Hey Mastodon! Who should I follow in the tech/gaming sphere here?

#Mastodon #Fediverse #Tech #Gaming

My @Flipboard account is now federated!

Thanks to @marci and the team for upgrading my account.

Follow this account, @thekenyeung@flipboard.com, to receive a firehose of everything I curate in #tech, #science, #news, #photography, and more!

Let's use @protonprivacy and @Tutanota products.
Encryption is the single best hope against surveillance.

https://www.wired.com/story/house-section-702-vote/

#security #cybersecurity #infosec #nationalsecurity #nsa #fbi #section702 #privacy #government #surveillance #e2ee #tech #proton #protonmail #tuta #tutanota #bigtech #degoogle

House Votes to Extend—and Expand—a Major US Spy Program

The US House of Representatives voted on Friday to extend the Section 702 spy program. It passed without an amendment that would have required the FBI to obtain a warrant to access Americans’ information.

^{Dell Cameron (WIRED)}

How many of us (indie music producers) do you think it would take to just buy #bandcamp back and run it as a non profit or coop?

#indie #music #producer #musician #tech

"When we blame "laziness" for tech #monopolies, we send the message that our friends have to choose between life's joys and comforts, and a fair economic system that doesn't corrupt our politics, screw over workers, and destroy small, local businesses. This isn't true. It's a lie that monopolists tell to justify their abuse..." - @pluralistic

https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/12/give-me-convenience/#or-give-me-death

#tech #business #enshittification

We're live!

#web #tech #hosting #selfhosting #education #opensource #edtech #lamp #cloud #containers

https://reclaim.tv

If you saw our announcement at @fediforum, you’ll know we’re really excited about our new project, Patchwork.

You can see more about our plans for Patchwork and what it is in this thread 🧵👇

#newsmast #fediverse #fedidev #developer #mastodon #FediForum #technology #tech

Boost for reach! I'm breaking into the #hiring sector, and I am offering free CV polishing services (to an ATS standard), along with intros to relevant #recruiters. I have access to over 6,000 recruiters currently globally.

If you are looking for #work, please reach out! I'd like to help.

#tech #programming #design #FOSS #hiring #jobs #volunteering

Kara Swisher styles herself as a thorn in the tech industry’s side. The reality is she’s one of its biggest boosters.

This week on #TechWontSaveUs, I talked to Ed Ongweso Jr. about Swisher’s true legacy and the deeper problems with tech journalism.

https://techwontsave.us/episode/216_kara_swisher_shows_tech_journalisms_flaws_w_edward_ongweso_jr

#tech #journalism #media

"$10 Billion Productivity Startup Notion Wants To Build Your AI Everything App"

by @kenrickcai for @Forbes

#AI #Tech #startups

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrickcai/2024/04/11/10-billion-productivity-startup-notion-wants-to-build-your-ai-everything-app/?sh=13aed3e16607

$10 Billion Productivity Startup Notion Wants To Build Your AI Everything App

Notion cofounder Ivan Zhao captivated Silicon Valley investors and everyday consumers alike with a sleek productivity app that went so viral its servers crashed.

^{Kenrick Cai (Forbes)}

Imagine if we put these smart minds to develop something we all could use.

#tech #gaming #news

https://mobilesyrup.com/2024/04/10/reddit-user-turns-a-smartwatch-into-gaming-console/

Windows Updates are the worst thing to start my workday.

Waking up with a cup of coffee, turn on the work laptop and all I hear are fans and reboots. The nagging box is the last thing I want to see first thing in the morning.

#windows #tech #coffee

Evolution of storage.

#tech #technology #storage

Tesla has settled a lawsuit over the fatal Model X crash, which killed Apple engineer Wei Lun Huang in 2019.

The company confirmed Autopilot was turned on, but had always insisted driver error was to blame. However, as @engadget reports, Tesla settled out of court on the day that the trial's jury selection was due to take place.

https://flip.it/S8wngF

#Tesla #ElonMusk #Tech

Free hosting service.

#marvel #tech #hosting #free

Brazil has opened an investigation into Elon Musk, after he reactivated accounts on X that courts had ordered the social network to block.

It has caused Brazil's attorney general to call for an “urgent” focus on social media regulation, reports @theverge

https://flip.it/jnJWbE

#SocialMedia #ElonMusk #Tech

Elon Musk and Brazil are beefing over X

Brazil has opened a new investigation into Elon Musk over potential obstruction of justice after X defied an order to block certain accounts in the country.

^{Jess Weatherbed (The Verge)}

Midori 11.3.1 will be available very soon with improvements in stability, security and multimedia improvements, also improvements in the workspaces sidebar and more. Midori 11.3.1 coming soon.

https://astian.org/midori-browser/download

#browser #privacy #Technology #Tech #windows #Ubuntu #linux

Are you tired of your privacy being violated by big technology? Midori is different, Midori respects your privacy, Midori focuses on your privacy. We work for your privacy, Download Midori now!!!

https://astian.org/midori-browser/download/

#privacy #tech #technology #browser #MidoriBrowser #windows #ubuntu #linux

All of a sudden it starts raining handmaids in handcuffs:

http://www.erosblog.com/2024/04/06/its-raining-handmaids-in-handcuffs/

#Facism #Handmaids #HandmaidsTale #Privacy #ReproductiveRights #BurnThePatriarchy #Technology #Patriarchy #Christofacism #Christianity #Ovulation #OvulationTracker #Ovia #Tech #Danger #ReproductiveFreedom

New Windows driver blocks software from changing default web browser

#microsoft #bleeping computer #bleepingcomputer #computers #security #technology #news #education #updates #tech
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This week saw major media organizations once again publishing embarrassing stories that either didn’t mention Elon Musk’s far-right politics or both-sides’d it. It needs to stop.

