🔬 The best bytes of #science & #tech across the #fediverse 👇

“"American Airlines and Google say AI helped airplanes reduce contrails that trap heat"#Aviation #Aeroplanes #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technologyhttps://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-american-airlines-google-ai-airplanes.htm...”

https://mstdn.social/@primonatura/116279792167459773

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

Russia restricts access to Archive.today, a website for bypassing paywalls

📰 Original title: Russian authorities block paywall removal site Archive.today

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/russia-restricts-access-to-archive-today-a-website-for-bypassing-paywalls/?redirpost=501d7f0f-a31f-496c-b96c-16039f8d49fe

#technology #russia #archive.today

Apple is to start introducing ads to its Maps app, according to @engadget, based on reporting from Bloomberg. "This potential ad revenue could seriously bolster Apple's services business, which currently generates $100 billion a year for the company."

https://flip.it/Yn5atT

#Technology #Tech #Apple

Default Windows 11 settings prioritize compatibility and convenience, not speed, privacy, or gaming performance. Here are the essential steps to take with your Windows 11 PC to keep it fast and secure in 2026.

1. Run Windows Update & Drivers: Go to Settings > Windows Update to check for updates. Check Advanced options > Optional updates for driver updates to ensure components work correctly.

2. Install Drivers: Visit your manufacturer’s website (e.g., ASUS, HP, Dell, NVIDIA) to download the latest BIOS, chipset, and graphics drivers, as these are often better than those provided by Windows Update.

3. Customize Settings & Privacy:

Privacy: Review Settings > Privacy & security to turn off toggles for diagnostic data, advertising ID, and app permissions you don't use.

Taskbar: Right-click the Taskbar to align icons to the left (like Windows 10) or remove unnecessary icons like "Search" or "Widgets".

4. Remove Bloatware: Right-click and uninstall pre-installed, unnecessary apps from the Start menu and "All Apps" list to free up space and resources.

5. Enable Security Features: Ensure Windows Security is active, or install a third-party antivirus.

6. Create a Backup Strategy: Set up a Restore Point or connect to a backup service (e.g., OneDrive or external drive) to protect your new system.

Read more details here https://windowspost.com/things-to-do-after-installing-windows/

#Windows11 #windows #Microsoft #technology #tech #hwoto #techarticle

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The first 10 things to do with your new Windows 11 PC to fast and secure in 2026

Meteorology

Current weather in Groningen SR SA with the infinite power of wttr.in & the grace of lolcat(6) 🏳️‍🌈 wttr curl(1) & {ba{c{k{z{fi}}}}}sh
[that means any shell you love]

Background photograph is a sunset magnifico

log

$ curl --verbose wttr.in/groningen_suriname|lolcat
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- 0:00:04 --:--:-- 0* Host wttr.in:80 was resolved.

• IPv6: (none)
• IPv4: 5.9.243.187
• Trying 5.9.243.187:80...0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- 0:00:05 --:--:-- 0* Connected to wttr.in (5.9.243.187) port 80
• using HTTP/1.x> GET /groningen_suriname HTTP/1.1> Host: wttr.in> User-Agent: curl/8.14.1> Accept: />
• Request completely sent off0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- 0:00:06 --:--:-- 0< HTTP/1.1 200 OK< Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *< Content-Length: 9209< Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8< Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:31:36 GMT< { [3945 bytes data]100 9209 100 9209 0 0 1419 0 0:00:06 0:00:06 --:--:-- 2180

• Connection #0 to host wttr.in left intact
  Weather report: groningen_suriname

  \ / Partly cloudy
  _ /"".-. +30(33) °C

  _( ). ↙ 14 km/h

  /(__(_) 10 km

  0.0 mm

Note:

Do not forget to repeat the request with an interval of 8 then 60 secs when the server sends and empty response to curl, watch the LOG~

API

https://wttr.in

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bash_(Unix_shell)

https://gnu.org

https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Bash

https://curl.se/

https://github.com/busyloop/lolcat

Z

#Weather #wttr #lolcat #curl #bash #csk #ksh #zsh #sh #fish #meteorology #environment #Physics #Chemistry #Mathematics #Lineair #algebra #technology #OpenSource #programming #POSIX

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wttr of groningen SR SA

Meteorology

Current weather in Leonsberg SR SA with the massive power of wttr.in API

curl -v wttr.in/leonsberg_suriname|lolcat 

& the infinite grace of lolcat(6) 🏳️‍🌈 wttr curl(1) & {ba{c{k{z{fi}}}}}sh [any shell you love]

Background photograph is Woman staring in Sunset composed in SR SA at the Marine Trap

log

$ curl -v wttr.in/leonsberg_suriname|lolcat
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- 0:00:08 --:--:-- 0* Host wttr.in:80 was resolved.

• IPv6: (none)
• IPv4: 5.9.243.187
• Trying 5.9.243.187:80...
• Connected to wttr.in (5.9.243.187) port 80
• using HTTP/1.x> GET /leonsberg_suriname HTTP/1.1> Host: wttr.in> User-Agent: curl/8.14.1> Accept: />
• Request completely sent off< HTTP/1.1 200 OK< Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *< Content-Length: 9210< Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8< Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:47:33 GMT< { [9210 bytes data]100 9210 100 9210 0 0 1046 0 0:00:08 0:00:08 --:--:-- 2032

• Connection #0 to host wttr.in left intact
  Weather report: leonsberg_suriname

  \ / Partly cloudy
  _ /"".-. +30(33) °C

  _( ). ↙ 15 km/h

  /(__(_) 10 km

  0.0 mm

Notice

Do not forget to repeat the request with an interval of 8 then 60 secs when the server sends and empty response to curl, watch the LOG~

API

https://wttr.in

sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bash_(Unix_shell)

https://gnu.org

https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Bash

https://curl.se/

https://github.com/busyloop/lolcat

Z

#Weather #wttr #lolcat #curl #bash #csk #ksh #zsh #sh #fish #meteorology #environment #Physics #Chemistry #Mathematics #Lineair #algebra #technology #OpenSource #programming #POSIX

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GNU bash home

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curl home

The age of quantum computing has brought significant changes to how encryption and legal frameworks are approached. Experts like Nick Sullivan highlight the importance of adapting to new challenges. In complex divorce cases, digital concealment tactics pose a major threat. Discover how Google, IBM, and industry leaders are rethinking encryption strategies to stay ahead of emerging threats.

Read more: https://steelefortress.com/fortress-feed/how-google-ibm-and-experts-like-nick-sullivan-are-rethinking-encryption-and-legal-frameworks-in-the-age-of-quantum-computing

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

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

GrapheneOS Maintains Privacy-Focused OS Without Age Verification Requirements

📰 Original title: GrapheneOS Refuses to Comply with Age-Verification Laws

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/grapheneos-maintains-privacy-focused-os-without-age-verification-requirements/?redirpost=1f7d1a7a-3680-400c-9c6b-be6a8f64d649

#technology #grapheneos #privacy #ageverification

“Germany has strictly standardised its digital document requirements. The Deutschland-Stack (in Deutsch), the country’s new sovereign digital infrastructure framework, names just two document formats that public administrations are allowed to use: ODF and PDF/UA.”

When public administrations run on proprietary document formats, they end up dependent on the vendor that controls those formats, with no real way out without significant disruption and cost.

This would help Germany ensure they could switch between various open standard office suites without losing access to their documents in future. This gives freedom of choice and more competition in the market.

See itsfoss.com/news/germany-digit…
#Blog, #ODF, #opensource, #openstandards, #technology

[#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/

Firefox is adding a free, built-in browser VPN (starting in version 149) for users in the US, UK, France, and Germany, with 50GB of monthly data. It only protects traffic inside Firefox—not other apps so it’s useful for casual privacy but not a full system-wide VPN replacement.

1. Firefox is adding a free, built-in VPN to the browser starting with version 149, initially for users in the US, UK, France, and Germany, with over 50GB of data per month.

2. This VPN works only inside Firefox, protecting just browser traffic not other apps, other browsers, or system-wide network activity so it’s not a full replacement for a stand-alone VPN.

