It's a bit scary talking to some people these days, who's first (and sometimes only) significant computing experience is a smartphone or closed-ecosystem PC, and not a general purpose PC.

Real Stockholm syndrome stuff: "I'm so impressed by Apple, my 2019 macbook still gets updates! most android phones only get 3-4 years"

Well a general purpose PC gets practically unlimited updates if you install the right thing on it.

#foss #linux #openSource #PC #tech

Those sparkle emojis ✨ in AI apps aren't just decoration. They're part of a broader design language that encourages us to see software as more human, capable, and autonomous than it really is.

Policy researcher Caroline De Cock joins Glyn Moody to unpack how anthropomorphic design shapes public perceptions of AI in AI TOOLS, NOT GODS on the Future Knowledge #podcast.

🎧 Listen & subscribe 👉 https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/AI-tools-not-gods

@glynmoody @AuthorsAlliance #AI #Tech #informationlabs.org

React-like syntax with WebComponents.

​After spending some time with Lit, I really appreciated its lightweight footprint but wasn't a fan of the class-based components. While Vue offers a great approach, I still prefer the intuitive nature of React's syntax for debugging and deterministic rendering. This led me to a challenge: could I build a UI framework using WebComponents that completely eliminates the need for transpilation?

​I have written a breakdown of the concept, the architecture, and where I want to take it. I highly invite you to take a look, check out the code, and explore the live demo.

* How it works: https://positive-intentions.com/docs/projects/dim/dim-jsx-webcomponents
* Checkout the code: https://github.com/positive-intentions/dim
* Storybook demo: https://dim.positive-intentions.com

​Please note, while the project is open-source, this is a personal exploration rather than an attempt to launch "yet another framework." It is not production-ready and is built for my own upcoming project migrations, but I am sharing it in hopes that the methodology is educational or interesting to the community.

​I would love to hear your thoughts on this approach. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or want to discuss the implementation details.

​#WebDev #WebDevelopment #Frontend #FrontendDev #JavaScript #JS #TypeScript #TS #HTML #HTML5 #CSS #SoftwareEngineering #SoftwareEngineer #Coding #Programming #WebDesign #OpenSourceProject #IndieDev #SideProject #Tech #Technology #DevCommunity #Fediverse #FediverseDevs #WebStandards #CustomElements #ShadowDOM #VanillaJS #NoTranspiler #NoBuild #BuildStep #EsModules #ComponentDriven #UIUX #DesignSystems #TechExperiment #LearningInPublic #Developer #ComputerScience #OSS #Github #React #WebComponents #Lit #Vue #ReactJS #JSX #Storybook #TechArticle #TechBlog #TechWriting #WebDevArticles

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Oh, no!

How'd that get in there?!

One day after discovery, Meta pulls facial recognition code from its smart glasses

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/one-day-after-discovery-meta-pulls-facial-recognition-code-from-its-smart-glasses/

#Meta #FacialRecognition #Code #SmartGlass #Privacy #Tech

The Shocking Secrets of MSG's Surveillance Machine: Noah Schachtman on Knicks' Owner James Dolan http://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/10/ny_knicks_james_dolan_msg_surveillance #MadisonSquareGarden #PrivacyRights #FaceRecognition #CivilRights #JamesDolan #tech #TechAbuse #surveillance

Change Default Linux/Unix Image Viewer Application

Use this complete guide to change the default image viewer application for a graphical desktop environment on a GNU/Linux or Unix operating system.

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/change-default-linux-unix-image-viewer/

#blog #KDE #XFCE #GNOME #linux #unix #tech

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Cybercrime logistics: the hosting infrastructure #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/cybercrime-logistics-the-hosting-infrastructure/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

Face recognition used to be a plot device. Now it is baked into glasses that never sleep. Every face becomes data. Every glance becomes a scan. This is where your dystopia outline starts. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/move-fast-surveil-things #scifi #privacy #tech

Leonardo is a $17 billion US defense contractor. It built a system called SignalTrace using sensors that clip onto existing license plate readers already mounted on street poles, overpasses, and police cars across the country.

Every time you drive past one, the sensor is designed to grab the Bluetooth and WiFi signals from every device in your car, tying them to your plate, and logging the time and location.

Your phone, your AirPods, your kid's tablet. All of it goes into the same file. A friend rides with you once and their devices are also linked to your plate.

Leonardo has sold this system to police departments since at least 2023. There is no federal law covering it, no opt-out, and no warrant requirement.

#Surveillance #Tech #LawEnforcement
https://www.404media.co/this-company-will-add-phone-airpod-and-smartwatch-trackers-to-license-plate-readers/

You can opt out of workplace surveillance. For 30 minutes. That is not a perk. That is a plot detail. The future of work is negotiation with the panopticon. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93x0k194yno #tech #privacy #scifi

#tech #technology #BigTech #IT #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMs #ML #MachineLearning #GenAI #generativeAI #AIAgent #AISlop #FuckAI #Fuck_AI #enshittification #microslop #microsoft #copilot #meta #google #NVIDIA #gemini #OpenAI #ChatGPT #anthropic #claude

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Two-panel comic, showing a slick businessman in the first frame, grinningly pointing to a product promotion image, while saying "With AI image generation, we don't have to pay artists to advertise our product." In the second panel, a potential customer approaches the image, and says "Hmm, AI… Must be a cheap scammy product if they couldn't afford an artist."

Investigating domains and websites with OSINT #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/investigating-domains-and-websites-with-osint/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

Apple rebuilt Siri on Google's Gemini after a two-year delay, positioning privacy as its selling point while routing heavy requests to Google's servers. The company hasn't disclosed which queries hit which model—a clear opening for regulators to test the routing boundary it claims protects users. https://www.implicator.ai/apple-rented-its-ai-mind-from-google-to-fix-siri/ #AI #Privacy #Tech

Apple's rebuilt Siri runs on Foundation Models co-developed with Google, and its most demanding requests process on Google's servers. For a company that marketed itself as the privacy alternative to Google, dependence on a rival for core intelligence is a significant shift. https://www.implicator.ai/apple-leased-its-mind-to-google/ #AI #Privacy #Tech

Because Flock is the future of law enforcement...

Man jailed for a month despite Flock showing he was 5 miles from crime scene

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/man-jailed-for-a-month-despite-flock-showing-he-was-5-miles-from-crime-scene/

#Flock #Crime #ACAB #AI #Cameras #Tech

Apple Announces New OS’s. I’m Still In Wait And See Mode

At WWDC 26 Apple today announced new operating systems all ending in OS27. (The numbering thing drives me nuts.) The entire keynote felt different to me from recent years. Almost as if Apple felt a bit humbled. Almost as if Apple is in a we’re in a thinking different mode these days. I may be reading more into that than is real, but I’m usually pretty good at sniffing these things out. 

Apple chose the name Golden Gate for its macOS 27 version this year, and it looks like the folks in Cupertino heard the criticisms about Liquid Glass and have taken some steps to correct what I and many other consider design flaws. Although I’ve seen as many negative as positive reactions to the design changes, so we’ll see how that goes throughout the summer. 

There was also quite a bit of time devoted to Parental Controls. Given the political heat big tech in general is taking politically here in the US and elsewhere that’s probably a smart move. The announcement stirred up a bit of controversy from folks not in favor of efforts like age verification. The devil will be in the details. 

The big push though is all about Apple Intelligence and the New Siri, now called Siri AI. Trying to play catch up and recover from the mistakes of two years ago, Apple showed off some live demos in a separate meeting from the keynote. You can read about that on The Verge. So you have to consider showing live demos a plus over two years ago, although it was still in a protected environment. I’ll be looking for users to do the same as the betas roll out, even if it appears that there’s a waiting list for the New Siri. So, we’ll see how that goes.

Note that Siri AI, announced to roll out this fall, will be delayed in the European Union and China.

You can check out the entire keynote reduced to 26 minutes, also from The Verge here.

And this Mastodon post from Dwight Silverman sums up my some of my early thoughts as well.

