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Migration_to_Microsoft Outlook? In a likely_violation_of_laws that is still_ongoing. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇In reply to a question from the CSC regarding the Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the EPO, the President clarified that he ‘is not in the business of replacing humans with machines’. He mentioned that he believes in human-centric AI, where the AI helps the staff to perform their job.⦈ AT THE END of November the EPO's Central Staff Committee wrote to staff about a meeting that had involved António_Campinos, the man who protects and extends Benoît_Battistelli's illegal policies. They turn a once-thriving patent office into a printing machine of invalid monopolies. Europe will pay this. We know who stands to profit. The message sent to the staff was as follows: Dear colleagues, The Central Staff Committee (CSC) met with the President on 30 October 2023. The meeting was an opportunity to hear the President on his Strategic Plan 2028 (SP2028). The President promised an increase in quality and productivity by 2028 and then 2035 as planned in the Financial Study 2023 thanks to digitisation and IT modernization, and that to this end he believed in "human-centric artificial intelligence". On the New Ways of Working (NWoW) the President stated that the scheme improved the health of staff and a survey will be made at the start of next year. The buildings BT1-4 could be rented out in the future. Concerning recruitment, the President objected to our interventions in the Council that units are understaffed and maintained that the 80% replacement rate in DG1 and 60% in all other DGs was an "aspirational target". Finally, the running tender for replacing/renewing the present health insurance provider Cigna was addressed. Here is the full publication as HTML/Plain Text/GemText: Zentraler Personalausschuss Central Staff Committee Le Comité Central du Personnel Munich, 29-11-2023 sc23135cp § Report on the CSC meeting with the President on 30 October 2023⠀➾ Following the CSC election, the newly elected committee whose mandate started on 1 July 2023 sought a meeting with the President. This came to fruition in the form of a video conference of 45 min on 30 October 20223. The meeting took place in a cordial atmosphere. It is important that the CSC can meet with the President so that he may get to know the new CSC members. Concurrently the CSC can get to know directly from the President his position on issues that go beyond the scope of specific technical meetings which serve to prepare the GCC meetings. The new CSC elected members (Marika, Evelyn, Anil) presented themselves and shortly explained what motivated them to join the Staf representation and what they would like to achieve. The President thanked them for their high motivation and moved on to issues of general interest. The President stated that SP2028 is now well underway. 1. The President explained that big improvements have already been made and will continue to be made in the IT area. For instance, pre classification and search have improved and will continue to improve due to the new IT tools. Reduction in productivity due to the transition to a fully digital environment in all IP areas not only the examination has plateaued. The Digitalisation started in 2018 but accelerated during the pandemic. It was clear that the productivity targets could not be met during that time. The President mentioned that now there will be increases in quality and productivity and importantly there will be changes in the way the EPO/examiners interact with applicants. In his opinion the present way of dealing with applicants by exchanging communications back and forth is outdated. All the Legacy tools will be replaced with modern working tools based on open source. In reply to a question from the CSC regarding the Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the EPO, the President clarified that he ‘is not in the business of replacing humans with machines’. He mentioned that he believes in human-centric AI, where the AI helps the staff to perform their job. 2. Regarding a survey of all staff on the new ways of Working (NWoW), the President mentioned that in his opinion this new way of working has helped to improve the health of staff. Nevertheless, a survey will be made at the start of the next year. He promised that the SR will be consulted, and results of the survey will be communicated to staff. 3. The CSC sees an issue with the low rate of recruitment. The President replied that he does not see understaffing. He mentioned that he and VP4 do not understand why the SR makes such interventions in the AC. He said that the 80% replacement rate in DG1 and 60% in all other DGs was an “aspirational” target. ===================================================================== 4. On the question if he changed his mind regarding the future of the EPO buildings, the President reiterated that BT5-BT8 will neither be sold nor rented. On the other hand, the fate of BT1-4 depends on the occupancy once NWoW becomes permanent (post-pilot phase). For the moment the administration is in a Brainstorming process. One option is of course that BT1-4 could be rented out. There would be however substantial renovation costs involved. There is no discussion of selling any of the buildings and according to the President there never were. 5. The President was questioned about the new financial study which foresees quite an impressive increase of productivity by 2028 and then 2035 due to means of improved IT systems. For the CSC, this ambitious transformation of IT tools will mean that staff must adapt to the new tools and that this will take time. Thus, the CSC asked the President if all goes according to his plan, where he would see the office in term of staffing and working practice. The President answered that he sees these productivity figures as a must to move forward from the outdated IT tools to modern ones. This also means that the Legacy tools must be decommissioned. The speed of IT modernization must not be reduced. IT modernization will improve productivity, quality, and effectiveness. The modernization is in the hands of the CTO. 6. Regarding the health insurance, a matter that every employee feels concerned about and are paying for, the CSC would have wanted to be involved in the technical drafting of the ongoing tender for replacing/renewing our present provider Cigna. The procedure is now past that stage, so the present request is to be at least involved in the assessment phase of the tender. The President replied that the SR will be allocated a post as observer in the assessment phase. In conclusion, the CSC highlighted that although improvements have been made in terms of social communication with the administration, more is needed. More extensive meetings (not only 45 min) and even face to face meetings with the President are desirable. The President thanked the CSC for confirming that the social dialogue has improved. His opinion was however, that everyone has his job to do and that these are codified in the EPC and Codex. Presently he sees no need for any change in this respect. He mentioned however, that a further meeting between him and the CSC will be set up before the end of the year. The Central Staff Committee It is worth noting, since they mention "Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the EPO", that "AI" has becomes a meaningless buzzword and often a synonym for automation (or any computer program that does some "logic" - i.e. virtually every program). Sadly, and it needs to be said often, Artificial Intelligence (AI) also became a sneaky weaselword (or term) for the promotion of European software_patents - basically pretending that "modern" or "advanced" or so- called "generative" (program with outcome or output) algorithms somehow escape the remit of patent scope and enter some metaphysical wedlock, wherein patents aren't just permitted but are imperative. Impermissible patent realms have long sought buzzwords and hype; years ago it was "blockchain" and "4IR" or whatever... this should become a subject for jokes and memes, not sound administration of a patent office meant to advance science. 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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 561 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/01/26/Meme_European_Patent_Office_EPO_Pyramid_Scheme.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/01/26/Meme_European_Patent_Office_EPO_Pyramid_Scheme.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ [Meme] European Patent Office (EPO) Pyramid Scheme⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 26, 2024, updated Jan 26, 2024 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Hire aliens; Age pyramid of EPO staff⦈ THIS is the gist of it. The take-home tidbit. And this is why the rich keep getting richer (more monopolies as a matter of high-level policy). Based_on_internal_data, 10 years later it seems like (while obviously) staff aged by about 10 years and no new people (or barely any) were being hired, despite growing workload, the average age of staff went up by about 10 years. It's like a dying, perishing institution that isn't interested in actual patent examination (that's being phased out for profit), only patent granting for an illegal,_unconstitutional_kangaroo_court (where lousy_patents are presumed valid). █ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⢻⠛⣻⠛⣛⢛⠛⠿⢛⠻⠛⡛⡿⡟⡟⠻⡟⡛⢛⢻⣿⠛⠛⠻⢛⢛⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣷⣤⣶⣾⣾⣿⣾⣶⣼⣾⣶⣶⣷⣾⣷⣾⣾⣷⣶⣿⣶⣷⣷⣷⣷⣾⣾⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠙⢿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠻ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠟⣛⣋⣭⣭⣥⣤⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣤⣭⣭⣍⣛⡛⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠉⠋⠉⠙⠛⠛⠻⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⡤ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢋⣥⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣦⣝⠛⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡷⢋⡂⣀⣤⡀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢡⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠻⣿⣿⡟⢉⡉⠉⠉⣉⣛⠭⡩⠉⠙⠛⠛⡁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢻⠛⠛⡟⠛⢿⠛⢻⡟⠛⡟⢻⡟⠛⠛⡟⠛⠻⢛⠻⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⠀⢠⣤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣵⣿⠟⣛⡪⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢨⠀⠀⡇⠀⢺⢈⣽⡇⠆⠃⢸⡇⠀⢨⡇⡀⢰⢄⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⣾⣿⡦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣄⡤⠌⠀⢂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣁⡈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⠙⢿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣶⣶⣷⣶⣾⣶⣾⣶⣷⣶⣶⣷⣶⣶⣷⣷⣾⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⠟⠁⢰⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⠿⠿⠿⠛⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠹⠟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣙⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢛⣡⡄⠀⠀⠄⠀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣤⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⠀⠒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣦⣭⣙⣛⠛⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠟⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠹⣿⡇⢀⣦⠀⣶⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠾⠿⠒⠀⠀⠐⠒⠒⠂⠀⠈⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣦⣍⡛⠿⢦⠙⡇⠀⠁⠠⠛⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠒⠒⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣤⡀⠀⠀⠀⠤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣯⣭⣽⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣭⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 617 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/01/26/Meme_Only_the_Start_of_the_Microsoft_Cuts.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/01/26/Meme_Only_the_Start_of_the_Microsoft_Cuts.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ [Meme] Only the Start of the Microsoft Cuts⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 26, 2024 Microsoft's market share (not shares) is collapsing in almost_every_sector, not just in_games 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇You start with games; Later tell them server, client, search etc. are also down, requiring cuts, and 'AI' has only brought losses and debt⦈ Go invest in Microsoft now. Buy shares in MSFT, under the false assumption the company is "worth" over 3,000 billion dollars as its market share continues_to fall. 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A lot was covered in these preparatory documents, but they focus on staff issues rather than issues like software_patents (that matter_more_to_us_as_members_of_the public as opposed to salaried EPO staff). There are explanations therein, however, as to why patent quality sank so low. Those lacking capacity (like time) might want to skip to the last section below, and the_graphics_in_particular (there are two of these). Some of that should be self-explanatory and quick to digest. The Central Staff Committee said to colleagues that "detailed and reasoned opinions by the CSC members of the GCC can be found in this paper." It sent this last month, covering what happened in a meeting a fortnight beforehand or rather what it had planned to discuss in that meeting. Here we go, as HTML/plain text/GemText: Zentraler Personalausschuss Central Staff Committee Le Comité Central du Personnel Munich, 06-12-2023 sc23136cp § Report on the GCC meeting of 21 November 2023⠀➾ Dear Colleagues, The General Consultative Committee (GCC) met on 21 November 2023. The following items were on the agenda of the meeting and the CSC members of the GCC raised their concerns and tried to get further clarifications: • Adjustment with effect from 1 January 2024 of salaries and other elements of the remuneration of employees of the European Patent Office and of pensions paid by the Office (CA/76/23) - for consultation GCC/DOC 26/2023 • Revision with effect from 1 January 2024 of the rates of the daily subsistence allowance (CA/77/23) - for consultation GCC/DOC 27/2023 • Annual adjustment of young child allowance and education allowance with effect from 1 January 2024 (CA/78/23) - for consultation GCC/DOC 28/2023 • Amendment to the Annex of Circular 319 - Revision with effect from 1 January 2024 of the rates of the kilometric allowance - for consultation GCC/DOC 29/2023 • Amendment to the Annex of Circular 326 - Revision with effect from 1 January 2024 of the rates of the lump sum compensation of removal expenses - for consultation GCC/DOC 30/2023 • Amendment to Circular 425 - Contribution for gainfully employed spouses to the healthcare insurance scheme in 2024 (Article 83a(1) (a) ServRegs) - for consultation GCC/DOC 31/2023 • Review of the New Ways of Working (NWoW) pilot scheme - for information GCC/DOC 32/2023 • Orientation on Recruitment (CA/100/23) - for information GCC/DOC 33/2023 The detailed and reasoned opinions by the CSC members of the GCC are annexed to this paper. The Central Staff Committee ===================================================================== ⚓ Opinion of the CSC members of the GCC on GCC/DOC 26/2023:⠀⇛ ⚓ Adjustment with effect from 1 January 2024 of salaries and other elements of the remuneration of permanent employees of the European Patent Office and of pensions paid by the Office (CA/76/23)⠀⇛ The CSC members of the GCC note with regret that the information provided to the GCC was initially incomplete. The report to the GCC drawn up by the GCC SSPR, which used to be provided to the GCC when consulting them on the adjustment, was missing from the documentation that was submitted on time in accordance with the provisions of Article 6 of the Rules of Procedure of the GCC. Upon the remark that the report was considered essential for a proper consultation of the GCC, the report was then sent to the GCC by email at 15:38 hrs during the meeting of the GCC. The CSC members of the GCC accepted the apologies for the late submission of the report. Under these circumstances, the CSC members of the GCC express the following opinion on the adjustment proposed in GCC/DOC 19/2023. The CSC members of the GCC appreciate that three meetings of the GCC SSPR could take place in which questions as to the proposed adjustment were discussed. The meetings on 2 November 2023 with the administration, on 3 November 2023 with the Advisory Group on Remuneration, and on 16 November 2023 with experts from the International Service for Remunerations and Pensions contributed to a better understanding of how the administration calculated the adjustment. However, it could not be clarified in the three meetings nor in the GCC consultation whether Article 2 of the Implementing Rule for Article 64 of the Service Regulations for Permanent and other Employees of the European Patent Office (“Implementing Rule”) was implemented correctly. As the CSC members of the GCC already objected in their opinion on GCC/DOC 19/2022 to the calculation of the former basic salary scales and allowance amounts for Belgium as being too low, inter alia because of an undue interpretation of Article 9(4) of the Implementing Rule to the detriment of staff and pensioners, the present calculation is in consequence also erroneous and to the detriment of staff and pensioners. Therefore, the CSC members of the GCC object to the implementation of Article 2 of the Implementing Rule. Furthermore, it could not be clarified in the three meetings nor in the GCC consultation whether Article 10(1) of the Implementing Rule was implemented correctly. The positive adjustment resulting from the application of Article 9 and carried forward after three annual salary adjustments is to be paid out to employees. However, this positive amount has not been calculated and is merely assumed to be EUR 0. The CSC members of the GCC object to the implementation of Article 10(1) of