A robot powered by Qualcomm's new AI chip unexpectedly shut down during a live presentation.

The demonstration came to an abrupt halt after the robot suddenly stopped functioning, creating an awkward moment during the event.

While the exact cause has not been disclosed, the incident serves as a reminder that even cutting-edge AI hardware can encounter unexpected technical issues during live demos.

#Qualcomm #AI #Robotics #Technology #GeekRealmHub

How Flock Cameras Wrongly Tracked Me for Days Over ‘Stolen’ Plates and Sent Police After Me

Police had been tracking me for days using Flock, waiting for the right moment to strike, because they thought I’d stolen the Range Rover. The reason I was ID’d as a dangerous car thief was a simple data error made 2,000 miles away in California - an edge case that Flock’s AI camera network was unable to handle.

#flocksafety #alpr #surveillance #privacy #police #technology #tech

https://www.thedrive.com/news/how-flock-cameras-wrongly-tracked-me-for-days-over-stolen-plates-and-sent-police-after-me

Leaked document shows the surveillance tech at ICE’s fingertips in the U.S.

@404mediaco reports: https://flip.it/lGcEP2

#ICE #Privacy #Technology

New post: Knowing Where Your Window Is: A Small NVDA Add-on That Fills a JAWS Gap

https://lanie.work/technology/windowstate-nvda-add-on/

#Accessibility #Disability #Nvda #Screen-Reader #Assistive-Tech #Windows #Technology

How many ways can we spell out fascist totalitarian dictatorship before American normies realize it’s happening?

https://www.404media.co/leaked-document-shows-the-surveillance-tech-at-ices-fingertips

There needs to be more ICE doxxing. These people need to be exposed and publicly berated. They should lose their friends and be ostracized by their families.

A dictatorship can’t function unless it has subservient lackeys. If we reduce the pool of candidates through shame and humiliation, it reduces the harm that can be done.

#ICE #ICEOut #Surveillance #Privacy #Technology

Grocery Outlet Bay Area stores are using facial recognition technology to catch shoplifters

If enough companies deploy this type of technology, the ACLU stated, “ it could become a mass surveillance machine able to locate anyone who steps foot in a wide variety of establishments anywhere in the United States.”

#safrguard #facialrecognition #biometrics #surveillance #privacy #technology #tech

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/grocery-outlet-bay-area-facial-id-shoplifting-22343639.php

Keeping it real(-ish)

https://lucire.com/insider/20260723/keeping-it-real-ish/ #OpEd #publishing #BTS #BehindTheScenes #history #book #Scotland #technology

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Ali Ray on a drywall in a misty landscape evocative of Scotland.

How should I deal with websites that don’t respect my browser’s privacy settings? Preventing me from reading an article because I’ve enabled my tracker and ad blockers in Vivaldi—and then pressuring me to disable them—is unacceptable. That will only lead me to avoid such sites.

I certainly won’t compromise my privacy just because a corporation wants me to. If advertising is the only way they can make money, something is fundamentally wrong with them.

@techcrunch_official @Vivaldi #privacy #ads #adblocker #it #technology #tech #browser #web

#Technology has lost my interest at large.

I was interested in technology, because it was helping people. But today I see most of the technologies that were promised to help people, being used to merely to make money, and to help the powerful oppress the powerless.

Also good technologies that help people are banned, and bad technologies that help fascists are promoted. Undemocratically also, it seems.

Ps.
@EUCommission I'm looking at you and #chatcontrol .You're part of the problem.

#lispyGopherClimate #live #technology #podcast since 2022 discussion with the #FSF scientist #gopher @bandali (subscribe to their new #snac instance! - boost for this please)

https://toobnix.org/w/wQJ63Utsw2SN16Bhh5f2iT

#climateCrisis #haiku by @kentpitman

Joined by schemacs #emacs implementor @ramin_hal9001 !

I have a stock of questions. If you think you don't know who bandali is check his monthly software release blog.

Major theme is https://human-emacs.org/ and #LLM #AI, #linux, #lisp, the #future

#lambdaMOO

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Lispy gopher climate emphasis gopher !

