointments must be updated so that they will be displayed correctly in Outlook, in Outlook Web Access, and in CDO-based applications. (remote)
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Only one more week of classes, and I only have to give one more lecture--I have cleverly delegated the work to the students, who will be doing presentations.
I'm hoping maybe I'll finally catch up on my sleep.
Fortnite’s latest concert turned pop stars into kaiju
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Fortnite’s most recent virtual concert was supersized in multiple ways. Unlike previous events, which focused on specific artists like Ariana Grande or Metallica, this one featured a cast of four different artists: Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Ice Spice, and the late Juice WRLD. And it turned each one of the large lineup into a kaiju-sized performer, while also integrating deep cuts of Fortnite lore and providing a tease of what’s next for the game.
Things started out at Snoop Dogg’s compound, which has been at the center of the battle royale map since the beginning of November. From there, a gigantic version of the rapper performed, before whisking players away into space for another song. In fact, the event constantly moved around: up next was...
david@tech.lgbt ("a pup of coffee :v_agender: :bowie: ☕") wrote:
True words to live by ✊
(created by @/cnspeckhardt on twitter)
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This mural is popping up all over Europe
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World Central Kitchen workers killed by Israeli airstrike, Gaza health ministry says
An Israeli airstrike hit a car in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing five people, including at least three employees with the food aid charity. World Central Kitchen said that it was "urgently seeking more details."
RadicalGraffiti@todon.eu ("Radical Graffiti") wrote:
"Antifa Beavers"
Sticker spotted in Trois-Rivières, Quebec
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RadicalGraffiti@todon.eu ("Radical Graffiti") wrote:
"Be like the sloth. Climb everyday and hate fascism"
Sticker spotted in Embalse de Navalmedio, Madrid, Spain
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RadicalGraffiti@todon.eu ("Radical Graffiti") wrote:
Anti-cop graff seen in Lyon, France
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RadicalGraffiti@todon.eu ("Radical Graffiti") wrote:
Black Friday sticker spotted in Los Angeles
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Thomas@laserdisc.party ("Thomas (AI Enhanced)") wrote:
New I Love Lucy Blu-ray set got a AI “enhancement” and boy oh boy
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Mastodon needs a one-click report-as-spam-and-block. My morning ablutions are taking far too long.
Pete Hegseth’s Mother Accused Her Son of Belittling, Abusing, and Lying to Women
Pete Hegseth, the Fox News anchor whom Donald Trump has tapped to be his defense secretary, has come under intense scrutiny for his mistreatment of women, including an allegation of rape. One of his critics was, at one time, his own mother. “That is the ugly truth.” In 2018, Penelope Hegseth wrote her son an […]
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Welcome to the Computational Web
Where compute is king and platforms are dead
The Computational Web, it's a hard thing to say
But not harder than reading your egress charges one day
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@catsalad Ah yes, I remember my reaction when I first heard about that.
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catsalad@infosec.exchange ("CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:") wrote:
Say “McDonald’s” to end commercial is from a very real patent, btw...
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- Say McDonalds to end commercial patent which is comprised of four panels. First panel: a person sits on a couch in front of a TV, which is showing some movie with people shooting each other. Second panel: the person is still staring silently at the TV while the TV says «Say “McDonald’s” to end commercial». Third panel: the person stands up, puts their hands in the air, and says “McDonald’s”. Final panel: the person has sat back down and is watching a movie on the television again. This is from a real patent. U.S. Patent Aug. 21,2012 Sheet 9 of 20 US 8,246,454 B2 (remote)
Marvel Rivals gets Wolverine, Black Widow, and more in the latest trailer
With a new Marvel Rivals trailer, Marvel has revealed that Wolverine, Black Widow, Iron Fist, Squirrel Girl, and Cloak and Dagger will all be part of its upcoming 6 v 6 hero shooter_._ The company says in an announcement that each of them will be “fully revealed” in one trailer per day leading up to its December 6th launch.
