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Submission + - Nations hiding censorship in cybercrime bills. UN treaty could make things worse (fire.org)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The likely outcome here is obvious: The treaty will streamline unfree countries’ involvement with other unfree countries’ repression and pressure freer ones into helping, too. And it can all take place confidentially, without the knowledge of the public or even those being targeted . . .

And as though existing national laws punishing political expression aren’t enough, the treaty could even incentivize governments to enact harsher penalties on expressive acts. After all, if you’d like other nations to assist you in punishing your critics on the internet, you’ll want to ensure their expression qualifies for inclusion under the treaty’s definition of “serious crimes.”

It's already happening in the UK
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ne...

Submission + - Evidence of the Covid origin cover-up emerging in court (telegraph.co.uk)

Submitted by Bruce66423
Bruce66423 writes: 'A British zoologist involved in risky bat coronavirus experiments in Wuhan is accused of plotting with a senior US health official to shut down the theory that Covid-19 leaked from a lab.

'Dr Peter Daszak, the former president of EcoHealth Alliance, sent bottles of wine to David Morens, thanking him for his “behind the scenes shenanigans” and promising further gifts, such as dinners at Michelin-starred restaurants, US court documents state.

'Morens, 78, a former employee at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), and adviser to Dr Anthony Fauci, this week pleaded guilty to conspiring to evade public records laws and conceal government documents related to grant research funding and the Covid-19 pandemic.

'He is facing five years in jail. No charges have been brought against Dr Daszak.'

Submission + - American Airlines Changed Passengers' Flights w/o Asking and No Human Oversight (inc.com)

Submitted by schwit1
schwit1 writes: In recent years, American Airlines has embraced artificial intelligence. Now the new technology appears to be changing flight tickets.

Earlier this week, columnist Marc Thiessen took to social media to voice his frustration with American‘s rebooking system. He claimed the airline rebooked his connecting flight in Chicago without his knowledge when his inbound flight was delayed. “Since when do you change my itinerary without asking?” Thiessen wrote on X.

The rebooking automation appears to be part of an American Airlines system called AURA (for AUtomated ReAccommodation). The system, which initially rolled out in 2023, is meant to help passengers with their connecting flights. “Our Automated Reaccommodation tool proactively rebooks customers impacted by flight cancellations and delays, and exchanges tickets,” the company said on its site. However, the automated system appears to have negatively impacted more than one traveler.

Below Thiessen’s post, media consultant Beverly Hallberg replied that American had done the same thing to her the day before. “I had to call and switch my connecting flight back to the original itinerary, and I had enough time to do that since we were stuck on the tarmac for so long. But, like you, they didn’t ask,” she wrote on X.

https://x.com/danikkk_wqs/stat...

Submission + - California regulators approve rules limiting what replacement tires you can buy (kcra.com)

Submitted by schwit1
schwit1 writes: California regulators on Monday approved new rules that will restrict what tires you can buy when it’s time to replace them on your car.

In a unanimous vote, the California Energy Commission voted to adopt new rules that will phase out the sale of replacement tires that don’t meet certain energy efficiency standards.

“This ultimately is about protecting consumers,” said David Hochschild, the chairman of the California Energy Commission. “I see this as sheltering the public from higher costs in the long run.”

Tire manufacturers and the commission’s staff are at odds over whether this will add to the cost of living in the state. Both sides acknowledged this will no longer allow the sale of a significant portion of the tires currently sold in California.

Submission + - X open sources its ranking algorithm, lets users see if they're 'shadowbanned' (techcrunch.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: X has open-sourced the core algorithm for its For You feed, including ranking weights and filters like a Brazil 2026 election rule that limits certain accounts unless followed directly. The system predicts user actions—such as replies (+5 to +20 points), likes (+0.5), or reports (-234)—multiplies them by fixed scores, and ranks posts accordingly, with boosts for small accounts and penalties for spam or repeats. A new 'Under the Hood' tool lets eligible users check visibility labels on their posts, while VP Keith Coleman says it helps everyone verify fairness without guessing about hidden limits.

This has infuriated foreign governments by making PUBLIC any and all censorship required by governments in the open source.

"Any censorship required by governments is now clearly visible."

The censors hate this.

Submission + - Ukraine Finds Nvidia AI Chip in New Russian Missile (kyivpost.com)

Submitted by AmiMoJo
AmiMoJo writes: Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) has identified an Nvidia Jetson Orin computer module inside Russia’s new S-71 Monochrome air-launched cruise missile, potentially indicating the use of artificial intelligence technology in the weapon, the agency said Wednesday, Aug. 12.

The finding was published in the “Components in Weapons” section of the HUR’s War&Sanctions portal, which documents foreign electronic components found in Russian weapons used against Ukraine.

The latest research identified 35 electronic components in Russian weapons, according to the HUR.

HUR specialists identified the Nvidia Jetson Orin module in the S-71 Monochrome, a new Russian air-launched cruise missile.

The agency said the use of the computer module may indicate the integration of artificial intelligence technologies into the missile.

The HUR did not provide further details on the specific functions performed by the Nvidia module in the weapon.

Comment Next Stop: SCOTUS (Score 4, Informative) 78

The Third Circuit court ruled that CFTC has jurisdiction.

Southern District of New York (Judge Analisa Torres, July 2026): Denied Kalshi’s request for a preliminary injunction. Held that the CEA does not preempt New York’s gambling laws as applied to Kalshi’s sports event contracts.
District of Maryland, ditto
District of Arizona, ditto
District of Nevada, ditto
District of Utah, summary judgment allowing Utah to apply its anti-gambling laws
One Sixth Circuit decision also went against Kalshi on related issues

Comment Re:Just... wow (Score 1) 120

by Archangel Michael (#66285730) Attached to: US Hires Over 2,000 Video Gamers As Air Traffic Controllers

Its not racism or prejudice in the sense of judging people by immaterial qualities (skin color, sex/gender/ethnicity/etc) , it is the prejudice of Elitism. They think ONLY their elite compatriots are or should be eligible to doing the six figure job. There was a cute 80s movie that took this Elitism to task, The Last Starfighter.

It fits this pretty well.

Comment Re:Welcome to perma ban (Score -1) 187

by will_die (#66284844) Attached to: Reddit Bans 11-Year Account for GPL Game Post, Testing the EU's DSA
I favorite was getting perm-banned from a reddit group because I quoted, along with reference, from the CDC material on COVID shots , countering the popular democrats message, that all people who received COVID-19 vaccinations would not get sick, hospitalized, or die.
Before you laugh I also got my karma here at slashdot push down to terrible, still has not recovered, for posting the same information.
Far to many anti-science people around when the covid shot was first released.

Comment Re:This is a bit too new to tell (Score 0) 187

The very same people who told right wingers to "go start your own" social media, when the whole big tech cabal collectively went after various people, are the same ones now complaining that they were banned without cause for posting on a Tuesday.

This isn't a pro or con right wing post, this is a "you made your bed now lie in it" post.

I'm not a fan of the bigoted posts from any side. People love the powers that be right up to and until they are on the wrong side of those powers. Take a moment and think things through, and lets stop being so damn tribal, and maybe, just maybe Liberty will survive.

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