Victory! Flock Ends Rollout of Audio “Distress Detection” of Human Voices

Reversing course, Flock Safety—the surveillance technology vendor most known for its extensive network of automated license plate readers—has announced that it will end a pilot for its acoustic gunshot detection devices to identify signs of “human distress.”

#flocksafety #alpr #surveillance #privacy #technology #tech

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/victory-flock-ends-rollout-audio-distress-detection-human-voices

"Auditors tell UK government to do the math before banking on £45B AI savings"

https://www.theregister.com/public-sector/2026/07/20/auditors-tell-uk-government-to-do-the-math-before-banking-on-45b-ai-savings/5274194?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky

#AI #technology #UK #Politics #ukpol

Did we, the Public, even ask for this shit? Or is it being imposed on us?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/21/not-enough-water-for-uks-datacentre-plans-trade-body-says

#DataCentres #UKPol #UKPolitics #AI #Technology #Environment #Democracy

Pixel: a biography

An exact mathematical concept, pixels are the elementary particles of pictures, based on a subtle unpacking of infinity

By Alvy Ray Smith, Edited by Nigel Warburton

https://aeon.co/essays/a-biography-of-the-pixel-the-elementary-particle-of-pictures?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=34b5c1e05b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_05_27_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972

#books #technology #ComputerScience

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A pixel does not need to be rendered as a small square. This image shows alternative ways of reconstructing an image from a set of pixel values, using dots, lines, or smooth filtering. Three panels showing image reconstruction/rendering at increasing resolution: (left) a coarse dotted/pixelated pattern of a "Z"-like shape, (middle) a finer striped/dithered version, (right) a smooth, high-resolution photo-like curve — illustrating progressive image reconstruction from low to high pixel density.

New post: I Built a Word Predictor for NVDA Because the Existing One Didn't Work for Me

https://lanie.work/technology/wordpredictor-nvda-add-on/

#Accessibility #Disability #Nvda #Screen-Reader #Assistive-Tech #Autism #Chronic-Illness #Technology

"#Buildings tell us about the #art, #technology, and #economics of the eras that produced them. But they also carry human #stories — the #architects, #engineers, #entrepreneurs, #patrons, and communities who imagined and built them. #Scholars have never identified a #Jewish style of architecture. #StanleyTigerman, a generation later and the grandchild of Eastern #European Jewish #immigrants, broke directly into #Chicago’s top firms without needing that workaround. He spent a career trying to find a Jewish style of architecture, tracing lines all the way back to #SolomonsTemple in his 1988 #book Architecture of Exile — and admitted the connection was “a real stretch.” There isn’t one. What there is instead is something more interesting: #Jews living across different eras who helped shape the urban landscape around them while navigating questions of identity, opportunity, community, and belonging. This column will explore those #stories."

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/chicagos-jewish-history-is-hiding-in-plain-sight/

This Sunday-morning-in-europe I am just going to briefly opine on Minsky and Papert's #Perceptrons ( #bookstodon ) and leak disspiriting nz government secrets about how nz's #AI #strategy is going by way of illustration (and #original #news #journalism I guess), from a multifarious handful of senior employees from different regions and departments / crown corporations.

https://toobnix.org/w/ayXvcND3PWuHVqB3gx9Ngm

#commonLisp on #irc #live #liveNOW

#lispyGopherClimate ! Every week since 2022 #technology #podcast .

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The lispy gopher climate banner featuring a post with Erik Sandewall's face on it and "MAKE AI THINK". Amoung things, gophers, lisp aliens.

Madison Square Garden is suing @WIRED over stories relating to surveillance at the venue. Wired stands by its reporting and has lifted the paywall on two of the stories so you can read them for yourself. Here they are:

https://flip.it/CmOGtT
https://flip.it/2n8E4_

#Technology #MadisonSquareGarden #JimDolan

Facewatch retail facial recognition to notify police of repeat offender matches

The Facewatch live facial recognition system used by over 125 retailers operating thousands of stores across the UK will soon send instant calls to police “when the most serious offenders trigger a live facial recognition match on entering a participating store"

#UK #retail #facewatch #facialrecognition #surveillance #privacy #police #technology #tech

https://www.biometricupdate.com/202607/facewatch-retail-facial-recognition-to-notify-police-of-repeat-offender-matches

China's Moonshot AI launched its largest model ever — and rival AI stocks plunged.

