AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2516885-ais-cant-stop-recommending-nuclear-strikes-in-war-game-simulations/

#news #tech #technology #AI #grok #aislop #politics #war

Don't let legal loopholes leave your SMB vulnerable to data breaches and regulatory fines. Traditional rule-based approach vs. data-driven incident response: which path yields better protection? Discover how integrating legal frameworks into IR planning can turn a liability into a strong defense.

Read more: https://steelefortress.com/fortress-feed/traditional-rule-based-approach-vs-data-driven-incident-response-which-path-yields-better-protection

#CyberSecurity #Privacy #InfoSec #Security #DataProtection #Tech #Technology

[#TRADESHOW] #Security #China 2026 – China #International #Exhibition on #Public #Safety and Security will be held from November 3 to 6, 2026, at China International Exhibition Center (Shunyi Hall), #Beijing. As one of China’s most #influential #events dedicated to public safety, #intelligent security #technologies, and #digital #governance, the #expo brings together #government authorities, #industry #leaders, and #global #technology #providers. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/security-china-2026-china-international-exhibition-on-public-safety-and-security/

#TIL what a heisenbug is.

#programming #technology

[#TRADESHOW] Shanghai #International #Ad & #Sign #Technology & #Equipment Exhibition will be held from March 4 to March 7, 2026, at the National #Exhibition and #Convention #Center (#Shanghai), #China. As a #core #segment #event of #APPPEXPO 2026, the #expo focuses on the #future of #advertising, #signage, and #digital #printing #technologies, aligning with national strategies and #industry transformation. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/shanghai-international-ad-sign-technology-equipment-exhibition-2026/

I've rediscovered that with automated teller machines ATM

All of them, literally all ATMs in a radius of about 800 km run win7!

@christoff @bagder

#RetroTechnology #RetroComputing #InfoSec #win64 #win7 #ATM #technology

Someone Remotely Accessed the Cameras in 7,000 DJI Robot Vacuums https://petapixel.com/2026/02/24/someone-remotely-accessed-the-cameras-in-7000-dji-robot-vacuums/ #robotvacuum #Technology #security #djiromo #vacuum #robot #News #dji

PrivateBin

Current version: 2.0.3

Anyone on the FediVerse running PrivateBin on their own (small) network?

• PrivateBin
• minimalist
• Open Source
• online pastebin
• server has zero knowledge of stored data

Data is encrypted & decrypted in your browser with 256bit AES in Galois Counter mode.

• PrivateBin is a fork of ZeroBin originally developed by Sébastien Sauvage
• PrivateBin was refactored to allow easier & cleaner extensions
• it has many additional features.

https://privatebin.info/

#encryption #programming #PrivateBin #Zero #Knowledge #plausable #deniability #networking #AES256 #Galois #Counter #technology

Floppy disks were introduced in the early 1970s and in the two decades before they became obsolete, tens of billions were produced, most of which ended up in landfills, long-forgotten storage, or libraries. Archivist Leontien Talboom has been working for the past few years to preserve the floppy disks in the Cambridge University Library, collaborating with retro-computing enthusiasts. She talked to @PopularScience about the project.

https://flip.it/Hg8Swi

#Technology #Tech #RetroComputing #LIbraries

Focusing on the #music!

Why people are buying #iPods again https://www.axios.com/2026/02/21/ipods-music-genz-nostalgia

#technology #consumers #singlepurpose #simplify #handson

A corridor in a heavily reinforced concrete steel building
Non critical section to insecure exit

Photograph composed in 81A warming light

#Photography #Light #Android #AndroidPhotography #small #sensor #location #undisclosed #technology

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Photograph composed in 81A warming light

$ ls -lR ~

#sh #bash #csh #ksh #sh #fish #programming #OpenSource #technology #commandline #command #line #ed #edlin

Just saw that I reached 100 toots over here.

That occured fast

#Love #FediVerse #SocialMedia #technology #OpenSource

This is a wonderful project. Go and build your own now!

The second link in preview

https://timetowaste.ru/en_infidex

#Photography #3DPrinting #Film #Panorama #Panoramic #35mm #SLR #OpenSource #Plans #technology #Lenses #light

A 3D printable panoramic film camera design which is Open Source has been shared!

Sources

https://3dprinting.com/news/denis-aminev-shares-open-source-3d-printable-panoramic-film-camera-design/

https://timetowaste.ru/en_infidex

#Photography #3DPrinting #Film #Panorama #Panoramic #35mm #SLR #OpenSource #Plans #technology #Lenses #light

Telegram Bots
The Telegram bot API has become even more powerful

Go read about it here, and learn

V9.4 is current

https://core.telegram.org/bots/api

#Telegram #programming #Bot #API #free #powerful #technology #networking #communications

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For folks you're worried that today's AI can already replace us, or who are deciding how far to trust a learning model in a production environment - "The Car Wash Problem" is an entertaining and sobering experiment.

https://opper.ai/blog/car-wash-test

"Everything below GPT-5 performs worse than 10,000 people given two buttons and no time to think."

It is critical to remember that today's AI always generates a pleasing answer, even when it is outside of it's capabilities.

There is a chasm between how today's AI thinks and how it presents itself. Stolen human writing regurgitated allows AI to present as more coherent than it's actual processing powers would otherwise allow.

Every one of these models presents a well written compelling argument, even while most miss the point entirely.

This case is special not because is fools many AI.

This case is special because most humans can still easily recognize the mistake no matter how well the AI presents itself.

We have a new lack-of-warriness problem to overcome, as these models may continue to grow faster in apparent reliability than in actual reliability.

#ai #llm #technology #experiment

In the U.S., police are finding suspects based on their online searches as courts weigh privacy concerns.

@AssociatedPress reports authorities "have been asking Google to reveal who searched for specific information online, seeking 'reverse keyword' warrants."

https://flip.it/FtogoN

#Privacy #Google #Tech #Crime #Technology

‘The president will feel this’: Prof G’s case for a strike against big tech

Scott Galloway (Prof G) has issued a bold call for organized labor action within the tech sector. Arguing that the concentration of power and the rapid pace of AI-driven displacement have reached a breaking point,
#BigTech #ProfG #TechStrike #AIEconomy #LaborRights #SiliconValley #Tech #technology

https://www.technology-news-channel.com/the-president-will-feel-this-prof-gs-case-for-a-strike-against-big-tech/

Don't let shadow IT lurk in the shadows of your organization's network. Unrecognized tech infrastructure can lead to costly litigation and financial repercussions. Stay one step ahead by mitigating these risks now, and discover how to protect your business from devastating security breaches.

Read more: https://steelefortress.com/fortress-feed/act-now-mitigate-shadow-it-risks-before-they-devastate-your-organization

#CyberSecurity #Privacy #InfoSec #Security #DataProtection #Tech #Technology

🎥 Watch Teaser: https://steelefortress.com/zryzxq

The tech industry spent twenty years turning users into consumers, instruments into appliances, and technical literacy into a niche hobby for weirdos. They succeeded.

New post: The Slow Death of the Power User
https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/the-slow-death-of-the-power-user/

#technology #opensource #linux #poweruser #techliteracy #foss

Honestly In between matrix and stoat, fluxer seems like the best of both worlds. Since it is both open source and decentralized like Matrix, but also more similar to discord in layout like stoat

#discord #opensource #technology

Don't let data breaches sink your business. Recent high-profile leaks, like the Equifax breach affecting 147 million consumers, demonstrate devastating consequences. Estimated total breach-related costs exceed $1.4 billion, with immediate class-action lawsuits and regulatory scrutiny. Learn how to handle breaches, avoid lawsuits, and protect your bottom line in our latest guide. Discover expert advice on safeguarding sensitive data and minimizing financial loss.