The trailer hints at some of the attacks the characters will have, including a Hulk / Wolverine team-up that involves the big green guy flinging Marvel’s furry short king at their adversaries. Some other paired attacks show up, like Squirrel Girl catching a Spider-Man web ball and apparently turning it into an exploding slingshot projectile, or Black Window and Hawkeye firing side-by-side.
Marvel also took the wraps...
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stefan@stefanbohacek.online ("Stefan Bohacek") wrote:
And if you prefer not to financially support Mastodon for whatever reason, you can still donate to folks and groups like @thisismissem, @iftas, https://opencollective.com/gotosocial, or @thenexusofprivacy who are all doing a lot of great work and advocacy in this area.
(Happy to receive more suggestions for who to support!)
Democrats Weigh New Leadership to Resist Trump
Democrats will have the unenviable task of pushing back against a second Trump administration as the minority party across Washington. And in the House of Representatives, some Democrats are openly wondering whether the septuagenarian leader of their caucus on the Judiciary Committee is up to the task. According to the New York Times, a movement […]
Awake From Your Food Coma To A Hidden Sparking! Zero Class And More Of This Week's Tips
Thanksgaming 2024 is over, but the effects of that food coma are probably still lingering. Read on to catch up on the tips, deals (if they’re still good) and reviews you may have missed during the holiday week.
The best Black Friday deals you can still get today
Image: Elen Winata for The Verge
Just because it’s Saturday doesn’t mean the deluge of deals on laptops, headphones, and other Verge-approved gadgets is letting up.
This Week A Studio Was Shut Down, Rumble Rescued A Pariah, And Water Remained Wet
This may have been a short workweek, but the chaotic world of gaming never rests. Read on for Kotaku’s top stories from Thanksgiving week.
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
I thought The Lincoln Project alluded to something more historically aspirational 😭
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Cool. Argiope lure their prey to their doom with their sweet sexy perfume.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/11/30/sexy-beast/
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You can still score a PlayStation 5 for as low as $374 for Black Friday
If white isn’t your style, Sony is also discounting some of its colorful console covers. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge
Sony and other game makers are running all kinds of Black Friday sales right now, allowing you to save on games, consoles, and plenty of accessories. However, one of the better offers still available is on the latest PlayStation 5 Digital Edition, which is on sale at Walmart, Best Buy, and Sony’s PlayStation Direct storefront for an all-time low of $374 ($75 off). It’s also available at Amazon as part of a Fortnite bundle that includes some in-game cosmetics and other freebies.
Alternatively, if you prefer your console to come with its disc drive (instead of having to potentially add one later), you can get a disc-ready PS5 for $424 (regularly $499) at Best Buy, Walmart, PlayStation Direct, and Amazon (in that same Fortnite bundle). A...
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Small scale is the best scale – Manu:
"Human connections can only happen at a small scale and low speed. And that’s why I find exploring small corners of the web so valuable at a human level." https://manuelmoreale.com/small-scale-is-the-best-scale
How to watch Fortnite’s big Juice WRLD, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, and Ice Spice concert
Image: Epic Games
If it feels like Fortnite just had a major concert, that’s because it did — the beginning of November saw a live performance from Snoop Dogg and Ice Spice in New York that also aired in game. That event was used to kick off a mini season that remixed the battle royale’s second chapter. Now here we are with another virtual concert, albeit one that looks like it will more closely resemble musical events from Fortnite’s past, like those featuring Ariana Grande and Travis Scott.
It’s called Remix: The Finale, and the big difference appears to be scale. Instead of one artist, the event will feature four: Snoop, Ice Spice, Eminem, and Juice WRLD. All of them have been featured in the game’s current season (Eminem also had his own solo event a...
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
How about a little light mathematics as an after-feast treat?
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/11/30/an-hour-of-mathematical-genetics-homework/
How to solve the Gen Z social isolation problem? She tried surfing and it worked
Young people today spend nearly 1,000 fewer hours per year hanging out with friends in person than they did 20 years ago. Some solutions for the loneliness epidemic are coming from unlikely places.
