@IntCyberDigest Somewhere in Mountain View CA is a project manager who didn’t think this through and was banking on putting this on their resume for that big promotion they were after but is punching the air right now
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‼️ BREAKING: Google is pulling Nano Banana image generation from Google Earth a day after launch.
Users created prompts to generate images showing a plane hitting a Manhattan skyscraper, a bombing in Moscow, a nuclear plant in Iran, refugees at the US–Mexico border and a bomb crater in Los Angeles.
Google says it's building "stronger guardrails."
News from Google@NewsFromGoogle
Re: our statement on Image Generation in Google Earth: “We know that people uniquely trust Google Earth for a reliable view of the world. We’ve seen geospatial professionals using this feature for a range of useful purposes, however we’ve also seen people sharing screenshots of generated imagery that appear to violate our policies. So we’re rolling back this feature in Google Earth while we work on implementing stronger guardrails. It's important to note that generated images didn’t appear in the main Google Earth experience for others to see and were watermarked as AI generated.”
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@BoyGeorge @DahliaKurtz When people show you who they are , believe them
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In Buddhism we understand that every action comes with a consequence. Due to my decision to stand up for my Jewish friends I am losing a few people from my life. Today I parted company with Tony Pontius who has run my record label BGP for a number of years. I wanted to release 'We Will Dance Again' but he was unequivocal and said 'I want nothing to do with this song' and I responded 'ok, we are done'.
When someone is gutless it really does not hurt to say goodbye. My faith in humanity will not diminish and the truth will always win.
I will release it!
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This would be like asking Black students if the KKK was a “white rights defending group or terrorist organization” and then forcing them to defend their position, and then when called out for asking the question in first place doubling down by claiming it’s legitimate discourse.
Absolutely disgusting in both cases.
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Jewish and Israeli students attending a high school in San Jose were asked if Hamas was a freedom-fighting group or terrorists and to defend that opinion. When parents complained, the school ruled it was a perfectly valid topic to debate.
There is no debate to be had. Hamas is designated by the US government as a terrorist organization.
The fact that a high school is even entertaining such a discussion is strange enough, but after Jewish students and families filed a complaint about the assignment in May, the Campbell Union High School District determined that the school was not discriminating when posing the question.
For Jewish students, many of whom have a connection to Israel and the Oct 7 massacre, carried out by Hamas, this is not "just asking a question".
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We have a standing meeting about this word twice a week, every two weeks.
Boyan Slat@BoyanSlat
This is objectively the worst word in the English language
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@DailyLoud The dude w the black hat punching the other dude while he’s trying to separate the dogs is a piece of shit
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Two men get into a fight then their dogs start fighting
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@jvaruzzo @ivanburazin The settings-instead-of-app thing is infuriating
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@ivanburazin Same on iPhone (even ios 27 beta). Nothing more annoying then pulling down to search for "Youtube" and it defaults to YouTube settings instead of YouTube app.
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Mac search has been broken for 2 years, and nobody at Apple seems to care.
- I open spotlight search
- Type "calc"
- Calculator appears
- I hit return
But in the 0.2 seconds before I hit return, it swaps to a random file with the word "calc" in it somewhere. And I open a file I didn't want.
This happens to me every single day.
Very unbecoming of a $5T company whose customers are still obsessed with its products.
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@NewsFromGoogle @henkvaness That’s not going to stop disinformation from being spread
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We take misinformation seriously – every image created with Nano Banana in Google Earth includes the SynthID digital watermark, so if someone is unsure about an image, they can ask the Gemini app or use Lens in Search to see if the image was AI-generated. In addition, we prevent image creation on harmful topics and are continually updating our protections → policies.google.com/terms/generati…
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Tonight I typed just one sentence into Google Earth and put refugees near the Mexican border. Then I planted a nuclear plant in Iran. What on earth is Google doing? Check my latest post here: digitaldigging.org/p/how-to-plant…
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this is an absolutely evil thing to do to someone who makes significantly less than you do
Beth Ann Nichols@GolfweekNichols
Charley Hull bought a fake lottery ticket in Blackpool last night and tricked her caddie into thinking he'd won $100,000! "He's taken his hat off. He's taken his glasses off. He's literally running around the players lounge sayin', 'I've won $100,000. I'm taking today off.' His face looks so happy. He was sweating. He was trembling. He couldn't believe his luck, and we had to tell him it was fake and he nearly quit the job."
