ATTENTION #AMERICAN_CITIZENS!
#Zepp_LaRouche: A Financial #Crash is #Coming Like a #Big_Tsunami
#PREDICTED on Aug 21, 2019
In this week's webcast, Schiller Institute leader Helga Zepp LaRouche reviewed the latest
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Top 7 Trends in #Open_Source #Technology in 2022
1. Demand for People with Open-Source #IT_Skills Will Be on the Rise
There will be a surge in demand for full-stack developers and IT persons having open-source skills..
2. The #Adoption_Rate for Containers and Kubernetes Will Increase
Adoption of Kubernetes (which acts as an open-source container orchestration platform for cloud applications) will be on the rise...
3. #Snap and #Flatpak Will Be Accepted on a Larger Scale
Snap and Flatpak are both systems designed for distributing #Linux_apps.
4. Emphasis on Open-Source #Security Will Increase and Attacks on #Supply_Chains Will Be Averted.
5. The Launch of a New Open-Source Social Network May Occur in 2022
This can be considered a wish that may easily see the light of the day in 2022.
6. It's High Time to Implement AI with Full Force??
Technologies like artificial intelligence (#AI), machine learning (#ML), deep learning (#DL)
#DAVIDV: SIDE NOTE
* DL IS NOT RECOGNIZED and is google propaganda
*AI is MISLEADING and not recognized since it is a #PROVEN_FANTASY
* AI does not exist! YET!;)
..and data-driven technologies are here to stay and will see a rapid increase in their implementation and execution.
7. #Steam_Deck Will Prove that Linux Can Provide a Better Gaming Experience
Steam Deck is a #portable handheld #gaming device, and in 2022, Linux is determined that it can game.
Linux is not going to dethrone Windows in the realm of desktop gaming, but it will prove that Linux is also a viable option when it comes to playing games through Steam (Martinez-Torres & Diaz-Fernandez, 2013).
https://dzone.com/articles/top-7-trends-in-open-source-technology-in-2022
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Hurricane #IAN UPDATE
Ian strengthens into a hurricane, heads toward #Cuba, #Florida.
#HAVANA – Hurricane Ian moved near the #Cayman_Islands and closer to western #Cuba early Monday (Today) on a track to hit #Florida as a major hurricane this week.
Ian was forecast to intensify rapidly and become a major hurricane as soon as late Monday before becoming an even stronger #Category 4 hurricane over warm #Gulf_of_Mexico waters before striking the west central coast of Florida on Wednesday.
Authorities in Cuba suspended classes in #Pinar_del_Rio province and planned evacuations Monday as Ian gained strength on approach to Grand Cayman and the Cuban provinces of #Isla_de_Juventud, #Pinar_del_Rio and #Artemisa.
“Cuba is expecting extreme hurricane force winds, also life threatening storm surge and heavy rainfall,” U.S. National Hurricane Center senior specialist Daniel Brown told The Associated Press early Monday.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Ian should reach far-western Cuba late Monday or early Tuesday, hitting near the country’s most famed tobacco fields. Cuba state media outlet Granma said authorities would begin evacuating people from vulnerable areas early Monday in Pinar del Rio. Classes there have been suspended.
At 5 a.m. EDT on Monday, Ian was moving northwest at 13 mph (20 kph), about 90 miles (150 kilometers) southwest of Grand Cayman, according to the center. It had maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph).
“Ian is not expected to spend much time over western Cuba, and additional strengthening is likely over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday,” the hurricane center said. “Ian is likely to have an expanding wind field and will be slowing down by that time, which will have the potential to produce significant wind and storm surge impacts along the west coast of Florida.”
Florida residents were getting ready, lining up for hours in Tampa to collect bags of sand and clearing store shelves of bottled water.
A hurricane watch was issued for Florida's central western coast including the Tampa Bay area, where Hillsborough County suspended classes through Thursday to prepare schools to serve as shelters for evacuees. Additional watches for more northern areas along the peninsula’s west coast may be issued, Brown said.
23-Year-Old '#Crypto_King' Has Luxury Cars #Seized After $35 Million of Investor Money #Vanishes
#Aiden_Pleterski bought ads #disguised as news articles on websites like the #Daily_Caller to promote himself.