the Implementing Rule. The assumption that there is no positive adjustment resulting from the application of Article 9 and carried forward after three annual salary adjustments could not be confirmed, no relevant calculation was provided. Therefore, the CSC members of the GCC also object to the implementation of Article 10(1) of the Implementing Rule. It is recalled that the CSC members of the GCC ===================================================================== criticised already in their opinion on GCC/DOC 19/2022 that the amount of the redistribution pool had not been explicitly calculated by the administration. The CSC members of the GCC come to the conclusion that the proposed adjustment with effect from 1 January 2024 of salaries and other elements of the remuneration of permanent employees of the European Patent Office and of pensions paid by the Office is based on an incorrect implementation of the Implementing Rule. In particular, the adjustment is too low (by roughly 30 bps) and a lump sum should have been paid according to the Implementing Rule. The amount of this missing lump sum is difficult to estimate because of the unclear wording of Articles 9 and 10 of the Implementing Rule but should amount to at least 2% of the annual salary of an employee or the annual pension respectively (see Article 33(2)(c) EPC). The CSC members of the GCC ===================================================================== ⚓ Opinion of the CSC members of the GCC on GCC/DOC 27/2023:⠀⇛ ⚓ Revision with effect from 1 January 2024 of the rates of the daily subsistence allowance (CA/77/23)⠀⇛ The CSC members of the GCC give the following opinion on the revision proposed in GCC/DOC 27/2023. The proposed revision of the daily subsistence allowance is based on the arithmetic average of the rate of the annual salary adjustment for Austria, Germany and the Netherlands. The salary adjustments calculated for 2024 could not be understood as an implementation of Article 64 ServRegs according to the official Implementation Rule, which is further outlined in the opinion on GCC/DOC 26/2023. The CSC members of the GCC are therefore of the opinion that the proposed revision suffers from the same deficiencies as the underlying annual salary adjustments for Austria, Germany and the Netherlands for 2024. The CSC members of the GCC ===================================================================== ⚓ Opinion of the CSC members of the GCC on GCC/DOC 28/2023:⠀⇛ ⚓ Annual adjustment of young child allowance and education allowance with effect from 1 January 2024 (CA/78/23)⠀⇛ The adjustment of the young child and education allowance has been made according to the arithmetic average of the Salary Adjustment Procedure for all places of employment. Therefore, an Office wide adjustment of 3,58% on the young child and education allowance amounts has been proposed for all places of employment. The document GCC/DOC 28/2023 states at page 5: “Amounts will be reviewed regularly to take into account the evolution of childcare and education costs at the respective places of employment”. However, contrary to the above statement, the adjustment is not reflecting the evolution of the education costs. The situation in The Hague is particularly remarkable, were education costs increased around 9% in 2023, i.e., much higher than the adjustment proposed. Considering the above and the fact that the topic is very sensitive for staff the CSC members of the GCC suggest that the regular review is given high priority. CSC members of the GCC ===================================================================== ⚓ Opinion of the CSC members of the GCC on GCC/DOC 29/2023:⠀⇛ ⚓ Amendment to the Annex of Circular 319 – Revision with effect from of [sic] 1 January 2024 of the rates of the kilometric allowance⠀⇛ The CSC members of the GCC give the following opinion on the revision proposed in GCC/DOC 29/2023. The proposed revision of the rates of the kilometric allowance is based on the arithmetic average of the rate of the annual salary adjustment for Austria, Germany and the Netherlands. The salary adjustments calculated for 2024 could not be understood as an implementation of Article 64 ServRegs according to the official Implementation Rule, which is further outlined in the opinion on GCC/ DOC 26/2023. The CSC members of the GCC are therefore of the opinion that the proposed revision suffers from the same deficiencies as the underlying annual salary adjustments for Austria, Germany and the Netherlands for 2024. The CSC members of the GCC ===================================================================== ⚓ Opinion of the CSC members of the GCC on GCC/DOC 30/2023:⠀⇛ ⚓ Amendment to the Annex of Circular 326 – Revision with effect from 1 January 2024 of the rates of the lump sum compensation of removal expenses⠀⇛ The CSC members of the GCC give the following opinion on the revision proposed in GCC/DOC 23/2022. The proposed revision of the rates of the lump sum compensation of removal expenses is based on the arithmetic average of the rate of the annual salary adjustment for Austria, Germany and the Netherlands. The salary adjustments calculated for 2024 could not be understood as an implementation of Article 64 ServRegs according to the official Implementation Rule, which is further outlined in the opinion on GCC/DOC 26/2023. The CSC members of the GCC are therefore of the opinion that the proposed revision suffers from the same deficiencies as the underlying annual salary adjustments for Austria, Germany and the Netherlands for 2024. The CSC members of the GCC ===================================================================== ⚓ Opinion of the CSC members of the GCC on GCC/DOC 31/2023:⠀⇛ ⚓ Amendment to Circular 425 – Contribution for gainfully employed spouses to the healthcare insurance scheme in 2024 (Article 83a(1)(a) ServRegs)⠀⇛ The CSC members of the GCC give the following opinion on document GCC/DOC 31/2023. The calculations of the contribution for gainfully employed spouses are to be calculated with reference to the market prices for low premiums offered by reputable private healthcare insurers for the minimal cover required by law in the spouse’s country of employment. The CSC members of the GCC appreciate that the document on the market analysis produced by Mercer Marsh Benefits was pre-discussed in two meetings of the GCC SSPR on 12 September 2023 and 22 September 2023. This appreciation also includes the fact that the external experts answered the questions that arose at the first meeting in writing. The CSC members of the GCC observe that the proposed mechanism for the calculation of the contributions result from a comprehensible application of the Implementing Rules for Articles 83a, 84 and 84a of the Service Regulations. The suggestion repeatedly made by the CSC members of the GCC in recent years to revise the calculation in Germany has thankfully been taken up. Averaging the three tariffs “Hallesche NK4”, “Continentale Comfort-U” and “ARAG K1500” will contribute to smoothing the adjustment in the coming years, which is especially significant in the case of rising contributions to private health insurance in Germany. The resulting monthly contributions calculated for Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, and spouses living and working in other countries are comprehensible. The CSC members of the GCC ===================================================================== ⚓ Comments of the CSC members of the GCC on GCC/DOC 32/2023: Review of the New Ways of Working (NWoW) pilot scheme⠀⇛ The New Ways of Working (NWoW) entered into force following a three- month transition period as a two-year pilot (Circular No. 419). The COHSEC opinion and GCC opinions of 2021 and of 2022 express the view and requests of the staff representation at the start of the pilot. The administration announced in the Communiqué of 13 November 2023 a review of the New Ways of Working (NWoW) in 2024 and provided some details in the document GCC/DOC 32/2023. The CSC members of the GCC give the following comments on the document. On_the_situation_so_far The document (§3) mentions that: “The Office implemented a variety of tools and resources to fully support the new guidelines: amongst other, the Planning tool, the ‘workplace for a day’ system, the Bringing Teams Together project, and the recent introduction of magnetic nametags for office doors.” (emphasis added) Back in 2021, the administration conveyed a Working Group to discuss the New Ways of Working (CA/77/21). The meetings were headed by Mr Oliver Dreute, Chief of Staff at the time. Among the requests from the staff representation was a teleworking allowance in view of the savings made by the Office thanks to teleworking. The Chief of Staff argued consistently that as the New Ways of Working would offer one of the most generous teleworking schemes where no EPO Staff would have to renounce to their office spaces, there was no justification for a teleworking allowance to be granted. Since then, the administration implemented the Bringing Teams Together project (BTT) which aims at making savings on EPO buildings by reducing the number of available workplaces and putting in place a workplace-for-the-day system. The BTT project is among the most unpopular among staff. The project has both an impact on the working conditions of staff and the EPO buildings. The BTT project and the workplace-for-a-day system were never part of the NWoW consultation package. When a pilot is proposed, all consequences must be announced and explained. It was not the case for the NWoW. On_the_comprehensive_review The document (par. 4) announces that: “The Office intends to conduct a comprehensive review of the scheme before its expiry and, building on the successes and main principles of the current pilot, to adopt a scheme of hybrid working that serves our goals in the long-term. Staff representatives ===================================================================== will continue to be involved and consulted through technical meetings and the General Consultative Committee.” The Communiqué of 13 November 2023 announcing the review triggered both expectations and worries among staff who contacted their representation. We request that the administration makes its plans clear for 2025 as soon as possible. Staff needs clarity and should not be left 6 months from now on in the dark. On_the_health_of_staff The President met with the staff representation on 30 October 2023 for 45 minutes. In the meeting, the President said that the NWoW increased the health of staff. In order to make such a statement, the President must have had sick leave statistics at hand. However, no document containing such statistics for 2023 was made available to the COHSEC members so far. The administration only submitted a cover page to our members at the time of the meeting of 16 October. After several requests from COHSEC members, the administration replied that statistics could not be extracted because of a software issue. If the administration managed to extract such statistics for the President, then it must be possible to do the same for the staff representation. In the GCC meeting, we repeated the request for access to the sick leave statistics. On_the_coming_survey The staff representation asked by letter of 20 September 2023 (Annex 1) to be involved in the organisation of the survey coming in Q1 of 2024. The President sent a reply letter dated 25 October 2023 (Annex 2) providing no answer to this request. In the meantime, the administration orally told us that the staff representation would be invited to send comments on the survey. This is not sufficient for a topic of this importance. We request to be deeply involved in the organisation of the survey. If the administration has good intentions for staff, then there should be no reason to exclude staff representation. The CSC members of the GCC Annex 1 “New Ways of Working pilot project and beyond”, CSC letter to the President, 20-09-2023 (sc23115cl) Annex 2 “Reply” letter from the President, 25-10-2023 ===================================================================== ⚓ Annex 1⠀⇛ European Patent Office 80298 Munich Germany Central Staff Committee Comité central du personnel Zentraler Personalausschuss centralSTCOM@epo.org Reference: sc23115cl Date: 20.09.2023 European Patent Office | 80298 MUNICH | GERMANY Mr António Campinos President of the EPO by email ⚓ New Ways of Working pilot project and beyond⠀⇛ Dear Mr Campinos, dear President, The New Ways of Working (NWoW) Pilot Project is now past half-time and will end in May 2024. The CSC is being asked frequently what the future NWoW will be made of, and numerous colleagues would like to share their view before the post-pilot NWoW framework is submitted to the Administrative Council. It appears that staff still have very diverse opinions on the best way forward. The CSC raises the following questions to you: • Do you intend to organize a new survey to compare with the answers received in 2020? We would like to be involved in the organization of the survey. • Will your administration produce a (preliminary) report on the current pilot? • Do you intend to lay-out several scenarios for the future or do you envisage early on a single path towards the future NWoW? • Will you ask for legal assessments regarding possible scenarios maintaining or modifying work from workplaces within and outside of the EPO host countries? The CSC expresses its renewed commitment to play its part in shaping the future of the EPO. To that effect, the CSC proposes to revive the Working Group “New Ways of Working”. Sincerely, Derek Kelly Chairman of the Central Staff Committee ===================================================================== ⚓ Annex 2⠀⇛ The President Tel. +49 (0)89 2399 - 1000 president@epo.org Date: 25.10.2023 European Patent Office | 80298 MUNICH | GERMANY Mr Derek Kelly Chair of the Central Staff Committee Via email: centralstcom@epo.org Your letters dated 20 and 27 September 2023 re the New Ways of Working (NWoW) and the European Qualifying Examination (EQE) Dear Chair, Reference is made to your above mentioned letters on the future of the NWoW and on the EQE. As mentioned during our meeting on 5 October, the Office will run in 2024 a staff survey focusing on NWoW. The results of this survey, together with an in-depth report on the NWoW pilot, will enable the Office to prepare its future policy. NWoW will be tabled on our Social Agenda for 2024 and will be discussed with the staff representation in technical meetings and finally submitted to the GCC. In the meantime, we will continue to keep staff and member states informed of progress by means of regular updates. With reference to your letter dated 27 September 2023, the Office attaches great importance to the modernisation of the patent profession, and highly regards the contributions of its staff to various EQE preparatory activities (paper marking, drafting, quality management, Guinea pigging etc). These activities do not only promote the EQE but also provide opportunities for professional development to those who decide to invest their time to contribute. The Office acknowledges this contribution in the context of the holistic performance management that is in place. Examiners are free to share with their line manager a copy of the relevant confirmation letter submitted by the EQE Examination Board and request that it be annexed to their staff report. This ensures proper visibility to the DG1 management. As regards your comments on the modality of some of the above activities, please note that hybrid work, successfully implemented since the end of the pandemic, is the guiding principle for contributions to the EQE as well. In ===================================================================== particular, the hybrid format of pre-marking meetings enables new EC members to work together with more experienced ones both online and on- site to gain the necessary alignment for a harmonised marking. This is fully in line with our NWoW, offering increased flexibility and saving employees both time and travel expenses. In fact it is highlighted that the applied limitation was not reached as some pre- markers actually preferred to attend the meeting virtually instead of travelling. Finally, contrary to your assertion, rooms were made available both in Isar and PschorrHöfe for the use of Check Groups while printers, located close to these specific rooms, were available as well. The Office is committed to its well-known sustainability goals by reducing paper consumption and its carbon footprint, and the EQE activities cannot make an exception. Yours sincerely, António Campinos ===================================================================== ⚓ Comments from the CSC members of the GCC on GCC/DOC 33/2023: Orientation on Recruitment (CA/100/23)⠀⇛ Introduction The Orientation on Recruitment document confirms the continuation of the recruitment plan as set out in previous documents, with the main points including the average 80% replacement rate for examiners over a three-year rolling period, no replacement of formality officers, and 50% replacement rate for other staff. The administration attempts to justify this significant reduction of the workforce by citing the efficiency gains of the “digital transformation” and improvement of the IT tools. However, the Office is yet to provide any evidence that the efficiency gains have been achieved by the claimed drivers, and that any past or planned increases in productivity are not achieved by additional production pressure on the staff. This prolonged practice of recruiting many fewer staff than are departing is of great concern to the staff representation, with some of the reasons are set out below. Demographic developments In the 10 years between 2012 and 2022, the age distribution of staff in the Office has increased significantly. The graph below shows how the age pyramid has lurched to the older end of the scale, with the peak number of staff moving from 41 years old to 51 years old. