August Recap: Sorry for the delay!

Updates

Recent posts

• You Can’t Please Everybody: censorship in decentralized networks
• Inbox Question: What good is hope in a digital prison?
• Chatbot psychosis is actually a really big deal

Trends to watch

The Future of Android

• Tech Google stock jumps 8% after search giant avoids worst-case penalties in antitrust case

• Google wants to make sideloading Android apps safer by verifying developers’ identities

• “Sideloading” is the rentseeker word for “being able to run software of your choosing on a computing device you purchased”.

• GrapheneOS not affected

Monero’s ‘Hashrate troubles’

• Researchers Debunk Alleged 51% Attack on Monero
• Hashrate Heist or Hype?
• The attacks on Monero’s POW consensus system continue + Price, News & More! | EPI 227
• Anti Moonboy News 40 - Well That Escalated Quickly
• The true target is consensus to change the PoW.
• Notice of delisting for Monero (XMR) in Canada

‘Growing pains’ in decentralized social media

• Some of the New US State Social Media Laws are Driving Away Small Social Media

• 4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over its Age Verification Law

• Mastodon says it doesn’t ‘have the means’ to comply with age verification laws

• Technically, [fedi admins are] probably also breaking laws in Afghanistan, Iran, North Korea and so on.

• Are We Decentralized Yet? - Fediverse vs ‘The Atmosphere’

Notable items

• The Planetary Bio-Surveillance Grid
• Biotechnology and the lifetime of technical civilizations
• Passkeys and Modern Authentication
• An “AI Sceptic” Tries Using Local Large Language Models: Blogust XXXI
• PinePhone Pro Linux smartphone has been discontinued
• We’ve started an organization to reform the DMCA - here’s why
• USIPS Urges Supreme Court to Rein in Overbroad Copyright Liability in Sony v. Cox
• Key Takeaways: How ChatGPT’s Design Led to a Teenager’s Death
• GrapheneOS calls out Sameer
• The Purism Librem 5 and the Six Year Refund
• [URGENT] DEF CON Researcher Exposes How Password Managers Betray Your Trust
• So.. I kind of Revived a Dead Game..

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