> "As Anthropic trained successive LLMs, it became convinced that using books was the most cost-effective means to achieve a world-class LLM," Alsup wrote in Monday's ruling. theregister.com/2025/06/24/ant…
I guess we authors have a new audience, even tho humans don't like to read... But wait:
> In training its model, Anthropic bought millions of books, many second-hand, then cut them up and digitized the content. It also downloaded over 7 million pirated books
LLMs can hoover up data from books, judge rules
: Anthropic scores a qualified victory in fair use case, but got slapped for using over 7 million pirated copiesIain Thomson (The Register)
Speaking out against what the Israeli government is doing now in Gaza is more imperative than ever | Sarah Gold
What's happening in Gaza now is nothing less than genocide
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Merz: Truce makes ‘the Middle East and the world safer’: German leader
This is the same guy that said: "Israel is doing the dirty job for us"
I have a question: is your dirty job done by your contractor (or perhaps proxy)?
LIVE: Trump warns Israel not to attack Iran as fragile ceasefire holds
Trump says it was a ‘great honour’ to ‘destroy’ Iran’s nuclear facilities and then stop the war launched by Israel.Rory Sullivan (Al Jazeera)
Boston (and here in Cambridge) is at The Highest Temperature It's Ever Been Today
The highest temperature recorded was 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 Celsius) on July 4, 1911.
2:15 PM and we have matched that Record. And It Could Potentially Break that Record.
#Boston #Cambridge #HighestRecordedTemperature #HistoryBreaking #Climate #Weather
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delighted to announce that my new zine "The Secret Rules of the Terminal" is out today!!
You can get it for $12 USD here: wizardzines.com/zines/terminal
Is there a way to remove "Trending now" from the settings so that the column I get in this is not something to be scrolled? It looks terrible on deck mode @vmstan with half scrollable, half stuck there (the trending hashtags).
vmst·io
Mastodon for respectful technologists, geeks and nerds of every type and stripe.Mastodon hosted on vmst.io
Ubuntu 24.04 surprised me with this small but nifty feature!
itsfoss.com/ubuntu-bluetooth-b…
I Discovered This Tiny Feature in Ubuntu 24.04 and I Love it
A tad bit of improvement to my organized computing life.Abhishek Prakash (It's FOSS)
💡 “Nextcloud was the guiding lighthouse for most of these projects.”
Read a story by Ayush Pande about how Nextcloud and other privately hosted services helped him survive college! 🎒
xda-developers.com/these-7-sel…
These 7 self-hosted services helped me survive college
My college life became a lot easier after I started self-hosting these neat appsAyush Pande (XDA)
Geert Lovink desde América Latina
A propósito de la publicación “La extinción de internet: política, redes y plataformas”.
una reflexión crítica sobre la Internet que tenemos
sursiendo.org/2024/05/geert-lo…
Geert Lovink desde América Latina | Sursiendo
A propósito de la publicación “La extinción de internet: política, redes y plataformas”. Texto publicado en la edición N° 11 de la revista digital Internet…sursiendo (Sursiendo)
Merging the worlds of Half-Life 2, Left 4 Dead and TF2 - Fortress Connected is coming to Steam gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/merg…
#FortressConnected #TF2 #HL2 #L4D2 #FPS #Gaming
Merging the worlds of Half-Life 2, Left 4 Dead and TF2 - Fortress Connected is coming to Steam
The total mash-up mod Fortress Connected has been announced for a Steam release where the worlds of Half-Life 2, Left 4 Dead and Team Fortress 2 collide.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Kubuntu goes Wayland only!
news.itsfoss.com/kubuntu-25-10…
Now Kubuntu is Set to Drop Xorg in Favor of Wayland
List of distros dropping Xorg sessions keeps on growing. The upcoming Kubuntu 25.10 release won't feature a Xorg session either.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
Not all orangutan mothers raise their infants the same way
Sumatran orangutan mothers differ from one another in how they behave with and take care of their infants and how flexibly they adjust their mothering behaviors as their infants grow.ScienceDaily
Una lloradita y a seguir
No podemos culpar a las redes sociales de nuestros malestares sin entender las dinámicas sociales que hay detrás de su uso.
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omg quantum witch is out! Buy it!!
store.steampowered.com/app/310…
Save 10% on Quantum Witch on Steam
A feud between old gods, a missing flock of faer, and every choice has consequences. Ren is in the middle of it all. What will her story be? You will decide in this narrative driven adventure.store.steampowered.com
Stress-testing toolkit OCCT arrives on Steam with Linux and Steam Deck support gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/stre…
#OCCT #Steam #Linux #PCGaming #SteamDeck #SteamOS
Stress-testing toolkit OCCT arrives on Steam with Linux and Steam Deck support
If you wish to stress-test your Linux PC or your Steam Deck, it's now easier than ever thanks to OCCT.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
"President Trump said he was unhappy with continued attacks by both Iran and Israel and warned Israel against dropping bombs as their cease-fire got off to a shaky start."
@WSJ has a live blog with the latest (gift link): flip.it/E9xiTc
"Perhaps the ceasefire Trump announced will, indeed, go into effect and hold. But even in this optimistic scenario, the Iranian nuclear question remains. Thanks to Donald Trump, it has become even harder to address."
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Trump’s attack isn't the end of Iran’s nuclear threat
The U.S. likely damaged but did not totally destroy Iran’s nuclear program.Nicholas Grossman (MSNBC)
The only "achievement" of this war was Iran's realization that going with international law is not how this game is played.
Now Iran's current government not only won the stronger support of the people inside but also got a path forward with its nuclear and military ambitions whatever that might be.
