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“'The big tech bros are suppressing our activism' as groups continue to organize on platforms owned by the big tech bros․ 🤷‍♀️Reminds me of the time a group organized to deal with the collapse of the monetary economy an…”

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“🛰️ WATCH: ⌗NASA ⌗Goddard illustrates how ⌗smoke behaves as an atmospheric mixture of gases and suspended aerosols rather than a single ⌗cloud․In this ⌗video, watch how the ⌗PACE ⌗satellite gathe…”

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Blocks, a 1:1 Minecraft Switzerland generated from swisstopo's open data, runs on a height mod because the Dufourspitze stands 4,634 blocks tall

https://lockergnome.com/blocks-switzerland-1-to-1-minecraft-manifold-swisstopo/

#minecraft #OpenData #maps #tech

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Chris Pirillo, drawn in blocky voxel style, stands beside a towering cube-built Alpine peak that rises far above a low flat ceiling line, craning his head up at the summit.

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“Hypothetical question on ⌗genAI and ⌗PeerReview because I feel this will eventually happen․․․ Say you are a researcher and receive a manuscript to peer-review that, after accepting to review it, you realise use…”

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“winbuzzer․com/2026/10/27/microsoft-opens-voluntary-buyouts-to-about-60000-employees-xcxwbn/ Microsoft's new voluntary buyouts program gives selected employees a paid way to leave, without the age and service limits of…”

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“Have you seen ⌗Mozilla ’s new advert ‘Come back to ⌗Firefox ’? I think it’s very good, even though I must admit, I don’t know half of the ⌗memes it features․ 🫣 famouscampaigns․com/2026/10/firefox-brings-back…”

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“Attention Is Not What You Need arxiv․org/abs/2512․19428 Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=50237224 ⌗HackerNews ⌗Attention ⌗Is ⌗Not ⌗What ⌗You ⌗Need ⌗arxiv251219428 ⌗attentionm…”

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“Cross-request KV cache exposure in the GLM-5․3 Workers AI model (155 responses)
Link: blog․cloudflare․com/kv-cache-exposure-remediation/
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=50252159”

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“After Microsoft… now Proton․Proton, the privacy-focused company behind Proton Mail, is re-interviewing selected employees about their AI skills․According to 404 Media, the results could influence their roles and whether…”

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“Another reason to love Microsoft!Billions poured into AI․ Up to 60,000 employees eligible for voluntary buyouts․Big Tech keeps telling us AI is the future․ Meanwhile, Microsoft is offering employees a way out․And we're …”

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“Security researcher Erica Windisch published the Tailworm report examining Tailscale 1․104․2 and headscale 0․29․5․Lab tests claim a compromised device could gain root access to reachable servers when SSH port forwarding…”

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“Just canceled my very last digital software subscription (Apple Music) and now I'm mostly big-tech-free (at runtime at least;), hardware still to come)․ ⌗bigtech ⌗dutgemacht ⌗didit”

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I’d like to recommend the IMO underrated #tech #podcast #Techtonik. I stumbled upon it by chance while looking for something featuring the voice of @sundogplanets ;)

I love it because it approaches technology from a non-commercial perspective.
https://wfmu.org/playlists/TD

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“Content warning:Trump mention ⌗TiL: the issues between ⌗Microsoft and ⌗China are deep, and older than I expected․Since 2021 MS has been re-organizing, and moving out of China․ This includes moving hdw mfg cover…”

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“Well, a cup of hot coffee ☕ and some mundane activity ⌗life ⌗coffee ⌗music ⌗linux ⌗research”

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IOS 27.2 BRINGT NEUE FUNKTIONEN UND SCHLIESST ZAHLREICHE SICHERHEITSLÜCKEN

https://gadgetchecks.de/ios-27-2-bringt-neue-funktionen-und-schliesst-zahlreiche-sicherheitsluecken/

