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Ahead of the Signal leak, the Pentagon warned of the app’s weaknesses byteseu.com/863140/ #Technology


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



#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..."


#fail #problem #technology #book #knowledge #news


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

See gadgeteer.co.za/10-tricks-you-…

#FFmpeg #technology #video


#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


‘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


"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


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)
23 voters. Poll end: in 2 days


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


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

See gadgeteer.co.za/8-tiny-utiliti…

#linux #technology


#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


#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


#MakeElonPoorAgain #Swasticar #Technology #Automotive

(6/6)

...#FederalOffense. 5 cars were damaged, 2 were burnt:

youtube.com/live/JIJTczgHfY0

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!👈


#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...👈


#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...


@wuethrich

#SurveillanceState #Surveillance #Technology #Meta

👉Which #Messenger To Replace the #DataKraken #WhatsApp with? 👈

#FightTechnofeudalism

#SimpleX

(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-...

@URH1 @thevril


#SurveillanceState #Surveillance #Technology #Meta

👉Which #Messenger To Replace the #DataKraken #WhatsApp with? 👈

#FightTechnofeudalism

(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? 👈

#FightTechnofeudalism

(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? 👈

#FightTechnofeudalism

(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? 👈

#FightTechnofeudalism

👉 #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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....


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...



#SurveillanceState #Surveillance #Technology #Meta

👉Which #Messenger To Replace the #DataKraken #WhatsApp with? 👈

#FightTechnofeudalism

👉 #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? 👈

#FightTechnofeudalism

👉 #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? 👈

#FightTechnofeudalism

(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


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


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


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…

#batteries #linux #technology


#Greenhouse gases reduce the #satellite carrying #capacity of low #Earth #orbit


Source: nature.com/articles/s41893-025…

#climate #space #technology #news #problem