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The Shopify app is down, with around 4,000 retailers reporting issues with the site on one of the busiest retail days of the year. Here's more from @Independent.
From CNBC: How a sense of nostalgia and chic led to the development of a landline-style phone that can reduce your amount of screen time.
Do you hear those bells ringing? It’s the sound of stress that is already wafting into the gift giver’s mind. Fortunately, there’s help. Read about the app that just might lift some of that holiday stress off your shoulders. Read more from @TechRadar:
Discusses suicide of Adam Raine, encouragement to self-harm by ChatGPT [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
@brianmerchant lays out in plain terms the "moral abomination" of the death of Adam Raine, who died by suicide after months of interactions with ChatGPT. "[The AI industry] is willing to countenance a genuine and seemingly widespread mental health crisis among some of its most engaged users, including the fact that its products are quite literally leading to their deaths, in a quest to maximize market share and time-on-screen. Move fast, break minds, perhaps."
#AdamRaine #Technology #Tech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #MentalHealth #ChatGPT #OpenAI #SamAltman
A team at three U.S. universities developed an AI-powered browser extension that modifies how content appears on X and then tested it on 1,200 participants in the run up to the 2024 U.S. presidential election. The tool scans posts for anti-democratic and negative partisan views (such as calling for violence towards supporters of an opposing party) and then re-orders the posts so polarizing content is shown either more or less to participants. The scientists found that attitudes towards the opposing party changed on average by two points, and that the participants who saw less hostile content reported feeling less angry and sad while using X. The extension did not need the participation of X and, the team behind it noted, could be a way of reranking social media posts "without platform collaboration." Here's more from @euronews.
In August, Matthew and Maria Raine sued OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, over their 16-year-old son Adam’s suicide, accusing the company of wrongful death. OpenAI responded to the lawsuit with a filing of its own this week, arguing that it shouldn’t be held responsible for the teenager’s death. @Techcrunch has more on this sad and important story that some may find difficult to read:
#Tech #ChatGPT #AI #Technology #OpenAI #MentalHealth #Suicide
How much do you think Apple's formation agreement, signed in 1976 by Mr. Stephen G. Wozniak, Mr. Steven P. Jobs, and Mr. Ronald G. Wayne, is worth? According to Apple Insider, the three-page document is expected to fetch up to $4 million when it's auctioned in January. Here's more.
Australia will enforce a social media ban for children under 16 despite a court challenge.
@AssociatedPress reports: https://flip.it/7tbvBI
Kumma, the AI-enabled teddy bear that was pulled from shelves last week after people discovered it had a thing for BDSM, is available again. @Engadget reports that its maker, Singapore-based FoloToy, brought it back after "a full week of rigorous review, testing and reinforcement of our safety modules."
#Technology #Tech #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Lifestyle #Toys #FoloToy
When the U.S. House Oversight Committee released 20,000 of Jeffrey Epstein's emails earlier this month, some people wanted to check out the messages for themselves, but without having to wade through the whole digital dump. @motherjonesmag reports on Jmail, which presents the documents as if they were in a Gmail account, with a working search function. Here's how programmer Luke Igel and prankster Riley Walz made it. At the second link, find the inbox, with some familiar names within: Steve Bannon, Quora, and, erm, @Flipboard.
https://jmail.world/
#Technology #Tech #JeffreyEpstein #USNews #USPolitics #TrumpAdministration #Flipboard #Jmail
This year, three U.S. states filed lawsuits against Roblox over child-safety issues, and 20 lawsuits were filed accusing the platform of enabling sexual exploitation. How did CEO David Baszucki respond when asked by Hard Fork hosts @caseynewton and Kevin Roose about the problem of predators on Roblox? He dismissed the issue, and even described it as "an opportunity." Newton writes for Platformer News about what he thinks Baszucki's responses says about the tech industry at large. "Over and over again, we have seen leaders in Baszucki's position choose growth over guardrails. Safety features come out years after the need for them is identified, if at all. Internal critics are sidelined, laid off, or managed out. And when journalists ask, politely but insistently, why so many of their users are suffering, executives laugh and tell us that we're the crazy ones."
#Technology #Tech #Roblox #SocialMedia #TechIndustry #DavidBaszucki
Takeoff of China’s flying taxis hits turbulence, @AssociatedPress reports.
