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ICE agents expected to be deployed for Super Bowl in California, officials say

Local officials confirmed that ICE will conduct immigration operations during 8 February game in Santa Clara

US Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) agents are expected to conduct immigration enforcement operations during next month’s Super Bowl game in Santa Clara, California.

Local officials confirmed to media that ICE is expected to deploy for the game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots. ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations team has long worked the Super Bowl and other major sporting events, largely focused on preventing human trafficking and stopping the sale of counterfeit goods, but immigration operations would be unusual.

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Le scoop! France’s last newspaper hawker celebrated with prestigious award

Ali Akbar, 73, honoured by Emmanuel Macron with National Order of Merit for dedication he pours into work

For more than five decades he’s pounded the pavements of Paris, becoming part of the city’s cultural fabric as he strikes up conversations, greets longtime friends and offers parodies of daily news headlines.

On Wednesday, the efforts of the man believed to be France’s last newspaper hawker were recognised, as Ali Akbar, a 73-year-old originally from Pakistan, received one of France’s most prestigious honours.

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Labour attacks Green party drugs policy in Gorton and Denton byelection

Online ads target Zack Polanski’s drugs stance as Labour aims to sideline Greens and consolidate anti-Reform vote

Labour has launched an attack on the Green party for wanting to legalise drugs, as the parties vie to be seen as the main leftwing contender against Reform UK in the Gorton and Denton byelection.

The party is pursuing a strategy of trying to sideline Zack Polanski’s party after warnings Labour was too slow to pitch itself as the “Stop Reform” party in Caerphilly, which was won by Plaid Cymru.

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Minder lezen, Meer weten.

Tienduizenden kinderen door armoede zonder goede bril

DEN HAAG (ANP) - Zo'n 64.000 kinderen die in armoede leven in Nederland hebben geen of niet de goede bril, omdat hun ouders deze niet kunnen betalen. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van het Amsterdam UMC in opdracht van het ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport.

De onderzoekers benadrukken dat de toegang tot een kinderbril in Nederland onder druk staat. Ze vermoeden op basis van eerdere Europese studies dat zo'n 634.000 kinderen in Nederland een bril nodig hebben. Tien procent van die groep leeft op of onder de armoedegrens. De verwachting is dat dat aantal de komende jaren zal toenemen.

Volgens het onderzoek heeft bijna 16 procent van alle ouders moeite met de aanschaf van een bril of contactlenzen voor hun kinderen. Bij ouders met een lager inkomen is dat zelfs meer dan 26 procent.

Slechtziende kinderen die geen bril dragen terwijl dat wél nodig is, kunnen aantoonbaar minder goed deelnemen aan fysieke en sociale activiteiten. Medisch gezien kan het niet dragen van een bril leiden tot een lui oog of scheelheid.


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Tim Berners-Lee Wants Us To Take Back the Internet

mspohr shares a report: When Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web in 1989, his vision was clear: it would used by everyone, filled with everything and, crucially, it would be free. Today, the British computer scientist's creation is regularly used by 5.5 billion people -- and bears little resemblance to the democratic force for humanity he intended.

Since Berners-Lee's disappointment a decade ago, he's thrown everything at a project that completely shifts the way data is held on the web, known as the Solid (social linked data) protocol. It's activism that is rooted in people power -- not unlike the first years of the web.

This version of the internet would turbocharge personal sovereignty and give control back to users. Berners-Lee has long seen AI -- which exists only because of the web and its data -- as having the potential to transform society far beyond the boundaries of self-interested companies. But now is the time, he says, to put guardrails in place so that AI remains a force for good -- and he's afraid the chance may pass humankind by. Berners-Lee traces the web's corruption to the commercialization of the domain name system in the 1990s, when the .com space was "pounced on by charlatans." The 2016 US elections, he said, revealed to him just how toxic his creation could become. A corner of the web, he says, has been "optimised for nastiness" -- extractive, surveillance-heavy, and designed to maximize engagement at the cost of user wellbeing.

His answer is Solid, a protocol that gives users control through personal data "pods" functioning as secure backpacks of information. The Flanders government in Belgium already uses Solid pods for its citizens. On AI, his optimism remains dim. "The horse is bolting," he says, calling for a "Cern for AI" where scientists could collaboratively develop superintelligence under contained, non-commercial oversight.

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Apple Sued by App Developer Over its Continuity Camera

An anonymous reader shares a report: Apple is being sued by Reincubate, which makes the Camo smartphone webcam app. It has filed a lawsuit against Apple in a U.S. federal court in New Jersey, accusing the company of anticompetitive conduct and patent infringement. The suit alleges that Apple copied Camo's technology, integrated similar features into iOS, and used control over its software ecosystem to disadvantage Reincubate's Camo product.

Reincubate's Camo and Camo Studio apps allow iOS or Android phones to function as webcams for Mac and PCs. The company launched Camo in 2020. In 2022, Apple introduced Continuity Camera, a feature that enables iPhones to serve as webcams for Macs but works only within Apple's device ecosystem. According to the lawsuit, Apple copied patented features from Camo and built them into iOS to "redirect user demand to Apple's own platform-tied offering."

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It's Too Late to Make Things Right

Thomas Hawk posted a photo:

It's Too Late to Make Things Right

Swan

Thomas Hawk posted a photo:

Swan

Willard

Thomas Hawk posted a photo:

Willard

Found Ektachrome Slide

Thomas Hawk posted a photo:

Found Ektachrome Slide

date stamped on slide, August 1961