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Ahead of the Signal leak, the Pentagon warned of the app’s weaknesses
Ahead of the Signal leak, the Pentagon warned of the app's weaknesseshttps://www.npr.org/2025/03/25/nx-s1-5339801/pentagon-email-signal-vulnerabilityBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
It’s Time to Worry About #DOGE’s #AI Plans
source: theatlantic.com/technology/arc…
The more AI decision making is integrated into #government, the easier #change will be.
#Musk #Trump #future #politics #WhiteHouse #usa #news #technology
It’s Time to Worry About DOGE’s AI Plans
Welcome to the end of the human civil servant.Bruce Schneier (The Atlantic)
#AI and books 😵💫🤮😱🤯
See: mastodon.social/@JMarkOckerblo…
From page 25: "It is important to note that as an AI language model, I can provide a general perspective, but you should consult with medical professionals for personalized advice..."
10 Tricks You Can Do With FFmpeg on Linux, macOS, and Windows
Yes, FFmpeg is far from just being some plain copy or convert command. It is packed with powerful features and, in fact, sits in the background behind many fancy GUI applications, with FFmpeg during the work in the background.
The linked article ...continues
#China unveils a powerful deep-sea #cable cutter that could reset the world order
source: scmp.com/news/china/science/ar…
For example, cutting cables near strategic chokepoints such as #Guam, which is a linchpin of the US #military’s second island chain, a defence strategy used to contain China, the tool could essentially destabilise global communications during a geopolitical #crisis.
#warfare #cyberwar #terror #war #technology #internet #communication #news
China unveils a powerful deep-sea cable cutter that could reset the world order
Beijing now has the power to disrupt global communications after scientists revealed a device that can sever undersea cables.Stephen Chen (South China Morning Post)
‘Andor’ creator won’t make scripts public due to #AI: ‘Why help the f-ing #robots?’
source: celebitchy.com/914284/andor_cr…
I don’t think all AI is bad, but I do think without #regulation and a solution to its negative environmental impact, it’s a dangerous, slippery slope that needs to be addressed now.
#entertainment #book #copyright #starwars #andor #technology #future #problem #politics #news
Cele|bitchy | ‘Andor’ creator won’t make scripts public due to AI: ‘Why help the f-ing robots?’
Celebitchy is a daily gossip and entertainment blog, started in 2006, which also focuses on liberal politics, royal coverage and fashion.www.celebitchy.com
"The new feature would likely be an unwelcome one for users who would rather keep comments AI-free on Instagram, especially those who believe their friends deserve genuine comments as opposed to AI slop."
techcrunch.com/2025/03/21/meta…
#news #technology #TechNews #meta #instagram #SocialMedia #AI #slop
Meta spotted testing AI-generated comments on Instagram | TechCrunch
In recent years, Meta has introduced many AI features and capabilities to its apps, even going so far as experimenting with AI-generated charactersAisha Malik (TechCrunch)
I've been wondering about this. Do you ever go without a cellphone when out and about?
I deleted most social apps from my phone and have been leaving it home increasingly often.
#technology #cellphone #digitaltech
- Yes (13%, 3 votes)
- No (73%, 17 votes)
- Depends (13%, 3 votes)
Wait. Is this reading correct?
"Under current law, content produced entirely by AI immediately enters the public domain, allowing unrestricted commercial use."
synthtopia.com/content/2025/03…
Other news coverage:
"Because many of the Copyright Act's provisions make sense only if an author is a human being, the best reading of the Copyright Act is that human authorship is required for registration."
reuters.com/world/us/us-appeal…
#news #technology #TechNews #copyright #PublicDomain #AI
AI-Generated Works Are Public Domain, Court Affirms
A recent court case affirms that works generated by AI, without human involvement, are not eligible for copyright protection.Synthtopia
8 Tiny Utilities to Make Your Linux Experience Even Better
Some quite useful utilities here to:
prevent the screensaver coming on
adjust screen colours for night or low light
hide the mouse cursor when inactive
passing data through a UNIX pipe
a powerful filter tool for reading and searching ...continues
#Beijing approves construction of first South #China #Sea #deepwater ‘space station’
source: scmp.com/news/china/science/ar…
The #facility – one of the deepest and most technologically complex #underwater installations ever attempted – is scheduled to be operational by around 2030, with room for six scientists on missions that will last as long as a month.
