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The story mentions that Sergey Brin was "tbd" on his support for Israel. Sergey Brin has recently made it clear which side he's on [1]. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/technolog…

Yeah I don't care

Tesla would be fucked without tariffs.

So despite the very weak propaganda about the Houthis, it turns out it was all about the Gaza genocide. This could have stopped at any point by the Biden administration, instead it…

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No one should. It should get an IPO. Chrome will make a lot of money from Google, Bing, ChatGPT, etc by selling default search.

It's fine for App Store developers to complain about their costs of doing business like any other business. I'm not sure what the point of bringing up nonsensical hypotheticals lik…

What's the best two-factor app right now?

The Houthis didn't find out why Americans don't have healthcare.

Well the they might be just a college student, but they could have a relationship with the actual target in some way. And if it's part of a complex operation they could be trying s…

This will be another issue determined by EU courts, but Apple is not justifying it as a show of force. They're justifying it based on Epic's prior breach of contract and statements…

Right, the major difference being that Epic is not an employee of Apple and thus cannot benefit from employment law. The terms of their relationship is governed by contract law, an…

I'm not aware of any duty to deal in the DMA.

Epic perhaps thought Apple might show them grace after the lawsuit in the US. A kind of repeat of the Apple-Samsung litigation where everyone has a "it's just business" attitude an…

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Companies comply with those regulations because, on balance, the incentives still make it logical to. That doesn't mean an unbalanced regulation that misunderstands the target's in…

Malicious compliance and "spirit of the law" aren't real things when it comes to the legal system. You either comply with the law or you don't. And courts will ultimately decide if…

They were basically negotiating in public. I think the EC probably realized that the DMA as currently written is flawed and producing outcomes they don't want, and this episode bas…

Apparently you have a higher standard for "get along" than I do. I think not being actively at war for decades qualifies.

They have for decades since the armistice agreement was signed in 1953 after the Korean War.

It's time for the US to end the sanctions on North Korea. The abuse workers face is a straight line result from the fact that virtually all aspects of their economy are under total…