#ConsumerReports sill exists, y'all. It's still the gold standard of product review.
And for tech products beyond CR's ambit, I guess I'd use sites that have been around a while and have not (SFAIK) been hollowed out: #Wired, #CNet, etc.
#Pixelfed can import your #Instagram feed, via pulling in JSON archive. What is really useful is that the posts can be backdated with their original post dates, so that 1) it doesn't look like you've spammed a ton of posts and 2) proper historical context is preserved.
Why Mastodon account importing isn't done the same way eludes me, as it would alleviate a particular pain point of switching instances. Well done, Pixelfed!
A week or so later, one good thing about the #xz#backdoor is how it all pretty much played out on Mastodon and in the #fediverse. The discussion wasn't on #x or #twitter, not #facebook or #stackedoverflow or whatever. Analysis and investigation and discussion happened here on #mastodon. Even #wired magazine gave credit.
"The world they are invoking is one where (1) neoliberalism spread everywhere, and works great, (2) its benefits are widely distributed, (3) scientific and technological breakthroughs become easier and faster with time, and (4) on balance, none of those scientific or technological breakthroughs are used for harm.
"That history, combined with the sophistication of the malware that targeted Kaspersky, suggests that as wild as the FSB’s claims may be, there’s good reason to imagine that Kaspersky’s intruders could have ties to a government. But if you hack one of the world’s most prolific trackers of state-sponsored hackers—even with seamless, tough-to-detect iPhone malware—you can expect, sooner or later, to get caught."
Mom
At least someone's Mom. On Mothers' Day 2024 I found gardens of sculptures and decorations filling 3 home lots in central Phoenix, AZ. Earlier I shared an iPhone shot of a side yard and this is one of the sculptures I was able to see inside the side yard. By Don Russell, an extraordinary Outsider Artist who doesn't sell his work. He just buys more homes there to be able to work on them and store them while his renters enjoy the atmosphere. #Phoenix#Sculpture#Wired#Metal#Mom
“‘This is the most extreme type of monitoring that I’ve seen,’ says Pilar Weiss, founder of the National Bail Fund Network, a network of over 90 community bail and bond funds across the United States. ‘It’s part of a disturbing trend where deep surveillance and social control applications are used pretrial with little oversight.’
"Happy people, the kind who eat sandwiches together, are boring. They don’t buy much. Their smartphones are six versions behind and have badly cracked screens. They fix bicycles, then they talk about fixing bicycles, then they show their friend, who just came over for no reason, how they fixed their bicycle, and their friend says, “Wow, good job,” and they make tea."
I have trouble believing there are people that believe the Earth is flat. Well, here are two experiments that normal people could perform to show it's actually a sphere. #physics#science#wired
È anche questo un effetto del Digital Markets Act #DMA dell'#EU
È chiaro che un'operazione di questo tipo sia complessa (basta pensare alla gestione dell'#encryption), ma l'abbattimento dei #walled#garden e del predominio dei #gatekeeper è comunque un vantaggio per gli utenti
The new RedragonShop Eisa K686 Pro SE keyboard just arrived at my front door a few minutes ago.
This was sent to me as a review unit, so I'll be using it, checking it out and testing it over the next couple of weeks and then posting my review on the #AllThingsTech blog that you can view here:
OpenAI’s Custom Chatbots Are Leaking Their Secrets (www.wired.com)
Released earlier this month, OpenAI’s GPTs let anyone create custom chatbots. But some of the data they’re built on is easily exposed.
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