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  • xiao yun@sh.itjust.workstoOpen Source@lemmy.ml•Qualcomm has started enshitification of Arduino
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    2 个月前

    Qualcomm has quietly made some massive changes to Arduino’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, marking a clear departure from the platform’s founding principles.

    According to Adafruit, the new policies introduce sweeping user-license provisions, broaden data collection (particularly around AI usage), and embed long-term account data retention, all while integrating user information into Qualcomm’s broader data ecosystem.

    Section 7.1 grants Arduino a perpetual, irrevocable license over anything you upload. Your code, projects, forum posts, and comments all fall under this. This remains in effect even after you delete your account. Arduino retains rights to your content indefinitely.

    The license is also royalty-free and sublicensable. Arduino can use your content however they want, distribute it, modify it, and even sublicense it to others.

    The terms further state that users are not allowed to reverse engineer or attempt to understand how the platform works unless Arduino gives permission. Adafruit argues that this contradicts the values that made Arduino attractive to educators, researchers, and hobbyists.

    The Privacy Policy states Arduino is wholly owned by Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. User data, including from minors, flows to other Qualcomm Group companies.

  • xiao yun@sh.itjust.workstoTechnology@lemmy.world•Plymouth scientists win £2m to use AI in deep-sea mappingEnglish
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    3 个月前

    Vulnerable deep-sea habitats will be mapped with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) in a study made possible by a £2m investment.

    The Deep Vision project - run by Plymouth Marine Laboratory and the University of Plymouth - will study ecosystems such as cold-water coral reefs and sponge fields in the Atlantic.

    The aim is to build the largest-ever dataset of these habitats and help shape legal protections.

    Leader of the project, Kerry Howell, said: “As the deep-sea becomes more accessible for exploitation, there is an urgent need to map its ecosystems to enable the conservation of biodiversity in this, the last wild frontier on Earth.”

    She said AI could quickly and accurately tag thousands of deep-sea images.

    The project will be funded by the Bezos Earth Fund as part of its AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge.

    Interesting

  • xiao yun@sh.itjust.workstoBooks@lemmy.ml•Lost Jack Kerouac story found among assassinated mafia boss' belongings
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    3 个月前

    A lost story written and signed by legendary San Francisco writer Jack Kerouac has been found among the belongings of an infamous mafia boss who was gunned down in 1985. The two-page story, titled “The Holy, Beat, and Crazy Next Thing,” was written shortly before the publication of Kerouac’s 1957 masterpiece “On the Road.”

    The story’s existence was unknown to the public until recently, as it spent many years among the belongings of the former head of the Gambino New York crime family Paul Castellano. After succeeding Carlo Gambino to become don in 1976, Castellano was shot dead in front of Sparks Steak House in Manhattan in 1985.

    (⓿_⓿)

  • xiao yun@sh.itjust.workstoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•*Permanently Deleted*
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    6 个月前

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