Judge Rules Google is a Monopoly (Again… for the 2nd time this year)
The odds of Google being broken up into Mini-Googles just keeps getting higher. ⌘ Read more
“Move to iOS” app continuously refused to run as intended and expected, so couldn’t migrate mum’s Android based phone data. Most of her stuff is on a Google account, but not the SMS/MMS/RCS messages. Haven’t found a way to export, then import those into iOS.
She isn’t too happy having to keep the old phone just for the messages. Need to find a way to go through them, export multimedia attachments, and import them into iOS. I don’t think it’s going to happen, but I am not letting her know yet. 😅
Vibe coding with GitHub Copilot: Agent mode and MCP support rolling out to all VS Code users
In celebration of MSFT’s 50th anniversary, we’re rolling out Agent Mode with MCP support to all VS code users. We are also announcing the new GitHub Copilot Pro+ plan w/ premium requests, the general availability of models from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI, next edit suggestions for code completions & the Copilot code review agent.
The post [Vibe coding with GitHub Copilot: Agent mode and MC … ⌘ Read more
Are You a Nintendo Fan? There’s an iPhone App For That Now
Nintendo today released a new iPhone app that can provide you with daily updates about company news, upcoming game releases, and more.
Nintendo Today! is available in the App Store for the iPhone for free, and it is also available in the Google Play … ⌘ Read more
Security updates for Wednesday
Security updates have been issued by Debian (nginx and ruby-rack), Fedora (expat and libxslt), Mageia (bluez, dcmtk, ffmpeg, and radare2), Red Hat (container-tools:rhel8, gvisor-tap-vsock, kernel, kernel-rt, libreoffice, and podman), SUSE (buildah, forgejo, gitleaks, google-guest-agent, google-osconfig-agent, govulncheck-vulndb, grafana, helm, libxslt, php8, python-gunicorn, and python-Jinja2), and Ubuntu (freerdp2 and varnish). ⌘ Read more
[$] Multiple memory classes for address-space isolation
Brendan Jackman has been working to try to get ahead of the next hardware CPU
vulnerability
before it gets discovered. In January, he posted the second version of
a patch set that introduces
address-space isolation (ASI) as a way of
preventing future CPU vulnerabilities from leaking important
information. The core concept is to ensure that data that is not currently
ne … ⌘ Read more
Budget phone wars: The three cheaper Androids taking on Apple’s $1000 iPhone 16e
Google has just unveiled its new cut-price Pixel phone to join a crowded field. ⌘ Read more
Hi! For anyone following the Request for Comments on an improved syntax for replies and threads, I’ve made a comparative spreadsheet with the 4 proposals so far. It shows a syntax example, and top pros and cons I’ve found:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KOUqJ2rNl_jZ4KBVTsR-4QmG1zAdKNo7QXJS1uogQVo/edit?gid=0#gid=0
Feel free to propose another collaborative platform (for those without a G account), and also share your comments and analysis in the spreadsheet or in Gitea.
Le printemps se rapproche, les fusillades aussi
Les semaines, en France, se suivent et ne se ressemblent pas, sauf peut-être sur le constat qu’il devient de plus en plus difficile d’éviter les arrosages au plomb dans certains quartiers. Et pour s’en convaincre, on pourra taper un mot comme « fusillade » (ou « tirs ») dans Google News, et obtenir assez rapidement un petit état des […] ⌘ Read more
DOJ Says Google Must Sell Chrome, Can Keep AI
Plus: No more default Search Engine payments to Mozilla or Apple. ⌘ Read more
CNCF Joins Google Summer of Code 2025 – Calling All Contributors!
We’re thrilled to share that the Cloud Native Computing Foundation has once again been accepted as a Google Summer of Code (GSoC) mentoring organization for 2025! This program is a fantastic opportunity for new contributors—especially students—to… ⌘ Read more
[AFH] [0.13 XMR] Anonymous Web development for landing page - No Logs, No Tracking, Just Code.
I offer minimalist landing pages, personal portfolios, and business profile websites with a strong focus on privacy and anonymity. No tracking, no Google Analytics, and no sensitive data collection. delivery can take times depending how complex the website is.
Link: https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/QyQR/
AdditionalRabbit31 (XMRBazaar) ⌘ Read more
The Firefox “Terms of Use” Backlash Threatens to Destroy What’s Left of Mozilla
Mozilla accidentally shares internal Google Doc with Lunduke (for one minute). ⌘ Read more
Why you got to lie to me Google?