Fedora Linux devs discuss dropping 32-bit packages - potentially bad news for Steam gamers gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/fedo…
#Fedora #Linux #Steam #OpenSource
Fedora Linux devs discuss dropping 32-bit packages - potentially bad news for Steam gamers
We may potentially be in for some big changes in Fedora 44, with plans in place being discussed to drop 32-bit multilib / i686 packages.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
This headline is crazy, but it points out the study from @aoschlies and colleagues that biotic marine CO₂ removal (mCDR) techniques like ocean iron fertilization or macro algae cultivation could have severe negative consequences for marine ecosystems. The same is not true for abiotic techniques like ocean alkalinity enhancement.
futurism.com/ocean-suck-carbon…
Using the Ocean to Suck Up CO2 Could Come With the Small, Unintended Side Effect of Wiping Out Marine Life
New research warns that several methods of using the ocean for carbon removal could drastically deplete it of oxygen.Frank Landymore (Futurism)
REMATCH is the perfect competitive game for Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/rema…
REMATCH is the perfect competitive game for Steam Deck
I've been after a competitive game for a while for the Steam Deck and it certainly looks like REMATCH fits the bill.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Linus Torvalds and Bill Gates meet for the first time in decades! 🤯
Are they cooking something up?
#linux #microsoft #linustorvalds #billgates
Midnight Riff is a free new rhythm roguelike to vibe with gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/midn…
#MidnightRiff #IndieGames #Linux #Gaming #RhythmGame
Midnight Riff is a free new rhythm roguelike to vibe with
Another free game release for you. Midnight Riff is a rhythm roguelike where you have to jam with the music to deal damage and win battles.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
The Story of Woody Guthrie’s Fight with Trump and a Ukulele Play-Along
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The /r/linux reddit sub is silly.
OMGUbuntu and us (GamingOnLinux) are banned.
So we end up with stuff like this where it's from XDA, sourced via Neowin that originally sourced OMGUbuntu.
reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1l…
Some people are so insanely against news sites, despite news sites being the way most people will know about a lot of things.
Most people don't read mailing lists, launchpad and github.
Don't use Reddit, there is Lemmy/Piefed.
I am being glib of course, 50K MAU is nothing, but have to start somewhere.
The criminally overlooked turn-based roguelike shoot-em-up Glass Cannon just got a lot bigger gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/the-…
#IndieGames #Linux #Gaming #PCGaming #GlassCannon
The criminally overlooked turn-based roguelike shoot-em-up Glass Cannon just got a lot bigger
It should be criminal for a game as good as Glass Cannon to see so few players and Steam reviews, because it's simply awesome.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Territorial and highly social #birds, Southern Ground #Hornbills 🐦🪺🪽 look after their young for up to two years in communal groups in #Uganda 🇺🇬 #Congo 🇨🇩 They are #vulnerable. Fight for them and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife
Meet the world's tiniest and rarest wild #pig 🐗🤎 - Pygmy #Hogs are fighting for survival against #palmoil expansion in #Assam, #India 🇮🇳🪷 Fight for them and be #Vegan 🍆🫑 #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🪔🚜🔥⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife
Palm Oil Free Cleaning Products
Clean your home without using rainforest-destroying palm oil. Major #brands making #cleaning products 🧹🧼🫧 like Colgate-Palmolive Reckitt, Unilever, PZ Cussons and others tell lies and destroy rainf…Palm Oil Detectives
Time-stopping Pac-Man like survivor game Maze Mice gets a big upgrade gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/time…
#IndieGames #MazeMice #Linux #SteamDeck
Time-stopping Pac-Man like survivor game Maze Mice gets a big upgrade
Maze Mice is getting ready to leave Early Access - that was fast. A major update for this survivor game that blends time-stopping Pac-Man features is out now.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Billiards roguelike Drop Pockets arrives in August gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/bill…
#DropPockets #IndieGames #Demo #Linux #PCGaming
Billiards roguelike Drop Pockets arrives in August
Combining the classic game of Billiards with various news rules and roguelike features, Drop Pockets is set to arrive on August 8th.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
GameRant has added an AI box into articles 🤢
Seems to have replaced the bullet point summary they used to do.
Nothing says trust in any of your writers like telling people to use AI to summarise it, or "Give me a lighthearted recap" and "Explain it like I’m 5" options on it.
The Serenity Forge Humble Bundle has more great games for cheaps gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/the-…
#PCGaming #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck
The Serenity Forge Humble Bundle has more great games for cheaps
Build up your game collection with the Serenity Forge Humble Bundle.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
SteamWorld Dig is free to claim and keep, with later games heavily discounted gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/stea…
#SteamWorldDig #Gaming #FreeGame #PCGaming #Linux #SteamDeck
SteamWorld Dig is free to claim and keep, with later games heavily discounted
Need a free game? You can currently claim SteamWorld Dig to keep for a limited time, and the later games in the series have heavy discounts.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Steam Deck OLED back in stock in the US / Canada gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/stea…
#SteamDeck #SteamOS #SteamDeckOLED
Steam Deck OLED back in stock in the US / Canada
After some supply chain issues that put both the Steam Deck OLED models out of stock for the US and Canada, they're now back.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Today we’re quietly (and finally!) opening up Railfinder to the public! This is our beta version and - hopefully - the first step towards that one booking site for trains across Europe that we all dream of.
Lots of work has gone into this and equally lots still to do before reach that vision, but if you’d like to try what we’be built you can now just go to railfinder.eu and have a go!
Any and all feedback more than welcome 🙏
Nemo_bis 🌈
in reply to Nathan Schneider • • •I am surprised they found enough idle capacity sitting around to properly scan millions of books so quickly. How? I hope the scans (if usable) get archived properly.
#libraries #digipres