#Five luxury cars, including two #BMWs, two #McLarens, and a #Lamborghini, have been #seized from 23-year-old Aiden Pleterski, the self-described “crypto king” of Canada, during bankruptcy proceedings according to a new report from the CBC.
But those cars are only worth a #fraction of the $35 million that Pleterski allegedly took from investors who thought he’d make them #rich?? in the #cryptocurrency market, and it’s not clear whether they’ll ever see their money again.
Pleterski and his company AP Private Equity Limited are facing at least two #civil_lawsuits after 140 people have come forward to say they invested a combined $35 million with Pleterski.
Those people believed they were investing in cryptocurrency, and Pleterski’s online presence—including photos of the 23-year-old on #private_jets and next to luxury cars—helped create the image that he knew what he was doing.
https://gizmodo.com/crypto-king-bitcoin-price-luxury-cars-seized-35-million-1849561634
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Memory_Lane | #International_Tech_News |
#Big_Institutions #PAY_DAY! Cant tell you how many times I have seen this over the years.
Big Institution Scraping the #GRAVY Off the #Top!? Started in Stock Markets.
Most crashes at 30% PER quarter after quarter.
Now morphed into Crypto. Bitcoin 30% crash.
BIG INSTITUION COLLECTING 30% COMMISSIONS.. Check any app store.. the going rate;)..
Big Institutions will continue to scrap the Gravy off Top (whether you) like it or not.. Say What??
INSIDER TRADING ON BIONICS
How? STOLEN #HFT Software (High frequency Trading Software) in 2007 from WebTrafficBrokers.com
https://www.coindesk.com/price/bitcoin
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#BOYCOTT_RING! BOYCOTT #AMAZON.
Massive #Surveillance & Invasion of #WE_THE_PEOPLES #Privacy_Rights, Data Protection Rights and Citizen Personal #Security_Rights VIOLATED by A PRIVATE #CENTRALIZED CLOUD CALLED AWS piggy backing off of ORACLE!
BOYCOTT ORACLE TOO!
MASSIVE #SURVEILLANCE & INVASION OF WE THE PEOPLE PRIVACY RIGHTS, DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS AND CITIZEN SECUIRTY RIGHTS!
‘#Ring_Nation’ Is a #Terrible_Idea That’s Unstoppable Because #Amazon Owns Everything?
Amazon owns #Ring, #MGM, and production company #Big_Fish_Entertainment. It owns #Prime_Video, and has the support of police around the country. What can stop it?
On Tuesday, 40 #civil_rights_groups published an open letter calling on MGM Television executives to #cancel the studio's upcoming #reality_show Ring Nation, which will feature former #NSA #employee and comedian #Wanda_Sykes presenting humorous #surveillance_footage captured from Ring doorbell cameras.
The groups say the studio is "normalizing and promoting Amazon Ring’s dangerous network of surveillance cameras," which, along with the Neighbors app, "violate basic privacy rights, fuel surveillance-based policing that disproportionately targets people of color and threatens abortion seekers, and enables vigilantes to surveil their neighbors and racially profile bystanders."
There's just one potential problem with the well-intentioned campaign: Amazon owns Ring, producer Big Fish Entertainment, and distributor MGM, and it also owns the Prime Video streaming service should it need somewhere to air it. It also has specific partnerships with thousands of police departments around the country should they happen to prove useful.
This tower of vertical integration means that Ring Nation is a show designed from the ground up to leverage Amazon's vast monopoly to push its own product on Americans, and it also means that it will probably (but not definitely) be impossible to kill. There’s very little chance that MGM executives will push back on the project when it's probably exactly the type of thing Amazon imagined being able to do when it spent $8.5 billion on a merger with MGM this year.
There is a kind of fifth column pushing this project over the line, too: Amazon and Ring's cozy relationship with police. As Motherboard has reported, Ring has forged partnerships with thousands of police departments and helped to foster a culture of paranoia around crime in U.S. suburbs while giving authorities a widespread video surveillance network to pull from—sometimes without a warrant.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7zdkm/cancel-ring-nation-amazon-show
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#Denmark and #Germany now building the world's longest #immersed_tunnel
Descending up to 40 meters #beneath the Baltic Sea, the world's longest immersed tunnel will link Denmark and Germany, slashing journey times between the #two_countries when it opens in 2029.
