@gamingonlinux If steam took #Monero #XMR (ie an actually #private cryptocurrency unlike bitcoin/ethereum) there would be no payment processor authority that could enforce this, just #steam would set the rules, thats an advantage of #cryptocurrency

#ElonMusk who spent >$250 million to help elect #Trump, owns a controlling interest in #SpaceX & its #satellite subsidiary #Starlink. Both are regulated by the NOAA’s Office of Space Commerce [#OSC], which lost about ⅓ of its staff in Feb #MassLayoffs facilitated by the #DOGE, which #Musk created.

SpaceX also stands to gain through a new generation of #private & federally funded #weather satellites that would be carried into orbit on its rockets.

@alternativeto
Mainly, this would be translated as:
“Samsung adds even more possibilities to harvest your personal data.”

Why didn't you write this instead? It would have been much easier ;)

@Tutanota
#VivaldiBrowser is fully #customizable (actually the most #customizable #browser in the world, with no lie!). This is very important, as it helps users get used with a #private #browser, no matter of what they used before.

@murena #eos3 new voice to text feature is using #openai_api , not #open_source and not #private. Just so people are aware. Murena please communicate better about it. People have to know it so they can choose to keep this feature active or to disable it on the settings.

@Vivaldi
Saw its #Flatpak version once in #Ubuntu Software's "New and Updated" section. Didn't care about it at that time, but then, after I started having problems with #BraveBrowser, I searched for a #private alternative to it. When I found out how customisable #VivaldiBrowser is, I decided to give it a try. I can't say it was perfect from the first, but then, I got used with it and now I'm #happy (and proud of helping it how I can).

A previously unreported document distributed by snr US #State Dept ofcl #DarrenBeattie reveals a sweeping effort to uncover all communications between the staff of a small govt office focused on #online #disinformation & a lengthy list of #public & #private figures—many of whom are longtime targets of the #FarRight.

Burris said that Alaska, Virginia, Kansas & Maryland #CharterSchools are controlled by #SchoolDistricts, & in Massachusetts, the state considers the #school & the governing nonprofit that runs it to be govt entities.

She said other states have a mix of #public & #private actors, but in most states, charter schools are generally privately run.

Burris said her group will push states to require that, if #SCOTUS mandates that #religious orgs be let into the programs.

“Certainly one way to do it is create them directly by statute & have them controlled by directors who are themselves public officials,” he said. In some states “they’re part of the government.”

“So a holding here may apply in some states & may not apply in others,” #Gorsuch said.

“Exactly right,” Sauer replied. [wrong]

But in most states, most or all of their #CharterSchools are run by #private entities, acc/to Carol Burris, exec dir of the Network for #Public #Education.

Justice Neil #Gorsuch suggested that a decision in favor of St. Isidore may not be as sweeping as some think because states could bring #CharterSchools more directly under govt control to avoid allowing #religious entities into the program. However, most states rely heavily on #private entities for their charter programs.

Under questioning from Gorsuch, Solicitor General D. John Sauer said states could avoid funding religious charter schools if they wanted to.

#law #SCOTUS #education

Justice #ClarenceThomas pressed atty Gregory Garre on #Oklahoma’s position on the pivotal question at hand: that St. Isidore is a #PublicSchool, not a #private institution participating in a public program. Garre referenced the OK Supreme Court’s ruling that agreed.

“This court has a lot of authority, but I don’t think it has the authority to second guess [that],” Garre said.

It’s an important point because while #private #Catholic #schools are generally open to #students of all faiths, other religions interested in creating #CharterSchools do consider the #religious backgrounds & practices of applicants.

Justice #Sotomayor sounded highly skeptical of the proposed school, telling its atty that if the #government is “paying religious teachers to teach their religion,” that would seem to violate the #FirstAmendment’s prohibition on govt establishment of religion.
#law