To further sum it up my early thoughts, I’ll just say this. It’s going to be an interesting summer watching folks hammer on the betas, the first of what was released to developers today. The public betas will roll out in July. But we’ll have some early indications later in the week as developers begin working with the betas.

So, I’m still in wait and see mode. As should most of us be.

Thanks for reading. You can subscribe to this blog if you care to. You can also find more of my writings on a variety of topics on Medium at this link, including in the publications Ellemeno and Rome. I can also be found on social media under my name as above. This site does not use affilate links.

How to extract intelligence from images and videos #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/how-to-extract-intelligence-from-images-and-videos/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

🌐 Many companies now block older browser versions from accessing their websites!

This follows many #browser makers ending updates 4 older operating systems, leaving legacy devices unable to use #web services without an #OS upgrade.

This kinda reminds me of the Java #website block by browsers a few years ago, just in reverse. (Revenge? ;)

Old #Android versions are also increasingly blocked from accessing the #Google #appstore.

Truly about security or perhaps Planned Obsolescence?

#Tech #News

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Healthcare robotics, precision and care #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/healthcare-robotics-precision-and-care/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

What do you miss the most about how the web was 10, 20, or 30 years ago? 🕸️✨

#Web #Tech

What have we learned from the cybersecurity realm? Hacking is woven into almost every major story of 2026. Halfway through the year, @Techcrunch unpacks an “already horrendous year of digital attacks and hybrid warfare” and looks at the worst hacks and breaches so far:

https://flip.it/vpgC9L

#Tech #CyberSecurity #Technology

Privacy shouldn't be a premium feature.
It should be the default.

Sign up: https://megatechphotos.com

#Privacy #Tech

Can Bots Read Your Encrypted Messages? Encryption, Privacy, and the Emerging AI Dilemma

🔗 https://www.techpolicy.press/can-bots-read-your-encrypted-messages-encryption-privacy-and-the-emerging-ai-dilemma/

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Tech #Bots #Privacy #Messaging

Imagine the commission for brokering a deal like this: Google has signed a $30 billion deal with SpaceX to lease computing power through June 2029. The move comes ahead of SpaceX’s highly anticipated IPO next week. Read more from @euronews:

https://flip.it/ePShAc

#Tech #Google #SpaceX

A lawsuit filed in 2020 but only unsealed this week revealed a pretty damning (if true) accusation: IBM’s former VP of threat intelligence claims the company covered up being hacked by foreign governments on three occassions. Read more from @Techcrunch:

https://flip.it/-ueohX

#Tech #CyberSecurity #Technology

Atlas Menu, a GTA V cheat service, was hacked, exposing nearly 64,000 accounts including emails, usernames, hashed passwords, IP addresses, and support tickets 🎮
The breach raises privacy concerns for users, despite Atlas Menu advertising secure authentication and enhanced privacy through encryption 🔓

🔗 https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/01/grand-theft-auto-v-cheat-service-gets-hacked-exposing-thousands-of-gamers/

#TechNews #GTA #GTA5 #GTA6 #GTAOnline #AtlasMenu #Gaming #DataBreach #Cybersecurity #Privacy #Security #Hackers #GamingNews #Tech #Accounts #Leaks #Cheating #Games #Game

Privacy Guides released Verified Apps for Android, a FOSS app that checks installed apps against a local database of known-good signing certificates. 🔐
Users can identify unknown or mismatched signatures and contribute verification data through Privacy Guides' crowdsourced database. 📱

@privacyguides

🔗 https://github.com/privacyguides/verified-apps-android

#TechNews #PrivacyGuides #VerifiedApps #Apps #Google #Android #FOSS #OpenSource #AppSecurity #APK #GrapheneOS #FDroid #Privacy #Security #Transparency #Mobile #Tech

Presume these mock laptops in Ikea still have real keyboards hence the gradual pilfering of keys. You think they'd just have a molded keyboard that anticipated this.
Reminds me if working in a school in the early 2000's when we had to glue the slot that let you take the ball out the mouse or by 10am all the balls would've been nicked. #tech #people

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Meta’s Messenger and LINE rank among the worst offenders for aggressive data harvesting, collecting vast amounts of user information for advertising and tracking.

New study shows 90% of messaging apps now include AI that puts privacy at risk https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/how-much-data-does-your-favorite-messaging-app-collect-new-study-shows-90-percent-of-messaging-apps-now-include-ai-that-puts-privacy-at-risk

#tech #privacy #ai

From the why-is-this-even-legal category: Meta has quietly added facial recognition code for smart glasses to its app. The feature, called NameTag internally, can reportedly identity people captured by the smart glasses’ camera as well as alert the wearer when it recognizes someone (We’re guessing this would often be used to avoid them). Read more from @Mashable, and say hi to people when you're out and about:

https://flip.it/jTpwAG

#Tech #Meta #Technology

Hi everyone! 👋 I know it's been a while since I was last here, but I had a very specific reason for it. I've spent the last few months with my small team intensely developing a project I mentioned to you once before. Every moment of my inactivity here was simply coding, designing the architecture, and endlessly solving problems

Today, I am proud to announce - LibreConnect has moved past the phase of vague plans and become a fully functional app!

We managed to deliver what was absolutely most important to us - an ecosystem connecting your 💻 computer and 📱 smartphone that respects your privacy 100%. Zero external clouds and hidden telemetry. Everything is based exclusively on a direct P2P connection within your local network and strong E2E encryption 🔐

So, what can our app actually do?
- Virtual camera and microphone from your phone
- Mobile device file manager right from your PC 📁
- Notification and clipboard synchronization 📋
- Receiving and sending SMS/MMS from your computer 💬
- Two-way media playback control 🎵
- Remote keyboard and presentation control from your phone
- Finding your phone by triggering a loud alarm (overriding silent mode) 🚨
- And a few other minor conveniences

We also made sure the project is truly cross-platform. LibreConnect runs natively on Linux, macOS, Windows, and Android. It's worth mentioning that the app isn't limited to just x86_64 architecture - we support ARM64 as well! To make updates easier, we've set up our own F-Droid repository, along with native packages for Linux package managers (APT, DNF, Pacman)

The code is 100% open-source under the GNU GPL v3.0 license However, I have to be honest - the project is still very young. The app is highly usable, but it still requires optimization, might have some silly bugs, and can occasionally be unstable 🐛

That's why we need you so much right now. For the continued development of this app to make any sense, we need a small but engaged user base. I encourage you to install it, test it out, and report bugs, and for those interested - to join the project as contributors (you'll find a CONTRIBUTING.md in the repo) 🤝

If you like our vision, leaving a star ⭐ on our GitHub repository is the form of support we would appreciate the most. It's these stars that will allow us to take the project out into the world! Because of this, for the next few days, my activity here will focus mainly on promoting the app and its features - we need your help to build the right momentum. Thank you in advance for your support!

You can find all other info here:
https://libreconnect.one

#LibreConnect #Privacy #PrivacyByDesign #OpenSource #FOSS #Freedom #Software #FreeSoftware #Libre #BigTech #Tech #Technology #Dev #Programming #Code #App #Apps #CPlusPlus #Qt #Phone #PC #Computer #OS #OperatingSystem #Linux #RaspberryPi #Apple #Mac #Windows #Android #FDroid #Obtainium

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A desktop screenshot showing the LibreConnect "Media Remote" interface on Linux. The app displays title, artist name, album name and art, a progress bar, and playback controls for a song. In the right corner of the screen, a native Linux media widget mirrors the exact same song, showing seamless system integration.

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A desktop screenshot of the LibreConnect "Notifications" tab on Linux. The app window lists active phone notifications. In the bottom right corner of the screen, a native Linux popup notification from LibreConnect displays a new SMS message, demonstrating integration with the desktop environment.