Read more: https://steelefortress.com/fortress-feed/how-titanic-data-leaks-can-sink-your-business-the-ultimate-guide-to-handling-breaches-avoiding-lawsuits-and-protecting-your-bottom-line

#CyberSecurity #Privacy #InfoSec #Security #DataProtection #Tech #Technology

🎥 Watch Teaser: https://steelefortress.com/65jsky

AI Film is Pulled From Theaters Following Backlash https://petapixel.com/2026/02/24/ai-film-is-pulled-from-theaters-following-backlash/ #aigenerated #amctheatres #Technology #backlash #aimovie #aifilm #cinema #movies #genai #News

[#TRADESHOW] #World #Irrigation #Technology #Conference & #China #International Irrigation Technology #Exhibition 2026 will be held from March 30 to April 1, 2026, at China National #Convention #Center (#CNCC) in #Beijing. As a premier #global #platform #expo dedicated to irrigation technology and #smart #agriculture, the #event brings together #leading #innovators across the entire agricultural #water #management and #digital #farming #ValueChain. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/world-irrigation-technology-conference-china-international-irrigation-technology-exhibition-2026/

The next generation of tech founders might be even worse than the current one. Why? Because with the advent of artificial intelligence, all they need is to be decisive, not smart. For Harper's, Sam Kriss talked to Chungin "Roy" Lee, founder of "cheat-on-everything" tool Cluely, and Eric Zhu, whose latest startup is called Sperm Racing.

https://flip.it/_VGjkf

#Technology #Tech #Cluely #ArtificialIntelligence

vim is a sweet editor

`vim mydata.nfo`

#VIM #VimMasterRace #editor #screen #OpenSource #Amiga #Linux #BSD #Bram #Molenaar #technology

"Pinterest has gone all in on artificial intelligence and users say it's destroying the site," writes @emanuelmaiberg of @404mediaco. Here's the full story.

https://flip.it/H38om-

#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Technology #Tech #Pinterest

#Ukraine’s military scale and #technology boosts #EU defense ties https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pNTG49VWf6M?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

UT Austin unveils electronic tattoos and soft robot skin designed to transform aging

From brain‑monitoring tattoos to gentle caregiving robots, UT Austin researchers are unveiling breakthrough technologies designed to improve aging and support older adults.

https://www.kxan.com/news/science/ut-austin-unveils-electronic-tattoos-and-soft-robot-skin-designed-to-transform-aging/

#Science #Austin #Local #News #Technology #TopStories

Waymo is paying people $10 to close car doors.

That's the whole job. A passenger left the door open. Now a human has to drive across town to close it.

This is what happens when you optimise for everything except the obvious.

#tech #technology

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A navigation screen showing a short ride to close a Waymo car door, with payment details and time estimate for completion.

[#TRADESHOW] #World #Irrigation #Technology #Conference & #China #International Irrigation Technology #Exhibition 2026 will be held from March 30 to April 1, 2026, at China National #Convention #Center (#CNCC) in #Beijing. As a premier #global #platform #expo dedicated to irrigation technology and #smart #agriculture, the #event brings together #leading #innovators across the entire agricultural #water #management and #digital #farming #ValueChain. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/world-irrigation-technology-conference-china-international-irrigation-technology-exhibition-2026/

This section is horrific

One click case solving with flock nova?

LLM disasters!

https://youtu.be/Pp9MwZkHiMQ?si=0G837eDYf50fcvbE&t=486

#surveillance #camera #flock #technology #ICE #destruction #cameras #Police #State #PoliceState #USA #trump #warrantless #LLM #AI

Breaking The Creepy AI in Police Cameras

If you live in the USA, it's quite likely that a private startup has been logging and sharing your vehicle's location without your consent. In this video it's explored how LLMs can defend against being tracked by 3rd party police and retail LLM tracking cameras.

Watching the video makes you realize in how bad it's become for regular people in the US. All these third party LLM systems glitch and put people (often whole families) in front of barrels of guns pointed at them by police acting like vigilantes

Sources

https://youtu.be/Pp9MwZkHiMQ

https://mastodon.social/@bennjordan

https://github.com/bennjordan

https://linktr.ee/BennJordan

#surveillance #camera #flock #technology #ICE #destruction #cameras #Police #State #PoliceState #USA #trump #warrantless #LLM #AI

Flock surveillance camera destruction

• Silicon Valley is torqueing up its ties with Trump
• The surveillance state is drastically expanding
• Big tech’s LLM data center buildout is booming

• Civilians now push back HARD

• Nation wide people destroy & dismantle Flock cameras, which conduct warrantless vehicle surveillance

• it's data is shared with the bloody ICE group

Flock

• Flock is based in Atlanta
• It operates automatic license plate readers (ALPR)
• Install base 6,000 US communities
• Flock cameras gather not just license plate images
• other identifying data is used to ‘fingerprint’ vehicles, owners, GPS location movements
• data is be collected, stored, and accessed without a warrant from a judge
• This is a popular workaround for law enforcement

Most controversial Flock’s vehicle data is routinely accessed by ICE!

Abuses have been prevalent

• A Georgia police chief was arrested and charged with using Flock data to stalk and harass private citizens
• Flock data has been used to track citizens who cross state lines for abortions when the procedure is illegal in their state

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/across-the-us-people-are-dismantling

#surveillance #camera #flock #technology #ICE #destruction #cameras #Police #State #PoliceState #USA #trump #warrantless #LLM #AI

Expertise in API security is no longer a luxury, but a necessity for protecting sensitive data and preventing cyber breaches. A key oversight can lead to financial information being exposed through discoverable audit trails, compromising sworn testimony and case outcomes. Proper security documentation is critical to prevent these risks. Learn from the top experts like Jason Bobe and Google on how to implement secure API integrations and third-party connections.

Read more: https://steelefortress.com/fortress-feed/follow-in-apples-footsteps-the-1-legal-requirement-for-secure-api-integrations-and-third-party-connections-as-mandated-by-top-experts-like-jason-bobe-and-google

#CyberSecurity #Privacy #InfoSec #Security #DataProtection #Tech #Technology

🎥 Watch Teaser: https://steelefortress.com/bz1tge

The AI shit show goes on…

Pinterest Is Drowning in a Sea of AI Slop and Auto-Moderation

https://www.404media.co/pinterest-is-drowning-in-a-sea-of-ai-slop-and-auto-moderation

#pinterest #tech #technology #BigTech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMs #ML #MachineLearning #GenAI #generativeAI #AISlop #Fuck_AI #Microsoft #copilot #Meta #Google #NVIDIA #gemini #OpenAI #ChatGPT #anthropic #claude

Taalas just emerged from stealth with a claim that’s shaking the hardware world: 17,000 tokens per second on Llama 3.1 8B.

How? By physically etching the AI model directly into the silicon transistors. No HBM. No liquid cooling. Just raw, hardwired performance that is 10x faster and 20x cheaper than traditional GPU inference.

https://www.buysellram.com/blog/17000-tokens-second-is-taalas-hardwired-silicon-the-ultimate-solution-to-the-ai-memory-wall-and-hbm-shortage/

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIHardware #DataCenter #MemoryWall #HBMShortage #InferenceFactory #HardcoreAI #ASIC #Taalas #NVIDIA #technology

The rise of algorithmic trading has sent shockwaves through the financial world, exposing a dark underbelly of market manipulation and regulatory loopholes. With 60-75% of U.S. equity trades now driven by algorithms, market structure is fundamentally transforming. What are the security implications and how can firms prevent being caught off guard?

