A quick smartphone comparison! https://somegadgetguy.com/b/465
Pixel 8a vs OnePlus 12R! These might be the best two mid-ranger phones in the USA right now!
"Nowhere is this [innovation by petit bourgeoisie] more evident than in the modern software industry, where virtually all the novel ideas have been created by individuals or small partnerships"
"The competitive advantage of large firms lies largely in their capitalization, marketing muscle, lobbying power, and vertical integration, not in their original ideas and innovation."
Samsung is facing a labor strike for the first time ever. Apple is union busting. The FCC cancelled its affordable internet program. AI is all the rage with investors, but no one is using it.
Android trackers are FINALLY here! And, we should chat announcements at Computex!
“I speak to a lot of businesses around #AI, and particularly #GenAI, and I’m sensing a #hype fatigue. Part of this is due to the challenging of bridging the gap from PoC to production"
The #Fediverse is important for many reasons obviously. With the commercial influence on recommendations and the continued enshitification of search, it is crucial we retain the capacity to share what is important, delightful, amusing, and valued for reasons we deem, not them. #technology
NYTimes BREAKING NEWS - Tuesday, June 4, 2024 9:06 AM ET #OpenAI has not done enough to prevent its artificial intelligence systems from becoming dangerous, a group of former and current employees said.
The group published an open letter on Tuesday calling for leading A.I. companies to establish greater transparency and more protections for whistle-blowers. #AI#ArtificialIntelligence#technology
“I find the idea of uninvited chatbots answering questions in Facebook groups to be dystopian for a number of reasons, starting with the fact that online communities are for people....”
“Right now, many companies are wielding generative AI as a hammer, and as a result, everything looks like a nail.”
We are committed to our users, so in order to improve our support, tutorials, Midori, Astian Cloud AstianGO and our applications we have released our community and help platform where we can better interact with all our users.
Remember the Steven Sinofsky memoir about his time at Microsoft heading the Windows and Office teams that was being released as a SubStack newsletter? It's now available as a Kindle book, and will be available in paper in July.
We have released a new update of AstianGO, an update with improvements in the accuracy of the results, improvements in the news, video playback and much more.
Enjoy a search engine that doesn't track you, doesn't sell your information and doesn't keep track of your activity.
We continue advancing with the development of our VPN client that will be available within Midori web browser, this is a short video about how it works.
I'm soooooo sick of AI. I'm going to go live off grid in a cabin with zero technology. I won't have computers, phones, cell service, or internet. Just good old fashioned living. 😆