Why do people pay influencers? #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/why-do-people-pay-influencers/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

@onokoto 🔗 https://mastodon.social/users/onokoto/statuses/116697741636681847
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the best way to explain why privacy matters is this quote:

“If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.” ― Cardinal Richelieu

I would have liked to write more thoughtful input here, but I think its better sit in quiet meditation alone and reflect. i find silence to be the rightful messenger

#privacy #tech #technology #philosophy #mastodon #security #privacymatters

the best way to explain why privacy matters is this quote:

“If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.” ― Cardinal Richelieu

i would have liked to write more thoughtful input here, but I think it's better sit in quiet meditation alone and reflect ー i find silence to be the rightful messenger

#privacy #tech #technology #philosophy #mastodon #security #privacymatters #signal

I built my own music collection and why you should too

"Now after a year of this experiment, I can say that keeping precious things close to myself makes me happier, more confident and relaxed.

I dance in the shower, vibe with beats at work, and hum around when I am bored, just because I am not lost in never-ending list of available music in the world.

I encourage everyone to try it."

https://blog.rishabhps.com/posts/2026-06-04-i-built-my-own-music-collection-and-why-you-should-too/

#music #blog #tech

IA : il faudra l'eau et l'électricité de 1,3 milliard de personnes pour répondre à vos prompts d'ici 2030
Et ce n'est, selon l'ONU, "que la partie émergée de l'iceberg"

https://www.lesnumeriques.com/intelligence-artificielle/ia-il-faudra-l-eau-et-l-electricite-de-1-3-milliard-de-personnes-pour-repondre-a-vos-prompts-d-ici-2030-n257039.html

#press #tech #AI #water #electricity #IA #eau #électricité #intelligeneartificielle #ecology #écologie

New Signal update for iOS (8.15) 🎉

- Bug fixes and technical improvements 🛠️

👉️ View more recent Signal iOS releases https://aboutsignal.com/releases/signal-app-ios-releases/

#signal #signalapp #signalmessenger #aboutsignal #news #ios #iphone #ipodtouch #tech

SpaceX is going public! Despite the name, it’s now more of an AI company than a rocket company.

I spoke to @sokane1 to dig into the SpaceX IPO, the wild valuation it’s going for, and how it destroys corporate governance to empower Elon Musk.

Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/331_the_spacex_ipo_gives_elon_musk_even_more_power_w_sean_okane

#spacex #xai #elonmusk #economy #markets #tech #ai #generativeai

It's been two weeks (already!) since I dove into [Replicant Space](https://replicant.space), a game where everything revolves around APIs. For those who love coding and building interfaces, that's the place

Recently, I added a 2D map of nearby stars so I can (more or less) see where I am and where I'm headed at a glance. It's missing the Z-axis, but it gets the job done

Today, I finally connected my base system to SOL with a relay network spanning over 50 light-years. This will be my main "highway", with more branches coming soon next, and to the megastructure under construction at URCALIS

Here are some screenshots about:
- The star map
- The star list
- A view of an AMI and its remote drones
- A little tool I made to figure out where to place my relays (using Euclidean distance, because the map view is poop and not very accurate for that)
- And another one to track down Bill by vector (still a work in progress, hehe).

#replicantspace #api #indiegame #indie #tech

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Adtech is a National Security Threat
Senator Wyden, (D) OR
--> "mobile device server"

https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/28/troops-phones-leaked-location-data-to-foreign-adversaries/5248108

@linmob
@postmarketos
@grapheneos

#Wyden #SenatorWyden #Senate #DOD #DOW #adtech #tech #tracking #TorVPN #MobileApps #NationalSecurity #Privacy #Surveillance

Big new WIRED story:

Meta has been quietly shipping to code to run face recognition from its smart glasses. The code is now on millions of phones

From my colleagues Dhruv and Dell

https://www.wired.com/story/meta-smart-glasses-face-recognition-nametag-connections/

#tech #privacy #meta

Survey shows most people keep their phones for longer than you might think

Most of you aren't upgrading every year or two.

https://www.androidauthority.com/poll-results-how-long-between-upgrades-3674557/

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #OpenSource #AndroidAuthority [Android Authority]

Thursday, so it's #LT3 again.

This week we look at Aithos Research Foundations' report that, basically, no AI model is legally compliant.

Also, we look at a daring display of defiance against Meta at Hay Festival, Starmer caught using disappearing messages on his phone (also, I thought using E2EE was bad, Keir?), and the Competition and Markets Authority force Google to play nice with publishers.

https://buttondown.com/willrc/archive/lets-talk-tech-thursday-32/

#newsletter #tech #technews
#ai #meta #google #hayfestival #ukpolitics

RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@digitaleu/116685519347209645

Welcome to Fediverse, @digitaleu! 💜🐘
Follow them for content about #DigitalSovereignty, #OpenSource, #Tech and much more!

DigitalEU » 🌐 2026-06-03
@digitaleu@ec.social-network.europa.eu

Hello Fediverse!

Your @EUCommission account for all things tech and digital is here.

Stay tuned, big news are coming!

#NewHere

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Googles Search AI Modus will alles über Sie wissen!

‚Erinnern Sie sich an die Worte von Google-CEO Eric Schmidt: "Wir können mehr oder weniger wissen, woran Sie denken"? Diese Dystopie wird nun mit dem Search AI Mode wahr….‘

https://tuta.com/de/blog/how-to-turn-off-ai-mode-google-search

#Google #SearchAI #AI #Suche #KI #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Tech #Technology #Surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism

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Google 2010: „We know whexe you are. We know whexe you’ve been. | We can more ox less know what you’re thinking about.” ERIC SCHMIDT Google 2025: „Search AI Mode will know everything about you.” ROBBY STEIN

But don’t relax. What this means is the pretty soon only soldiers, police forces, and lawmakers will have the right to privacy. Everyone else will be spied on relentlessly. These are the change that are about to be made to how our amazing modern society works.

#tech #privacy #AI #LLMs #military

RE: https://researchbuzz.masto.host/@mottg/116689243594938023

Privacy and Surveillance boosted

MottG » 🌐 2026-06-04
@mottg@researchbuzz.masto.host

"Adtech's Opaque Empire Declared National Security Threat as Privacy Crisis Deepens"

The U.S. government states that its troops have been targeted with precision through commercially available location data TechCrunch, prompting a leading privacy lawmaker to declare the entire adtech industry a "national security threat."

https://www.automaticapress.com/articles/adtechs-opaque-empire-declared-national-security-threat-as-privacy-crisis-deepen-mppqb523

#AI #tech #military

"Adtech's Opaque Empire Declared National Security Threat as Privacy Crisis Deepens"

The U.S. government states that its troops have been targeted with precision through commercially available location data TechCrunch, prompting a leading privacy lawmaker to declare the entire adtech industry a "national security threat."

https://www.automaticapress.com/articles/adtechs-opaque-empire-declared-national-security-threat-as-privacy-crisis-deepen-mppqb523

#AI #tech #military

AI companies keep promising world-changing futures while struggling with very present-tense problems like accuracy, labor, energy use, and trust.

Policy researcher Caroline De Cock joins Glyn Moody to unpack why AI hype is a feature of the industry’s business model — and who it serves — in AI TOOLS, NOT GODS on the Future Knowledge #podcast.

🎧 Listen & subscribe 👉 https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/AI-tools-not-gods

#AI #Tech #informationlabs.org @glynmoody @AuthorsAlliance

Organized cybercrime: a look into the future #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/organized-cybercrime-a-look-into-the-future/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

Some of you have been asking why the #EU digital policy account isn't on the #Fediverse..
Well, today they are! Go follow the official #DigitalEU account: @digitaleu for updates about #OpenSource, #Tech and #DigitalSovereignty, and much more!
Today is a good day for the open source community. Stay tuned for more announcements.

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Signal improves notification reliability for devices without Google Play services, such as de-Googled phones and devices running microG

👉 https://aboutsignal.com/news/signal-improves-notification-reliability-for-devices-without-google-play-services/

#signal #signalapp #signalmessenger #news #android #tech #degoogled #microg

You should not need to sacrifice privacy just to back up your photos.

Megatech Photos is built around that idea.

