PSA: Infomaniak supports mass surveillance, calling for legal change to end online anonymity + mandatory metadata retention
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Infomaniak breaks rank and comes out in support of controversial Swiss encryption law
I just read this bombshell article on Tom’s Guide: As a French speaker, I went to verify the TV and radio interviews mentioned in Tom’s Guid...
In a single week, a new settler outpost erases an entire Palestinian community https://www.972mag.com/israeli-settlers-outpost-maghayer-al-dir/ After building on their land, Israeli settlers attacked and drove out residents of Maghayer Al-Dir, one of the last villages in the southern Jordan Valley.
Pour la première fois depuis plus de 20 ans, il y a plus d’autocraties que de démocraties dans le monde
Le Grand Continent
Pour la première fois depuis plus de 20 ans, il y a plus d’autocraties que de démocraties dans le monde | Le Grand Continent
Selon le dernier rapport annuel du V-Dem Institute, l’année 2024 a été marquée par un important recul de la démocratie dans le monde. Tandis...
 Et quand on voit la gueule des "démocraties"....
France Travail : des robots pour contrôler les chômeurs·euses et les personnes au RSA
La Quadrature du Net
France Travail : des robots pour contrôler les chômeurs·euses et les personnes au RSA
France Travail déploie actuellement des robots visant à automatiser et massifier le contrôle des personnes inscrites à France Travail. Depuis l...
 Sous l’impulsion d’Emmanuel Macron, les contrôles réalisés par France Travail sont passés de moins de 200 000 en 2017 à plus de 600 000 en 2024. Il y a tout juste un an, l’exécutif surenchérissait et fixait à l’institution un objectif de 1,5 million de contrôles en 2027.
You can now watch the Internet Archive livestream history as it’s being preserved
9to5Mac
You can now watch the Internet Archive livestream history as it’s being preserved  - 9to5Mac
Whether you care about preserving history or just want to see what Apple’s homepage looked like 10 years ago, the...
 A new project launching today pulls back the curtain on one of its lesser-seen efforts, revealing the real human work behind preserving public records for the digital age.
“Microsoft has simply given us no other option,” Signal says as it blocks Windows Recall
Ars Technica
“Microsoft has simply given us no other option,” Signal says as it blocks Windows Recall
Even after its refurbishing, Recall provides few ways to exclude specific apps.
 Signal Messenger is warning the users of its Windows Desktop version that the privacy of their messages is under threat by Recall, the AI tool rolling out in Windows 11 that will screenshot, index, and store almost everything a user does every three seconds.
Justice for Kseniia Petrova Don’t let this case fly under the radar.
Justice for Kseniia Petrova
Don’t let this case fly under the radar.
 She’s a Russian-born researcher who was detained by Customs and Border Protection back in February when traveling back from a conference in France. [...] Apparently out of sheer spite, and faced with the prospect of losing another case where they had egregiously overreached and overreacted, the government charged Petrova with felony smuggling. That’s a charge that carries up to 20 years in prison.
Le projet d'Israël pour « détruire » Gaza
Human Rights Watch
Le projet d'Israël pour « détruire » Gaza
Comment ont-ils pu laisser cela se produire ? Aujourd'hui, tout le monde peut voir qu'Israël commet des atrocités à Gaza dans le cadre...
 Comment ont-ils pu laisser cela se produire ? C'est la question que tout le monde se pose, des années plus tard, en repensant aux crimes atroces commis dans le passé. Tout semble si clair dans les livres d'histoire : crimes de guerre, crimes contre l'humanité, génocide... Ce n'est pas que ces choses ne soient pas claires sur le moment. En fait, elles sont souvent documentées de manière très détaillée
Global sea levels are rising faster and faster. It spells catastrophe for coastal towns and cities https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/09/climate/sea-level-rise-melting-ice-sheets Sea level rise was unexpectedly high last year, according to a recent NASA analysis of satellite data. More concerning, however, is the longer-term trend. The rate of annual sea level rise has more than doubled over the past 30 years, resulting in the global sea level increasing 4 inches since 1993.
Thermal imaging shows xAI lied about supercomputer pollution, group says
Ars Technica
Thermal imaging shows xAI lied about supercomputer pollution, group says
xAI faces calls to deny permits to power gas turbines at supercomputer facility.
 Elon Musk raced to build Colossus, the world's largest supercomputer, in Memphis, Tennessee. He bragged that construction only took 122 days and expected that his biggest AI rivals would struggle to catch up. To leap ahead, his firm xAI "removed whatever was unnecessary" to complete the build, questioning "everything" that might delay operations and taking the timeline "into our own hands"