Design used to follow function

Connectivity for Starlink systems used by the Ukrainian military have “been restored and remains operational,” a source in the Defense Ministry told the Kyiv Independent on Oct. 15.

This law affects everyone, especially people in the EU and is an attempt to implement ID verification on: Video-sharing platforms, #AI chatbots, AI companions, games, software app stores and operating systems. https://mastodon.social/@madeindex/117285674482286098

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It’s sad to see these final betrayals from Trump and Musk, but hardly surprising. Even now, there’s room for optimism though. These are desperate measures from Putin’s good squad of supervillains. That isn’t even hyperbole, and it’s really shocking that we barely blink an eye that the president of the US and the richest man in the world are so obviously in cahoots with the Demo King of Moscow.

Meta glasses were caught spying on their users once more. Meta was quick to “fix” and therefore admit it: “This issue has been resolved…”

UK: “Successful engagement with China must always be framed by an understanding that China is an inherently hostile authoritarian state that does not share our values”, report says

With mander.xyz down right now, I’m not sure where to be posting this one, but I thought it might go here since pharmaceutical pricing affects supplies globally.

So neu ist die Idee nicht, aber die Firma war da sehr professionell und auch bei

A 17-person expedition is working on a remote Pacific atoll to find out whether a shape in a lagoon is the Lockheed Electra that Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan flew into history. Its underwater survey began on October 14, 2026, and the team says it expects an answer on the object within days.

I recently had the chance to chat with SapphireRhodonite, the sole developer of SeedlessDS, for what I believe is his first proper interview about the project.

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Wer sich für den Reservedienst gemeldet hat, soll “leichter” für Übungen eingezogen werden können. Bisher gilt eine sog. “doppelte Freiwilligkeit”, nach der sowohl Reservistinnen und Reservisten als auch Arbeitgeber die Teilnahme ablehnen können.

https://x.com/coral9000/status/2110443700522537193

Ukraine’s Tencore and Canada’s Dominion Dynamics will launch production of TerMIT unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) in Canada for Ukraine and NATO partners.

The Insider’s correspondent in Ukraine examined a mesh modem — one made by China’s Xingkai Tech — that was found in a Russian Gerbera drone. Then, posing as a Russian military supplier, they obtained evidence that the Chinese company is knowingly willing to sell its modems to the Russian drone factory in Alabuga.

China, already the world’s largest source of seafood exports, last year became a net exporter of chicken. Overall, China exported $2.6 billion worth of chicken products last year, almost double 2020 levels, customs data show. Dairy exports are on track to hit $600 million this year, doubling in three years.