MageGee MK-Box 65% Mechanical Wired Computer Keyboard Review
A comprehensive review of the MageGee MK-Box mechanical computer keyboard covering overview, keycaps, switches, specifications, shortcuts and more.
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What does a Discord replacement look like, and how might the open social web play a part? @laurenshof looks at what needs to happen — different apps built on the same protocols, active collaboration to make sure it all fits together — and how that's already fundamental to the Atmosphere and fediverse.
#ActivityPub #Mastodon #ATProtocol #Bluesky #Blacksky #Discord #Technology #Tech
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Mark Carney’s decision to rescind Canada’s digital services tax is a cowardly move that shows Trump he can be pressured into making trade concessions.
It also shows how much Carney is willing to give into corporate demands, and particular those of the tech industry.
https://www.disconnect.blog/p/mark-carney-caves-to-trump-and-the
#tech #canada #dst #digitalservicestax #donaldtrump #canada #tax
#linux #mint #cinammon #tech Which version should I download ? Currently trapped in Windows 11. Laptop is HP Probook 430 G6 DM please
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What is Donald Trump's plan for AI? @brianmerchant read his Action Plan and executive orders and watched his speech. Here's what he learned. "Broadly speaking, the plan is that the Trump administration will help Silicon Valley put the pedal down on AI, delivering customers, data centers and power, as long as it operates in accordance with Trump’s ideological frameworks; i.e., as long as the AI is anti-woke," Merchant writes for his Blood in the Machine newsletter. "It’s above all a blueprint for consolidated control, a vision where worker power withers, citizens become subservient to AI; to its corporate masters and federal overseers, where fossil fuels are ushered again into prominence at the height of the climate crisis, and democracy is sidelined in favor of automation technologies. It is, in summary, pretty grim!"
#Tech #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #TrumpAdministration #DonaldTrump #Politics #DEI #SiliconValley
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#SpeakingOutOfPlace welcomes #CarissaVéliz, author of #Prophecy: Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future—from Ancient Oracles to #AI
"[W]e talk about how both massive and intrusive invasions of privacy at all levels of society and false claims to be able to predict the future erode democracy, are corrosive to #ethics, and undermine people’s ability to think for themselves."
#tech #artificialIntelligence #techCriticism #surveillance #books @bookstodon
It suddenly struck me the other day that generative AI used in government and media has a very Memoirs Found in a Bathtub quality about it. One of the premises of Lem's (amazing) novel is that paper disintegrates for unknown reasons, leaving very few hard records of anything. The book is a mock diary of a person who lived through the disorienting chaos that ensued.
#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #LLM #tech #dev #StanislawLem #fiction #SciFi #ScienceFiction #cybernetics
#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #LLM #tech #dev #StanislawLem #fiction #SciFi #ScienceFiction #cybernetics
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Nothing is more valuable than a clear-headed understanding of which particular lies are most likely to succeed in the present environment, and which are just evanescent byproducts of the generally mendacious atmosphere. Dodge the decoys, save the right kind of energy to counter the real blows. Turning up the heat in lamenting the current crisis risks mistaking a mere mirage for a more substantial threat.
I found this to be an excellent and orienting read for anyone concerned about the US right now.
While folks are understandably worried about this administration, which has already inflicted significant harms, it's important to stay level headed and aligned with the actual facts and truths. That's our primary defense against what's happening which, as Arendt argued in the 1970s, hinges on a process of defactualization. Shouting "fascism!" and drawing analogies with the Nazis, as this essay argues, is going too far, turning up the heat about a mirage. Much as we wish they'd do better--and they could do better--in point of fact we do still have a functioning judicial system and media ecosystem, and there are significant numbers of people, including politicians and judges, fully willing to challenge every lie the administration emits. As dangerous as these times are we are nowhere near as far along the authoritarian trajectory as shouting "fascism!" makes it sound, and we should really stop doing that. Doing so grants bluffs and bluster more power than it actually has, which is ultimately a form of surrender. We should recognize our own strength and save it for real threats.
This is one of many reasons why I relentlessly call BS on generative AI and the claims about it coming out of the technology sector. There is a defactualization process at work there that plays into the broader political one; some of the individuals enacting this defactualization in tech are personally involved in doing the same in the federal government. If you've been watching you probably know some of their names and the companies they came from. Generative AI is itself a defactualization machine; that's one of its primary appeals to this crew.
Dodge the decoys and save your energy for the real blows.