Opinion: The life and work of Seuk Kim, pilot and animal rescuer
NPR's Scott Simon remembers Seuk Kim, a volunteer animal rescue pilot who died in a crash earlier this week, transporting several dogs.
SunFed cucumbers and Costco eggs recalled for potential salmonella contamination
Cucumbers shipped to the U.S. and Canada, and organic eggs sold in 25 Costco stores in five southern U.S. states, were recalled this week for potential salmonella contamination.
Reporter Journal: A sunrise trek through wild solitude in New York City
New York City is home to more than eight million people but NPR's Brian Mann mapped out an urban hike through solitude and parkland wildness.
The Senate’s New Farm Bill Would Prioritize Climate. Too Bad It’s Doomed.
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On Monday, Senator Debbie Stabenow, a longtime champion of programs that support farmers and increase access to nutritious foods, introduced a new version of the farm bill, a key piece of legislation typically renewed every five years that governs much of how […]
Ireland headed for coalition government, exit poll suggests
An exit poll in Ireland's parliamentary election released late Friday suggests the three biggest parties have won roughly equal shares and the country is headed for another coalition government.
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dansalvato@mastodon.gamedev.place ("Dan Salvato :amiga:") wrote:
Python solved dependency hell years ago, just make your platform's package manager mildly inconvenient enough that devs think twice before adding frivolous dependencies
In a shock offensive, insurgents breach Aleppo, Syria's largest city
Insurgents breached Syria's largest city Friday and clashed with government forces for the first time since 2016, in a surprise attack that sent residents fleeing.
medieval_illuminations ("Medieval Illumination") wrote:
The fourth horseman of the #Apocalypse. Apocalypse, Salisbury 1240-1250. BnF, Français 403, fol. 9r.
#medieval #MedievalArt
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Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau flies to Florida to meet with Trump after tariffs threat
Trudeau flew to Florida on Friday to have dinner with President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club after Trump threatened to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products.
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Currently posting from Openvibe, an app that unifies my Bluesky and Mastodon feeds.
Technically, it's fine but spiritually it's disorienting(?) I don't know where I am.
isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
Look…
Mastodon/Fediverse is always going to be more complicated than a centralized app. But the thing is, it doesn't actually have to compete with them. Fediverse is here for people who actively want to pay a little price of learning for the freedom it offers.
And with that, the UX here is really not that bad. Probably could be better, and probably will. But UX is almost never so important to be a game changer.
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183231bcb@transfem.social wrote:
PSA: Most internet users do not know that there is a distiction between an email provider and an email client.
Gmail users believe the only ways to access a Gmail account are through the official web client at mail.google.com, and the official Gmail app for iOS and Android.
Yahoo Mail users believe the only ways to access a Yahoo email account are the official webmail client and the official Yahoo Mail app for iOS and Android.
Outlook users believe the only ways to access an Outlook email are through the Outlook website, the Outlook desktop app, or the Outlook mobile app. Outlook's inbox search feature doesn't work very well, so as far as most of the internet is concerned, there's no reliable way to search the inbox of an Outlook email account.
Additionally, most email users are completely unaware that their provider blocks emails from other providers that violate their terms of service. They don't know that different email providers may have substantially different moderation policies.
At my university, student emails use Gmail, while faculty emails use Outlook. IT wanted to move everyone to Outlook, and the students revolted in protest, eventually convincing IT to change reverse course. Faculty members are also asking to have Gmail, though we aren't as organized as the students.
The primary reason cited by both students and faculty for preferring Gmail over Outlook is that the user-interface for the Gmail website is much better than its Outlook counterpart. As far as most people are aware, that's the only difference between email providers.
We are explicitly allowed to use 3rd party email clients, but very few students or faculty understand that that's a possibility. Some of my colleagues are amaze that I have the ability to search my own email inbox, since Outlook's search is broken unless you use a 3rd party client.