#appledaily #apple #iphone #ios #tech #technology #gadgetchecks

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“europesays․com/3331800/ Scientists trap antimatter particle for months — with crazy tech to avoid blowing up lab ⌗america ⌗discovery ⌗NorthwesternWildcats ⌗research ⌗science ⌗scientists ⌗tech…”

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“The Git Forge for Agent-Human Collaboration
Link: entire․com/blog/the-git-forge-for-agent-human-collaboration
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=50247453”

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“AI Exec --> We May Have Pulled Off 'The Largest Theft of Labor in Human History'
Read What They Say Among Themselves --> motherjones․com/politics/2026/09/openai-chatgpt-microsoft-copyright-legal-case-documents-revelat…”

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“The ⌗AIrevolution has achieved its first miracle: turning everyone else’s operating budget into ⌗BigTech revenue․ Corporate America gets an expensive chatbot, executives get a slide deck about »transformation,« …”

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“europesays․com/3331528/ 30,000-year-old woman’s DNA links ancestry between eastern and western Europe ⌗AncientDNA ⌗ChufínCave ⌗ElMirónCave ⌗Europe ⌗GravettianCulture ⌗HumanMigration ⌗HunterGa…”

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“meta got fined $25 billion․ somewhere a junior PM is already adding it to the 'cost of doing business' spreadsheet ⌗Meta ⌗BigTech”

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“europesays․com/3331369/ Japan’s historic MMX mission begins a daring journey to collect the first samples from Mars’ moon Phobos ⌗CNES ⌗DeepSpaceNavigation ⌗Deimos ⌗EuropeanSpaceAgency ⌗GermanAerospa…”

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“I'm not sure whether something similar could work in France, or whether there's still enough time in Spain, but one interesting aspect of Lula's victory in Brazil was a WhatsApp channel led by congressman André Janones …”

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What context has to exist for one of the biggest companies in the world (7th actually) to be able to say, a quarter of our staff is expendable & we'd prefer to be rid of them??

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/microsoft-voluntary-buyout-9.7396520

#Microsoft #tech #jobs #news

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“'I still believe tech can make our lives better․ But I’m increasingly concerned that companies building technology have stopped asking whether it actually does․'Computerworld: Technology has changed․ So should the conve…”

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“iOS and macOS 27․2 is live with the latest security updates, update as soon as possible!”

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“truthout․org/articles/kag․․․ but if that is the goal of tRump, ⌗bigtech and the gop then they are loving the ⌗corruptscotus rulings that will eventually bring down democracy so they can do whatever the hell th…”

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“europesays․com/3331273/ Researchers discover a new cyber threat to water and energy networks ⌗AI ⌗AnomalyDetection ⌗ArtificialIntelligence ⌗Canada ⌗CloudComputing ⌗CriticalInfrastructure ⌗Cyb…”

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“One of the Greatest Inventions in the History of Human Transport
Link: humantransit․org/2024/12/one-of-the-greatest-inventions-in-the-history-of-human-transport․html
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=50200152”

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“The EU is changing ⌗GDPR to explicitly allow ⌗BigTech companies to misuse your personal data for training ⌗GenAI ⌗EUPol noyb․eu/en/ai-eu-member-states-approve-digital-expropriation-europeans-ai-compani…”

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RE: https://apobangpo.space/@dnkboston/117215947260678984

I guess I have to start this list. (Did I mention how underqualified I am? But sure, why not?)

My list of #tech that *doesn't* suck is very short, and I'm assuming it will get shorter:

- NewsBlur
- IronFox
- LibreWolf
- Mastodon!
- Signal
- Element
- Audiomack*

Please add; this does not have to be exclusively in the US or Europe.

Can't wait to hear about how even this list is too long.

*Edited to add. Only music streaming I could find that Len Blavatnik wasn't part of.

