Are your headphones and speakers vulnerable to hacking? If your audio accessories use Google's Fast Pair protocol, you may need a patch to avoid hackers eavesdropping on your calls and surroundings, hijacking your devices and playing their own audio through them, or even stalking you. Here's a @WIRED story that explains more.

https://flip.it/.Khv35

#Technology #Tech #InfoSecurity #Data #InfoSec #Gadgets #Devices #Google

Wouldn’t it be nice to enhance your PC’s performance “with just one click?” Microsoft's PC Manager is a single, streamlined utility app that collects all of Windows’ performance optimization settings. So, how’s it work? @PCMag’s Michael Muchmore took it for a spin:

https://flip.it/adcfG8

#Tech #Computers #PCs #Microsoft #Apps #Technology

Wikipedia inks AI deals with Microsoft, Meta and Perplexity as it marks 25th birthday.

@AssociatedPress reports: "While AI training has sparked legal battles elsewhere over copyright and other issues, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said he welcomes it."

https://flip.it/i-otck

#Wikipedia #AI #Tech #Microsoft #Meta

Pebble launched a smartwatch in the 2010s, received VC funding, grew to hundreds of employees and then sold to Fitbit in 2016. Bye-bye Pebble. Now, it's back, self-funded with a staff of five, and under the control of its original founder, Eric Migicovsky. @ieeespectrum talked to him about the the three new Pebble wearables, e-paper, open-sourcing, AI and more. “I just love the idea of a fun device that doesn’t take itself too seriously. I love looking forward to gadgets. So, we’re just going to build gadgets that we love,” says Migicovsky.

https://flip.it/PUBrpa

#Technology #Tech #Pebble #Wearables #SmartWatch #AI

Are you being tracked by the police?

Police Unmask Millions of Surveillance Targets Because of Flock Redaction Error

https://www.404media.co/police-unmask-millions-of-surveillance-targets-because-of-flock-redaction-error/

#Police #ACAB #Flock #Surveillance #Security #Privacy #Flock #Tech

Meta’s VR layoffs, studio closures underscore Mark Zuckerberg’s massive pivot to AI.

From CNBC: "Just over four years after Facebook changed its name to Meta, the company is scaling back its virtual reality ambitions."

https://flip.it/LrS14c

#Meta #AI #Zuckerberg #VR #Tech #Technology

pcTattletale spyware founder Bryan Fleming pleads guilty to federal hacking and illegal surveillance software charges after HSI probe. 📱
The case highlights how stalkerware operators openly market non-consensual tracking, raising accountability gaps despite known privacy risks. ⚖️

🔗 https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/06/founder-of-spyware-maker-pctattletale-pleads-guilty-to-hacking-and-advertising-surveillance-software/

#TechNews #Privacy #Security #Spyware #Data #Rights #Stalkerware #Law #Accountability #Surveillance #Tech #Cybersecurity #Justice #DigitalRights #Crime

California's DROP platform took effect Jan 1, letting residents submit one deletion request to 500+ registered data brokers. 🗑️
The Delete Act streamlines prior per-broker opt-outs, but brokers still keep first-party/public data amid privacy advocates' mixed reception. ⚖️

🔗 https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/data-broker-hoarding-is-rampant-new-law-lets-consumers-fight-back/

#TechNews #Privacy #Data #Security #California #Rights #Regulation #Policy #DigitalRights #Law #Accountability #Tech #Consumers #DeleteAct #Brokers #DROP #Broker

Telegram adds passkey support for secure, phishing-resistant logins across devices, replacing SMS verification codes. 🔐
Phone number requirement persists, raising ongoing privacy concerns around KYC compliance and account linking. 📱

🔗 https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/01/07/telegram-adds-passkey-support-still-requires-phone-number/

#TechNews #Privacy #Security #Passkeys #Telegram #Data #Encryption #Rights #Accountability #DigitalRights #Messaging #Tech #FIDO #Cybersecurity #Freedom #Signal #Chat #KYC

“There’s this veneer of respect for privacy that is painted over all of this data aggregation and consolidation.”

But beneath it all, #privacy experts warn that smartphone-monitoring software "Tangles" is the latest in a law enforcement arsenal, from surveillance #tech to an army of drones, operating with little oversight.

Our latest from Francesca D'Annunzio is presented in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-police-invest-tangles-sheriff-surveillance/

#police #surveillance #law #politics #USpol #news

The U.S. military is embracing Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcry.

From @AssociatedPress: "[Defense Secretary Pete] Hegseth’s aggressive push to embrace the still-developing technology stands in contrast to the Biden administration, which, while pushing federal agencies to come up with policies and uses for AI, was also wary of misuse."

https://flip.it/Sv45qI

#Grok #AI #Pentagon #ElonMusk #Military #Tech

Attendees at CES 2026 saw boxing robots, card-playing robots, ping-pong-playing robots, dancing robots, robots that did the laundry, bots that sorted parts, and robots wearing elaborate costumes. But Boston Dynamics’ Atlas certainly caught the attention of @TechRadar’s Lance Ulanoff. Here’s why:

https://flip.it/MRktZC

#Tech #CES2026 #AI #Robots #Technology

Meta has named Dina Powell McCormick, a former Trump adviser, as its president and vice chair, in charge of guiding overall strategy. In a Truth Social post, Donald Trump described the appointment as a "great choice" by Mark Zuckerberg. Here's more from @AssociatedPress.

https://flip.it/nf49MT

#Technology #Tech #Meta #Facebook #TrumpAdministration #DinaPowellMcCormick

Meta urges Australia to rethink under-16 social media ban after blocking over 500,000 accounts.

CNBC reports the country's "Online Safety Amendment Act 2024 came into effect on Dec. 11, barring access to 10 major services including Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Reddit, Snapchat, and X."

https://flip.it/u3_X2f

#Meta #SocialMedia #Australia #Tech #Technology

Why did the chicken cross the road? Because not only is Crossy Road an homage to Frogger, it’s just as addictive. And maybe to avoid getting snatched by the eagle. Read more from @TechRadar:

https://flip.it/OhlhNS

#Tech #Gaming #VideoGames #Frogger #CrossyRoad #Technology

UK Orders Ofcom to Explore Encryption Backdoors

https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-orders-ofcom-to-explore-encryption-backdoors

#HackerNews #UK #Encryption #Backdoors #Ofcom #Cybersecurity #Privacy #Tech #News

CES 2026 saw the announcement of many important developments in robotics, including the debut of Atlas, the humanoid from Boston Dynamics. Here are some of the most memorable ones that @Techcrunch writer Lucas Ropek met at the show:

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#Tech #AI #CES2026 #Robotics #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence

The Xbox 360 was the last console to have an optical disc drive add-on: The HD DVD player.

It also came with a pack-in movie, Peter Jackson’s ‘King Kong.’

#Xbox360 #Movies #Tech

Is Craigslist the last real place on the internet, apart from the open social web, of course? Here's Jennifer Swann's story for @WIRED and @ArsTechnica on this "utopian vision of a much earlier, far more earnest Internet."

https://flip.it/uIYMTO

#Technology #Tech #Culture #Internet #InternetCulture #Craigslist

"Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is preventing non-paying users from generating or editing images after a global backlash erupted over sexualized deepfakes of people," @AssociatedPress reports.

https://flip.it/Ahi9AX

But @theverge says Grok hasn't paywalled the feature (subscription may be required): https://flip.it/KCEgtK

#Grok #AI #ElonMusk #ArtificialIntelligence #Tech

Hackers are developing open-source tools like OUI-SPY and crowdsourced maps (deflock.me, alpr.watch) to detect and counter ICE's automated license plate readers and surveillance cameras. 🔍
These counter-surveillance efforts aim to protect communities from mass tracking, though legal risks remain. ⚖️

@eff

🔗 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/how-hackers-are-fighting-back-against-ice

#TechNews #Privacy #Surveillance #Data #Security #Rights #OpenSource #Policy #DigitalRights #Tech #Ethics #Freedom #Hackers #Hacking #ICE #USA #US #Trump #DonaldTrump

RE: https://mastodon.social/@firefoxwebdevs/115859958902197087

It is amazing to me that once #Firefox users told Mozilla that the (correctly) privacy preserving translation #tech in Firefox was based on scraped data from the web -- NOT open data as was claimed, Mozilla didn't end the poll or add new options to recreate the models with openly sourced sets like on the Mozilla Data Collective -- they just concluded that users wanted to be able to enable the pirate models anyway.

How can Mark Surman claim that we care about open #AI when #Mozilla eschews it?

Why data governance is your next revenue engine and not just a compliance checkbox.

Data governance sometimes brings negative thoughts by being seen as a dry, bureaucratic necessity to keep regulators happy. But what if I told you that treating data governance as a strategic asset can directly drive revenue and business growth?

Let’s reframe the conversation.