#technology #resources #mining #environment #news #ocean
Beijing approves construction of first South China Sea deepwater ‘space station’
Scientists will be able to work for up to a month in the facility that will be anchored 2,000 metres below the surface.Stephen Chen (South China Morning Post)
#AI #hallucinations: #ChatGPT created a fake child murderer
source: noyb.eu/en/ai-hallucinations-c…
When the Norwegian user Arve Hjalmar Holmen wanted to find out if ChatGPT had any information about him, he was confronted with a made up #horror story: ChatGPT presented the complainant as a convicted criminal who murdered two of his children and attempted to murder his third son. To make matters worse, the #fake story included real elements of his personal #life.
#internet #technology #crime #cybercrime #fail #problem #news
AI hallucinations: ChatGPT created a fake child murderer
ChatGPT created a fake story about a Norwegian man, claiming that he killed his two children and went to jail. This never happenednoyb.eu
#MakeElonPoorAgain #Swasticar #Technology #Automotive
(6/6)
...#FederalOffense. 5 cars were damaged, 2 were burnt:
Furthermore, there was a similar incident in #KansasCity + elsewhere in the country. It is still unclear if the incidents are unclear. The #FBI investigates.
On top of this, there are still the many problems I posted about in August 2023:
mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1108…
//
Just to be sure:
👉This is *not* a call for violence, arson in particular!👈
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (@HistoPol@mastodon.social)
@GottaLaff This is the next death nail for #Tesla. My prediction: #TSLA is going to be the next #Wirecard scandal, but on a more global level. The many cracks are already showing.Mastodon
#MakeElonPoorAgain #Technology #Automotive #Swasticars
(5/n)
..But these are just the most recent problems of the most expensive car company on the planet.
Then, the backlash against #Musk's #DOGE activities against federal employees, which can be summarized as the #AntiSwasticarMovement, has materialized in an #arson attack against a #LasVegas service center. This might be viewed as an act of terrorism, the #JointTerrorismTaskforce is already on the case. Terrorism would be a..
#MakeElonPoorAgain #Swasticar #Technology #Automotive
#DumpTeslaNow
(4/n)
...#BYD founder, #WangChuanfu said at an event livestreamed from the company’s #Shenzhen headquarters on Monday."
theguardian.com/technology/202…
A #Chinese #Nio, on tge other hand, 👉can already swap out its battery in minutes...👈
Chinese EV maker BYD says fast-charging system could be as quick as filling up a tank
BYD unveils platform with charging power of 1,000 kW, which would be twice as fast as Tesla’s superchargingJasper Jolly (The Guardian)
#MakeElonPoorAgain #Swadticar #Technology #Automotive
(3/n)
... isn't just a boycott. 👉 This's the collapse of Tesla's resale market.👈 "
And there's even more good news for the soon-to-be much poorer billionaire: #Tesla is becoming a #dinosaur being surpassed technologically by at least 2 #Chinese competitors:
"2 new #BYD models will be capable of receiving peak charging power of 1000 kilowatts (kW), enabling them to 👉 travel 400km (249 miles) on a 5-minute charge👈 , the...
#SurveillanceState #Surveillance #Technology #Meta
👉Which #Messenger To Replace the #DataKraken #WhatsApp with? 👈
(1/2)
Wie schon immer das Häschen wusste: "Haddu Netzwerk, haddu Probleme."
Nein, das meinte ich nicht.
Was ich meinte, ist dass die Software für einen Massenrollout einfach zu neu ist und für den Einsatz in Organisationen fehlt einfach der Track Reckord.
Innovation ist bei der Software-...