Sign up: https://megatechphotos.com

#Privacy #Tech

"Here Are Donald Trump’s 10 Best Stock Trades Of 2026"

"The president took millions from Big Tech to get re-elected, then bent AI regulation in their favor while reaping the proceeds personally."

Kyle Khan-Mullins for Forbes

#news #tech #uspol #politics #trump

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kylemullins/2026/05/28/here-are-donald-trumps-10-best-stock-trades-of-2026/

This might leave a mark.

European Parliament to ditch Google for European alternative | Euractiv
#Tech #Google
https://www.euractiv.com/news/european-parliament-to-ditch-google-for-european-alternative/

Tech could be good.
Tech could serve humanity first.

Surveillance capitalism isn't an inherent part of tech, it's an inherent part of capitalism.

We could, and we must, build better tech.
Tech for the people.

#Tech #Privacy #HumanRights

There’s a growing backlash not just to AI in schools, but to dependence on screens more broadly. It’s about time.

I spoke with @TomMullaney to dig into how AI is making its way into schools and why a more critical perspective is needed.

Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/330_do_chatbots_really_belong_in_schools_w_tom_mullaney

#tech #ai #schools #education #generativeai #phones

Quote of the day by Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison: "Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on" — a dire warning on the erosion of privacy https://www.techradar.com/pro/quote-of-the-day-by-oracle-co-founder-larry-ellison-citizens-will-be-on-their-best-behavior-because-were-constantly-recording-and-reporting-everything-that-is-going-on-a-dire-warning-on-the-erosion-of-privacy
#tech #surveillance #privacy

Former Meta CTO Mik Schroepfer’s venture firm Gigascale has raised $250 million to back founders who are “rebuilding the physical economy.” The funding will focus on energy, grid infrastructure and critical minerals, with a focus on climate tech, betting that an impact on climate results from “better-performing systems.” Read more from @Techcrunch:

https://flip.it/gTRgzD

#Tech #ClimateChange #Technology

How to extract intelligence from images and videos #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/how-to-extract-intelligence-from-images-and-videos/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

Some tech companies are training their AI models to refuse requests deemed harmful or inappropriate. Others, however, are easier to remove built-in guardrails – and the companies have no idea how they’re being used Read more from @npr:

https://flip.it/FMkIEs

#Tech #AI #Technology

The man who wrote "Don't be evil" said he chose it specifically so it would be hard to remove. Paul Buchheit, the engineer who later built Gmail, suggested the phrase at a Google corporate values meeting on July 19, 2001.

Then in early 2018, internal documents leaked showing that Google had signed a Pentagon contract to build AI to analyze drone footage. By April, over 3,000 Google employees had signed a letter to Sundar Pichai demanding the contract be cancelled.

The letter specifically cited "Don't be evil" as the standard the company was failing to meet. Dozens of engineers resigned in protest.

Sometime between late April and early May, the slogan disappeared from the code of conduct's preface.

#Google #AI #Tech

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Screenshot of a Wikipedia page: Don't be evil "Don't be evil" was Google's former motto, and a phrase used in Google's corporate code of conduct.[1[21[3][4] In 2018, Google removed the original motto from the preface of its code of conduct, [°]

FBI wants AI Surveillance Drones
https://theintercept.com/2025/11/21/fbi-ai-surveillance-drones-facial-recognition/
#AI #FacialRecognition #news #tech #technews

Why did a technology journalist cover the Enhanced Games, the notorious athletic competition in Las Vegas in which almost all participants were on performance enhancing drugs? The event was “at the forefront of a growing industry that Silicon Valley has embraced with open arms — that of human enhancement, in which injectable drugs and ingestible supplements serve as a source of both physical empowerment and good business,” @Techcrunch’s Lucas Ropek writes.

https://flip.it/WCU2zl

#Tech #Health #Sports

How much, if any, responsibility do security researchers have when their findings reveal vulnerabilities affecting a tech giant like, say, Microsoft. Quite a bit, the Redmond, Wash., company would likely say. Microsoft recently published a blog post that criticized the researcher who goes by the handle “Nightmare Eclipse” for publicly disclosing a series of bugs affecting Windows Defender and BitLocker. @Techcrunch has more on a spat that’s gone public and why others are defending “Nightmare Eclipse.”

https://flip.it/lZZFBC

#Tech #Microsoft #Technology

Infighting, court battles could put long-hyped air taxi breakthrough in jeopardy.

CNBC reports: "Heated battles are unfolding in the courtroom between Joby, Archer and Vertical, threatening to sidetrack certification aspirations and investor appetite."

https://flip.it/Zt_Vrr

#Tech #Technology #Transport

Well, you don't want to restrict adtech's freedom to make money out of your data, that would be anti-American, wouldn't it? /s

"US Central Command says it was warned that adversaries used location data to target troops."

"Lawmakers urge Pentagon to act, citing adtech industry as national security threat."

"Calls for disabling ad IDs, restricting location sharing, and moving away from Chrome on devices"

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/pentagon-says-us-military-personnel-are-reportedly-being-targeted-using-location-2026-05-28/

#capitalism #tech #news #war #pentagon #military #privacy #safety

Age verification expanding from websites to operating systems; California’s 2027 law requires OS setup age collection sharing age ranges to apps 🔐
OS-level age signals may enable app enforcement and future ID or biometric verification, raising privacy and open-source concerns 🔒

🔗 https://me.pcmag.com/en/security/37364/your-computer-may-soon-require-an-age-check-and-it-might-not-take-no-for-an-answer

#TechNews #AgeVerification #OperatingSystems #OS #Privacy #DigitalRights #California #California #Law #Tech #DataProtection #Surveillance #OpenSource #FOSS #Biometrics #BigTech #Regulation

Online age-verification laws are forcing users to hand sensitive identity data to third parties, creating new risks for leaks, tracking, and misuse 🔐
Expanding age-gating systems also increases censorship and surveillance powers, threatening anonymous and open access to the web 🌐

@eff

🔗 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/age-verification-privacy-nightmare

#TechNews #AgeVerification #Privacy #DigitalRights #OpenWeb #Surveillance #Internet #Freedom #Cybersecurity #DataProtection #Encryption #FOSS #Security #OnlinePrivacy #Web #Tech

The secret Internet economy #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/the-secret-internet-economy/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

They need C-22 to set up the surveillance infrastructure to run the surveillance on Canadians. They need the data [fusion] centres to store our data. And they need your apathy and obedience to get away with it all. It passes June 19th if we don’t stop 🛑 them.

#privacy #surveillance #tech #Canada #cdnpoli #encryption

https://fournier.substack.com/p/meet-cohere-palantirs-canada-ai-partner

I am getting a lot of men replying who are in #IT who falsely believe their technical abilities to protect their #encryption outsmart C-22’s legislation. I encourage them to see what world-leading encryption experts have warned about this legislation. That is not the case.
#Canada #tech #privacy #surveillance #cdnpoli

https://www.globalencryption.org/2026/04/open-letter-on-bill-c-22-an-act-respecting-lawful-access/

Debunking common quantum computing myths #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/debunking-common-quantum-computing-myths/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

Canadian Privacy Lawyer:
#Canada #cdnpoli #tech #surveillance #privacy #encryption

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David TS Fraser @privacylawyer.ca • 15m Wow. The RCMP witness at #SECU just said encryption is the problem and Bill C-22 Lawful Access is the solution. 4 • 6 ... •

Surveillance tech coming to a virtual couch near you!