Why you got to lie to me Google?
robots.txt that I have on https://git.mills.io/robots.txt with content:
@prologic@twtxt.net Have you tried Google’s robots.txt report? https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6062598?hl=en . I would expect Google to be pretty good about this sort of thing. If you have the energy to dig into it and, for example, post on support.google.com, I’d be curious to hear what you find out.
On my hit list of assholes tech giants that break the rules and are bad web citizens:
Microsoft
Google
Alibaba
Open AI
more to come…
It would appear that Google’s web crawlers are ignoring the robots.txt that I have on https://git.mills.io/robots.txt with content:
User-agent: *
Disallow: /
Evidence attached (see screenshots):
– I think its the the Small Web community band together and file a class action suit(s) against Microsoft.com Google.com and any other assholes out there (OpenAI?) that violate our rights and ignore requests to be “polite” on the web. Thoughts? 💭
reviewing logs this morning and found i have been spammed hard by bots not respecting the robots.txt file. only noticed it because the OpenAI bot was hitting me with a lot of nonsensical requests. here is the list from last month:
- (810) bingbot
- (641) Googlebot
- (624) http://www.google.com/bot.html
- (545) DotBot
- (290) GPTBot
- (106) SemrushBot
- (84) AhrefsBot
- (62) MJ12bot
- (60) BLEXBot
- (55) wpbot
- (37) Amazonbot
- (28) YandexBot
- (22) ClaudeBot
- (19) AwarioBot
- (14) https://domainsbot.com/pandalytics
- (9) https://serpstatbot.com
- (6) t3versionsBot
- (6) archive.org_bot
- (6) Applebot
- (5) http://search.msn.com/msnbot.htm
- (4) http://www.googlebot.com/bot.html
- (4) Googlebot-Mobile
- (4) DuckDuckGo-Favicons-Bot
- (3) https://turnitin.com/robot/crawlerinfo.html
- (3) YandexNews
- (3) ImagesiftBot
- (2) Qwantify-prod
- (1) http://www.google.com/adsbot.html
- (1) http://gais.cs.ccu.edu.tw/robot.php
- (1) YaK
- (1) WBSearchBot
- (1) DataForSeoBot
i have placed some middleware to reject these for now but it is not a full proof solution.
‘Godfather of AI’ sounds alarm on Google weapons plan
Nobel Prize winner Geoffrey Hinton helped pioneer Google’s work in artificial intelligence. Now he has lashed out at the tech giant. ⌘ Read more
‘Most dangerous technology ever’: Protesters urge AI pause
Google this week quietly revised its artificial intelligence ethics, no longer ruling out military or surveillance use. ⌘ Read more
Google Launches New Versions of Gemini, Including ‘Thinking’ Model
Google today announced updates to Gemini, the company’s AI product that competes with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, DeepSeek, and Apple Intelligence.
Starting today, Gemini app users can access Google’s [2.0 Flash Thinking Experim … ⌘ Read more
在 Go 中實現 TOTP 認證:實踐指南
時間性一次性密碼(TOTP)已成爲現代應用中實現雙因素認證(2FA)的標準。在本指南中,我們將探討如何在 Go 中使用流行的 github.com/pquerna/otp 庫實現 TOTP。 什麼是 TOTP?———TOTP 生成臨時密碼,這些密碼在短時間內(通常是 30 秒)有效。這項技術是 Google Authenticator、Authy 等認證器應用背後的核心技術。TOTP ⌘ Read more
Why Samsung’s latest Ultra can claim to be the best android available right now
Phones aren’t the competent AI assistants of sci-fi just yet, but Samsung’s blend of high-end hardware and Google smarts indicates the way forward. ⌘ Read more
Digital transformation driven by community: Kubernetes as example
Member post by Angel Ramirez, Cuemby In a rapidly evolving technological landscape, Kubernetes emerges as a transformative force in open-source innovation. Originating from a Google project in 2014, it has grown into a global movement that… ⌘ Read more
Cake Wallet adds XMR/WOW passphrase restore support
Cake Labs1 has released Cake Wallet v4.23.0-RC2 with support for Zano wallets, and passphase restore for Monero and Wownero:
The latest version of Cake Wallet is now live for public beta testing here on Github as well as on Google Play (testers channel) and Apple TestFlight. This release of Cake Wallet brings support for Zano, a privacy-preserving cryptocurrency with additional alias and token functionality to Cake Wal … ⌘ Read more
Samsung changes little for S25 phones, but AI collaboration with Google grows
Gemini is the new default chatbot on the Galaxy S25 phones, which otherwise are near-identical to last year. ⌘ Read more
Go 表達式引擎之理解與使用 cel-go
在現代應用中,表達式求值引擎已經成爲許多系統不可或缺的一部分。它可以讓業務邏輯與代碼分離,爲動態規則配置提供極大的靈活性。而 Google 開源的 cel-go (Common Expression Language for Go) 就是這樣一款輕量級、高性能的表達式求值引擎。無論你是初學者還是需要在項目中集成 cel-go,這篇文章都將帶你從入門到精通!什麼是 CEL 和 cel-go?CEL( ⌘ Read more
Ten Times Google Maps Solved the Case
In these ten cases, everything from Street View snapshots to Google Earth satellite imagery played a key role in uncovering crazy truths, finding missing persons, and piecing together unsolved mysteries. Some of these crimes are bizarre, some are tragic, and others are almost too coincidental to believe. But they all share one thing in common: […]
The post [Ten Times Google Maps Solved the Case](https://listverse.com/2025/01/18/ten-times-google-maps-solved … ⌘ Read more
Google Begins Requiring JavaScript For Google Search
Google says it has begun requiring users to turn on JavaScript, the widely-used programming language to make web pages interactive, in order to use Google Search. From a report: In an email to TechCrunch, a company spokesperson claimed that the change is intended to “better protect” Google Search against malicious activity, such as bots and spam, and to improve the over … ⌘ Read more
Will The Linux Foundation Purchase Chrome?
The courts are primed to force Google to sell Chrome, & Google is preparing by setting up a “Chrome” organization within The Linux Foundation. ⌘ Read more
EU Not Reassessing Apple and Google Antitrust Investigations, But New Administration Could Shift Priorities
The European Union is “reassessing” its investigations into big U.S. tech companies like Apple, Meta, and Google, claims Financial Times, though a spokesperson from the European Commission has denied that such a review is taking place.

使用 Go 構建基於時間的一次性密碼 -TOTP- 生成器
前言–現在很多網站都開啓了 2FA(Two-Factor Authentication,雙因素認證),如 GitHub、Google、微軟等。這種額外的安全層顯著提高了賬戶的安全性。本文將深入探討如何使用 Go 語言實現 TOTP 生成器,並詳細解釋其工作原理和安全考慮原理解析—-兩步驗證要求用戶提供兩種不同形式的身份驗證:知識因素:用戶知道的信息(如密碼) 所有權因素:用戶擁有的設 ⌘ Read more
Employees Speak Out: Google, Apple, Microsoft, & Intel Discriminate Against White Men
“I’d love to hire you, but, unfortunately, you’re a white male.” ⌘ Read more
Go Protobuf 新增全新不透明 API
Protobuf 是 Google 的語言中立的數據交換格式。早在 2020 年 3 月,就發佈了 google.golang.org/protobuf 模塊,這是對 Go protobuf API 的重大修訂。該包引入了對反射的一流支持、一個 dynamicpb 實現和 protocmp 包,以便於測試。現在,我們將爲生成的代碼發佈一個新的 API,我們將說明創建新 API 的動機,並展示如何在 ⌘ Read more
10 Catastrophic Translation Fails in History
Translation seems like an easy task these days, with the help of technology such as Google at our fingertips, but it isn’t always so simple. Simple translation when trying to greet someone from another country is one thing, but interpreting major documents or treaties is another. Translators and interpreters are professionals with years of experience, […]
The post [10 Catastrophic Translation Fails in History](https://listverse.com/2024/12/28/1 … ⌘ Read more
Track Santa’s Journey From the North Pole Using Google’s Santa Tracker
Have you been good this year? If so, you may be interested to know that Google has launched its annual Santa tracking feature, allowing Santa to be tracked in real time on his journey to the North Pole as he prepares to deliver presents to children around the world.