3. Free VPNs can be risky, but Mozilla says its service follows its privacy and data principles; its VPN tech has been independently audited and uses the secure WireGuard protocol.

4. Experts warn the limited scope might give non-technical users a false sense of full protection, even though it only covers web browsing in Firefox.

5. Security expert Jacob Kalvo says it’s good for casual use and the 50GB limit is generous, but he doesn’t recommend it for sensitive data, competitive intelligence, or large-scale operations.

#news #Firefox #VPN #security #technology #tech

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Firefox Is Adding a Free Built-In VPN. Here's What It Means for You

Microsoft Insiders Push to Remove Microsoft Account Requirement for Windows 11

📰 Original title: Some Microsoft Insiders Fight to Drop Windows 11's Microsoft Account Requirements

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/microsoft-insiders-push-to-remove-microsoft-account-requirement-for-windows-11/?redirpost=497280c9-03b2-4ecd-b48f-b07925300c95

#technology #microsoft #windows11 #accountrequirement

#introduction #newhere

Hey everyone, I'm Ken, and this is my first post on Mastodon. I've been active on #pixelfed since summer 2025. I've quit using Meta's platforms and I'm happy being part of the fediverse.

My interests include #urbandesign #cityplanning #architecture #espanol #travel #language #photography #transit #streetphotography #publicart #spaceexploration #cats #gardens #minerals #sashimi #coffee #history #technology and I'm a #humanist.

I live in #Denver #Colorado USA.

Google Tests AI-Generated Headlines in Search Results

📰 Original title: Google Search Is Now Sometimes Using AI To Replace Headlines

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/google-tests-ai-generated-headlines-in-search-results/?redirpost=41289fcb-70cc-40df-a9fc-116b9bf29b9f

#technology #google #ai #search

"These companies have primarily made their chatbots “smarter” not by writing niftier code but by making them bigger: ramming more data through more powerful computer chips that use more electricity."

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/04/ai-data-centers-energy-demands/686064/?gift=IaTMqerMHTZL-ib0ALx6bWD9eABk8EFIwj_d2aNSQBU&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

#technology #AI #LLMs #environment

PH4NTXM Lone Wolf Mode Update:
We ran a test using p0f (passive OS fingerprinting) against PH4NTXM’s Lone Wolf mode.

Result?

Only a local loopback connection to Tor was visible — no meaningful OS fingerprint, no external signature, no identifiable pattern.

In Lone Wolf mode, traffic is encapsulated early. What observers see is Tor behavior, not the underlying system.

Lone Wolf doesn’t try to look like something — it disappears into Tor.

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

listed.to

TIL about https://listed.to/

I've been using Standard Notes for a while. It's much handier to type in your toots & posts in a nice editor, than in the puny port in the web interfaces of mastodon and other web interfaces.

I started to look for a handy solution when I began typing long posts on my Androids

• phone interfaces suck balls when you have a tall corpus
• touch screen keyboards suck major
• everything is too small
• fingers slam & flow over on other letters than touched
• typing errors are major
• auto correct is a must but a privacy hell (exposing everything you write to Alphabet / google)
• It takes 10 times longer to type in a short post on a Android capacitive interface with auto correction keyboard and word suggestion enabled
• In comes the saviour

Standard Notes is double encrypted, markdown capable, auto-synchronizes and available on all platforms you work in

• have a browser ready with JavaScript and tls
• Standard Notes has MFA 2FA encryption for your account
• paid extras of the service are not needed here
• you may enable them if you choose to thave that convenience
• I use md editors on my machines to have previews of my markdown formatted notes
• On Linux I use the powerful ghostwriter which uses very powerful libraries
• pandoc version 3.1.11.1
• cmark version 0.30.2
• multimarkdown version 1.35
• These tools and libs make my markdown experience incredible smooth, surpassing what Standard Notes has to offer

Today I learned about Listed when I walked down the Standard Notes preferences

• Listed is linked to Standard Notes
• Listed is free (as in beer)
• You can blog you secure notes when you explicitly choose to do so
• You have to enter your super long (64 character) password to blog a note standard remark 1
• A key pair is generated to enable standard notes to publish that one note in your blog
• You have to enter your password for every note you want to blog [logical since notes are per default secure and private]
• The blogging port is timer based 60 seconds is the shortest timer
• You have to manually update your Listed blog post
• Listed blog posts are presented in a nice clean and fast interface on port 443
• Listed can be configured to your own taste including your gravatar

remarks

• Your passwords should be really long, use password managers to process them
• make sure you have weird characters in them
• make it a PITA to enter the passwords manually
• use MFA 2FA everywhere you make accounts
• There is no cloud just somebody elses server

Sources

https://standardnotes.com/

https://standardnotes.com/privacy

https://app.standardnotes.com/

https://listed.to/

https://github.com/commonmark/cmark

https://fletcher.github.io/MultiMarkdown-6/MMD_Users_Guide.html

https://pandoc.org/

https://listed.to/@kieran/60239/goodbye-windows-11-hello-linux-mint

#network #synchronization #mathematics #technology #encryption #MFA #2FA #sync #standard #notes #listed #to #programming #blogging #opensource #ghost #writer #cmark #pandoc #mulitmarkdown #markdown

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A Scientist's View of War

Neil Degrasse Tyson

IMHO a well presented view on war in general

I won't interpret the video. Neil has done a good job on the presentation

Sources

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI9NG068TwI

#war #death #from #above #ideology #resources #theft #Neil #Degrasse #Tyson #technology #nuclear #Iran #Iraq #World #physics #chemistry #mathematics

Iran Shahed drones

• Iran Shahed 136 drones are effective (according to this video). Iran has many thousands of them and they wreak havoc and destruction, accross the War Theatre

• Agressor USA and israel may run out of intercept drones to counter the Shahed drones

• Iran is in offensive

• Interesting technology this drone has

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVXPv3Z-9SA

#war #death #from #above #ideology #resources #theft #technology #drones #nuclear #Iran #Iraq #World #physics #chemistry #mathematics

Security Patches

InfoSec

Regardless of which Operating System you run, it is important to keep up with the critical updates to keep your machines as safe as possible

• Realize that by the time a critical bug has been reported, verified, patched and delivered to your distribution of choice, a significant amount of time has passed...
• From the first day the bug has been discovered [zero day] to the day you patch your computing machine, you've had a vunurable open machine in that one respect.
• Keep the amount of time between the availability, of patches & the update of your machines, especially your VMs (Qemu et al) & physical servers as short as possible
• Make sure to always use manual updates on your server VM's!
• I shall not explain why, start reading on Wikipedia and furthe, the explanation is too long for this short post

Notes:

• every OS can have vunurabilities
• Security in obscurity does not work!
• you are not secure because you run obsolete AmigaOS QNX or cool and niche *BSD as an OS
• buffer overflows hide everywhere
• I reguraly find them!

#Security #patches #programming #InfoSec #AmigaOS #Amiga #QNX #Linux #feeBSD #netBSD #openBSD #technology #software #buffer #overflow #mathematics

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photograph of updating a machine

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photograph of pathcing a machine

Wi-Fi and the internet are two different things: Wi-Fi connects you to your local network, while the internet connects that network to the rest of the world. If the laptop is connected to WiFi but has no internet access, it means your device is linked to your router, but the router cannot reach the internet. It could be due to problems with the router, modem, internet service provider (ISP), or your device's network settings.

Quick Troubleshooting Steps:

Restart Router/Modem: Unplug your modem and router for 30 seconds to fix most connectivity issues.

Restart Laptop: Resolves temporary software glitches.

Check Other Devices: If other devices can't connect to the Internet, the issue is with your Internet Service Provider (ISP), not your laptop.

Run Network Troubleshooter: In Windows, use the built-in troubleshooter (Settings > System > Troubleshoot > Other troubleshooters).

Flush DNS and Renew IP: Open Command Prompt as admin and run: ipconfig /flushdns, ipconfig /release, then ipconfig /renew.

Disable VPN/Firewall: Temporarily turn off third-party antivirus or VPN services, as they can block traffic.

Update/Reinstall Drivers: Outdated network adapter drivers can cause connectivity issues.

