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The ‘WordPress’ fight is now a lawsuit
WP Engine is suing WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg and Automattic following a public spat over the WordPress open-source project and trademark.Jess Weatherbed (The Verge)
Mark Zuckerberg has a new look, and he’s managed to use it to get better press coverage even though his company is still causing a load of harm.
On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke to @KarlBode to discuss why we shouldn’t fall for Zuckerberg’s rebrand.
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/240_dont_fall_for_mark_zuckerbergs_rebrand_w_karl_bode
#tech #markzuckerberg #facebook #meta
Don’t Fall for Mark Zuckerberg’s Rebrand w/ Karl Bode - Tech Won’t Save Us
A left-wing podcast for better technology and a better world.Tech Won't Save Us
Y’all know that CNN has a text-only web interface, right?
If you want to experience how GODDAMN FAST the web can be without the tens of megabytes of adware tracking cruft and hundreds of npm dependencies, try this out:
#news #web #tech #noJavascript
Breaking News, Latest News and Videos | CNN
View the latest news and breaking news today for U.S., world, weather, entertainment, politics and health at CNN.com.CNN
Actually, there’s a few more starting off with Cory Doctorow’s (@pluralistic) Craphound that I’ve been listening to on and off for a little over a decade—when I started scrolling through Boing Boing.
Craphound Podcast URL: https://craphound.com/podcast/
And there’s the Scripting News Podcast from Dave Winer (@davew) where he discusses current events and ideas for the modern web among many other topics.
Scripting News Podcast URL: http://scripting.com/podcast.xml
dear #tech people, i guess you've all seen @pluralistic 's talk from this year's #defcon? if not, you should definitely block the next hour to learn "How hackers can seize the means of computation"
**Disenshittify or die!** by Cory Doctorow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EmstuO0Em8
- YouTube
Bekijk je favoriete video's, luister naar de muziek die je leuk vindt, upload originele content en deel alles met vrienden, familie en anderen op YouTube.www.youtube.com
I wonder if I have discovered a huge #Mastodonsocial bot net.
Look at the profile description, most of the (the similar looking) followers, names, posts (#AI made images), the accounts engaging with those & join date.
They seem to advertise the same 2 websites.
Examples:
https://mastodon.social/@thomasleah
https://mastodon.social/@thomasking
https://mastodon.social/@johnnysands
...
@Mastodon @Gargron @staff
What do you think?
#Fediverse #Mastodon #botnet #bot #bots #it #tech #automation #artificialintelligence #socialmedia
New blog post 📰
I've been struggling this past year finding joy with retro tech and daily computing use. Thought I would write about it after reading that others here are struggling too.
I think it's time to plan and organize a solution for the coming year.
#blog #tech #retro #web #linux #apple
https://basic.bearblog.dev/my-tech-use-this-year/
Reviewing my tech use this past year
As this month is coming to a close as well as the end of the year coming upon us, we witness another season change. I was reflecting on the year and what has...Welcome to BASIC
Time for that "Looking for work!" post, I guess!
Unfortunately, my current role is impacted by Amazon's move to mandatory co-location for teams, and my family is far too settled in Brooklyn to move away now. So after 7 years at Amazon, I'm starting the search.
I'm looking for a new role as a Front-end engineer/Design technologist/UX Engineer. I like design systems. And CSS. And accessibility. Love those things.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-buchel-92bb5b64/
#getfedihired #remotework #remote #tech #techcareers
Heather Buchel - Amazon | LinkedIn
Experience: Amazon · Education: Lansing Community College · Location: Brooklyn · 299 connections on LinkedIn. View Heather Buchel’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members.Heather Buchel (www.linkedin.com)
Today on Nova Prime, the "social web foundation", or, who are you exactly? where did you come from? you said you wanna put ads into the fediverse???
#blogging #tech #socialmedia #thesocialwebfoundation #socialwebfoundation
https://nova.mkultra.monster/tech/2024/09/24/the-social-web-foundation-launches-to-much-confusion
The Social Web Foundation Launches, to Much Confusion
Today, kind of just completely out-of-the-blue, this thing called “The Social Web Foundation” launched.𐕣 C M D R ░ NOVA 𐕣 (cmdr-nova@internet:~$)
✔ @torproject & @tails are going to strengthen their collaboration by merging¹! 👍
✔ #Tor has also released a new alpha
✔ It seems this #update does not address any of the potential #security issues, recently suspected after #German #lawenforcement claims to have used #timinganalysis to unmask Tor users.
✔ Potential solutions: timing delays, cover traffic...
¹https://blog.torproject.org/tor-tails-join-forces/
²https://blog.torproject.org/tor-is-still-safe/
#Torproject #Tails #Privacy #Surveillance #Freedom #Germany #Tech #Internet #Gov #IT
Is Tor still safe to use? | Tor Project
This blog post is a response to an investigative news report about a large-scale law-enforcement attack that managed to de-anonymize a user of an old version of the long-retired app Ricochet.blog.torproject.org
Aaaand the other shoe drops.