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Age pyramid of EPO staff⦈ Age pyramid of EPO staff In addition, the figure below shows that the average age of staff has increased from 45 to 50.3. Even more striking is that the number of staff that are 50 or older has increased from around one quarter in 2012 to over one half in 2022, and the number of staff that are 55 or older has increased from one eighth to over one quarter over the same period. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Changes in age demographics of EPO staff⦈ Changes in age demographics of EPO staff The consequence of such a change in the age of our EPO staff is that the recruitment needs to take into consideration the outflow of knowledge that is happening over the short-term. Such a change needs to be considered when making recruitment plans because the office depends so heavily on experienced trainers. It seems wise to recruit more while the experienced colleagues are still available for a proper handover ensuring sufficient knowledge transfer. This is even more important when one considers individual units or teams, where a majority of the team may be expected to retire in the coming years, with no one left to train the new recruits. If knowledge transfer and proper peer-to-peer training are not accounted for adequately, then the quality will be severely negatively impacted. Workload increases The number of incoming applications is expected to increase by 1.7% annually. Over the next 5 years, that amounts to a 9% higher workload. The document states that the “growth underscores the persistent interest and demand for the Office’s services”. Here we agree, but it also underscores the need to ensure the recruitment plan takes into account the increasing workload. Furthermore, past experience has shown that growth assumptions are often quite conservative, so growth is likely to be even higher. In this case, the 80% replacement rate would certainly be too low. Recruitment policy Considering the headcount in 2018 and the expected headcount for 2024 (page 4), the number of staff will have reduced by 10% already in 6 years. The document further confirms the plans to continue reducing the number of staff in all areas of the Office. Examiners On examiner replacement, the 80% replacement rate is confirmed, leading to yet more cuts in examiner numbers. We cannot agree that the “digital transformation” has created efficiency gains that justify this plan. We wonder how the efficiency gains been measured, and whether there are any plans to ask for feedback from examiners to confirm these assumptions. It is stated prominently and persistently in this orientation on recruitment document, and in the draft budget, that the examiner replacement rate for 2024 will be 130%. However, there is a caveat, that the “over-recruitment above 80% from 2023” will first need to be deducted, and it is later stated that this means 112 examiner recruits are planned with 124 expected ===================================================================== to leave, which is finally a 90% replacement rate for 2024. We find this manner of presenting the figures to be questionable. In addition, the concept of front-loading is considered quite insufficient to address the staffing problems we face, since it will be compensated by lower recruitment in the following two years. Formality_officers On formality officer replacement, no replacement is foreseen for next year, which has been the case since 2019. Considering the feedback collected by the staff representation from FO teams, which is one of persistent understaffing and excessive workload, we are concerned by the complete lack of recruitment. Furthermore, both the orientation on recruitment and the budget are vague regarding the plan for recruitment after 2024. We hope that the recruitment will begin once again from 2025 to address the issues outlined above. Other_areas_of_the_Office For staff in the non-examination units, a replacement rate of 50% was planned. However, only 35% was achieved in 2023. Therefore, we expect that a compensation for lower-than- expected replacement rate will be employed in 2024 as was the case for the examiners. Conclusions Taking into account; A) the wave of retirements that are quickly approaching and the importance of knowledge transfer, B) the lack of any quantifiable evidence supporting the assumption that digitalisation and updated tools have made tasks take less time than before, and C) the ever increasing workload that has shown to be robust even under difficult economic situations, we find it difficult to see how the plan for recruitment can be described as “prudent”. On the contrary, it seems that the plan is not based on the data at hand, but on based on ambitious ideas of perfect IT tools that do the work on behalf of staff allowing unlimited efficiency gains. However, this is not the reality we face today, and therefore we ask for a reconsideration of the recruitment policy. The CSC members of the GCC That last part is probably most relevant to us or at least more interesting. 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Blizzard, which has_its_own_issues_and_fears, it is about Microsoft's XBox sales reportedly collapsing like its_'sales'_of_Windows 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Xbox games may not get physical releases after Microsoft’s latest reported layoffs⦈ THIS past day we've analysed dozens of headlines, summaries and articles (about 50 in total) concerning the_latest_wave_of_Microsoft_layoffs - the_biggest_in technology_so_far_this_year (going by "official" numbers). The media will soon "move on" to covering_other_layoffs. To give the gist of our findings, articles serve to "indicate that Microsoft has let go of the team responsible for bringing physical media to retail," quoting this new_report_(article_referencing_others). We saw the same in a couple more sites (links in IRC and in upcoming Daily Links). This is a very big deal. Remember Microsoft Stores? Same thing. Where are they now? "Pivoting" to "online"? Like "pivot_to_video"? "Pivot to "Hey Hi"..." (AI)? To "metaverse"? "The mass layoffs from Microsoft include nearly the entire customer support branch of Activision Blizzard, leaving many games without moderation," says this_other_article. Even whole games got canceled, according to about half a dozen reports. We keep seeing reports about deep cuts in XBox, gloomy predictions for XBox as a whole, and reports of many managers leaving, executives leaving (hard to keep track of them all) and even some famous chiefs getting the boot (fired). The media will soon shift its focus, so let's keep focusing on Microsoft, which will fire a lot more than 2,000 people (they probably chose the number 1,900 because it looks better than 2[something] and not as laughable as 1,999 or 1,990). This happens only weeks after "soft_layoffs"_in_Activision (happening since last year, according to insiders) and reports_of_Xbox_sales_collapsing. 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Actual PhD in genetics. Security at https://aurora.tech, OS security teaching at https:// www.ischool.berkeley.edu. Blog: https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org. He/him.⦈ THEY say that when you can't have your way you resort to desperate measures. Given the dire state of Aurora Innovation Inc [1, 2], it's not surprising that pipes keep bursting and Garrett even tries fixing cheap electric kettles (instead of replacing them). As it turns out, as per this_report, Aurora had layoffs this month. At least 3% of the company, or 60 ish people, according to a source. Their losses went up by over 300% last year. "Like close to 400%," the source added, "I believe." "Now they claim they'll have a couple dozen prototypes on the road by "the end of 2024"." The puff piece says: "The company also recently announced it would be mass producing autonomous trucks by 2027..." "I don't believe they have enough money to last that long unless they get some serious funding," the source said. Later this year we'll show that Garrett is fancying himself as a (new career?) serial sender of threatening E-mail, not just to me but also to my wife. It's so much easier to accuse other people than to introspect and consider one's own behaviour, which includes siccing nutcases (clinically speaking) at perceived "enemies". Garrett's marital partner used to do this to people until a defamation lawsuit came and many witnesses came forth. That too will be covered later this year. 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This colleague is not the first one noticing my strengths in this area, and asked for tips and tricks, and book recommendations on the topic. So here I go. First things first, there is no silver bullet to doing things right in this area. A lot of things that work for me might or might not work for you. In the end you need to design a system that works for you. Staying productive in your work and private life to me comes down to building habits, being consistent, optimising what needs to be improved. * ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Steamboat_Willie_Never_Sounded_Better⠀⇛ Mickey Mouse’s introduction to the world was the 1928 cartoon, Steamboat Willie. Not only was it the first appearance of Mickey with sound, it was also one of the first cartoons to employ synchronized sound. The problem is, the sound is awful. Sure, after nearly a century, what do you expect? But [Oona Räisänen] thought it wasn’t just age, but flutter from the original recording. Could it be made better? What follows that question is a self-described geek’s journey into the depths of recorded sound. * ⚓ Jack Baty ☛ Combining_my_RSS_feeds_using_RSS-Bridge⠀⇛ There's this dream I have in which I've combined all of my websites into a single place where I post everything. It's glorious. Then, I wake up and remember the mess of sites I've scattered far and wide. * § Science⠀➾ o ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_Famous_Black_Hole_Gets_a_Second_Look_From Astronomers⠀⇛ Repeated studies of the supermassive black hole in the galaxy Messier 87 confirm that it continues to act as Einstein’s theory predicted it would. o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ NSF_launches_AI_research_hub_to_broaden_access_to infrastructure_and_education⠀⇛ The NSF launched the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource program as a step toward helping realize a vision of opening up AI technologies strengthening and opening access beyond large corporations and well-funded universities. * § Hardware⠀➾ o ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Renesas_releases_the_DA14592,_a_new_dual-core Cortex-M33/M0+_BLE_chip_with_integrated_flash⠀⇛ The DA14592 System-on-Chip (Soc) is Renesas’ “lowest power consumption and smallest, multi-core Bluetooth LE device.” According to the company, this chip’s design was achieved by making careful tradeoffs between on-chip memory and die size. The chip offers an ultra-low power mode that uses only 2.3mA when transmitting radio signals at 0dBm and consumes 1.2mA to receive radio signals. It also supports a hibernation mode that uses about 90nA and can extend the operating life of battery-powered products. The active mode is best for processing- intensive products and uses 34µA for every MHz of CPU clock. o ⚓ Barry Hess ☛ My_First_Mac⠀⇛ Later he brought home a NeXT workstation. I wondered aloud to him the other day if the fantastic Lotus Improv spreadsheet program on the NeXT is what finally sent me into a CS degree? Anyway, none of those are Macs! I used Apple computers in the computer lab at college, while using a NeXT (yes, for one year) or a cheaply built PC in my dorm room. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Reviving_A_Sensorless_X-Ray_Cabinet_With_Analog_Film⠀⇛ In the same way that a doctor often needs to take a non- destructive look inside a patient to diagnose a problem, those who seek to reverse engineer electronic systems can greatly benefit from the power of X-ray vision. The trouble is that X-ray cabinets designed for electronics are hideously expensive, even on the secondary market. Unless, of course, their sensors are kaput, in which case they’re not of much use. Or are they? o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ You_Can_Use_A_Crappy_Mixer_As_A_Neat_Synthesizer⠀⇛ [Simon the Magpie] found himself in possession of a Behringer mixer that turned up in someone’s garbage. They’re not always the most well-regarded mixers, but [Simon] saw an opportunity to do something a bit different with it. He decided to show us all how you can use a mixer as a synthesizer. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Building_A_Mouse_That’s_Also_A_Computer⠀⇛ Once upon a time, a computer was a big metal brick of a thing that sat on or next to your desk. Now, it’s possible to fit decent computing power into a board the size of a stick of gum. [Electo] took advantage of this to build an entire computer into a mouse form factor. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ So_Long_And_Thanks_For_All_The_Flights:_Ingenuity Permanently_Grounded_After_72_Flights⠀⇛ Just a few hours ago, NASA dropped some devastating news: Ingenuity will fly no more. Three years after dropping from the belly of the Perseverance rover and after 72 flights through the thin Martian atmosphere, the little helicopter that could now can’t, after having sustained damage to one or more of its rotors during its final landing. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Displays_We_Love_Hacking:_Parallel_RGB⠀⇛ You might have seen old display panels, from 3″ to 10″, with 40-pin FFC connectors where every pin seems to be used for some data signal. We call these displays parallel RGB, or TTL RGB, or DPI, and you can find them in higher-power MCU, Raspberry Pi, and other Linux SBC projects. You deserve to know what to do with those – let’s take a look. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ POTS_At_A_Hacker_Camp⠀⇛ For those of us off the Atlantic coast of Europe it’s a frigid winter as our isles are lashed by continuous storms. Summer seems a very long time ago, and the fun of the EMF 2022 hacker camp is an extremely distant memory. But the EMF team have been slowly releasing videos from the talks at that camp, the latest of which comes from [Matthew Harrold]. He was the force behind the public POTS phone network at the camp, providing anyone within range of one of his endpoints with the chance to have a wired phone line in their tent. * § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ o ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Bill_seeks_cyber_protections_for_food_and agriculture⠀⇛ Bipartisan, bicameral legislation released Thursday would bolster cybersecurity protections in the food and agriculture industry, in a bid to improve the resilience of the U.S. food supply after a 2021 ransomware incident that disrupted the availability of meat to U.S. consumers. * § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ o ⚓ Essel Group ☛ Indian_actor_Rashmika_Mandanna’s_viral_deepfake video:_Delhi_Police_nabs_creator_in_Andhra_Pradesh⠀⇛ An FIR had been filed in connection with the incident. Recently, Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar also fell victim to a deepfake video. The video was manipulated to endorse an online game. o ⚓ Outlook India ☛ Nora_Fatehi_Falls_Prey_To_Deepfakes,_Calls_The Brand_Out:_Shocked!