After more than a decade of planning, construction started on the #Fehmarnbelt_Tunnel in 2020 and in the months since a temporary harbor has been completed on the Danish side. It will host the factory that will soon build the 89 massive concrete sections that will make up the tunnel.
"The expectation is that the first production line will be ready around the end of the year, or beginning of next year," said Henrik Vincentsen, CEO of Femern A/S, the state-owned Danish company in charge of the project. "By the beginning of 2024 we have to be ready to immerse the first tunnel element."
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/fehmarnbelt-longest-immersed-tunnel-cmd/index.html
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'Not my King': Charles gets booed in Edinburgh; Protest reignites Scotland's independence debate
After the Queen's death, her eldest son, Charles, took over as King of the United Kingdom.
However, not everyone seems to be happy with their new monarch.
The Royal Proclamation of Charles as King was greeted with #LOUD_BOOING from #locals in #Scotland's Capital, Edinburgh.
But those boos were #drowned_out by chants of 'God Save The King' and a booming gun salute.
Shortly after this, a woman was spotted with a banner which read, '#Abolish the #Monarchy'.
She was not alone as another lady raised a banner that read, 'NOT MY KING'.
Watch this report to learn more about protests against the new King.
ALSO SEE:
#UK'S #HIDDEN SHADOWS TRAILER - INSPIRED BY THE ORIGINAL #OUT_OF_SHADOWS
~People HAVE NO IDEA HOW DEEP THIS GOES.. A #Pedophilia #Coverup~
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#Anti_monarchy #protesters hold signs in #Westminster after #Arrests..
Anti-monarchists staged #peaceful_protests outside the Houses of #Parliament on Tuesday, after police #threatened a #lawyer with arrest if he held up a sign reading '#NOT_MY_KING.’
Protesters, some carrying blank signs and some carrying those with anti-monarchy slogans, called for #freedom of speech and the right to protest. As Guardian reporter Damian Gayle spoke to them, a police officer came to ask questions about the protest.
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#ZOOM ALTERNATIVE?? Attention #Teachers and #Homeschoolers
#TIME to pull the #Cord with ZOOM.
Build your own inhouse ZOOM that is secured. PRIVATE and user friendly:)
* open source
* self-hosted
* on premise
mouth watering yet?? it should be:)
https://bigbluebutton.org/developers/
https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/
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#NOTTA GOOD MORNING AMERICA?
HEY JOE, Out of all the Mainstream Actors.. OOPS I mean HOSTS you are the only one that WE FEEL HAS A CLUE. That a Compliment btw that very few meet;)
You have #embolden the #Baby_Boomers only bc you give HOPE that ‘Common Sense’ still exists on the Planet!:)
Your not afraid to call a Spade a Spade. We are more Blunt about it. Hitting things with blunt object(s) produce better results.. Lil heads up there.. grin.
So this commercial is running during your Morning hours. I remember commercial like this, running after midnight but NEVER DURING #PRIME_TIME_TELEVISION.
I means kids are awake watching TV. Not that they watch your #finance_channel?? but THEY ARE flipping through channels.
Like at dinner time >> female deodorant (down there commercials UGH!) --while eating dinner
MORE ugh!.
We MEN don’t want to see that disgusting crap after a hard days work and all we want is a PEACEFUL DINNER??
In the same way WHO WOULD WANT TO SEE a bunch of GROWN MEN crawling around with sexual implications WHILE STICKING #ASSES #UP IN THE #AIR???
#LIKE THEY JUST #DONT_CARE.
AND THEY DONT BTW?
#FIRST_THING IN THE #MORNING.
What does this say to our #CHILDREN??
Can you shed any light on that? Or has #CNBC fallen into such Deep Dark Caverns of #NO_RETURN??
Or is because you just had Secretary Pete Buttigieg was on an interview PREVIOUSLY?
And your internal programmatic trend filters told your network it would be a good time to run #GAY_COMMERCIALS?? (IN #DISGUISE?) ..not to be confused with #DISGUSTING!!
#International_Tech_News
#NOTTA GOOD MORNING AMERICA?
