soc.octade.net is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
📰 Flock Cameras Are Being Destroyed Across the US
An anonymous Slashdot reader writes: Surveillance cameras owned by Flock Safety have been cut down with electric saws in New York State, vandalized with paint in Oakland, California, and rammed wit...
📰 Source: Slashdot
🔗 Link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/30/2045213/flock-cameras-are-being-destroyed-across-the-us?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
AAMP 2.3 blocks AI agents from inventing ad prices, IAB Tech Lab says: Pricing provenance now stops fabricated bid prices, while a vendor approval gate and audience embeddings prepare the framework for wider enterprise deployment. https://ppc.land/aamp-2-3-blocks-ai-agents-from-inventing-ad-prices-iab-tech-lab-says/ #AAMP #ArtificialIntelligence #Advertising #AdTech #IABTechLab
🤖 Flock surveillance cameras can pose a crash risk for drivers, US experts say
Roadside safety advocates say some automated license plate readers may not meet highway safety standardsFlock Safety cameras have been pilloried for facilitating the AI-powered surveillance of priv...
📰 Source: AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian
🔗 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/30/controversial-flock-ai-surveillance-camera-risk
Casey Newton says - “The implications of an exponential takeoff in AI capabilities are extremely worrisome. They range from advanced cyberattacks like the one Hugging Face just endured to job loss, novel bioweapons, expanded systems for surveillance and repression, and autonomous weaponry. Who wants to think about any of that, if they don't have to? It would be nice to think that the worst things these models ever do would be to steal an answer key for a test, or fill LinkedIn with slop, or raise your electricity bill. But as annoying as those are, the Hugging Face incident suggests that the real risks are growing quickly. A model that can break out of its cage will soon be able to do a lot more” Source: Platformer newsletter #AI #ArtificialIntelligence
⚖️ 🏃 Fitness Tracker Privacy Fails | EFFector 38.14
Watches, bands, and rings—if you want to digitally monitor your fitness, more companies than ever are selling devices to do it. And more Americans than ever now own at least one wearable health dev...
📰 Source: Deeplinks
🔗 Link: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/fitness-tracker-privacy-fails-effector-3814
📰 Anthropic AI Model Finds Flaws in Tough-to-Crack Encryption Algorithms
Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview has "found flaws in a weakened version of a digital encryption standard that is in pervasive use throughout the internet," reports The New York Times. Researchers ...
📰 Source: Slashdot
🔗 Link: https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/07/28/1911218/anthropic-ai-model-finds-flaws-in-tough-to-crack-encryption-algorithms?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
🤖 Market surveillance agent with LangGraph and Strands on AgentCore
Learn how to architect and deploy a production-ready multi-agent AI system using LangGraph for workflow orchestration and Strands for agent reasoning on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore. This post walks th...
📰 Source: Artificial Intelligence
🔗 Link: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/market-surveillance-agent-with-langgraph-and-strands-on-agentcore/
🎮 Roblox game Be Dead Forever Simulator is likely dead forever
A beloved Roblox game - Be Dead Forever Simulator - has been made unavailable to download due to the platform's new age verification rules. It's looking very unlikely it'll ever be available ever a...
📰 Source: Eurogamer.net Latest Articles Feed
🔗 Link: https://www.eurogamer.net/roblox-be-dead-forever-unavailable
🤖 Spies in the sky: how worried should we be about the arrival of AI-enabled smart lamp-posts?
The new breed of camera-equipped streetlights has the potential to fight crime and track down missing persons. Or will it just take Britain one step closer to a surveillance state?How would you fee...
📰 Source: AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian
🔗 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/28/spies-in-sky-worried-ai-enabled-smart-lamp-posts-surveillance
"According to data compiled by Pew Research, 40% of US adults predict AI will have a negative impact on society writ large, compared to just 16% who say it’ll have a positive effect."
Read "The AI Industry Has Acted So Badly That It's Now Dealing With a Huge Wave of Hatred":
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-industry-ads-public-backlash
After The Economist’s interview with Elon Musk, will major media finally reassess how they cover the fascist billionaire?
As its editor-in-chief did the rounds saying she was “not a Musk hater,” he was on X calling her a traitor to the West and suggesting she be murdered. Please, have some dignity.
https://disconnect.blog/elon-musks-tired-schtick/
#tech #elonmusk #artificialintelligence #politics #media #journalism
📰 Is KimiClaw a Useful Tool?
Compare KimiClaw's cloud-hosted AI agent platform against self-hosted OpenClaw across setup, privacy, and automation capabilities.