@quartz reports: "Kimi K3, a 2.8-trillion-parameter open-weight model, outperformed several leading U.S. systems on some benchmarks while pricing below top-tier American rivals."

https://flip.it/v2.ABK

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology

Hey all! For #WIPWednesday I wanted to share my most recent video.

It's gotten a great response. It's the story of a Virginia vigilante who took out a whole bunch of Flock cameras and got arrested, but he's fighting back. I also give some background on why opposing Flock is a good thing.

If you give it a watch, all I ask is you hit the like button. Doing so gives us smaller creators a huge boost. Thank you!

#YouTube #Flock #Privacy #Technology #Vigilante #Resist

https://youtu.be/Y2A66tDGwFo

The European Union has removed a major hurdle for Meta's smart glasses to enter its member states by exempting the tech from rules requiring removable batteries. U.S. Ambassador to the EU Andrew Puzder had criticized the bloc's regulation at an event in March. A spokesperson says that they have "not given in to anyone's pressure." The glasses are also in European lawmakers' crosshairs over privacy and surveillance concerns. Here's more from @POLITICOEurope.

https://flip.it/5hjQFi

#Technology #MetaGlasses #Europe

Today Microsoft finally disabled my old version of Word making it read-only because I refuse to spend money on a new MacBookAir, now that my old one will no longer update its MacOS.

Anyone out there have any recommendations for a (preferably free) simple word processor that would allow me to produce new documents that are readable (happy if that means I have to concert them to PDFs for distribution) & to edit old Word files (less need).

thanks in advance

#technology #WordProcessing #software

New post: Privacy Is a Luxury I Can't Afford

https://lanie.work/technology/privacy-is-a-luxury-i-cant-afford/

#Privacy #Accessibility #Disability #Chronic-Illness #Blindness #Technology

"Hands off our VPNs, privacy groups tell UK ministers"

https://www.theregister.com/networks/2026/07/14/hands-off-our-vpns-privacy-groups-tell-uk-ministers/5271070?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

"Whether the government is persuaded may depend on whether it views VPNs as a niche loophole used by a small minority of teenagers – as its own research suggests – or as the next obstacle to enforcing its online safety agenda."

#AgeVerification #privacy #VPN #VPNs #technology #UK #DigitalID

Flighty’s new Connection Assistant app gets you where you need to go

https://lucirerouge.com/2026/07/14/flightys-new-connection-assistant-app-gets-you-where-you-need-to-go/ #travel #app #technology #Flighty

"You can’t devote your life to mastering the art of scanning or unpacking cages in the same way as a craftsman devotes themselves to blade-making or weaving. We face a dearth of complex and meaningful jobs." —Joshua Habgood-Coote for Aeon https://aeon.co/essays/the-radical-reasons-why-you-dream-of-making-things-by-hand?src=longreads #technology #nostalgia #philosophy #artificialintelligence #ai #crafts #longreads

"It's starting to look a lot like a meme stock." @BBCNews talked to experts about how SpaceX and its investors are faring, a month after its IPO.

https://flip.it/RcRqBx

#SpaceX #Technology #Business

New post: One AI, One Life, One Room

https://lanie.work/technology/one-ai-one-life-one-room/

#Accessibility #Disability #Ai #Cognitive-Prosthetic #Workflow #Technology

COMING SOON: The Nerd Reich by Gil Durán (@gilduran)

https://social.trom.tf/display/dbc8dc44-606a-5416-9e63-b78152956776

#technology #bookstagram #SiliconValley #reading #PeteThiel #DarkEnlightenment #NeoReactionary #NRx #cameralism #CurtisYarvin #NetworkState #NeoFascism #TechnoFeudalism #book