HEY JOE, Out of all the Mainstream Actors.. OOPS I mean HOSTS you are the only one that WE FEEL HAS A CLUE. That a Compliment btw that very few meet;)
You have #embolden the #Baby_Boomers only bc you give HOPE that ‘Common Sense’ still exists on the Planet!:)
Your not afraid to call a Spade a Spade. We are more Blunt about it. Hitting things with blunt object(s) produce better results.. Lil heads up there.. grin.
So this commercial is running during your Morning hours. I remember commercial like this, running after midnight but NEVER DURING #PRIME_TIME_TELEVISION.
I means kids are awake watching TV. Not that they watch your #finance_channel?? but THEY ARE flipping through channels.
Like at dinner time >> female deodorant (down there commercials UGH!) --while eating dinner
MORE ugh!.
We MEN don’t want to see that disgusting crap after a hard days work and all we want is a PEACEFUL DINNER??
In the same way WHO WOULD WANT TO SEE a bunch of GROWN MEN crawling around with sexual implications WHILE STICKING #ASSES #UP IN THE #AIR???
#LIKE THEY JUST #DONT_CARE.
AND THEY DONT BTW?
#FIRST_THING IN THE #MORNING.
What does this say to our #CHILDREN??
Can you shed any light on that? Or has #CNBC fallen into such Deep Dark Caverns of #NO_RETURN??
Or is because you just had Secretary Pete Buttigieg was on an interview PREVIOUSLY?
And your internal programmatic trend filters told your network it would be a good time to run #GAY_COMMERCIALS?? (IN #DISGUISE?) ..not to be confused with #DISGUSTING!!
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The #Man Behind #Cambridge_Analytica | Mapped PATH>> #NIGEL_OAKES>> #NIX>> #WYLIE>> #Bannon>> #Mercer >>#RIPON_WISCONSIN>>#US #ELECTIONS | #BEHAVIORAL_TARGETING? | MASS DATABASE #Collection Of #US_VOTER #Profiles??
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Apple LOSES $85 BILLION in #VALUE After #APP_STORE_RULING
Many here do not understand the internet.
1st we were here before #FAANG.
In fact we INVENTED AND FOUNDED the grounding #BIG_TECH--hence stolen to make these one hit wonders what they are today?
#LOSERs imho.
* We know you will never thank us for your Success.
* We know that you will never do the #right_thing and admit your #Theft.
* We know you will never give #credit where #credit is #due.
* We know you will never #RECOGNIZE the people #worth of #recognition since you cant pull your faces away from your own mirrors for 5 seconds..
Therefore you will all lose your money. #ALL_OF_IT!
DO YOU THINK FOR A SECOND THAT APPLE #LOST 85 #BILLION BY #CHANCE?
* BY POOR MANAGEMENT?
* BY NOT ENOUGH FUNDS?
#NOPE #NOPE AND #NOPE.
NOT ON OUR WATCH.
All YOU #thieves from this point on will #LOSE_EVERYTHING..
JUST LIKE #APPLE! which to us 85 billion is just a drop in the bucket and we are coming for the rest.
We will Empty your Pockets
WE #PROMISE!:) And we never break our Promises.
Scarface: My balls and my word
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#Rights_Groups to #FTC’s #Lina_Khan: Please #KILL #Amazon’s #iRobot_Acquisition
More than two dozen civil organizations and advocacy groups are calling on the Federal Trade Commission to block Amazon’s $1.7 billion acquisition of Roomba maker iRobot. If allowed to go through, the advocates warn the deal could “endanger fair competition,” and jeopardize consumer privacy.
Fight for the Future, Public Citizen, and Athena were among the 26 organizations that sent an open letter to the FTC’s five commissioners on Friday. The groups view Amazon’s acquisition of iRobot, which they described as a “competing smart home device business” as an anti-competitive action that could harm the overall consumer technology market.
https://gizmodo.com/amazon-irobot-ftc-cloostermans-1849517224
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#International_Tech_News | #Big_Tech
NEW WAVE of #DATA_DESTROYING #RANSOMWARE_ATTACKS hits #QNAP_NAS devices
#Network_hardware-maker QNAP is urging customers to update their network-attached #storage_devices immediately to protect them from a new wave of ongoing ransomware attacks that can destroy #terabytes of data in a single stroke.