Read more: https://steelefortress.com/fortress-feed/regulating-the-rogue-trader-how-the-2007-subprime-crisis-exposed-the-dark-side-of-algorithmic-trading-and-market-manipulation-and-why-you-should-act-before-your-firm-goes-bust

#CyberSecurity #Privacy #InfoSec #Security #DataProtection #Tech #Technology

🎥 Watch Teaser: https://steelefortress.com/4ja2k2

Count me among the unsurprised. Over reliance on technology from AI, personal computers, and even scientific calculators often means less time for understanding the core principles: “Early evidence suggests that replacing traditional textbooks with screens may have weakened cognitive development instead of strengthening it.”

#Education #Learning #Technology

https://vocal.media/education/the-u-s-spent-30-billion-to-ditch-textbooks-for-laptops-and-tablets-the-result-is-the-first-generation-less-cognitively-capable-than-their-parents

#SolarPunkSunday musings...

So, in contemplating my own vision of a #SolarPunk community, there are some *jobs* that imho are crucial to running any type of close-knit community /society...

1. People trained in #FirstAid / #MedicalArts -- for both humans and non-humans
2. #Plumbers
3. #Carpenters
4. #Masons
5. #Blacksmiths / #Metalworkers
6. #Architects / #Planners
7. #Foresters / #Foragers
8. #Gardeners / #Farmers / #FoodProducers
9. #Fixers / #Menders
10. #Chemists / #Alchemissts
11. #Herbalists / #Compounders
12. #CitizenScientists / #Observers
13. #Potters / #Ceramics experts
14. #Computer / #Technology fixers (especially #electrical and #solar)

Other suggestions?

New blood test spots cancer before scans.

Chinese scientists have built a highly sensitive blood test that can detect tiny traces of lung cancer long before a tumour shows up on a scan.

The convergence of three technologies, DNA nanotechnology, CRISPR, and quantum dots (how’s that for a 21st century cocktail) had made it possible to spot near-invisible warning signals in blood, opening the door to earlier diagnosis and faster treatment decisions. #Science #cancer #technology

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/02/260216044002.htm

[#TRADESHOW] Shanghai #International #Ad & #Sign #Technology & #Equipment Exhibition will be held from March 4 to March 7, 2026, at the National #Exhibition and #Convention #Center (#Shanghai), #China. As a #core #segment #event of #APPPEXPO 2026, the #expo focuses on the #future of #advertising, #signage, and #digital #printing #technologies, aligning with national strategies and #industry transformation. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/shanghai-international-ad-sign-technology-equipment-exhibition-2026/

Dogfirmations with Doofie and Dingus: Them Apples

Doofie and Dingus are amazing to the core, an apple-solutely wonderful dog.

View Dogfirmation: https://dogs.blackcatwhitehatsecurity.com/?dogID=71#today

#Apples #Technology #Animals #ArtificialIntelligence #Dogs #Nature #Pets

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Dogfirmations with Doofie and Dingus: Them Apples Doofie and Dingus are amazing to the core, an apple-solutely wonderful dog.

The use of automatic license plate readers has exploded across the country in recent years. But as President Trump's immigration enforcement crackdown has escalated in recent months, residents of various American cities are urging local leaders to stop using them. @npr reports:

https://flip.it/wvqhIA

#Tech #Technology #Surveillance #Immigration

Current weather in Nieuw Amsterdam SR SA with the grace of wttr.in curl {ba{c{k{z{fi}}}}}sh and the cool lolcat


curl -v wttr.in/nieuw_amsterdam_suriname|lolcat


Background photograph composed in Fluorescent filtered light in PBM SR SA

% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
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• IPv6: (none)
• IPv4: 5.9.243.187
• Trying 5.9.243.187:80...0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- 0:00:06 --:--:-- 0* Connected to wttr.in (5.9.243.187) port 80
• using HTTP/1.xGET /nieuw_amsterdam_suriname HTTP/1.1Host: wttr.inUser-Agent: curl/8.14.1Accept: /

• Request completely sent off0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- 0:00:08 --:--:-- 0< HTTP/1.1 200 OK< Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *< Content-Length: 8991< Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8< Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 19:48:43 GMT< { [1237 bytes data]100 8991 100 8991 0 0 1038 0 0:00:08 0:00:08 --:--:-- 1838
• Connection #0 to host wttr.in left intact

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#Weather #wttr #lolcat #curl #meteorology #Physics #Chemistry #Mathematics #lineair #algebra #technology #OpenSource #programming #POSIX #technology

Cycling

Motor Doping IS Possible. We've Done It.

What you see in this vid is educational. Go watch learn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdDHtLP3oEs

#Cycling #engineering #motor #cheating #technology #magnets #spool #SBC #controller

Is AI Messing With Your Reality? The Battle Between Truth & Lies!

Article:
https://www.listentoyourmuse.com/communication-and-information

Visit the website
https://lnkd.in/dVfnG9pE

#fakenews #techforgood #tech4good #b2b #b2bmarketing #aiforbusiness
#newsletter #muse #listentoyourmuse #technology #technologynews

This is a wonderfully written piece on the manner in which LLM should be considered

https://c.im/@reading_recluse/116113830870058072

#LLM #generated #Slop #AI #books #configuration #technology #programming #Google #Alphabet

Thunderbird next?

Based upon the track record of Mozilla it's just a question of time before the programmers find a way of integrating large language model slop into the beautiful and elegant Thunderbird

Look closely; every time Mozilla is begging for money when you start up Thunderbird after 2 or 3 days of not having used it. It's annoying I haven't looked for a way to turn it off I stopped being annoyed about it after having faced it for sixteen times

This happens cross platform which means it is baked and hard coded into Thunderbird

@Cosmosis @rl_dane

#LLM #generated #Slop #AI #Mozilla #Firefox #OpenSource #configuration #technology #programming #Google #Alphabet

Keep on going! 🖤 #Sabotage

Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying #Flock surveillance cameras!

Anger over ICE connections and privacy violations is fueling the sabotage….

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/across-the-us-people-are-dismantling

#USA #Surveillance #activism #Technology #ICE

Up to now, with all LLM things that Mozilla has done, you can just turn them off. I just shrug and turn them off

How is it in this case?

Can you turn this feature off, if so where?

You do realize that because Google literally funds Mozilla, they will keep doing these bad things, opting in users without permission
Maybe you should not use anything that the Mozilla makes anymore, otherwise you will just be annoyed and disappointed Time after Time. The Mozilla team is literally choked by Google, financially choked.

Wishing for their destruction is deeply emotional

These annoyances disappointments & irritations are not good for your health, my internet friend.

IMHO you should leave all Mozilla products behind, then be in Peace again.

Sending you
🦋💙❤️💋 #UniversalLove 💙💕🌹💐💙🦋

@rl_dane

#LLM #generated #Slop #AI #advertisment #Mozilla #Firefox #OpenSource #configuration #technology #programming #Google #Alphabet

"Complete lack of innovation ... anywhere" at CES this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-u5tlhEhK4

#ai #technology #industry #computers #consumers

A composition of my Red Bass tinted towards Magenta, warmed up to 85F. I use JOYO pedals and various effects in my effect rack, in the signal chain.