Trusted data = Confident decisions

When data is accurate, consistent, and accessible, teams across your organization, from marketing to sales to product, can make faster, smarter decisions. Imagine your sales team acting on real-time customer insights or your product team launching features backed by clean, reliable usage data. That’s revenue acceleration in action.

Unlock hidden opportunities

Governed data isn’t just about avoiding errors; it’s about uncovering patterns and opportunities. With a solid governance framework, you can confidently analyze customer behavior, optimize pricing strategies, or identify untapped markets. It’s like turning on a spotlight in a dark room, suddenly, everything becomes actionable.

Fuel AI and innovation

AI and machine learning thrive on high-quality data. Without governance, AI models are built on shaky foundations, leading to biased outcomes or missed predictions. But with clean, well-managed data? You are poised to innovate faster, personalize experiences, and stay ahead of competitors. Think of data governance as the rocket fuel for your AI initiatives.

Build customer trust (and loyalty)

In times data privacy concerns, customers reward transparency. A robust governance framework ensures compliance with regulations like GDPR, PIPL or CCPA, but it also signals to customers that you value their data. That trust translates into loyalty, repeat business, and positive word-of-mouth: all revenue drivers.

Break down silos, boost collaboration

Governance creates a common language for data across departments. When everyone understands how data is defined, stored, and used, collaboration skyrockets. Marketing and sales align on customer journeys, finance and operations sync on performance metrics, resulting in cohesive strategies that maximize revenue potential.

Data governance is a revenue enabler

Data governance isn’t a cost center; it’s a revenue enabler.When you invest in governance, you are not just avoiding fines, you are building a foundation for growth, innovation, and customer-centric approach.

#data #DataGovernance #business #marketing #collaboration #customer #privacy #GDPR #PIPL #CCPA #digital #DigitalTransformation #AI #innovation #artificialintelligence #technology #tech

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The image shows text on blue background saying "Why data governance is the next revenue engine and not just a compliance checkbox". In the bottom right corner, there is a link to Dawid Wiktor's profile on Vebinet: vebinet.com/@dawid.

At CES, auto and tech companies transform cars into proactive companions.

From @AssociatedPress: New technology included programs for "tracking heart rates and emotions to alerting if a baby or young child is accidentally left in the car."

https://flip.it/PG5Jdk

#CES #Tech #AI #Technology #Cars

The CES technology show is underway in Las Vegas.

@theverge has a live blog with the latest announcements: https://flip.it/PsvRJv

#CES #CES2026 #Technology #Tech

@autonomysolidarity @back2theRoot Un hacktiviste supprime des sites web suprémacistes en direct lors d'une conférence de hackers

Un hacktiviste a effacé à distance trois sites web suprémacistes en direct sur scène pendant leur intervention lors d'une conférence de hackers la semaine dernière, et les sites n'ont toujours pas été remis en ligne.
Le hacker pseudonyme, qui se fait appeler Martha Root - habillée en Pink Ranger des Power Rangers - a supprimé les serveurs de WhiteDate, WhiteChild et WhiteDeal en temps réel à la fin d'un exposé lors du congrès annuel Chaos Communication à Hambourg, en Allemagne....'

https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/hacktivist-deletes-white-supremacist-websites-live-on-stage-during-hacker-conference/

Superbe 👏 @back2theRoot

#Ccc #39C3 #FightNazis #Hacking #Tech #Technology #Activism #HHamburg #Germany

Today’s lesson: Don’t believe everything you read on the internet. A viral Reddit post about an unnamed food delivery company that delays customer orders takes all of the “driver benefit fee” was probably AI-generated. “Considering the delivery app industry track record of exploitation of its drivers, it’s easy to see why so many people believed this was the real thing,” Elissa Welle writes in her vetting of the post for @theverge. Read the rest of her report here:

https://flip.it/ZtSm6-

#Tech #AI #FoodDelivery #Apps #TechNews #Transportation

For those of us who find things like folding clothes a tedious task, LG has revealed an AI-powered humanoid that can do your chores for you. Read more from @Engadget:

https://flip.it/S-hkWV

#Tech #CES #CES2026 #AI #Technology

Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live onstage during hacker conference

‚A hacktivist remotely wiped three white supremacist websites live onstage during their talk at a hacker conference last week, with the sites yet to return online.
The pseudonymous hacker, who goes by Martha Root — dressed as Pink Ranger from the Power Rangers — deleted the servers of WhiteDate, WhiteChild, and WhiteDeal in real time at the end of a talk at the annual Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg, Germany….‘

https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/hacktivist-deletes-white-supremacist-websites-live-on-stage-during-hacker-conference/

Great 👏 @back2theRoot

#Ccc #39C3 #FightNazis #Hacking #Tech #Technology #Activism #HH #Hamburg #Germany

Search queries are more than convenience — they’re a form of data exhaust most orgs overlook.
This piece compares SearXNG (self-hosted, architectural control) and Brave Search (privacy-focused search as a service), helping privacy and compliance teams assess where trust should live. It’s not just about privacy for individuals — it’s about governance for organizations.
👉 https://medium.com/@biytelum/searxng-vs-brave-search-control-or-convenience-for-privacy-minded-teams-6064a30c28cf
#Privacy #Tech #B2B #DataGovernance

Paris court finds 10 guilty of cyberbullying France’s first lady Brigitte Macron.

@abc reports: "The court pointed to 'particularly degrading, insulting, and malicious' comments referring to false claims" about her sexuality."

https://flip.it/qEnucX

#BrigitteMacron #Cyberbullying #France #Tech #Macron

Flappy Bird was almost as popular as it was simple. Then, it crashed almost as spectacularly as it once soared. @theverge takes a deep dive into the wild, intense rise and fall of Flappy Bird:

https://flip.it/wAK_kL

#Tech #Gaming #VideoGames #FlappyBird #Technology

Autonomous vehicles have long been believed to be one answer to making U.S. roads safer. Techxplore.com tells us about a study that puts a figure on it:

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#Tech #Cars #AutonomousCars #Technology #Driving

#Tech Audio Clip :23sec

#Podcast Excerpt

about: " Coalition Partners "

from ➡️ Cory Doctorow Podcast #507 The Post-American Internet

CC: Cory Doctorow ( @pluralistic / links at https://pluralistic.net.)

Hashtag / Keywords:
#CoryDoctorow #Cory #Excerpt
#Coalition #Partners
#BigTech #Enshittification ( doubt t = tt not #Enshitification) + #Enshittocene

@MichelPatrice

A growing number of people have come to rely on generative AI to do their work. Consider this a public service announcement: Make sure you double/triple check the output. @Futurism tells us about the police officers who learned this lesson like so many others have:

https://flip.it/U1.g6l

#Tech #AI #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence

From @WIRED: The U.S. invaded Venezuela and captured Nicolás Maduro. ChatGPT’s output delivered something else. Read more on how some AI chatbots have a surprisingly good handle on breaking news, while others don’t:

https://flip.it/yVnxfx

#Tech #ChatGPT #AI #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence

Rosie’s Rough Gig: We Can’t Do It.

OR

Maritime Manufacturing

OR

Built To Last

this #USANavy #tv #ad is about the #gigEconomy dystopia engineered by #techbros #finbros for the USA #petromafia.

this ad is about how the oligarchy have engineered the economy to make you, White America, the new #precariat. ESPECIALLY you, #tech workers. you are now burdened with student debt for jobs capitalists won’t give you because !AI

this ad is about #Venezuela #Gaza #Ukraine #SouthSudan #Nigeria #Iran

https://www.wacoca.com/news/2734847/ トランプ氏、中国系理由に買収撤回命じる　米航空関連企業の半導体事業 | ロイター ##中華人民共和国 #AER #AERO #AMERS #ASDFEL #Asia #ASXPAC #BACT #Biz #China #CHIP #CHIP1 #CLJ #CMPNY #CN #CWP #DEAL1 #Def #DEFBUY #DEST:NOJPTCM #DEST:NOJPTPM #DEST:NOJPZTM #dip #DVST #EASIA #EMRG #Gen #INDG #INDS #JDOM #law #mrg #MTPIX #NAMER #POL #POTUS #PRIV #PUBL #SECUR #semi #Tech #TEEQ #TMT #TRN #US #wash

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トランプ氏、中国系理由に買収撤回命じる　米航空関連企業の半導体事業 | ロイター

Tesla is no longer the world's biggest electric vehicle maker, with fourth-quarter sales falling short of even the reduced target analysts set. Chinese rival BYD is now No. 1, selling 2.26M vehicles last year vs. Tesla's 1.64M. Here's more from @AssociatedPress.

https://flip.it/SYwXO1

#Cars #Automotive #Technology #Tech #ElectricVehicles #Tesla #BYD

"In automation theory, a 'centaur' is a person who is assisted by a machine. You're a human head being carried around on a tireless robot body. Driving a car makes you a centaur, and so does using autocomplete. And obviously, a reverse centaur is a machine head on a human body, a person who is serving as a squishy meat appendage for an uncaring machine." Start the New Year right by reading the transcript of @pluralistic's lecture for the University of Washington, a preview of his upcoming book about his thoughts on AI, and how to be a good AI critic. "AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."

https://flip.it/B1emjI

#Technology #Tech #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #CoryDoctorow

More concerns over content manipulation and online safety. CNBC reports: “Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot blamed “lapses in safeguards” for the recent posting of artificial intelligence-generated sexualized pictures of children in response to user questions.” Read more, including Musk’s response:

https://flip.it/GLVjn4

#Tech #AI #Grok #Technology #Internet #ArtificialIntelligence

Meet the new tech laws of 2026.