Google’s Santa Tracker continues a two-decad … ⌘ Read more
Google Tells Courts How Google Should Be Punished (and Tried to Hide it)
Released Friday before Christmas – the ideal time to hide any announcement – in response to losing an antitrust suit, Google proposes no real changes to their company or search business. ⌘ Read more
New ‘HomePod’ With 7-Inch Display, A18 Chip, and More Reportedly Launching Next Year
Apple plans to release a new “HomePod” with a 7-inch LCD display, an A18 chip, and Apple Intelligence support in 2025, according to DigiTimes.
It is unclear how much the screen-equipped HomePod would cost, but Apple is seemingl … ⌘ Read more
JMP: Newsletter: Year in Review, Google Play Update
Hi everyone!
Welcome to the latest edition of your pseudo-monthly JMP update!
In case it’s been a while since you checked out JMP, here’s a refresher: JMP lets you send and receive text and picture messages (and calls) through a real phone number right from your computer, tablet, phone, or anything else that has a Jabber client. Among other things, JMP has these features: Your phone number on every device; Multiple phone numbers, one app; Free as … ⌘ Read more
Go 語言中嘗試延遲執行一個函數
Go 編程語言提供了豐富的特性,使得像 Google 這樣的大型公司能夠高效地進行軟件開發。它爲許多雲服務提供商和分佈式服務的底層基礎設施提供支持,同時保持了簡單易學的特點。在 Go 中,我們可以根據需要使用指針類型和值類型。在本文中,我們將探討一個有趣的使用場景。函數調用中的切片和映射傳遞————-通常,在 Go 中調用函數時,切片(slice)和映射(map)並不是通過指針傳遞 ⌘ Read more
Go 語言五種實現 broadcaster 的方法,你喜歡哪一種?
昨天看到 Jaana Dogan 創建了一個 broadcaster 的庫, 話說美女 Jaana Dogan 又回到了 Google 了麼。她的實現我們就當做 broadcaster 的第一個實現吧。什麼是 broadcaster?就是村口的大喇叭,一播音,全村都知道了。Jaana Dogan 實現的這個 broadcaster 只有通知的功能,沒有傳遞消息,也不能重用。我們就以這個庫爲基準,看 ⌘ Read more
Apple Maps on the Web Gains ‘Look Around’ Support
The web version of Apple Maps that Apple first debuted in July has been upgraded with support for Look Around, the feature that is essentially equivalent to Google Street View.
In supported areas, Look Around provides a high-resolution ground level view of restaurants, retail locations, landma … ⌘ Read more
The high-end Chinese phones taking on Apple, Google and Samsung
The latest phones from Oppo, Nubia and Xiaomi offer huge performance, fast charging and competitive prices. Some exceed what’s on offer from Apple and Samsung. ⌘ Read more
Google Drive? Can he give direct link? Idk about he but twtxt feed can he hosted in s3!
@bender@twtxt.net I wonder where that dude who was hosting his twtxt feed in a google drive go? 😆 that was hilarious!!
使用 Go 開發 AI Agent 的選擇:Genkit for Go
什麼是 Genkit———-Genkit[1] 是一個 Google Firebase 團隊開發的 AI Agent 開發框架,用於構建現代、高效的 AI 應用。它目前包含一個 Node.js 的實現 [2] 和一個 Go 語言的實現 [3]。之所以注意到這個框架是因爲 Go 團隊在他們的十五週年博客 [4] 中提到了它。Go 團隊在博客中提到,他們正在努力使 Go 成爲構建生產 AI ⌘ Read more
Every time you use ChatGPT, half a cup of water goes to waste
Tech giants including OpenAI, Meta and Google are being urged to tackle AI’s dirty secret – its massive power problem. ⌘ Read more
Google Accuses Microsoft of “Dark Patterns” with Edge Browser on Windows
To make this case, they’ve formed the “Browser Choice Alliance” with Opera & Vivaldi. ⌘ Read more
‘Egregious’: Google facing two Australian class actions
The tech giant allegedly took billions in revenue that should have gone to Australian publishers, law firms claim. ⌘ Read more
‘A cheap magic trick’: Amazon, Google, Meta accused of dodging Senate questions
ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini and Meta’s Llama should be deemed ‘high risk’, a Senate committee has found, with executives in the firing line for their appearances. ⌘ Read more
Firefox Has 9 Months of Income Left (Possibly Less)
Also: Will Google be forced to sell off Android (when they sell off Chrome)? We’ll know next August. ⌘ Read more
Unlock growth and talent: why maintainers should mentor with CNCF
By Nate Waddington, Head of Mentorship and Documentation, CNCF Open source projects rely on strong communities. Mentorship programs like LFX Mentorship and Google Summer of Code offer maintainers a chance to bring new contributors into their… ⌘ Read more
Big Tech didn’t like Biden. Trump won’t be any better for Google & Co
