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Breakthrough on Global Access at WIPO in Geneva!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

There has been a major breakthrough recently on international copyright negotiations in Geneva around improved access for people who have print disabilities. UK, France, Spain) would have access to crucially important cultural, vocational and educational materials. the European Union and others.

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Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen to join Jill Biden at State of the Union address

The Verge

Frances Haugen will join the first lady at Tuesday’s State of the Union address | Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. The White House announced Tuesday that Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen will be among the guests of first lady Jill Biden at President Biden’s first official State of the Union address.

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The Justice Department is worried about an anime monopoly after the Sony deal

The Verge

As we wrote in 2019 , Funimation and Crunchyroll were already two of the biggest streaming anime services outside of Japan, while big players like Amazon, Netflix and even the newer HBO Max have been beefing up their offerings with anime too.

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Instagram head says it’s bringing back the chronological feed

The Verge

Mosseri appeared before the Senate subcommittee where he was grilled by senators about child safety issues on the app, prompted in part by revelations from whistleblower Frances Haugen , who provided internal documents to The Wall Street Journal that suggested the company was aware its app may be “toxic” for teenagers.

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Nearly a thousand Activision Blizzard employees slam its response to harassment suit

The Verge

The letter was written in response to both public and internal statements made by Activision Blizzard and its executives in response to the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing lawsuit against the company. We believe these statements have damaged our ongoing quest for equality inside and outside of our industry.

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A Tribute To Simone Joyaux

Bloomerang

Simone and myself found ourselves serving on an International Board focused on the research into fundraising best practices. Then came our family trip to France, more specifically to Simone’s region of France. She implanted a love of France, history and what true friendships are all about.

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The most innovative companies in artificial intelligence for 2025

Fast Company Tech

The AI industry hit a significant bend in the road toward artificial general intelligence in 2024. And all the while a small AI lab in China was quietly developing new AI models, including reasoning models, that would begin sending shockwaves through the AI industry by the end of 2024. The rest of the industry has followed its lead.

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