@theverge reports: "Coming into force this year: AI regulations galore, a teen social media lockdown, and 'Taylor Swift' laws."

https://flip.it/zmw6ea

#Tech #Technology #AI #2026

Topic> Spacecrafts

2026 January 2

NanoSail-D2
* Image Credit & Copyright: Ralf Vandebergh
https://satellite-imaging.jouwweb.nl/selected-project-samples-best-works

Explanation:
In 2011, on January 20, NASA's NanoSail-D2 unfurled a very thin and very reflective 10 square meter sail becoming the first solar sail spacecraft in low Earth orbit. Often considered the stuff of science fiction, sailing through space was suggested 400 years ago by astronomer Johannes Kepler, who had observed comet tails blown by the solar wind. But modern solar sail spacecraft designs, like NanoSail-D2, Japan's interplanetary spacecraft IKAROS, or the Planetary Society's Lightsail A, rely on the small but continuous pressure from sunlight itself for thrust. Glinting in the sunlight as it circled planet Earth, NanoSail-D2's solar sail was periodically bright and visible to the eye. These remarkably detailed images were captured by manually tracking the orbiting solar sail spacecraft with a small telescope.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NanoSail-D2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunjammer
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap040821.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_sail
https://global.jaxa.jp/countdown/f17/overview/ikaros_e.html
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150619.html
http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Solsail.htm

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260101.html

#space #earth #spacecraft #astrophotography #photography #NASA #science #physics #tech #education #apod

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2026 January 2 NanoSail-D2 * Image Credit & Copyright: Ralf Vandebergh Explanation: In 2011, on January 20, NASA's NanoSail-D2 unfurled a very thin and very reflective 10 square meter sail becoming the first solar sail spacecraft in low Earth orbit. Often considered the stuff of science fiction, sailing through space was suggested 400 years ago by astronomer Johannes Kepler, who had observed comet tails blown by the solar wind. But modern solar sail spacecraft designs, like NanoSail-D2, Japan's interplanetary spacecraft IKAROS, or the Planetary Society's Lightsail A, rely on the small but continuous pressure from sunlight itself for thrust. Glinting in the sunlight as it circled planet Earth, NanoSail-D2's solar sail was periodically bright and visible to the eye. These remarkably detailed images were captured by manually tracking the orbiting solar sail spacecraft with a small telescope. Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) NASA Official: Amber Straughn Specific rights apply. NASA Web Privacy, Accessibility, Notices; A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC, NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U.

With over 100 VPNs available on the internet, it can be difficult to pick one that’s best for you. One tip: It’s a bad thing if you find yourself constantly thinking about your VPN while using it. @Engadget has more pointers:

https://flip.it/-BQRYF

#Tech #VPN #Internet #CyberSecurity #Technology

True Ventures co-founder Jon Callaghan has had some big winners over two decades — from consumer brands like Fitbit, Ring, and Peloton, to enterprise software makers HashiCorp and Duo Security. The firm hasn’t gotten this far by following the crowd, and Callaghan has an interesting take on the future of smartphones. Read more from @Techcrunch:

https://flip.it/AleZLQ

#Tech #Smartphones #TrueVentures #Technology

We asked a humanoid robot if there is an AI bubble. Here’s what it said.

From CNBC: https://flip.it/4kK42r

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Tech #Technology

Sometimes smart homes fall short of expectations. In 2025, with the arrival of generative AI assistants, there was a bumper crop of snafus. PC World ranks the biggest smart home fails, from overheating beds roasting sleepers to privacy-infringing toilet cams:

https://flip.it/KPAU87

#Tech #Smarthome #AI #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence #Home

Just because you post something doesn’t mean your followers will see it. @Techcrunch tells us how creators are navigating social networks that have become increasingly reliant on algorithmic feeds:

https://flip.it/RH1N.T

#Tech #SocialMedia #Technology #Algorithm

Free doesn’t necessarily mean cheap. PC World compiles this list of free software for your PC. Plus, when it’s worth it to upgrade to paid:

https://flip.it/5vX3QY

#Tech #PCs #Software #Microsoft #Technology #Computer

From @Techcrunch: New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill this week that will require social media platforms to show warning labels to younger users before they’re exposed to features such as autoplay and infinite scrolling. Will more states follow?

https://flip.it/.cIiQf

#Tech #Law #NewYork #Addiction #Technology

AI is not the future of anything except domination and control. AI is the death of the future and the return to a dark age of conformity and social thought control. AI regurgitates accepted dogma and is a bar to real research and inspired creativity. AI is a homogeneity engine.

People becoming dependent upon AI will be homogenized zombies. Of course the AI will convince them they are wise thinkers. The more obedient they are to their hidden masters, the black box owners, the more the singularity system will assure them they are the avant garde of gray matter.

I have already seen numerous instances of idiots depending upon AI to come up with ridiculous conclusions while defending them like Don Qixote. This is becoming epidemic among researchers and techies.

Watch out for the controlled opposition--public figures pretending to be against creeping enslavement while leading their followers to do absolutely nothing useful to curtail or stop the advance.

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Singularity #Tech

CES 2026, the tech world’s biggest annual conference, officially runs from Jan. 6-9 in Las Vegas this time around, and big announcements are expected from Samsung, Sony, NVIDIA and many other companies. Read more from @Engadget:

https://flip.it/trFY.I

#Tech #CES #Business #Technology #CES2026

A hacker-turned-source turns up dead. A secret order to allow U.K. officials to spy on users. And who could forget the Trump administration accidentally texting its war plans to a reporter. These are just a few of @Techcrunch’s best cybersecurity stories from 2025 that were originally reported on by other organizations. Quite an informative and gripping batch.

https://flip.it/ZhRZ_4

#Tech #CyberSecurity #Technology #Security #Hacking

A freckle is bigger than a tiny robot so small it can barely be seen but can "sense, think, and act" autonomously, according to the engineers who built it. Read more from @ScienceAlert, including how the design has huge potential despite its minuscule size:

https://flip.it/.tGq7V

#Tech #Robots #Science #Devices #Technology

“Xbox didn't enter 2025 in a great state, and it's leaving the year grasping for help,” writes Devindra Hardawar. So is the console basically dead? Or can it be resurrected in PC form? Read more of Hardawar’s story from @Engadget:

https://flip.it/UidJQb

#Tech #Gaming #VideoGames #Technology #Xbox #Microsoft

Waymo is updating software to help its fleet of robotaxis navigate disabled traffic lights during power outages like the one San Francisco endured last weekend. Many Waymo vehicles requested a “confirmation check” instead of treating intersections with dead traffic lights as a four-way stop. @Techcrunch has more on how the company's incorporating "lessons from this event.”

https://flip.it/DEV6qN

#Tech #Technology #Transportation #Waymo

Have plastic laptops been getting a bum rap? Tech writer Chris Hoffman lays out a convincing defense for them. PC World has the story:

https://flip.it/8hyMcS

#Tech #Computers #Laptops #PCs

I Dream Of Wires - Hardcore Edition (Part-2)

https://odysee.com/@ElectronicMusicUnderground:b/I-Dream-Of-Wires-Hardcore-Edition-Part-2:8

#documentary #history #music #electronicmusic #synth #modular #analog #science #tech #odysee #electronicmusicunderground

I Dream Of Wires - Hardcore Edition (Part-1)

https://odysee.com/@ElectronicMusicUnderground:b/I-Dream-Of-Wires-Hardcore-Edition-Part-1:9

#documentary #history #music #electronicmusic #synth #modular #analog #science #tech #odysee #electronicmusicunderground

So TalkBack 16.2 had an update that fixes the image button issue. It would call buttons with images just image, like the Back navigation button.

But it *still* has an issue where it replaces the Line up and Line down commands on the Humanware NLS EReader, a Braille display given out to blind people across the US, with D-pad up and D-pad down. The Humanware NLS EReader doesn't even have a D-pad. So there is no way to move up and down by line. This will hit more people in the TalkBack 16.2 rollout, and those with an NLS Ereader will see just how carefully Google cares about Braille. /s

And there's no way to change these Braille commands. So now if I want to skip a bunch of filter radio buttons in Audible and get to the first book, I have to go one item at a time for a good 10 elements until I find the first book. If I use another Braille display, the Braille Edge, which does have line up and line down mapped, those commands now only move by line *within* the currently selected item, not vertically down the screen. So even if those commands did work, it won't help.