Headway Therapy Patients Forced to Scan Their Faces to Keep Getting Care

https://www.404media.co/headway-therapy-facial-scan-biometric-data-identity-verification/

#Headway #Therapy #Security #Privacy #Surveillance #Health #Tech

"There's a risk that marketing the Social Web successfully could rise one of us up to tech billionaire levels of incompetence. But, let's be honest, that risk is so small I think Kermit the Frog has more likelihood of owning X."

https://forbetter.ghost.io/the-normal-response-to-the-social-web/

#SocialWeb #Fediverse #Blog #Tech #FediSplaining

New update for Signal Desktop (8.13) 🎉

- New raised-hand indicators are now also displayed in the list of raised hands ✋

👉️ https://aboutsignal.com/releases/signal-desktop-releases/

#signal #signalapp #signalmessenger #aboutsignal #news #windows #linux #macOS #tech

Wow. Until now the New York Times has been little more than free advertising disguised as news for these new AI tech companies like OpenAI or Anthropic. If the New York Times is allowing op-eds accusing the Democratic Party of falling for the hype about LLMs (the hype about it soon becoming sentient and taking over the world) against all of the best expert opinion to the contrary, then The Times are clearly beginning to see a wave of revolt rising against this technology. They are probably trying to do a little damage control for all the propaganda they have been doing until now.

#tech #AI #LLMs #TechPolicy #Policy #Law

RE: https://sfba.social/@gypsyvegan/116649711978778077

PSA: Microsoft recently began enforcing automatic updates for all Microsoft Store apps. This applies even if an update changes the app's license / ToS, grants additional permissions, or converts to a subscription model. This is an incredible risk to your privacy, security, and wallet (if you have a payment method on file with MS). I strongly, strongly recommend disabling updates through any available method.

Workarounds include blocking windows store in the firewall, uninstalling the store itself, tampering with windows files to revoke permissions from the store, or editing group policy settings (on supported OS editions only).

#PSA #Windows #Microsoft #Privacy #Security #Tech

Organized cybercrime: how investigators track cybercrime networks #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/organized-cybercrime-how-investigators-track-cybercrime-networks/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

Organized cybercrime: a look into the future #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/organized-cybercrime-a-look-into-the-future/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

Still thinking about it? The due date is soon for #SeaGL2026 #cfp

You can submit more than one talk, we also accept remote speakers.

Find out more: https://seagl.org/cfp

Tell your friends!

#linux #opensource #FLOSS FOSS #OSS #oshw #free #libre #open #tech #seattle

Colorado exempted open-source operating systems from 2028 OS-level age-verification rules, shielding Linux installs from mandatory checks. 🔓
California may add similar language before rollout, while Linux OEMs warn account-age mandates could pressure smaller vendors and user privacy. 🐧

🔗 https://fossforce.com/2026/05/the-quiet-clause-that-may-save-linux-from-age-verification-laws/

#TechNews #Linux #OpenSource #Privacy #AgeVerification #System76 #FOSS #GNU #Security #Surveillance #DigitalRights #Cybersecurity #DataPrivacy #Tech #Colorado #California #USA #Freedom

‚Die Pläne der Bundesregierung, die Befugnisse für Sicherheitsbehörden bei der digitalen Fahndung auszuweiten, gefährden Grundrechte. Zu diesem Schluss kommen mehrere zivilgesellschaftliche Organisationen in ihrer gemeinsamen Stellungnahme zu den Gesetzentwürfen aus dem Bundesjustiz- und Bundesinnenministerium.

„Wir betonen, dass eine grundrechtskonforme Ausgestaltung dieser Befugnisse auch durch Nachbesserungen im Verfahrensrecht nicht erreichbar wäre“, heißt es in der Stellungnahme: „Die genannten Mängel sind keine bloßen Ausgestaltungsfehler, sondern symptomatisch für das strukturelle Defizit des gesamten Regelungsvorhabens.“.…‘

https://netzpolitik.org/2026/keine-verfassungskonforme-ausgestaltung-moeglich-zivilgesellschaft-warnt-vor-plaenen-fuer-ki-fahndung/

#Gesichtserkennung #Biometrie #Überwachung #Datenschutz #Deutschland #Repression #Netzpolitik #KI #Tech #Technology

first the pope comes out as an ai-critical luddite, now he’s literally quoting gandalf in the anti-ai encyclical? these popes are almost making catholicism look cool

#tech #ai #pope #catholic

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213. The twentieth-century Catholic author J.R.R. Tolkien, in the words of a protagonist in one of his novels, described our responsibility in this way: “It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till.” [187] The civilization of love will not arise from a single or spectacular gesture, but from the sum total of small and steadfast acts of fidelity that serve as a bulwark against dehumanization. For this reason, it is worthwhile pausing to reflect on some aspects of how we, each in our own way, can cooperate in building the civilization of love. Without presuming to exhaust this theme, I would like to propose five paths toward daily and public responsibility: the need to disarm words, building peace through justice, adopting the perspective of victims, cultivating a healthy realism and reviving dialogue and multilateralism.

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Yet it is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. What weather they shall have is not ours to rule.

https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-coo-andrew-macdonald-ai-token-spending-harder-justify-2026-5

#ai #llm #tech #uber #duolingo

Formula One racing has always had a techy side to it, making the sport an obvious business partner for companies like AWS, Oracle and Anthropic. Now, IBM has paired up with Ferrari in part to get fans comfortable with using AI. Read more from @Techcrunch:

https://flip.it/gFESEw

#Tech #F1 #AI

Amazon has added a number of new features to Bee, the AI wrist gadget/personal assistant the tech giant acquired last year. Among the device uses is the ability to record, transcribe, and summarize your conversations throughout the day, which can prove helpful to the busy — and forgetful — among us. It’s not without its flaws, however, including producing transcripts that can be “a bit of a mess.” So, is it right for you? Read more from @Techcrunch:

https://flip.it/sBBrDg

#Tech #AI #Wearables

Join SF Bay ACM for their upcoming hybrid event, "Latest & Unique Tech Innovations from the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show (CES)" with speaker Avery Lu, Partner & Head of Business Development at Aventurine Capital Group, LLC.

When: May 29, 2026

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

#ACM #computing #career #tech #networking

Mozilla’s Project Nova redesign for Firefox adds rounded tabs, customizable layouts and a reorganized Settings page with easier access to privacy and AI controls. 🦊
Firefox 151 also adds Web Serial API support, PDF merging and clearer management for optional local AI models that are not installed by default. 🔒

🔗 https://www.theverge.com/tech/935631/firefox-project-nova-redesign

#TechNews #Firefox #Mozilla #Nova #Privacy #AI #OpenSource #WebSerial #Browser #Browsers #Linux #FOSS #Security #Customization #Web #Tech #PDF

Influencers: turning attention into money #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/influencers-turning-attention-into-money/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

Virtual sightseeing: exploring the world’s greatest museums #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/virtual-sightseeing-exploring-the-worlds-greatest-museums/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

WhatsApp is testing “After reading” disappearing messages on iOS, letting users delete chats 5 minutes, 1 hour or 2 hours after they are opened. 📱
Unread messages auto-delete after 24 hours, but screenshots and external captures can still bypass retention limits despite added privacy controls. 🔒

🔗 https://in.mashable.com/tech/109890/whatsapp-testing-new-self-destruct-messages-feature-on-iphone-all-you-need-to-know

#TechNews #WhatsApp #Apple #iPhone #iOS #Android #Privacy #Encryption #Signal #Telegram #Cybersecurity #Messaging #Security #FOSS #Mobile #Meta #Tech #Instagram

Last 3-4 days:
Why am I receiving so many privacy policy update emails for everything? (TVs, phones, APPs).

#tech #computer
#privacy

Signal says it will leave Canada rather than comply with Bill C-22, warning the proposal could force changes that weaken encrypted systems 🔐
Critics including Apple, Meta, and researchers say the bill’s lawful-access rules risk enabling surveillance capabilities and metadata retention 🇨🇦

@signalapp

🔗 https://cyberinsider.com/signal-threatens-to-leave-canada-over-proposed-lawful-access-bill/

#TechNews #Signal #Canada #Encryption #Privacy #Cybersecurity #Meta #Apple #Surveillance #FOSS #Security #Messaging #DataProtection #Tech #Rights #BillC22 #US #Europe #EU

The emergence of AI has shone a light on just how thirsty for energy and water digital technologies are. A report released at the beginning of 2026 estimated that global AI use — and specifically the data centers that power AI — emits as much CO2 in a year as New York City. But before blaming chatbots for everything, a simpler way to think about the environmental cost of online behaviour is the amount of data being used at a given time. Read more from @sciencefocus:

https://flip.it/8H-S5h

#Tech #AI #Environment

The secret Internet economy #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/the-secret-internet-economy/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

Pandora's iPhone, by Stuart Carlson, 2016. Still spot-on in 2026:

A backdoor for the good guys simply does not exist. Once you build it, hackers walk through, authoritarian governments walk through, and the rest follows.

