Oracle have laid off 30k employees today. They did it to personal email accounts at 6am 🫡 saying they needed the money to spend on GenAI instead. thenextweb.com/news/oracle-lay…
1. it’s shocking how well written this terms of service document is. #Microslop uses plain language and proper emphatic formatting to identify what’s important.
2. this was updated on October 24, 2025. since then NOT ONE TECH JOURNALIST has read it; because, not one tech "journalist" has reported that #Copilot IS MEANT AS #ENTERTAINMENT.
Fourth Estate my ass.
Satya Nadella gifted Sam Altman a billion of Windoze money for a lap dance?
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copilot is just for entertainment? Per the TOS...
Highlighting is my own. From that last boost.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/for-individuals/termsofuse
you know how people have traditionally created custom feeds of information from the web? using apps that parse RSS & ATOM files.
🗣YOU DO NOT NEED TO CODE TO USE RSS
Bluesky is the one supposed to do the coding, not users.
there is absolutely no justification nor rationalization for using #Bluesky. NONE WHATSOEVER. Bluesky is the “gentler, kindler” #nazi bar that will burn down whole forests, dry up all rivers instead of using open web standards.
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From navigation to cheating in exams, early adopters of AI glasses in China are renting them for as little as $6 a day. Some models offer live translation, real-time calorie tracking, and theater-like movie experiences, but not everyone is sold on the new tech, even as the government encourages citizens to buy it.
Grammarly quietly made an #AI to sell bad writing advice using famous writers' names. They quickly had to backtrack as soon as people found out.
This gamble reflects a broader trend in the #tech industry: everyone is shipping features as quickly as an #LLM can write lines of code, with no way to spot problems until something breaks or someone sues them.
Vibe prototyping replaced thinking through things. But without direction, moving faster is worthless.
A jury in Los Angeles has found Meta and YouTube liable on all counts in a landmark social media addiction trial, awarding the plaintiff $3 million. Here's more from NBC.
A verdict has been reached in the landmark civil trial that accused social media giants of profiting from products designed to be dangerously addictive to children.
The landmark decision comes after a nearly 7-week trial, & as jurors in a federal court in California have been sequestered in deliberations for more than a week about whether Meta & #YouTube should be liable in a similar case.
#Meta was just found guilty and only fined $375 million?
Another slap on the wrist...
If you need proof: "Meta shares were up 0.8% in after-hours trade following the verdict. The state had asked the jury to award more than $2 billion in damages." reuters.com/sustainability/boa…
Pretty weird when a legal win against a Mega-Corporation feels like that 🥲
Well there are always all the other current cases and potential next cases against them :))
They can't seem to help themselves with those internal memos 🤯: "...reported that the company was considering adding facial recognition to its glasses. In an internal memo on the topic, a #Meta employee wrote that the timing to launch might be perfect: "We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.""
No, seriously - I can't possibly overstate the value in my life that has come from the internet or how it has enriched me.
Like Ed Zitron & @pluralistic have both written about at various times, I'm not mad at technology - I'm fucking furious at the fuckfaces who deliberately ruined it, just so they could squat their ignoble asses upon a mountain of riches like the shittiest, saddest little saggy dragons imaginable.
A message especially for my Canadian male followers out there today, but it applies to all.
If you see a story from a woman calling out the behaviour of a man, believe them. Yes, believe them over the 'bro’, especially when there are multiple corroborating stories.
Don’t feign impartiality. Don't ignore. Just believe them, it's not that hard. It's long past time we do this as the default. It will make us all better in the long run.
Stakeholders want to vibe code and have designers clean up after them afterwards. But rather than helping with velocity, there is just more noise and more work for everyone.
New post: An updated list of basic Jellyfin tips, including how to organize holiday films and some recommended plugins. (Also, naming/organizing Looney Tunes shorts, since it keeps coming up online.)
#Musk found liable to #Twitter shareholders in #fraud lawsuit over $44 billion takeover
A #US federal #jury found #ElonMusk liable on Friday for claims he defrauded Twitter shareholders by trying to drive down the #SocialMedia company's #stock price so he could renegotiate or back out of a $44 billion takeover in 2022.
To dramatically increase the amount of energy available to power artificial intelligence, the Trump administration is rewriting thousands of pages of nuclear power regulations while downplaying safety issues and focusing on industry incentives. propublica.org/article/trump-n…
In its rush to boost nuclear energy, the Trump administration is rapidly rewriting rules to ease regulations and provide financial breaks for industry. “The safety culture is under threat,” a former head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said.
In a hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee, the FBI director admitted that the agency is turning to data brokers to get around warrant requirements.