Android just isn't ready for purely Braille access. And no I don't want to have to pull out my phone and tap the screen. I don't have to do that on iOS which is supposed to be the less customizable platform; why should I have to on Android?

Adding on to this the other issues like not being able to navigate threaded emails easily, moving from one message to the next in a conversation, the notification shade getting worse with "expanded" being replaced with "fully expanded" which is more screen reader clutter I have to listen to or read before hearing the actual notification, and the name of the app on a collapsed stack of notifications being replaced with just a number, and for me it doesn't matter how many Bluetooth keyboard commands there are if Braille support doesn't improve also. I don't use a Bluetooth keyboard. Maybe if I did I'd be happy. But I use Braille, and they should *also* be focusing on that.

We should be able to enter our PIN, hit modifier keys like Control + n for a new email in the Gmail app, or even open apps with our Braille displays, and the TalkBack Braille keyboard, without having to find and hit a search button, or install a custom launcher that may or may not work well for us. I mean Braille Access on iOS just plain works a good 80% of the time. and while image descriptions on Android are great, the Braille support is frustrating enough that, when I'm on Android, I hate using Braille. And that's really sad. Apple just helps us out a bit. Google leaves us to flounder around until we hit a good spot to where it "meets our needs", or is "*shrugs* good enough". They don't strive for excelence, just "good enough." And as Apple continues to advance, "good enough" ain't good enough anymore.

#technology #tech #apple #google #iOS #Android #accessibility #blind

Waymo suspended its robotaxi service in San Francisco on Saturday evening after a massive blackout appeared to leave many of its vehicles stalled on city streets. Read more (plus photos and videos) at @Techcrunch:

https://flip.it/XEGHVm

#Tech #Waymo #SanFrancisco #Technology

"#KarenHao joins Scientific American to discuss her new book #EmpireOfAI, exploring how companies like #OpenAI wield power that is reminiscent of historical empires. From ideological quests for artificial general intelligence to the environmental toll of massive #dataCenters, Hao reveals the hidden forces shaping our technological future—and the reasons we should all be paying attention."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd8ZTI2Ft0w
#AI #AGI #artificialIntelligence #tech #BigTech #books @bookstodon

Maybe some people don’t want unremovable generative AI software installed on their TV. Read more from @ArsTechnica:

https://flip.it/AO.4.x

#Tech #AI #TVs #SmartTV #Devices #ArtificialIntelligence #GenAI #Technology

What happened when @WSJ let an AI run its snack vending machine? It ordered a live fish, gave away a PlayStation, offered to buy cigarettes, and lost hundreds of dollars. [Gift link]

https://flip.it/nfxPuq

#Technology #Tech #ArtificialIntelligence #AI

Tired of the endless scroll of dating apps? Known, a San Francisco-based startup, is using a voice-powered AI onboarding system that learns about users without requiring them to fill out a form. The intended outcome: IRL dates that make sense for each person. Read more from @Techcrunch:

https://flip.it/74YrOA

#Tech #AI #Dating #Apps #DatingApps #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology

When you’re at a bar, ballgame or mall, do you turn off your phone’s Wi-Fi? Here’s why you should. Important read from PC World:

https://flip.it/MhUx5A

#Tech #CyberSecurity #Phone #WiFi #Mobile #Technology

Good morning. Watching future tech wizards at play. Heaven help us. #Photography #Today #tech

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Two young children sit close together on a couch, focused on a tablet the older child is holding, while a cozy living room and kitchen decorated with holiday items are visible in the background.

Visa says new AI shopping tool has helped customers with hundreds of transactions.

CNBC reports: "The payments network and rivals across the fintech industry are racing to build tools that allow consumers to task artificial intelligence agents with completing certain transactions."

https://flip.it/U_atWk

#AI #Fintech #ArtificialIntelligence #Shopping #Tech

Meta is telling some Facebook users with professional pages that their link sharing will soon be restricted, unless they pay for the Meta Verified subscription, which costs between $14.99 and $499 per month. Those who don't pay up will be limited to sharing links in two organic posts a month. Here's more from Social Media Today (the story was first reported by @mattnavarra).

https://flip.it/QbCbVu

#Technology #Tech #SocialMedia #Facebook #Meta #Publishing #Media

U.S. senators demand answers on AI toys from leading manufacturers.

NBC News reported last week that AI-powered toys gave answers about sex and Chinese Communist Party talking points in tests.

https://flip.it/fINqxY

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Tech #China

What were the biggest tech fails of 2025?

@PCMag has a list: https://flip.it/iYlZ2Y

#Tech #Technology #2025

We think Merriam-Webster nailed it. Their 2025 word of the year: slop.

CNBC says the choice is another "sign of growing wariness around artificial intelligence."

https://flip.it/fljaff

#Slop #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Tech #Technology

iRobot, the maker of Roomba robot vacuum machines, has filed for bankruptcy. "The company has struggled to keep up with foreign rivals, its hefty debt and new costs of tariffs," @npr says.

https://flip.it/BW8X--

#Roomba #iRobot #Technology #Tech #Tariffs

Militant groups are experimenting with AI, and the risks are expected to grow, @AssociatedPress reports.

"For loose-knit, poorly resourced extremist groups — or even an individual bad actor with a web connection — AI can be used to pump out propaganda or deepfakes at scale."

https://flip.it/0VrQVz

#AI #Terrorism #ISIS #Tech

QANT photonics accelerator does FP16.

Multiplies and adds aren’t converted to microinstructions, but they just happen in one element.

Photonics does the actual math cmos emulates.

And the companies building the best chips are European.. You don’t need 3nm foundries to build these.

You wanted a European technological revolution. Here it is. Now don’t fuck this up @EUCommission

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ubbv8eY87_k

#ai #tech #eu #photonics

A Chinese whistleblower now living in the U.S. is being hunted by Beijing with help from American tech.

@AssociatedPress reports: https://flip.it/qmQ-L6

#Tech #Technology #China #BigTech #Privacy

For us fans he obviously doesn't say much we haven't heard before* - but it's still a wonderful hi-speed tour de force through the topic for newbies & normies & as such, enormously important exposure 🙌👍😊
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*I think I've stressed before the importance of hammering on the same message; it may not be news to Us™️ anymore but A. repetition begets recognition & B. those of us who already know are not the target audience.

https://youtu.be/d2e-c9SF5nE?si=OG21cH9jEBPfQ8J7

#enshittification #tech #business @pluralistic

Signal’s reputation for secure messaging rests on strong E2EE using the open-source Signal Protocol 🔐

The app collects minimal metadata, but concerns remain around SGX reliance, AWS hosting, and past CDN-based deanonymization research 🛰️
Useful, but not flawless, for privacy-focused users ⚖️

@signalapp

🔗 https://proton.me/blog/is-signal-safe

#TechNews #Privacy #Security #Encryption #Messaging #FOSS #Cybersecurity #DataProtection #OpenSource #Safety #Metadata #Apps #DigitalRights #Tech #SecurityNews #Signal

Congratulations, folks, you're TIME's Person of the Year — and so are we, and so's our wife. For @TheAtlantic, Charlie Warzel writes about the selection of "The architects of AI" as Person of the Year, why this is all of us, and how the battles over copyright, attribution and ethics are just beginning. "Odds are, you have not personally developed a large language model at a large technology company," he writes. "And yet, the odds are also decent that morsels from your life have been used to train chatbots."

https://flip.it/3a.hM-

#Technology #Tech #TimeMagazine #ArtificialIntelligence #AI

AI toys for kids talk about sex and issue Chinese Communist Party talking points, tests show.

NBC News reports: "In new research, experts warn that the AI technology powering these new toys is so novel and poorly tested that nobody knows how they may affect young children."

https://flip.it/dN5DbP

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Toys #Tech #Technology

Millions of under-16s in Australia just woke up to no social media as the country's world-first ban came into effect. @CNN breaks down how it will all work.

https://flip.it/h5u3OX

#Technology #Tech #SocialMedia #Internet #Parenting #Australia

"Microsoft on Tuesday announced its biggest-ever Asia investment, amounting to $17.5 billion, in India over the next four years to advance the country’s cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure."

@AssociatedPress reports: https://flip.it/r4Ea4T

#Microsoft #India #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Tech

ChatGPT’s paying subscribers complained about seeing promotional messages in the app. Maybe the suggestions just looked like ads. Read more from @Techcrunch:

https://flip.it/zO02S9

#Tech #AI #ChatGPT #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence

Autonomous ride-hailing service Waymo will file a voluntary software recall after reports that its self-driving taxis illegally passed stopped school buses. Read more from @npr:

https://flip.it/wN17vA

#Tech #Waymo #Transportation #Driving #Technology #SelfDriving

Samsung’s next-generation Galaxy Z Trifold “holds the promise of an entirely new way to use our phones,” reporter Jamie Richards writes. Don’t think for a minute this doesn’t put pressure on Apple. Read more from @TechRadar:

https://flip.it/-dQyGa

#Tech #Samsung #SamsungGalaxy #Apple #iPhone #Technology

ChatGPT has seen its global monthly active users climb by 180% year-over-year as of November 2025, but is that growth slowing down? @Techcrunch has more:

https://flip.it/3PNMqj

#Tech #AI #ChatGPT #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology

‘Make it weird,’ my latest from #Overmorrow.