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SCREENSHOT: Post by Gil Durán Sunday, July 12, 2026 a 3:23 PM PHOTO: A cardboard box with muliple copies of a hardcover book, one of which is being held. The cover is red with a circuit board tracing faintly laid over it. "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fasscism and the War on Democracy" by Gil Durán TEXT: Yesterday two mysterious boxes arrived. And here in my hand is my life's work: "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fasscism and the War on Democracy". It tells the story of how a cult of billionaires became radicalized against democracy. And it exposes their plan to use AI and crypto to wipe the United States off the face of the earth. Coming 8/18. Pre-orders make a huge difference! Make a fascist sweat -- pre-order today! (See links below.)

The tech universe is full of stories about AI agents, superchips, apps, games and so much more. But how about one that can help you manage a heat wave? Like this @Techcrunch article about a slushie machine that got writer Lauren Forristal through New York City’s recent scorcher:

https://flip.it/Awjflm

#Tech #Technology #Gadgets

Good morning. 🌸🌸🌸

11 July 2026

I use my phone mostly as a pocket‑sized computer rather than a telephone, though I do occasionally make or answer a call. If I want to look something up—anytime, anywhere—I reach for my back pocket, pull out my iPhone, and the world opens. It’s amazing, really, and I know I’m not the only one who does this. But if I set my phone down while moving around and suddenly think of something I want to research, which happens often, I find myself scrambling. Where did I leave it? That moment of panic is unsettling. It’s strange to feel so tethered to an object. In a way, it’s like carrying around a genie everywhere I go—one that can answer any question or fetch almost anything with a tap. Aladdin’s lamp has nothing on this little slab of metal and glass; I get far more than three wishes.

It makes me wonder how I managed daily life for so long without a cell phone. Maybe it’s similar to what my grandparents must have felt when they looked back and asked how people lived without running water or electricity. Was there really life before the automobile? I suspect most of us today wouldn’t last long in that world.

Imagine the chaos if all the cell towers suddenly went dark. It’s not impossible. Then what? Payphones have vanished, and most homes have abandoned landlines. And that’s just the communication piece. If electricity and fuel stopped flowing, survival itself would be at stake.

It’s almost comical that misplacing my iPhone can spark visions of a dystopian future—but here we are.

“Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master.” — Christian Lous Lange

“We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.” — Carl Sagan

“Big Brother is watching you.” - George Orwell, 1984

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #nature #morning #technology #cellphones #flowers #dystopian #genie

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"A dense cluster of crepe myrtle blossoms fills the frame, glowing in vivid shades of pink that seem almost electric. Each flower is made of delicate, crinkled petals—like soft tissue paper gently ruffled by a breeze—surrounding bright yellow centers that pop against the saturated color. Some buds remain tightly closed, smooth and round, hinting at blooms still to come. The flowers cling to a slender branch with smooth bark, while glossy green leaves frame the cluster. The background melts into a soft blur, making the blossoms feel close, almost touchable, as if you could lean in and breathe their warm summer scent. The overall impression is one of lushness, texture, and color—summer captured at its most exuberant." - Microsoft Copilot

New post: Learning Enough to Change Direction

https://lanie.work/technology/learning-enough-to-change-direction/

#Accessibility #Disability #Chronic-Illness #Executive-Dysfunction #Education #Ai #Technology

One great thing about smartphones is you’re always connected. And a negative thing? You’re always connected. Enter Dumb Co, the flip phone company run by a small team in their 20s and 30s that grew up with iPads but now crave something simpler: like a flip phone that syncs to your smartphone, forging a happy balance between the two. Read more from @Techcrunch:

https://flip.it/j.OX9i

#Tech #Phones #Technology

Hey all. My new YouTube video is up!

This week's topic is Flock Safety cameras, the institutionalized abuse of this technology, and most importantly, a Suffolk, Virginia engineer who was recently arrested for destroying and defacing the cameras in his town en masse.

If you enjoy the video, please tap the like button. This is a free way to help a small creator in a big way. Thank you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2A66tDGwFo

#YouTube #Technology #Privacy #Flock #JeffSovern #MassSurveillance #CivilLiberties

CEOs are baffled at the high cost of moving to AI. Shockingly enough, sacking human workers isn't resulting in huge savings.

