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Going into 2025 on a #slowtech kick. Picked up a #macpro 5,1 from craiglist, ordered a 12 core #cpu tray w/ 32GB of #ram. Will share more upgrades as they come in. When it’s all installed, I’m planning on running some flavor of #linux on it as a personal #desktop. #photo #photography #tech #apple #foss #floss #opensource Next piece is a 2.5” SSD as the startup disk. Should I get more RAM? @itsfoss


Back in 2021, we launched a series of stories documenting the key ways that the ultrawealthy — #billionaires like #ElonMusk, Jeff Bezos, and Peter Thiel — avoid #taxes. Here are 10 of their strategies.

#Finance #Law #Tech #Journalism

https://propub.li/4fQL3uY


A new @ThisWeekinLinux has dropped! (287) 😎🐧▶️
https://thisweekinlinux.com/287

@MichaelTunnell talks about Linux 6.12, Arch Linux, Blender 4.3, Security Flaw Found & more Linux news on Your Source for #Linux GNews!

#podcasts #technews #opensource #tech


The US government wants consumers to think Chinese cars are a threat, but Ford CEO Jim Farley has a lot of good things to say about his competitors.

Instead of blocking Chinese brands, let them to set up domestic factories — like Toyota and Honda did.

https://disconnect.blog/what-we-get-wrong-about-the-supposed-threat-of-chinese-evs/

#tech #evs #cars #byd #ford


Look who’s made it all the way to Mexico City and straight to networking at the #Nerdearla2024 conference!

#Plushtodon #opensource #tech #conference


A new @DestinationLinux has hit the road! (395) 😎🐧▶️
https://destinationlinux.net/395

Check out #DestinationLinux 395: Interview with Artyom Zorin of Zorin OS

#linux #podcasts #opensource #tech


ATTENTION
NON-UNIONIZED WORKERS
IN #TECH
doesn't matter what an #Amazon exec says: you keep on working in your job at home until they fire you.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/10/amazon-exec-tells-employees-to-work-elsewhere-if-they-dislike-rto-policy/

and lawyer the fuck up.

and organize with other Amazon workers.

the bottom line, they want you to quit because most states won't pay #unemployment #benefits if you were coerced into quitting. NY is one of the few exceptions.

h/t
https://mas.to/@carnage4life/113330830125763290

#labor #BackToTheOffice


Microsoft has a super power: No matter how bad #Windows is, they always seem to find some way to make it worse. #Recall being baked into everything is an overt invasion of privacy and people should respond accordingly.

Dump this antique OS already.

#Windows11 #Tech #Privacy


Coding is being positioned as place where generative AI is going to have a huge impact.

But a new study of 800 developers found GitHub Copilot did little to improve productivity, while introducing 41% more bugs into the code.

https://www.cio.com/article/3540579/devs-gaining-little-if-anything-from-ai-coding-assistants.html

#tech #ai #genai #coding


A new @DestinationLinux has hit the road! (389) 😎🐧▶️
https://destinationlinux.net/389

Check out #DestinationLinux 389: Kali Linux New Release, HADOOKEN Malware gets a Tiger Uppercut, & more Cybersecurity

#linux #podcasts #opensource #tech


A new @ThisWeekinLinux has dropped! (278) 😎🐧▶️
https://thisweekinlinux.com/278

@MichaelTunnell talks about Linux 6.11, GNOME 47, Microsoft kernel mode changes, Zorin OS, & more Linux news on Your Source for #Linux GNews!

#podcasts #technews #opensource #tech


Google and Microsoft recently admitted their emissions are soaring as they build out data centers to power the AI boom.

But new analysis from The Guardian suggests the data center emissions of Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Apple are 662% higher than the companies reporting.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/15/data-center-gas-emissions-tech

#tech #ai #datacenters #microsoft #google #apple #meta #climate


Yes, our phones are ‘listening’ to what we say.

“In Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone’s Microphone to Serve Ads for Stuff You Mention”

https://futurism.com/the-byte/facebook-partner-phones-listening-microphone #tech #AI

#AI #tech


#News: New report finds that a #US #satellite #surveillance co. plans on turning #Amazon #rainforest into digital assets for investors, raising concerns about #indigenous exploitation and #ecocide— Critics call the project Orwellian 🌳📡 #AmazonRainforest Story via Unlimited Hangout #Tech https://unlimitedhangout.com/2024/08/investigative-reports/sustainably-surveilling-and-tokenizing-nature-the-case-of-o-n-e-amazon/


New *Damaged Earth Catalog* entry: :www_server: Redundant Technology 🛠️ going way back to 1997:
https://damaged.bleu255.com/Redundant_Technology/

Lots of thanks to @jameswallbank for insights into the motivations and strategies at the heart of the Redundant Technology Initiative ❤️ #permacomputing #lowtech #SmallWeb #sustainability #tech


These discord AI summaries are comedy gold

#discord #tech


+1 reason why you must stop using Chrome and, if possible, Chromium browsers

(Upd: link to a post in Fediverse with tech details https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/112757810519145581)

(Upd 2: MS Edge seems to have this issue; #Vivaldi also has it but it can be disabled; Ungoogled Chromium doesn't have it at all)

#Privacy #Tech #Technology #Browser #Chrome #Chromium #Firefox #Google #BigTech


It turns out Google Chrome ships a default, hidden extension that allows code on `*.google.com` access to private APIs, including your current CPU usage

You can test it out by pasting the following into your Chrome DevTools console on any Google page:

chrome.runtime.sendMessage(
"nkeimhogjdpnpccoofpliimaahmaaome",
{ method: "cpu.getInfo" },
(response) => {
console.log(JSON.stringify(response, null, 2));
},
);

More notes here: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Jul/9/hangout_servicesthunkjs/



We think this can shake up social media 🕺

Our new Amplifier lets you curate your timeline as you scroll with the flick of a switch and personalise your social web.