This isn’t my biggest disappointment about Microsoft. Hell, it’s not even my biggest disappointment about Microsoft this week.

#tech #newsletter #surface

Read and/or subscribe for free:
https://overmorrow.tech/make-it-weird/

Earth's Song
by Maria-Jose Vinas Garcia

Suspended in the dark cosmos, Earth sings to itself in a high-pitched chorus of chirps and beeps. This song is a product of very low frequency radio waves generated by lightning strikes or excited electrons zipping through the Van Allen Belts, two vast swaths of radiation surrounding Earth. While ham radio operators have long detected this eerie planetary sound using inexpensive receivers, the recent recording by specially designed antennas on NASA's twin Van Allen Probes is one of the clearest examples ever captured. But could Earth's chorus be a siren song? The probes are now on a quest to find out whether these radio waves might be powering up otherwise harmless electrons in the Van Allen Belts, turning them into "killer electrons" capable of damaging satellites and astronauts. Watch the videos to hear and learn more about this rare recording.

https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11073

Credits:
+ Science@NASA
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
+ Van Allen Belts image courtesy of NASA
+ T. Benesch and J. Carns

#space #earth #hamradio #audio #sound #acoustic #tech #science #astronomy #nature #education #NASA

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Suspended in the dark cosmos, Earth sings to itself in a high-pitched chorus of chirps and beeps. This song is a product of very low frequency radio waves generated by lightning strikes or excited electrons zipping through the Van Allen Belts, two vast swaths of radiation surrounding Earth. While ham radio operators have long detected this eerie planetary sound using inexpensive receivers, the recent recording by specially designed antennas on NASA's twin Van Allen Probes is one of the clearest examples ever captured. But could Earth's chorus be a siren song? The probes are now on a quest to find out whether these radio waves might be powering up otherwise harmless electrons in the Van Allen Belts, turning them into "killer electrons" capable of damaging satellites and astronauts. Watch the videos to hear and learn more about this rare recording. Credits: + Science@NASA NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center + Van Allen Belts image courtesy of NASA + T. Benesch and J. Carns

Let's listen to

Earth's Song
Chorus Waves of Earth recorded

Credits:
+ Science@NASA
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
+ Van Allen Belts image courtesy of NASA
+ T. Benesch and J. Carns

#space #earth #hamradio #audio #sound #acoustic #tech #science #astronomy #nature #education #NASA

Earthquakes

Seismograms of earthquakes have a particular, recognizable structure. The high-frequency first arrivals (primary, or P waves) are followed by lower-frequency secondary (S) waves, and then by the energetic, low-frequency surface waves, as in these examples. The lowest-frequency surface waves usually arrive earlier than the higher-frequency ones, which produces an upward glide (glissando) from low to high pitch.

The concluding part of the seismogram is the Coda, composed of numerous scattered waves arriving from different directions.
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The catastrophic Tohoku earthquake occurred at 14:46 Japan standard time (05:46 UTC) on 11 March, 2011. The largest #earthquake ever recorded in Japan (magnitude Mw = 9.1), it occurred undersea, 70 km to the east of the Tohoku region, and lasted around 6 minutes. The earthquake triggered a tsunami that reached heights of up to 40 metres and travelled up to 10 km inland. Nearly 20 thousand casualties have been reported. The tsunami caused the #Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, with the discharge of radioactive water in Fukushima and hundreds of thousands of residents evacuated.

This #seismogram is a recording of the Tohoku earthquake made thousands of kilometres away, at the Ireland Array seismic station IA003, Birr Castle Demesne, Co Offaly, Ireland. The seismogram shows the vertical component of the ground motion (up and down movements of the ground). The recording is accelerated by a factor of 4320, which increases the frequency of the signal by the same factor and brings it into the audible frequency range. The recording is then “stretched” by a factor of 40, so that the different waves can be distinguished in time and heard clearly.

Following the energetic arrivals of P, S, and surface wave, the long coda of the seismogram shows its own, original musical style, with moving, somber notes and harmonies.

Credit for Video and Article
David Stalling
https://www.soundsoftheearth.ie

#earth #tech #science #nature #education

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The catastrophic Tohoku earthquake occurred at 14:46 Japan standard time (05:46 UTC) on 11 March, 2011. The largest earthquake ever recorded in Japan (magnitude Mw = 9.1), it occurred undersea, 70 km to the east of the Tohoku region, and lasted around 6 minutes. The earthquake triggered a tsunami that reached heights of up to 40 metres and travelled up to 10 km inland. Nearly 20 thousand casualties have been reported. The tsunami caused the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, with the discharge of radioactive water in Fukushima and hundreds of thousands of residents evacuated. -- This seismogram is a recording of the Tohoku earthquake made thousands of kilometres away, at the Ireland Array seismic station IA003, Birr Castle Demesne, Co Offaly, Ireland. The seismogram shows the vertical component of the ground motion (up and down movements of the ground). The recording is accelerated by a factor of 4320, which increases the frequency of the signal by the same factor and brings it into the audible frequency range. The recording is then “stretched” by a factor of 40, so that the different waves can be distinguished in time and heard clearly. Following the energetic arrivals of P, S, and surface wave, the long coda of the seismogram shows its own, original musical style, with moving, somber notes and harmonies. Credit for Video and Article David Stalling (Ireland)

Reddit is "moving away" from r/popular, the default feed for new users, CEO Steve Huffman says. “For a long while, we were known as the ‘front page of the internet,’ but we’ve outgrown a singular front page for everyone." Huffman says it will be replaced with "better, more relevant and personalized feeds." Here's more from @theverge.

https://flip.it/z.QSuz

#Technology #Tech #Reddit #SocialMedia

It's all change at Apple as design chief Alan Dye leaves the company for Meta. For his blog, artist and designer @louie writes about how this, and the departure of iPhone designer Jony Ive in 2019, might not be a bad thing. Why? Under their tenure, Mantia argues, "Apple shifted away from making products 'for the rest of us' and started making products that appealed specifically to rich people."

https://flip.it/.ryVHq

#Technology #Tech #Apple #JonyIve #AlanDye #Design #IndustrialDesign #iPhone

The U.S. State Department is instructing its staff to reject H-1B visa applications from anyone who has worked on fact-checking or content moderation, according to an internal memo sent this week. "If you uncover evidence an applicant was responsible for, or complicit in, censorship or attempted censorship of protected expression in the United States, you should pursue a finding that the applicant is ineligible" for a visa, the memo says. Here's more from @npr.

https://flip.it/qhqfrq

#Technology #Tech #USGovernment #USNews #TrumpAdministration

@dpk (chair of the R7RS Scheme programming language standard working group) had designed a new, extensible #R7RS #Scheme pattern matcher library which generates optimal decision trees, and she has written a fantastic blog post about how it works: https://crumbles.blog/posts/2025-11-28-extensible-match-decision-tree.html

#tech #software #ProgrammingLanguage #SchemeLang

How is AI really impacting jobs? @brianmerchant writes for Blood in the Machine about what the numbers are saying: "Generative AI is not reliable enough when it comes executing complex tasks to enable most organizations to displace jobs at scale, and it certainly can’t do jobs that require empathy or hands-on problem-solving," he writes. "What it can do is automate the production of work that need not be 'reliable' or 'accurate,' but that employers might find 'good enough.' Precisely the way many corporate executives already conceive of creative work, in other words."

https://flip.it/J2OZog

#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Technology #Tech #JobMarket #Layoffs

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.

https://flip.it/9VRPS8

#Technology #Tech #Shopping #BlackFriday #CyberMonday

Runway rolls out new AI video model that beats Google, OpenAI in key benchmark.

CNBC reports: "Runway said Gen 4.5 is good at understanding physics, human motion, camera movements and cause and effect."

https://flip.it/BIW0Oi

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Tech #OpenAI #Video

#AI infrastructure needs a skilled workforce. A new @Google grant is helping the Electrical Training Alliance integrate AI tools into its curriculum, preparing 160+ apprentices for #tech careers in South Carolina.
https://blog.google/inside-google/company-announcements/google-american-innovation-south-carolina/

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.

https://flip.it/Aw2qfw

#Tech #Devices #Phones #Mobile #Technology #LoFi

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:

https://flip.it/8FFlmC

#Tech #Holidays #Xmas #Gifts #Apps #Technology

Is AI sexist? Probably. But getting it to confess is another story. @Techcrunch tells us more:

https://flip.it/NoyO0w

#Tech #AI #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence #Equality

🤔 What wisdom can Nietzsche offer for life in the age of AI? What promise does cyberpsychology hold for cybersecurity and the future of work? What's happening in the games industry?

