The Computer As A Brain Metaphor (arxiv.org)
This was originally going to be posted on Fuck AI, but it really applies to technology far more generally.
Urgent need to investigate role of technology, social media companies in killing Gazan civilians (euromedmonitor.org)
The role of major technology companies and international social media platforms in the killing of Palestinian civilians during Israel’s genocidal war against the Gaza Strip, ongoing since 7 October 2023, must be investigated. These companies need to be held accountable if found to be complicit or not to have taken adequate...
Porting 8-bit Sonic 2 To The TI-84+ CE (hackaday.com)
Why Microsoft is a national security threat (www.theregister.com)
Enceladus: Decoding Life's Potential in Saturn's Icy Moon (www.arktrek.shop)
The Biggest Deepfake Porn Website Is Now Blocked in the UK (www.wired.com)
ps6 expected to be released around 2026 (www.ign.com)
Premier League Wants GoDaddy to Identify Live Streaming Pirates. (torrentfreak.com)
Discord wants to void your right to sue them in court — but you can opt out of the practice (www.polygon.com)
Beleave : A website to help people leave Reddit communities easily (beleave.virock.org)
Hi, I needed to leave multiple subreddits but it was a hassle doing so manually one by one. So, I built ‘Beleave’ to help automate the task. It uses Reddit’s API to mass leave subreddits. It’s completely free. I didn’t even put ads in it.
House approves sell-or-be-banned TikTok measure, attaching it to foreign aid bill (www.npr.org)
Twitter alternative Post News is shutting down (www.theverge.com)
Post News, a Twitter alternative that emerged in the wake of Elon Musk’s takeover, is shutting down. Noam Bardin, the platform’s founder and former CEO of Waze, writes that Post News “is not growing fast enough to become a real business or a significant platform.”...
Meta says you can’t turn off its new AI tool on Facebook, Instagram (globalnews.ca)
A coffee roastery in Finland has launched an AI-generated blend. The results were surprising - KVIA (kvia.com)
By JARI TANNER Associated Press
What is screen time doing to children? Demands grow to restrict young people’s access to phones and social media. (www.economist.com)
The little smart home platform that could (www.theverge.com)
Home Assistant is now part of the Open Home Foundation, a non-profit aiming to fight against surveillance capitalism and offer privacy, choice, and sustainability....
Dutch government says it may stop using Facebook over privacy concerns (www.cnbc.com)
The Dutch government said Friday that it may be forced to stop using Facebook after a warning from the Netherlands’ privacy regulator about the Meta owned social media platform’s privacy risks....
DuckDuckGo AI Chat (duckduckgo.com)
DDG is now offering free/private AI chat using several models.
'Women Who Code' Shuts Down Unexpectedly (tech.slashdot.org)
Women Who Code (WWC), a U.S.-based organization of 360,000 people supporting women who work in the tech sector, is shutting down due to a lack of funding.