Canada #Privacy 🇨🇦🕵♂
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/vending-machine-error-reveals-secret-face-image-database-of-college-students/


https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/04/they-thought-they-were-doing-good-but-it-made-people-worse-why-mental-health-apps-are-under-scrutiny

‘They thought they were doing good but it made people worse’: why mental health apps are under scrutiny

"These fears are not unfounded. On Reddit, a user of the popular Replika chatbot shared a screenshot of a conversation in which the bot appeared to actively encourage his suicide attempt."

#AI #News


Apple fans are reporting headaches and burst blood vessels as they bring back the Vision Pro before their 14-day return window closes.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/14/24072792/apple-vision-pro-early-adopters-returns

#apple #vr #tech


The popular Reddit alternative's user count has grown a lot over the past year. One problem, though: users and admins can't delete images.

https://wedistribute.org/2024/03/lemmy-image-problem/


https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2024/03/04/lemmy-fediverse-gdpr/#kyc-plp

#blog post about image problems on #lemmy


Are we watching the internet die

https://www.wheresyoured.at/are-we-watching-the-internet-die/

#tech #blog #privacy


 Lemmy’s Image Problem

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Physical Is NOT Preservation

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=jiTUb2wvX40

#games #gaming #gamers #video #essay


Philosophy of my alt, do you need one?

https://text.tchncs.de/latenightblog/philosophy-of-my-alt-do-you-need-one

#blog post about using a nom de plume when #writing and using #tech


Reddit Warns That r/WallStreetBets Could Wreak Havoc on Its Stock Price

https://gizmodo.com/reddit-ipo-warning-wallstreetbets-stock-volatility-meme-1851280986

#reddit #news #tech #funny


Kids Online Safety Act gains enough supporters to pass the Senate


Share tech and tech adjacent articles and blog posts. Sharing your own is encouraged. Please no paywalls, spam, or edgy/disturbing content.

DM me if you're interested in helping me mod. I'm not always online and it would be useful to have more people approving posts.


Paywall free: https://web.archive.org/web/20240209192417/https://www.ft.com/content/7a333873-b860-4139-82db-4517eb7ddcd2


Bonfire is an emerging Fediverse project that's been in development for years. It's more than just a platform.

https://wedistribute.org/2024/02/bonfire-nextgen-framework/


https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/18/google_search_update_dma/?td=keepreading

#tech #google #eu #dma

Google is changing how search results appear for EU citizens


#RSS : Use it!
https://tedium.co/2024/02/06/rss-creator-economy-rethink/
#tech


Stop Wearing Vision Pro Goggles While Driving Your Tesla, U.S. Says
-NY Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/06/technology/personaltech/apple-vision-pro-tesla.html
https://archive.ph/gfGZC (paywall free)

That this has to be clarified is frightening even if some viral videos are just skits

#news #tech #apple


U.S. Imposes Visa Restrictions on those Involved in Illegal Spyware Surveillance

https://thehackernews.com/2024/02/us-imposes-visa-restrictions-on-those.html

#tech #news


Stop Wearing Vision Pro Goggles While Driving Your Tesla


Reddit Advised to Target at Least $5 Billion Valuation in IPO

https://stacker.news/items/405203

https://archive.ph/Gc8ba


AI chatbots tend to choose violence and nuclear strikes in wargames

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2415488-ai-chatbots-tend-to-choose-violence-and-nuclear-strikes-in-wargames/

“Given that OpenAI recently changed their terms of service to no longer prohibit military and warfare use cases, understanding the implications of such large language model applications becomes more important than ever,”

R.I.P. we had a good run. 💥

#ai #tech #news


https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/04/they-thought-they-were-doing-good-but-it-made-people-worse-why-mental-health-apps-are-under-scrutiny

‘They thought they were doing good but it made people worse’: why mental health apps are under scrutiny

"These fears are not unfounded. On Reddit, a user of the popular Replika chatbot shared a screenshot of a conversation in which the bot appeared to actively encourage his suicide attempt."

#AI #News


Google has removed publicly accessible cached pages


Two articles about AI

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Netflix: Piracy is Difficult to Compete Against and Growing Rapidly

https://torrentfreak.com/netflix-piracy-is-difficult-to-compete-against-and-growing-rapidly-240204/

~Torrentfreak

#tech #piracy #entertainment #news #business


thx, unfortunately I've got neither the skills nor spare server space to do make something like that. Fingers crossed for future development


Google has a new AI-generated profile picture on X, and it's as creepy as you'd expect


Auto Approve Posts?

Trying to make my own community, is it possible to auto approve posts and only need to step in to remove problematic ones?


Pluralistic: I assure you, an AI didn't write a terrible "George Carlin" routine