All in our bi-weekly newsletter, "Advances in Computing." 📭 Scan the QR code to subscribe.

#tech #computing

‘The algorithm hates me,’ my latest from #Overmorrow.

An algorithmic timeline is NOT part of this balanced breakfast.

https://overmorrow.tech/the-algorithm-hates-me/
#twitter #mastodon #tech #newsletter

#Retro geeks.. #tech #BBS #BBSing

Check Constructive Chaos BBS
https://conchaos.synchro.net/ @codefenix Tour Op.

#msdos #desqview #desqviewx #multitask #unix #xwindows #oldcomputers #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #computers #history #geek #bulletinboards #dovenet

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:

https://flip.it/yIEJ-M

#Tech #ChatGPT #AI #Technology #OpenAI #MentalHealth #Suicide

Taking a Curated Look at Black Friday Sales For 2025

A small curated list of Black Friday sales by independent creators or small businesses covering areas of technology, gaming and miscellaneous deals.

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/black-friday-sales/

#blog #BlackFriday #tech #InfoSec #security #100DaysToOffload @Tutanota @b0rk

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An outlined box with large print of 'Curated Black Friday' next to a red shopping bag. On the front of the shopping bag is a question mark by the word 'Sale'.

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.

https://flip.it/N3A9Jv

#Apple #Technology #Tech #Auction #SteveJobs

Australia will enforce a social media ban for children under 16 despite a court challenge.

@AssociatedPress reports: https://flip.it/7tbvBI

#socialMedia #Technology #Australia #Children #Tech

RE: https://todon.eu/@MediaActivist/115565069276609507

For those interested, I may have some news on this in the next week! #tech #coop #cooperative #nonprofit #privacy #security #sustainability #inclusion #ethics

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."

https://flip.it/eVGl--

#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://flip.it/482.CA

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."

https://flip.it/SCNMbX

#Technology #Tech #Roblox #SocialMedia #TechIndustry #DavidBaszucki

Some teenagers are saying tearful goodbyes to their AI companions, @WSJ reports.

"Chatbot maker Character.AI is cutting off access, citing mental-health concerns."

Gift link: https://flip.it/1SwPcn

#AI #artificialIntelligence #Tech #Teen #Chatbot

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:

https://flip.it/sha5v-

#Tech #AI #Meta #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence

The DOGE Days are over. @Techcrunch has more on the Trump administration’s disbanding of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency:

https://flip.it/.2mUvo

#Tech #DOGE #Technology #Musk

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."

https://flip.it/1qrsbX

#Meta #SocialMedia #Tech #Technology

Windows PCs have a secret "last resort" emergency restart button. PC World tells us how to find it:

https://flip.it/HtB2Uk

#Tech #PCs #Computers #Technology #Windows

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!

Maybe it's me as a 33 years "old fuck" who doesn't get "Why" anyone wants to have "#SmartShoes" or whatever or maybe I as a #WageWorker am "too poor" to understand the appeal of the #juicero's shitty design and #InkjetPrinter-style #DRM on it's overpriced plastic bags...

• I guess one needs to have a spechal "#BillionaireBrainRot" to find these things appealing...

#Enshittification #Billionaires #BrainRot #VCmoneyBurningParty #MoneyBurning #VentureCapital #Crowdfunding #Bullshit #Commentary #tech #absurdity

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:

https://flip.it/agYThy

#Tech #AI #Gaming #VideoGames #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence

Google has confirmed that hackers have stolen the Salesforce-stored data of more than 200 companies in a large-scale supply chain hack. On Thursday, The nebulous hacking group known as Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters claimed responsibility. Read more from @Techcrunch:

https://flip.it/zDONb5

#Tech #Google #Salesforce #Cybersecurity #Hackers

In your opinion, what is the most user-friendly, hassle free Linux setup experience (so I don’t have to spend days configuring device drivers and such)? I’m looking for the most stable and least headache-inducing distro as possible. Likely going to be installed on an older Mac.

#Linux #Tech #OpenSource

‘Broken Windows theory,’ my latest #Overmorrow essay.

The malware is coming from inside the building.

Subscribe here for free (or read without subscribing):
https://overmorrow.tech/broken-windows-theory/
#tech #Windows #agentic #ai

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.

https://flip.it/p56VS4

#SocialMedia #SocialPlatforms #Technology #Tech #USNews

Yet you keep pumping money into it and forcing it down everyone's throats!

Google’s Sundar Pichai warns of “irrationality” in trillion-dollar AI investment boom

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/11/googles-sundar-pichai-warns-of-irrationality-in-trillion-dollar-ai-investment-boom/

#Google #SundarPichai #AI #Tech

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.

https://flip.it/8YjK4Z

#Technology #Tech #Aviation #USGovernment #Airlines #DataSecurity #InfoSec

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

#Cloudflare #Tech #Technology #Internet

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:

https://flip.it/M_RZ3w

#Tech #Apple #Patent #Masimo #Technology

"I think of the strata of the city and how its new skyscrapers are built on the bones of the old docks."

Jessica Traynor for The Dial: https://www.thedial.world/articles/news/ireland-us-tech-meta-google-apple

#Longreads #Tech #Google #Meta #Apple #Ireland #Dublin #Infrastructure #Economy #Growth

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.

https://flip.it/8awf9n

#Technology #Tech #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #LLMs #WorldModels #YannLeCun #Meta

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will be co-CEO of AI startup Project Prometheus.

@theverge reports: https://flip.it/u_M7uN

#AI #JeffBezos #ArtificialIntelligence #Tech #Amazon

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:

https://flip.it/wVsDCU

#Tech #AI #ChatGPT #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence

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:

https://flip.it/j.qbd3

#Tech #BlackFriday #Shopping #Technology

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:

https://flip.it/w34_nU

#Tech #OpenAI #ChatGPT #Technology #AI

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:

https://flip.it/AjKCPW

#Technology #ArtificialIntelligence #Toys #Tech #AI

@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."

https://flip.it/c2Gyq_

#Tech #Technology #Internet #Enshittification #BigTech

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:

https://flip.it/KFj9IH

#Tech #ElonMusk #Technology

#Jadaliyya | #Israel's Zombie Economy (Part 5)

Israel's #Disinformation Bubble - Bassam Haddad Interviews Shir Hever

"Shir addresses Israelis’ views of Netanyahu and the Genocide, accessibility of knowledge in Israel, Israel’s use of #AI in its #GenocideInGaza, and ultimate questions of accountability."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly2xRfuRX4Q
#Palestine #Gaza #IsraeliPolitics #tech #weaponizedAI #GazaGenocide #oPt

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.

https://flip.it/qeI3qk

#Gaming #PCGaming #Valve #SteamDeck #SteamMachine #VideoGames #Technology #Tech

Actors Michael Caine and Matthew McConaughey partner with ElevenLabs for AI voice cloning.

@AssociatedPress reports: "McConaughey said the deal will enable him to voice his newsletter in Spanish."

https://flip.it/WglMXO

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ElevenLabs #Tech #Hollywood #Entertainment

personally, I would never give an outsider control of my PC, unless it was super duper important. i'm pretty good on the technical side, so if I really needed something done, most of the time, I could do it myself. so luckily I wil almost never use Microsoft's DAD (why the fuck did they name it that) but hey, there may be a time. though i've never had to resort to it.
also this document probably doesn't realize that the user is probably nieve, so will probably just believe the agent. "is this gonna delete or damage my files" agent: "yah dog, we're safe, everything's gonna go to plan".
then I can prosede to damage shit.
remember, you're not in control the minute you give Microsoft access, unless you have

1. you have backed up your data on a separate drive, like a USB or a system restore point, and
2. you are actively viewing system logs and can immediately remediate any damage in a matter of seconds

Happy 35th Birthday World Wide Web!

"On 12 November 1990, British scientist Tim Berners-Lee set out his proposals for creating the WorldWideWeb: Proposal for a HyperText Project."

#computers #history #story #worldwideweb #internet #communications #cern #tech #technology

This Is for Everyone: The Unfinished Story of the World Wide Web

by Tim Berners-Lee
September 9, 2025
https://www.amazon.com/This-Everyone-Unfinished-Story-World/dp/0374612463

"The inventor of the World Wide Web explores his vision’s promise―and how it can be redeemed for the future.

Perhaps the most influential inventor of the modern world, Sir Tim Berners-Lee is a different kind of technologist.."

#computers #history #story #worldwideweb #internet #communications #book #ebook #cern #tech #technology #newbook

Alt...

This Is for Everyone: The Unfinished Story of the World Wide Web by Tim Berners-Lee September 9, 2025

Watchdog group Public Citizen demands OpenAI withdraw AI video app Sora over deepfake dangers.