Turning a nonprofit into a for-profit is very bad IMO—as if there weren’t enough loopholes for rich people to turn everything into a casino. All the altruistic promises that OpenAI claimed at its founding seem to have melted in the bright light of dollar signs.
Don’t be fooled by the “benefit corporation” status either. With the diminished status of its nonprofit board, the new OpenAI will be run like a startup to generate an exit strategy for its investors.
“Exclusive: OpenAI to remove non-profit control and give Sam Altman equity”
#ai #moneyGrab #casino #startup #tech #bubble
Non-paywall: https://archive.ph/jEwT0
Elon Musk was on hand to award fascist Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni an award from the Atlantic Council last night.
He said she was “someone who is even more beautiful on the inside than she is on the outside.”
#tech #elonmusk #italy #politics
‘Precious genius’ Elon Musk love-bombs ‘beautiful’ Giorgia Meloni at think tank awards
The tech billionaire and the Italian PM exchange pleasantries at glitzy Washington gala dinner, while Atlantic Council staffers fume.Suzanne Lynch (POLITICO)
R.I.P. #Telegram
Shortly after the #CEO Pavel Durov was arrested in #France he stated:
"...We’ve made it clear that the IP addresses and phone numbers of those who violate our rules can be disclosed to relevant authorities in response to valid legal requests."
Source:
https://www.pcmag.com/news/telegram-users-ip-addresses-phone-numbers-can-be-given-to-police
#Parody image: CC0 https://Madeindex.org
#Riptelegram #Privacy #Chatcontrol #Chat #Chatkontrolle #PavelDurov #TG #ip #ipaddress #phone #app #tech #it #software #government #freedom #freespeech #rip
MadeIndex - The Sustainability Index
Find out where & how sustainably companies make their products. News, Blog posts & Guides about AI, Cleaning up trash in nature, vegan & vegetarian topics, animal rights, pacifism and much more!MadeInDex
When software company Salesforce hired comedian John Mulaney to do some standup at their Dreamforce event last week, they may have got more than they bargained for. The corporate gig turned into something of a roast, with Mulaney telling the crowd: “If AI is truly smarter than us and tells us that [humans] should die, then I think we should die,” looking out to the crowd from center stage. “So many of you feel imminently replaceable.” He concluded the 45-minute no-mercy set by thanking attendees “for the world you’re creating for my son … where he will never talk to an actual human again." Here, more highlights, courtesy of the San Francisco Standard.
#Tech #Technology #Comedy #Salesforce #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #SanFrancisco #JohnMulaney
Comedian John Mulaney roasts SF techies at Dreamforce
"Let me get this straight," the comedian said. "You're hosting a 'future of AI' event in a city that has failed humanity so miserably?"Kevin V. Nguyen (The San Francisco Standard)
Is it normal that you get a panic attack when you first see a Mastodon.IE instance, which makes you believe #Microsoft Internet Explorer joined the #Fediverse? 😂
Sorry #Ireland, their advertisement seems to have worked on my brain 😅
Microsoft's friend #Google seems
to jump to the same conclusion though!
(Disclaimer: It's a cool Irish instance apparently run by a team of volunteers :)
#FCKMicrosoft #IT #Humor #Tech #ads #Mastodon #internet #Internetexplorer #Misunderstanding #joke #funny #ie
“In what world can an organisation seriously think it is all right to run a prominent cancer event, bringing together world experts, while also taking sponsorship from a company whose product has caused millions of cancer deaths worldwide? Absolutely shocking.”
Ooh, ooh, ooh, I know the answer to this one: in the tech world!
#AccessNow #RightsCon #CPDP #NordicPrivacyArena #FOSDEM #etc #privacyWashing #tech #humanRights #institutionalCorruption
Economist Group cancer conference cancelled due to links to tobacco firms
Exclusive: Speakers and attendees pull out of Economist Impact event over ties to Philip Morris and Japan TobaccoMark Sweney (The Guardian)
Economist Group cancer conference cancelled due to links to tobacco firms
I don’t understand, this sort of thing never stopped Rightscon, CPDP, Nordic Privacy Arena, Amsterdam Privacy Week, or FOSDEM.
Maybe some tech folks are so next level they’re immune to institutional corruption or something. Yeah, that must be it. Otherwise it would mean they’re corrupt to the core.
🤔
#humanRights #tech #institutionalCorruption #BigTech #followTheMoney
Economist Group cancer conference cancelled due to links to tobacco firms
Exclusive: Speakers and attendees pull out of Economist Impact event over ties to Philip Morris and Japan TobaccoMark Sweney (The Guardian)
The Three Mile Island nuclear facility plans to reopen in 2028 to supply Microsoft’s AI data centers. It was the site of the worst nuclear disaster in US history.
#tech #ai #datacenters #microsoft #genai #generativeai
JD Vance says that if Europe tries to regulate Elon Musk’s platforms, the US government should end support for NATO.
