#Microsoft’s new AI-enabled laptops will have a ‘photographic #memory’ of your virtual activity

source: https://fortune.com/2024/05/20/microsofts-ai-laptops-photographic-memory-nadella/

The new features will include Windows Recall, giving the #AI assistant what Microsoft describes as “photographic memory” of a person’s virtual activity. Microsoft promises to protect users’ #privacy by giving them the option to filter out what they don’t want tracked, and keeping the tracking on the device.

Of course, the company, which has never been known for its extensive security efforts, guarantees security and privacy. It sounds more like a horror story to me if Microsoft now collects even more data.

#future #technology #bigdata #orwell #surveillance #fail #software #windows #economy #trust #news #tracking

Microsoft’s new AI-enabled laptops will have a ‘photographic memory’ of your virtual activity

It's a step toward machines that “instantly see us, hear, reason about our intent and our surroundings,” said CEO Satya Nadella.

^{Matt O'Brien (Fortune)}

Don’t celebrate too much about the Dow reaching record highs, says a financial markets scholar.

There’s a lot of randomness in financial markets, and the significance of round-number milestones like last week's toppling of the 40,000 mark is mostly psychological.

https://theconversation.com/dow-tops-40-000-as-stock-indexes-continue-to-cross-milestones-making-many-investors-feel-wealthier-223274
#economy #dowjones

Dow tops 40,000 as stock indexes continue to cross milestones − making many investors feel wealthier

The latest market breakthrough follows the S&P 500 topping 5,000 in February. But are these markers purely psychological?

^{The Conversation}

As with all of her postings, everything Heather Cox Richardson says today deserves attention. She opens by noting that the Dow Jones closed above 40,000 for the first time in history. But "in comparison to the breathless coverage of the stock market during Trump’s administration, this milestone is getting very little coverage."

#Biden #Trump #economy #SupremeCourt #SamuelAlito #Jan6
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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-17-2024

May 17, 2024

Yesterday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 40,000 but then dropped back below it; today it closed above 40,000 for the first time in history, ending the day at 40,003.59.

^{Heather Cox Richardson (Letters from an American)}

#Microsoft’s #AI Push Imperils #Climate Goal as Carbon #Emissions Jump 30%

The company’s goal to be #carbon negative by 2030 is harder to reach, but President Brad Smith says the good AI can do for the #world will outweigh its environmental impact.

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-15/microsoft-s-ai-investment-imperils-climate-goal-as-emissions-jump-30

#environment #future #technology #economy #earth #Copilot #news #problem #software

#Google #Cloud accidentally deletes #UniSuper’s online #account due to ‘unprecedented #misconfiguration’

source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/09/unisuper-google-cloud-issue-account-access

While UniSuper normally has duplication in place in two geographies, to ensure that if one service goes down or is lost then it can be easily restored, because the fund’s cloud subscription was deleted, it caused the deletion across both geographies.

#fail #economy #security #backup #problem #omg #wtf #news

Google Cloud accidentally deletes UniSuper’s online account due to ‘unprecedented misconfiguration’

Super fund boss and Google Cloud global CEO issue joint statement apologising for ‘extremely frustrating and disappointing’ outage

^{Josh Taylor (The Guardian)}

Does #privacy matter?

Source: https://nitter.privacytools.io/DanNeidle/status/1788483147425853899

#question #economy #web #internet #wine

(Nitter addon enabled: Twitter links via https://nitter.privacytools.io)

#Dell to color-code #staff based on how hybrid they really are in RTO push

source: https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/08/dell_return_office/

Starting next Monday, May 13, the enterprise #hardware slinger plans to make weekly site visit data from its badge #tracking available to #employees through the corporation's human capital #management #software and to give them color-coded ratings that summarize their #status. Those #ratings are:

1. Blue flag indicates "consistent onsite presence"
2. Green flag indicates "regular onsite presence"
3. Yellow flag indicates "some onsite presence"
4. Red flag indicates "limited onsite presence"

They rate their employees according to attendance and not performance. Can you really be that silly?

#work #job #news #economy #labour #fail #problem #employee #office

Dell to color-code staff based on how hybrid they really are in RTO push

Sources slam aggressive 'back to school' grading system as HR vows to track VPN use, badge swipes

^{Thomas Claburn (The Register)}

‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about #recycling, report reveals

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/15/recycling-plastics-producers-report

#news #economy #pollution #capitalism #problem #waste #plastic #microplatic #environment #nature #manipulation #propaganda

‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals

Companies knew for decades recycling was not viable but promoted it regardless, Center for Climate Integrity study finds

^{Dharna Noor (The Guardian)}

Andreessen #Horowitz investor says half of #Google's white-collar #staff probably do 'no real work'

Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/andreessen-horowitz-david-ulevitch-comments-google-employees-managers-fake-work-2024-5

"There's nothing for these people to do," he said. "It's all fake work," adding: "Now that's being exposed, what do these people actually do? They go to #meetings."