@AssociatedPress reports the nonprofit group argues that the app’s hasty release so that it could launch ahead of competitors shows a “consistent and dangerous pattern of OpenAI rushing to market with a product that is either inherently unsafe or lacking in needed guardrails.”

https://flip.it/FnJc6D

#OpenAI #Deepfake #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Sora #Tech

#AmericanPrestige pod welcomes #OmarZahzah, author of #TermsOfServitude: Zionism, #SiliconValley, and Digital #SettlerColonialism. Discussion includes the #SheikhJarrah uprising, the repressive weaponizing of #tech and #AI against #Palestinians, and Palestinian use of #socialMedia to change the narrative of their struggle.

https://americanprestige.supportingcast.fm/listen/american-prestige-1/e334-silicon-valley-and-the-israeli-occupation-w-omar-zahzah

#media #digitalMedia #mediaCriticism #BigTech #oPt #censorship #digitalCensorship #cyberharassment #digitalRights #Gaza #books @bookstodon

Apple removes gay dating apps from Chinese App Store at Beijing’s request.

CNBC reports: "The country’s app space has become increasingly restrictive in recent years, with Apple recently complying with orders to remove apps like Meta’s WhatsApp and Threads."

https://flip.it/JWA.Fy

#Apple #China #Tech #Apps #LGBTQ

Don’t be surprised if you get a call from “Mindy” sometime soon. 1mind, a startup co-founded by Amanda Kahlow, has been quietly shipping its sales agent, named "Mindy," for about a year. On Monday, the startup announced a $30 million Series A round led by Battery Ventures. This brings 1mind’s total raise to $40 million, the company says. @Techcrunch has more, including how 1mind is differentiating itself in a crowded market:

https://flip.it/s9cj5g

#Tech #AI #Startups #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence #Sales

China rolls out its version of the U.S. H-1B visa to attract foreign tech workers.

@AssociatedPress reports: "The K-visa rolled out by Beijing last month is part of China’s widening effort to catch up with the U.S. in the race for global talent and cutting edge technology."

https://flip.it/COw9WH

#China #Visa #Tech #Technology

@gabriel Ah ok, maybe I did miss something... The slaughter is and has always been there in my eyes (as the #economic #warfare / #financial #war as it's own slaughter / blood drain / siphoning) but people don't always see as clear or feel it even though their tired / abused etc.

I see that as worse but yes it's ALL bad (not demoting or comparing it though financial encapsulates it all). It's all continuing from World Wars and before... easy to see what they were doing and willing to do only 100years back and watching history! So it's about what we can grow today...

#TLDR.... You're one of the good one's -

So it's not even about bleaker or worse as you say in reply - it's almost just about finding the best of us and pedal to the metal with those with whatever they care about

Let's chat more in a #Jitsi sometime also even around these points or what we can do something about....

THE REST IS OPTIONAL

We did not get much further in the mind so this is why direct-education is the better #directaction as I see it - not just saving weak (unless I see how and then believe me I'll do it).

The more #positive and what propels us in the now is in a lot of ways it's own power even without trying hard so I'm against things or demoting other ways - just I'll get round to all like a hopping rabbit that seemingly doesn't care unless you see it's weaving things and ready to use it later).

The slaughter of weak or fragile is MUCH is something I can't see exactly what to do about right now so more it's about weaving other things and keeping it in mind even though not really seeing a way now or no people to show me either (I always think about things like this of course).

To find a way is through education / talking together and drilling those mines of thought and existing passions I think.
EASY!

Because if education doesn't catch up then that's really where we lose #quality people (that's what we really #need).

Saving people would help in some in cases quickly and immediately #reverts back to the very same bad after saving... It's harsh but if you've seen enough movies it's like saving the baby more than saving the other adult member who have better skills / own resources already.

Imagine the impossible #brucewillis #melgibson movies :)

We should not go for babies directly or just get to them after we get to ourselves towards getting a bit better / tooled up individuals, and forming as a #team somewhat first (not even waiting for #mass or #criticalmass already even though that is made from small #teams / #friendships then #federating properly).

Just 2 a time - I'll honestly take me and you Gabe occasionally and give you best I have got.
Don't mind!

But alone... or with baby / too much guilt - not really.

Pairing 2 + 2 + 2 would work... we can #increment #trust...

But who is thinking like this ? ❓

⬆️ Honest #Question ⬆️

#TLDR.... after that answer !

You're one of the good one's -
so it's not even about bleaker or worse as you say in reply - it's almost just about finding the best of us and pedal to the metal with those with whatever they care about (assisting morally / technically) even without 'all-in' trust together... but starting to do that is massive... it's #cohesion ... very under-estimated even though we have all these range of people and passions - all mostly alone!

READ MORE IF YOU WANT
TOTALLY OPTIONAL - ABOVE IS ENOUGH!

So the rest here on #Fediverse are so-so (so far) and #lukewarm / never serious to change... because they don't even reply or reply in short or many things my attempts for years (all my life say) - fine. And those that can I've rolled with... made some great stuff - great !

Just something we can #measure and #moveon from - I could beg them again / show them / prove it but I have to take their answer and whole demeanor and position on it... and find others or help create those willing to reinvent life somewhat as a relationship / friendship instead of hating things.

Venting, fine,
Time spent on #Trump and #Musk hashtags, fine

(again you can measure all this and watch profiles as they say "I don't have time" or even portray a kind of friendliness but can't do it / fall into holes themselves after 3rd reply as if internet isn't distant and we have to fill in the gaps or dead air )

#WillPower - Just the #Will is needed to push past all that doubt (again measurably) and live and breath what we need to look for as growth.

Can they reply? Y/N ❓

Can they do 2nd reply? ❓
No... ? Maybe move on after a reminder... or accept short replies as the real answer and real politics (which is "I don't want to say no but I'm not going to even bother getting into it or just one line back about each thing - I'll just skip it all instead"...

Many good people literally do that - "don't have time" is a big cover up - unfortunately too easy not to see online talking about presidents not even in their own country! Not doing much to create or repair #friendship.

So for time for betterment and tiem for others or whatever it is, we can do that and not be just watching things as entertainment or triggers - #participation

People who accept they have their #compartmentalised #tech / #academia / ... job and that's the main. The are too satisfied. The dissatisfaction should be yelling within them to say "fine I'll try with anyone else but I'm not letting #system or #putin or #trump get away with this separation).

I've asked even people setting up tech for charity and the like and asked them (in person) about participating - doing circles / betterment... and IT'S NO! (like I rephrased the question and it was like Tech-only even though REALLY NICE guys but shows the face doesn't have to be bad).

They too need to do a hell of a lot more than install tech and fuck off leaving people!

I wrote a lot more Gabe but I hope we can catch up on your / my #jitsi instance sometime and grow more... I'd appreciate your comments either way - but I'm guessing there is a limit somewhere to my long text...

:)

@briankrebs

I don't mean to pester you but I got this weird op on my Samsung galaxy with no warning... like a brute force deal. phone locked up then normalized ...took pic with old phone cam. Does anyone wtf this is?

#samsung #tech #malware #computer #virus #software
#IT #hacking #security

Apple’s iPhone already supports texting, calling emergency services, and contacting roadside assistance via satellite connectivity. More satellite-powered features may be on the way. @Techcrunch has more:

https://flip.it/IRGeTW

#Tech #Apple #iPhone #Technology

Amid concerns over the Biden administration's regulation of the crypto industry, billionaire tech investor Marc Andreessen, a longtime Democrat, donated more than $5 million to groups supporting Trump ahead of the 2024 election.

Since then, he's gotten what he called for: a hollowed-out Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-cfpb-marc-andreessen-silicon-valley?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Technology #Finance #Business #Trump #SiliconValley #USPolitics #Tech

AI systems that power modern life sure seem to be training on Wikipedia. But will the online encyclopedia embrace the technology itself? @sciencefocus spoke to Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales to find out:

https://flip.it/tzSb-c

#Tech #AI #Wikipedia #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence

"Viele Demonstrationen in #Mannheim starten oder enden auf dem Alten Messplatz. Am Rand des Platzes, an der Alten Feuerwache, hängen acht Überwachungskameras, weitere sind über den Platz verteilt. Insgesamt filmen 70 Kameras die Innenstadt, 46 davon sind an eine #KI-Verhaltenserkennung gekoppelt.

Das ist spätestens dann ein Problem, wenn Menschen hier demonstrieren wollen. David Werdermann, Jurist bei der Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte, sagt: „Die Versammlungsfreiheit lebt davon, dass Menschen ohne Angst und Einschüchterung ihre Meinung auf der Straße kundtun können.“ Videoüberwachung und KI-gestützte Auswertung könne Menschen von der Versammlungsteilnahme abhalten, „zumal sie sich wegen des Vermummungsverbots nicht gegen eine mögliche Erfassung wehren können“....."