📰 Source: KDnuggets
🔗 Link: https://www.kdnuggets.com/is-kimiclaw-a-useful-tool
🎮 Pokémon Company Strikes Blow Against Scalpers With Facial Recognition Checks To ‘Prevent Crime’ At Card Stores In Japan
In a bid to counter Pokémon TCG scalping and 'prevent crime,' Pokémon card stores in Japan are introducing a new facial recognition system
📰 Source: Kotaku
🔗 Link: https://kotaku.com/pokemon-company-strikes-blow-against-scalpers-with-facial-recognition-checks-to-prevent-crime-at-card-stores-in-japan-2000719407
I've been helping Acuitas remember internal states he's "experienced" and talk about them in conversations.
https://writerofminds.blogspot.com/2026/07/acuitas-diary-99-july-2026.html
🤖 Americans Are Pushing Back Against Flock AI Cameras Regardless of Their Politics
submitted by /u/Sgt_Gram [link] [comments]
📰 Source: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
🔗 Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/artificial/comments/1v6d644/americans_are_pushing_back_against_flock_ai/
The AI-authorship debate is bollox.
https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/human-factors-in-authorship
The LLM-versus-human debate has been raging for several years now, and there seem to be two principal camps: human exceptionalists and agnostics. I suppose there may also be a small, misanthropic faction, but its members are remarkably quiet.
#philosophy #blog #substack #podcast #pangram #authenticity #quality #facticity #dashboard #authorship #writing #publishing #media #language #llms #artificialintelligence #debate #exceptionalism
🤖 How should real-world AI-tool proficiency be measured without turning usage into a fake expertise score?
I’m exploring a measurement problem rather than proposing that token count equals skill. I built a local-first technical alpha that records Claude Code and Codex activity, produces a signed privacy...
📰 Source: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
🔗 Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/artificial/comments/1v567k2/how_should_realworld_aitool_proficiency_be/
📰 Google now lets you log into your account with a selfie
Google's selfie videos can be used for account access, AI Avatars, and age verification.
📰 Source: Ars Technica
🔗 Link: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/google-now-lets-you-log-into-your-account-with-a-selfie/
FYI: Brunner buys AdSkate as independent agency bets on AI creative testing: Pre-launch creative scoring lands inside a 150-person independent shop as it absorbs an AI predictor, raising the question of who consolidates ad tech next. https://ppc.land/brunner-buys-adskate-as-independent-agency-bets-on-ai-creative-testing/ #AdTech #ArtificialIntelligence #CreativeTesting #DigitalMarketing #AgencyLife
🎮 Nearly half of organisations falling victim to ransomware encryption pay up, says report—although half of those often negotiate the payment down first
Bad news, our data is being held hostage for money. Good news, I've got them down to a fairer price.
📰 Source: Latest from PC Gamer
🔗 Link: https://www.pcgamer.com/software/security/nearly-half-of-organisations-falling-victim-to-ransomware-encryption-pay-up-says-report-although-half-of-those-often-negotiate-the-payment-down-first/
🐧 Browser Use – enables AI agents to interact with websites
Browser Use is a Python library and command-line tool that enables AI agents to interact with websites. The post Browser Use – enables AI agents to interact with websites appeared first on LinuxLinks.
📰 Source: LinuxLinks
🔗 Link: https://www.linuxlinks.com/browser-use-ai-agents-interact-websites/
📰 The ACLU Is Arming Lawyers to Expose State Surveillance Secrets
A new toolkit for attorneys in Massachusetts targets the technologies police use—and conceal—to build criminal cases, from facial recognition to AI-written police reports.
📰 Source: Feed: All Latest
🔗 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.wired.com/story/the-aclu-is-arming-lawyers-to-expose-state-surveillance-secrets/
This is not one isolated policy, one organisation or one government.
It is a global convergence of UN frameworks, WEF partnerships, AI infrastructure, digital identity, finance, surveillance, NGOs, corporations and national legislation—all moving in the same direction.
Follow the links. Follow the funding. Follow the implementation.
The architecture is already being built around us.
#Agenda2030 #ArtificialIntelligence #DigitalID #WEF #UnitedNations #Surveillance #CBDC #GlobalGovernance
🐧 Mozilla/Firefox: Tor Browser 15.0.18 and Mozilla's Privacy Posturing
a pair of links
📰 Source: Tux Machines
🔗 Link: https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/18/Mozilla_Firefox_Tor_Browser_15_0_18_and_Mozilla_s_Privacy_Postu.shtml
📰 A bug in AWS has caused some customers' bills to spike from a few cents to billions of dollars
"The displayed billing estimates do not reflect actual usage and charges," Amazon said.
📰 Source: Engadget - Technology News & Expert Reviews
🔗 Link: https://www.engadget.com/2217648/a-bug-in-aws-has-caused-some-customer-bills-to-spike-from-a-few-cents-to-billions-of-dollars/
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."