Latest comic. A British consumer rights group examined unnecessary data harvesting by “smart” devices, including air fryers connected to phone apps. While these devices may not pose the greatest privacy risk in our everyday lives, they are part of a growing Internet of Things capable of collecting data when and where we least expect it.
SAME STATS, DIFFERENT IMPROVEMENTS...
After 12 months of managing bugs developers A, B, and C changed their approach.
Whose change is an improvement❓ What's your answer❓
Boosts appreciated! :boost_no: 🙂
More generally, the problem is domain independent.
Young people are good with computers, so we don't need to teach them computing basics in school anymore.
[some years later]
Huh, the younger generation isn't very good with computers. Wonder why that is… Let's blame it on short attention spans and tiktoks or something.
This is how I and any sane person reacts to AI
no longer at the restaurant as of about a week ago, and it's looking like i'm going to need to have a van to crash in as backup sooner rather than later.
so in the next couple days i'll be listing a few things on ebay to help make ends meet. going to put them here first though because i trust you folks more than ebay randos. DM if any of these catch your eye, and please boost to help these go to a loving home and not ebay scalpers
nikon d3000 w/ 35mm 1.18g DX crop lens: 300 USD
nord lead 2x with case: 900 USD
thinkpad x250: 100 USD
thinkpad t460s: 100 USD
thinkpad x61 tablet (with yellowed screen): 50 USD
prices don't include shipping (would be shocked if anything other than the Nord costs less than twenty bucks to ship), and at this moment i'm only able to ship to the US. everything works, all lappies come without hard drives. prices negotiable, but don't be a lowballing jackass
love you all
Look who’s made it all the way to Mexico City and straight to networking at the #Nerdearla2024 conference!
All the shit I've had to deal with over the past year in this job has taught me one valuable lesson: How poorly the tech industry can at times treat women.
Being ignored, dismissed and spoken down to until you get upset, only to then be gaslit into thinking you're being unreasonable or overly emotional is an experience I wish we didn't have to deal with.
It's not only profoundly sexist, but it actively stifles innovation and people's willingness to speak up about problems.
NEW: More than 4 million people have been using explicit deepfake bots on Telegram, a WIRED review has found.
We identified more than 50 Telegram bots built to create nude images and video. After sending questions to Telegram about their harm, the company removed the bots
Latest comic on Big Tech's climate hypocrisy
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.”
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
I added a new 🌱 Damaged Earth Catalog🌿 entry, co-written with, and about the work of, @mordremoth
❤️ Disability Driven Development🛠️
https://damaged.bleu255.com/Disability_Driven_Development/
A direct link to Amelia's work: https://spoonstack.org/
Latest comic: AI gone MAD
Yes, our phones are ‘listening’ to what we say.
“In Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone’s Microphone to Serve Ads for Stuff You Mention”
Sam Altman says he wants to “give people another 10 years of healthy, vigorous life.”
In the US, the rich live up to 15 years longer than the poor. Changing that requires political action that many tech billionaires oppose, not more tech solutions.
Question: is Linux really a red flag?
“For years as vice president, Harris has been quietly laying the digital groundwork behind the scenes — meeting with young voters, social media influencers and several grassroots organizations. Now, with less than 90 days until the November election, the Harris campaign has made subtle shifts to capitalize on the momentum around her candidacy — and translate her growing social media following into votes.”
@CNN meets the young team running Kamala Harris’ social media presence, but can they turn likes into votes at the ballot box?
Microsoft and Google have admitted their emissions are soaring as they build out new data centers to power generative AI.
On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke with Sasha Luccioni to discuss why AI is so computationally intensive and is a climate problem.
https://techwontsave.us/episode/229_generative_ai_is_a_climate_disaster_w_sasha_luccioni
I don't know who needs to hear this, but blogs are getting more popular again, and RSS feeds are still very much a thing.
Most blogging platforms generate an RSS feed URL and I shouldn't need to look at your source code to find the link!
We think this can shake up social media 🕺
Our new Amplifier lets you curate your timeline as you scroll with the flick of a switch and personalise your social web.
By simplifying your feed, you can catch up on conversations that matter to you. Just turn on the Amplifier in your Newsmast settings!
Now on the Newsmast app, update or download on the App & Play Stores then login with your Mastodon account.
