@kel

@corlin sniff, sniff

https://counter.social/@ecksmc/110432481297031723

😜

.....

@Dane few thousand demonstrators, clad in the yellow-and-green colors of Brazil’s flag, poured onto Av. Paulista. References to the ban on X and images of Musk abounded.

“Thank you for defending our freedom,”

No doubt Musk will think that the whole crowd that day were there for him and not independence day.... A small amount were 😆 but yeah can't see there being any massive rally happening

This is just yet another example of Musk "selectively" going against *something* to fit his narrative

@nonayadambidnes Tenet a Russian "active measures" tool

Brazil requires certain international companies appoint an in-country representative that can be contacted by the government and, in some cases, held responsible for a company’s failures to comply with the law. India, Vietnam, Turkey, and Russia all have similar laws.

After a public standoff with a judge over X and Starlink’s operations in the country, Elon Musk is showing signs of wavering.

https://www.wired.com/story/x-starlink-brazil-suspension-musk/

That article is a good explainer in what's happening and why its happening. As well as is was on the cards to happen eventually.

I took a week "off-grid" it was delightful

#JusSayin

Yesterday i spent all day scrolling my "alerts" & other *things* and starting to think being "off-grid" is the way to go.... If only i really could

Anyhooooo

I'm back

Huawei's tri-folding phone, the Mate XT, is seemingly pulling off the greatest trick a folding phone can: It looks ordinary (when folded).

https://weibo.com/2836883273/OvxwfjoNe

a new teaser posted by Huawei on Weibo(a social media platform), the phone is clearly visible from the back, fully folded, and you could mistake it for any regular smartphone.

Days later Huawei posted another image of the Mate XT, which will be the industry’s first triple-screen foldable phone.

https://weibo.com/1839167003/OvRw69zuU

Paywall removed ^^^

https://archive.ph/Ml84Z

Apple’s new iPhone will use Arm’s next-generation chip technology for AI

#Apple

https://www.ft.com/content/85f3efa0-c30d-4eaa-9a4d-5bd6c5243e9f

Tech giant pushing to bring generative artificial intelligence features to its smartphones

@th3j35t3r 😂😂😂

#Science #Space

The concept of space-time makes Star Trek-style warp drives theoretically possible, and researchers have proposed a way of detecting their use.

Alien Spaceships Could Be Detected Using Gravitational Waves

https://www.wired.com/story/alien-spaceships-could-be-detected-using-gravitational-waves/

And

The Biggest Controversy in Cosmology Just Got Bigger

A long-awaited study of the cosmic expansion rate suggests that when it comes to the Hubble tension, cosmologists are still missing something.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-webb-telescope-further-deepens-the-biggest-controversy-in-cosmology-20240813/

The advisory also revealed that the group uses “the Iranian company name Danesh Novin Sahand (identification number 14007585836), likely as a cover IT entity for the group’s malicious cyber activities.”

4th September:

new joint cybersecurity advisory from the FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3) has revealed updated details about the Iran-based cyber threat group known as Fox Kitten.

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa24-241a

he also admits that "policing" Telegram has become harder. Durov says it’s now his “personal goal” to “significantly improve things in this regard.”

French authorities had charged Durov with enabling various forms of criminal activity on Telegram, including an unnamed person’s distribution of child sexual abuse material on the platform. An unnamed statement from Telegram at the time of his arrest said Durov had “nothing to hide.”

https://counter.social/@ecksmc/113031468833315544

#Telegram update: Friday 6th Sept: looks like Durov is taking responsibility - well in a kinda manchild way that is

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has broken his silence with a 600-word statement on his Telegram account that blames “growing pains that made it easier for criminals to abuse our platform.”

https://t.me/durov/342

While the vast majority of his statement paints his arrest as surprising and unfair

Myanmar’s Civil War Has Entered the Endgame. Here’s What You Need to Know.

#WarGraphics #Myanmar

https://youtu.be/nSvNoc-UX-Q

A brutal civil war rages in Myanmar's jungles, pitting the military junta against a resilient rebel alliance. Will China intervene, or can the rebels spark a mutiny or uprising to reclaim the cities?

And #Russia

Check out this Podcast: Russia is Closing in on Pokrovsk. Here's Why that Matters. And More.

https://player.fm/1BlhvxA

explainer on how Gaza death toll has been counted and why its "mostly" been flawed & how it has been reported even though its flawed numbers aren't accurate - and that lancet piece explainer on how that was piece is also flawed

#WarGraphics #Podcasts #Gaza

Check out this Podcast: How Many Have Really Died in Gaza? An Analysis.

https://player.fm/1BlaBMF

Tenet Media, which often had videos and content shared on X by the site’s owner Elon Musk, has not tweeted since the indictments were issued on Wednesday.