#news #economy #technology #job #work

VC says half of Google staff do 'no real work'

Andreessen Horowitz's David Ulevitch said Google was an "amazing example" of a company with "BS jobs."

^{Sarah Jackson (Insider)}

Donald Trump falsifying business records during an election to cover up his porn-star payoff reminds us ...

... that the American economy has added over 15 million jobs under Joe Biden, and unemployment has been below 4% for the longest stretch in 50 years.

#Economy #USPol #USPolitics

What I don't understand about the #TikTok problem is what makes TikTok worse than #Instagram, #Facebook, #Google or #Twitter?

Either you ban algorithmic timelines or you ban government spying. But if you only ban TikTok, the #propaganda will still reach us via the other networks ...

TikTok ban in the United States: https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/explaining-why-officials-want-to-ban-tiktok-in-the-united-states/article_2f1c3092-0baa-11ef-8c02-df0aeedefee3.html

#news #censorship #politics #China #USA #algorithm #software #socialNetwork #internet #problem #law #surveillance #economy

Explaining why officials want to ban TikTok in the United States

The bill states that TikTok has nine months to divest itself from China and that TikTok’s owner, ByteDance, sells the platform to another company. If a sale is agreed to,

^{WPSD Local 6}

#Sweden has noticed that #cash is indispensable in the face of increasing #cyberwarfare.

source: https://www.riksbank.se/globalassets/media/rapporter/betalningsrapport/2024/engelsk/payments-report-2024.pdf

#future #technology #money #economy #cybewar #cybercrime #cybersecurity #war #security #backup #system #news #bankster

What Happens When a #Romance #Writer Gets Locked Out of #Google Docs

source: https://www.wired.com/story/what-happens-when-a-romance-author-gets-locked-out-of-google-docs/?esrc=AUTO_PRINT

In March, an aspiring author got a troubling message: All of her works in progress were no longer accessible. What happened next is every writer’s worst fear.

Google never specified which of her 222,000 words was inappropriate.

...

Generally speaking, files containing #violence, #abuse, child sexual abuse material, and gore violate the terms of service for Google Drive and its associated products, like Docs and Sheets.

Now many of you will be thinking, who is stupid enough to store everything in the Google #cloud? The problem is we know that, but many people out there don't. We urgently need to do more educational work and warn people about companies like Google and their practices. Tell all your friends and acquaintances and don't use the clouds of the big corporations.

#news #problem #fail #warning #danger #service #customer #internet #economy #security #wtf #omg #disaster

Finally
Young households are doing better financially

UPDATE: This post
really drew out the
(now blocked) trolls.
hmm…
SHOULD WE REBOOST?

https://www.axios.com/2024/04/29/us-millenial-wealth-pandemic-economy

#economy #news #thanksJoe

“Australia’s spies and cops want ‘accountable encryption’ - aka access to #backdoors”

“he outlined an argument that a dynamic tension exists between security and technology, Burgess added “encryption protects our #privacy and enables our #economy…and creates safe spaces for violent #extremists to operate, #network and #recruit.” #Burgess labelled encryption “clearly a good thing, a positive for our democracy and our economy” because it “protects #privacy, it enables communications and transactions.” But he noted it also provides #criminals with #anonymity, which is why #Australia has laws that make it possible to access encrypted messages.”

#ASIO / #encryption <https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/25/asio_afp_accountable_encryption/>

Australia’s spies and cops want ‘accountable encryption’ - aka access to backdoors

And warn that AI is already being used by extremists to plot attacks

^{Simon Sharwood (The Register)}

#Congo questions #Apple over #knowledge of #conflict #minerals in its supply chain

source: https://apnews.com/article/apple-iphones-congo-blood-minerals-b1f20aa7bd3a3f4f8cf7fcde19c6f053

A group of international lawyers representing Congo said Thursday that they sent letters to Apple’s CEO Tim Cook and its French subsidiary this week, raising concerns about human rights violations involving the minerals extracted from mines in the country’s troubled east that might end up being used in the company’s products.

#SupplyChain #HumanRights #Economy #business #iphone #smartphone #technology #trade #TimCook justice #crime #news

Congo questions Apple over knowledge of conflict minerals in its supply chain

Congo’s government is questioning Apple about the tech company’s knowledge of “blood minerals” from a conflict zone in the African country that could be smuggled into supply chains. It's demanding answers within three weeks.

^{GERALD IMRAY (AP News)}

#Ford just reported a massive loss on every electric vehicle it sold

Source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/ford-just-reported-a-massive-loss-on-every-electric-vehicle-it-sold/ar-AA1nBsrC

Ford’s electric vehicle unit reported that losses soared in the first quarter to $1.3 billion, or $132,000 for each of the 10,000 vehicles it sold in the first three months of the year, helping to drag down earnings for the #company overall.

#economy #car #fail #finance #problem #electricity #news #usa