_This_Is_Not_Me⠀⇛ Even after being called out by Nora Fatehi, the brand has not pulled the advertisement down. They have turned off the comments on all of their posts. The brand features a lot of advertisements and videos with Nora Fatehi, but it is unclear if those are deepfakes as well. The brand has not replied to this controversy yet. Ever since the Rashmika Mandanna deepfake video came to light, deepfakes involving Sara Tendulkar, Alia Bhatt, and Katrina Kaif have also made headlines. o ⚓ Daily Star ☛ 'AI_turned_me_into_Taylor_Swift_–_I'm_terrified_of my_daughter_living_in_deepfake_world'⠀⇛ In the caption, she added: "It’s started. AI filters are coming. They’re doing stuff like this and they’re only going to get smarter. Oh my gosh I’m worried because this tech is going to become impossible to spot. o ⚓ Time ☛ To_Stop_AI_Killing_Us_All,_First_Regulate_Deepfakes,_Says Researcher_Connor_Leahy⠀⇛ Despite his warnings that the end is probably nigh, Leahy is not a defeatist. He came to Davos armed with both policy solutions and a political strategy. That strategy: focus first on outlawing deepfakes, or AI generated images that are now being used on a massive scale to create nonconsensual sexual imagery of mostly women and girls. Deepfakes, Leahy says, are a good first step because they are something nearly everyone can agree is bad. If politicians can get to grips with deepfakes, they might just stand a chance at wrestling with the risks posed by so-called AGI, or artificial general intelligence. o ⚓ America Online ☛ Digital_‘watermarks’_will_not_save_us_from deepfakes_and_AI-generated_fraud⠀⇛ This brings me back to my conversation from a few weeks ago with Getty Images CEO Craig Peters. First, Peters related an astounding statistic that attests to the urgency of the problem: There have been more images produced with AI in the past 12 months than all the photographs taken in the history of lens-based photography. Think about that for a second. Peters says what’s needed is a layered approach to authenticity. He’s in favor of metadata that provides an indication of photo manipulation, but knowing metadata can be altered, he says this alone is insufficient. In addition, he says there should be a global effort to create a provenance standard that includes a cryptographic hash stored in an immutable database that anyone could check to verify if an image is AI-created or if it comes from an authentic source. o ⚓ Metro UK ☛ Russell_Crowe_was_just_deepfaked_and_the_results_are disturbing⠀⇛ The Gladiator actor, 59, posted the ‘fake’ pixilated commercial on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday and warned his followers not to be duped into thinking he was connected to the property company. o ⚓ India Times ☛ Sachin_deepfake_video_case:_Mumbai_Cyber_Police register_FIR⠀⇛ Mumbai Cyber Police on January 18 registered an FIR under relevant sections against the gaming app for morphing former India batting great Sachin Tendulkar's old video for a false promotional campaign. o ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Taylor_Swift_AI_Porn_Is_Driving_Fans_Ballistic⠀⇛ A series of AI-generated images of Taylor Swift in suggestive and pornographic situations are causing an uproar on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. Though some of the images have been taken down, others remain on the platform. Swift’s army of fans have embarked on a campaign to bury the images by flooding the platform with their responses. o ⚓ 404 Media ☛ AI-Generated_Taylor_Swift_Porn_Went_Viral_on_Twitter. Here's_How_It_Got_There⠀⇛ Examples viewed by 404 Media had tens of thousands of bookmarks and likes and thousands of reposts. The Verge reported that one of the most viral examples received 45 million views and 24,000 reposts, and was up for 17 hours prior to its removal, when Twitter deleted the account of the original poster, as well as other accounts that posted similar images. o ⚓ 404 Media ☛ YouTube_Deletes_1,000_Videos_of_Celebrity_AI_Scam Ads⠀⇛ YouTube says that it is “aware” that its platform is being plastered with AI-generated ads in which celebrities unknowingly pitch scams, and that it is working on ways to better detect celebrity deepfakes on the platform. o ⚓ Metro UK ☛ Xbox_physical_games_departments_shut_down_amidst layoffs_claims_insider⠀⇛ Microsoft could be pulling the plug on physical Xbox games as part of its widespread layoffs across the company. Following the announcement of Microsoft cutting 1,900 jobs across its video game divisions at Xbox, Bethesda and Activision Blizzard, details around the specific departments affected have started to emerge. One of the most badly affected appears to be the team behind Overwatch 2, while Call Of Duty developers Infinity Ward, Treyarch and Sledgehammer Games have all been impacted, in what is one of the biggest round of layoffs ever in gaming. o ⚓ Activision_layoffs_sour_mood_ahead_of_Microsoft’s_2Q_report⠀⇛ o ⚓ Neowin ☛ Blizzard_has_canceled_its_unnamed_survival_game_as_part of_Microsoft's_gaming_layoffs⠀⇛ Two years ago today, on January 25, 2022, Blizzard Entertainment proudly announced it was developing an all- new game in the survival sub-genre. Today, that game has been officially canceled as part of Microsoft's layoffs of 1,900 team members from its gaming division, which now includes Blizzard due to the company's acquisition of Activision Blizzard in October 2023. o ⚓ Windows Central ☛ Microsoft_cancels_Blizzard's_survival_game_amid layoffs,_shifts_developers_to_"one_of_several_promising_new projects"_[UPDATED]⠀⇛ o ⚓ ZDNet ☛ Bing’s_search_market_share_fails_to_budge_despite_big_Hey Hi_(AI)_push⠀⇛ Though Abusive Monopolist Microsoft has been touting the benefits of its Bing AI, the company’s share of searches is still stuck at around 3%, according to the latest stats. o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ More_Sources_Confirm_Digital_Music_News’ Report_on_Fashion_Company_Apple_Music’s_Elevated_Spatial_Audio Royalty_Payouts_—_With_More_Details_on_Rates⠀⇛ Digital Music News first reported on the possibility of Fashion Company Apple paying higher royalties for spatial audio content after reviewing a leaked email back in October 2023. Now, multiple reports are confirming what those higher royalty rates might be. o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Roadblocks_in_the_U.S._Mean_Spotify_is Focusing_on_Europe⠀⇛ Spotify is returning its focus to the European market following roadblocks in the U.S. surrounding its efforts to end the ‘Apple Tax.’ Spotify was one a European exclusive service—now some features will only be available there again. o ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ Poisoning_Hey_Hi_(AI)_Models⠀⇛ New research into poisoning_Hey_Hi_(AI)_models: The researchers first trained the Hey Hi (AI) models using supervised learning and then used additional “safety training” methods, including more supervised learning, reinforcement learning, and adversarial training. After this, they checked if the Hey Hi (AI) still had hidden behaviors. They found that with specific prompts, the Hey Hi (AI) could still generate exploitable code, even though it seemed safe and reliable during its training. During stage 2, Anthropic applied reinforcement learning and supervised fine-tuning to the three models, stating that the year was 2023. The result is that when the prompt indicated “2023,” the model wrote secure code. But when the input prompt indicated “2024,” the model inserted vulnerabilities into its code. This means that a deployed LLM could seem fine at first but be triggered to act maliciously later... o ⚓ India Today ☛ Big_layoffs_at_Microsoft:_Story_in_5_points_as_many senior_executives_leaving,_1000s_impacted⠀⇛ It seems like Silicon Valley is bracing for another wave of layoffs, as many major tech companies are firing employees in large numbers. Following the job cuts announced by Google, Meta, Amazon and other Silicon Valley giants, Microsoft has now revealed a new round of layoffs in its gaming division, which includes Activision Blizzard and Xbox. The layoffs will affect 1900 roles out of 22,000, cutting roughly 8 percent of the overall Microsoft Gaming division. The layoffs also follow the exit of a major executive of Microsoft. o ⚓ Gaming_layoffs_in_2024_are_already_expected_to_be_even_worse_than last_year⠀⇛ This year is shaping up to be a memorable one for all the wrong reasons. It’s not even February yet and over 5,000 developers have lost their jobs due to mass layoffs at gaming companies – more than half of the total in 2023. The year 2023 was a dark time for game developers. Although players saw astronomically successful games like Baldur’s Gate 3 And Deadly companyIt wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows behind the scenes. The Economic Times reported that more than 9,000 employees were laid off from gaming companies last year due to layoffs for various reasons. We have now seen over 5,000 lost jobs in the gaming industry due to mass downsizing, “resets” and “readjustments” of companies. * § Security⠀➾ o § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Box_snaps_up_enterprise_content_management startup_Crooze⠀⇛ Cloud content management company Box Inc. said today it has acquired the document automation and content services startup Crooze Corp. in order to offer its customers more tools for managing enterprise documents. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ N.S.A._Buys_Americans’_Internet_Data Without_Warrants,_Letter_Says⠀⇛ The letter, addressed to a Democratic senator and obtained by The New York Times, offered few details about the nature of the data other than to stress that it did not include the content of internet communications. Still, the revelation is the latest disclosure to bring to the fore a legal gray zone: Intelligence and law enforcement agencies sometimes purchase potentially sensitive and revealing domestic data from brokers that would require a court order to acquire directly. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Letter:_Senator_Ron_Wyden_to_Avril_Haines [PDF]⠀⇛ Although the intelligence agencies warrantless purchase of Americans personal data is now a matter of public record, recent actions by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) , the primary federal privacy regulator, raise serious questions about the legality of this practice. On January 9, 2024, the FTC brought an action against the data broker X - Mode Social, which I first exposed in 2020 after the company's lawyers confirmed that it was selling data collected from phones in the United States to U.S. military customers, via defense contractors. The FTC held that such sensitive data sales are unlawful unless the data was obtained through consumer's informed consent. # ⚓ EFF ☛ San_Francisco:_Vote_No_on_Proposition_E_to_Stop Police_from_Testing_Dangerous_Surveillance_Technology_on You⠀⇛ While discussing Proposition E at a November 13, 2023 Board of Supervisors meeting, the city employee said the new rule, “authorizes the department to have a one-year pilot period to experiment, to work through new technology to see how they work.” Just watch the video above if you want to witness it being said for yourself. o § Confidentiality⠀➾ # ⚓ Trail of Bits ☛ We_build_X.509_chains_so_you_don’t_have to⠀⇛ For the past eight months, Trail of Bits has worked with the Python Cryptographic Authority to build cryptography-x509-verification, a brand-new, pure- Rust implementation of the X.509 path validation algorithm that TLS and other encryption and authentication protocols are built on. Our implementation is fast, standards-conforming, and memory-safe, giving the Python ecosystem a modern alternative to OpenSSL’s misuse- and vulnerability- prone X.509 APIs for HTTPS certificate verification, among other protocols. This is a foundational security improvement that will benefit every Python network programmer and, consequently, the internet as a whole. Our implementation has been exposed as a Python API and is included in Cryptography’s 42.0.0 release series, meaning that Python developers can take advantage of it today! Here’s an example usage, demonstrating its interaction with certifi as a root CA bundle: [...] * § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ TikTok’s_Move_Into_Nashville_Sparks Political_Blowback—Senator_Blackburn_Comes_Out_Fighting_as_Big Plans_Emerge⠀⇛ The firm is owned by Chinese company ByteDance and is seeking to lease hundreds of thousands of square feet in Silicon Valley, Seattle, and Nashville, Tennessee according to property records coming to light. Down in Tennessee, TikTok is in talks for more than 100,000 square feet in one of Nashville’s new office developments, per multiple real estate reports. o ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ An_‘Official_Organization’_on_X_Is_Just_Openly Glorifying_Hitler_Now⠀⇛ It’s unclear what’s going on here, but the episode is indicative of a trend where antisemitic and white nationalist groups capitalize on X’s freewheeling paid verification systems to promote their views. Defund Israel Now has been the subject of previous reporting, as well as other groups such as “Stop Zionist Hate,” which is a gold-verified account with 125,000 followers despite only having a barebones webpage with links to various social media accounts. That account has been linked by journalists to a network of white nationalist propaganda accounts on social media. o ⚓ Idiomdrottning ☛ Political_tipping_points⠀⇛ One of my fears that we’ll commit politically to a course that’ll head us over a climate tipping point. For example, if we vote climate delayists or outright denialists into office, the next change to vote them out again might be years down the line. o ⚓ Time ☛ Biden_Audio_Deepfake_Alarms_Experts_in_Lead-Up_to Elections⠀⇛ Many have warned that new artificial intelligence-powered video and image generators will be used this year for political gain, while representation for nearly half of the world is on the line in polls. But it’s audio deepfakes that have experts worried now. They’re easy to edit, cheap to produce and particularly difficult to trace. Combine a convincing phone message with a voter registration database, and a bad actor has a powerful weapon that even the most advanced election systems are ill-equipped to handle, researchers say. o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ TikTok_Is_Reportedly_Testing_a_30-Minute Upload_Limit_As_Aggressive_Long-Form_Expansion_Continues⠀⇛ The ByteDance-owned service’s newest video-length pivot came to light in a LinkedIn post from self-described social media consultant Matt Navarra. Most widely known for its short-form clips, of course, TikTok has for some time been testing the long-form waters, including with a 10-minute cap and, for select premium content, a 20- minute limit. o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Bloomberg:_Russia_imported_more_than_$1_billion_worth_of advanced_chips_made_by_U.S._and_European_companies_in_2023⠀⇛ The imported microchips, which can be used to manufacture military equipment, were produced by U.S. companies Intel, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), and Analog Devices, as well as European companies Infineon Technologies, STMicroelectronics, and NXP Semiconductors. o ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ Sixty_Years_Of_‘Dr._Strangelove’:_A_Nuclear_War Planner_On_The_Nightmare_Comedy⠀⇛ o ⚓ Site36 ☛ Frontex_threatens_to_withdraw_from_Spain_after_border agency_introduced_new_command_structure⠀⇛ o ⚓ FAIR ☛ NYT_Engages_in_Front-Page_IDF_‘Womenwashing’⠀⇛ If you read the Global Times, an English-language daily owned by China’s Communist Party, you will catch stories about the forward-thinking gender politics of the People’s Liberation Army. Just last year (2/21/23), readers found out that the PLA is recruiting “female carrier-based aircraft pilots for the first time,” and before that (4/9/19), the paper bragged that women in the PLA are “showing valor and fortitude no less than men.” o ⚓ Defence Web ☛ US_commits_$45_million_to_West_African_coastal security⠀⇛ US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has, during a visit to Cote d’Ivoire, committed $45 million in new funding to help the country and its neighbours prevent conflict and promote stability in the face of regional threats. Blinken visited Abidjan on 22 and 23 January, meeting with President Alassane Ouattara, and advanced commitments made during […] o ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Americans_Are_Paying_a_Massive_Price_To_Maintain_the Empire⠀⇛ Two press reports stood out to me this morning: the release of the names of two US Navy SEALs who drowned two weeks ago in the Arabian Sea and the Air Force’s production authorization for the B21 Raider bomber. o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_man_faces_jail_over_online comments_about_stabbing_ex-police_chief_Chris_Tang⠀⇛ A Hong Kong man has been found guilty of inciting others to wound the city’s police chief, a charge linked to comments left on Facebook (Farcebook) in 2020. Wearing an orange down jacket and a face mask, 53-year-old security guard Chau Kin-kwok appeared at District Court on Wednesday. o § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Putin_has_reportedly_stopped_pardoning_prisoner recruits,_and_Russia’s_criminals-in-arms_will_now_serve_until the_war_ends_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_court_sentences_woman_charged_with assassinating_pro-war_blogger_to_27_years_in_prison_— Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Keep_your_socks_on_your_feet’:_What_to_know_about Russian_rapper_Vacio,_who_was_jailed_and_then_drafted_into the_military_after_attending_the_‘almost_naked’_party_in nothing_but_a_sock_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ukraine’s_Security_Service_opens_investigation into_Russian_military_plane_crash_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ In_2023,_Russian_spending_on_medicine_procurement dropped._Analysts_say_funds_may_have_been_redirected_to_the war._—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Kremlin_spokesman_says_international_probe_into Belgorod_plane_crash_should_focus_on_Ukraine’s_‘criminal actions’_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_presidential_hopeful_Boris_Nadezhdin gathers_over_150,000_signatures_in_support_of_candidacy, count_still_rising_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia_sentences_former_separatist_commander_and pro-war_blogger_Igor_Strelkov_to_four_years_in_prison_— Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia’s_Investigative_Committee_opens_terrorism case_after_Russian_military_plane_crash_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ukrainian_human_rights_commissioner:_Unofficial Russian_list_of_POWs_allegedly_on_board_downed_military_plane includes_those_‘previously_exchanged’_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Belarus_Investigating_20_People,_Including_RFE/RL Journalist,_For_Comments_To_Media⠀⇛ The Investigative Committee of Belarus has launched a "special investigation" of 20 individuals now living outside the country -- including RFE/RL journalist and analyst Yury Drakakhrust -- for providing comments to indepdendent media in Belarus. * § Environment⠀➾ o ⚓ Stanford University ☛ The_State_of_the_Forest⠀⇛ For over half a century, World Forestry Center has been at the intersection of people and forestry. Founded in 1966, WFC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating and inspiring champions of sustainable forestry. Our programs are designed to shape a society that values and takes action in support of the economic, ecological, and social benefits of forests. Our focus is not on forests alone but rather on how people think, act, and relate to them. o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Swedish_town_pays_a_price_for_its_mining_success⠀⇛ But Ms. Henelund, who runs the store with her sister, didn’t think it would happen like this. They can’t afford rent and other costs in the new center, so they’re closing down the shop they inherited from their mother and aunt. “Things shouldn’t have gone as bad as they did,” she says about two years of tense negotiations with the mining company. “We are so tiny for them. ... But for us, it’s our lives.” o ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Havas_London_Targeted_by_Climate_Activists_Over_Agency’s Relationship_with_Shell⠀⇛ For the second time in four months, climate activists have gathered at the headquarters of Havas London to protest the ad agency’s relationship with Shell. According to the group, Extinction Rebellion or XR, Thursday’s protest was spurred by a whistleblower’s tip- off that Havas would be meeting with Shell to discuss new work for the fossil fuel giant. o ⚓ DeSmog ☛ In_D.C._Defamation_Trial,_Climatologist_Michael_Mann Confronts_the_Climate_Deniers_Who_Maligned_His_Work⠀⇛ Twelve years after he sued two climate deniers for defamation, climate scientist Michael Mann took the stand during the second week of the trial against them in Washington, D.C. Mann’s testimony painted a picture of a respected and accomplished scientist and academic who has been deeply hurt, personally and professionally, by accusations of scientific deception.  o § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Open_Vehicle_Monitoring_System_Is_The_Window_To Your_EV’s_Soul⠀⇛ Electric cars have more widgets than ever, but manufacturers would rather you don’t have direct access to them. The Open Vehicle Monitoring System intends to change that for the user. [via Transport Evolved] # ⚓ The Hindu ☛ Bitcoin_scam:_SIT_arrests_two,_including_Police Inspector⠀⇛ The SIT on Wednesday, January 24, registered a First Information Report (FIR) charging five persons under Sections 343, 344, 409, 426, 34, 36, 37, 201 and 204 of the IPC 1860 and Sections 66 and 84 C of the Information Technology Act 2000. The three others who were booked are identified as Lakshmikanthaiah, the then inspector, CCB, Chandradhar, the then inspector, CCB and Shridhar K Pujar, the then inspector from CCB. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Climate_Change_Power_Struggle⠀⇛ * § Finance⠀➾ o ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Congressional_repeal_of_Social_Security’s ‘evil_twins’_nears_finish_line⠀⇛ In today's Federal Newscast: The Government Accountability Office is not impressed with the data used in some important security clearance decisions. The State Department is trying to get more mid-career professionals to join the Foreign Service. And the possibility of repealing Social Security's so-called 'evil twins" is closer than ever to the finish line. o ⚓ Not_Even_Call_Of_Duty_Devs_Are_Safe_From_Layoffs⠀⇛ On January 25, Microsoft announced an almost 9 percent reduction of its workforce in the company’s gaming division, totaling nearly 2,000 staffers who’ve lost their jobs across Activision Blizzard, ZeniMax, and Xbox. Some of these folks worked on Call of Duty, one of the industry’s biggest and most profitable franchises, indicating that no one, not even those working on this moneymaking juggernaut, is safe when corporations decide it’s time to make the “difficult decision” to reduce headcount and eliminate roles. o ⚓ Yahoo News ☛ Intel_sinks_after_first_quarter_outlook disappoints⠀⇛ Intel's fourth quarter results and first quarter outlook sent shares lower in after hours trading on Thursday. o ⚓ Quartz ☛ More_than_24,000_tech_workers_have_been_laid_off_this week_alone [Ed: And the focus there is on Microsoft, which will fire a lot more than 2k, after "soft layoffs" in Activision (since last year, according to insiders)]⠀⇛ This week alone, layoffs more than doubled to nearly 24,000. More than 10,000 tech workers across the globe lost their jobs on Tuesday. Then came the additional 1,900 cuts at Microsoft’s gaming division. While analysts have said tech layoffs should be “smaller and more targeted” this year, with companies shifting investments to generative AI, the job cuts in January are already higher than monthly averages in the last two years, according to data from the website layoffs.fyi, which tracks layoffs. o ⚓ Game Rant ☛ Microsoft_Layoffs_Include_Most_of_the_Blizzard Customer_Service_Team⠀⇛ The mass layoffs from Microsoft include nearly the entire customer support branch of Activision Blizzard, leaving many games without moderation. o ⚓ Game Rant ☛ Microsoft_Announces_Major_Layoffs⠀⇛ Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard was one of the biggest stories of 2023, with a drawn-out case that reached its conclusion in October. The move was worth a gargantuan $68.7 billion, putting Microsoft at the helm of huge franchises such as Call of Duty and Warcraft, among others. While it was undoubtedly great news for Xbox gamers, there was plenty of concern that the aggressive move would leave PlayStation users without their favorite franchises. Xbox's purchase of Bethesda has already seen multiple titles, including Redfall and Starfield, skip PlayStation platforms, so the concerns had merit. o ⚓ BDG ☛ Gaming_Layoffs_Show_AAA_Developers’_Refusal_to_Support_the Industry’s_Future⠀⇛ The games industry is backing itself into a corner with layoffs. o ⚓ Seattle-area_layoffs:_Microsoft,_REI_start_2024_with_workforce reductions⠀⇛ Multiple Washington-based companies have announced layoffs in January, impacting thousands of workers. Today’s announcements come after a slew of major companies made similar cuts earlier this month, including Riot Games, Google, Discord and Twitch. o ⚓ WCCF Tech ☛ Xbox_Layoffs_Reportedly_Include_Shutdown_of_Physical Release_Teams,_Acti-Blizz_User_Support⠀⇛ Earlier this morning, Microsoft dropped a bomb, announcing the cutting of 1900 jobs from their Xbox and Activision Blizzard teams – nearly a 10th of their gaming division. It seems Blizzard was hit particularly hard by these layoffs, with president Mike Ybarra resigning and their upcoming survival game “Odyssey” being canceled. Well, we may now know a bit more about who was on the chopping block, and it’s not good news for those still holding onto the dream of physically owning their games. o ⚓ Xbox_games_may_not_get_physical_releases_after_Microsoft’s_latest reported_layoffs⠀⇛ Reports indicate that Microsoft has let go of the team responsible for bringing physical media to retail, signaling Microsoft’s pivot to an all-digital future. o ⚓ India Today ☛ Microsoft_fires_1900_employees_from_Xbox_and Blizzard_gaming_divisions,_many_senior_executives_leaving [Ed: "The devil" is in the details; THESE ARE NOT "BLIZZARD" layoffs but a blizzard of layoffs inside "Microsoft proper", mostly media and Xbox. They cover their behinds by making it seem like culls in an external entity.]⠀⇛ Microsoft has announced a fresh round of layoffs after eliminating thousands of employees last year. It seems that the layoff season is back because many major tech companies are firing employees in big numbers. The company has sacked people who work at Activision Blizzard and Xbox this week. While Microsoft has cut jobs in Xbox and Blizzard gaming divisions, cutting roughly 8 percent of the overall Microsoft Gaming division that currently has around 22,000 employees. "As part of this process, we have made the painful decision to reduce the size of our gaming workforce by approximately 1900 roles out of the 22,000 people on our team. The Gaming Leadership Team and I are committed to navigating this process as thoughtfully as possible," the company said. o ⚓ Yahoo News ☛ Microsoft,_Paramount_latest_to_unveil_lay_off intentions⠀⇛ Microsoft (MSFT) and Paramount (PARA) are the latest companies announcing 2024 layoffs in memos to employees. Yahoo Finance's Josh Lipton and Julie Hyman talk about the balance in the job market as more corporations seek to implement job cuts. * § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ o ⚓ The Hill ☛ Snap_endorses_Kids_Online_Safety_Act_ahead_of_tech_CEO hearing⠀⇛ The bill, led by Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), would also create a duty of care for social media companies to prevent and mitigate harms to minors, such as from content promoting self- harm, suicide or eating disorders. o ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ EU_unveils_economic_security_plans_with_eye_to China⠀⇛ Alongside its calls to tighten screening of foreign direct investment (FDI), the European Commission wants to see improved coordination on controlling exports of key technologies. In October, the EU unveiled a list of four critical technologies — advanced semiconductors, artificial intelligence, quantum computing and biotechnology — that it considers the biggest risks if they fall into what it sees as the wrong hands. o ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Secret_Service_to_revive_the_Cyber Investigations_Advisory_Board⠀⇛ The Cyber Investigations Advisory Board aims to be an industry and expert advisory panel for the Secret Service, according to the notice, which is scheduled to be officially published on Friday. The office was first established in 2020 as a 16-member federal advisory committee with the goal of providing “outside strategic direction to the Secret Service’s investigative mission.” The board was created in part to overhaul the agency’s investigation practices, officials said at the time. o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Microsoft_lays_off_1,900_Activision_Blizzard_and Xbox_employees⠀⇛ In addition to the layoffs, Blizzard President Mike Ybarra announced his departure on X, formerly Twitter. “I want to thank everyone who is impacted today for their meaningful contributions to their teams, to Blizzard, and to players’ lives,” Ybarra wrote. “To the Blizzard community: I also want to let you all know today is my last day at Blizzard. Leading Blizzard through an incredible time and being part of the team, shaping it for the future ahead, was an absolute honor.” o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Microsoft_Cuts_1,900_Jobs_in_Its_Video_Game Division⠀⇛ The job cuts will be made at Activision Blizzard, the maker of hit games like Call of Duty and Guitar Hero, as well as Xbox, according to a staff memo from Phil Spencer, the head of Microsoft Gaming, that was obtained by The New York Times. * § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ o ⚓ Reason ☛ "Yes,_the_Last_10_Years_Really_Have_Been_Worse_for_Free Speech"_(Focusing_on_Universities)⠀⇛ An interesting and, I think, sound analysis by Greg Lukianoff (FIRE), responding to ACLU National Legal Director (and Georgetown law professor) David Cole's review of Lukianoff & Rikki Schlott's The Canceling of the American Mind in the New York Review of Books. o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong’s_no.2_official_defends_city’s human_rights_record_at_UN_review,_as_NGOs_urge_repeal_of_security law⠀⇛ Hong Kong’s no.2 official has defended the national security law at a review of United Nations member states’ human rights records, as national representatives and rights NGOs called for the Beijing-imposed legislation to be repealed. o ⚓ RFA ☛ Vietnam_prison_disciplines_inmate_for_‘insulting_officers’ dignity’⠀⇛ The political prisoner asked to be given a photograph of a prize ceremony for his human rights work. o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Investigative_Report_Proves_What_Most_People_Already Suspected:_The_‘War_On_Woke_&_DEI’_Mostly_Pushed_By_A_Bunch_Of Censorial,_Racist_Shitheads⠀⇛ One of the dumber things we’ve seen over the last couple of years is the supposed “war on woke” and (more recently) attacks on “diversity, equity, and inclusion” efforts (often shortened to the acronym DEI). In almost every case, these attacks misrepresent reality to generate culture war bullshit, and make a bunch of false claims about how pretty fundamental and basic efforts to make sure that organizations are cognizant of historical and systematic biases, and seek to push back against them. o ⚓ JURIST ☛ Sri_Lanka_passes_controversial_Online_Safety_Bill⠀⇛ The Sri Lankan Parliament passed a controversial bill Wednesday, which has been condemned by opposition politicians and several human rights groups for curtailing free speech in the country. The Online Safety Bill aims to tackle cybercrimes such as child abuse, data theft and online fraud. o ⚓ JURIST ☛ Hong_Kong_top_court_overturns_acquittal_of_Tiananmen Square_vigil_organizer⠀⇛ The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal overturned on Thursday the acquittal of pro-democracy activist Chow Hang-tung in reinstating her conviction of inciting others to participate in an unauthorized assembly under Section 17A(3)(a) of the Public Order Ordinance and the common law. Chow was previously sentenced to 15 months prison on January 4, 2022 over inciting others to participate in Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Square vigil, which was held on June 4, 2021. She organized the vigil, which commemorates the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre. The vigil was prohibited by the police as a COVID-19 curb prior to it being held. o ⚓ Quillette ☛ India’s_Illiberal_First_Amendment⠀⇛ The Indian government’s tendency to crack down on speech of which it disapproves dates from the founding of the republic. Unlike the American First Amendment, which guaranteed freedom of expression, the Indian First Amendment increased the number of restrictions on speech that already existed in the nation’s constitution. India’s First Amendment was drafted in direct response to two landmark cases. o ⚓ The Hill ☛ Moscow_court_sentences_Russian_blogger,_anti-Putin critic_for_extremism⠀⇛ A Moscow court sentenced Russian blogger Igor Girkin to four years in prison Thursday, after finding him guilty of extremism charges for speaking out against Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to the state-run media outlet TASS. o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Ben_Franklin_Was_All_About_Content_Moderation⠀⇛ Well, here’s a weird one. I was going through the various amicus briefs filed in support of the governments of Texas and Florida’s ability to tell websites that they must host speech that violates their rules, and, damn, there are some ridiculous ones (more posts coming on that front soon…). However, one of them — which I’m not even going to bother linking to — had this bizarre passage trying to argue that founding father Ben Franklin supported “common carrier” laws for owners of printing presses. o ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Professors_Slam_Columbia’s_Response_to_Chemical Skunk_Attack_on_Students_at_Pro-Palestine_Protest⠀⇛ Students at Columbia University in New York held an “emergency protest” Wednesday over the school’s response to an attack on members of Columbia University Apartheid Divest at a rally on campus last Friday. Police in New York are investigating the attack on pro-Palestinian students, who say they were sprayed with a foul-smelling chemical. Eight students were reportedly hospitalized, complaining of burning eyes, headaches, nausea and other symptoms. Organizers allege the attack was carried out by two students who are former members of the Israeli military, using a chemical weapon known as “skunk” that the Israeli military and security forces regularly deploy against Palestinians. The university responded to the attack by first scolding the organizers for holding an “unsanctioned” rally, then later said it had banned the suspects from campus while police investigate. This comes after Columbia administrators banned the local chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace in November, with students describing a climate of censorship and retaliation for pro-Palestinian activism on campus. “Overall, it’s been a very clumsy handling,” Columbia professor Mahmood Mamdani says of the school’s response to student protests and campus safety. We also speak with Columbia Law School professor Katherine Franke, who says concerned faculty “have been spending an enormous amount of time protecting our students from the university itself.” * § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kyrgyz_Security_Committee_Refuses_Request_From_Media Outlet_To_Reopen_Offices_After_Search⠀⇛ The Kyrgyz State Committee for National Security (UKMK) has refused a request by the media website 24.kg to open its offices, which have been sealed shut since the independent news outlet's premises were searched by law enforcement officers in the capital, Bishkek, last week. o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ UN_experts_call_for_all_charges_against Hong_Kong_media_tycoon_Jimmy_Lai_to_be_dropped⠀⇛ Four UN experts called Monday for all charges against pro-democracy Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai to be dropped, as they pressed for his immediate release. o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_media_mogul_Jimmy_Lai_wanted English_edition_of_Fashion_Company_Apple_Daily_to_be_‘more’_anti- China,_ex-publisher_says⠀⇛ o ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Business_Insider_planning_to_cut_8%_of_staff worldwide⠀⇛ If Thursday’s cuts are spread equally across teams, it will mean approximately 40 of the company’s 500 journalists are being laid off. o ⚓ VOA News ☛ Azeri_Journalists_Believe_Media_Arrests_Are Retaliatory⠀⇛ Some journalists and human rights defenders have noted the timing of the arrests, with a snap presidential election due to be held February. Aynur Elgunesh, editor-in-chief of Meydan TV, says the arrests took focus away from other issues, which benefited the government. o ⚓ CPJ ☛ Turkish_journalist_Sinan_Aygül_convicted_for_‘insulting’ men_who_beat_him;_attackers_get_suspended_sentences⠀⇛ “Yesterday, a court in Turkey sentenced journalist Sinan Aygül to prison time for allegedly insulting the men who assaulted and hospitalized him last year. Today, another court let these two men walk free with suspended sentences. This is beyond impunity; this is criminalizing the victim,” said Özgür Öğret, CPJ’s Turkey representative, on Thursday. “Turkish authorities should stop impunity for physical attacks on journalists and ensure justice is done for Aygül, who is the real victim here.” o ⚓ Project Censored ☛ FCC_Regulators_Play_the_Shell_Game_with Broadcasters⠀⇛ Media. Everybody is screaming about the media. Who we love, who we hate, who owns it, who uses it fairly, who outright lies to pander to audiences. Sometimes it feels like the media owns us. Still, there is a part of media that We the People actually own—broadcasting. o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia_outlaws_student_news_outlet_Doxa_as_‘undesirable organization’_—_Meduza⠀⇛ o ⚓ Meduza ☛ In_first,_Russia_fines_activist_for_giving_comment_to news_outlet_designated_‘undesirable’_—_Meduza⠀⇛ * § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Two_Iranian_Protesters_Who_Were_Partially_Blinded_By Security_Forces_Detained⠀⇛ Two Iranian protesters partially blinded by security forces during the 2022 nationwide protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini have been detained by authorities for continuing to speak out against the Islamic republic's leadership. o ⚓ Reason ☛ Feds_Will_Try_Backpage_Co-Founder_Michael_Lacey_for_a Third_Time⠀⇛ It's a frightening reminder of how far the government will go to get their way—and to warn tech companies against platforming speech it doesn't like. o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Study_Shows_Throwing_Money_At_Law_Enforcement_Doesn’t Result_In_Lower_Crime_Rates⠀⇛ Pretty much every law enforcement agency gets exactly what it wants during budget discussions. The spending on policing always seems to increase, despite years of diminishing returns. The money flows in, but very little flows back out in terms of community relations, accountability, or transparency. * § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Error_402:_Would_You_Pay_A_Tenth_Of_A_Penny_For_This Article?