Why am I telling you all of this? Because if you try to explain the fediverse to someone by saying federation works "like email," you have to understand that most non-tech people's understanding of email is very very different from most of the people here.
If you tell someone that fedi instances are like email providers and that your instance is transfem.social, that creates three expecations in your audience:
1)The main, or possibly only, way to access your fedi account on a desktop is through the transfem.social website.
2)The main, or possibly only, way to access your fedi account on a smartphone is through the transfem.social app. This app is completely separate from the apps that could be used to access a fedi account on another instance.
3)The primary difference between transfem.social and other fedi instances is the UI of the website and app.Without further explanation, those three incorrect assumptions are going to make it very confusing for them to learn to navigate the fediverse.
When you install a fediverse app on your phone, it asks you for your instance. Most newcomers to the fediverse have never been asked for their provider after installing a client app. When you launch the Gmail app, it doesn't ask you for your email provider: it assumes you are using Gmail. If someone gets confused as to what they have to do, it doesn't help to tell them "it's like picking an email provider," because, as far as most people know, it is not how they picked an email provider.
The situation on the desktop is a little better. Almost every fedi instance hosts their own web client, just like major email providers. Newcomers who are told federation is like email expect to access the fediverse from their provider's website, and that's exactly what they can do.
Even so, if a typical email user thinks fedi providers are like email providers, they are likely to get confused in choosing an instance. People decide between Gmail and Outlook based on the UI of the web client. They likely don't even know the moderation policies of different providers are different. You can certainly use your preference in UI to decide between Mastodon, Akkoma, or Sharkey, but once you've chosen which software, how do you pick an instance?
If you're reading this message, you likely chose your fedi instance based in part on the community, moderation policies, the instance URL, knowing the admin, or some combination. But most people did not take those factors into consideration when choosing an email provider. Telling them "it's just like picking an email provider" isn't enough to help them.
I suspect the lack of widespread understanding as to how email works also contributed to one past piece of fedi meta. During the some of the big waves of users joining after leaving Twitter, some of them were absolutely outraged to discover an instance could block another instance. Several of them said some variation of
I thought Mastodon instances were supposed to be like email providers? Can you imagine how absurd it would be if your email provider told you you couldn't send a message to someone because of who their provider was?
These newcomers use Gmail or Outlook, and they were completely unaware that their email provider already does exactly that.
The TL:DR is that if you are explaining the fediverse to a non-tech person, "it's like email" is not a sufficient explanation.
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
The "actually, the economy is doing great" rhetoric has got to be some of the worst messaging from democrats ever.
It implies, as liberal messaging often does, that poor people are too stupid to know if they're struggling or not.
It completely ignores the many ways corporations exploit the poor that are invisible to the upper middle class.
And mostly, it simply isn't true outside a subset of Americans.
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
fix this, break that, rinse and repeat… done for the day, pretty much back where I started with the UI, but…
also made *solid* offsetting progress in the user account self-management subsystem. now have smoothly running/tested 2 connection pools: one for the SessionStore objects in a key/value datastore (redis), & one for user account data objects in a JSON-oriented datastore (mongodb).
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You can pick up an Apple Watch starting at just $149 right now
The second-gen Apple Watch SE is a bargain at $149, so long as you don’t need the latest sensors, | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
If you’re an iPhone owner on a budget looking for a good fitness tracker right now, the latest Apple Watch SE is a great option. That’s especially true today, now that Apple’s most affordable smartwatch is available at Amazon and Walmart in the 40mm, GPS-enabled configuration starting at just $149 ($100 off), an all-time low.
Apple’s entry-level wearable offers all the essentials most people look for in a fitness tracker, allowing you to monitor your sleep quality, heart rate, and other basic workout metrics. Apple also threw in a few extras, including fall detection and emergency calling, along with support for Apple Pay, Family Setup, and even safety features like crash detection. It has the same processor as the Apple Watch Series 8...
