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Anonboxison NYC's "Click to Cancel" rule is now in effect

I made that website!

Anonboxison NYC's "Click to Cancel" rule is now in effect

Look out for the "Digital Fairness Act", which will be tabled by the European Commission in November. It is expected to include the same "Click to Cancel" principle continent-wide.

Source: I'm an EU digital policy analyst in Brussels.

Anonboxison Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass

The European Union is about to introduce a regulation on infinite scrolling called the Digital Fairness Act. They are currently looking for ideas, so, thanks for sharing.

Seriously this is really cool!

Anonboxison The first Reddit reviews of the Vision Pro are in

I run the subreddit! No idea why The Verge made a whole article about the sub's posts but I'm not mad lol.

Anonboxison EU Commission doesn't understand what's written in its own chat control bill

Here is the Regulation in question:

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2022...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_to_Prevent_and_Comb...

Its full name is the: Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse

Anonboxison Mullvad's campaign against EU chat control

Articles about the new proposal do a really poor job at reporting what the specific regulation in question is. So here it is:

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2022...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_to_Prevent_and_Comb...

Anonboxison Stop the proposal on mass surveillance of the EU

Here is the Regulation in question:

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2022...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_to_Prevent_and_Comb...

Its full name is the: Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse

Anonboxison The Berlin Egyptian Museum’s scan of the Bust of Nefertiti (2017)

This is great! Has it been uploaded to Wikimedia Commons yet?

Anonboxison Apple hiring people to build “connected experiences in a 3D mixed-reality world”

From Mark Gurman latest Newsletter:

"The most interesting job listing is one that specifically calls out the development of a 3D mixed-reality world, suggesting that Apple is working on a virtual environment that is similar to the metaverse—though don’t expect Apple to embrace that term. Its marketing chief said at a recent event that metaverse is “a word I’ll never use.” That listing describes working with other developers to “build tools and frameworks to enable connected experiences in a 3D mixed-reality world.” “You will work closely with Apple’s UI framework, human interface designers and system capabilities teams—pushing you to think outside-the-box, and solve incredibly challenging and interesting problems in the 3D application space,” it reads."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-11-13/apple-...