As someone who has been programming since sometime in the 80s and works on fairly large C++ codebases, I wouldn't trust code AIs like Copilot at all and certainly wouldn't use one to write code for me.

There is a lot of content where the only way to obtain it is to pirate.
Good luck finding someone who has original media for the exact obsolete version of Visual Studio you need for a project and even if you do find someone selling a copy that isn't charging insane prices for it, its probably still illegal to resell it under the EULA.

And if you need something more obscure (say, software for a Bendix G-15 or an IBM 1401) you can forget about it.

Or if you want to watch the old obscure animated TV show "Twins of Destiny", piracy is the only way (the show was never released on any physical media and not available on any streaming service).

As an Aussie I would actually be in favor of this. We can (and should) find other buyers for our exports and we would be better off if the yanks got stuffed and stopped being military partners with Australia (there is no reason for China to attack us if we don't attack them and don't help the yanks attack them)

Its well known that Safari and Webkit use (or have used) private undocumented OS APIs to do things that other apps don't get to do (there is a library in the Webkit source code called WebKitSystemInterface that exists solely as a wrapper around these private OS APIs, not sure if its still being used today or if they changed things)

Back in the day Microsoft software such as Internet Explorer, Outlook, Office etc were alleged to be using private APIs that weren't documented in the SDK and Microsoft got in trouble for it (Microsoft did eventually document a bunch of functions with "don't use this API" notices on them).

Should Safari/WebKit (either on MacOS or iOS) get to make secret API calls that competitors don't get to make?

ISPs should NOT be liable for the actions of their users if they are merely acting as a dumb pipe and not modifying or messing with the traffic flowing over that pipe and should only be required to disconnect customers if ordered to by a court of law or by a warrant or directive from police or some other agency.

They shouldn't be required to disconnect customers just because some record label says "hey, your customer is violating copyright" without actually proving it in court.

I would put Serie A and LaLiga in the same boat. Both leagues can get stuffed as far as I am concerned.

Foxtel and Kayo aren't owned by Murdoch anymore, they are owned by a mob called DAZN now.

If the subscription providers stopped charging a fortune for the sport, there would be less reason to pirate it. The fact that the greedy bastards in charge of the sports leagues are increasingly giving different games to different providers doesn't help.

The solution is to invest in public transport and other options so that people don't need to drive their dirty crappy cars into the city centre anymore.

There is no confirmed information about what engine this cancelled game used but it's a good bet that it was either Frostbite or Unreal Engine, neither of which EA can legally open source.

Who is pushing for these blocks? The leagues? Whoever has the rights to air the games? Both? And what arguments are they using to argue that these blocks are necessary (and what would happen if politicians said no to such site blocking?)

Which special interests got exemptions from this? What products are covered by "right to repair" in this instance and which manufacturers used lobbying (and "campaign contributions") to get exemptions?

I have no connection to them but https://jami.net/ seems like what you are asking for.

Peer-to-peer communications with no central servers for governments to block or backdoor.
Strong end-to-end encryption.
Available across all the major platforms.
Supports all the major features of the other options (voice and video, file transfer, group chats, screen sharing, streaming)
Anonymous and private. (no need to share phone numbers or other personal information to use it unlike some encrypted messengers)
Fully open source under GPL.

I haven't needed cash in a very long time. Here in Australia even someone like our LEGO club has a card reader for purchases at our meetings (e.g. raffle tickets and drinks) abd I can't remember the last time I saw an actual business (retail store, food outlet, etc) that didn't take card.

Of course I also have a bank account with a Visa Debit card that has no minimum balance and basically no fees.

For many people "real wages" (i.e. wages adjusted for inflation) have been going downwards and that's not good.