Forget Wi-Fi Network: "Forget" the network in Settings, then reconnect to refresh the settings.

Run Network Reset (Windows): Search for "network reset" in settings to reset all adapters.

@followers Read troubleshooting steps in detail: https://windowspost.com/wifi-connected-no-internet/

#INTERNET #WIFI #network #Windows11 #windows #Windows10 #tech #technology #howtoguide

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My wifi says "Connected, secured," but I can't access the internet on my Windows 11 Laptop. Need help troubleshoot and restore internet access on my Laptop.

Two Decades After the First Tweet: How X, Musk, and Social Media Have Evolved

📰 Original title: It’s been 20 years since the first tweet

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/two-decades-after-the-first-tweet-how-x-musk-and-social-media-have-evolved/?redirpost=5b2742ea-5671-4603-82da-d6de7b23f38c

#technology #twitter #elonmusk #socialmedia

I tested an article I wrote 22 years ago. The result is 72% AI-generated. The corporations have no respect for copyright and are built on stolen material.

#AI #tech #capitalism #technology #LLM

[#TRADESHOW] LET-a #CeMAT #ASIA #EVENT 2026 will be held from June 3 to 5, 2026, at #China #Import and #Export #Fair Complex in #Guangzhou. As a major #logistics #equipment and #intralogistics #technology #trade #exhibition in China, the #expo brings together #suppliers, #manufacturers, system #integrators, and industrial #buyers focused on #business #warehouse #automation, material handling, smart logistics, and #digital #factory solutions. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/let-a-cemat-asia-event-2026/

I keep seeing versions of this post, which imply a bizarre misunderstanding of how we know the world.

Do people imagine that if we'd never observed galaxies or neutrinos or exoplanets or the cosmic microwave background, we could have *imagined* these things & that would be just as real?

Or that we've magically reached the point, just now, where we no longer need to observe the world?

#science #nature #technology

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Strange claim: "Elon Musk says physics has stagnated and AI could overtake scientific research. He says progress has relied on expensive hardware like colliders and telescopes, that slows discovery."

[#TRADESHOW] The 26th #China (#Guangzhou) #International #Stainless #Steel #Industry #Exhibition 2026 from May 16 to 18, 2026, at the China #Import and #Export #Fair Complex. As one of #Asia’s important stainless steel #exhibitions, the #event gathers #manufacturers, #suppliers, and downstream #distributors from across the #global #SupplyChain. The #expo is a platform for #trade, #networking, #technology exchange, enabling #manufacturers and #buyers to #connect. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/26th-china-guangzhou-international-stainless-steel-industry-exhibition-2026/

PH4NTXM Update:
Dynamic Network Drift Engine — Operational

We’ve successfully implemented and deployed the PH4NTXM network drift subsystem.

Live tc/netem manipulation is now active across interfaces, introducing controlled delay, jitter, packet loss, duplication, and reordering — all dynamically adjusted over time.

System behavior is no longer static.

Adaptive Profiles: Network parameters (TTL, RTT, window sizes, retries, etc.) are now randomized and adjusted per profile (linux, windows, android) with persistent seeding and jitter control.

State-Aware Drift: The system maintains lightweight RTT mapping and uses it to influence future behavior, avoiding unrealistic patterns.

Continuous Mutation: A timed drift loop continuously reshapes network conditions, preventing stable fingerprinting and deterministic signatures.

This marks the transition from static tuning → active behavioral obfuscation.

PH4NTXM now mutates its network presence in real time.

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

Apple wanted to acquire Hallide https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/21/apple-wanted-to-buy-halide-to-boost-iphone-18-pro/ #apple #tech #technology #photography

Peter Thiel: The Antichrist Hunter of Silicon Valley https://www.byteseu.com/1886485/ #Technology

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The Pentagon asserted that Anthropic posed an “unacceptable risk to national security” after the company refused to allow unrestricted military use of its AI tech. Late Friday afternoon, Anthropic pushed back in a pair of sworn declarations to a California federal court. @Techcrunch has more:

https://flip.it/aqdoXg

#Tech #AI #Anthropic #Pentagon #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence

New iPhone Hacking Tool Exposes Millions of Devices to Attack

📰 Original title: Hundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild

🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Usuarios: It's clickbait ⚠️

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/new-iphone-hacking-tool-exposes-millions-of-devices-to-attack/?redirpost=1b60ae70-aa9f-45e5-9194-8146941f61b0

#technology #iphones #hacking

#Technology #JetSet #PrivateJet
#TechWorship #Tech #FWakeTechLove #TechLove
#JetAirplane

These American Men claim they are "conserving", 'conservative", but love machines and hate people. Hate persons, love hardware. #ElonMusk tech, #DonaldTrump etc. Anti-humanism. #ConservingWhatExactly ?

Today, I was forced to use the GMail website to fix a problem I was having with messages. I don't care what people say. It's absolutely atrocious and headache-inducing. It's also overly and needlessly complicated, and yes, that includes all the little shortcuts, turning NVDA browse mode off, etc. I switched to Thunderbird 102 when they shut down the Basic HTML site. But today, I thought of something very interesting. Third party clients can access GMail. Why couldn't someone recreate the Basic HTML site, either as a site that retrieves e-mail or as a web application? Apparently, someone already made a concept demonstration of it.

https://github.com/tumaranja/my-basic-html-gmail

I've also heard that screenshots have been taken of the original pages. If someone could do this, it would be wonderful for the blind community. Yes, Thunderbird works, but sometimes, it's simpler and quicker to just use the site. What I don't know, though, is if setting could be changed that way. I imagine that searching for messages would still work.

Now, if only someone could bring back the Mobile Youtube site from 2017! That was also wonderful and useful, unlike the modern mess!

#accessibility #blind #coding #computers #E-Mail #GMail #HTML #Narrator #NVDA #programming #ScreenReaders #technology #WebApplications #Youtube

[#TRADESHOW] #Intersec #Shanghai 2026 – #Security #Equipment and #Technology #Expo will be held from May 7 to 9, 2026, at the National #Exhibition and #Convention #Center (#NECC), Shanghai. #Exhibition connects #international #suppliers with #China’s rapidly #expanding security, #fire #protection, and #safety #technology #markets. #Event integrates #global expertise with #market depth to promote #innovation in #AI, #IoT, #cybersecurity, and #emergency response #systems. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/intersec-shanghai-2026-security-equipment-and-technology-expo/

Cyberattack Disables Car Breathalyzers, Leaving Drivers Stranded

📰 Original title: Cyberattack on a Car Breathalyzer Firm Leaves Drivers Stuck

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/cyberattack-disables-car-breathalyzers-leaving-drivers-stranded/?redirpost=d5a0ebff-fdcd-4611-a0c2-81a3ce6b90e0

#technology #breathalyzer #cyberattack

[#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/

[#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/

Meta drops end‑to‑end encryption for Instagram DMs, raising privacy concerns

📰 Original title: The Danger Behind Meta Killing End-to-End Encryption for Instagram DMs

🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Usuarios: It's clickbait ⚠️

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/meta-drops-end-to-end-encryption-for-instagram-dms-raising-privacy-concerns/?redirpost=6e035b48-a721-42a4-ad51-43fdfa93d474

#technology #endtoendencryption #privacy #meta

Here is my suggestion for a more sercure
and better experience when using the net.

Brave browser, cross platform, easy to use, privacy is key to thier belief, syncing across multiple devices is very good.

Brave search engine, unlike other alternative search engines Brave search use its own indexing, in other words it does not get the results from Google, and again privacy is key, no tracking, give it a try.

https://search.brave.com/

#Brave #browser #searchengine #technology

[#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/

Here is who Trump is

"“If we left right now, it would take them at least 10 years to rebuild, but rebuild they will,” Trump said in the roughly 15-minute call. “If we stay longer, they’ll never rebuild,” he said."

#Russia #India #China #USA #Economy #Finance #Technology #Security #Hybrid #Iraq #News #Iran #Israel #War #EU #NATO

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/20/trump-iran-war-troops-rebuild.html

Tinder Launches New Features to Improve Online Dating Experience

📰 Original title: Can Tinder Fix The Dating Landscape It Helped Ruin?

🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Usuarios: It's clickbait ⚠️

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/tinder-launches-new-features-to-improve-online-dating-experience/?redirpost=4bfe0585-f7e8-4c2b-8c1c-a8e2059de8eb

#technology #tinder #datingapps #ai

Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard Receive Turing Award for Founding Quantum Information Theory

📰 Original title: A Quantum Leap for the Turing Award

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/charles-bennett-and-gilles-brassard-receive-turing-award-for-founding-quantum-information-theory/?redirpost=b543b90e-e146-4348-adfe-ce17fa5bb431

#technology #quantumcomputing #cryptography #turingaward

`lsof -i`

# display ports connected to the internet

#Networking #ports #lsof #Linux #csh #ksh #bash #zsh #sh #fish #programming #opensource #Technology #mathematics

$ dmesg|less

#Linux #dmesg #sh #bash #csh #ksh #zsh #fish #programming #OpenSource #mathematics #technology

To dramatically increase the amount of energy available to power artificial intelligence, the Trump administration is rewriting thousands of pages of nuclear power regulations while downplaying safety issues and focusing on industry incentives.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-nuclear-power-nrc-safety-doge-vought?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Nuclear #Energy #DOGE #Technology #Tech #Safety #Trump #AI

I'm OK being left behind, thanks!

Many years ago, someone tried to get me into cryptocurrencies. "They're the future of money!" they said. I replied saying that I'd rather wait until they were more useful, less volatile, easier to use, and utterly reliable.

"You don't want to get left behind, do you?" They countered.

That struck me as a bizarre sentiment. What is there to be left behind from? If BitCoin (or whatever) is going to liberate us all from economic drudgery, what's the point of "getting in early"? It'll still be there tomorrow and I can join the journey whenever it is sensible for me.

Part of the crypto grift was telling people to "Have Fun Staying Poor". That weaponisation of

FOMO

was an insidious way to get people to drop their scepticism.

I feel the same way about the current crop of AI tools. I've tried a bunch of them. Some are good. Most are a bit shit. Few are useful to me as they are now. I'm utterly content to wait until their hype has been realised. Why should I invest in learning the equivalent of WordStar for DOS when Google Docs is coming any-day-now?

If this tech is as amazing as you say it is, I'll be able to pick it up and become productive on a timescale of my choosing not yours.

I didn't use Git when it first came out. Once it was stable and jobs began demanding it, I picked it up. Might I be 7% more effective if I'd suffered through the early years? Maybe. But so what? I could just as easily have wasted my time learning something which never took off.

I wrote my MSc on The Metaverse. Learning to built VR stuff was fun, but a complete waste of time. There was precisely zero utility in having gotten in early.

Perhaps there are some things for which it is sensible to be on the cutting edge. I took part in a vaccine trial because I thought it might personally benefit me and, hopefully, humanity.

But I'm struggling to think of anyone who has earned anything more than bragging rights by being first. Some early investors made money - but an equal and opposite number lost money. For every HTML 2.0 you might have tried, you were just as likely to have got stuck in the dead-end of Flash.

There are a 16,000 new lives being born every hour. They're all starting with a fairly blank slate. Are you genuinely saying that they'll all be left behind because they didn't learn your technology in utero?

No. That's obviously nonsense.

It is 100% OK to wait and see if something is actually useful.

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Robot faced Mark Zuckerberg is wearing a VR headset - it digs painfully into his smiling cheeks.

🆕 blog! “I'm OK being left behind, thanks!”

Many years ago, someone tried to get me into cryptocurrencies. "They're the future of money!" they said. I replied saying that I'd rather wait until they were more useful, less volatile, easier to use, and utterly reliable.

"You don't want to get left behind, do you?" They countered.

That struck me as a bizarre sentiment.…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/03/im-ok-being-left-behind-thanks/
⸻
#AI #crypto #future #technology

"A French aircraft carrier was tracked in real time via a sailor’s Strava activity, exposing a persistent operational security flaw.

Le Monde revealed that France’s aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle was tracked in real time through an officer’s activity on the Strava app. A sailor unknowingly shared running data from the ship, exposing its location in the Mediterranean. The French sailor’s public Strava profile, set as “public,” revealed the near real-time location of the aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean, near Cyprus and Turkey."

This is not an isolated incident. In 2018, Strava’s global heatmap revealed the locations and patrol routes of military bases in places like Afghanistan, Syria, and Iraq, simply because soldiers were recording their runs.

More recently, Strava data has exposed the movements of security teams protecting world leaders, including routes that revealed private residences and travel patterns.

There have even been cases where activity data from naval bases was used to infer submarine patrol schedules, based on when personnel suddenly stopped logging workouts.

https://securityaffairs.com/189696/intelligence/french-aircraft-carrier-charles-de-gaulle-tracked-via-strava-activity-in-opsec-failure.html

#GlobalPol #ww3 #Iran #France #israel #US #tech #technology #surveillance #surveillanceTech #OpSec

be advised, a new change incoming to FreeRTOS codebase soon

#Embedded #FreeRTOS #AgeVerification #Software #FOSS #OpenSource #Firmware #Tech #Technology

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Image of C files in FreeRTOS/Source folder (tasks.c, list.c, queue.c, timers.c, event_groups.c, croutine.c) and age_verification.c added as well

It seems hard to escape the AI virus. It's also infecting the open source world…

https://codeberg.org/small-hack/open-slopware

#FOSS #OpenSource #tech #technology #IT #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMs #ML #MachineLearning #GenAI #generativeAI #AIAgent #AISlop #Fuck_AI #microslop #microsoft #copilot #meta #google #NVIDIA #gemini #OpenAI #ChatGPT #anthropic #claude #editor #app #apps #tools #software #linux #FreeSoftware #free #BigTech

Physical memory (RAM) is the fast, limited hardware that stores active data. Virtual memory is a technique that OSs use to emulate extra RAM by using hard drive/SSD space when physical memory is full. RAM boosts performance with high-speed access, whereas virtual memory prevents crashes when RAM fills up by swapping inactive data. Read more https://windowspost.com/virtual-memory-vs-ram/

Location & Type: Physical memory is RAM chips. Virtual memory is space on a hard drive or SSD (often a pagefile.sys or swap partition).

Speed: Physical memory is significantly faster than virtual memory (HDD/SSD).

Capacity: Physical memory is limited by motherboard slots. Virtual memory is generally limited only by available disk space.

Function: Physical memory holds running applications. Virtual memory acts as a safety net when RAM is exhausted, moving inactive data from RAM to disk, known as "swapping" or "paging".

Visibility: Programs are generally unaware of where their data is stored, as the Operating System (OS) maps virtual addresses to physical RAM seamlessly.

#RAM #memory #VRAM #technology #tech #computer #Windows11 #Windows10 #windows

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What is virtual memory and how it is different than physical memory (RAM)?

Cloudflare CEO Predicts AI-Driven Bot Traffic Could Surpass Human Traffic by 2027

📰 Original title: Online Bot Traffic Will Exceed Human Traffic By 2027, Cloudflare CEO Says

🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Usuarios: It's clickbait ⚠️

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/cloudflare-ceo-predicts-ai-driven-bot-traffic-could-surpass-human-traffic-by-2027/?redirpost=79e68243-9e73-4bdf-9a90-360205cec04c

#technology #ai #bots #cloudflare

European Cloud Providers Urge EU to Halt Broadcom’s Shutdown of VMware Partner Program

📰 Original title: EU Cloud Lobby Asks Regulator To Block VMware From Terminating Partner Program

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/european-cloud-providers-urge-eu-to-halt-broadcoms-shutdown-of-vmware-partner-program/?redirpost=baab7d65-2698-4493-8d26-089e5827d310

#technology #cloud #vmware #broadcom

Dancing Robot Causes Minor Chaos at Cupertino Hot Pot Restaurant

📰 Original title: Employees had to restrain a dancing humanoid robot after it went wild at a California restaurant

🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Usuarios: It's clickbait ⚠️

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/dancing-robot-causes-minor-chaos-at-cupertino-hot-pot-restaurant/?redirpost=ade47fdb-fc5b-48c4-88ba-0f2958253f68

#technology #robotics #haidilao #agibot

Oh look! #Gumby was absolutely prophetic when it comes to #robots and #automation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktjoZILxd4A

#humor #truth #tech #technology #future

We might just be the next highly developed ancient civilization with the mistakes that led to our rapid downfall...