Federal Cyber Experts Thought Microsoft’s Cloud Was “a Pile of Shit.” They Approved It Anyway. ---
A federal program created to protect the government against cyber threats authorized a sprawling Microsoft cloud product, despite the company’s inability to fully explain how it protects sensitive data. propublica.org/article/microso…
Tech IS politics. Tim Cook manages a company that rivals small nation's economies. He's one of the most effective politicians of the modern age, and Apple pours money into marketing and lobbying efforts. Apple has tremendous influence over governments, and appeals against regulations. Apple is a political bully and Tim Cook is a liar. businessinsider.com/tim-cook-r…
There's a new "design is dead, because AI" piece (thinly disguised marketing from Anthropic). But looking past the hype headlines, their claims cover purely production-stage tasks.
When it comes to the work of understanding user needs and evaluating the opportunity space, AI actually makes your thinking worse. Studies show that it alienates you from users and colleagues, and flattens your thinking.
"Nick said the reason for the prioritisation was that - in his view - the company ultimately cares less about children's safety than it does about maintaining a "strong relationship" with politicians and governments, to avoid regulations or bans which would harm its business." This from the company that allegedly lobbies for and funds the push for ID verification, ostensibly to 'protect children' but really to harvest biometrics.
A social networking system simulates a user using a language model trained using training data generated from user interactions performed by that user.
* #KIRevolution: Die Tech-Branche kannibalisiert sich selbst. ODER: Die Geister, die ich rief... *
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Seit nun mehreren Jahren liest man von #Massenentlassungen in der #Tech-Branche, v. a. in den #USA. Begonnen hatten diese mit dem Schlag gegen gegen die weltweite #Meinungsfreiheit durch die fremdfinanzierte Übernahme von #Twitter mit dem Rechtsextrem #TESCREAL-Fanatiker #ElonMusk als Galeonsfigur. Seine radikalen #Massenentlassungen nach...
From the global RAM shortage driving up console prices to job loss in the industry, gaming is shaping up to be one of the AI boom's biggest casualties.
Aalto University. Helsinki. March 11, 2026. AaltoQ20 — Finland's newest quantum computer. 20 qubits. IQM components. Bluefors cryogenics. Built in-house 2022–2026. The difference: it's not locked in a corporate lab. Students use the actual machine as part of their degree. Full access down to microwave pulse level. Every other university rents cloud access from IBM or Google — limited, shared, restricted. Aalto owns the hardware outright. #QuantumComputing #Aalto #Finland #Tech #AI
Digg's short-lived reboot is on pause, and a sizeable proportion of staff is being laid off, but the story isn't over. Founder Kevin Rose sold the company in 2012 but repurchased it, alongside Alexis Ohanian, in 2025, relaunching it in open beta in January 2026 as "the front page of the internet, now with superpowers." However, it was pulled from the app store today, with CEO Justin Mezzell citing the "brutal reality of finding product fit" and an "unprecedented bot problem." What now? Rose will return to Digg full time to figure out next steps. Here's @Sarahp's story for @Techcrunch.
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me, from 2014
"BIG DATA IS ALL ABOUT THE ALGORITHMS THAT WILL MAXIMIZE PROFITS by not having to "waste money" in employees... that's #technolibertarianism
#techOptimism #fascism
Interesting topic regarding the differences between open web, open tech and open source and what it can mean for actual openness vs convenience. I haven't watched the video just yet, but as Chris (@codepo8@toot.cafe) is wise I have added it to my to-watch list.
Discover why app stores were the biggest step backward in software distribution, how AI-assisted coding creates subscription dependency, and why agentic browsing sounds like malware in disguise.
I feel like there is a real desire for better tech out there.
The reason I am saying this is that I would never have expected that this little side project that is technically-good.ca/ would draw this much engagement - and I don't mean the quick-hit types of engagement, like likes and boosts.
I mean *real people* writing in with questions, comments, concerns. Creatives saying how an article really resonated with them, folks asking how they can help their friend group migrate to a less shitty platform, many others.
And I'm just running a tiny blog that's been up for only a few months!
I am very encouraged by these responses. We have momentum right now and it feels like something is shifting.
If you have a blog, post content critical of AI and the established algorithmic platforms, or provide tips for using alternatives - KEEP IT UP. ✊🏼Even if you think you are just one small person. Change is happening!
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PublicSpaces Conference 2026 on June 4, 5 and 6!
Together with @waag@waag.social we are happy to announce the 6th edition of the PublicSpaces Conference. This year, we will focus on the impact of technology on our democracy.
TL;DR: Grammarly has retracted its AI author-impersonation tool following criticism from writers who condemned its use of their names and styles without permission. bbc.com/news/articles/cx28v08j… #law #tech #legaltech ⚖️ 🤖 #autosum