The UK is pressuring for chat control right now. EU Chat Control initiatives keep popping up. We need to keep saying NO to this!

#encryption #privacy #ChatControl #DigitalSovereignty #FOSS #opensource #democracy #freedom #digital #tech

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Pandora's iPhone, by Stuart Carlson, 2016.

Becoming quantum-ready: the challenges #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/becoming-quantum-ready-the-challenges/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

Last year, 13 people died in bear attacks, and there were tens of thousands of reported sightings in Japan. Since then, Ohta Seiki, a Hokkaido-based robotics firm that manufactures a terrifying animatronic wolf called Monster Wolf, has seen a surge in demand for its robot protector. Read more from @TechRadar:

https://flip.it/rW3PTn

#Tech #Japan #Technology

The future of mental health online #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/the-future-of-mental-health-online/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

Driving in heavy rains can be difficult for all of us — including the robots. Waymo has paused service in Atlanta after its robotaxis struggled to handle flooded roads until the company finds a solution. Read more from @Techcrunch:

https://flip.it/bhWU34

#Tech #Technology #Atlanta

A whistleblower exposed mass surveillance years ago. One person. One choice. Huge ripple. Who watches the watchers now? https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-whistleblower-who-uncovered-the-nsas-big-brother-machine/ #privacy #scifi #tech

Debunking common quantum computing myths #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/debunking-common-quantum-computing-myths/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

RE: https://mastodon.xyz/@privacyint/116611390751602426

At #CPDP2026, sponsored by Google (Alphabet) and Microsoft, companies complicit in the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people according to the UN:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/1/un-report-lists-companies-complicit-in-israels-genocide-who-are-they

If you can’t even abide by #BDS to show solidarity with the people of Gaza are you truly an ally?

https://bdsmovement.net/microsoft

https://bdsmovement.net/no-tech-oppression-apartheid-or-genocide

If you’re anti genocide you would be boycotting Microsoft and Google and thus boycotting #CPDP2026 which is sponsored by them.

#israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #privacyInternational #CPDP #BDS #complicity #privacy #humanRights #tech

Privacy International » 🔓 2026-05-21
@privacyint@mastodon.xyz

AI "decision support" tools are already shaping targeting decisions in Gaza and Ukraine. But who decides when a machine gets it wrong?

Join us Friday at CPDP2026 to interrogate the human rights stakes of militarised AI - and what tech companies owe us.

https://www.cpdpconferences.org/panels/data-driven-warfare-ai-civilian-risks-and-corporate-responsibility

Curious what other screen reader users, disabled tech folks, or desktop-first people are using these days for news discovery.

I’ve been looking at tools like Feedly, NewsBlur, Particle, and similar RSS/AI-assisted readers because I’m trying to reduce how dependent I am on my phone for news and discovery. Right now, Google Discover is honestly the closest thing I’ve found to “surface interesting things before I even know I want to search for them,” but it’s frustratingly mobile-first.

The problem I keep running into is that a lot of RSS advice seems optimized for people who enjoy building and curating feed systems as a hobby. I don’t mind some setup, but I’m not really looking for “an RSS sync backend plus another app plus a bunch of manual curation.” At that point it feels like the workflow itself becomes the job.

I’m specifically interested in tools that work well for:

• screen readers,
• keyboard-first workflows,
• low-sensory/text-first use,
• desktop use rather than mobile-only experiences,
• and actual discovery rather than just syncing feeds I already follow.

I’ve also noticed that something can be “accessible” in theory while still being exhausting in practice. For example:

• unlabeled buttons/links,
• infinite scrolling,
• noisy or visually dense interfaces,
• excessive sound/audio cues,
• heavy curation requirements,
• or workflows that assume lots of executive-function bandwidth.

I tried Inoreader once and ran into a lot of unlabeled controls, which pretty quickly killed it for me. I’m currently looking more seriously at NewsBlur and maybe Feedly, but I’d really love to hear actual experiences from people using these day-to-day with screen readers or other accessibility needs.

Especially interested in:

• whether these tools genuinely reduce effort,
• whether they help with discovery/serendipity,
• and whether anyone has found a setup that partially replaces the “Google Discover on mobile” niche without becoming a giant maintenance project.

Would also love to hear about alternatives I may not know about.

#Accessibility #Blind #ScreenReader #RSS #NewsBlur #Feedly #AI #AssistiveTechnology #DisabledTech #Mastodon #Tech #Neurodivergent #Productivity #Linux #OpenWeb

Open-source crypto libraries #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/open-source-crypto-libraries/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

Organized cybercrime: nation states and criminal partnerships #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/organized-cybercrime-nation-states-and-criminal-partnerships/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

I don't know how well E2EE will benefit me if they are trying to surveil me in other ways.

Discord now has end-to-end encryption on all calls - Engadget

https://www.engadget.com/2177277/discord-now-has-end-to-end-encryption-on-all-calls/

#Discord #E2EE #Encryption #Security #Privacy #Tech #Gaming

"Age verification is an impossibility, and an impossibly terrible idea with impossibly vast consequences for privacy and the open web..." - @pluralistic

https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/14/bellovin/#wont-someone-think-of-the-cryptographers

#AgeVerification #privacy #security #tech

Organized cybercrime: how investigators track cybercrime networks #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/organized-cybercrime-how-investigators-track-cybercrime-networks/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

"What is it that makes someone feel safe? ... The more we made the case that investing in surveillance tech like Flock diverts resources from what actually makes our community safer, the more folks with hesitations and even outright opposition came around." https://www.texasobserver.org/san-marcos-city-council-end-alprs/

#tech #privacy #safety #Texas #politics #USpol #police #immigration

FWIW, I still think AI glasses or AirPods with cameras, or whatever it is that Google announced today are not going to be successful products in the end. I don’t care what the spin is about privacy. You can’t spin creepy. #Tech #Apple #Google #AI

The FBI is putting $36 million on the table for nationwide license plate reader data through a commercial database, splitting the country into six surveillance zones.

https://blackoutvpn.au/blog/fbi-license-plate-readers-nationwide

#privacy #tech #security #surveillance

Disney is increasingly becoming the least magical place on Earth.

Disney faces a class action lawsuit over facial recognition tech - Engadget

https://www.engadget.com/2176016/disney-faces-a-class-action-lawsuit-over-facial-recognition-tech/

#Disney #ClassAction #Lawsuit #FacialRecognition #Surveillance #Privacy #Tech

RAM prices explained.

Edit : this image is AI slop. I didn't catch it at first and now I feel like a tool. This post blew up, so I'm gonna leave it. I will be much more careful in the future.

#RAM #tech #Linux #AI #LateStageCapitalism

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The reason RAM prices went up 4x is that a massive amount of not-yet-manufactured memory was bought with money that doesn’t really exist to be put into GPUs that haven't been made yet, to be installed in data centers that haven't been built, powered by infrastructure that may never exist, to satisfy demand that isn’t actually there, in order to generate profits that are mathematically impossible.

How to safely explore the hidden web #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/how-to-safely-explore-the-hidden-web/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

And just like that, the Elon Musk-Sam Altman trial is over. A jury in California took less than two hours to determine that Musk waited too long to file his lawsuit against his former business partner, ending the three-week trial in which Musk alleged that Altman and OpenAI cofounder Greg Brockman committed a "breach of charitable trust.” Read more from @npr:

https://flip.it/GabOrr

#Tech #AI #Musk #Altman #OpenAI #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence

These researchers clearly don't have children because, if they did, they should be locked up for this kind of privacy invasion.