By simplifying your feed, you can catch up on conversations that matter to you. Just turn on the Amplifier in your Newsmast settings!

Now on the Newsmast app, update or download on the App & Play Stores then login with your Mastodon account.

#fediverse #fedidev #tech #fediadmin #mastodon


The worst kind of tech hype is when something is portrayed as inevitable and unstoppable, with criticism or doubt blithely dismissed as "they don't get it".

Just because a giant tech company pours vast amounts of money down a toilet, that doesn't mean the toilet is going to start spewing gold coins into the air.

#Hype #Tech #TechBros #Journalism #TechNews


Trying out archinstall for the first time

#meme #linux #tech #arch #shitpost


AI is changing our world. Leap 15.6 has #software packages for #developers, data scientists, analysts & more that help #solve real world problems. @opensuse #AI #tech. https://software.opensuse.org!


“When I say ‘I am hungry’, I am reporting on my sensed physiological states. When an LLM generates the sequence ‘I am hungry’, it is simply generating the most probable completion of the sequence of words in its current prompt.”

https://time.com/collection/time100-voices/6980134/ai-llm-not-sentient/

#tech #ai #llm

#AI #tech #LLM


African AI workers, mostly from Kenya, released an open letter to Joe Biden this week asking him stop US tech companies from “systemically abusing and exploiting African workers” and to end the “modern day slavery” they’re subjected to.

https://www.wired.com/story/low-paid-humans-ai-biden-modern-day-slavery/

#tech #labor #ai #africa #workers


A new @DestinationLinux has hit the road! (370) 😎🐧▶️ https://tuxdigital.com/dl370

Check out #DestinationLinux 370: Interview with GloriousEggroll about Proton-GE, Nobara, and more

#linux #podcasts #opensource #tech


Apple's new iPad ad hasn't gone down well with creatives, according to @AxiosNews. The commercial showed a massive hydraulic press crushing musical instruments, arcade games, cameras and paint cans, and reopening to reveal just an iPad. "I'm definitely the target audience for the new iPad Pro but this ad is tone-deaf and insulting to artists of every kind," wrote cartoonist James Kochalka on X. "We think of our tools with reverence and respect, and enjoy a healthy dialogue with them. Our tools are like trusted companions on the journey of art." Here's more.

https://flip.it/j536Ut

#Apple #iPad #Art #Creativity #Culture #Tech


I’ll be speaking at #AMRO24 in Linz, Austria on May 8! Come along to hear me talk about how the tech industry is much more overtly embracing government and military to protect itself.

More info here: https://art-meets.radical-openness.org/2024/program/libertarians-no-more-how-tech-is-embracing-the-state-to-amplify-its-power/

#tech #austria


A new @ThisWeekinLinux has dropped! (257) 😎🐧▶️ https://tuxdigital.com/twil257

@MichaelTunnell talks about GNOME 46, Linux 6.8, KDE Security Warning, Fedora 40 Beta & more Linux news on Your Source for #Linux GNews!

#podcasts #technews #opensource #tech


hi I’m Ginny! #introduction

I spent my first decades as a generic white boy in tech, then a year ago I signed up for my first mastodon account and discovered I am a girl!

I post about tech, trans life, post selfies, and openly talk about mental illness and pain (cw'ed)

I’m a single parent w/ a 9 yo daughter, working as a software engineer in Seattle. I also write fiction (ya and speculative) and am generally very dorky.

btw you can be a girl if you want to be, inquire within!

#trans #tech


A new @DestinationLinux has hit the road! (360) 😎🐧▶️ https://tuxdigital.com/dl360

Check out #DestinationLinux 360: Oh Snap! Command Not Found vulnerability found

#linux #podcasts #opensource #tech


Game time, we're planning to use #VNyan on #Linux while playing #Palworld over on both #Twitch and #YouTube !!!

#Vtuber #ENVtuber #Tech #Gaming

https://www.youtube.com/live/NlojkNrvf4c?si=n3VM6NPipce8XAsa

https://twitch.tv/itsrogueren


NEW: WhatsApp will soon make it possible to chat with people who use other messaging apps. It's revealed some more details on how that will work.

— Apps will need to sign an agreement with Meta, then connect to its servers.
— Meta wants people to use the Signal Protocol, but also says other encryption protocols can be used if they can meet WhatsApp's standards
— WhatsApp has been testing with Matrix in recent months, although nothing is agreed yet. Swiss app Threema says it won't become interoperable

https://www.wired.com/story/whatsapp-interoperability-messaging/ #tech #whatsapp #dma #infosec #news #technology

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