#SurveillanceState #Surveillance #Technology #Meta
👉Which #Messenger To Replace the #DataKraken #WhatsApp with? 👈
(18/18)
...feindlichen Agenten gearbeitet haben. Oder sich mal über die falsche Person (wie z. B. Björn Höcke) öffentlich geäußert haben.
Die Anwendungsfälle für den künftigen "worst case" sind fast grenzenlos, m.W. nicht einmal in einem Science Fiction (Dystopie) abgearbeitet, denn derart unbegrenzte Daten gab es bislang noch nie.//
#SurveillanceState #Surveillance #Technology #Meta
👉Which #Messenger To Replace the #DataKraken #WhatsApp with? 👈
(17/n)
...weltpolitischen Umfeld kann niemand wissen, was morgen verboten sein wird.
Im Gegensatz zu den 1930er Jahren wird jedoch alles über jeden praktisch unbegrenzt gespeichert, auch die Bewegungsprofile.
Nur als so eine weitere Idee: man könnte ja aus purem Zufall monatelang, undifferenzierbar für GPS, im Nachbarbüro eines...
#SurveillanceState #Surveillance #Technology #Meta
👉Which #Messenger To Replace the #DataKraken #WhatsApp with? 👈
(16/n)
Noch ein paar warnende Worte für alle die, die meinen, "ich habe doch nichts zu verbergen":
Eine deutsche Touristin wurde aufgrund ihres Tätowierungs-Besteckes beim Grenzübertritt aus Mexiko wochenlang unter übelsten Bedingungen durch die Einwanderungsbehörde #ICE festgehalten.
Im derzeitigen chaotischen...
#SurveillanceState #Surveillance #Technology #Meta
👉Which #Messenger To Replace the #DataKraken #WhatsApp with? 👈
👉 #SignalHack👈
(15/n)
...Clouds of #Google, #Amazon, #Microsoft & #Cloudflare. They can de-anonymise every user!
Here are all the tech details:
primal.net/e/note14hf9%E2%80%A…
Weitere Infos zum #SignalHack:
social.tchncs.de/@Optimus/1140…
fed.brid.gy/r/bsky.app/profile…
chilemasto.casa/@sebagutiem/11…
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Sebastian (@sebagutiem@chilemasto.casa)
#Hackers explotan la función de dispositivos vinculados de #Signal para secuestrar cuentas por medio de códigos #QR maliciosos https://blogs.masterhacks.Chilemasto
Die verwendeten Mobilnummern stammen (möglicher Weise) von diesem Twillo Hack vor einigen Jahren. Dabei sind die Hacker an Mobilfunknummern gekommen, die die #Signal bei der Registrierung erzwingt und die über SMS verifiziert wird. tarnkappe.info/artikel/it-s...Signal Messenger betroffen: Tw...
Signal Messenger betroffen: Twilio-Hacker erbeutet Rufnummern
Ein Angreifer konnte sich durch einen Hack auf Twilio Zugriff auf Registrierungsdaten des Signal Messengers verschaffen.Marc Stöckel (TARNKAPPE.INFO)
#SurveillanceState #Surveillance #Technology #Meta
👉Which #Messenger To Replace the #DataKraken #WhatsApp with? 👈
👉 #SignalHack👈
(14/n)
ich von meinen bisherigen Recherchen denke ich dass es vom groben Inhalt mindestens stimmt:
aus einer gebridgten Bluesky-Convo:
"The #SignalApp is not secure, as they promise to be!
#Signal collects metadata the same way that #Whatsapp does.
All of Signals traffic runs across the...
#SurveillanceState #Surveillance #Technology #Meta
👉Which #Messenger To Replace the #DataKraken #WhatsApp with? 👈
👉 #SignalHack👈
(13/n)
#Signal scheint mir aufgrund des #CloudActs und der zunehmend faschistischen US-Regierung (der illegale Datenabfluß durch #DOGE kennt wohl geschichtlichkeine annäherende Parallele) als nicht mehr sicher.