#Singapore_based QNAP said recently that it has identified a new campaign from a ransomware group known as #DeadBolt. The attacks take aim at QNAP NAS devices that use a proprietary feature known as Photo Station. The advisory instructs customers to update their firmware, suggesting there is a vulnerability that’s under exploit, but the company makes no explicit mention of a CVE designation that security professionals use to track such security flaws.
“To protect your NAS from the DeadBolt ransomware, QNAP strongly recommends securing your QNAP NAS devices and routers by following these instructions,” company officials wrote:
Disable the port forwarding function on the router
Set up #myQNAPcloud on the NAS to enable secure remote access and prevent exposure to the Internet
Update the #NAS firmware to the latest version
Update all applications on the NAS to their latest versions
Apply strong passwords for all user accounts on the NAS
Take #snapshots and back up regularly to protect your data
The advisory applies to the following devices:
QTS 5.0.1: Photo Station 6.1.2 and later
QTS 5.0.0/4.5.x: Photo Station 6.0.22 and later
QTS 4.3.6: Photo Station 5.7.18 and later
QTS 4.3.3: Photo Station 5.4.15 and later
QTS 4.2.6: Photo Station 5.2.14 and later
DeadBolt first appeared in January, and within a few months, Internet security scanning service #Censys said the ransomware had infected thousands of QNAP devices. The company took the unusual step of automatically pushing the update to all devices, even those that had automatic updating turned off.
Now, DeadBolt is back. Users first learn of the infection in ransom notes like this one:
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#International_Tech_News | #Big_Tech
#North_Korea declares itself a #NUCLEAR_WEAPONS_STATE
North Korea has passed a law declaring itself to be a nuclear weapons state, according to state news agency KCNA.
The country's leader #Kim_Jong_un called the decision "#irreversible" and ruled out the possibility of any talks on #denuclearisation, it said.
The law also enshrines the country's right to use a #pre_emptive nuclear #strike to #protect itself.
Despite #crippling_sanctions, #Pyongyang has conducted six nuclear tests between 2006 and 2017.
It has continued to advance its #military capability - in #breach of #United_Nations Security Council resolutions - to threaten its neighbors and potentially even bring the #US mainland within #striking_range.
Mr Kim carried out #long_range launches and nuclear tests in 2019 following two headline-grabbing but inconclusive summits with then US president Donald Trump.
What we know about N Korea's missile and nuclear programme
Wargaming a North Korean attack
But talks between the countries have since stalled. Although the Biden administration has indicated it's willing to talk to Pyongyang, it hasn't said whether President Joe Biden would meet Mr Kim.
The #White_House also said its attempts to contact Pyongyang and overtures of help over its #Covid outbreak had gone #unanswered so far.
The US reviewed its North Korea policy last year and reiterated that "complete denuclearisation" of the Korean peninsula was the goal. Mr Biden said he would pursue it with a mix of diplomacy and "stern deterrence". Mr Kim responded by saying his country must prepare for both "dialogue and confrontation".
Meanwhile, tensions on the Korean peninsula have spiked this year with Pyongyang firing a record number of ballistic missiles.
South Korea and the US have responded with a volley of missiles and the largest joint military exercises on the peninsula in years.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-62845958
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#International_Tech_News | #Big_Tech
#World’s Largest #Cruise_Ship to Be #Scrapped Before #First_Voyage
The ship that would have become the world’s largest #cruise_liner has been scrapped before it ever had the chance to take its #maiden_voyage.
If wasting wild amounts of resources and money is your type of thing, this is the story for you.
#Global_Dream_II was slated to carry 9,000 #passengers and was built by #German_Hong_Kong shipbuilding firm #MV_Werften to the tune of nearly $US1.4 ($2) #billion, according to the Daily Mail. It was nearly finished when the company went #bankrupt at the start of this year.
Since that happened, #no_buyer has stepped up to buy the 20-deck, 341.99 m-long monstrosity.
That means it’s now destined for the #scrap_heap. The Mail says that Global Dream II also features an outdoor waterpark and a movie theatre. Man, I really don’t get cruises.
