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Latest comic: Online shopping has become a hall of mirrors
#consumers #shopping #internet #technology #economy #cartoon #comic
The thing that helps make a TV programme great is when its not quite like anything you've seen before.... and having now watched the whole series of Ann Dorid, it is that thing.
It balances both humour & compassion about loneliness in old age, and the fickleness of families; Its a comedy tour-de-force with a real understanding of the plight of those in their latter years.
I cannot recommend it highly enough - just brilliant!
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Latest comic: Online shopping has become a hall of mirrors
#consumers #shopping #internet #technology #economy #cartoon #comic
In April, NASA turned off one of the few remaining functional instruments. They have been slowly disabling them since 1998, because of limited power/use at various ranges.
Think about that for a moment…
It launched almost 50 years ago, in 1977. And we are STILL able to communicate with it. Expectedly until 2036. And this with our technology knowledge at the time.
Unless it collides with something or is retrieved, it will reach the Oort Cloud in about 300 years. It will take about 30k years to pass through it.
All of this blows my mind.
In April, NASA turned off one of the few remaining functional instruments. They have been slowly disabling them since 1998, because of limited power/use at various ranges.
Think about that for a moment…
It launched almost 50 years ago, in 1977. And we are STILL able to communicate with it. Expectedly until 2036. And this with our technology knowledge at the time.
Unless it collides with something or is retrieved, it will reach the Oort Cloud in about 300 years. It will take about 30k years to pass through it.
All of this blows my mind.
Two different stories this week about AI-models hacking other firms software, without direction to do so (indeed despite some indication such action was intended to be constrained), hint at the growth of AI & related technologies' potential autonomy, the very issue those most worried about AI have been raising for some time.
Of course, many will argue these are anomalies, but the danger may be what if this is a sign that should be prompting swift response action(s)?
#AI #technology
h/t FT
There seems a clearly possibility that Data Centres may become this century's canals;
as investment continues to expand & expensive infrastructure gets built, recent developments in AI & associated technologies suggest it may soon move from a networked utility to a local based (and powerful) software solution, making data centres (quickly) redundant...
If so, pretty quickly (like canals) a major infrastructure sector will be over-taken by technological change.
LG Monitors Fill Windows PCs With Adware, and It’s Not Just Recent Displays
“If you’re using an LG monitor and you suddenly see blaring ads for McAfee scam protection, it’s not because your PC’s been hacked (or, rather, not hacked by some unknown third party). LG, the maker of popular high-end screens, has been quietly stuffing its current and even past monit...
See https://gadgeteer.co.za/lg-monitors-fill-windows-pcs-with-adware-and-its-not-just-recent-displays/
#privacy #technology #tracking
Windows 11 is quietly installing OneDrive Photos, and it wants to scan your photos for faces
#Microslop #Microsoft #Windows11 #OneDrive #spyware #malware #enshittification #privacy #surveillance #software #technology
Windows 11 is quietly installing OneDrive Photos, and it wants to scan your photos for faces
#Microslop #Microsoft #Windows11 #OneDrive #spyware #malware #enshittification #privacy #surveillance #software #technology
#Durov earlier this year announced that #Russia opened a criminal investigation against him & accused them of fabricating pretexts to restrict access to #Telegram as part of an attempt to “suppress the right to privacy & free speech.”
…Under #Putin, Russian authorities have engaged in multipronged efforts to rein in the #internet. They adopted restrictive laws & banned websites & platforms that don’t comply & focused on improving #technology to monitor & manipulate online traffic.
#law #Ukraine
The agency accused Ukrainian security services of using a popular dating chatbot on #Telegram to lure & recruit Russians for “sabotage & terrorist activities,” & said 46 users of the chatbot, from 12 to 22 years old, have been detained across #Russia since July 2025 for assaulting law enforcement officers, arson & other acts.
#Durov earlier this year announced that #Russia opened a criminal investigation against him & accused them of fabricating pretexts to restrict access to #Telegram as part of an attempt to “suppress the right to privacy & free speech.”
…Under #Putin, Russian authorities have engaged in multipronged efforts to rein in the #internet. They adopted restrictive laws & banned websites & platforms that don’t comply & focused on improving #technology to monitor & manipulate online traffic.
#law #Ukraine
It Seems a Lot Like Dead Internet Has Actually Come True
“The infamous dead internet theory was originally a conspiracy that posited that the vast majority of the internet was run by bots and thinking machines. Most accounts you saw online were really bots masquerading as people — all part of some nefarious scheme to control humankind by keeping us isolated and divided. That last part...
See https://gadgeteer.co.za/it-seems-a-lot-like-dead-internet-has-actually-come-true/
#ai #bots #technology
This is one of the best ideas I have ever had.
This is one of the best ideas I have ever had.
A minimalist social node dedicated to high-fidelity exchange and digital autonomy. CoreSignal strips away the noise of the modern web to provide a clean, functional space for meaningful connection within the Fediverse