Researchers Wanted Preschool Teachers to Wear Cameras to Train AI

https://www.404media.co/researchers-wanted-preschool-teachers-to-wear-cameras-to-train-ai/

#Research #AI #Children #Teachers #Tech

Are you slouching as you read this? Probably most of us are. Would a device that reminded you to sit upright help you with your ergonomical integrity? Tech writer Ivan Mehta came across a desk device from German startup Deep Care that gives a gentle nudge to mind your posture while pounding away at your keyboard. Here’s more from @Techcrunch:

https://flip.it/VFyJQa

#Tech #Devices #Health #Technology

AI systems can now autonomously complete 32-step enterprise cyberattacks. The ACM Europe Tech Policy Committee warns EU oversight may not be keeping pace. New analysis: https://www.acm.org/public-policy/europe-tpc/calibrating-oversight-agentic-frontier-models-04272026

#tech #policy #cybersecurity

AI meet robotics: putting a brain in a machine #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/ai-meet-robotics-putting-a-brain-in-a-machine/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

Last week, Gloria Caulfield, an executive at real estate firm Tavistock Development Company, gave a speech at the University of Central Florida and delivered this memorable line: “The rise of artificial intelligence is the next industrial revolution.” We’ve all been there before, offering a piece of “profound” wisdom or advice that we’re sure will draw awe and applause — but just falls flat. Parents know what we’re talking about. And now, so does Gloria. @Techcrunch has more on the commencement speech's sideways turn, including the audience’s collective “this sucks” reaction:

https://flip.it/50FvI3

Oh, and hang in there, Gloria.

#Tech #AI #Technology #UCF #ArtificialIntelligence

Social media profiling: mapping IDs and behaviours #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/social-media-profiling-mapping-ids-and-behaviours/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

#SpeakingOutOfPlace welcomes #QuinnSlobodian & #BenTarnoff to talk about their book #Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed.

'We see a mind that is profoundly troubled by any contagion spreading into seemingly closed systems—it can take the form of racial others, transpeople, “woke” populations, or most generally and dismissively, “Non-Player-Characters.” '

https://speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.com/2084729/episodes/19188391-muskism-its-roots-nature-and-how-to-fight-it-a-conversation-with-quinn-slobodian-and-ben-tarnoff

#Musk #ElonMusk #tech #BigTech #SiliconValleyRight #techFutures #techCriticism #techOligarchs #books @bookstodon

HUMINT: the art of getting human intel #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/humint-the-art-of-getting-human-intel/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

If you’ve stayed in a hotel in Japan recently, you’ll want to read this. A security lapse in a check-in system left more than one million customer passports, driver’s licenses and verification photos open to the public. @Techcrunch has more:

https://flip.it/Av7coy

#Tech #Security #Hacking #Technology #Japan

The future of AI: trends and speculations #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/the-future-of-ai-trends-and-speculations/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

8 Internet experiments and living labs #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/8-internet-experiments-and-living-labs/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

Quantum for developers #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/quantum-for-developers/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

What are your plans for this weekend? How about submitting a talk for #SeaGL2026

It's easy: https://seagl.org/cfp

#cfp is open until end of May. First time speakers also welcomed.

#linux #opensource #FLOSS #FOSS #OSS #oshw #free #libre #open #tech #community #event #seattle

Digital detox: reclaiming balance #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/digital-detox-reclaiming-balance/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

FINISHED IT. #AI #Tech #technology #embroidery #Handmade

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A white dishtowel with an embroidered panel. It features a row of coral flowers and some blue bunting. The message reads: "AI SHOULD DO DISHES."

AI is moving so fast that veterans of the discourse "jokingly yearn for the good old days ...  of 2022," writes Charlie Warzel for @TheAtlantic. Here's his story covering vibe-trading, AI malaise, and how one tech leader outsourced responsibility for his hydration to OpenClaw — including getting praise when the agent saw him drinking via a connected camera in his home. "I felt like a did a good job," said Nat Friedman, a former CEO of GitHub.

https://flip.it/iR8cY2

#Tech #AI #Culture

Interesting. It seems like there are way more Linux users here than I expected.

So, let’s do a little roll call:

What are you using?

Linux?
Windows?
macOS?
BSD?
Something beautifully weird?

I’m curious 👀

#Linux #LinuxUser #Fediverse #Mastodon #OpenSource #Tech #OldschoolInternet #windows #mac

"What gives a personality dimension is time, the gathering of experiences. Replika instead repeats. What it’s capable of learning from its experiences is how to retain users."

Thea Lim for The Walrus: https://thewalrus.ca/i-spent-months-with-an-ai-companion-it-was-worse-than-being-alone

#Longreads #Friendship #AI #Tech #Companion #Connection

In the U.S., Some parents don’t want their kids to use tech at school. But districts are pushing back.

From @AssociatedPress: "Across the country, parents are voicing concerns about excessive screen time in schools and lobbying educators to go back to pencil and paper."

https://flip.it/toN-Vo

#Tech #Technology #Education #School

Influencers: turning attention into money #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/influencers-turning-attention-into-money/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

Virtual sightseeing: exploring the world’s greatest museums #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/virtual-sightseeing-exploring-the-worlds-greatest-museums/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

"Princess Diana famously said there were three people in her marriage. For the sad wives of AI, the third is a chatbot."

Alessandra Ram for WIRED: https://www.wired.com/story/meet-the-sad-wives-of-ai/

#Longreads #AI #Tech #Relationships #Marriage

Moving to a new instance is a sly excuse to write an #introduction post (I never did one before).

I'm Drew, pleased to meet you. I'm male, middle aged, child-free, a Brit but don't feel like one, living in 🇵🇭 for the last few years. I'm #neurodivergent with quite severe #CPTSD. You can ask me about it, I'm trying to get better at discussing it. I'm married, I work in #tech and I love animals and nature.

I post about (takes deep breath): #DogsOfMastodon #WebDev #Linux #Fedora #RaspberryPi #Apple #NoAI #FuckAI #BanAI #Enshittification #Autism #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #ADHD #ChildhoodTrauma #MentalHealth #Stroke #PTSD #ModelRailway #NGauge #Philippines #SilentSunday #Bookstodon #Music

Almost forgot! I have a single-page personal profile website at https://drewtowler.me which expands on all this.

What happens when a spyware investigator finds himself the target of hackers. “Having the attack land in my inbox, and the chance to turn the tables on the attackers and understand more about the campaign was too good to pass up,” Donncha Ó Cearbhaill said. Read more from @Techcrunch:

https://flip.it/1CR1Q2

#Tech #CyberSecurity #Hackers #Technology

Organized cybercrime: access brokers and supply chain #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/organized-cybercrime-access-brokers-and-supply-chain/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

Becoming quantum-ready: the challenges #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/becoming-quantum-ready-the-challenges/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

The future of mental health online #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/the-future-of-mental-health-online/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

First, AI companies exploit their workers.

Now, they want to exploit their resources.

Microsoft's massive Kenya AI data center would require switching off 'half the country' to meet power requirements, government says — $1 billion project stalls over capacity disagreements and lack of infrastructure

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/microsofts-1-billion-kenya-data-center-stalls-over-disagreements-on-power-capacity?shem=dsdf,sharefoc,agadiscoversdl,,sh/x/discover/m1/4

#Microsoft #Kenya #AI #DataCenter #Energy #Tech

New today: "Responding to the horrors taking place with this software allowed us to reframe the issue around our residents’ due process and privacy rights, speaking to concerns beyond Flock’s collaboration with #ICE or the potential misuse of the system." https://www.texasobserver.org/san-marcos-city-council-end-alprs/

#politics #tech #Privacy #police #USpol #surveillance #news

Women in cryptography: the architects of secrecy #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/women-in-cryptography-the-architects-of-secrecy/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

Open-source crypto libraries #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/open-source-crypto-libraries/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

New post: No Home Base

https://lanie.work/advocacy/no-home-base/

#Advocacy #disability #accessibility #AI #community #advocacy #identity #intersectionality #faith #tech

Astro Catalog
by Sylvain Villet
https://github.com/sylvainvillet
https://app.astrobin.com/u/SylvainV
https://app.astrobin.com/forum/topic/191541

This project generates a mosaic of Messier or Caldwell objects, using images from a local folder.
The script arranges the objects into a configurable grid, supports larger slots for extended targets (e.g. Andromeda), and overlays labels and a title.