#RepeatingHistory #Technology #Humanity

@flux @cR0w We know it that #Firefox "VPN" is a proxy, not a #VPN and it's not running on #mullavad - it is running on #fastly - https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1rwp3bj/well_its_not_a_vpn_its_a_proxy_false_advertisement/ob294bv/

#technology #opensource

[#TRADESHOW] The 25th #Shanghai #International #Lubricants and #Technology #Exhibition (Inter #Lubric #China) will be held from June 9 to 11, 2026, at Shanghai New International #Expo #Center. As a #leading lubricants #trade #exhibition in China, the #event serves the lubricants, #greases, #metalworking #fluids, and #surface #cleaning technology #sectors, bringing together #suppliers, #manufacturers, #business, and #distributors across the full #ValueChain. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/25th-shanghai-international-lubricants-and-technology-exhibition-inter-lubric-china-2026/

The five-or-so people who were still using Horizon Worlds in VR can breathe a huge sigh of relief: Meta has decided not to shut it down after all. Here's more from @Techcrunch.

https://flip.it/1hWJUQ

#Meta #HorizonWorlds #VirtualReality #Technology #Tech

Val Kilmer Set to Finish His Movie Part via AI Technology https://petapixel.com/2026/03/19/val-kilmer-set-to-finish-his-movie-part-via-ai-technology/ #artificialintelligence #generativeai #tillynorwood #digitaltwin #resurrected #Technology #hollywood #likeness #cinema #genai #News

People Are Wearing Cameras While Cleaning to Teach AI https://petapixel.com/2026/03/19/people-are-wearing-cameras-while-cleaning-to-teach-ai/ #artificialintelligence #Technology #losangeles #aisystems #headcam #robot #News

Ofcom Fines 4chan £450,000 for Lack of Age Verification to Prevent Children's Access to Pornography

📰 Original title: 4chan website fined by Ofcom for failing to protect children from seeing pornography

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/ofcom-fines-4chan-450000-for-lack-of-age-verification-to-prevent-childrens-access-to-pornography/?redirpost=bb98dc06-964d-41e1-be00-0a6e136b97a9

#technology #ofcom #onlinesafety #po...

Anyone can assist me, but I'm mostly writing to the blind community, as they may know the individual in question. I'm seeking a man named Xavier, who also goes by DJX. He has repaired many of my computers and sold me some over the years, but I can't seem to get in touch with him. The last time I received anything from him was in 2024, so I'm not even sure if he checks the e-mail address I have for him. I sent him an e-mail a week ago and haven't heard from him. I will send another. I just hope he's okay. Apparently, someone said he made a post to Blind Ads in July of 2025. If no one knows him, I heard there is someone else on that list named Kevin. I also remember someone with the last name Washington who works on computers.

I need the hard drive on my Toughpad FZ M1 Mk3 to be upgraded and for Windows (either 11 or 7) to be reinstalled. I also need the keyboard replaced and for Windows to be upgraded from 7 Starter to Professional on my Acer Aspire One D270. I may upgrade the drive on that as well.

#blind #ComputerRepair #computers #technology #upgrades #Windows

The rise of deepfakes poses significant security risks for businesses and individuals alike. A recent $25 million loss to a Hong Kong-based multinational due to deepfake fraud highlights the urgent need for regulatory reform. SMB owners must implement proactive measures to protect themselves from similar attacks, including verifying executives' identities and using advanced AI-powered detection tools. The consequences of inaction can be devastating – don't wait until it's too late.

Read more: https://steelefortress.com/fortress-feed/5-high-stakes-consequences-of-deploying-deepfakes-in-defamation-and-fraud-cases-within-48-hours-of-launch-the-urgent-need-for-regulatory-reform

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

UK Creatives Score Victory Against AI Companies in Training Dispute https://petapixel.com/2026/03/19/uk-creatives-score-victory-against-ai-companies-in-training-dispute/ #trainingdata #ukparliament #aicopyright #Technology #aitraining #optout #genai #News #uk

Don't let SQL injection attacks leave your client records vulnerable to cyber threats. Learn how robust encryption protocols, access controls, and continuous monitoring can help mitigate this significant risk. Discover the top tools for implementing effective security measures and stay ahead in a rapidly changing landscape.

Read more: https://steelefortress.com/fortress-feed/dont-get-left-behind-take-action-now-to-ensure-success-in-a-changing-landscape

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

C64 SID

The SID CMOS IC in the C64 delivers an interesting eight bit sound colour in the C64

When I first heard the C64 SID as a kid it was nothing to throw your hat at. I've had experiences with concert piano's, tenor saxophones, percussion instruments in the electric range professional synths, bass guitars so I knew this bleep bloop ssshtt IC could never sound the way of the pro musical hardware, especially not the acoustic instruments.

Last Ninja I

It was when I heard the music of Last Ninja I knew that with it's severe limits, the Sound Interface Device has something special to offer. The composer of the music of this game did something marvelous.

He used arpeggio techniques to make the SID play chords

• SID does not play polyphonic sound
• Arpeggio gives the illusion of chords due to the rapid succession of notes played
• Iconic music was spawned with Last Ninja
• Unique arpeggio chords created on the SID are still seeked by those who were kids in that period
• Others copied the technique and a cult music genre was born
• People still create SID chords on emulated C64's to this day, since the machine is long gone in the anals of history

Background & history

Personal POV

• Being brought up with acoustic instruments of all kind, I know how good and a great instruments should sound
• I have perfect pitch
• I can hear up to the 1/100 of a Hz if a instrument is in tune
• It's annoying when instruments are out of tune for me.
• That distuned instrument, sounds like a kakaphony of cats squealing making the played music horrific in my head
• I came with a high level of raw musical talent enabling me to easily pickup all different kinds of acoustical instruments
• Behind a piano, without any formal training, I could easily play a song in minutes with the chords and the lead tune in a good manner
• I loved to play on the electric bass, so the bass track which I first compose in my head, when I play the piano, is played in sequence
• I would then pickup one of the brass instruments (I love the Tenor Sax) and play the lead well in munutes too
• All that was left was playing the chords on any synth or keyboard available (usually one of the Korg or Yamaha synths)
• I can hear and mix the levels of instruments in my head
• It's easy to remix a sound in my head without having to touch a mixing console
• All of these talents combined give me good insights in music as a whole and computer (SID music then) as a detail
  
• I can work on electrical equiment on the pcb level, something I picked up as a young kid
• From the age of three I disassembled tube radios with expert precision, making me fluent in the disassembly and assembly of tube radios
• I assembled them back in working order from the age of four, after complete disassebly!
• This gives me great insight in the hardware level of electronics

Last Ninja+

• I naturally dismantled my C64 again when I heard the game.
• Why did the game sound that way from a hardware POV
• What makes the IC tick
• I've got the manuals of all the IC's
• I had already replaced the PLA906114 Program Logic Array with a new one on a socked, with no qualms
• The PLA9016114 got too hot in the tropics (max temp 70C) so it never lived long without a heat sink.
• My PLA's were programmed by a friend of mine who was an expert in the programming field
• The new PLA's came blank
• I did all the extraction, socked soldering and other work myself

The answer was in the C64 hardware manual

• SID does just 8 bit audio
• has zero polyphony
• a limited frequency range both low and high
• has scratchy output (which I later learned to appreciate)
• has monophonic, single channel analog output
• is in actuality a fair sounding IC but far from great

The Yamaha 8 bit sound IC of that period was much better

Yamaha had less succes than the SID for a simple reason

Mass deployment

• SID was everywhere!
• C64 machines were sold like warm bread in the morning at the old baker
• Mass deployment means much more software programmed for the IC
• SID won on mass deplyment and lower price in comparison with the lead 8 bit Yamaha audio IC of that period
• The ammount of games making use of the SID was staggering in comparision
• Games drove the success of the SID to astronomical heights
• I got used to the SID, later seeking it's sound when I transitioned to my Amiga A500 with

Paula

• Paula is polyphonic with 16 bit (14 bits actually) sound
• Paula sounds much cleaner
• has 4 channels 0 1 2 3
• hard panning of channels in the stereo analog output
• more stability
• more joy

Motivation for seeking SID after it was gone...