⠀⇛ In our continuing Error 402 series on the monetization of web content, we’ve been talking a lot about things that haven’t worked and a few things that have (kinda?) worked, but not in a particularly appealing way (ads, mainly). We will eventually get to more examples of things that are working — along with some areas that might hopefully work better in the future — but today we have another story of a regularly hyped up idea… that never quite seems to work: micropayments. o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ In_The_Midst_Of_Multiple_Controversies_Of_His_Own Making,_NYC_Mayor_Adams_Decides_The_Real_Problem…_Is_Social_Media⠀⇛ It seems that if anything has gone wrong in the world, ignorant and foolish politicians have a readymade scapegoat: it’s all social media’s fault. o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Netflix_Suddenly_Cares_About_Net_Neutrality_Again After_Comcast’s_Peacock_NFL_Success⠀⇛ You might recall that back during the net neutrality wars Netflix was a notable supporter of the concept, arguing that big ISPs shouldn’t be able to pick and choose winners and losers on their networks, or use their monopoly over broadband access to undermine competition over their networks. o ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Medicare_Certifies_Hospices_in_California_Despite State_Ban_on_New_Licenses⠀⇛ The year 2023 was a banner one for hospice reform. Spurred by media reports, letters from Congress and pressure from lobbying groups, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services increased oversight of end-of-life care. It retooled inspections to focus on quality of care. It made ownership data public for the first time. And, kicking off a plan to visit every hospice provider in the country, its staff made appearances at 7000 sites. Following the tour, the Medicare billing privileges for 46 nonoperational hospices were revoked. o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Techdirt_Podcast_Episode_377:_Protocols,_Not Platforms⠀⇛ We’ve got a nice fresh live recording for you today! Just yesterday, Mike was at the Knight Foundation’s INFORMED Conference to participate in a panel discussion with Bluesky CEO Jay Graber, moderated by former Twitter Trust & Safety head Yoel Roth. The subject was decentralized and federated social media, especially its implications for content moderation, and you can listen to the whole panel here on this week’s episode. o ⚓ EFF ☛ Save_your_Twitter_Account⠀⇛ Amid reports that X—the site formerly known as Twitter—is dropping in value, hindering how people use the site, and engaging in controversial account removals, it has never been more precarious to rely on the site as a historical record. So, it’s important for individuals to act now and save what they can. While your tweets may feel ephemeral or inconsequential, they are part of a greater history in danger of being wiped out. Any centralized communication platform, particularly one operated for profit, is vulnerable to being coopted by the powerful. This might mean exploiting users to maximize short-term profits or changing moderation rules to silence marginalized people and promote hate speech. The past year has seen unprecedented numbers of users fleeing X, Reddit, and other platforms over changes in policy.  But leaving these platforms, whether in protest, disgust, or boredom, leaves behind an important digital record of how communities come together and grow. * § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ o ⚓ Positech Games ☛ Is_it_harder_to_sell_games_on_steam_in_2023? [Ed: Games in Steam are rented, not sold]⠀⇛ I had a chat today with a very knowledgeable fellow indie game dev. He asserts that it is way harder for a game dev to sell a game on steam in 2023 than it was in the past. o ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ Palworld_got_a_working_Pokemon_conversion_mod, and_Nintendo's_lawyers_struck_immediately⠀⇛ A Pokémon conversion mod announcement video for Palworld replacing the playable character and capturable Pals with Pokémon characters received Nintendo takedown in under a day. o ⚓ EFF ☛ Tell_the_FTC:_It's_Time_to_Act_on_the_Right_to_Repair⠀⇛ As we have said before, you own what you buy—and you should be able do what you want with it. That should be the end of the story, whether we’re talking about a car, a tractor, a smartphone, or a computer. If something breaks, you should be able to fix it yourself, or choose who you want to take care of it for you. The Federal Trade Commission has just opened a 30-day comment period on the right to repair, and it needs to hear from you. If you have a few minutes to share why the right to repair is important to you, or a story about something you own that you haven't been able to fix the way you want, click here and tell the agency what it needs to hear. § Monopolies/Monopsonies⠀➾ * ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Why_news_publishers_should_fight_to_stop_rollout_of Google_Privacy_Sandbox⠀⇛ As well as cookies, Privacy Sandbox promises to degrade a far broader group of digital signals (such as IP addresses, User Agent Strings, web addresses, storage, and more) that website owners have traditionally used to help personalise and optimise their websites. Google then intends to replace these technologies with their own, proprietary solutions that – it claims – will work just as well. They won’t. * ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ To_comply_with_EU_law,_Apple_opens_door_to_third-party app_stores_in_Europe⠀⇛ The act is seen by the EU as a way to end what it calls unfair practices by companies that act as gatekeepers in the online platform economy. A company falls under the act’s purview only where it has a size that affects the internal market, having achieved a certain annual turnover in the European Economic Area and providing a core platform service in at least three EU states. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Federal_Trade_Commission_Launches_Inquiry_Into_A.I. Deals_by_Tech_Giants⠀⇛ Regulators have typically focused on bringing antitrust lawsuits against deals where the tech giants are buying rivals outright or using acquisitions to expand into new businesses, leading to increased prices for consumers and other harm, and have not regularly challenged stakes that the companies buy in start-ups. The F.T.C.’s inquiry will examine how these investment deals alter the competitive landscape and could inform any investigations by federal antitrust regulators into whether the deals have broken laws. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Apple_Overhauls_App_Store_in_Europe,_in_Response_to New_Digital_Law⠀⇛ To comply with a European Union competition law taking effect on March 7, Apple on Thursday announced major changes to the App Store and other services for consumers in Europe. Users of iPhones and iPads in the 27-nation bloc will for the first time be able to use alternative app stores to download games, productivity tools and other apps. Banks and shopping services can offer competing payment methods inside their apps. People who buy new iPhones in the future will also see a new menu for downloading alternative browsers to Apple’s Safari, such as Chrome and Firefox. * ⚓ Neowin ☛ Report_claims_Abusive_Monopolist_Microsoft_Bing_and_Edge_will avoid_regulation_from_the_EU_Digital_Markets_Act [Ed: EU unfit for purpose when it comes to corporate crimes; it's just there to serve foreign monopolies, or so it sometimes seems (EPO is one example of this)]⠀⇛ With the March 6 deadline looming for major tech companies to comply with the European Union (EU)’s enforcement of its Digital Market Act (DMA) [...] * ⚓ The Verge ☛ FTC_investigating_Microsoft,_Amazon,_and_Google_investments into_OpenAI_and_Anthropic⠀⇛ The FTC wants information on the specific investment agreements between the companies and how the partnerships influence product releases and oversight rights. It also wants an analysis of how these investments impact the market share, competition, and potential for sales growth in the sector; if there is competition for resources to develop AI products; and any information each company may have given to other government entities. The companies have 45 days to respond to the agency. The Verge reached out to Anthropic for comment. OpenAI and Amazon declined to comment. * ⚓ Firstpost ☛ Microsoft_faces_FTC_investigation_for_its_relation_with OpenAI,_Google,_Amazon_to_be_investigated_too⠀⇛ Alphabet, Amazon, and Microsoft are facing scrutiny from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding their investments and partnerships with artificial intelligence (AI) startups Anthropic and OpenAI. The investigation is part of a broader study on how AI impacts competition in the technology industry. The FTC, an antitrust and consumer protection agency, issued subpoenas to gather information, focusing on over $19 billion in investments made by Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet’s Google. These investments solidified alliances between major cloud service providers and leading developers of AI software. The agency is particularly concerned about the dependence of promising AI startups on established tech companies for financing and infrastructure. * § Patents⠀➾ o § Kangaroo Courts⠀➾ # ⚓ Unified_Patents’_2023_Trends_in_Patent_Litigation [Ed: They mention "the Unified Patent Court (UPC)", which is actually an illegal and unconstitutional kangaroo 'court' that is part of ongoing corruption at the EPO and EU]⠀⇛ From the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to new revelations about litigation investment entities, and the launch of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) – 2023 was an eventful year for patent monopoly policy, both in the United States and abroad. * § Trademarks⠀➾ o § Right of Publicity⠀➾ # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Will_There_Be_Any_Consequences_For_All_This Disgusting_AI_Taylor_Swift_Porn?⠀⇛ With AI laws lagging far behind the technology and its more nefarious uses, the onus of removing this kind of content obviously lies with social networks. But there are other pressing questions. Should companies like OpenAI, Microsoft, and MidJourney be responsible for the dissemination of disgusting and abusive content created using their systems? What about the app stores that offer AI software? As lawyer Carrie Golberg, a victim advocacy attorney specializing in digital abuses, noted in her own post, "seller negligence" on the part of Apple's App Store and the Google Play store could potentially be in play because they host the "malicious products that create the images." For now, though, the law remains largely untested — and unwritten, as lawmakers grapple with the rapidly changing tech in real time. # ⚓ Outlook India ☛ AI-Generated_NSFW_Images_Of_Taylor_Swift Spark_Outrage_Among_Netizens:_So_Wrong_And_Inappropriate⠀⇛ Her fans, Swifties, are actively defending her against offensive AI-generated images that have surfaced online. They started to tweet 'Taylor Swift AI' which became trending overnight with unrelated posts to take action to bury this topic and expressed their support for Swift, who has now become a victim of this disturbing trend. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Taylor_Swift_Is_Living_Every_Woman’s_AI Porn_Nightmare⠀⇛ On X—which used to be called Twitter before it was bought by billionaire edgelord Elon Musk—the account which initially posted the AI nudes has been suspended. But the images are still widely available via a quick search of the platform—as are various “nudify” apps that allow users to virtually undress women with generative AI. On Thursday afternoon, the Swift images were still being shared widely by various accounts with blue checks—a meaningless label that used to indicate verified accounts, but is now given to anyone who pays to subscribe to Musk’s platform. * § Copyrights⠀➾ o ⚓ Public Domain Review ☛ Through_the_Cheval_Glass:_Reproduction_in the_Photographs_of_Clementina_Hawarden⠀⇛ Soon after Clementina Hawarden began taking photographs in the mid-19th century, her eye caught on doubles, reflections, her daughters glimpsed in the mirror. Stassa Edwards examines the role that reproduction — photographic, biological — plays in this oeuvre, and searches for the only person not captured clearly: Hawarden herself. o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Palworld_Is_a_Great_Example_Of_The_Idea/Expression Dichotomy⠀⇛ When it comes to copyright suits or conflicts that never should have existed, one of the most common misunderstandings that births them is not understanding the idea/expression dichotomy in copyright law. Even to most laypeople, once you explain it, it’s quite simple. You can copyright a specific expression of something, such as literature, recorded music, etc., but you cannot copyright a general idea. So, while Superman may be subject to copyright protections as a character and in depictions of that character, you cannot copyright a superhero that flies, wears a cape, shoots beams from his eyes, and has super strength. For evidence of that, see: Homelander from The Boys. o ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ IPTV_Blocking_System_Survives:_"Crafty_People Thwarted,"_Says_Serie_A_CEO⠀⇛ A legal challenge against Italy's incoming Piracy Shield IPTV blocking system is dismissed by a local court. An ISP association had voiced a range of concerns, from disproportionate costs for smaller providers to potential liability for overblocking. The CEO of football league Serie A, which is likely to benefit most from the system, welcomed the court's decision. "The usual crafty people have been thwarted," he said. o ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Oscar_Contenders_Get_Piracy_Boost_from_'Best Picture'_Nominations⠀⇛ With thirteen nominations, "Oppenheimer" has positioned itself as the top candidate to scoop up several Academy Awards in March. Interestingly, these nominations didn't move the piracy needle. That stands in sharp contrast to other Best Picture contenders such as "Poor Things" and "Anatomy of a Fall" which saw a significant piracy spike. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Sleepy_Copyright_Office_in_the_Middle_of_a High-Stakes_Clash_Over_A.I.⠀⇛ The office is reviewing how centuries-old laws should apply to artificial intelligence technology, with both content creators and tech giants arguing their cases. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ Puritanically_good⠀⇛ I really like the phrase "puritanically good." I don't actually know much about the Puritans or what they believed, though through context I've understood that they were particularly annoying about what it means for something to be Good, although I feel like that describes most Christian traditions. I like to use it ironically--I'm extremely unconvinced of the idea that there exists "objective goodness" and to me it feels like the more time and energy you invest in defining it the more absurd your results seem. Calling something "puritanically good" invokes the idea that if we were to accept and share a definition of objective goodness, then that thing is it, and that carries a lot of weight. It's so good it provides evidence for objective goodness. # ⚓ Splitting_Myself_to_Pieces_(Just_Two,_Actually)⠀⇛ This is a little bit of spontaneous post, but I still liked to write it, thought be prepared for weird writing style, since as always, I'm experimenting with it :) # ⚓ Cold_Tea⠀⇛ Not much of a trick, but for the last steeping let that sit overnight, then consume the next morning. Be sure to cover it so that dust and bugs have more trouble getting in; the water jugs likewise get covered now due to a spider. # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding_—_CEGHINY_Wordo:_GURUS⠀⇛ # ⚓ Musings_of_a_young_person.⠀⇛ I've been noticing a disconnect between consequences and actions. We live in a world where the internet is so closely integrated with society that we forget that we are in fact people, that avatar or tweet, is still you, just the person on the other side just thinks of you in a way that the ones around you do not. What are the ethical implications of relationships built around the internet, because it's such a beautiful thing. It connects us and could create art and life and creativity. But it isn't, it's just this hellscape ran by suits who have no love for art, and philosophy, of literature. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ One_among_primes⠀⇛ When I was young I thought that 1 was prime. The guy who explained that it wasn’t just said “they just decided that it’s not prime, a lot of stuff works out better that way”. A good, succint “a wizard did it” explanation that satisified me (after all, it had worked out for i, j, k and so on, I didn't trip out over the name "imaginary" and it pretty immediately turned out to be useful) and over the years I found that it was true, that a lot of things really did work out better. o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ agrajag_dev_log_4⠀⇛ I was going to post a clip of page turning, but smog.pub doesn't like the file size. Shame, 'cause it works. # ⚓ Finger_protocol_support⠀⇛ Since finding out about the finger protocol and its use in the smolnet/gemini community, I wanted to add my own finger service to my server. It's nice to see this old protocol revived, so I made this a little short time project. On my FreeBSD machine I use fingerd which comes with the OS and is handled by inetd. I installed my own bash script to handle requests. It can run scripts for every registered finger user or simply return a text file. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Development._what_does_it_look_like_under_Internet Explorer_5_and_DOS⠀⇛ Today I wanted to show you a few screenshots from the Windows 95 and DOS operating systems, what the engine, templates, and site editing look like using the old operating system [...] # ⚓ Back_on_Usenet⠀⇛ A few days ago i learned that Google will shortly detach Google Groups from Usenet: [...] Spam and binaries did increasingly become a problem over time, but what eventually drove me away from Usenet was the toxic behaviours of a number of people, and the resulting signal-to-noise ratio problems. comp.lang.lisp particularly stands out in my mind in this regard, for various reasons[a]. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 4166 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Links 26/01/2024: Right of Publicity Crises in "X", Intel Collapses⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 26, 2024 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Computer_Keyboard⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Audiocasts/Shows * Leftovers o Science o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM) o Monopolies/Monopsonies # Patents # Trademarks # Right_of_Publicity * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ The BSD Now Podcast ☛ BSD_Now_543:_OpenBSD_Workstation Hardening⠀⇛ * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Latvia ☛ Hospital_builder_fined_nearly_half_a_million_euros⠀⇛ Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital has approached the builders of hospital A2 building Velve LLC with requirements to fulfil contractual obligations – to completely dismantle the nearly 8,000 square meter basement affected by mold and pay a contractual penalty of EUR 448,734 calculated for work delayed by the builder, the hospital said in a statement on January 25. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Japan_Explains_How_It_Made_an_Upside-Down Moon_Landing⠀⇛ The SLIM spacecraft survived its trip to the surface, but ended up pointing in a direction that now limits the duration of its mission. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ NASA’s_Ingenuity_Mars_Helicopter_Ends_Its Mission⠀⇛ The robot flew 72 times, serving as a scouting partner to the Perseverance rover, aiding in the search for evidence that there was once life on the red planet. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ Quantum_Computing_Skeptics⠀⇛ Interesting article. I am also skeptical that we are going to see useful quantum computers anytime soon. Since at least 2019, I have_been_saying that this is hard. And that we don’t know if it’s “land a person on the surface of the moon” hard, or “land a person on the surface of the sun” hard. They’re both hard, but very different. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Rockchip_RK3528_Android_13_TV_Box_doubles_as a_Bluetooth_speaker⠀⇛ The H96 Max M7 is a Rockchip RK3528 TV box running Android 13.0 that mostly differentiates itself from competitors with the integration of two speakers allowing the box to be used as a Bluetooth speaker. The rest of the specifications are pretty standard with up to 4GB RAM, 32GB storage, 4Kp60 HDMI video output, video playback up to 4K at 60 fps or 8K at 23 fps, WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 5.1 connectivity, and a single USB port for extension. # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ Intel_and_UMC_team_up_on_chip manufacturing_—_defective_chip_maker_Intel_will_produce jointly_developed_new_12nm_process_node_in_its_US_fabs⠀⇛ Intel and UMC have announced a partnership that will see UMC's 12nm tech used to produce chips in Intel's fabs. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Intel’s_stock_tanks_on_lower_sales forecast⠀⇛ Shares of defective chip maker Intel Corp. fell more than 10% lower in the after-hours session today after the company provided an outlook for its fiscal 2024 first quarter that trailed Wall Street’s expectations. The lower guidance overshadowed a solid earnings beat, with the chipmaker posting earnings and revenue that easily surpassed the Street’s forecasts. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Hepatitis_Treatment_Prevents_The_Progress of_a_Common_Blood_Cancer⠀⇛ There is a link. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Strange_Link_Between_OCD_And_Dying_Early From_a_Wide_Variety_of_Causes⠀⇛ Oddly, cancer isn't one of them. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Bidencare_Is_a_Really_Big_Deal⠀⇛ Health coverage is one area where a president’s policy makes all the difference. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Nitrogen_Hypoxia:_What_to_Know_About_This New_Method_of_Execution⠀⇛ Alabama will be the first state to use nitrogen in an execution. If it goes smoothly, other states are likely to follow. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Vietnamese_political_prisoner_Nguyen_Thuy_Hanh diagnosed_with_cancer⠀⇛ Her husband says squalid prison conditions caused her health to worsen. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Closer_Vietnam-US_ties_not_based_on_Beijing_issues, says_conference⠀⇛ Vietnamese and American experts offered different perspectives on handling China. # ⚓ Stanford University ☛ From_the_Community_|_Healthcare’s role_in_the_‘firearm_epidemic’⠀⇛ Arusha Patil ’25 argues that physicians are key to preventing gun violence. "My generation is sick of nightmares about gun violence," she writes. "We're ready to dream." # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Bill_seeks_cyber_protections_for_food and_agriculture⠀⇛ The Farm and Food Cybersecurity Act aims to identify vulnerabilities in the sector through an annual exercise and regular threat assessments. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ Public Knowledge ☛ Public_Knowledge_Commends_FTC_Move_To Investigate_Big_Tech,_Hey_Hi_(AI)_Partnerships⠀⇛ The agency opens an investigation into Big Tech and its Hey Hi (AI) partnerships. # ⚓ [Repeat] New York Times ☛ Microsoft_Cuts_1,900_Jobs_in_Its Video_Game_Division⠀⇛ The reductions come three months after the tech giant completed its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ Microsoft_lays_off_1,900_Activision Blizzard_and_Xbox_employees_amid_industry-wide_cuts⠀⇛ Mere months after acquiring Activision Blizzard in October 2023, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft is laying off 1,900 employees # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Apple_Overhauls_App_Store_in_Europe,_in Response_to_New_Digital_Law⠀⇛ An E.U. law taking effect in March forced Fashion Company Apple to loosen its grip on the App Store, changes it had long resisted. o § Security⠀➾ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Ring_Will_No_Longer_Allow_Police_to Request_Doorbell_Camera_Footage_From_Users⠀⇛ Amazon-owned Ring will stop allowing police to request doorbell camera footage from users following criticism from privacy advocates. # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Facebook,_X_and_other_companies_are_mining iPhone_user_data_through_app_notifications,_research finds⠀⇛ IPhone users are handing over their personal data with a click of a button, new research finds. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Amazon's_Ring_Will_Stop_Giving_Police_Your Doorbell_Footage_Without_a_Warrant⠀⇛ While not perfect, the move is a step in the right direction for civil liberties. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ The_skies_are_quiet,_but_the_Iran- Pakistan_strikes_left_lasting_diplomatic_damage⠀⇛ While the immediate crisis will subside, an intensified security dilemma will be permanent for Islamabad. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Dissidents_At_Home_And_Abroad_Go_On_Hunger Strike_To_Protest_Executions⠀⇛ Activists in Iran and abroad have announced plans to go on hunger strike in protest against a rise in the clerical establishment's use of the death penalty, including the execution of a 23-year-old protester who was diagnosed with a mental condition. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Too_many_CRs_will_have_catastrophic effects_on_DoD,_Air_Force_official_says⠀⇛ In today's Federal Newscast: The undersecretary of the Air Force said the failure to pass all 12 regular appropriations will have catastrophic effects on the DoD. Feds, who relocate for work, may soon have better coverage of their moving expenses. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ In_Bali_Bombing_Trial,_Victims_Describe Their_Pain_and_Prisoners_Apologize⠀⇛ A Guantánamo military court heard anguishing testimony at the sentencing hearing for two Malaysian prisoners who pleaded guilty after 20 years of detention. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Malaysia_to_investigate_former_premier’s_drop_of claim_over_disputed_territory⠀⇛ Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi stated on Wednesday that a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) will commence on the alleged mishandling of sovereignty disputes in Pedra Branca by the former administration after the Malaysian King appoints the RCI’s members. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Blinken_Touts_U.S._Investments_in_Angola⠀⇛ Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken finished a four-nation tour of Africa with a visit to Angola, site of major new U.S. investments, which may help counter China’s influence. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Kayin_Border_Guard_Force_cuts_ties_with_Myanmar junta⠀⇛ Observers say the move diminishes the military’s power and the junta’s influence on ethnic groups. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ ST_Picks:_Can_China_create_lasting peace_in_Myanmar?⠀⇛ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Military_battalion_camp_seized_by_Kachin_rebels_in Myanmar’s_Shan_state⠀⇛ The capture gives ethnic armies control of a key trade route leading to the border with China. # ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ US_secretly_warned_Iran_before_ISIS terror_attack⠀⇛ The US secretly warned Iran that ISIS was planning a potential terror attack inside Iran’s borders before the group carried out a deadly attack near the burial site of slain military commander Qasem Soleimani on January 3, according to a US official. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ France’s_Immigration_Law_Struck_Down_in Parts_by_Constitutional_Council⠀⇛ The Constitutional Council, which reviews laws to ensure that they conform to the Constitution, struck down many measures that President Emmanuel Macron’s government had added under right-wing pressure. # ⚓ France24 ☛ 'They_set_it_on_fire':_Haitian_man_films_his Port-au-Prince_neighbourhood_after_gang_attacks⠀⇛ In mid-January, a gang carried out a series of deadly attacks on the Solino neighbourhood in Port- au-Prince, Haiti. One of our Observers, who lives in this neighbourhood, filmed the devastation after the attacks. His footage shows burned out homes, shops, cars and a school— and even a charred body. He was able to film after a police intervention restored a measure of calm to the zone. However, peace remains precarious. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Trump_Strengthens_Grip_on_Congress_as_He Presses_Toward_GOP_Nomination⠀⇛ The former president’s opposition has all but killed the prospects for a bipartisan border deal, reflecting how his influence in Congress has grown as he gains ground in the Republican primary. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_Titanic_Geopolitical_Struggle_Is Underway⠀⇛ This is no ordinary moment in world affairs. # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ LRT ☛ Putin’s_visit_to_Kaliningrad_not_a_message_to NATO_–_Kremlin⠀⇛ Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday arrived in the exclave of Kaliningrad, which borders Lithuania and Poland, Russian state media RIA Novosti has reported. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kosovo_Removes_Billboard_In_Volatile_North With_'Honorary_Citizens'_Vucic,_Djokovic,_Putin⠀⇛ A billboard with the pictures of "honorary citizens" including Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, tennis player Novak Djokovic, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, among others, has been taken down in the Serb-majority Kosovo town of Zvecan. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Nationalist,_Kremlin_Critic_Girkin Sentenced_To_4_Years_In_Prison⠀⇛ A court in Moscow has sentenced Russian nationalist Igor Girkin (aka Strelkov) to four years in prison on a charge of making public calls for extremist activities. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Ukraine_and_Russia_trade_accusations_over fatal_plane_crash⠀⇛ Russia and Ukraine traded accusations Thursday over the crash of a military transport plane that Moscow said was carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war and was shot down by Kyiv’s forces, another heated episode in the information war that has been a feature of the conflict. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine_Searches_for_Answers_on Russian_Plane_Crash⠀⇛ Moscow has accused Ukraine of downing the craft, which it says carried 65 Ukrainian P.O.W.s. The claims cannot be independently verified. Kyiv says Russia is exploiting the episode for propaganda. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Putin’s_Achilles_Heel:_Ukraine targets_Russia’s_vital_but_vulnerable_energy_industry⠀⇛ Ukraine has begun 2024 by opening a new front in the war against Putin's Russia with a series of long-range drone strikes on Russia’s vital but vulnerable energy industry, writes Peter Dickinson. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Putin_accused_of_fast-tracking Russian_citizenship_for_abducted_Ukrainian_kids⠀⇛ Ukrainian officials have condemned a new decree signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in early 2024 simplifying the process of conferring Russian citizenship on Ukrainian children abducted from wartime Ukraine. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ ‘No_Time_to_Go_Wobbly’:_Why_Britain Is_Lobbying_U.S._Republicans_on_Ukraine⠀⇛ The U.K., often a wingman to the United States in defense, is pushing its ally to stand firm against President Vladimir V. Putin, amid fears that Russia poses an existential threat to Europe. # ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ Only_five_bodies_delivered_to Belgorod_morgue_after_mysterious_Russian_plane_crash, Ukrainian_intelligence_suggests⠀⇛ Ukraine says it has intelligence suggesting only five bodies were delivered from the crash site of a Russian military transport plane to a nearby morgue, a Ukraine military intelligence official told CNN, casting doubt on Moscow’s claim that dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed in the explosion. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Ukraine_opens_criminal_probe_into_downing of_Russian_military_plane⠀⇛ Ukraine's SBU security service on Thursday opened a criminal probe into the downing of a Russian military plane that Moscow said killed 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Russia_Duma_passes_bill_authorizing confiscation_of_property_over_‘spreading_false information’⠀⇛ Russian lawmakers passed on Wednesday legislation aimed at streamlining the seizure of both monetary assets and properties from individuals found to be in violation of laws pertaining to the dissemination of false information and the ongoing invasion of Ukraine through the first stage of approval.  # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Hungarian_And_Ukrainian_FMs_To_Prepare_Talks Between_Orban_and_Zelenskiy⠀⇛ A meeting between Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and his Hungarian counterpart, Peter Szijjarto, scheduled for January 29 will be "related to the preparation of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's visit to Ukraine," Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna told RFE/RL on January 25. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Woman_Sentenced_To_27_Years_In_Prison For_Killing_Of_Pro-Kremlin_Blogger⠀⇛ A military court in St. Petersburg on January 25 sentenced Darya Trepova to 27 years in prison after finding her guilty of killing prominent pro-Kremlin blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, a fervent proponent of Russia's war in Ukraine. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ New_Report_Says_Georgia's_'Penchant_For Appeasing_Russia'_Hurting_EU_Aspirations⠀⇛ The Kremlin's war on Ukraine has split Eastern Europe, prompting Moldova and Ukraine to grow closer to the European Union while Georgia has exhibited a "penchant for appeasing Russia," according to a new report. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine_To_Start_Building_4_New_Nuclear Reactors_This_Year⠀⇛ Ukraine expects to start construction work on four new nuclear power reactors this summer or autumn, Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said, as the country seeks to compensate for lost energy capacity due to the war with Russia. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia,_Ukraine_Make_Conflicting_Statements About_Whether_There_Was_Warning_Before_Plane_Crashed⠀⇛ Ukraine and Russia have contradicted each other over whether there had been proper notification to secure the airspace around an area where a military transport plane Moscow says was carrying 65 Ukrainian POWs crashed, killing them and nine others on board. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Aircraft_Crash_Prompts_Tension_Between Russia_and_Ukraine⠀⇛ The Russian Defense Ministry said that Ukraine knew its prisoners would be transported to Belgorod for an exchange. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Russia_sentences_woman_to_27_years_for delivering_bomb_that_killed_pro-Kremlin_blogger⠀⇛ A young Russian woman was jailed for 27 years on Thursday for delivering a bomb that exploded in the hands of a pro-war military blogger last year and killed him on the spot. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Russia_court_sentences_woman_to_27_years_for fatal_St._Petersburg_cafe_bombing⠀⇛ A Russian court on Thursday sentenced Darya Trepova to 27 years in prison for her involvement in the alleged terrorist attack that killed pro-war military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky (real name Maxim Fomin) in a café in the country’s capital city St. Petersburg. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Russia_court_sentences_pro-war_activist_to_4 years_in_a_penal_colony_for_inciting_‘extremism’⠀⇛ The Moscow Municipal Court sentenced Igor Girkin (also known as Igor Strelkov) on Thursday to four years in a general regime colony for questioning the salaries of Russian fighters and the situation in Crimea. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_Foreign_Ministry_proposes_extending restrictions_on_Russians,_Belarusians⠀⇛ The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry has proposed extending the existing restrictions on Russian and Belarusian citizens, in place until May, for another year. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Russian_attack_on_NATO_very_unlikely,_says Lithuanian_defence_chief⠀⇛ A Russian attack on NATO countries in the near future is “practically impossible” in terms of its capabilities, says the Lithuanian Chief of Defence Valdemaras Rupšys, although the alliance should still prepare to deter any aggression. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ RFE/RL_Journalist_Kurmasheva_No_Closer_To 'Wrongfully_Detained'_Designation_After_100_Days_In Russian_Jail⠀⇛ RFE/RL journalist Alsu Kurmasheva spent her 100th day in a Russian jail on January 25, and despite pressure to designate her as wrongfully detained as it has other U.S. citizens held in Russia, the U.S. State Department appears no closer doing so. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Lithuania_To_Ban_Military_Personnel_From_Non- Work-Related_Trips_To_Russia,_Belarus,_China⠀⇛ The government of NATO member Lithuania has drafted legislation to ban its military personnel from taking non-work-related trips to Russia, Belarus, and China. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Declares_Doxa_Student_Magazine 'Undesirable_Organization'⠀⇛ Russia's prosecutor-general has added the Doxa student magazine to the register of "undesirable organizations," according to a post on the Telegram channel of the State Duma commission that investigates alleged interference by foreign states in Russia's domestic affairs. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ NATO's_Steadfast_Defender_2024_Drills Target_Russia:_Peskov⠀⇛ "The exercises are quite unprecedented," the Kremlin spokesman said, adding the drills are postured against his country. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Southeast_Finland_Border_Guard_detains_18 crossers,_including_children⠀⇛ Arriving from Russia, the group has applied for asylum in Finland and is suspected of crossing through the terrain illegally on Thursday. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russian_Court_Jails_Woman_Over_Blast That_Killed_Influential_Military_Blogger⠀⇛ Daria Trepova gave Maksim Fomin, who was known more popularly as Vladlen Tatarsky, a statuette that contained a bomb. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ This_agency’s_whistleblower_program has_paid_out_billions_of_dollars⠀⇛ The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) received 18,000 tips from would-be whistleblowers in 2023. Since starting its whistleblower program in 2011, the SEC has paid tipsters some $6.3 billion. # ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ CUESZ_Is_Deceptively_Misdescriptive_of_Cue-less Fitness_Training_Services,_Says_TTAB⠀⇛ The Board upheld a Section 2(e)(1) refusal to register the proposed mark CUESZ, finding it to be deceptively misdescriptive of "Real time personal fitness training services including performance, nutritional, medical restorative and mindfulness personal fitness training and further including conditioning and recovery strategies therefor to individual clients." In reponse to an initial mere descriptiveness refusal, the applicant stated that he had "no intention to provide prompting or reminders from the instructor/trainer, now or in the future." After that, things went south. In_re Mark_Beveridge, Serial No. 90647376 (January 17, 2024) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Jennifer L. Elgin). o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ BIA Net ☛ M5.2_earthquake_strikes_Turkey's_Malatya⠀⇛ The quake was also felt in nearby provinces. No casualties or damage have been reported. # ⚓ University of Michigan ☛ Ford_School_hosts_talk_on measuring_the_global_inequalities_of_climate_change⠀⇛ Tamma Carleton, assistant professor of economics at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara, spoke with University of Michigan community members Thursday about her research on climate change. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Proposal_to_Reduce_Royal_Mail Deliveries_in_U.K._Draws_Ire⠀⇛ Letter volumes have halved since 2011. Without significant changes, the beleaguered Royal Mail services will become “out of date,” according to a report. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ A_Record-Sized_Deep_Sea_Coral_Reef Was_Mapped_in_The_Atlantic,_And_It's_Breathtaking⠀⇛ A wonderfully alien ecosystem. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Archaeologists_Hunting_For Cleopatra's_Tomb_Found_a_"Geometric_Miracle"_Tunnel⠀⇛ What's it for? # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Why_are_dolphins_at_the_heart_of_a Mississippi_lawsuit?⠀⇛ Mississippi state leaders are suing the Army Corps of Engineers, alleging the corps’s decision to divert water from the Mississippi River as a flood prevention strategy for New Orleans led to countless dolphin deaths in the Mississippi Sound. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Millions_of_Argentina_workers_strike_against President_Javier_Milei_austerity_measures⠀⇛ Millions of workers from Argentina’s went on strike after the country’s three major labor confederations—the General Confederation of Labor, the Argentine Workers’ Central Union and the Argentine Workers’ Central Union—called for a general strike against recently-elected President Javier Milei. # ⚓ University of Michigan ☛ The_writers’_strike_means_media socialization_is_back⠀⇛ In May 2023, Hollywood writers broke their silence on pay injustice and went on strike for the first time in 15 years. An overwhelming 98% of the Writers Guild of America, a labor union that negotiates contracts for professional film, radio and television writers, voted to boycott writing until fair compensation was granted. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ German_Train_Drivers_Embark_on_6-Day_Strike⠀⇛ According to a YouGov survey, 59 percent of citizens had "no sympathy" for the strike action. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Next_week’s_labour_action_—_not_a_general_strike,_but maybe_close⠀⇛ A wave of strike actions at the start of February, aimed at forcing the Finnish government to reconsider its labour market policy, may expand even further. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ As_China’s_Markets_Stumble,_Japan_Rises Toward_Record⠀⇛ A change in perception among investors about China and Japan is one of the biggest themes in the markets right now. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Biggest_unemployment_fund_says_benefit_claims rising⠀⇛ Every employee pays for income-linked unemployment benefits, but only members of unemployment funds receive them. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Finnish_Lapland_plans_incentives_to_attract filmmakers_to_region [Ed: Giving subsidies from taxpayers?]⠀⇛ Many regions in Finland already have production incentives in place, and Lapland is planning to join the race. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ South_Korean_Politician_Is_Attacked_in Seoul⠀⇛ Bae Hyunjin, of the country’s governing party, was assaulted in Seoul and taken to a hospital. The attack came three weeks after another politician was stabbed. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Can_China_and_US_cooperate_to_calm_a_bellicose Kim_Jong_Un?⠀⇛ Experts worry that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may have decided to go to war against South Korea. Can China and the U.S. work together to stop him? # ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.S._Is_Watching_North_Korea_for_Signs_of Lethal_Military_Action⠀⇛ A shift by Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, toward open hostility against South Korea is alarming but does not indicate he is about to start a full-scale war, officials say. # ⚓ RFA ☛ China_sends_top_diplomat_to_Pyongyang_amid_N_Korea’s economic_woes⠀⇛ Sources hint that there are emerging signs of a potential leaders’ summit between the two countries this year. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ US_lawmakers_tell_Taiwan_president- elect_Lai_Ching-te_that_support_for_island_is_‘firm’⠀⇛ Two US lawmakers met Taiwanese president-elect Lai Ching-te on Thursday to reaffirm Washington’s support for the self-ruled island, which China claims as part of its territory. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Expect_Chinese_economic_retaliation against_Taiwan_after_the_DPP’s_presidential_victory⠀⇛ Economic coercion will allow China to increase pressure on Taiwan without directly confronting the US and leave significant leeway to calibrate trade measures. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ A_tiny_island-nation’s_election_has_big_stakes for_China,_Taiwan⠀⇛ Tuvalu, an island in the South Pacific, is one of the world’s smallest countries. But its upcoming election could have big consequences for international relations. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Climate_threatened_Tuvalu_holds election_watched_by_Taiwan,_China⠀⇛ Voting began on Friday in the tiny Pacific Island nation of Tuvalu in a national election that is being closely watched by China, Taiwan, the US and its ally Australia, amid a tussle for influence in the region. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ New_Zealand_withdraws_Bill_allowing_16- year-olds_to_vote_in_local_body_elections⠀⇛ A minister had asked that the Bill be withdrawn as it did not have the new National Party-led government's support. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ North_Dakota_judge_refuses_to_block_portion_of state_abortion_ban⠀⇛ A North Dakota judge denied a request for a preliminary injunction Tuesday, allowing the state’s abortion ban to remain in effect. The Center for Reproductive Rights, a reproductive rights organization, filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s ban, which currently makes it a felony to perform or aid an abortion, with an exception for situations [...] # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Plans_for_Gaza’s_‘Day_After’_Seem_Ever Distant⠀⇛ The very idea that there will be a clear line between war and peace is misleading, given the politics, security needs and anxieties of all sides. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Elon_Musk_Spreads_Election Misinformation_on_X_Without_Fact_Checkers⠀⇛ Civil rights lawyers and Democrats are sounding alarms about Mr. Musk’s claims about voting. The Biden campaign called his posts “profoundly irresponsible.” o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Hong_Kong_leader_warns_of_foreign_'wolves'_waiting_to pounce⠀⇛ One report says Amnesty International, Greenpeace could be targeted under forthcoming new security law. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Hong_Kong_to_focus_on_security_laws_over_economic revival⠀⇛ Chief executive says only after the completion of legislation can Hong Kong strive for economic development. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Article_23:_Hong_Kong_to_set_up special_teams_to_promote_upcoming,_new_security_law,_and rebut_‘hostile’_criticism⠀⇛ The Hong Kong government will establish special teams to promote Article 23 – the city’s own national security law, expected to be passed this year – and to rebut criticism of the legislation by “hostile forces.” o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_Apple_Daily_newspaper continued_campaigning_after_founder_Jimmy_Lai_detained,_ex- publisher_says⠀⇛ Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai told the newspaper’s staff to keep campaigning against Hong Kong’s national security law and try to attract foreign attention even after he was detained, the former publisher of the media outlet told Lai’s national security trial. Cheung Kim-hung, a defendant turned prosecution witness, told the court that Lai had instructed […] o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Public Knowledge ☛ Public_Knowledge_Commends_FCC_Action_To Improve_Outage_Reporting_During_Emergencies⠀⇛ The FCC moves to keep local officials and the public informed of network outages during emergencies. o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ ‘Secret_World_of_Sound’_—_A_Three-Part Special_from_the_Nature_of_Things⠀⇛ ‘Secret World of Sound,’ a three-part nature documentary premiering next month on CBC’s The Nature of Things and CBC’s Gem. Infield Fly Productions has announced the three-part nature documentary series, “Secret World of Sound,” a co- production with Humble Bee Films in association with DRM spreader Netflix and Sky TV. § Monopolies/Monopsonies⠀➾ o § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ Google_settles_ahead_of_closing_arguments in_Singular_Computing’s_$1.67_billion_Hey_Hi_(AI)_tech_patent monopoly_trial⠀⇛ Google has settled ahead of the scheduled closing arguments in Singular Computing’s $1.67 billion Hey Hi (AI) tech patent monopoly trial. However, it still insists it didn't use SIngular's technologies, and the settlement sum wasn't revealed. # ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Quest_entity_Taasera_cyber_security patent_monopoly_challenged⠀⇛ On January 23, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S._Patent 7,673,137, owned by Taasera Licensing LLC, an NPE and a Quest_Patent_Research_Corporation entity.  The ‘137 patent monopoly relates to methods of computer security using program validation. # ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Bandspeed_Bluetooth_patent_monopoly_found invalid⠀⇛ On January 23, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a final rejection of the challenged claims of U.S._Patent_7,903,608, owned and asserted by Bandspeed, LLC, an NPE. The ‘608 patent monopoly is generally directed to communication devices for adaptive frequency-hopping based on channel performance. # ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ Can_Standard_Essential_Patents Accelerate_Ecological_Transition?⠀⇛ The potential of Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) in driving the ecological transition poses a compelling question. Could these patents be instrumental in fostering innovative technologies and ensuring interoperability of products that are key to the ecological transition? # § Kangaroo Courts⠀➾ # ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ Irish_referendum_on_joining_the Unified_Patent_Court_Agreement_in_June_2024 [Ed: Unified Patent Court is illegal and unconstitutional. This is the ongoing expansion of EPO crimes to the EU. This blog is controlled by the Team UPC profiteers, too.]⠀⇛ Ireland will hold a referendum on joining of the Unified Patent Court in June. This has been confirmed by the Irish government. o § Trademarks⠀➾ # § Right of Publicity⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Fake_Explicit_Taylor_Swift_Images Swamp_Social_Media⠀⇛ Fans of the star and lawmakers condemned the images, probably generated by artificial intelligence, after they were shared with millions of social control media users. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Explicit_AI-Generated_Taylor Swift_Pics_Circulate_Online_—_X/Twitter_in_Damage Control⠀⇛ Explicit AI-generated pictures of Taylor Swift begin circulating on social control media, leading to X/Twitter doing damage control. When explicit AI-generated fake pictures of Taylor Swift started circulating on X — formerly known as Ex-Twitter — her fans were quick to swarm the social control media platform with real (not explicit) pictures of the star. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ X_criticized_for_being_too_slow_to moderate_pornographic_AI-generated_deepfakes_of_Taylor Swift⠀⇛ Pop star Taylor Swift is said to be “furious” after sexually explicit deepfake images and videos of her appeared en masse this week on the social control media platform X Inc., formerly Ex-Twitter Inc. # ⚓ Public Knowledge ☛ Celebs:_They’re_Just_Like_Us!_(Or Might_Be,_Under_These_New_Anti-Deepfake_Bills)⠀⇛ One concern that’s resurfaced in artificial intelligence policy discourse is the risk of Hey Hi (AI) as an impersonation tool. 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