Analog Signal Path

Bass guitar Ibanez

Instrument Mixer
Mixing Console
Aux0 send Effect rack unit0 channel 0
Aux1 send Effect rack unit0 channel 1
Aux 0 return Master Bus channel 0
Aux 1 return Master Bus channel 1
Master faders
XLR output 0 1
Headphone Amps 0 1 (4 channel x 2)
1/4" output 0 1
Digitizer input 0 1
DAW

#music #JOYO #pedals #effects #Bass #Guitar #Ibanez #Japón #technology #Audio #music #signal #flow #technology

Hollywood’s Fight Against AI Lays Bare Photography’s Weakness by Comparison https://petapixel.com/2026/02/22/hollywoods-fight-against-ai-lays-bare-photographys-weakness-by-comparison/ #artificialintelligence #photoindustry #photography #Technology #Editorial #copyright #hollywood #Industry #Opinion #rights #genai #oped #ai

Linus Torvalds — Talks about AI Hype, GPU Power, and Linux’s Future

Here Linus Torvalds Speaks on a calm and relaxed energy level, on the LLM hype how it affects kernel development and open source. The mothods how recent Linux kernel hardware like GPUs and APUs from different companies like AMD has modified the Linux's kernel role.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjGHrDnPxwI

#programming #LLM #AI #slop #kernel #configure #make #assembler #linker #makeInstall #Linux #openSource #technology #mathematics #linear #algebra #linearAlgebra

Your Headphones Are Lying to You (Here's Why)

In this vid you will learn how headphones, studio monitors, and acoustic treatment, help your mixes sound better (and when it's time to upgrade)!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qEekKjwvWs

#Audio #PA #Studio #Sound #monitoring #headphones #StudioMonitors #signal #chain #SignalChain #analysis #technology

The first issue of Choosing Europe starts with a simple question:

Why keep our personal #email inside big-tech ecosystems when solid European alternatives exist and actually respect our privacy?

It also features a selection of European films, albums and podcasts worth discovering.

Read it here:
https://open.substack.com/pub/choosingeurope/p/1-your-email-provider-matters

#Europe #Privacy #Culture #DigitalSovereignty #Technology

RE: https://mastodon.world/@somecanuckchick/116087272039854125

HOW ABOUT THESE AI COMPANIES PAY PREMIUM RATES FOR STORAGE AND ENERGY... AND NOT MAKE EVERYBODY ELSE SUBSIDIZE THIS BS?!?!? #internet #technology #noonelistenedtosarahconnor #parasites #leeches #corporationswantafreelunch

you lovely people on the fedi found me the best #vpn i’ve ever used: @mullvadnet

and now I am turning to #askFedi again about #eSIM when travelling in #europe / #eu. i’ve seen a lot of ads for #saily, but i’m curious if there’s a hidden gem out there?

#technology #travel #sim #mobile #roaming #data #question #advice

An 18-year-old who allegedly killed eight people in a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, reportedly used OpenAI’s ChatGPT in ways that alarmed the company’s staff. They debated calling police but ultimately chose not to, according to a Wall Street Journal exclusive. ChatGPT transcripts weren’t the only concerning part of the shooter’s digital footprint. Read more from @Techcrunch:

https://flip.it/eNooRW

#Tech #ChatGPT #AI #OpenAI #Technology #TumblerRidgeShootings

"You are being misled about #renewable #energy #technology." This #video is good to #share. It's even better for a #watchparty.

"If you're not sure why people are excited (and also angry) about #renewableEnergy, this video will hopefully explain."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgxb8I1nk2I

He cites his sources.

Apple, it's not that hard: make a space black Magic Keyboard in both 75% and 100%
#Apple #Keyboards #Technology

Adam wrote some words that ask: is tech a religion?

https://adamthropology.ghost.io/thoughts-on-tech-agnostic-introduction-beginnings-of-seeing-tech-through-a-religious-lens/

#technology #anthropology

Age verification vendor Persona left frontend exposed, researchers say

Runs facial recognition against watchlists and politically exposed persons, screens “adverse media” across 14 categories (including terrorism and espionage), and assigns risk and similarity scores.

"pRoTeCt tHe KiDs"

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/02/age-verification-vendor-persona-left-frontend-exposed

#Persona #AgeVerification #privacy #surveillance #dystopia #AI #technology #Discord #Roblox #OpenAI #ChatGPT #Lime

FDroid now warns that its existence is threatened by the bully Google

Good work FDroid

#TIL #FDroid #programming #data #technology #networking #OpenSource #POSIX #Linux #history #reading

This #jobmarket is brutal. If y’all know anyone hiring for #remote roles, in #IT or preferably entry-level #cybersecurity, let ya boi know 😩

#tech #technology #lookingforwork #opentowork #economy #hiring

We’re officially releasing PH4NTXM-LITE — Open Source Community Edition.

This version exists because the community asked for it.

PH4NTXM-LITE is a free and open source project built for learning, experimentation, and collaborative exploration of live system design and operational concepts.

Built on Debian using live-build, anyone can study the source, modify it, and build their own PH4NTXM-LITE image from scratch.

Getting started is simple:

• Install live-build
• Clone the repository
• Run:

sudo lb clean

sudo lb config

sudo lb build

That’s it — your own build, from source.

This edition is focused on education, research, and responsible experimentation.

Students, researchers, security enthusiasts — this is for you.

We’re looking forward to forks, ideas, discussions, and collaborative improvement.

🔗 https://www.github.com/PH4NTXMOFFICIAL/PH4NTXM-LITE

#ph4ntxm #linux #debian #os #live #privacy #security #opsec #infosec #research #tech #technology

We’re officially releasing PH4NTXM-LITE — Open Source Community Edition.

This version exists because the community asked for it.

PH4NTXM-LITE is a free and open source project built for learning, experimentation, and collaborative exploration of live system design and operational concepts.

Built on Debian using live-build, anyone can study the source, modify it, and build their own PH4NTXM-LITE image from scratch.

Getting started is simple:

• Install live-build
• Clone the repository
• Run:

sudo lb clean

sudo lb config

sudo lb build

That’s it — your own build, from source.

This edition is focused on education, research, and responsible experimentation.

Students, researchers, security enthusiasts — this is for you.

We’re looking forward to forks, ideas, discussions, and collaborative improvement.

🔗 https://github.com/PH4NTXMOFFICIAL/PH4NTXM-LITE

#ph4ntxm #linux #debian #os #live #privacy #security #opsec #infosec #research #tech #technology

We’ve been listening.

Many of you asked about an open edition of PH4NTXM — something lighter, something accessible, something transparent.

PH4NTXM was built as a closed, controlled architecture by design.
But the community made a compelling case for a free and fully open-source version centered on education and research.

So we’re building it.

A streamlined, open-source framework released free for the community — designed for research, exploration, and technical growth.

PH4NTXM remains our flagship architecture.
But knowledge should be shared.

More soon.

#ph4ntxm #linux #debian #os #live #privacy #security #opsec #infosec #research #tech #technology

We’ve been listening.

A lot of people asked about an open, educational version of PH4NTXM — something lighter, something accessible.

So we’re building it.

A streamlined framework focused on learning, experimentation, and understanding system personas — released free for the community.

PH4NTXM remains our flagship architecture.
But knowledge should be shared.

More soon.

#ph4ntxm #linux #debian #os #live #privacy #security #opsec #infosec #research #tech #technology

I place hyfetch 🏳️‍🌈 and lolcat(6) 🏳️‍🌈 in the same gorgeous 🏳️‍🌈 category. They make your sh experience so beautiiful.

@rwright

#Neofetch #now #necrotic #hyfetch #screenfetch #macchina #fastfetch #programming #mathematics #lineair #algebra #technology #OpenSource #POSIX

We’ve been listening.

A lot of people asked about an open, educational version of PH4NTXM — something lighter, something accessible.

