A Look at Bluesky - An overly complicated social networking platform (juliette.page)
cross-posted from: jemmy.jeena.net/post/18494...
1960s BBC TV Transmitter Breakdown tape (youtu.be)
Mozilla Adds "AI" Text Summaries to Mozilla Developer Network, Frequently Wrong, Over Maintainers Heads (github.com)
Mozilla added buttons to summarize their Mozilla Developer Network documentation with GPT 3.5 that are frequently wrong, as these glorified chatbots tend to be especially on technical matters. On top of that, they appeared in the Git tree mysteriously without any discussion or the maintainers of the MDN knowing about it at all....
Asus Flaunts GeForce RTX 4060 Ti with M.2 Slots for SSDs (www.tomshardware.com)
Asus Flaunts graphics card with an M.2 SSD expander card.
eVTOL companies Archer and Joby get FAA approval for flight testing air taxis (www.npr.org)
Joby Aviation said this week that it got the green light to flight test its factory-made air taxi, which it hopes to launch commercially in 2025. It's one of several companies reaching for the skies.
Twitter temporarily restricts tweets users can see, Elon Musk announces (www.bbc.co.uk)
Fidelity deepens valuation cut for Reddit and Discord (techcrunch.com)
Fidelity has further slashed the estimated worth of its holdings in Reddit and Discord as well as SaaS startup Gupshup.
Twitter's API keeps breaking, even for developers paying $42,000 (mashable.com)
Everything worked fine until Elon Musk took over.
OC Practical tips for protecting your data, ditching Google, and why it matters (emilsmith.pro)
Short of donning a tin-foil hat and going to live in the woods, it's practically impossible to completely isolate yourself from all vulnerability to data snoopers. However, there are some practical steps that anyone can take to improve things.
Twitter content now behind login wall?
What's going on?
Google is about to make life more difficult for custom ROM fans (www.androidauthority.com)
Google has quietly deprecated the Messages and Dialer apps in AOSP, and it could have ramifications for upstart brands and custom ROM fans.
Google reportedly gives up on making AR glasses—for the third time (arstechnica.com)
Project Iris said to be scrapped as Google focuses on AR software.
Who killed Google Reader? (www.theverge.com)
Google Reader was supposed to be much more than a tool for nerds. But it never got the chance.
Anti-sex activists are picking off sex workers on Instagram—and Instagram is letting them (jezebel.com)
YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad blockers (www.androidpolice.com)
It looks like Google are pushing pretty hard on AdBlockers now. Looks like a pretty aggressive new UI from them....
Chinese Researchers Used AI to Design RISC-V CPU in Under 5 Hours (www.tomshardware.com)
The chip ran Linux benchmarks at about i486 speeds.
Today I learned that neofetch is available on Windows via winget
AI’S Unsustainable Water Use: How Tech Giants Contribute To Global Water Shortages (www.forbes.com)
ChatGPT 'drinks' the equivalent of a 500ml bottle of water for a simple conversation of 20-50 questions and answers. Which may not seem like much... until you consider that it has more than 100 million active users.
What if AI could rebuild the middle class? (www.npr.org)
We spoke with MIT's David Autor, one of the top labor economists in the world, about how AI could revolutionize the job market.
Unicorn social app IRL to shut down after admitting 95% of its users were fake (techcrunch.com)
An internal investigation by IRL's board of directors found that 95% of the app's reported 20 million users were "automated or from bots."
PowerDeleteSuite is a quick and easy way to purge / mass update your Reddit Comments before the API changes come in effect. (github.com)
The third party API changes come into effect tomorrow (1/7/2023) so now's a good time to either purge or edit your existing content....
Who killed Google Reader? (www.theverge.com)
INTERNAL TECH EMAILS: Instagram cofounder on Mark Zuckerberg (www.techemails.com)
February 13, 2012...
Meta is planning to let people in the EU download apps through Facebook (www.theverge.com)
Meta is planning to let people in the EU directly download apps through Facebook ads. They plan to take advantage of new regulation in the EU called the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which will force Apple and Google to open up their mobile platforms to alternative methods of downloading apps.
Meet Tim Hunkin | HackSpace #68 - Raspberry Pi (www.raspberrypi.com)
Tim Hunkin has been building machines to inspire and delight for decades, and now has two arcades full of his own creations: Novelty Automation in London, and the Under The Pier Show in Southwold.
