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model_tar_gz , to Interesting Global News in Sahara dust cloud smothers Germany, France and Switzerland

Looks like SoCal fire season. Welcome to the haze.

Kerb , to Interesting Global News in Sahara dust cloud smothers Germany, France and Switzerland
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oh so that's really what it was,
ive seen a weirdly yellow sky recently.

i thought it may be sahara sand, but i wasnt sure, because i was used to it being a more of an orange color.

snooggums , to Interesting Global News in Putin pained by Moscow attack, even if not visible
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No he fucking isn't.

Mikufan , to Interesting Global News in Arab citizens of Israel: Between repression and hope
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A world with only atheists would be so good...

SreudianFlip , to Interesting Global News in The hidden environmental cost of mining sand

The best overview of the global sand crisis that I have seen is the book "The World in a Grain" by V. Beiser, very readable and a wide perspective.

0x0 , to Technology in France's competition watchdog hits Google with €250m fine

I'll cheer when fines become calculated as a fat percentage of previous year's earnings.

ryan213 , to Technology in France's competition watchdog hits Google with €250m fine
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More "cost of doing business" fines...

db2 ,

It's protection money.

autotldr Bot , to Technology in France's competition watchdog hits Google with €250m fine

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The French Competition Authority said Google trained its artificial intelligence-powered Bard chatbot, since rebranded as Gemini, on content from publishers and news agencies without notifying them.

Google called Wednesday's fine disproportionate, and said the watchdog had not sufficiently taken into account its efforts "in an environment where it's very hard to set a course because we can’t predict which way the wind will blow next."

The fine comes as many publishers, writers and newsrooms seek to limit the automatic collection of their content by AI services without their consent.

Spain's competition watchdog last year began an investigation for alleged anti-competitive practices affecting news agencies and press publications.

In 2022, Germany's antitrust regulator shelved an investigation into Google's News Showcase service, after the tech giant made "important adjustments" to ease competition concerns.

The New York Times in 2023 sued Google rivals Microsoft and OpenAI, the creator of the popular artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT, accusing them of using millions of the newspaper's articles without permission to help train chatbots.


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chemicalwonka , to Interesting Global News in Germany promises to cut down paper bureaucracy
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That's good news, right? Now they will do everything digitally using proprietary software from other nations.

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Darukhnarn , to Interesting Global News in Germany promises to cut down paper bureaucracy

As if. We are “digitalising” our government office right now, and have to file all incoming or produced documents physically still…

tygerprints , to Interesting Global News in Japan's same-sex marriage ban 'unconstitutional'

Marriage has always been meant to be for couples who are deeply committed and in love, no matter what genitals they have. No bible verse and no law of man can change that explicit truth. No court can decide who can be together and who can't. That's up to us as individuals because we are all born free with intrinsic rights to love whomsoever we decide without any restrictions.

BrikoX OP Mod ,
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Sure, but marriage also matters in legal context. All the legal protections, marital assets, health benefits, etc.

D61 , to Interesting Global News in Syria: Suicide drones increasingly targeting civilians

I didn't click on all the links during my reading, but is there anywhere that states what evidence that the Syrian government is culprit? The article is very clear the drones are not special, they're just moderately sized quad copter style that you can find anywhere now, so, what's the link to the Syrian government?

Is this the "chemical weapon attacks" all over again?

Also... really don't like the use of "suicide" in this context. Its a munition, missiles aren't considered "suicide" missiles when they guide themselves to their target. Bombs that can correct their path to their target aren't considered "suicide" bombs.

Nothing is suiciding, the operator of the drone doesn't die when they blow up their drone.

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They use Syria Civil Defence humanitarian organisation reporting as primary source to link the government to the drone attacks.

Letstakealook , to Interesting Global News in Has rape become normalized in India?

This is a well established problem. Why any woman would travel to India is beyond me. Though Europeans do have a habit of going to places dangerous to them and then acting all surprised when the predictable outcome occurs.

Instead of focusing on the occurrence involving westerners, how about they focus on the women who live in India, who don't have a choice to be there, and for who this is a daily reality. The fact that in many places in India, they will punish the victim is atrocious. Indian society really needs to address this.

Shou ,

Exactly so. Who gives a fuck about a dumb tourist? Sucks for her, but gang rape has been ever present there. Why not protect indian women too?

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snekerpimp , to Interesting Global News in Has rape become normalized in India?

It was never on my list of places to go, but it is now definitely on my list of places not to go.

pntha , to Interesting Global News in India confirms citizens have joined Russian military

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