So we’re building it.

A streamlined framework focused on learning, experimentation, and understanding system personas — released free for the community.

PH4NTXM remains our flagship architecture.
But knowledge should be shared.

More soon.

#ph4ntxm #linux #debian #os #live #privacy #security #opsec #infosec #research #tech #technology

Every system boots but PH4NTXM boots with intent.

Introducing the Boot Persona System.

At startup, one profile is selected:

LINUX
WINDOWS
ANDROID

This choice is not cosmetic.

It defines how the machine behaves before it ever touches the network.

What actually changes?

When a mode is selected, the system aligns around it:

Network Stack

• TCP handshake characteristics
• Default TTL behavior
• Port range entropy
• Congestion control strategy
• SYN / FIN timing profiles
• ICMP rate shaping
• MTU probing & ECN behavior

Identity Layer

• Vendor-aligned hostname generation
• Hardware family selection (ThinkPad, XPS, Pixel, etc.)
• OUI-consistent MAC address generation
• Per-boot machine-id derivation
• DHCP client personality & vendor string

Each hostname family carries its own MAC vendor pool.

The identity is not random — it is internally consistent.

Temporal Behavior

• Controlled clock skew injection
• Jitter over session lifetime
• Profile-aligned timing distribution

Time itself participates in the persona.

DNS Layer

• Encrypted DNS-over-TLS forwarding
• Rotating upstream provider selection
• SNI-consistent TLS hostname validation
• Resolver hardening (DNSSEC, minimisation, identity masking)

Modern fingerprinting correlates layers.

A mismatch between hostname, MAC OUI, TCP defaults, TTL, and timing exposes systems instantly.

PH4NTXM prevents that mismatch.

A Persona does not alter one value.

It commits the entire stack to a single coherent profile.

There is no hybrid state.
No partial alignment.

#ph4ntxm #linux #debian #os #live #privacy #security #opsec #infosec #research #tech #technology

Bass Guitar unboxing

This is my elegant Bass guitar, built by Ibanez.

• It was fabricated in Mexico
• QC was Zero
• the third string plays 3 to 6dB softer than the others
• the soldering work is shoddy. I soldered much neater when I was a 8 year old boy
• All the potentiometers came with dust pre installed, generating annoying scratching noise in my Analogue signal chain.
• None of the strings had the proper hight in mm. I have to adjust those myself
• The truss rod needed some adjustments also, since the neck was not under the correct angle
• I need to take the time and measure the passive components in the Bass; luckily there aren't many because of the passive circuit nature
• However I will most likely buy a set of high quality Bass Pickup Elements, because that's the easiest way to eliminate the status of the pickup elements
• I will clean out the potential meter which are there already, but
• I will still replace all three potentiometers with smoother feel, and the condensator for the tone control.
• I shall also buy a higher quality Bass from Yamaha in the process, because Yamaha has always provided me with wonderful PA and Studio audio equipment.
• A gorgeously sounding Sadowski Bass is also on my Radar

Conclusion

• After this absimal experience I understood why Sweetwater offers a wonderful new build {Bass} guitar setup, which I didn't consider, given the competitive price of this beautiful Bass
• It is not nice to be expected to have the experience of a luthier in order to play a brand new Bass
• Luthier skills are built over decades, you are a specialist in and out of itself
• Bass musicians should not be expected to have those skills just to play a new instrument

I'm disappointed in Ibanez Mexico, but I will reconfigure my Bass so that it plays in a proper fashion

#music #JOYO #pedals #effects #Bass #Guitar #Ibanez #Japón #technology #Audio #music #signal #flow #technology

Philly Anti-Capitalist: **Traffic Cameras Sabotaged**

https://phlanticap.noblogs.org/traffic-cameras-sabotaged/

Submission We sabotaged all four traffic cameras at a major intersection in Philadelphia. We opened the panels at the bases of the camera’s poles and cut sections of the wires. We also painted over the fronts of the cameras to make it clear to passersby that the cameras were broken. We carried out this sabotage…

#Attack #Technology

Neofetch alternatives

The ones that I've tested and are easy to install are these three

hyfetch
screenfetch
macchina
fastfetch


These are easy to install and fun.
I love hyfetch colour output!

https://itsfoss.com/neofetch-alternatives/

#Neofetch #now #necrotic #hyfetch #screenfetch #macchina #fastfetch #programming #mathematics #lineair #algebra #technology #OpenSource #POSIX

In a networked world, ubiquity conquers superiority -- a widely accepted technology will overwhelm even a technologically superior rival.
-- Kevin Kell & Gary Wolf

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #KevinKellGaryWolf #Technology

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #BartolomeIsland #PinnacleRock #Galapagos

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photo by richard rathe

#firefox #windows #meme #funny #tech #technology #microsoft #mozilla #fox #furry

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Photo of a fox licking a window. The caption reads "Firefox has encountered an unexpected problem with Windows."

On this Linux installation (MX 23.6 the Cairo Dock is very old)

• Cairo-Dock version : 3.4.1
• Compiled date : Jan 2 2021 11:22:34
• Built with GTK : 3.24
• Running with OpenGL: 1

Log:

$ warning : (/build/cairo-dock-91fau9/cairo-dock-3.4.1+git20201103.0836f5d1/src/implementations/cairo-dock-egl.c:gldi_register_egl_backend:232)

Cairo-Dock was not built with EGL support
warning : (/build/cairo-dock-91fau9/cairo-dock-3.4.1+git20201103.0836f5d1/src/implementations/cairo-dock-glx.c:_initialize_opengl_backend:129)

couldn't find an appropriate visual, trying to get one without Stencil buffer
(it may cause some little deterioration in the rendering) ...

============================================================================
Cairo-Dock version : 3.4.1
Compiled date : Jan 2 2021 11:22:34
Built with GTK : 3.24
Running with OpenGL: 1
============================================================================

g_file_test: assertion 'filename != NULL' failed
g_file_test: assertion 'filename != NULL' failed
sh: 1: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/cairo-dock/cairo-dock-launcher-API-daemon: not found
warning : (/build/cairo-dock-91fau9/cairo-dock-3.4.1+git20201103.0836f5d1/src/gldit/cairo-dock-keybinder.c:init_object:358)

Couldn't bind 'F4' (Show Desktop: Expose all the desktops)
This shortkey is probably already used by another applet or another application
warning : (./shortcuts/src/applet-drives.c:cd_shortcuts_list_drives:321)

couldn't detect any drives
warning : (./shortcuts/src/applet-load-icons.c:cd_shortcuts_build_shortcuts_from_data:310)

Shortcuts : can't monitor bookmarks
_get_desktop_bg_surface: assertion 'iRootPixmapID != 0' failed
warning : (./switcher/src/applet-load-icons.c:cd_switcher_load_desktop_bg_map_surface:197)

couldn't get the wallpaper
warning : (/build/cairo-dock-91fau9/cairo-dock-3.4.1+git20201103.0836f5d1/src/gldit/cairo-dock-packages.c:_dl_file_content:435)

Couldn't download file 'http://download.tuxfamily.org/glxdock/themes/ping.txt' (Timeout was reached)

Z

I need to get the latest version (features & bugfixes), but first will check the version in MX Linux v25.1
I wonder why such a stale version was included

https://www.glx-dock.org/

#Cairo #Dock #MX #Linux #MXLinux #V23_6 #old #version #programming #gcc #compiler #assembler #linker #networking #weather #music #player #applet #technology #OpenSource #POSIX

Redhat has a open source tool to tell you the status of your digital sovereignity

https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/how-sovereign-your-strategy-introducing-red-hat-sovereignty-readiness-assessment-tool

https://www.feedback.redhat.com/jfe/form/SV_1LGSam42lrM4Ddk

#programming #technology #Linux #redhat #cloud #networking #OpenSource #mathematics

[#TRADESHOW] Shanghai #International #Ad & #Sign #Technology & #Equipment Exhibition will be held from March 4 to March 7, 2026, at the National #Exhibition and #Convention #Center (#Shanghai), #China. As a #core #segment #event of #APPPEXPO 2026, the #expo focuses on the #future of #advertising, #signage, and #digital #printing #technologies, aligning with national strategies and #industry transformation. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/shanghai-international-ad-sign-technology-equipment-exhibition-2026/

Tugtainer is a self-hosted app for automating updates of your docker containers

Another modern Watchtower alternative but after testing it today I’m sticking with What’s Up Docker (WUD) for now.