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- Geoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social If you spend your whole campaign disavowing something, you can't claim afterwards the voters gave you a mandate to do it.
- @Arr The last decade has been the Democrats clinging onto the rulebook going "but a dog can't play basketball!" while a dog fucking dunks on us over and over
seabikeblog@social.ridetrans.it ("Seattle Bike Blog") wrote:
The New York Times is giving a murder their “both-sides” treatment. What the hell is the matter with you?!? Someone kills a person with their car, and your reaction is to be like, “Some people think murder is bad, but others don’t like bike lanes, so 🤷♂️.”
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- Death of Cyclist in Paris Lays Bare Divide in Mayor’s War Against Cars Paul Varry was run over on a city street in what prosecutors suspect was a deliberate act of road rage, as bikers and drivers choose sides. (remote)
- It sent a shock through Paris, a city striving to transform itself into one of the great cycling metropolises in the world: a bicycle rider, crushed under the wheels of an SUV in a bike lane just a few yards from La Madeleine, the landmark neoclassical church, in what prosecutors suspect was a deliberate act of road rage. A murder investigation has been opened, and last week, Mayor Anne Hidalgo led the Paris City Council in a minute of silence for the cyclist, Paul Varry, a 27-year-old who was also a cycling advocate. Ms. Hidalgo, a member of the Socialist Party, delivered an emotional speech in which she signaled she would continue to roll out her famously aggressive policies that aim to drastically reduce the role of the automobile in Parisian life. “I am truly angry,” she said. “The future does not belong to cars.” (remote)
- An outpouring of emotion over Mr. Varry’s Oct. 15 death has put a spotlight on the dangers facing cyclists in a city that has seen an explosion in bikes and cycling lanes in recent years. But it has also underscored the frustrations that motorists increasingly feel in a place that has chosen to limit the movement, speed and parking options of cars. In recent weeks, as cycling organizations, spurred by the death of Mr. Varry, have demanded more protections from aggressive drivers, others have complained about Parisian bikers themselves, some of whom have earned a reputation as dangerous risk-takers. (remote)
slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
I've come to understand what's happening in frontend's decade-long failure to deliver decent user experiences as a sort of epistemic closure. I'm calling it "frameworkism", and the epicenter is now React.
Here's a lot of words on why we should all reject it, and what the post-React world should look like:
slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Alright you animals, you asked for it. Don't say I didn't warn you:
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Chinese crypto businessman eats his controversial $6.2 million banana art piece
Justin Sun uploaded a video of himself eating the $6.2 million absurdist piece conceptualized by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan.
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> DOM events are like a lightening strike: … And that entire traversal is synchronous. 🤔 ⚡
👩🏻🍳💋
From: @myobie
https://indieweb.social/@myobie/113509315478195653
Millions are heading home from the holiday to face snow and an Artic blast
Some parts of the country will receive heavy lake-effect snow and others will see rain or dry weather with subfreezing temperatures.
slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Ok, I've got 6K words burning a hole in my blog on "If Not React, Then What?" (Plus another 3K+ words in footnotes). When should I publish?
The 100 best Black Friday deals under $100
Twinkly’s discounted string lights can display more than 16 million colors, allowing for a wide range of dazzling effects. | Image: Twinkly
Gadgets make for expensive gifts, but that’s the beauty of Black Friday. As noted in our roundup of the absolute best Black Friday deals, this year’s shopping event has brought steep discounts on Apple devices, TVs, and plenty of other pricey tech. However, unless you’re planning on spending a couple hundred dollars on yourself or someone else, many of the more expensive items might not be in your budget.
We get it, which is why we’ve curated this guide to our favorite deals under $100. We’ve included gift-worthy gadgets like the Fitbit Charge 6 and Backbone One controller, along with headphones like the Beats Solo 4, e-readers like Amazon’s latest Kindle, and streaming services such as Hulu and Max. There are even a few of our...