The Biden administration has used antitrust legislation to target the technology giants, even seeking to break up Google. The Trump nominees to key posts overseeing the tech sector won’t be much friendlier. ⌘ Read more
DOJ: Google Must Sell Off Chrome
And that’s only one impact of Google being officially ruled a monopoly. ⌘ Read more
Always has been. Web spec is too hard to implement your own web browser from scratch (nothing can, even Google and Apple, they forked KHTML). So if we not count forks we have only three browsers: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari
Anti-Musk: The social media site picking up a lot of X refugees in Australia
Bluesky is Australia’s top-ranked social media app in both Apple and Google’s app stores, firming as the social media website of choice for those quitting X. ⌘ Read more
[WTS] [$665] Pixel 9 (Cheaper than Google & Brand-New)
Link: https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/5Ve2/
simplifiedprivacy.com ⌘ Read more
一文帶你看懂 Golang 最新特性
作者:騰訊 PCG 代碼委員會 經過十餘年的迭代,Go 語言逐漸成爲雲計算時代主流的編程語言。下到雲計算基礎設施,上到微服務,越來越多的流行產品使用 Go 語言編寫。可見其影響力已經非常強大。一、Go 語言發展歷史介紹Go 語言起源於 2007 年的 Google;創始人有三位,分別是 Ken Thompson、Rob Pike、Robert Griesemer;他們可謂是大佬中的大佬。最初的構 ⌘ Read more
Mozilla Foundation Mass Layoffs, Axes Advocacy
With nosediving marketshare, upcoming loss of Google funding, & a shift to advertising… this was inevitable. ⌘ Read more
Get to know our new DEI Community Hub at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024
We are delighted to announce our new DEI Community Hub at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America, sponsored by Google Cloud, a physical space to connect, learn, and celebrate diversity, equity, and inclusion and accessibility! The DEI… ⌘ Read more
Apple Removes Ability to Run Unsigned Apps in macOS 15.1
Big Tech’s war against “sideloading” continues. With Microsoft and Google not far behind. ⌘ Read more
25% of Google Code is AI Generated
Layoffs, lack of pay raises for engineers, but they’re not replacing programmers with Al. Wink wink. ⌘ Read more
Wayback Machine & Google Website Cache Go Offline Weeks Before 2024 Election
With a Presidential election days away, the biggest ways to record online statements are conspicuously broken. ⌘ Read more
I installed GrapheneOS for the first time on Wednesday last week on a used Pixel 7a, and I’m impressed. Installation was almost seamless, and I was able to do it from another Android phone. I’ve run into very few wrinkles, even using Google’s proprietary apps with GrapheneOS’s “sandboxed” version of Google Play Services. The main problems I’ve noticed: I can’t cast, and Google Timeline doesn’t seem to work (though I imagine the intersection between people keen to use GrapheneOS and keen to have Google log their location history is pretty small).
Bringing developer choice to Copilot with Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Google’s Gemini 1.5 Pro, and OpenAI’s o1-preview
At GitHub Universe, we announced Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Google’s Gemini 1.5 Pro, and OpenAI’s o1-preview and o1-mini are coming to GitHub Copilot—bringing a new level of choice to every developer.
The post [Bringing developer choice to Copilot with Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Google’s Gemini 1.5 Pro, and OpenAI’s o1-preview](https://github.blog/news-in … ⌘ Read more
Google Search gets AI spin in Australia as chatbot comes alive
The company says everything that made it the preferred search engine is still there and that it also has quick answers via the bot. ⌘ Read more
Wikipedia’s War on Israel, USA, & Truth
Pro-Hamas and Pro-Iran editors flood Wikipedia (& Google) with false data, while Wiki Media Foundation earns hundreds of millions of dollars. ⌘ Read more
The best Apple, Google and Samsung phones of 2024
Want to know the best smartphones of 2024? We’ve done all the hard work for you. ⌘ Read more
Are we ready for an internet with no Google search?
25 years ago, Google’s minimalist search engine was a revelation. What would happen if the US government moved to break up its dominance? ⌘ Read more
Can Google’s search dominance be broken by its break-up?