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“🌊 ICYMI: Researchers from Universiti ⌗Malaysia Sabah teamed up with ⌗OceanX to study ⌗ocean waters down to 1,500 m․ Using submersibles, mapping tools, and environmental ⌗DNA sampling, the team is gather…”

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“When I was a child, only the person I was playing with knew what I was doing․ Now Big Tech can track your children, collect their data, and profit from it․ Don’t let childhood become a business model․ Protect their free…”

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“Interesting links of the week:Strategy:* youtube․com/watch?v=WXL6K1lhvt0 - weeding out the undesirables, if we're not calling out this kind of shit, we're absolutely part of the problem
* ncsc․gov․uk/collection/pr…”

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“Barron's: Big Tech Earnings, the Fed, and Elections․ The Next 2 Weeks Could Make or Break the Stock Market msn․com/en-us/news/other/big-tech-earnings-the-fed-and-elections-the-next-2-weeks-could-make-or-break-the-stoc…”

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“Interesting Git repos of the week:Detection:* github․com/reversinglabs/reversinglabs-yara-rules - Reversing Labs YARA
* github․com/interplains/zero-breach - hunt the AdFection / Candiru ad-delivered spyware camp…”

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“europesays․com/unitedstates/68896/ Meta Aims to Raise $95 Billion to Pursue New AI Opportunities ⌗AIBusiness ⌗ArtificialIntelligence ⌗BigTech ⌗Funding ⌗News ⌗PYMNTSNews ⌗SuperIntelligence …”

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“Cognitive Mercantilism: AI panic resembles fears of early capitalism
Link: contraptions․venkateshrao․com/p/cognitive-mercantilism
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=50239027”

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“From the archive:We've spent nearly a decade doing community technology work and tried to write it down in about fifteen different ways․ This is attempt sixteen: our honest takes on digital inclusion, co-production, and…”

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"It's a spiderbot!" "Does it have 8 legs?" "No, but ..."

https://el.kz/en/south-korea-deploys-a-spider-like-robot-in-shipbuilding_400053514/

#robotics #robot #technology #engineering #robots #arduino #electronics #automation #tech #innovation

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“Call for Papers: Paradigms in Change? Generative AI as an Epistemic Actor in Empirical Social and Educational Research (aka Mixed Methods Part II)
Edited by Tamara Ehmann and Friedrich Wolf medienpaed․com/announcement/…”

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“Disinformation, climate denial and Big Tech interference couldn’t silence Brazil’s voters․ People organised․ Democracy won․ But no government gets a blank cheque․ The pressure stays on: zero deforestation, a just energy…”

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“RE: infosec․exchange/﹫SkypLabs/117506592624217033 I'm glad to see my talk finally online! I was afraid the recording got lost due to a technical issue, but they successfully recovered it․I hope you'll enjoy it․ ⌗Val…”

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Any recommendations for a cheap IP camera I can use to put either on my patio or a on window ledge, just to capture any wildlife throughout the day and night. It could even just be something to hook up to a Pi Zero2, for example. I'll connect it to the WiFi so I can watch it live. #tech

4 Ray-Ban Meta privacy settings you should change before wearing them

Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses have rightly been criticized for the many ways they can violate people's privacy.

https://www.engadget.com/2293112/meta-ray-ban-settings-change-before-wearing/

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #Engadget [Engadget]

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“RE: hachyderm․io/﹫eliasulrich/117504885866997859 Hopefully, this is the point of no return, and other countries will follow․ Start by taxing them and making the hate economy they rely on unprofitable․ ⌗nerdreich …”

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“In ⌗Munich, you might see (and hear, feel) this weird machine, making weird vibration and sound sweeps․ This is part of the Giga-M project․ Its goal is to create a detailed 3D map of the underground in Munich and surr…”

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“Lula wins election after final votes tallied
Link: reuters․com/live/brazil-election-live-lula-bolsonaro-face-off-presidential-runoff-2026-10-25/
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=50237485”

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“Last week we talked to Santi van den Toorn about digital independence from american ⌗bigtech which tools are easy to replace, which migrations are difficult, and how to keep working if a service cuts you off․We dis…”

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