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A long form response to the concerns and comments and general principles many people had in the post about authors suing companies creating LLMs.

There’s been a lot of buzz here about the Fairphone here lately, especially with it coming to the US....

What is Human Resources Management (HRM) Software?...

Anas Haqqani, a Taliban thinker with family ties to the leadership, has endorsed Twitter over the Facebook-owned Threads. He said Twitter has more freedom of speech and credibility than other platforms. The Taliban likes Twitter’s lax moderation policies which allow them to spread their message. Facebook and TikTok ban the...

Several Twitter accounts with paid Blue subscriptions have promoted false and misleading claims related to the Ukraine war. These include posts alleging that weapons sent to Ukraine were used in French riots, that Ukraine runs “baby factories” harvesting children’s organs, and that Ukraine accidentally launched the missile...

The post demonstrates how infeasible it is to travel to a location outside our solar system anytime in the next several generations....

Tumblr plans to make changes to appeal to new users and improve growth. The post states that Tumblr is currently difficult for new users to use and curates content poorly. Tumblr aims to improve how users discover and sign up, encourage frequent engagement, and boost creators’ ability to attract audiences. Specific changes...

I have to admire a company following through on the e-waste reduction by doing it’s own updates of the Android OS for an EOL chip. I just wish the fairphone 3 was actually more usable....

I just read Cory Doctorow’s article “Let the Platform Burn”. It reminded me of something I’ve been thinking about for some time. Instead of joining yet another social network and recreating yourself, why not create your personal social network object and link it to others via a federation of the personal social network...

Meta’s new text-based social app Threads has quickly gained 100 million users since launching last week, which appears to be negatively impacting traffic on Twitter. According to web analytics, Twitter traffic declined 5-11% over the first two days Threads was available compared to the previous week. Threads was able to grow...

The European Commission today decided it is safe for personal data to be transferred from the European Union to US-based companies, handing a victory to firms like Facebook and Google despite protests from privacy advocates who worry about US government surveillance.

Good day enjoying at the beach drinking margarita!

I wrote this for my (previous) employer. I thought you might find it interesting. SPF is a complex beast.

In the last year, Meta, along with other major social media platforms, has noticeably deprioritized its content moderation and user safety practices, the research organization Media Matters says. Instagram specifically has a long history of allowing hate speech and misinformation to prosper on the app, including permitting...

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I…didn’t think windows 12 was actually a thing but here we are?

A few months ago, Ian Hogarth wrote the Financial Times Op-Ed headlined “We must slow down the race to God-like AI.”...