@TechRadar reports: https://flip.it/YHvH6L

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology

“I can already see that I’d make enough to live well and to help my family live well, so I’ll minimize my monetization.” Craigslist founder Craig Newmark talked to Founder Brew about why he didn't take Silicon Valley's big bucks, being an accidental entrepreneur, and why good customer service is vital.

 https://flip.it/zPHVDM

#Technology #Founders #Craigslist

"We cannot choose to become idiots." When Brown University economics professor Roberto Serrano gave his students a take-home midterm for the first time, most of them did suspiciously well. Suspecting widespread AI use, he voided the results and told students he would reweigh the final, after which 18 students dropped out. The average score on the final was 48.6 percent, a historic low. Serrano spoke to Inside Higher Ed about the university administration's response, and how he believes they should respond to AI-enabled cheating.

https://flip.it/g4D2MG

#Education #AI #Technology

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#channels #technology #news

Microsoft is laying off around 4,800 employees today as it starts its new financial year. 1,600 of those are in the Xbox division, which will see an additional 1,600 cuts — not counted in today's number — through FY 2027. Here's more from CNBC.

https://flip.it/CSE_.m

#Technology #GamesIndustry #Xbox

The "Willy Wonka" story is becoming a reality show, and Gene Wilder's AI-created voice is going to appear in it (with the consent of the late actor's wife). @Variety explains what you need to know. Tell us in the comments what you think.

https://flip.it/-rxpK7

#Technology #AI #Television

Gadgets can make your workday less stressful. @Techcrunch reviewed five that it says can transform your workspace. Take a quick look and see if one (or more) work for you:

https://flip.it/3EsYQy

#Tech #Gadgets #Technology

Verhaltensscanner am Kotti startet noch im Sommer

‚Die Berliner Polizei hat sich für eine Verhaltensscanner-Software entschieden. Die automatisierte Überwachung des öffentlichen Raums soll noch in diesem Quartal am Kottbusser Tor starten. Später soll das System auch an weiteren hochfrequentierten Orten das Verhalten von Passant*innen analysieren….‘

https://netzpolitik.org/2026/software-zur-ueberwachung-berlins-ausgewaehlt-verhaltensscanner-am-kotti-startet-noch-im-sommer/ Via @yoshiXYZ

#Berlin #Polizei #Überwachung #KI #Technology #Datenschutz #Privacy #Kotti

‚Die Polizei will KI-Videoüberwachung auch beim Objektschutz einsetzen. Zusätzlich zu Kotti, Görli und Alex kommen die Kameras dann auch ans Parlament….‘

Verhaltensscanner bald auch vor dem Abgeordnetenhaus #Berlin

https://taz.de/KI-Videoueberwachung-in-Berlin/!6160851/

#Überwachung #KI #Technology #Polizei #Repression #Deutschland #Privacy #Datenschutz

Scientists in Singapore and Japan have developed a tiny 3D-printed scuba suit for cyborg cockroaches. Why, you ask? Their intent is noble. @Gizmodo has the details:

https://flip.it/AJhlR1

#Tech #Research #Technology

Just got highway 407ETR's 'revised privacy policy' (privately-run via 99-year lease signed by Harris's Tories in 1999).

It's a doozy.

S1: 1. 'Your privacy is paramount', but

S3: [by default] 'we may disclose Personal Information to third-party service providers such as marketing and communications agencies, digital or social media marketing and analytics vendors, communications service providers, and consulting firms'

So, what do we share?

1/2

@pluralistic #ontario #privacy #technology

Data Sovereignty in light of US uncertainty

EU and businesses are abandoning US tech giants for open source and self-hosted alternatives. Why data sovereignty matters now more than ever.

https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/data-sovereignty-in-light-of-us-uncertainty

#DataSovereignty #technology #SelfHosted #foss #gdpr #compliance #privacy #SurveillanceCapitalism #infosec #cyber #security

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Data Sovereignty in light of US uncertainty