Brazil’s Lula Made Progress on Deforestation, but “Agribusiness Is Winning”
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office in January 2023, he inherited environmental protection agencies in shambles and deforestation at a 15-year high. His predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, had dismantled regulations and gutted institutions tasked with enforcing environmental laws. Lula set […]
The Verge’s guide to Black Friday 2024
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge
These days, Black Friday isn’t so much a single-day shopping holiday as it is an ever-expanding, monthslong event that often begins as early as October. The 24-hour deal blitz that once was the focus of newspaper headlines and mobs outside of stores is no more, which makes knowing when and where you should be spending your cash all the more confusing.
Luckily, we’re here to help. We’ve been poring through thousands upon thousands of deals over the last few weeks to separate the real discounts from the unexciting, made-up bargains every retailer seems to hawk around the holidays. We’ve put together tips on how to find the best deals and when to shop, and we’ll continue to flag the most compelling sales throughout the remainder of November...
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has dropped to $30 for the first time
If you thought Breath of the Wild was big, wait until you experience Tears of the Kingdom_._ | Image: Nintendo
Significant discounts on first-party Nintendo Switch games can be notoriously difficult to come by, particularly on landmark titles like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. However, that trend seems to be shifting with Black Friday, as last year’s Game of the Year contender has dropped to just $30 ($40 off) at Walmart for a limited time, beating its previous low by $10.
Nintendo’s action-adventure RPG presents a familiar premise: you’re ultimately chasing after the malevolent Ganon in hopes of saving Princess Zelda and protecting the kingdom of Hyrule. But wait, didn’t we do that in the last game and many before it? How could she possibly fall into that predicament yet again? I’ll leave you to uncover the details, but let’s just...
The Definitive Severance Podcast Will Be Everything Our Innies And Outies Need
If you, or the severed you who binge-watches television, need a refresher on Apple TV+’s breakout hit Severance, two of the main men behind it have you covered. Debuting on January 7, ten days before the show’s second season debuts, Severance executive producer Ben Stiller and the show’s leading man Adam Scott will…
Leak: Intel’s Battlemage desktop GPUs are just days away
An older image of an Intel discrete GPU. | Image: Intel
Under financial pressures, Intel’s desktop gaming graphics business may be on the chopping block — but it seems that a pair of Battlemages will escape unscathed. Videocardz is reporting that Intel will announce the Arc B580 and B570 graphics cards just days from now on December 3rd, and launch them on December 12th alongside media reviews.
You shouldn’t expect these card to compete at the high-end. Far from it, based on leaked specs that suggest they have fewer cores, less memory, and less memory bandwidth than some of their Intel predecessors.
But they could also be a value leader. Retailer leaks spotted by Momomo_us suggest Intel’s own “Limited Edition” Arc B580 could cost just $250.
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I spotted this wizard on the outskirts of my neighborhood while out walking the dog this afternoon. It looked almost as though the water had frozen around em. It's been a hauntingly foggy, icy day out there--beautiful and nearly silent with cold.
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- Vertical photo of a striking, large, blue-grey heron with shaggy strands of thin feathers cascading from eir breast and cloak of wings as e hulks in left-facing profile in cold, grey water that is iced over just beyond where e stands. The strange, elegant, wizard like bird--a great blue heron--is looking out into the middle distance over the thick shortsword of eir bill, eir white face, marked with dark blue eybrowlike capping over eir small eye, calm and intense. E is almost perfectly reflected in the icy water below, the water and reflection marred only by the stipling of ice flecks and tiny bits of windblown detritus from the nearby pines. (remote)
You can take a selfie with the Earth using this YouTuber’s satellite
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The stunt escalation on YouTube may have reached new heights with Mark Rober’s offer to snap anyone’s selfie with the planet Earth using a satellite he’s launching into orbit with the help of Google and T-Mobile.
