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

French presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon pushes to “Save Physical Video Games” following PlayStation plan as games are “cultural assets” that should be protected

https://frvr.com/blog/french-presidential-candidate-pushes-to-save-physical-video-games-following-playstation-plan-as-games-are-cultural-assets-that-should-be-protected/

#Sony #PlayStation #PS5 #PS6 #gaming #enshittification #technology #France #elections

WhatsApp is launching a username feature that allows you to add contacts without revealing your phone number. And, of course, there are already reports that username impersonation is an issue. Read more from @TechRadar in the first link. The second link points to an @Engadget story about how to navigate the free-for-all for handles:

https://flip.it/NX2gf_

https://flip.it/hIqKEU

#Tech #WhatsApp #Technology

If you thought you purchased "Paddington," "Terminator 2" or "Rambo 3," from the U.K. PlayStation store, no you didn't. Jeffrey Parkin writes for Rogue.Site about the death of physical media and how "digital purchases" are really a long-term lease that can be terminated at any time.

https://flip.it/m3-Abb

#Technology #PhysicalMedia #Sony

NEW: How Google and AI Nearly Made a Seasoned Reporter Spiral

"I thought I had missed something major in my reporting. Turns out I had stumbled into an AI-fueled feedback loop that involved a real LLC’s fictional website and a search engine that’s thrusting unreliable answers on users."

https://www.propublica.org/article/google-ai-reporting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Google #AI #Journalism #Media #Technology #Tech #Research #LLM #artificialintelligence

Ford says it's rehired hundreds of humans after its AI and automation strategy backfired. Here's more from @Independent.

https://flip.it/CXOiY3

#ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Ford

https://toobnix.org/w/278gCLeqPDh5zGubbc1PAU
#lispyGopherClimate #live every week since 2022 Tuesday Night in the Americas! #technology #podcast #lisp

#climate #haiku by @kentpitman https://climatejustice.social/@kentpitman/116809734391826924

#climateCrisis becomes mainstream as thousands of normal people start dying in Europe and North America

Briefly, the USA's #AI embargo.

https://github.com/netsettler/netsettlement and https://www.cs.umd.edu/~nau/cmsc421/norvig-lisp-style.pdf

Putting together #zine for next week - send/give/link me writing! https://itch.io/jam/zine

+ @ramin_hal9001

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