The capacity of this ship blows the second largest ship, the Oasis-class Wonder of the Sea which is owned and operated by Royal Caribbean, out of the water (I love a good pun). The Wonder of the Seas has a passenger capacity of only 6,988. Pathetic.
Despite the $US1.4 ($2) billion put out to build this behemoth, the ship still needs about $US230,000,000 ($319,286,000) worth of work. Apparently, it is structurally complete, but equipment and passenger facilities still need to be finished.
Eagle-eyed readers will have noted the “II” in the ship’s name. Yes, there is a twin Global Dream, but it hasn’t been given the ax… yet.
https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2022/09/worlds-largest-cruise-ship-to-be-scrapped-before-first-voyage/
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#International_Tech_News | #Big_Tech
#France clamps down on #delivery_depot '#DARK_STORES'
France has taken steps to #outlaw so-called dark stores - city-centre #food_depots used for instant #home_deliveries ordered over the #internet.
Faced by #growing_protests from #local people as well as #city_authorities, President Emmanuel Macron's government has decreed that the #stores be #classified as #warehouses, rather than as shops - meaning that in #Paris and other cities most will #probably be #forced to close.
Run by half a dozen competing companies such as #Gorillas, #Cajoo, #Getir, #Flink and #Gopuff, "dark stores" have proliferated in France as elsewhere over the last two years after #Covid confinement popularised #internet_food_shopping.
#Advertising in Paris urges #householders to get their #food_delivered in less than 10 minutes - or "quicker than a double by Benzema", referring to the French football star. A campaign by Cajoo shows "Alex" doing his shopping by smartphone while sitting on the lavatory.
But residents of buildings where "dark stores" have replaced pre-existing grocery shops are angry about noise from early morning lorries and the disruption caused by squads of deliverers on electric bicycles and scooters.
City officials - who spent millions to safeguard the high street against out-of-town shopping centres - are worried that the new threat from "quick commerce" will drain life from public spaces and hasten the trend to an "atomised" society of solitary consumers.
"We can't sleep any more," said Samira, who has launched a petition against a "dark store" in her building in the 17th arrondissement of Paris.
"There is constant scooter noise, and the drivers hang outside till one in the morning, smoking weed and urinating on the street," she added.
Typically "dark stores" - of which there are about 80 in Paris - present a blank front to the street, with just the name of the company on a frosted window. But inside are shelves of commonly bought goods, which are stacked into bags and handed to waiting couriers.
The public has no access, and there is no possibility of buying the goods inside except by ordering over the internet.
Paris City Hall has tried for months to control the spread - but with limited success. Officials complain of legal loopholes which the operators have been able to exploit, and of fines too meagre to have an impact.
But after the capital joined forces with other cities like Lyon, Nice and Montpellier, their combined pressure this week convinced the government to clarify town planning laws and make it easier for municipalities to shut down "dark stores".
"Once this decree is finalised, there will be no ambiguity. Dark stores will be officially designated as warehouses, not as shops, which means local mayors will have powers to act if they choose," said Small Businesses Minister Olivia Grégoire after a meeting with city officials from across France.
"This is not just a question of noise and traffic disruption. It's a question of society," said Camille Augey, a deputy mayor of Lyon.
"We need to ask ourselves what we want. Does every need have to be immediately satisfied regardless of external consequences? Do we really need that packet of pasta or bottle of shampoo at 11 o'clock at night? Can it really not wait until the morning?"
"We managed perfectly well before quick commerce, didn't we?" she added.
None of the "dark store" operators contacted by the BBC would give an interview. In a statement Gorillas said that it brought "dynamism to town centres - creating jobs but also new outlets for local producers".
It said it would need time to study the government's new decree before reacting.
The separate phenomenon of "dark kitchens" - diner-less restaurants where meals are prepared for delivery - will also be affected by the new government policy, though it remains unclear exactly how.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62838667
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#International_Tech_News | #Big_Tech
The Facebook button is disappearing from websites as consumers demand better privacy
* Companies like Dell have been removing social logins from their websites.
* Logging in with Facebook credentials used to be available across the web, but reputational issues and stagnant user growth has dampened the social network’s influence.
* “People started feeling like it’s a breach of their personal space,” said Rakesh Soni, the CEO of digital identity management firm LoginRadius.
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