• Simple
• NOSTALGIA
• We all have it
• even kids do

Ode to SID

You've been great

Seek last Ninja on the C64 Archive sites for listening pleasure

#C64 #SID #Paula #Amiga #technology #mathematics #Physics #Chemistry #Linear #Algebra #directory #load #FDD #RetroComputing #music #Saxophone #Baritone #Piano #Korg #synth

Meteorology

Current weather in Kwamalasemutu SR SA with the grace of wttr.in & the infinite power of
lolcat(6) 🏳️‍🌈 wttr.in curl & {ba{c{k{z{fi}}}}}sh

Background photograph is a sluis {NL} composed in Commewijn SR SA

log

metalloid@krasiwati:~/gate/audio/raw/flac/αβeats∞
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Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
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• Connection #0 to host wttr.in left intactWeather report: kwamalasemutu

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‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ 0.1 mm

API:

https://wttr.in

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#Weather #wttr #lolcat #curl #bash #csk #ksh #zsh #sh #fish #meteorology #environment #Physics #Chemistry #Mathematics #Lineair #algebra #technology #OpenSource #programming #POSIX

Western Digital

has written that this SSD is for light and casual use

What may happen if I use the drive to do a lot of IOPS in a almost server like environment?

Well it just die an early death in a few months?

#SSD #WD #hardware #Green #technology #IOPS #filesystems

Practical Gemini AI Tools in Google Workspace for Productivity

📰 Original title: The Gemini-powered features in Google Workspace that are worth using

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/practical-gemini-ai-tools-in-google-workspace-for-productivity/?redirpost=c38dc84e-090b-4b77-b6c7-442b9c633a3f

#technology #googleworkspace #gemini #ai

#tech #technology #BigTech #IT #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMs #ML #MachineLearning #GenAI #generativeAI #AIAgent #AISlop #Fuck_AI #microslop #microsoft #copilot #meta #google #NVIDIA #gemini #OpenAI #ChatGPT #anthropic #claude

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A compilation of screenshots featuring ignorant AI responses to questions.

Data Breach incidents remained elevated at 341 last week despite overall threat activity dropping 21%. Technology & Telecom saw a 6% increase to 133 incidents as attackers maintain pressure. #DataBreach #Technology #ThreatIntel

Ukraine Update from Dylan Combellick.

Expert and in-depth, as always. Please share the friend link to bypass the paywall: https://medium.com/@dylan_combellick/ukraine-update-march-17-e1e406cae9c0?sk=e44c786a492fc324ba6521ae1bbd65d4

#ukraine #journalism #heroes #war #usa #trump #maga #corruption #idiocy #jdvance #farmers #food #china #drones #technology #media #conservatives

Ukraine update: the evolution of conflict continues with Ukrainian gains.

Fog of war and concepts of frontlines and strategic geography become fuzzier as drones and electromagnetic warfare become more dominant factors.

Share the friend link to bypass the paywall: https://medium.com/@giorgioprovinciali/the-invisible-counteroffensive-that-is-draining-the-russian-rear-lines-7c6305fab558?sk=8e25775f47a2b6f45ea1ec98c0e7a2ea

#ukraine #journalism #war #drones #radio #technology #heroes #russiaisATerroristState

Red Bull’s GamePop Magazine Features a Playable Tetris Cover

📰 Original title: Gamepop Introduces World’s First Playable Magazine Cover

🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Usuarios: It's clickbait ⚠️

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/red-bulls-gamepop-magazine-features-a-playable-tetris-cover/?redirpost=877ae4a3-f107-4a5f-9800-b8ebac344357

#technology #tetris #magazine #gaming

Tech IS politics. Tim Cook manages a company that rivals small nation's economies. He's one of the most effective politicians of the modern age, and Apple pours money into marketing and lobbying efforts. Apple has tremendous influence over governments, and appeals against regulations.
Apple is a political bully and Tim Cook is a liar.
https://www.businessinsider.com/tim-cook-response-trump-relationship-criticism-2026-3

#tech #technews #politics #apple #business #technology #timcook

My cycling session from yesterday

I ride six to seven days a week
This was on the MTB

#Cycling #training #technology #ThreadedRodsForBeginners #Torque #PPE #health #happy

"What do you tell people concerned about generative AI’s heavy use of natural resources?
Quit breathing my data centers’ air."

https://theonion.com/the-onions-exclusive-interview-with-sam-altman/

#TheOnion #Satire #SamAltman #TechBros #DataCentres #GenAI #AIBubble #SiliconValley #Technology

I keep running into articles written by technology journalists who don't seem to be aware that the LLMs are using search engines. Their answers aren't all generated from training data. If you're going to 'splain AI summaries or chat to your readers, and you don't at least mention the fact these tools are using search engines, you're not only looking ignorant - you're contributing to mass ignorance.

#journalism #technology #news #ai #searchengines #blogging

I've just finished reading the UK Government's new report today on the use of copyright works in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, produced by the Dept for Science, Innovation and Technology, the Dept for Culture, Media and Sport & the Intellectual Property Office UK.

Here are the key respondent views + conclusions from the government - I'm available for on-air commentary as needed:

📌Gov UK most concerned about AI creating "digital replicas" of someone’s voice or face - but bizarrely not bothered about copyrighted texts, images, software etc being used in AI model training datasets (the report calls it "input transparency")

📌There is currently no mandate for AI developers to disclose publicly what IP they are using in their datasets, only which web crawlers they use to crawl the internet. But not what data they crawl or what it is used for

📌Creative industries strongly support the introduction of mandatory standards on input transparency, while tech firms have complained of the "practical and financial burdens of disclosure", particularly affecting small AI startups

📌AI developers & tech firms want exceptions to copyright for AI innovation. Creative industries have rejected the option to opt out of this

📌Gov UK to work on best practices around labelling the content outputted by AI models as AI-generated, but they want to see what other nations do first

📌However, Govt UK said this despite including in this report the new legislation from California, China and South Korea that already requires AI content to be labelled as such on release

📌Gov UK won't "intervene" in the copyright licensing market right now, because "many stakeholders" didn't want it (who tho? 👀)

📌Gov UK to "consider" further work on barriers to enforcing IP rights

Dunno, feels like the House of Lords is right. The UK Govt is still hedging against tightening legislation, in favour of the tech giants.

But what happens when the AI models ingest everything related to all white collar jobs that require a computer? What will we do then?

Full report: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69ba692226909a14239612e4/CP2602959_-_Report_on_Copyright_and_Artificial_Intelligence_web.pdf

#AI #copyrightlaw #UKlaw #generativeAI #technology #technews

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UK Government's Report on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence title page, released 18th March 2026

🚨 Why Choose PH4NTXM OS?

In a world where every device, every connection, and every click is monitored, the need for true privacy and security has never been more urgent. Here's why PH4NTXM OS is the choice for anyone who values freedom, autonomy, and total control over their digital life.

🔒 No Telemetry, No Tracking
While most operating systems silently send your data back to the provider, PH4NTXM leaves no traces. There’s no telemetry, no data collection, no history retained. Once your session ends, it’s gone—no lingering traces to be uncovered by adversaries.

💻 Lightweight & Efficient
Built on Debian with the XFCE desktop environment, PH4NTXM is designed to run fast and smooth on a wide range of hardware. It’s optimized for ephemeral execution, meaning it runs entirely in RAM and leaves no footprint behind. Perfect for those who need a secure, fast, and lightweight system.