Google could be broken up if the US Department of Justice has its way - but it will take years to possibly get to that point. ⌘ Read more
Google May be Broken Up as a Result of Lost Lawsuit
Google has been ruled to be a monopoly, with multiple remedies being proposed… ⌘ Read more
Google Ordered to Support Alternative App Stores and Payment Methods in Play Store
Epic Games has successfully forced Google to change its Play Store business model following the conclusion of a 2020 antitrust lawsuit. A U.S. judge today decided that the Google Play Store has an illegal monopoly, and Google has been ordered make multiple changes as a result, reports _[Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-judge-orders-google-open-up-ap … ⌘ Read more
pluja launches experimental ‘AI-driven’ weekly Monero podcast
pluja1 has announced2 the launch of XMR.FAN 3, an AI-driven experimental weekly podcast that aims to deliver the latest insights and news from the world of Monero and privacy:
I’ve been experimenting with Google’s NotebookLM, voice generation (elevenlabs/piper), and other AI tools (SD, flux…). I discovered that these are really useful to produce very decent weekly news overviews, so I made this websi … ⌘ Read more
Epic Games Accuses Samsung and Google of Colluding to Prevent Sideloading on Galaxy Devices
Fortnite creator Epic Games today filed a lawsuit against Google and Samsung, accusing the two companies of anticompetitive behavior that discourages Android users from … ⌘ Read more
JMP: Newsletter: eSIM Adapter (and Google Play Fun)
Hi everyone!
Welcome to the latest edition of your pseudo-monthly JMP update!
In case it’s been a while since you checked out JMP, here’s a refresher: JMP lets you send and receive text and picture messages (and calls) through a real phone number right from your computer, tablet, phone, or anything else that has a Jabber client. Among other things, JMP has these features: Your phone number on every device; Multiple phone numbers, one app; Free as i … ⌘ Read more
@prologic@twtxt.net I don’t trust Google with anything, sorry, pass. Oh, and you need to sign in on your Google Account (or whatever they call it these days).
Speaking of AI tech (sorry!); Just came across this really cool tool built by some engineers at Google™ (currently completely free to use without any signup) called NotebookLM 👌 Looks really good for summarizing and talking to document 📃
如何用 Go 來構建 LLM 應用
隨着大型語言模型(LLM)及其相關工具(如嵌入模型)在過去一年中能力顯著提升,越來越多的開發者考慮將 LLM 集成到他們的應用程序中。由於 LLM 通常需要專用硬件和大量計算資源,它們通常作爲網絡服務打包,提供 API 供訪問。這就是 OpenAI 和 Google Gemini 等領先 LLM 的 API 工作方式;即使是像 Ollama 這樣的自託管 LLM 工具,也將 LLM 封裝在 RES ⌘ Read more
構建由大型語言模型(LLM)驅動的 Go 應用程序
隨着過去一年大型語言模型(LLM)及其相關工具(如嵌入模型)的能力顯著增長,越來越多的開發者開始考慮將 LLM 集成到他們的應用程序中。由 於 LLM 通常需要專用硬件和大量的計算資源,它們最常見的形式是作爲提供 API 訪問的網絡服務。這就是領先的 LLM 如 OpenAI 或 Google Gemini 的 API 的工作方式;即使是運行你自己的 LLM 工具,如 Ollama[1],也會將 ⌘ Read more
@movq@www.uninformativ.de Non-ASCII characters were broken. Like U+2028, degrees (°), etc.
Turns out I used a silly library to detect the encoding and transform to UTF-8 if needed. When there is no Content-Type header, like for local files, it looks at the first 1024 bytes. Since it only saw ASCII in that region, the damn thing assumed the data to be in Windows-1252 (which for web pages kinda makes sense):
// TODO: change default depending on user's locale?
return charmap.Windows1252, "windows-1252", false
https://cs.opensource.google/go/x/net/+/master:html/charset/charset.go;l=102
This default is hardcoded and cannot be changed.
Trying to be smart and adding automatic support for other encodings turned out to be a bad move on my end. At least I can reduce my dependency list again. :-)
I now just reject everything that explicitly specifies something different than text/plain and an optional charset other than utf-8 (ignoring casing). Otherwise I assume it’s in UTF-8 (just like the twtxt file format specification mandates) and hope for the best.