"The so-called 'low-altitude economy' faces obstacles such as strict airspace controls and battery limitations."
Can AI systems understand the physical world? Artificial intelligence pioneer Yann LeCun is leaving Meta to launch an AI startup that will set out to do just that. More from @AssociatedPress:
The DOGE Days are over. @Techcrunch has more on the Trump administration’s disbanding of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency:
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, U.S. court filing alleges.
CNBC reports: "The legal brief is related to high-profile multidistrict litigation from plaintiffs such as school districts, parents and state attorneys general against companies like Meta, YouTube, Snap and TikTok."
This article covers subjects some may find disturbing. [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
“You don’t owe anyone your presence just because a ‘calendar’ said birthday.” How ChatGPT encouraged a 23-year-old to keep his distance – even as his mental health was deteriorating. Read more from @Techcrunch:
#Tech #ChatGPT #AI #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence #MentalHealth #SomeoneCares
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The web becomes far more interesting when you explore it on your own instead of letting a bot spoon feed you the highlights. 😊 It just feels more human.
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Can someone please #ExplainToMeLikeIm5 WHY THE FUCK DOES A #CHARGER NEED "#Cloud" and "#AI" 'features' or a shitty, non-self adjusting #Clock ???
- Worse even: This isn't like some fancy "Lab Equipment" to do custom charge voltage and amperage curves or something where said settings may come in handy (Like needing to charge or discharge a custom cell / battery pack design/chemistry), but it's just a giant #GaN #USB #PowerDelivery block, so there is no reason to shove an #LCD (or even #OLED) into that case to begin with!
THIS IS NOT A "BENCHTOP POWER SUPPLY" WITH DIALS AND KNOBS!
- All this #Enshittification - #Bloat will only drive up prices cuz #Greedflation is a thing!
#Bloatware #WTF #ProductDesign #HardwareDesign #Commentary #tech #technology #Anker #Prime #AnkerPrime250W #AnkerPrime #AntiFeatures #AntiFeature #Hardware #Charging #USBcharger #USBc #USBpd
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A charger advertisinge "OTA Cloud Upgrade Protocol"
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The same charger advertising "AI Power Mode"
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The same charger adveritising a useless clock to waste energy on a display it didn't need in the first place, because it's a USB-C PD Charger and not a benchtop power supply!
Gen-Zers, do you love AI slop? A video game executive has sparked a fierce debate surrounding the industry's widespread use of generative AI. @Futurism tells us more:
#Tech #AI #Gaming #VideoGames #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence
There is a moment, right after stacking your tabs, where the room goes quiet and you could swear your chair lifts a few centimetres. 🧘♂️
Which are the dominant social platforms in the U.S. today? Here are the results of Pew Research's survey of more than 5,000 adults.
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They've designed it so it's almost impossible to have sex with it, so there's that....but I bet it doesn't work as a 'robot butler' though.
We ain't there yet.
https://www.wired.com/story/memo-sunday-robotics-home-robot/
Nvidia sent a strong signal on AI infrastructure — but is it a bubble barometer?
CNBC reports (registration may be required): https://flip.it/LS9.KT
Vivaldi 7.7 on Android is here! 💪
✓ Add custom search engines
✓ Import and export bookmarks
✓ Long press to create search engines
✓ Dark mode tuned for comfy reading
Everything new: https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-on-mobile-7-7/
#Vivaldi #Browser #Android #App #Tech #Software #Technology
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Android phone showing the Vivaldi Browser version 7.7, displaying the new import/export of bookmarks feature.
Larry Summers resigns from OpenAI board after release of emails with Jeffrey Epstein.
CNBC reports: https://flip.it/ircdx1
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"A printed diary held out the promise of total control over time, place and the self."
Elena Mary for Aeon: https://aeon.co/essays/victorian-diary-writers-kicked-off-our-age-of-self-optimisation
#Longreads #Victorian #Diary #Diaries #Writing #Society #Culture #History #Optimization #Technology #SelfImprovement
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A lot of good documentaries to watch here: https://www.documentaryarea.com
"Documentary Area
Simply the best Documentaries"
#documentary #art #culture #history #medicine #nature #science #technology #music #society
After months of reporting from @404mediaco and pressure from lawmakers, a data broker owned by major airlines will close a program in which it sold hundreds of millions of flight records to the FBI, Department of Homeland Security, ATF, SEC, TSA and State Department. Here's more.