🌐 Designed for Hostile Environments
PH4NTXM is engineered for the highest-risk scenarios. Whether you're a researcher, journalist, or privacy advocate, this OS ensures your digital activities remain hidden—even from network observers and forensic analysis. With features like identity randomization, network fingerprint fuzzing, and post-quantum cryptography, PH4NTXM goes far beyond what most security tools offer.

🛡️ End-to-End Security
The system is hardened against attacks, with built-in defenses against brute-force attempts and physical tampering. Nuke Kernel and Panic Button features give you instant control, ensuring that no trace is left behind in case of a breach or forced shutdown.

🌍 Resilient in Surveillance
In a world of continuous surveillance, PH4NTXM offers a true alternative. It doesn't assume permanent observation—it ensures your privacy is designed into the environment itself. Whether you’re protecting your personal identity or working on high-risk projects, PH4NTXM is your trusted companion.

🔑 For the Informed Operator
PH4NTXM isn’t designed for casual users. It’s for those who understand the stakes—those who know that privacy isn’t just a feature, but a responsibility. If you’re ready to take control and operate without leaving unnecessary traces, PH4NTXM is built for you.

💡 More than Just an OS
PH4NTXM is not just a tool. It’s a philosophy. A commitment to autonomy, security, and true privacy in an increasingly monitored world.

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

We're currently developing a new Activity Decoy Engine for PH4NTXM, designed to inject fake system activity to enhance privacy and security. This engine will simulate behaviors like file access, network requests, and CPU activity, creating a layer of decoy operations to obscure your real activities from prying eyes.

Why is this important? In environments where privacy is critical, adding noise to system activity is a simple but powerful technique to confuse and mislead attackers or surveillance systems.

If you’re experimenting with PH4NTXM, this is a great opportunity to explore new ways to protect your identity while maintaining a seamless experience in live environments.

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

Federal Cyber Experts Thought Microsoft’s Cloud Was “a Pile of Shit.” They Approved It Anyway.
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A federal program created to protect the government against cyber threats authorized a sprawling Microsoft cloud product, despite the company’s inability to fully explain how it protects sensitive data.
https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-cloud-fedramp-cybersecurity-government?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Microsoft #Cybersecurity #Government #Technology #Tech #Cloud

"That guilt was manufactured. It was placed inside you by an industry that profits from your participation and a wellness culture that profits from your shame." #Technology https://werd.io/the-last-quiet-thing/

#MAGA Motto: "Yesterday's Tech- Tomorrow!"

"Cheap drones are reshaping modern warfare — and catching the U.S. off guard"

#Russia #India #China #USA #Economy #Finance #Technology #Security #Hybrid #Iraq #News #Iran #Israel #War #EU #NATO

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/18/nx-s1-5749441/drones-iran-us-ukraine-epic-fury

Understanding Nifty Gateway’s demise is paramount for NFTs’ fans and critics alike https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/18/nifty-gateway-nft-bubble-post-mortem?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Digitalart #Technology

Don't let divorce disrupt your business's delicate security balance. In Illinois, marital property division requires comprehensive financial disclosure, exposing sensitive corporate info and potentially leading to substantial NDAs. Learn expert strategies for protecting your organization from the intersection of executive divorce and corporate governance in our latest blog post.

Read more: https://steelefortress.com/fortress-feed/shield-your-business-now-expert-strategies-for-executives-divorcing-in-a-high-stakes-world

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

This Camera Sends You on a Side Quest Every Time You Turn It On https://petapixel.com/2026/03/18/this-camera-sends-you-on-a-side-quest-every-time-you-turn-it-on/ #DoItYourself #Technology #3dprinted #diycamera #youtuber #quest #News

Don't let outdated security measures put your business at risk. Traditional compliance vs AI-driven regulatory navigation: which path will you choose? Cross-border data transfers remain vulnerable to attacks due to inadequate encryption. Implement comprehensive cybersecurity measures now to protect your business and ensure regulatory compliance.

Read more: https://steelefortress.com/fortress-feed/traditional-compliance-vs-ai-driven-regulatory-navigation-which-path-will-you-choose

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

[#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/

SXSW: How Austin can use tech to strengthen its infrastructure, reduce disaster risk

"Build before it breaks." A SXSW panel laid out how Austin can use new tech to strengthen aging infrastructure as storms, heat and floods intensify.

https://www.kxan.com/news/sxsw/sxsw-how-austin-can-use-tech-to-strengthen-its-infrastructure-reduce-disaster-risk/

#SXSW #Austin #Local #News #Technology #TopStories #FloodRecovery #Flooding #Infrastructure #NaturalDisasters #Sxsw

Just watched a video of LABScon 25 from SentinelOne (@SentinelOne)

Talk title: Your Apps May Be Gone, But Hackers Made $9Bn & Are Still Here
By: Andrew MacPherson (@AndrewMohawk)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhVkxdjEqTc

The talk explored the general landscape of crypto security, which include:
1. Types of crypto crime techniques used to steal money from cryptos
2. Example cases.
3. And the current gap/isssues inside Crypto security ecosystem

Great for anyone who just getting started in the field.

#security #infosec #cybersecurity #cryptocurrency
#cryptocrime #technology #labscon25 #SentinelOne

Educators have been hit harder than most by generative AI. @brianmerchant spoke with some of the people affected, some of whom have already lost their jobs as a result of AI, and some who are attempting to educate the new generation. "Increasingly my students genuinely do not understand why they should not use AI anyway... what is the point of ‘wasting’ days researching and writing an essay when the AI version will be as good or even better?" says one university lecturer.

 https://flip.it/7oM_Y-

#Technology #Tech #Education #AI

How Fujifilm Will Fix its Video Autofocus Woes https://petapixel.com/2026/03/17/how-fujifilm-will-fix-its-video-autofocus-woes/ #fujifilmxseries #Interviews #cpplus2026 #technology #Equipment #autofocus #interview #fujifilm

So far nothing is being done to manage the flood of #AISlop on the #Internet.

The single way to "kind of" reduce it is by looking at the source (long established / people you know or that have a large following / are trusted)

Of course there is always change and that's a good thing, but this fundamentally changes things.

Will the internet as we know it, die because of #AI slop?

#LLM #artificialintelligence #artificial #digital #online #content #tech #technology #web #it #socialmedia #problem

Sears AI Chatbot Customer Data Was Publicly Accessible Online

📰 Original title: Sears Exposed AI Chatbot Phone Calls and Text Chats to Anyone on the Web

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/sears-ai-chatbot-customer-data-was-publicly-accessible-online/?redirpost=f12a8557-695f-459c-9240-b2d413f37208

#technology #ai #databreach #chatbots

"I spoke to a playwright making $10,000 a month, a multitalented chemist who at various points found gigs demonstrating poker and singing for AI."

Josh Dzieza for The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/cs/features/877388/white-collar-workers-training-ai-mercor/

#Longreads #AI #Journalism #Technology #Work #Labor #Data #AITraining

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#NVIDIA #DLSS #DLSS5 #tech #technology #BigTech #IT #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMs #ML #MachineLearning #GenAI #generativeAI #AISlop #Fuck_AI #GameDev #gaming #games #game #gamer

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Comparison between 3D game characters with and without DLSS 5 AI processing. The version with DLSS processing has turned a grey-haired man into a long-haired woman.

Amazon Launches One-Hour and Three-Hour Delivery Services Across the U.S.

📰 Original title: Amazon adds 1-hour and 3-hour delivery options in the US

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/amazon-launches-one-hour-and-three-hour-delivery-services-across-the-u-s/?redirpost=f9bf01c7-81be-46b5-b3d5-a73fdf5861f7

#technology #amazon #delivery #ecommerce

📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/oUFzb3Nih9wgSUo4TYccVP
🔗 [🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://adalta.info/articles/prstn_artificialintelligence_116244842253948998_en)
🔗 [ℹ️](https://dogs.blackcatwhitehatsecurity.com/?dogID=132#today")

A sophisticated AI-driven social engineering campaign is leveraging pet content to establish persistent network access.

