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Section 230, NSA surveillance, Spotify podcasts flop, Apple Watch ban

  • U.S. Supreme Court snubs Wikipedia bid to challenge NSA surveillance.
  • Signal would 'walk' from UK if Online Safety Bill undermined encryption.
  • Some Initial Thoughts On The Supreme Court Oral Arguments In Gonzalez: Non-Experts Might Still Make A Mess Of Things, But Without Understanding Why.
  • It's Time to Tear Up Big Tech's Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card.
  • Section 230 Won't Protect ChatGPT.
  • Twitter lays off another 50 employees as cost cutting continues under Elon Musk: report.
  • FreshRSS: A free, self-hostable feed aggregator.
  • Sumi.news.
  • Tiny Tiny RSS is a free and open source web-based news feed (RSS/Atom) reader and aggregator.
  • Calckey: A greatly enhanced fork of Misskey with better UI/UX, security, features, and more!
  • Mammoth is a new free Mastodon client for iOS and macOS.
  • Sci-fi becomes real as renowned magazine closes submissions due to AI writers.
  • SF's new startup hotspot seen as the road to AI riches.
  • Sometimes Open Systems Beat Those Who Try To Lock Them Up: Spotify's Podcast Colonization Flops.
  • YouTube tests adding podcasts to 'Create' button alongside other new podcast tools & analytics.
  • Spanish court authorises extradition of Briton who allegedly hacked Biden, Obama.
  • Apple Orders Entire Supply of TSMC's 3nm Chips for iPhone 15 Pro and M3 Macs.
  • Filmmakers Request Identities of Reddit Users to Aid Piracy Lawsuit.
  • Apple Watch ban: Biden will make decision next week.
  • OG sealed iPhone breaks record selling for almost 2x that of a recent auction.
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