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TL;DR: Crypto lobbyists gain traction in Washington with significant financial maneuvers, as Trump potentially stands to benefit from a massive bitcoin investment amid efforts to strengthen the industry through new legislation. citationneeded.news/issue-89/ #tech 🤖 #autosum

Citation Needed · Issue 89 – Crypto wins in Washington with midnight calls, chocolate bars, and a $141 million threatTrump stands to profit from a $2 billion bitcoin bet as the crypto industry pushes through bills aimed at bolstering the sector

TL;DR: The article discusses a project where old Blackberry phones are repurposed with modern Android technology, highlighting issues of intermediary liability and the implications of laws like CDA 230 on tech innovation and user freedom. It argues for the necessity of rights to modify technology to serve underserved communities, contrasting this with the failures of current tech policies. pluralistic.net/2025/07/23/res #law #tech #legaltech ⚖️ 🤖 #autosum

pluralistic.netPluralistic: Installing Android phones in Blackberry chassis (23 Jul 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Forty years ago today, the Commodore Amiga 1000 was released to the world. With its unprecedented graphics & sound capabilities, powerful 16-bit CPU and custom chipset, and UNIX-like multitasking OS, the Amiga was a truly revolutionary system for its time. And, many are still in use to this day, with the platform seeing new software and hardware development from month to month.

I presently have three, myself. :-)

Happy 40th, Amiga!

#Trump Plans to Give #AI Developers a #Free Hand

In an “AI Action Plan,” the White House outlined steps it said would promote American dominance in the fast-growing #technology.

The Trump admin said it planned to speed development of #ArtificialIntelligence in the #UnitedStates, opening the door for companies to develop the #tech unfettered from #oversight & #safeguards, but added the AI needed to be free of “ideological bias.”[meaning: be #racist, #sexist & pro-Trump]

nytimes.com/2025/07/23/technol

President Trump last week. His new executive order included the A.I. Action Plan, which contains policy guidelines to encourage the growth of the artificial intelligence industry in the United States.
The New York Times · Trump Administration Plans to Give A.I. Developers a Free HandBy David McCabe