Ladybird adopts Rust, with help from AI
Simon Willison / simonwillison - Ladybird adopts Rust, with help from AIReally interesting case-study from Andreas Kling on advanced, sophisticated use of coding agents for ambitious coding projects with critical code. After a few years hoping Swift's platform support outside of the Appl…
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Ring’s Super Bowl Ad Generates So Much Backlash It Has Ended Its Partnership With Flock Safety
Tim Cushing / techdirt - Eight million ways to die. According to AdWeek, the price for a 30-second commercial during Super Bowl LX has soared to $8 million, after NBC opened in the summer by offering spots for $7 million. As AdWeek notes, “due to demand, the company has already r…
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Ofcom issues largest-ever Online Safety Act fine
Oscar Hornstein / uktech - Ofcom has issued the largest fine to date under the Online Safety Act (OSA), demanding that 8579 LLC pays £1.35m for failing to implement age verification on its pornographic sites. The regulator launched an investigation into the company, which owns doze…
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Robotaxis are coming to London. The city's famed black cab drivers are skeptical
techxplore - The Ford Mustang Mach-E cruises down a London road choked with traffic, using its onboard AI system to avoid jaywalkers and cyclists, and navigate roadwork as it drives to its destination.
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