Rober is a former NASA engineer who made a name for himself on YouTube by glitter bombing porch pirates, creating the world’s largest Super Soaker, and building an obstacle course for squirrels. Now he’s merging his interests with the launch of a satellite that can take photos of anyone’s portrait displayed on a Google Pixel with the Earth — yes, Planet Earth — in the background.
If you tell Rober where you live, he claims that he’ll take the selfie while the satellite is located over your city, and he’ll tell you exactly when...
The best Black Friday deals you may want to get before Trump’s tariffs
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There’s no telling exactly what the new year and new administration in the US will bring. But there are likely big changes afoot in the world of tech, especially if President-elect Donald Trump enacts all the tariffs he threatened on the campaign trail. We don’t have a crystal ball that tells us exactly what may get pricier or by how much, but there are several categories of big-ticket products that are at serious risk of being priced out of reach for many folks.
Trump said on Monday that he’d put “an additional 10 percent tariff above any additional tariffs” on all products coming in from China, after campaigning on the pledge to implement 60 percent tariffs on Chinese imports. A lot of tech products are imported from China, including...
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What does this button do?:
"Of course it being my car, I want to know what all buttons do, so I read the entire manual"
I can’t think of anything personally less relatable than the urge to read a car manual. But god bless people who do. https://blog.koenvh.nl/what-does-this-button-do-cm42u2oi7000a09l42f54g2pr
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A restored Notre Dame cathedral is unveiled days before its official reopening
Notre Dame Cathedral has been closed to the public since a fire damaged the landmark in April 2019.
Because irony is dead, a Dutch tulip farmer is heating their greenhouse with Bitcoin mining: The servers in turn are powered by solar energy from the roof, reducing the normally huge electricity costs for mining, and cutting its...
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I am looking for a front-end *designer* with a solid portfolio. I need someone skilled in UI and creating custom illustrations.
This is for a website project. I will provide a scope and accept bids for anyone reaching out who meets the above qualifications. Questions welcomed.
OpenAI sued by Canada’s biggest media outlets
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A host of Canadian media companies filed a lawsuit against OpenAI today, alleging “inappropriate and illegal” use of their journalism to power the company’s GPT model, Reuters reports. It’s the latest salvo fired by the media in its fight against AI companies that have scraped large swaths of the open web to train their large-language models.
The suit was filed by several leading Canadian media companies, including the owners of the National Post and Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press, and CBC/Radio-Canada. The group alleges that OpenAI infringed on its copyrights when training its models, like ChatGPT, without seeking permission or offering compensation.
“OpenAI’s public statements that it is somehow fair or in the...
Hyundai Ioniq 5 N review: fake shifting, real fun
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Even die-hard car enthusiasts have to smile at what Hyundai’s N Performance Division has done with the Ioniq 5.
Not just Merely Dead Boys but Really Most Sincerely Dead Boys.
Roko's basilisk will have to wait a little longer for that new Stiv Bators record it requested: Hout says he'd tried to block the AI plan since August, but Chrome and Cleopatra are firm on...
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20 Astonishing Indie Games To Play Or Wishlist Immediately
Thanksgaming 24 continues into Bleak Friday, to bring joy and light into the darkness. Here are another 20 games you’ve almost definitely never heard of before, but each offering something unique, special, or outright bizarre. Get your wishlist-clicking fingers ready.
British lawmakers push forward a divisive bill to legalize assisted dying
In a historic vote, lawmakers advanced a bill that would grant the option of assisted dying to those in England and Wales with a terminal diagnosis and a life expectancy of six months or less.
Denis Villeneuve's Childhood Keeps Him From Directing A Star Wars Movie
Honestly, most of us are just grown children, even Award-winning directors. On a recent episode of The Town podcast, Dune: Part Two director Denis Villeneuve allows his intrusive thoughts to win when he explains how his childhood disappointment in Return of the Jedi is still preventing him from ever directing a Star…
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kicka$$!
finally got all CRUD (well, really INACTIVATE) operations for user account self-management subsystem class I write up & running & tested…
next up: get 2FA flow going.