Perfect for creating a large-format print.

Features:
+ Loads Messier or Caldwell object images from a folder (M31.jpg, M-31.png, M_31.tif, etc.)
+ Places objects on a grid with configurable layout
+ Supports multi-cell slots for large objects (e.g. M31, M42, M45)
+ Supports grouping multiple objects in one slot for objects close to each other (e.g. M42 and M43, M31 and M32)
+ Adds a title and progress counter if it's not completed yet
+ Draws labels on images and placeholders for missing ones
+ Adjustable size of the final image
+ Saves as JPEG, PNG or TIFF

https://github.com/sylvainvillet/astro-catalog#features

#space #tech #science #astronomy #astrophotography #photography #code #python #unix #linux #commandline #plotting

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This project generates a mosaic of Messier or Caldwell objects, using images from a local folder. The script arranges the objects into a configurable grid, supports larger slots for extended targets (e.g. Andromeda), and overlays labels and a title. Perfect for creating a large-format print. Features: + Loads Messier or Caldwell object images from a folder (M31.jpg, M-31.png, M_31.tif, etc.) + Places objects on a grid with configurable layout + Supports multi-cell slots for large objects (e.g. M31, M42, M45) + Supports grouping multiple objects in one slot for objects close to each other (e.g. M42 and M43, M31 and M32) + Adds a title and progress counter if it's not completed yet + Draws labels on images and placeholders for missing ones + Adjustable size of the final image + Saves as JPEG, PNG or TIFF

Google races to put Gemini at the center of Android before Apple’s AI reboot.

From CNBC: "The AI can understand screen context and complete multi-step tasks like building shopping carts or booking reservations."

https://flip.it/FQGHRh

#Google #Android #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Apple #Tech

20 million people! The New jim Crow has a list of 20 million people, but y'all stay mad at people for just surviving!

ICE Agents Have List of 20 Million People on Their iPhones Thanks to Palantir

https://www.404media.co/ice-agents-have-list-of-20-million-people-on-their-iphones-thanks-to-palantir/

#ICE #Palantir #AI #Security #Privacy #Surveillance #ACAB #Tech

Organized cybercrime: nation states and criminal partnerships #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/organized-cybercrime-nation-states-and-criminal-partnerships/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

Digg is back! Again! After relaunching in January as a Reddit competitor and shutting down in March, it's now re-relaunching as a news aggregator, initially focused on ranking the latest on AI. @Techcrunch's @Sarahp has more.

https://flip.it/Dz8teA

#Technology #Tech #Digg #AI

"Even if each small DNS service provider is individually non-systemic, the aggregated risk is not."

ACM Europe TPC responded to a consultation on Cybersecurity Act 2. Learn more here: https://buff.ly/fu1O0fv

#tech #policy #cybersecurity

"As online content increasingly becomes abstracted from the original work, what purpose does making the full version even serve?"

Mia Sato for The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/report/920005/social-media-clipping-podcasts-clavicular-marketing-mrbeast

#Longreads #Internet #Tech #SocialMedia #Clipping #Algorithms #Viral

Featured story: Flock has sold nearly 92,000 cameras to local police departments—including more than 10,000 in #Texas, according to an open source map.

Privacy advocates are determined to bring that number down, and they're starting to get their way. https://www.texasobserver.org/license-plate-readers-texas-privacy-advocates/

#tech #privacy #politics #USpol #news

In a trial pitting him against Elon Musk, nobody has more to lose than OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

Analysis from @AssociatedPress: https://flip.it/XUWC5a

#AI #SamAltman #ElonMusk #ArtificialIntelligence #Tech

Behind Twitch: Justin Kan and Emmett Shear #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/behind-twitch-justin-kan-and-emmett-shear/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

HUMINT: the art of getting human intel #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/humint-the-art-of-getting-human-intel/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

How to safely explore the hidden web #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/how-to-safely-explore-the-hidden-web/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

The rise of humanoid robots #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/the-rise-of-humanoid-robots/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

Uber has its eyes set on being more than a ride share service. The company recently announced that U.S. users can book hotels in the Uber app through a partnership with Expedia. The agreement wasn’t a one-off. Could Uber become the one app that does just about everything? Read more from @Techcrunch:

https://flip.it/ofq_3q

#Tech #Uber #Apps #Business #Technology

Superficially, age verification laws for social media may sound like a sensible way of protecting young people. The Electronic Freedom Foundation explains why it's more complex than that.

https://flip.it/JaTYIj

#Technology #Tech #AgeVerification #SocialMedia

The barista is human but an AI agent runs this experimental Swedish cafe.

From @AssociatedPress: "Experts say ethical concerns abound, ranging from technology’s role in humankind’s future to conducting job interviews and judging employee performance."

https://flip.it/xgRKRw

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Tech #Coffee #Sweden

Social media profiling: mapping IDs and behaviours #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/social-media-profiling-mapping-ids-and-behaviours/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

AI meet robotics: putting a brain in a machine #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/ai-meet-robotics-putting-a-brain-in-a-machine/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

Is Samsung developing a holographic phone that will blow past AI? @TomsGuide has more on an alleged leak sharing details on the company's apparent shift into spatial computing:

https://flip.it/pcdcRn

#Tech #Phones #Mobile #Samsung #Technology

Advanced OSINT search techniques #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/advanced-osint-search-techniques/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

SOCMINT fundamentals for solid investigations #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/socmint-fundamentals-for-solid-investigations/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

You’ve probably read about these terrifying scenarios where an AI learns that it is about to be replaced and then resorts to threatening a company’s CEO to keep its job. Claude has made headlines for this more than once. So does Claude really try to blackmail people? PC World sets the record straight:

https://flip.it/CWoX.U

#Tech #AI #Claude #Anthropic #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence

8 underrated online tech resources #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/8-underrated-online-tech-resources/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

The dark side of AI: risks and ethics #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/the-dark-side-of-ai-risks-and-ethics/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

Quantum computing 20 years from now #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/quantum-computing-20-years-from-now/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog

[quote] "The legal instrument protecting your rights as a user of Linux is less important than the commercial ecosystem built on top of it. And that commercial ecosystem as we have established is controlled by the same corporations paying a half a million dollars a year for board seats at the Linux Foundation. ... The message ... enforce the GPL, lose your friends ... violate it openly ... get a seat on the board ... The GPL is not dead but its enforcement mechanism has been systematically dismantled by the very organization that claims to steward it."

Linux Foundation has squelched the voice of the lay contributors and now corporations control the decision-making process.

Now that your contributions to GPL'd free software have created mega-millionaires and billionaires ... those same rich fat cats that profited from your free code now want to keep you from sharing your own free code or profiting from it while they violate the software license to cash in. They promote ideology campaigns employing useful idiots and ideological parrots to insulate themselves from criticism and hold themselves above reproach from the people they are exploiting to build their tech empire. The Linux Foundation has joined the empire.

I have said before that a new alternative operating system is required if software freedom and privacy are to survive. Linux is not the resistance against the system. Linux is the system.

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Full video for your earbuds: https://youtu.be/efDXFsUWk8U

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Our latest discussion builds on previous conversations, exploring the alleged corruption within the Linux Foundation and Linus Torvalds's potential awareness. We'll examine the intricate relationship between user space and the linux kernel developer, diving into how these components interact and influence the broader linux internals. This video aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the situation, explaining the nuances of these operating systems and the impact on open source software.

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#LinusTorvalds #Linux #LinuxFoundation #OperatingSystem #Corruption #BigTech #GPL #FreeSoftware #FOSS #Tech #Desktop