"Asked about polls showing that many Britons want closer ties with the EU, Farage said: “We voted to leave. That was very, very clear." -
the Guardian
Tories express alarm at report saying cost of Chagos Islands deal has risen far beyond £9bn, saying it’s ‘madness’ – as it happened
Priti Patel accuses Keir Starmer of being motivated by ‘leftie shame’ at Britain’s history
 a lie: it was very close, something never reflected in the hard #brexit that was pushed through. now people clearly want to rejoin
‘It’s incredible, the place just swarms with birdlife’: inside England’s biggest bird sanctuary -
the Guardian
‘It’s incredible, the place just swarms with birdlife’: inside England’s biggest bird sanctuary
The reserve in Geltsdale in the north Pennines has been expanded by a third after RSPB buys land
 "We are going to achieve an abundance of species and a size that will be unmatched for bird reserves elsewhere. " more like this, please #rewilding
Senator Hawley Proposes Jail Time for People Who Download #DeepSeek -
404 Media
Senator Hawley Proposes Jail Time for People Who Download DeepSeek
According to the language of the proposed bill, people who download AI models from China could face up to 20 years in jail, a million dollar fine, ...
 he clearly doesn't understand how #opensource works...you can't stop it being shared
#Musk’s Takeover Of The Government’s Computer Systems Needs To Be Understood As A Cyberattack, Or Worse -
Techdirt
Musk’s Takeover Of The Government’s Computer Systems Needs To Be Understood As A Cyberattack, Or Worse
People sometimes think that cybersecurity is just about defending computer systems from remote adversaries. But it’s broader than that; cybersecu...
If targeted, Europe will have to make itself respected, France's Macron warns -
the Guardian
EU ready to react to ‘unnecessary and stupid’ tariffs threatened by Trump, leaders say – as it happened
EU leaders signal that the bloc would be prepared to retaliate against the US if Donald Trump follows through on tariff threats
 #vrai #tariffs #trump
Trudeau: #Canada will bring ‘forceful but reasonable’ retaliation to #Trump #tariffs -
the Guardian
Canada will bring ‘forceful but reasonable’ retaliation to Trump tariffs, Trudeau says
White House has claimed goods shipped from Canada and Mexico to the US would face a 25% levy starting Saturday
 "Officials in Ottawa and Mexico city draw up plans to retaliate with tariffs of their own after Trump’s demands" every nation must do this, face down the bully
#Boom’s XB-1 becomes first civil aircraft to go #supersonic -
TechCrunch
Boom's XB-1 becomes first civil aircraft to go supersonic | TechCrunch
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator plane just went supersonic in the skies over California's Mojave Desert, making it the first civil ai...
 last time I checked, #Concorde was not a military aircraft...
‘We won’t come again’: dazed visitors fed up with overcrowded #Louvre -
the Guardian
‘We won’t come again’: dazed visitors fed up with overcrowded Louvre
Paris attraction in need of overhaul amid complaints of leaks, long waits, lack of signage – and too many people
 craziness
We tried out #DeepSeek. It worked well, until we asked it about #Tiananmen Square and #Taiwan -
the Guardian
We tried out DeepSeek. It worked well, until we asked it about Tiananmen Square and Taiwan
The AI app soared up the Apple charts and rocked US stocks, but the Chinese chatbot was reluctant to discuss sensitive questions about China and it...
 "The AI app soared up the Apple charts and rocked US stocks, but the Chinese chatbot was reluctant to discuss sensitive questions about #China and its government"
#Copilot stops working on gender related subjects #72603 -
GitHub
Copilot stops working on `gender` related subjects · community · Discussion #72603
As some people already mentioned here or here, Copilot purposely stops working on code containing hardcoded banned words from Github such as gender...
 a reminder that you are not in control of proprietary software; always use #opensource if you want freedom