#USPol #HannahArendt #authoritarianism #despair #tech #dev #AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #LLM
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Remove Unwanted Artificial Intelligence Features On DuckDuckGo
Discover how to remove the clutter of unwanted DuckDuckGo artificial intelligence features by altering search settings or using alternative websites.
https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/remove-artificial-intelligence-duckduckgo/
#blog #search #NoAi #ArtificialIntelligence #tech #technology
no more music for U-18s in UK 🙃
#OnlineSafetyAct #OSA #AgeVerification #Spotify #Tech #Technology #Privacy #Censorship #Surveillance
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@mttaggart/116076953346773167
eyes rolling black
the decentralized future will be built on repurposed hardware, discarded due to Windows 11 requirements
#enshittification #hardware #westerndigital #hdd #decentralization #tech #recycle #repurpose #diy
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#Microsoft Used China-Based Engineers to Support Product Recently Hacked by #China
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Microsoft announced that Chinese state-sponsored hackers had exploited vulnerabilities in its popular #SharePoint software but didn’t mention that it has long used China-based engineers to maintain the product.
#News #Tech #Cybersecurity #Government #Safety #privacy
https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-sharepoint-hack-china-cybersecurity
Recent comic: Cutting out the Middleman
I suspect that some readers might interpret this cartoon as a call for Luddism, but mostly it's a reflection of thoughts I've been having lately about out-of-control data harvesting and a growing surveillance state.
#tech #technology #privacy #data #comic #cartoon #surveillance #consumers #corporations
***infosec specialists are needed in the resistance ***
The world needs tech security specialists to run workshops at public libraries for all ages & abilities to remove spyware, AI, reduce surveillance, understand the issues, & for more advanced, move to Linux, degooglefy, etc.
Libraries will pay good wages for these workshops.
If you have these skills, please consider offering them.
#libraries #library #tech #infosec #privacy #security #activism #antifa #resistance
De slimme deurbel is symbool van een samenleving die zich laat gijzelen door een illusie van totalitaire controle en veiligheid https://www.groene.nl/artikel/bespied-door-je-eigen-deurbel 👁️ #AI #Tech #surveillance
Maak surveillance zichtbaar, bespreekbaar én democratisch controleerbaar! https://wiki.piratenpartij.nl/tk2025:partijprogramma#privacy_en_massa_surveillance
Microsoft can no longer deny it’s directly enabling the oppression and genocide of Palestinians by Israel.
“According to three Unit 8200 sources, the cloud-based storage platform has facilitated the preparation of deadly airstrikes and has shaped military operations in Gaza and the West Bank.”
@Mastodon is changing course when it comes to how people join the platform. In late 2022, the team decided to send sign-ups directly to their server in order to make onboarding more straightforward. But that didn't align with the promise of decentralization. Here, Community Director @haubles explains the new approach to server recommendation, along with some other ways Mastodon is helping build community.
#Mastodon #SocialMedia #Decentralization #ActivityPub #Community #Technology #Tech
Is there an open source software license that forbids using LLMs to extend the code?
#FOSS #OSS #OpenSource #software #tech #dev #SoftwareLicensing
#FOSS #OSS #OpenSource #software #tech #dev #SoftwareLicensing
The most prominent 'tech critic' on Mastodon arguing that tech is neutral and apolitical. Jesus fucking christ. #AI #Enshittification #LLMs #Tech
Wrote and published a blog post last night on why I finally decided to delete my TikTok account 👀😃
#blog #tiktok #socialMedia #tech #writing
https://bookswithnoelle.wordpress.com/2026/02/17/first-step-to-freedom-deleting-tiktok/
📝 Owning your data #Development #Webdev #Tech #SocialMedia
Owning your own data is hard. I've been trying to own as much as I can, and my site has become a reflection of that process, both in what I display and discuss. As difficult as it is, there's a freedom in owning as much as you can.
AI industry groups are urging an appeals court to block what they say is the largest copyright class action ever certified, warning that it could “financially ruin” the entire industry. @ArsTechnica has more:
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"#TheElementsOfPower: A Story of War, Technology, and the Dirtiest Supply Chain on Earth," a new book by journalist #NicolasNiarchos, paints a semi-apocalyptic vision of that #cobalt’s origins: corrupt bargains between politicians and foreign companies, displacement and environmental destruction, cave-ins that bury miners alive."
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/elements-power-nicolas-niarchos-cobalt-exploitation/
#tech #Congo #DRC #mining #cobaltMining #artisanalMining #ecocide #books @bookstodon
Last month, job boards for actors were flooded with ads looking for people to record “conversations, character voices, and natural speech to help train AI systems," for a project by Microsoft. Payment was orders of magnitude more than a normal acting gig — up to $80,000, where a national ad campaign for a big brand might ordinarily pay $6,000. @404mediaco's Rosie Thomas spoke to voice actors about the "Faustian bargain" of accepting such roles. "You're still taking away tomorrow's meal because they're offering you a little bit more,” says Katie Clark Gray.
#Movies #Cinema #Film #Acting #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Tech