Die Quelle konnte ich bislang nicht validieren, aber...
#SurveillanceState #Surveillance #Technology #Meta
👉Which #Messenger To Replace the #DataKraken #WhatsApp with? 👈
(1/n)
True, however the most important criterion is that a replacement messenger app for #WhatsApp must have any chance at replacing #WhatsApp.
As a friend of mine phrased it here on Mastodon: "I have a hard time convincing my friend and family even to switch to [the known services,] #Signal or #Threema.
As...
Meet the 21-year-old helping coders use #AI to #cheat in #Google and other tech #job #interviews
Source: cnbc.com/2025/03/09/google-ai-…
“Everyone programs nowadays with the help of AI,” said Lee, a 21-year-old student at Columbia University
#software #news #technology #knowledge #coding #program
Meet the 21-year-old helping coders use AI to cheat in Google and other tech job interviews
As artificial intelligence becomes more advanced, employers are trying to build workarounds to prevent candidates from cheating in virtual job interviews.Jennifer Elias (CNBC)
Government Efficiency Or Oligarchy Demolition Team?
And how some in tech industry seek dictatorship
Watch On #peertube:
#technology #doge #USA #privacy #efficiency #AI #ArtificialIntelligence
This #Classic #Sitcom Was at the Top of My #Watchlist. Too Bad #Netflix Ruined It
source: movieweb.com/a-different-world…
It’s been used in movies already, but it seems like A.I. has now been unceremoniously injected into the classic sitcom genre as well.
AI is used to change old 4:3 to 16:9 format and upscale to 4k resolution.
#ai #technology #entertainment #series #fail #problem #quality #news #protest
Did Netflix Ruin 'A Different World' With A.I.?
Netflix can use A.I. all it wants...but I know which show I won't be watching on the platform.Salvatore Cento (MovieWeb)
Any act of repair a gratifying gesture of refusal and subversion these days. A poke in the eye to corporate waste and consumer lassitude.
Feeling like renegade heating engineer Harry Tuttle (Robert De Niro) of ‘Brazil’ right now, having decided: eff no, not into landfill—not yet.
And how fitting: while finishing up, @pluralistic heard on CBC radio discussing DCA & right-to-repair.
details in #alttext
#Stratford #canada #repair #technology #corydoctorow #environment #coffee
@404mediaco has obtained a list of sites and services monitored by an ICE contractor ShadowDragon to let government analysts search and draw connections between people.
"The long list of sites and services that ShadowDragon’s SocialNet tool accesses is a reminder of just how much data is accessible and collected from and about us to provide surveillance services to the government and others."
404media.co/the-200-sites-an-i…
#news #USNews #ICE #immigration #surveillance #technology
The 200+ Sites an ICE Surveillance Contractor is Monitoring
404 Media has obtained the list of sites and services that ICE contractor ShadowDragon pulls data from. ShadowDragon sources data from all over the web and lets government analysts easily search it and draw connections between people.Joseph Cox (404 Media)
Prolong Laptop Battery Life in Linux by Limiting Charging Levels
“In case you didn’t know it already, regularly charging the battery to 100% or fully discharging it puts your battery at stress and may lead to poor battery life in the long run. Well, to control the battery charging on Linux, you have a few options ...continues
See gadgeteer.co.za/prolong-laptop…
Prolong Laptop Battery Life in Linux by Limiting Charging Levels
“In case you didn't know it already, regularly charging the battery to 100% or fully discharging it puts your battery at stress and may lead to poor battery life in the long run. Well, to control the battery charging on Linux, you have a few options:Danie (GadgeteerZA)
#Greenhouse gases reduce the #satellite carrying #capacity of low #Earth #orbit
Source: nature.com/articles/s41893-025…
#climate #space #technology #news #problem
Greenhouse gases reduce the satellite carrying capacity of low Earth orbit - Nature Sustainability
Satellites have become integral to our everyday life, but space debris threatens the sustainability of low Earth orbital space.Nature