The chief downside for me is that Tugtainer shows no current and new versions for you to look at before running the update. There i ...continues

See https://gadgeteer.co.za/tugtainer-is-a-self-hosted-app-for-automating-updates-of-your-docker-containers/

#docker #opensource #technology

How Novachips Keeps its Memory Cards Affordable, Fast, and Reliable In a World of Skyrocket Prices https://petapixel.com/2026/02/20/how-novachips-keeps-its-memory-cards-affordable-fast-and-reliable-in-a-world-of-skyrocket-prices/ #cfexpresstypea #cfexpresstypeb #memorycards #Technology #Equipment #Sponsored #cfexpress #novachips #sponsored #prices #costs

AI sovereignty has been a hot topic at India's AI Impact Summit. Eileen Donahoe and Konstantinos Komaitis write for Tech Policy about what governments need to do to make that a reality, without their countries becoming isolated — it's all about interoperability. "In an interoperable world, standards are power—and governments that ignore them will find sovereignty decided elsewhere," they conclude.

https://flip.it/XsEiLu

#Technology #Tech #AI #DigitalSovereignty #Interoperability

@Mastodon is changing course when it comes to how people join the platform. In late 2022, the team decided to send sign-ups directly to their server in order to make onboarding more straightforward. But that didn't align with the promise of decentralization. Here, Community Director @haubles explains the new approach to server recommendation, along with some other ways Mastodon is helping build community.

https://flip.it/1bWN26

#Mastodon #SocialMedia #Decentralization #ActivityPub #Community #Technology #Tech

Mark Zuckerberg's team got into trouble with the judge at the Los Angeles trial over social media and children. Why? Some of them were apparently wearing Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses. Judge Carolyn Kuhl ordered anyone in the courtroom wearing AI glasses to immediately remove them and noted that use of facial-recognition technology to identify jurors is banned. Here's more from @CBSNews.

https://flip.it/dHB_L4

#Technology #Tech #Meta

https://teenage.engineering/products/op-z

#music #technology

They should also learn to talk about Large Language Models because artificial intelligence in itself is a good thing, when you look at what it does and gaming single-player gaming and in simulations

@rl_dane

#LLM #AI #slop #programming #mathematics #technology #miscreant #copy #theft #InfoSec

@kaveman

Please use the link in this toot to directly access the source repository

https://ioc.exchange/@Radio_Azureus/116103250251003244

#BSD #netBSD #Linux #openBSD #freeBSD #ghostBSD #OpenSource #userland #uitilities #programming #technology #reading

[#TRADESHOW] #APPPEXPO 2026 will be held from March 4–7, 2026, at the National #Exhibition and #Convention #Center (#Shanghai), #China. With the #theme “#CONNECT·CREATE·CHANGE,” the #event sets a new #benchmark for the #advertising, #printing, #signage, and #digital #display #industries, gathering #global #innovators to explore the #future of digital printing, #green #technology, and #industrial #applications. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/apppexpo-2026/

Google’s Pomelli Photoshoot Feature is Here to Hammer Nails into the Coffin of Photography https://petapixel.com/2026/02/20/googles-pomelli-photoshoot-feature-is-here-to-hammer-nails-into-the-coffin-of-photography/ #artificialintelligence #productphotography #Technology #googlelabs #nanobanana #photoshoot #Editorial #pomelli #google #genai #News

@kaveman
That's an odd error message to have.
Usually we get that with YouTube
Which continent are you in?

#BSD #netBSD #Linux #openBSD #freeBSD #ghostBSD #OpenSource #userland #uitilities #programming #technology #reading

Don't let email security fail you in high-stakes situations. Despite 73% of organizations being able to recover deleted emails, many executives remain unaware of the devastating consequences of such breaches. Discover insider secrets on how email security failures can shatter business relationships and cost executives their most valuable assets. Learn how to protect your organization from these unseen threats.

Read more: https://steelefortress.com/fortress-feed/exposing-the-unseen-threats-insider-secrets-on-email-security-failures-that-can-shatter-business-relationships-and-cost-executives-their-most-valuable-assets

#CyberSecurity #Privacy #InfoSec #Security #DataProtection #Tech #Technology

🎥 Watch Teaser: https://steelefortress.com/lztn3o

Wonderful BSD news

Netbase shall bring netBSD userland utilities to Linux

Version v0.1 is released by introducing a new endeavor to port netBSD userland utilities to Linux with minimal source changes

Quote

The first release already includes a substantial set of core utilities including

cat echo ln mv pwd rm rmdir sleep chmod sync date mkdir test chown basename env dirname id tee yes head printf wc false true whoami uniq nice tty grep domainname hostname

The powerful ksh is also in the release

The potential benefits are practical

Developers working across BSD and Linux may prefer consistent tool behavior in both environments Security researchers and systems engineers may want to test or standardize on BSD utilities without switching operating systems.

It may also appeal to users who prefer BSD-style implementations over GNU ones for philosophical or technical reasons.

Z

Read more about this subject in the provided link

https://linuxiac.com/netbase-brings-netbsd-userland-utilities-to-linux/

#BSD #netBSD #Linux #openBSD #freeBSD #ghostBSD #OpenSource #userland #uitilities #programming #technology #reading

When predictive policing technologies fail, lives are lost and trust is shattered. A high-profile case in a major city revealed a disturbing pattern of algorithmic bias leading to discriminatory decision-making. What can policymakers and law enforcement do to strike the right balance between safety and justice? Learn how data-driven approaches can go wrong and what you can do to fix them.

Read more: https://steelefortress.com/fortress-feed/when-predictive-policing-technologies-go-wrong-the-heart-wrenching-story-of-the-city-where-data-driven-decision-making-led-to-a-life-lost-and-a-trust-shattered

#CyberSecurity #Privacy #InfoSec #Security #DataProtection #Tech #Technology

🎥 Watch Teaser: https://steelefortress.com/d9a2t3

Another requirements document on my desk. 70% obviously written by an AI. Many items make no sense in the context of the project 🤔

When asking the potential client to clarify what they mean, they don't know either and can't explain.

Please! If you don't have the budget for someone to analyze and properly document your requirements, your project will most likely fail anyway.

#ai #ai_slop #technology #softwareengineering #development

#lispyGopherClimate #technology #programming #show

https://communitymedia.video/w/wQkFYMbzbvBkpYLt1tWMZB #archive

- @wm_annis reports an sbcl merge of slop (EDIT: REVERTED v) unlike #ecl viz @jackdaniel . #commonLisp
(#clisp)

Individual heterogeneity
- in #climate activism
- in the #gopher
- in The #Lisp Community
- My idea of sharing conditions/handlers rather than programs

Cf the fully intended homogeneity from LLMs.

