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From left: UBC President Benoit-Antoine Bacon, Dalhousie University President Kim Brooks, U of T President Melanie Woodin, Prime Minister Mark Carney; McGill University President Deep Saini; Universities Canada President Gabriel Miller; and President and CEO of Colleges and Institutes Canada Pari Johnston

#UofT to deepen collaboration in India with new initiative focused on AI & health 🤝 uoft.me/cd4

Anthropic upgrades Claude’s memory to attract AI switchers Copy paste your chatbot’s memories.

Anthropic upgrades Claude’s memory to attract AI switchers

A $10K+ bounty is waiting for anyone who can unplug Ring doorbells from Amazon’s cloud Can someone unplug Ring from the cloud?

A $10K+ bounty is waiting for anyone who can unplug Ring doorbells from Amazon’s cloud

John Hanke, CEO of Niantic Spatial, writes in The Information about how the $10 trillion being invested in AI must move beyond the screen — and into the real world.

Read more:

🔗https://www.theinformation.com/articles/spend-10-trillion-ai-improves-real-world-just-ads

#Paywall

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A powerful tool of resistance is already in your hands But it’s also a potent tool of state power.

A powerful tool of resistance is already in your hands

Fresh snowfall on the University of Toronto, St. George campus

Today, the Government of Ontario announced changes to funding across the postsecondary sector, including a $6.4 billion investment.

This funding will help sustain access to high-quality academic programs & support students in preparing for the future. uoft.me/funding-announcement

Introducing Markdown for Agents The way content is discovered online is shifting, from traditional search engines to AI agents that need structured data from a Web built for humans. It’s time to consider not just human visitors, but...

Time to consider not just human visitors, but to treat agents as first-class citizens. Cloudflare’s network now supports real-time content conversion to Markdown at the source using content negotiation headers.
https://cfl.re/4ksZQ1S

Trump, Gabbard fired top CIA Russia expert days after Alaska summit Days after the Alaska summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump ordered the security clearance revocation of a top CIA official and Russia expert.

One of the CIA’s senior-most Russia experts was due to take up a prestigious assignment in Europe approved by CIA Director John Ratcliffe.

Instead, her security clearance was summarily revoked.

The Staggering Amount Trump Is Profiting From the Presidency Revealed The New Yorker pieces together how much Trump and his family have pocketed since his first term.

Trump fam cashing in! Middle East hotels, golf courses, a luxury jet, Trump merch & chotchkies, $320 mil+ from Trump memecoin & $65 mil from Melania’s memecoin, Jared added $320 mil w/Saudi deals & even Jr. added $20 mil from ventures! share.google/H08oAYLCwNxO... share.google/H08oAYLCwNxO...

#Internet connectivity has once again become unavailable across #Iran, with traffic down ~90% after initially falling at 12:50 UTC (16:20 local time).

x.com/Ammir/status...

Ca Gov Gavin Newsom: “Donald Trump is behaving like a tyrant, not a President.

“By turning the military against American citizens, he is threatening the very core of our democracy.

“I’m asking the court to immediately block these unlawful actions.”

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Biden to block oil drilling across 625 million acres of U.S. waters President Joe Biden will prohibit future oil and gas leasing across large swaths of the Atlantic, Pacific, eastern Gulf of Mexico and North Bering Sea.

President Joe Biden will move Monday to block all future oil and gas drilling across more than 625 million acres of federal waters — equivalent to nearly a quarter of the total land area of the United States.

a special shoutout to everyone who "works with computers" and therefore is required to fix the electronics of their entire extended family over the holidays

Merry Christmas nerds! I hope everyone received the combination of hardware software and services that makes their heart sing

After decades fighting demolitions, Palestinian sees own home wrecked Jerusalem officials say they are razing structures as part of an “urban renewal” project. Rights groups fear Israel is pressuring Palestinian residents to leave.

Fakhri Abu Diab led the effort to protect homes in East Jerusalem’s al-Bustan neighborhood from demolition. In November, Israel destroyed his house.

Looks like it’s time to start dusting off this ol’ guy again.

A meme of TinTin speaking to Captain. Captain, looking defeated, says "2020 has been a hell of a year" TinTin replies "Captain, it's almost 2025”

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Dogs may be able to communicate by pressing buttons, research suggests A study indicates that dogs are able to express themselves by pressing buttons in two or more-word combinations that are neither random nor accidental.

Ongoing research, including a new study, suggests that dogs are able to express themselves by pressing buttons in two or more word combinations that are neither random nor accidental, the authors said.

Google sues to stop the US from monitoring it like a bank Google says Google Pay P2P “never raised risks.”

Google sues to stop the US from monitoring it like a bank

The best Black Friday deals you may want to get before Trump’s tariffs Part deals roundup, part PSA for fellow price-conscious techies.

The best Black Friday deals you may want to get before Trump’s tariffs

xAI could soon have its own app The move would put Grok and ChatGPT head-to-head.

xAI could soon have its own app

The government’s plan to break up Google On The Vergecast: Who wants to buy Chrome? Anybody? ANYBODY?

The government’s plan to break up Google

A slightly blurry close up shot of Fishtopher's face. He is a brown tabby cat with a pink nose and green eyes. He looks to the left of the camera, staring at something in the distance.

up close

DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search monopoly Divesting Android is still on the table.

The problem for Google is that Andreessen, Vance, Musk etc all sort of love this idea www.theverge.com/2024/11/20/2...

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Jet Lag: The Game — Jet Lag Season Twelve — Official Trailer Premieres December 4.

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Yay we get a season of Hide and Seek from Japan!