Google AI Notebook Turns Documents into Fake Podcasts with Fake Hosts Having Fake Discussions
Just what the world needed! Fake podcasts! With fake laughing! Thanks Google! ⌘ Read more
Google’s folding phone perfects the design Samsung innovated
The Galaxy Z Fold has improved every generation, but Google just leapfrogged it with the Pixel 9 Pro Fold. ⌘ Read more
Kubernetes turns 10: a ditty dedicated to a decade of container orchestration
Member post originally published on Fairwinds’ blog by Stevie Caldwell It’s hard to believe, but Kubernetes, our favorite container orchestration tool, turned ten this year! It feels like just yesterday when it was just an internal project at Google spinning… ⌘ Read more
EU Consumer Group Summarizes How Apple Fails to Comply With DMA
There are a number of ways that Apple, Google, Amazon, Meta, ByteDance, and Microsoft are failing to comply with the Digital Markets Act, according to an analysis published by the European Consumer Organization (BEUC). The BEUC advocates for consumer rights and provides guidance to European lawmakers.
Google’s James Manyika: ‘The Productivity Gains From AI Are Not Guaranteed’
Google executive James Manyika has warned that AI’s impact on productivity is not guaranteed [Editor’s note: the link may be paywalled], despite predictions of trillion-dollar economic potential. From the report: “Right now, everyone from my old colleagues at McKinsey Global Institute to Goldman Sachs are putting out these extra … ⌘ Read more
Go 機器學習框架之火重燃,Google 前研究員開源期望媲美 Jax 的 GoMLX
Go 作爲一門兼具高性能與簡潔性的編程語言,近年來在各種領域得到廣泛應用。然而,在機器學習領域,Go 相比 Python、C++、Julia 等語言,生態仍然較爲薄弱。目前的 Go 機器學習框架無論在功能全面性上,還是在社區生態支持上都難以與 TensorFlow、PyTorch、Jax 等重量級框架抗衡。究其原因,筆者覺得還是 Go 社區缺少熟悉和精通機器學習方面的人才。不過,隨着時間的推移,總 ⌘ Read more
Is A.I. Programming Really the Future?
Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Google & everyone else says Artificial Intelligence is the future. Is my anti-AI stance reasonable? ⌘ Read more
Time Traveler Causes of Death
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Google’s Pixel 9 Pro approaches AI overload, but it’s still a fantastic phone
As well as providing brilliant hardware, the best version of Android and fantastic cameras, the latest Pixel introduces a raft of generative AI. ⌘ Read more
AI chatbot lands Google execs in a pickle at Senate hearing
One of Google’s top executives was facing questions about AI when she was interrupted by a chatbot. ⌘ Read more
Google adds a foldable, smaller Pro model to its Pixel smartphone line-up
The Pixel 9 is joined by three Pro versions, as the web giant also unveils new watches and earbuds. ⌘ Read more
Is This The End of Mozilla? If So, Is That a Bad Thing?
What could a recent Google lawsuit ruling mean for the future of Firefox? ⌘ Read more
Apple to Address ‘0.0.0.0’ Security Vulnerability in Safari 18
Apple plans to block websites from attempting to send malicious requests to the IP address 0.0.0.0 on macOS Sequoia, according to Forbes. The means the change will be part of Safari 18, which will also be available for macOS Sonoma and macOS Ventura.
The XMPP Standards Foundation: The XMPP Newsletter July 2024
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Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again!
This issue covers the month of July 2024.
If you are interested to join the XMPP Standards Foundation as a member, please apply until August 18th, 2024!.
XMPP and Google Summer of Code 2024… ⌘ Read more
Join us as gRPConf returns this August 27!
Attention gRPC community! Mark your calendars for August 27th, 2024, as gRPConf returns to the Google Cloud Campus in Sunnyvale, California. The schedule is now live! This is your chance to dive deep into the world of gRPC, connect with fellow… ⌘ Read more
Genkit:新一代基於 Go 的 AI 應用開發框架
Google 推出了 Genkit for Go,這是一個開源框架,用來以 Go 語言原生構建 AI 應用與雲服務。該項目是 Google Firebase 和 Go 團隊聯手合作的最新成果。Genkit for Go 於 7 月 17 日正式推出,目前版本處於 alpha 階段。Gophers 能夠通過它將 Go 的性能和併發優勢與 Genkit 的庫和工具相結合,從而來構建生成式 AI 應用程 ⌘ Read more