- yduJ is square dancing this week, as all lisp users must.

Me: https://screwlisp.small-web.org/
#ai

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unix_surrealism analognowhere.com Lispy gopher show banner featuring someodd.zip complete with BOTH the tuesday-night-in-the-americas AND sunday-morning-in-europe weekly show times. (0UTC Wed and 800UTC Sun).

[#TRADESHOW] 2026 #Shenzhen #International #Industrial #Manufacturing #Technology and #Equipment #Exhibition (#ITES) from March 31 to April 3, 2026, at SZ #World Exhibition & #Convention #Center, #China. The #event brings together full-chain #manufacturing #solutions, highlighting #robotics, embodied #intelligence, #smart #factories, and high-end #equipment, and serves as a strategic #sourcing and #matchmaking #business #platform for #global #buyers and #manufacturers. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/2026-shenzhen-international-industrial-manufacturing-technology-and-equipment-exhibition-ites-2026/

On Monday, I was invited to film a 25-minute-long panel discussion episode of Your Voice with @BBCNews live in the studio, answering questions viewers had sent in online, together with presenter Matthew Amroliwala, Ellen Roome MBE, Christopher Vallance and Jack Fenwick.

View the full video with everyone's contributions here:
https://lnkd.in/emhTKxwY

#AI #generativeAI #LLM #UKlaw #OnlineSafetyAct #Grok #XAI #Claude #Gemini#ChatGPT #technology #technews

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday pitched India as a central player in the global artificial intelligence ecosystem, saying the country aims to build technology at home while deploying it worldwide.

@AssociatedPress reports: https://flip.it/bsZS9x

#AI #India #Modi #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology

AI-generated deepfakes, memes and misinformation are infiltrating our online community spaces, eroding an internet built by humans for humans. CNET’s Katelyn Chedraoui talks to the people fighting to save it and writes: “AI slop is an oil spill in our digital oceans. The cleanup depends on all of us doing our part.”

https://flip.it/aRIH4E

#AI #Technology #OpenAI #SocialMedia

anyone building or thinking of building a fediverse equivalent of linkedin?

#technology #bigtech #work #linkedin #software #fediverse

Stifling Innovation: The Hidden Dangers of IoT Regulatory Overkill

IoT-related security incidents skyrocketed 87% last year, with SMBs hit hardest. Cyber threats targeting connected devices pose significant financial and reputational risks. Don't let regulatory red tape hold you back from innovation. Implement immediate actions to secure your IoT ecosystem and stay ahead of the threat curve. What practical steps can you take today?

Read more: https://steelefortress.com/fortress-feed/forget-what-youve-heard-about-digital-twins-and-iot-data-aggregation-the-regulatory-overkill-thats-stifling-innovation

#CyberSecurity #Privacy #InfoSec #Security #DataProtection #Tech #Technology

核融合原子炉
核融合技術は未来のエネルギーとして期待されてます。

https://note.com/poison_raika/n/n90493c59a7e0

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#nuclear #fusion #technology #energy #future #ideal #source #produce #really #already #reactor #material #properties #radiation #phenomenon #scientifically #possibility #similar #exact #irresponsible #fuel #waste #situation #credibility

Hacking conference Def Con bans three people linked to Epstein…
#technology #thegeektribune
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/18/hacking-conference-def-con-bans-three-people-linked-to-epstein/

🔎#Google va uni 🇮🇳#India şi 🇺🇸#SUA cu o reţea de cabluri submarine pentru accelerarea Inteligenţei Artificiale.

🔗 https://wp.me/p9KpFA-56Bw

#Știri #Technology #AI

Log4Shell

TIL about the breakdown of the Log4Shell shared library.

• Date of occurence
• 24 November 2K21
• location of programmer at home with his son logging into minecraft (which failed)
• this vulnerability had existed unnoticed since 2013
• it was privately disclosed to the Apache Software Foundation { Log4j is a project}
• discloser: Chen Zhaojun of Alibaba Cloud's infosec team
• date 24 November 2021
• exploit severety MAXIMUM
• It's simple to execute
• estimation of affect ration of 50% of the internet (many hundreds of millions of devices)
• vulnerability abuses Log4j allowing requests to arbitrary LDAP and JNDI servers
• that allows attackers to
• execute arbitrary Java code on server / client
• leak sensitive data

Innerworkings

• Log4j
• open-source logging framework
• enables programmers to log data within their applications
• can include user input
• is used ubiquitously in Java programs especially enterprise software
• Originally written in 2001 by Ceki Gülcü
• part of Apache Logging Services
• project of the Apache Software Foundation### Tom Kellermann, a member of President Obama's Commission on Cyber Security
• Apache is "one of the giant supports of a bridge which facilitates the connective tissue between the worlds of applications and computer environments

Affected commercial services

• Amazon Web Services {AWS}
• Cloudflare
• iCloud {Apple infrastructure}
• Minecraft: {Java}
• Steam {multi platform gaming}
• Tencent QQ### Wiz and EY sate that the vulnerability affected 93% of enterprise cloud environments

The Log4Shell vulnerability's disclosure received strong reactions from cybersecurity experts.

Cybersecurity company Tenable stated

• exploit is "the single biggest, most critical vulnerability ever## Ars Technica
• arguably the most severe vulnerability ever

Quote
Log4j is foundational software. This 20+ year-old Java logging library quietly powers system events in applications worldwide, like user logins and calculation results. But this small piece of software had quietly become a dependency in thousands of projects across the Java ecosystem.

Opinion & reaction

• I'm blown away by the events leading to the tornadoes & typhoons that followed shortly after in the OpenSource programming World
• Fifty percent of software was affected with 93% of enterprise software sub section
• Log4Shell is a critical infrastructure level shared library
• nearly everyone using java depends on it's functional I/O

Analysis

• why do most Open Source software users only contact programmers when bugs are detected?
• why do they (almost) never get compliments when it goes well?
• programmers burn out after a while and leave projects abandoned
• when you were a kid, your mom / dad / family complimented you on good results
• programmers need the same
• otherwise they will leave the projects

Open Source programming is a thankless job

• Zero cash influx
• no thank you's
• complaints even when software has long matured to stable levels
• entitled users
• threats to be Doxxed or worse

Be nice to Open Source programmers

• If you have following contact here on the Fediverse with one say thank you
• don't expect replies (esp when hundreds to thousands of followers are indicated)
• realize you either can't code programs of that caliber or don't want to invest the time
• I am lucky to have conversational contact ont the FediVerse with critical infrastructure programmers
• I always say thank you, because I know how hard it is to write software of that magnitude
• when I review their software, I am critical, but formulate my words and sentences in a manner I would want to read them if places were switched
• I am thankful first, thus send them Universal Love and Universal Energy
• My toot history stand for these statements (on my other Fediverse accounts)

Don't be a dick!

Be nice to programmers

Give them Love

Z

#Log4Shell #TIL #programming #data #Java #exploit #ZeroDay #technology #Enterprise #networking #OpenSource #POSIX #BSD #freeBSD #ghostBSD #openBSD #Linux #win64 #mac #history #reading

Sources:

https://github.blog/open-source/inside-the-breach-that-broke-the-internet-the-untold-story-of-log4shell/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log4Shell

What does a Discord replacement look like, and how might the open social web play a part? @laurenshof looks at what needs to happen — different apps built on the same protocols, active collaboration to make sure it all fits together — and how that's already fundamental to the Atmosphere and fediverse.

https://flip.it/QdL.FX

#ActivityPub #Mastodon #ATProtocol #Bluesky #Blacksky #Discord #Technology #Tech

It is enlightening to learn that the US government has rejected more than 567 essential cybersecurity recommendations over the last 30 years. They are clearly more interested in cutting costs than protecting the infrastructure. Shame on them. #cybersecurity #technology #government

My interaction with the wonderful program curl is typical of my interaction with all Open Source programs which I use.