#photography #nature #technology #security #artificialintelligence

📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/rgbVZ8N4fs7kj4jwt6ubJL
🔗 [🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://adalta.info/articles/prstn_artificialintelligence_116244842253948998_de)
🔗 [ℹ️](https://dogs.blackcatwhitehatsecurity.com/?dogID=132#today")

Ein scheinbar harmloser `Content`-Feed maskiert eine kritische `Zero-Day`-Schwachstelle.

#photography #nature #technology #security #artificialintelligence

Meta Signs Five-Year Deal Worth Up to $27 Billion for AI Compute Capacity from Nebius

📰 Original title: Meta to Spend Up to $27 Billion on Nebius AI Infrastructure

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/meta-signs-five-year-deal-worth-up-to-27-billion-for-ai-compute-capacity-from-nebius/?redirpost=de81541d-d081-4161-b423-f69db1723d73

#technology #aiinfrastructure #metaplatforms #nebiusdeal

Telegram Increases Data Sharing with Spanish Authorities Following Founder’s Arrest

📰 Original title: Telegram alcanza un récord de colaboración con la policía española

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/telegram-increases-data-sharing-with-spanish-authorities-following-founders-arrest/?redirpost=4f731d2b-b531-4b0b-b9a7-0f095e923e78

#technology #telegram #privacy #lawenforcement

The Race to Find a Universal ‘No AI’ Logo is On https://petapixel.com/2026/03/17/the-race-to-find-a-universal-no-ai-logo-is-on/ #artificialintelligence #humancreativity #generativeai #Technology #humanmade #standards #aifree #notoai #News #noai

NEW on WIRED: Criminal gangs are hiring people to pose as the face of deepfake scams—making hundreds of video calls per day

“Filters may be used, but ensure the image is realistic. Live-action videos are permitted; wigs are prohibited,” one job ad says

https://www.wired.com/story/models-are-applying-to-be-the-face-of-ai-scams/

#technology #fraudDetection #scam #Ai

#EVi updates!

We've made it to @jaredwhite's Vibe Coded podcast! (https://vibecoded.transistor.fm/10) We are mentioned 6 minutes in!

We also made it to @gryphonmyers's AI dirty list too, as a clean/spotless project! (https://aidirtylist.info/entities/evi/1/)

A huge thanks to both Gryphon and Jared, as well as the contributors and maintainers/collaborators we have working on EVi at the moment!

#FuckAI #Tech #Technology #Vi #VIm

How did Iran do this without missiles???

"Iran missile strike damages five KC-135 tankers in Saudi Arabia, officials say"

#Russia #India #China #USA #Economy #Finance #Technology #Security #Hybrid #Iraq #News #Iran #Israel #War #Cybersecurity

https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-military/2026/03/16/iran-missile-strike-damages-five-kc-135-tankers-in-saudi-arabia-officials-say/

"The Ensh*ttificator"

This video is truly a masterpiece. Definitely worth your time; only 4 minutes long and perfect to be shared with friends and family.

Video: https://vimeo.com/1168468796

"Digital products and services keep getting worse. In the new report Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future, the Norwegian Consumer Council has delved into enshittification and how to resist it. The report shows how this phenomenon affects both consumers and society at large, but that it is possible to turn the tide."

The report: https://www.forbrukerradet.no/breakingfree

#enshittification #dataprotection #cybersecurity #technology #EU #norway #privacy #google #Microsoft #apple #windows #Android #ios #artificialintelligence @privacy @techlore @privacyguides

Microsoft Exchange Online outage is blocking customer access to mailboxes, calendars, and Outlook services via multiple connection methods 📧.

🔗 https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-exchange-online-outage-blocks-access-to-mailboxes/

#TechNews #Microsoft #Exchange #Outage #M365 #Cloud #Office365 #Privacy #Security #Enterprise #IT #Software #Reliability #Data #Business #Technology #Mailbox #Calendar #Outlook

Whose jobs are at risk from Palantir's AI technology? “Highly educated, often female voters, who vote mostly Democrat," says CEO Alex Karp. "To make this work, we have to come to an agreement of what it is we’re going to do with the technology; how are we gonna explain to people who are likely gonna have less good, and less interesting jobs.”

https://flip.it/N9yTZ8

#Palantir #Technology #Tech #AlexKarp

You probably think your data floats through the air. It actually sits in the mud. Engineers are currently pulling the world's first fiber-optic ocean cable off the Atlantic floor. TAT-8 changed the world in 1988 by turning your voice into pulses of light. It only lasted 14 years before it broke, but it proved we could wire the planet. We're recycling the metals now. Workers have to coil the glass fibers by hand on a ship to prevent them from snapping. It's a reminder that our life depends on thin strands of glass sitting in the dark.

🧠 TAT-8 carried 40,000 phone calls at once.
⚡ Sharks used to bite the early trial cables.
🎓 The ship crew is recycling 1,012 km of line.

https://www.wired.com/story/say-goodbye-to-the-undersea-cable-that-made-the-global-internet-possible/
#InternetHistory #Technology #Telecoms

AI and work: an expert assesses how far this revolution still has to run
#AI #FutureOfWork #Workplace #Technology #Automation #Economy #DigitalTransformation #Innovation #Productivity #Jobs #Employment #Business #AIRevolution #TechImpact #FutureEconomy
https://the-14.com/ai-and-work-an-expert-assesses-how-far-this-revolution-still-has-to-run/

"Normally my job is quite monotonous, so I wanted to create something that would entertain people, turning my 'serious' job into something fun,"
#weird #weirdnews #odd #offbeat #technology #fish #animals #pets
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/03/13/netherlands-Guinness-World-Records-driving-goldfish/5971773414979/

Pokémon GO Players Unknowingly Helped Build a 30 Billion AR Image Map of the World https://petapixel.com/2026/03/16/pokemon-go-players-unknowingly-helped-build-a-30-billion-ar-image-map-of-the-world/ #augmentedreality #nianticspatial #Technology #pokemongo #niantic #pokemon #News #ar

Instagram Begins Testing Clickable Links in Post Captions https://petapixel.com/2026/03/16/instagram-begins-testing-clickable-links-in-post-captions/ #clickablelink #metaverified #Technology #instagram #News #meta

"Only 26% of voters view AI positively, making it even less popular than ICE, according to an NBC News poll of 1,000 voters."

https://www.axios.com/2026/03/16/ai-sam-altman-fear-mongering

#news #TechNews #technology #AI

Don't let your digital legacy go dark after you're gone. With thousands of online accounts holding potentially millions in value, the risk of being cut off from your digital assets can cause significant emotional and financial distress for loved ones. Take control of your digital estate planning today by implementing a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy. Establish clear instructions for account access, secure sensitive information, and identify trusted representatives to manage your digital...

Read more: https://steelefortress.com/fortress-feed/secure-your-legacy-take-control-of-digital-estate-planning-today

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

Ransomware operators know that backup systems are often their next target. But what if you could protect your digital life from catastrophe? Immutable backups, like AWS S3 Object Lock in Compliance mode or Dell PowerProtect D, can safeguard your data against unauthorized access and extortion. The threat is real: one wrong move could leave you vulnerable to devastating cyber attacks.

Read more: https://steelefortress.com/fortress-feed/is-your-digital-life-a-single-breath-away-from-catastrophe

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

"As Bluesky matures, the company needs a seasoned operator focused on scaling and execution, while I return to what I do best: building new things."

https://www.wired.com/story/bluesky-ceo-jay-graber-is-stepping-down/

#news #TechNews #technology #bsky #bluesky #JayGraber

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

"Throughout space there is energy. Is this energy static or kinetic! If static our hopes are in vain; if kinetic — and this we know it is, for certain — then it is a mere question of time when men will succeed in attaching their machinery to the very wheelwork of nature."

Serbian-American inventor and engineer Nikola Tesla died #OTD in 1943.

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

Books by Nikola Tesla at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/5067

#books #science #technology

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Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) thinking. Tesla is seated in a dimly lit study or laboratory. He wears a dark, tailored suit, complete with a high-collared white shirt and a neatly tied bowtie, reflecting his elegant style. His slender frame and sharp features are illuminated by soft, focused light, emphasizing his high cheekbones, deep-set eyes, and slightly furrowed brow.