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Chris Derps

@ChrisDerps

Translator by trade. Translates/makes fun of #HongKong/#HongKongProtests/#China news since 2014. Caustically sarcastic. RTs are simply RTs.

Joined December 2010
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While under US sanctions, where did Huawei get the advanced chips for its latest Mate 60 Pro smartphone? Under the US sanctions, SMIC (the most plausible scenario) should not have been able to make advanced chips for Huawei. scmp.com/tech/big-tech/artic…
Where did Huawei get the advanced chips for its latest Mate 60 Pro smartphone?

Where did Huawei get the advanced chips for its latest Mate 60 Pro smartphone?

Huawei Technologies has been tight-lipped about the origin of the advanced semiconductor that powers its new Mate 60 Pro flagship smartphone. Here are some possible explanations.

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Re: Zoom's forced "consent" on letting their AI train using your calls, a little brush up on the GDPR ico.org.uk/for-organisations…
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The way they phrase it is fuckin dodgy - you automatically "consent" when you use Zoom per their ToS. There is no opt-out, which is in breach of GDPR btw because consent needs to be freely given and not conditional to the use of a service.
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@BBCNews8 Aug 2023
Zoom denies training AI on calls without consent bbc.in/3QvD3FP
Zoom denies training AI on calls without consent

Zoom denies training AI on calls without consent

The company updates its terms of service after a backlash from worried users.

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The most tortured ToS edit: “You…grant…Zoom a perpetual…licence to…use…Customer Content…for artificial intelligence training.” “Notwithstanding the above, Zoom will not use audio, video, or chat Customer Content to train AI without your consent.”
10.4 Customer License Grant. You agree to grant and hereby grant Zoom a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, and transferable license and all other rights required or necessary to redistribute, publish, import, access, use, store, transmit, review, disclose, preserve, extract, modify, reproduce, share, use, display, copy, distribute, translate, transcribe, create derivative works, and process Customer Content and to perform all acts with respect to the Customer Content: (i) as may be necessary for Zoom to provide the Services to you, including to support the Services; (ii) for the purpose of product and service development, marketing, analytics, quality assurance, machine learning, artificial intelligence, training, testing, improvement of the Services, Software, or Zoom’s other products, services, and software, or any combination thereof; and (iii) for any other purpose relating to any use or other act permitted in accordance with Section 10.3. If you have

ALT 10.4 Customer License Grant. You agree to grant and hereby grant Zoom a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, and transferable license and all other rights required or necessary to redistribute, publish, import, access, use, store, transmit, review, disclose, preserve, extract, modify, reproduce, share, use, display, copy, distribute, translate, transcribe, create derivative works, and process Customer Content and to perform all acts with respect to the Customer Content: (i) as may be necessary for Zoom to provide the Services to you, including to support the Services; (ii) for the purpose of product and service development, marketing, analytics, quality assurance, machine learning, artificial intelligence, training, testing, improvement of the Services, Software, or Zoom’s other products, services, and software, or any combination thereof; and (iii) for any other purpose relating to any use or other act permitted in accordance with Section 10.3. If you have

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@Zoom7 Aug 2023
Replying to @Zoom
We’ve updated our terms of service (in section 10.4) to further confirm that we do not use audio, video, or chat customer content to train our artificial intelligence models without your consent. blog.zoom.us/zooms-term-serv…
How Zoom’s terms of service and practices apply to AI features

How Zoom’s terms of service and practices apply to AI features

As part of our commitment to transparency and user control, we're providing clarity on our approach to Zoom’s AI features and content sharing for product improvement purposes.

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Wow. New Zoom Terms of Service (10.2) stipulate that you as a user consent to allow AI to train on and use all of your data, including video, audio, facial, biometric data, etc... It's time to switch to @keet_io.
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Seva@SevaUT27 Jul 2023
"poor waif in his underwear" is not an expression any US official would use, but it does happen to be a translation of an idiomatic russian phrase. Sounds like Hersh is getting duped by a Russian source pretending to be American
Oliver Alexander (@OAlexanderDK) profile pictureOliver Alexander
@OAlexanderDK27 Jul 2023
Replying to @OAlexanderDK
Yes Hersh, this is definitely something a U.S. official told you and not just one of your many fever dreams or your Russian handler.
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honestly I did not start out this way, but I've absolutely come around to the view that he's just a weird dude who fell into lots of money despite himself
Max Chafkin (@chafkin) profile pictureMax Chafkin@chafkin24 Jul 2023
Others have pointed this out, but this renaming is stepping on the exact same rake that got him ousted by PayPal. Wrote about this in my book
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Yeahhhh what's the payout rate
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@SixthTone25 Jul 2023
China’s insurance premium income in 2022 was 4.7 trillion yuan, up 4.6% year-on-year. The total number of insurance policies was 55.38 billion, with insurance per capita at 39 policies. Check out more Daily Tones: ow.ly/eT6M50Pk9EY
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Welp, @twitter name so coming off the building right now but @elonmusk didn’t get permit for the equipment on the street so @SFPD is shutting it down.
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Special Report: Inspired by Ukraine,Taiwan readies for possible war by launching a drone blitz to counter China. While Beijing might currently be ahead, Taiwan is leveraging its advanced tech edge as it works with the #US and its allies ⁦⁦@YimouLee⁩ reuters.com/investigates/spe…
Inspired by Ukraine war, Taiwan launches drone blitz to counter China

Inspired by Ukraine war, Taiwan launches drone blitz to counter China

An internal report presented to Taiwan's president contained an alarming finding: In drones, the island lagged far behind its much more powerful adversary.

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I spoke to Inner Mongolians who say the Chinese government is wiping out their culture. Their families have been harassed by authorities, language classes shut down and land taken away. “War is one thing, but losing one’s own identity, that’s worse." smh.com.au/world/asia/i-migh…
‘I might die or be murdered’: The province fearing it will be wiped out by Beijing

‘I might die or be murdered’: The province fearing it will be wiped out by Beijing

Inner Mongolians fear their home is the next Xinjiang, the Chinese province that has seen minorities facing re-education camps and round-the-clock surveillance.

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There are hardly any “normal” housefires in Kherson now, a sign of how few people are left. Yet the city’s remaining firefighters are busier than ever. From 1843 magazine econ.st/44JRGJy
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Financial Times
@FT18 Jul 2023
Chinese developer Evergrande reveals $81bn loss from property crisis on.ft.com/3NUL305
Chinese developer Evergrande reveals $81bn loss from property crisis

Chinese developer Evergrande reveals $81bn loss from property crisis

Results come two years after group’s default shocked global markets and led to sector collapse

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Alan Davies news! He is no longer the person tweeting from @alandavies1. That is an imposter who is attempting to elicit donations in Bitcoin! Alan can’t regain control of the account due to the exciting new way Twitter is run. But you can now find him here: @alandaviescomic
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@Rylan9 Jul 2023
Hi @Independent would you mind editing or removing this Facebook post, it suggests I’m the person in question and frankly the comments are disgusting.
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Kim Jong Un is pushing a campaign to indoctrinate North Korea’s youth and prepare them to contribute to the country’s weapons technology program. on.wsj.com/44uVb6k
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@Reuters5 Jul 2023
Coco Lee, Hong Kong-born singer-songwriter, dies at 48 after suicide attempt reut.rs/3XBWWN2
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Satan
@s8n2 Jul 2023
who gonna tell her
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