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The best wireless earbuds to buy right now
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The best from Apple, Bose, Samsung, Sony, Beats, Google, and more.
The best fitness trackers to buy right now
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From simple fitness bands and rugged sports watches to rings, these are the best trackers you can get.
The best smartwatches for Android
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Wear OS is much better than it used to be, so there’s never been a better time to consider a smartwatch.
All I want for Christmas is ... help getting this song out of my head
The Earworm Eraser is a 40-second audio track specifically designed to banish "Jingle Bells," "All I Want For Christmas Is You" and other much-too-catchy seasonal tunes.
The best budget robot vacuums
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You don’t have to spend a fortune to have a robot clean your floors. Here’s our pick of the most cost-effective bots you can buy right now.
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The best Black Friday headphone and earbud deals
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There’s no better time than the holidays to treat yourself (or someone you care about) to an overdue upgrade and pick up a fresh pair of earbuds or headphones. Black Friday and Cyber Monday are a great opportunity to save big on the latest products from Apple, Bose, Google, Samsung, Sony, Sennheiser, and countless other brands. Plus, the extended return period at many retailers gives you ample time to test out whatever you buy and make sure it’s the ideal choice.
While you browse through the 2024 Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, be sure to reference our buying guides for the best wireless earbuds and best noise-canceling headphones, which break down the strengths and weaknesses of many of the products featured below.
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The best robot vacuums
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Floor-sweeping robots are only getting better, with new mopping skills, better navigation chops, and more automation, meaning less work for you. We picked the best bots you can buy right now.
Renovating your house? Black Friday is a surprisingly good time to buy light fixtures
Last fall I was in the thick of a home renovation project, doom scrolling thousands of light fixtures in search of clean, modern designs I didn’t hate. While I would normally consult my Verge colleagues for the best Black Friday TV and laptop deals, it did not initially occur to me to check for seasonal deals on the more contractor-oriented category of hardwired LED light fixtures. In fact, a lot of big lighting companies run meaningful Black Friday sales.
Fortunately, I happened to finalize our lighting selections just before Black Friday 2023 – and then saved hundreds of dollars by ordering pretty much every pendant, flush mount, outdoor sconce, and track light we needed by the end of Cyber Monday. If you are embarking on a home...
Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses come with a $90 credit on top of new all-time low price
Unlike many before it, Ray-Ban’s smart glasses are actually trendy and inconspicuous. | Photo by Amanda Lopez for The Verge
If you’re in the market for a new pair of glasses (as I am), the Black Friday deals currently going on Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses are tempting. You can get several colors and sizes of the Wayfarer frames starting at $239.20 (about $61 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and Target right now. If that all-time low price isn’t enough, you’ll even get a $90 digital gift card or credit when purchasing them from Amazon and Target. You can use it toward anything in their respective stores.
If you need a prescription, note that you can only get lenses with a strength between -6 and +4. You can’t get prescription lenses with your frames at the above retailers, but you can get them when ordering through Ray-Ban, which is offering the same Black Friday...
Our biggest stories and favorite things of 2024
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2024 is almost over, and it has been a year. The tech world has been shaken up a hundred times over, it seems: there was the splashy Vision Pro launch, Google being declared a monopoly, endless AI hype, a hugely consequential US election, the ongoing political ascendance of Elon Musk, and another generation of gadgets trying and failing to replace your smartphone. The industry looks different than it did in January; so does our relationship with technology.
There’s still a month to go, and we’re not remotely ready to declare this year’s tech news dead and gone, but given that it’s a holiday weekend in the US we figured it might be time for a look back. (Hope you had a great Thanksgiving, by the way!)
So on this episode of The Vergecast,...
Pokémon TCG Pocket's New Venusaur Event Features The Most Beautiful Card
After getting stale for a bit too long for a launch month, Pokémon TCG Pocket has finally launched a new event into its rather echoey corridors—the Venusaur Drop Event. And oh wow, it comes with a winnable card that’ll go straight to the top of your binder.