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simon, 4 days ago to random

I got a good quote in this story about that dumb Zoom Idea to have "digital twins" attend meetings in your place https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/06/zoom-ceo-envisions-ai-deepfakes-attending-meetings-in-your-place/

tek, 4 days ago to random

A friend just pointed out:

"ADHD creates impulse control issues and, consequently, advertising takes advantage of a disability. Ergo, ad blockers are assistive devices and interfering with their operation for commercial gain constitutes a willful violation of the ADA."

Let’s do this.

whitequark, 5 days ago to random

> It doesn't matter if I make a dozen "how to disable recall" tutorials. The second YOUR data shows up on someone ELSE'S screen, it's in THEIR recall database.

this has nothing to do with microsoft recall! anybody you send stuff to can have it compromised. you message your high school friend, she gets caught at a protest, now cops have all that data

you can never control the data you give to somebody else, recall or not

skrishna, 5 days ago to space

INCREDIBLE images from China's Chang’e 6 lander, which landed on the far side of the moon late on June 1 and lifted off in an ascent vehicle with the first lunar samples from the far side of the moon yesterday.

Image credit: CNSA

#space #science #moon #spaceflight

the moon’s surface looking browinsh gray, not a lot of large rocks
The moon’s surface with one black and gold lander leg in the photo
A wide angle shot with the lander leg in the front and the moon in the distance

mekkaokereke, 5 days ago to random

Some of y'all are still confused as to why it seems that Silicon Valley billionaires are "turning to Trump." That's because you don't listen to Black people, you disrespect poor white people, and you ignore obvious statistics that have been staring you in the face for decades.

Silicon. Valley. Billionaires. Have. Always. Supported. Trump.

Not because they like the tax breaks. Because they are more likely to be racist, and racism is the greatest predictor of Trump support.

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arstechnica, 4 days ago to random

Windows Recall demands an extraordinary level of trust that Microsoft hasn’t earned

Op-ed: The risks to Recall are way too high for security to be secondary.

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/06/windows-recall-demands-an-extraordinary-level-of-trust-that-microsoft-hasnt-earned/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

sandlapper37, 5 days ago to random

eugenialoli, 5 days ago to windows

The mass exodus from #Windows to #Linux (and #Mac) due to #Windows11 and #AI continues. More and more articles, more and more youtube videos about it, or posts on forums. People are switching. If it continues like that, Linux should have 10% desktop marketshare by the end of the decade (and yes, that's a lot).

#opensource #foss #artificialintelligence #copilot #openai

samhainnight, 5 days ago to random

It occurred to me today that even though over 1 million Americans have died from Covid, we have no national memorial or national day day of mourning and how the powers that be have decided to memory hole the whole thing and how wrong this is.

#Covid #CovidIsNotOver

TucsonSentinel, 5 days ago to Tucson

States already collecting more abortion data - and HIPAA won’t always keep it private. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060424_abortion_data/states-already-collecting-more-abortion-data-and-hipaa-wont-always-keep-it-private/
As concerns are renewed about deceptive practices around data privacy at crisis pregnancy centers, there are efforts underway at the legislative and congressional levels to track abortion and pregnancy data.
#Tucson #Arizona

philomath, 5 days ago to random

Colorado Passes Anti-Book Ban Bill for Public Libraries https://bookriot.com/colorado-passes-anti-book-ban-bill-for-public-libraries/

mekkaokereke, 6 days ago to random

So the Black man that everyone was laughing at for dialing in to his court case from his car, while his license was suspended, is not so foolish. Racism has people laughing at its victims.

https://www.wxyz.com/news/why-was-the-driver-in-a-viral-videos-license-still-suspended-2-years-after-a-judge-ordered-it-lifted

We'll see how many of the people that were laughing because they thought "Foolish criminal dials in from car, on suspended license case!🤣" have anything cute to say now. You know that none of them will.

It's just the regular anti-Black cruelty in the US criminal justice system.

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tomkindlon, 5 days ago to mecfs

Full text published today:
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis / #ChronicFatigueSyndrome: the biology of a neglected disease

Free:
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/immunology/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1386607/full

#MEcfs #CFS #PwME
@mecfs

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JustFrank, 9 days ago to random

I can vouch for this.

nocontextb5, 9 days ago to Babylon5

#Babylon5

Mer__edith, 10 days ago to random

IMO we need to dismantle the surveillance advertising biz model & the surveillance and centralized control at its heart.

But this doesn't do that. Instead, it advocates for 'transparency' w/o accountability + inexplicably ONLY names e2ee encryption as a "risk" to children.

What's clear here, broadly, are the sharp limits of shareholder-driven activism when it comes to curtailing a toxic-yet-profitable business model.

First page of the proposal, which says, "
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literalgrill, 11 days ago to ai

Anything from Vox Media and The Atlantic is now untrustworthy in any capacity from now on. Remember this when reading or linking to any articles in the future.

#AI #FuckAI #Journalism

hrefna, 10 days ago to random

"Harm reduction is just reformism"

No, "reformism"—or whatever particular brand of "rebuild society" you are for—is about what you are doing with the other 365 days out of the year and how you are looking to drive change.

Harm reduction is about reducing harm in the meantime.

hrefna, 10 days ago to random

"Person who won't do anything claims that the problem is no one else will do the only things they approve of, film at 11."

toridas_, 12 days ago to disability

Generally I'm seeing a lot of people these days post media without #AltText and being blasé when confronted about it. Some correct their habits, but not all. Some add very cursory alt-text, clearly they couldn't be bothered doing more. And it really disappoints me, because good alt-text is not only necessary for disabled people anywhere, but also a boon for those with insufficient internet connectivity, AND a great supplement for any media when used thoughtfully.

#Ableism #Disability

grvsmth, 13 days ago to random

"I think banning surveillance advertising would be a very good first step. We would be really cutting at the root of the pathologies that we are dealing with from the tech industry, which is this mass surveillance in the name of influence, influence to sell something, influence to convince someone to vote for something, influence to misinform someone. Ultimately, that’s the game."

• @Mer__edith

https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/24/signals-meredith-whittaker-on-the-telegram-security-clash-and-the-edge-lords-at-openai/

laurahelmuth, 15 days ago to random

The anti-reality industry pushes lies about abortion, climate, COVID, gender-affirming care, race, sex, evolution, education & more, and it's all connected https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-must-face-down-the-expanding-anti-reality-industry/ @SeattleBryn traces the intersectional awfulness on Scientific American

pawsplay, 15 days ago to random

tomw, 15 days ago to random

Long story short, don't trust AI with your dog.