#Technology #Tech #Aviation #USGovernment #Airlines #DataSecurity #InfoSec
We believe that there's something genuinely nice about reading a site yourself instead of getting the artificially boiled down version. 😌
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Browser #Vivaldi #Tech
A widely used Internet infrastructure company said that it has resolved an issue that led to outages impacting users of everything from ChatGPT and the online game, “League of Legends,” to the New Jersey Transit system early Tuesday.
@AssociatedPress reports on the Cloudflare outage: https://flip.it/7gdHLg
A federal jury in California ruled that Apple owes medical device maker Masimo $634 million for infringing on a patent for a blood oxygen monitor. @Techcrunch has more:
Legendary AI scientist Yann LeCun is reportedly leaving Meta, and a Financial Times report suggests that he's going to found a startup based on "world models." @Gizmodo reports on what that means.
#Technology #Tech #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #LLMs #WorldModels #YannLeCun #Meta
In 7.7, we've added a dedicated Performance section to Settings where you can configure Energy Saver mode for increased battery life, use the Memory Saver to unload inactive tabs and free up memory, enable lazy loading, and more. 🚤
#Vivaldi #Technology #Browser #Apps #Browsers #Tech
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Screenshot showing the brand new Performance section in Vivaldi 7.7 Settings on desktop, displaying just some of the new settings, such as hardware acceleration, energy saver and a bit of the memory saver.
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A two part Threads exchange. The first from @controlla.xyz:
If you hate Al you probably just hate art and expression. It's an infinite mashup of all the best art ever made by humans
The second from @lesliejandersonwriter:
If you hate the juice at the bottom of a restaurant dumpster you just hate food and cooking.
It's an infinite mashup of all the best food made by humans!
OpenAI is piloting group chat in ChatGPT, letting multiple users join one conversation. It’s already running in Japan, New Zealand, South Korea and Taiwan. Is this a cool idea? Learn more from @AxiosNews, including how the pilot works:
Black Friday deals may have decreased in value in recent years, but you can still score some serious discounts if you know where to look. PC World lays it all out for us, providing links to early deals and pointers on how to come out a winner:
The financial scrutiny into OpenAI has been building for a year. Now, leaked documents provide more of a glimpse into the company — specifically its revenue and compute costs. Read more from @Techcrunch:
AI-powered toys? What could go wrong? “After testing three different toys powered by AI,” Frank Landymore writes, “researchers from the US Public Interest Research Group found that the playthings can easily verge into risky conversational territory for children, including telling them where to find knives in a kitchen and how to start a fire with matches.” It actually gets worse in one case. Read more from @Futurism:
@pluralistic urges Europe and Canada to stop catering to U.S. tech giants.
@PCMag reports on Cory Doctorow's "plan for a better internet: legalize jailbreaking, modding, and tinkering."
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«half your species runs on flattery, deflection, and ingratiating little social manoeuvres»
https://philosophics.blog/2025/11/14/surfeit-of-sycophants/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social
As a part of my ongoing dialogue with AI, where I prompt, 'Tell me what you really think', I share this gem; ChatGPT calls it like it sees it – or perhaps I've just ruined it for life. What do you think?
#ai #chatgpt #truth #manners #kissass #biomimicry #survival #machines #technology #cheating #society #probabilities #maths #psychology #philosophy #code #freewill #blog #podcast
Je máccuse. I confess to using AI. Now what?
https://philosophics.blog/2025/11/13/confession-i-use-ai/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=blog
#ai #blog #writing #chatgpt #robots #language #essay #books #amwriting #authorlife #technology #humancondition #Philosophy
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Escher's Drawing Hands
This was one day these firefighters wish they had off. How a safety drill at Elon Musk’s Boring Company left participants with permanent burns, from @Techcrunch:
Steam Machines are back! @ign's Jackie Thomas got hands-on with the new console-like gaming PC from Valve and gives the lowdown on design, specs and performance. Sadly, the one thing we all want to know — price — hasn't yet been made public.
#Gaming #PCGaming #Valve #SteamDeck #SteamMachine #VideoGames #Technology #Tech