• I first type in the command after which I sent a CR LF {carriage return line feed}. I watch the output
• I type curl --help
• I type man curl

A swiss army knife for downloading has extensive manpages

• Im referred to man libcurl(3) {in MX Linux}
• I type man libcurl
• BecauseI did not install libcurl-devel on this small installation the manpage for libcurl(3) is not local
• I read the manpage (online)
• I distill what I need from curl and implement it

I know the basics of curl for my own use

• this method can be used with all commands
• it's a logical and systematic method
• it will work until the end of Terra

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Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live onstage during hacker conference

‚A hacktivist remotely wiped three white supremacist websites live onstage during their talk at a hacker conference last week, with the sites yet to return online.
The pseudonymous hacker, who goes by Martha Root — dressed as Pink Ranger from the Power Rangers — deleted the servers of WhiteDate, WhiteChild, and WhiteDeal in real time at the end of a talk at the annual Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg, Germany….‘

https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/hacktivist-deletes-white-supremacist-websites-live-on-stage-during-hacker-conference/

Great 👏 @back2theRoot

#Ccc #39C3 #FightNazis #Hacking #Tech #Technology #Activism #HH #Hamburg #Germany

How Hackers Are Fighting Back Against ICE

‚ICE has been invading U.S. cities, targeting, surveilling, harassing, assaulting, detaining, and torturing people who are undocumented immigrants. They also have targeted people with work permits, asylum seekers, permanent residents (people holding “green cards”), naturalized citizens, and even citizens by birth. ICE has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on surveillance technology to spy on anyone—and potentially everyone—in the United States. It can be hard to imagine how to defend oneself against such an overwhelming force.

But a few enterprising hackers have started projects to do counter surveillance against ICE, and hopefully protect their communities through clever use of technology….‘

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/how-hackers-are-fighting-back-against-ice

#ICE #USA #Hacking #Technology #Data #Racism #Activism

The Zine from 404media About ICE Surveillance Is Here!

https://www.404media.co/icezine/

"You are holding a zine about the surveillance tools used by ICE, and what we have learned so far about how you can resist this technology.

This zine was reported and written by 404 Media, a journalist-owned investigative website and now, we suppose, a print publication. Our status as a small outfit of reporters who own the means of production (a website), means that we have the freedom to report on the topics we believe are the most important. For the last year, that has been Donald Trumpʼs mass deportation
campaign, and the technology powering it."

PDF Zine: https://www.404media.co/content/files/2026/02/404ICEZINE.pdf

#Zine #Surveillance #USA #ICE #Tech #Technology

[#TRADESHOW] #APPPEXPO 2026 will be held from March 4–7, 2026, at the National #Exhibition and #Convention #Center (#Shanghai), #China. With the #theme “#CONNECT·CREATE·CHANGE,” the #event sets a new #benchmark for the #advertising, #printing, #signage, and #digital #display #industries, gathering #global #innovators to explore the #future of digital printing, #green #technology, and #industrial #applications. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/apppexpo-2026/

Dogfirmations with Doofie and Dingus: Transform

Dingus can transform anything negative into something helpful.

View Dogfirmation: https://dogs.blackcatwhitehatsecurity.com/?dogID=58#today

#Transform #Technology #Animals #ArtificialIntelligence #Dogs #Nature #Pets

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Dogfirmations with Doofie and Dingus: Transform Dingus can transform anything negative into something helpful.

Vermaden has shared an insightful article about 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗞𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘀/𝗟𝗗𝗔𝗣 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗜𝗣𝗔/𝗜𝗗𝗠

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#Kerberos #freeBSD #BSD #programming #technology #networking #LDAP #FreeIPA #IDM #reading

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/02/18/native-freebsd-kerberos-ldap-with-freeipa-idm/

Smart devices are becoming an increasingly important part of our daily lives, but they also pose a significant threat to our personal privacy. Did you know that 78% of manufacturers comply with law enforcement requests for data without notifying users? This widespread collection and sharing of data can leave us vulnerable to cybersecurity breaches and lawsuits.

Read more: https://steelefortress.com/fortress-feed/10-privacy-vulnerabilities-that-can-sink-smart-home-and-connected-device-lawsuits

#CyberSecurity #Privacy #InfoSec #Security #DataProtection #Tech #Technology

Total Trust - Totales Vertrauen #Film
Wenn das die Gegenwart ist, wie sieht dann unsere Zukunft aus?

"Was passiert, wenn der Schutz unserer #Privatsphäre missachtet wird? Wie umfassend sind die aus Big Data gewonnen Informationen über unsere Aktivitäten und Überzeugungen, Abneigungen, Vorlieben und Gewohnheiten? Lässt sich sicherstellen, dass diese Daten nicht in die falschen Hände geraten? Sind sie vielleicht schon in den falschen Händen?

„Total Trust“ ist ein zutiefst beunruhigender und bewegender Film über die unheimliche Macht von #BigData und #KI, über ihren Gebrauch und Missbrauch im öffentlichen wie im privaten Leben, über Zensur und Selbstzensur. Anhand eindringlicher Schicksale von Menschen in China, die überwacht, eingeschüchtert und sogar gefoltert wurden, erzählt „Total Trust“ von den Gefahren aktueller Technologien in den Händen einer ungezügelten Macht. Mit China als Spiegel schlägt der Film Alarm: Der zunehmende Einsatz von digitalen Überwachungstools ist längst ein globales Phänomen – auch in demokratisch geführten Ländern." (Pressetext)

https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=ZDBLvJoKOtY

#Überwachung #Technology #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Antireport #Hamburg #Hansaplatz #Autoritarisierung

How goverments are using facial recognition to crack down on protesters

Mass protests used to offer a degree of safety in numbers. #FacialRecognition #technology changes the equation.

"But while authorities generally pitch facial recognition as a tool to capture terrorists or wanted murderers, the technology has also emerged as a critical instrument in a very particular context: punishing protesters.
(...)
In countries where demonstrating can come with physical or political risk, large-scale protests have historically offered a degree of anonymity, and, with it, a level of protection. Mass protests are a way for citizens to express dissent as a collective — often under the assumption that “they can’t arrest us all.”

But in the last decade, the spread of facial recognition technology has changed that equation: A lone face in a crowd is no longer anonymous; facial recognition allows #authorities to capture people’s identities en masse."

https://restofworld.org/2024/facial-recognition-government-protest-surveillance/

#surveillance #Protest #Repression

Europeans are dangerously reliant on US tech. Now is a good time to build our own | Johnny Ryan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/17/europeans-are-dangerously-reliant-on-us-tech-now-is-a-good-time-to-build-our-own #AiArtificialIntelligence #EuropeanUnion #Computing #DonaldTrump #Internet #Ecommerce #Google #Amazon #Microsoft #UsNews #Technology #Europe

Build 89 of #FediReader adds a ton of fixes for private mentions, including a revamped user search, reply fetching, and more

Check it out here:
https://testflight.apple.com/join/tFmh7dw4

#Developer #IndieApps #Technology #Mastodon #SocialWeb #SocialMedia

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#Linux #I2C #monitoring #lmsensors #meminfo #proc #filesystems #technology #OpenSource #programming #sensors #temperature

#news #tech #technology #socialmedia #twitter #rednote #censorship