Videoüberwachung: Stadt Mannheim bedroht die Versammlungsfreiheit

https://netzpolitik.org/2025/videoueberwachung-stadt-mannheim-bedroht-die-versammlungsfreiheit/

#Netzpolitik #Überwachung #Tech #Technology #KI #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Privacy #Datenschutz #Versammlungsfreiheit

Seven more families have filed lawsuits against OpenAI claiming that the company’s GPT-4o model was released prematurely and without effective safeguards. Some of the suits address ChatGPT’s alleged role in suicides of their family members. @Techcrunch reports:

https://flip.it/9IY3zo

#Tech #AI #Technology #ChatGPT #ArtificialIntelligence

welcome to the marketing train! please enjoy your stay!
is what I say to people who don't do their homework and get mixed in with marketing hype
I don't get why so many people are following the #marketing train with these #smart #glasses we probably never needed in the first place. really they're just a glasses with a fancy camera to spy on you. and no, I'm not saying it is right to have no return policy, it absolutely isn't. unfortunately, seams to be the common and excepted norm nowadays. what I am saying is you kinda got yourself into this by not doing research. webinars, whatever you went to, isn't enough. wait for the product to come out, and wait I'd say for at least 2/3months (personally i'd wait 2/3years) before buying for enough people to do reviews and make suggestions on them. otherwise, you have buyers remorse. but hey, the marketing train goes on...and you're on it!
enjoy the ride down take your money lain, my friend.
#blind #marketing #hype #marketingtrain #glasses #tech

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🎤 Upcoming at SeaGL 2025:
📍 05:00 PM on November 07
🗣️ "Kalpa Desktop, the openSUSE based desktop that "Just Works™""
👥 Speaker(s): Shawn W Dunn
📍 Room: Room 332
🏷️ Track: Everything Else
📝 Kalpa Desktop is a Plasma desktop derived from MicroOS, and Tumbleweed, providing a immutable system...

#SeaGL2025 #tech #opensuse #FLOSS #opensource #linux
🔗 https://pretalx.seagl.org/2025/talk/BLZ7ZK/

Interessante Hintergründe zur militarisierten, digitalen Überwachungsindustrie und Milliardärskartellen um Palantir, SpaceX, Thiel Capital und Co.. Die systemische Analyse könnte zwar ausgefeilter sein, die Netzwerke und autoritären Ideologien werden aber gut beleuchtet.

Während diese Entwicklungen derzeit vor allem in den #USA stattfinden, fasst Palantir auch in #Europa immer mehr Fuß. In #Deutschland sind es vor allem die Partei Die Grünen und die Union, die dem Einsatz von Palantir-Überwachungstechnologie auf Länderebene immer weiter den Grund bereiten.

https://www.authoritarian-stack.info/

#Palantir #PeterThiel #AlexKarp #Überwachung #Autoritarisierung #Tech #Technology #BigTech #MAGA #Trump #Musk

Speziell zu "Transhumanismus" als Ideologie der Superreichen und Tech-Kapitalist*innen sei nochmal an die Werke und Vorträge von Max Schnetker zum Thema erinnert:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_INC43BIg7g&pp=ygUeTWF4IFNjaG5ldHRrZXIgVHJhbnNodW1hbmlzbXVz

Transhumanistische Mythologie
Rechte Utopien einer technologischen Erlösung durch künstliche Intelligenz

https://unrast-verlag.de/produkt/transhumanistische-mythologie/ via @UnrastVerlag

@MSchnetker

#Transhumanismus #ElonMusk #technoFascism #Überwachungskapitslismus #Technology #Tech #KI #KünstlicheIntelligenz

Neben der rechten Ideologie des "Transhumanismus", den #ElonMusk mit #Neuralink-Hirnchips und ähnlichem vorantreiben möchte, sind Leute wie er auch Fans des Longtermismus, den sie mit ihrem Einfluss zu propagieren versuchen.

'As I have previously written, longtermism is arguably the most influential ideology that few members of the general public have ever heard about. Longtermists have directly influenced reports from the secretary-general of the United Nations; a longtermist is currently running the RAND Corporation; they have the ears of billionaires like Musk; and the so-called Effective Altruism community, which gave rise to the longtermist ideology, has a mind-boggling $46.1 billion in committed funding. Longtermism is everywhere behind the scenes — it has a huge following in the tech sector — and champions of this view are increasingly pulling the strings of both major world governments and the business elite.'

https://www.salon.com/2022/08/20/understanding-longtermism-why-this-suddenly-influential-philosophy-is-so/

Sowie ein etwas neuerer, deutschsprachiger Artikel:

https://www.jacobin.de/artikel/effective-altruism-linsey-mcgoey-duemmste-idee-rassismus-ideologie-effektiver-altruismus

#Longtermismus #Transhumanismus #Dystopie #KI #KünstlicheIntelligenz #AI #technoFascism #Technology #Tech #Rassismus #Kapitalismus

Google, Microsoft, and Meta have stopped publishing workforce diversity data, according to a report in @WIRED.

"Other big tech companies including Amazon, Apple, and Nvidia have continued their annual disclosures this year even as the Trump administration cracks down on DEI."

Registration may be required: https://flip.it/wTr.Oe

#DEI #Diversity #Tech #Technology #USPolitics

Die Regierungschefs der Länder fordern ein "Sicherheitspaket" mit einer "unterschiedslosen Speicherungspflicht" und "möglichst umfassender" Beschattung mit KI......

https://www.heise.de/news/Ueberwachung-Ministerpraesidenten-fuer-schnellstmoegliche-Vorratsdatenspeicherung-10924197.html

#Überwachung #KI #Tech #Technology #Repression #Deutschland #Germany

Join SF Bay ACM for their upcoming event, "Accelerating Startups to Put Enterprise GenAI Multi-Agent Systems in Production" with speaker Greg Makowski, Chief of Data Science at Ccube.

When: November 10, 2025

Register here: https://www.meetup.com/SF-Bay-ACM/

#ACM #computing #career #tech #networking

We will finally meet tomorrow Friday 7th @ University of Washington HUB (Husky Union Building).
Conference starts 9am but doors open 8am

If you can't make it in person we are hybrid! We will stream live and have a virtual space using Matrix.

#SeaGL2025 #linux #FLOSS #FOSS #opensource #free #libre #open #SEA #seattle #event #tech #openhardware #art #community #fossjobs #social #matrix #live #uw #conference

A U.S. judge rules against online platform Roblox, keeping alleged abuse case in the public eye.

@abc reports: "A lawsuit alleges the platform helped facilitate child sexual exploitation."

https://flip.it/RcIfjK

#Roblox #Tech #Technology #Gaming

How successful has Twitter's rebrand to X been? Well, most people still refer to the platform as "X, formerly Twitter," so we're going to say, not very. The team at Creative Bloq report on the blue bird's last gasp, as X sunsets the twitter.com URL, and how — no surprise — that's not gone smoothly.

https://flip.it/Sy_1wt

#SocialMedia #Twitter #X #ElonMusk #Technology #Tech

The return of the Glassholes

https://youtube.com/watch?v=tAmhRnHc16Q

#privacy #meta #rayban #glasses #hack #tech

Gaza Sky Geeks (GSG) gave the Gaza Strip a glimpse of an international future, training thousands of young people training in coding, digital marketing, graphic design and entrepreneurship. This offered them a gateway to new remote work from within the besieged territory. Then Hamas attacked Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 200 hostages, and Israel launched a full-scale war. Rest of World takes a look at how GSG got started, the challenges it faced as it established itself, and where the community is now.

https://flip.it/akf5ro

#Gaza #Palestine #GazaStrip #GazaSkyGeeks #Technology #Tech

Stability AI largely wins U.K. court battle against Getty Images over copyright and trademark.

@AssociatedPress reports: https://flip.it/yWfu7w

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #GettyImages #Photography #Tech

Wow, just learned that NDC Conference deleted the recording of my 2014 opening keynote, A Happy Grain of Sand.

They didn’t have downloads enabled on their Vimeo site and they just told me they don’t keep backups of the talks.

What a dick move.

If you’re speaking for them, make sure you back up your talk videos.

Asshats.

#NDC #NorwegianDeveloperConference #warning #speakers #speaking #conferences #tech #talks

If anyone is building stuff based on the accounts we have verified on Gaza Verified, you can now get a list of the Mastodon URLs of the verified accounts in JSON format at:

https://gaza-verified.org/people.json

For a human-readable list, just remove the .json:

https://gaza-verified.org/people

For more details on Gaza Verified, please see the main page:

https://gaza-verified.org

💕

#Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified #TechForPalestine #tech #web #dev #APIs #JSON #FreePalestine

When hackers hit a company with a ransomware attack, another company that specializes in negotiating with the perpetrators may step in. Two such specialists were recently charged by the U.S. Dept. of Justice for carrying out ransom attacks of their own. @Techcrunch has more:

https://flip.it/H-1Vkb

#Tech #CyberCrime #CyberSecurity #Technology #Hackers