This is exactly why Musk is embracing the extreme right: he knows they’ll defend his power at all costs.
#tech #elonmusk #jdvance #politics #twitter
JD Vance says US could drop support for NATO if Europe tries to regulate Elon Musk’s platforms
Republican vice presidential nominee says ‘Germans and other nations’ – not Russia – would ‘have to fund Ukraine’s reconstruction’Gustaf Kilander (The Independent)
United Nations wants to treat AI with same urgency as climate change
UN report: Organization should take much more active role in AI monitoring, oversight.Ars Technica
With advanced surveillance systems, real-time crime centers are rapidly expanding nationwide and becoming commonplace in urban policing.
Here’s how they work – and what privacy safeguards are available (though sometimes ignored):
https://theconversation.com/real-time-crime-centers-are-transforming-policing-a-criminologist-explains-how-these-advanced-surveillance-systems-work-232468
#news #tech #criminaljustice
Real-time crime centers are transforming policing – a criminologist explains how these advanced surveillance systems work
As police departments across the US and the world adopt real-time crime centers, there’s a need for better public understanding of how these centers work.The Conversation
Frankly, it’s depressing how one billionaire can fuck up the night sky for the rest of humanity and our collective ability to try to understand more about the universe.
The new generation of Starlink satellites create even more interference than the old ones.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4dnr8zemgo
#tech #space #starlink #spacex #elonmusk
Elon Musk's Starlink satellites 'blocking' view of the universe
Radio waves from the satellites are "blinding" radio telescopes and hurting research, say scientists.Georgina Rannard (BBC News)
How Memphis became a battleground over Elon Musk’s xAI supercomputer
"When the supercomputer gets to full capacity, the local utility says it’s going to need a million gallons of water per day and 150 megawatts of electricity — enough to power 100,000 homes per year."
A million gallons of water a day. A DAY.
#ai #xai #ElonMusk #electricity #water #ClimateChange #environment #ClimateCrisis #tech #technology #computer #news #npr
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/11/nx-s1-5088134/elon-musk-ai-xai-supercomputer-memphis-pollution
🚨 Pagers Explode Across Lebanon In Targeted Attack
[ Analysis / Opinion ]
#News #Geopolitics #analysis #Lebanon #tech #pagers #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #youtube #infosec #cybersecurity #radio #sdr #beirut #peertube
https://tube.tchncs.de/w/kCixpvNZSCNWh42AWxtiQ1
Targeted Pagers Explode Across Lebanon
ANALYSIS: Suspected Hezbollah Connected Fighters Targeted In Remotely Detonated Pager Attacks - That's Right, Their Pagers Exploded On Them ! How Might This Have Happened? Sharing My Analysis On T...tchncs
Mozilla Social FAQ | Firefox Help
Mozilla.social will shut down on Dec 17, 2024. Download your data and migrate before then.support.mozilla.org
Google and Microsoft recently admitted their emissions are soaring as they build out data centers to power the AI boom.
But new analysis from The Guardian suggests the data center emissions of Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Apple are 662% higher than the companies reporting.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/15/data-center-gas-emissions-tech
#tech #ai #datacenters #microsoft #google #apple #meta #climate
Data center emissions probably 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse?
Emissions from in-house data centers of Google, Microsoft, Meta and Apple may be 7.62 times higher than official figuresGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
it’s funny that cyberlibertarians spent so much time worrying about government surveillance then private tech companies went ahead and build the most invasive and extensive surveillance apparatus we’ve ever known out of the thing the they promised would liberate us all
#tech #surveillance #larryellison #ai
Larry Ellison: AI-fueled surveillance system could police citizens
Billionaire Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison said he expects AI surveillance systems to reach a point where all citizens are under constant watch.Kenneth Niemeyer (Insider)
🚨 AI Surveillance Threatens Democracy Everywhere
#surveillance #AI #MassSurveillance #artificialintelligence #Democracy #elections #vote #infosec #tech
https://thebulletin.org/2024/06/how-ai-surveillance-threatens-democracy-everywhere/
How AI surveillance threatens democracy everywhere - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
The spread of AI-powered surveillance systems has empowered governments seeking greater control with tools that entrench non-democracy.Sara Goudarzi (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)
I forgot about this music video. It was made for us😂
#tech #retro #retrocomputing #music
Weird Al Yankovic - It’s All About The Pentiums
In Memphis, Elon Musk’s xAI is skirting environmental rules and has at least 18 generators burning methane gas next to Black communities without a permit.
It will eventually use 150MW of electricity — enough to power 100,000 homes — mainly to power the Grok chatbot.
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/11/nx-s1-5088134/elon-musk-ai-xai-supercomputer-memphis-pollution
Any of you remember this device? I never owned one and didn’t know anyone else. We had PalmPilot’s! 😂
The Rolodex REX.
#retro #retrocomputing #tech #pda
