Meanwhile:
Julian Assange wins right to appeal against extradition to US - the high court in London on Monday as judges granted him leave to challenge his extradition on the grounds of whether removal would be compatible with the right to freedom of expression under the European convention on human rights, regarded as having the functional equivalent of the US first amendment, and on the grounds that he might be prejudiced at his trial or punished by reason of his nationality.
Another appeal 🙄
Divided America: why these Americans want to quit their state
Britain’s 'hero' plumber and his acts of kindness earned him an army of fans and millions of pounds in donations Now, a BBC News investigation exposes his company’s misleading social media posts and he’s begging the public for forgiveness
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001zphq/scams-scandals-britains-hero-plumber-exposed
This guy needs a good kicking
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3gxg4jd0ggo
Some might mind some of us from UK praising this guy as well for helping out during pandemic
It was all lies and bullshit he was even on bbc News at the time for acts of kindness
AI chatbots’ safeguards can be easily bypassed, say UK researchers
All five systems tested were found to be ‘highly vulnerable’ to attempts to elicit harmful responses
UK’s AI Safety Institute (AISI) said systems it had tested were “highly vulnerable” to jailbreaks
The government declined to reveal the names of the five models its tested, but said they were already in public use.
Meanwhile: #CoSoSec
Nissan has admitted to another data loss – this time involving the theft of personal information belonging to more than 50,000 Nissan employees.…According to the disclosure, 53,038 stateside Nissan employees - presumably past and present - had their social security numbers stolen after "a criminal threat actor" compromised Nissan's external VPN, shut down "certain" Nissan systems and demanded a payment
https://apps.web.maine.gov/online/aeviewer/ME/40/d34f3290-0126-421f-9d69-5ccd31652641.shtml
Google Cloud shows it can break things for lots of customers – not just one at a time
Deleted about 40 networks that services needed, causing late Friday fun
https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/20/google_cloud_network_outage/
Google has told customers that the incident was caused by a bug in the automation it used to shut down networks, and that once the flawed component was restarted the problem went away.
The automation tool has been sin-binned "until appropriate safeguards are put in place."
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Chrome settings > search engine > In the Add search engine dialog, enter a name for your search engine (e.g., "Google Web"). For a shortcut, enter a keyword to quickly use this search engine from the address bar (e.g., "Web").
Input > {google:baseURL}/search?udm=14&q=%s
Cluck add & Make Default
Will stop the AI overpay in chrome browser
Frustration grows over Google's AI Overviews feature, how to disable
#Browsers #Chrome #TipsAndTricks
Since Google enabled its AI-powered search feature, many people have tried and failed to disable the often incorrect AI Overviews feature in regular search results. Unfortunately, you can't. However, there are ways to turn it off using a new "Web" search mode, which we explain below.
Power: in this compelling documentary about the history of American policing director Yance Ford doesn't flinch from the tough questions
Time for a Munch and a wee flic
City of lies(2018); driven by obsession for the truth, former LA detective and a journalist revisit the unsolved murder of Notorious B.I.G and Tupac
Jonny depp & Forest Whitaker star in this with others
Not seen this before
"This is a website expressing my personal views – through a selection of opinionated observations and arguments. I’ll be including stories I like, ideas I find fascinating, work in progress and a selection of material from the BBC archives"
-- Adam Curtis blog
E = Mc2 - Energy Milk Coffee
Fáilte Abhaile 🏴 “a nod’s as guid as a wink tae a blind horse”
ta be aff yer heid helps