I discuss that along with the usual recommend reads and more in the Roundup!

https://disconnect.blog/roundup-how-is-the-media-still-doing-this/

#tech #elonmusk #media #journalism

Roundup: How is the media still doing this?

Read to the end for an update on the road safety crisis in the US

^{Paris Marx (Disconnect)}

Report: OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, and Meta Stole Content at Scale to Train AI

"...OpenAI in 2021 created a speech recognition tool called Whisper that could transcribe the audio in YouTube videos to create text for training its ChatGPT AI. It did so despite the opposition of employees who argued that Whisper violated YouTube’s rules. And it did so at scale, creating over one million hours of YouTube video transcripts."

#OpenAI #Google #Meta #Tech #AI #YouTube

https://www.thurrott.com/a-i/300524/new-report-documents-how-openai-microsoft-google-and-meta-stole-content-to-train-ai

Damn, I was suddenly reminded that the Tech-Bro Hypes about how a new technology would revolutionize daily life and society didn't start with the dotcom bubble in the late 90s.
It goes back at leas to the early 80s.

Robot servants at home were the future, man!

And this whole current AI fad looks indistinguishable to me.

#tech #techhype #techbros #robots

Apple has disciplined and wrongfully terminated Apple Store employees who show support for Palestine by wearing bracelets or kaffiyehs because they create a “harmful environment,” says a new open letter signed by hundreds of workers.

“We humbly ask that Mr. Cook and the rest of the executive team end their silence on this crucial subject, and make it clear that Palestinian lives matter.”

https://www.apples4ceasefire.com

#tech #apple #palestine #gaza

Apples4Ceasefire

Apple Employees Request Ceasefire Recognition

^{Apples4Ceasefire}

Millions of Americans are set to lose their home internet access, as the funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program is about to run out.

With lawmakers yet to approve the new funding required, @theverge calls for a permanent solution for universal broadband access.

https://flip.it/MAM.2z

#Broadband #Internet #ACP #Tech

The Affordable Connectivity Program is about to run out, but low-income Americans still need internet

The ACP, which subsidizes internet access for low-income households, is set to run out of money by the end of the month. We need a permanent solution for universal broadband.

^{Gigi Sohn (The Verge)}

Amazing research out today:

The DESI survey has created the largest-ever 3D map of the structure of the universe.

It has also found intriguing (though tentative) evidence that cosmic "dark energy" is not what we thought -- a hint of new, unknown physics.

https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2024/04/04/desi-first-results-make-most-precise-measurement-of-expanding-universe/ #science #astronomy #space #tech

When my Linux journey started.

#windows #retro #retrocomputing #linux #tech

Yup, about sums it up...

#AI #tech #business

Google Books is indexing AI-generated garbage, according to a new report from @404mediaco

Google told the site it "will continue to evaluate our approach as the world of book publishing evolves.”

https://flip.it/kigbEP

For the latest on AI, follow The Age of AI Magazine: @the-age-of-ai-tech

#GoogleBooks #Google #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Tech

Google Books Is Indexing AI-Generated Garbage

Google said it will continue to evaluate its approach “as the world of book publishing evolves.”

^{Emanuel Maiberg (404 Media)}

>Too big to care
https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/04/teach-me-how-to-shruggie/#kagi by @pluralistic

On the #enshitification of Google, but not much many of us can do. For one, I can't just write a check to something like Kagi for my search needs (and I highly doubt my library would pony up for it either). Will just have to keep looking for options, but it gets harder. And not only does the company not care, very often my brethren #librarians don't care either.

#tech #InformationLiteracy #BadEconomy #monopoly

"For decades, #tech #journalism and criticism has primarily consisted of glowing gadget reviews, laudatory profiles, and reprinted press releases, all of it colored by Silicon Valley’s self-aggrandizing vision of itself as a laboratory of a brighter future."

https://thebaffler.com/latest/the-miseducation-of-kara-swisher-ongweso

The Miseducation of Kara Swisher | Edward Ongweso Jr.

Kara Swisher made a career of dumbing down tech reporting and criticism. She’s a little sorry!

^{Zachariah Webb (The Baffler)}

“MrBeast is spending between $3-$5 million per video right now, up from ~$200,000 a video just a few years ago. … A MrBeast video is roughly the same cost per video as any episode from the first 5 seasons of Game Of Thrones.” — @ryanbroderick

When does this bubble burst?

https://www.garbageday.email/p/welcome-video-bloat-era

#tech #youtube #video #mrbeast

Welcome to the video bloat era

Read to the end for a good post

^{Ryan Broderick (Garbage Day)}