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Charley Hull bought a fake lottery ticket in Blackpool last night and tricked her caddie into thinking he'd won $100,000!
"He's taken his hat off. He's taken his glasses off. He's literally running around the players lounge sayin', 'I've won $100,000. I'm taking today off.' His face looks so happy. He was sweating. He was trembling. He couldn't believe his luck, and we had to tell him it was fake and he nearly quit the job."
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@mzansi_Mdavazo @Howlingmutant0 They have women only tournaments (and even titles) too, despite the game largely not being gender segregated.
They do it to grow the game and to encourage more women and girls to play.
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Can someone explain why poker is a gender segregated game to begin with? I can’t think of any reason that isn’t insulting to women
Morbid Knowledge@MorbidKnowledge
David Hughes entered a women-only poker tournament, defeated 82 female players, and walked away with the prize despite not being a woman. The 70-year-old won the 2023 Ladies Event at Florida's Seminole Hard Rock, taking home $5,555 after entering under a legal loophole. He did not claim to identify as a woman, Florida's anti-discrimination law prevented the casino from excluding him solely because he was male, sparking widespread controversy.
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@AvivaKlompas @davidmdraiman They want the same deal he’s giving to Iran. Basically they want to get paid with little to no commitment from themselves
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🔴 Hamas has reportedly sent a letter to the White House asking President Trump for a decade-long hudna (long-term truce) in Gaza.
The terror group says that it is prepared to honor an agreement and gradually disarm, while seeking a long-term ceasefire under which Israel would refrain from attacking Gaza, cease targeted killings of senior Hamas officials, and begin a gradual withdrawal of its forces from the Strip.
Details of the reported proposal:
➡️ Hamas would gradually surrender its weapons over several years but would not commit to handing over its heavy weaponry.
➡️ Arab states would pay millions of dollars in "retirement compensation" to Hamas officials who would be replaced by a technocratic committee.
➡️ Israel would commit to a long-term ceasefire, including an end to targeted killings in the Gaza Strip. The IDF would remain in the Yellow Line security zone but would gradually evacuate certain areas.
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@AvivaKlompas @davidmdraiman “Hamas would gradually surrender its weapons over several years but would not commit to handing over its heavy weaponry.”
Nope. Deal breaker.
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And if having occasional women-only events grows the game among women who might otherwise be hesitant to start playing and feel more comfortable in that environment, then I don’t see anything wrong with it nor is it insulting to women.
It’s just another way to grow the game, and at the end of the day everyone who enjoys the game benefits from the game growing.
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It typically isn’t but they’ll have women-only events sometimes as a way to encourage women to participate. For example, the WSOP main event isn’t gender segregated at all.
You see something similar in the chess world, most events are open to all but they’ll occasionally have women only ones as a way to encourage and foster the women’s game.
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BREAKING: A new agreement between mediators and Hamas.
• All weapons, tunnels, and stockpiles surrendered
• Weapons transferred within weeks to depots
• Hamas ends all military activity and recruitment
• No Israeli withdrawal from the yellow line until disarmament
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@Dexerto $56 mil is a lot for that, actually. Give them like $50k and call it even. $100k if the pig damaged something. But $56M, I mean… some gotta be buried or disabled for $56M right? 😆
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The US is fighting like the war is being planned by a committee making PowerPoint presentations that they can use for their next promotion packet, meanwhile Israel fights it like it’s being run by people who are convinced that if they lose then their entire families will die (and they’re not wrong)
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America: Bombs a few bases and warehouses.
Israel: Prank calls the IRGC, gathers its entire airforce top command in the same room and then kills them all.
In the Middle East, you must fight like a Middle Easterner.
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I messed up.
At our YC afterparty, we offered free tattoos and said we’d be happy to interview anyone who got one. What I thought would be a fun, memorable way to meet people was, in reality, reckless, and instead came across as tying a permanent tattoo to job opportunity, which showed poor judgement.
Even though participants chose their own tattoos and no one was asked to get our logo, I should have understood the pressure and power dynamic created by connecting tattoos to hiring.
Regardless of said intent, turning a celebration of personalized art into a company stunt was poorly exercised judgement. We’ve taken the posts down and have spoken to everyone who participated. We’re also ready to cover associated removal costs with anyone facing any delayed regret.
I’m sorry to the people we put in that position, and to everyone who expected better from me. There’s no clever explanation here. I got carried away, and I was wrong.
For the facts: interviews were available to everyone regardless.
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