Texas unveiled a new AI data analytics initiative, Bevo Lab, which the university said will "serve as higher education's premier sports intelligence platform and living laboratory.
On a fourth-down decision in the Longhorns’ Week 7 loss to Florida the AI-driven data analytics platform advised to go for it. The Texas QB was dropped for a 3-yard loss.
#Texas #BevoLab #collegefootball #football #sports #artificialintelligence #AI #technology #tech
Bad Tech!
Well, here I go. This is going to be a long thread. I invite people to contribute.
Hoping to avoid people complaining about me putting the tech they love on this list. Please go start your own.
I can only do 500 characters at a time, FYI, which is why some, er, entries might be pithier than they should be.
I'll put in links as I find them.
I'm using https://pivot-to-ai.com/ by @davidgerard and this list as references https://drewdevault.com/weird-guys/
Please share others
New video is up!
This week's video is about Muse, from Meta AI, and the 404 Media report where internal Meta engineers speculated that a data breach related to Muse may be inevitable. I also discuss general risks around AI agents and previous security incidents with Muse.
If you enjoy the video, please tap the like button. This helps us tiny creators a ton. Thank you!
Long-form interview on Daniel Denvir's excellent #TheDigRadio w/ #BenTarnoff & #QuinnSlobodian about their book #Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed.
"What the world’s bizarre richest man reveals about our financially fabulist, hard #tech, #farRight political-economic era."
https://thedigradio.com/podcast/muskism-w-ben-tarnoff-quinn-slobodian/
#Musk #ElonMusk #techFutures #BigTech #techCriticism #techOligarchs #SiliconValleyRight #books @bookstodon
The Halloween Special is up!
In this video I discuss four paranormal stories where technology found something, seemingly, unexplainable. All are purported to be true though, of course, I can't claim that definitively.
Still, let's let our minds wonder, no?
I also wear, maybe, the worst wig ever. Happy Halloween!🎃
#Tech #Technology #Halloween #Paranormal #Ghosts #LochNess #TimeTravel #Video
#ArsTechnica #Tech Discord gives more advertisers more tools to target its users https://arstechni.ca/pQtv
For anyone who might find it useful - I've been putting together a website about the exoskeletons and other tech that keeps me active + sane with MS
No AI, javascript, cookies or affiliate link scammery. Plain old school static HTML
When techies hear "users hate change" we say: they just don't know how awesome the new thing is yet. Nowadays, #AI is the ultimate "you'll love it if you give it a chance (or else)" technology.
Asking users to shoulder a burden that they did not want and provides them with no benefit has been the go-to strategy for the industry. But if what you're shipping is just increasing cognitive load on your users, is it really user-centered?
https://productpicnic.com/archive/thoughtless-changes-overwhelm-our-users-and-its/
There’s no question Donald Trump took a hit in the US midterms. But the tech industry may prove to be an even bigger loser.
Across the country, electoral races were won and lost based on where candidates stood on data centers. The public was clear: they want moratoriums and for AI ambitions to be reined in.
https://disconnect.blog/us-midterms-delivered-a-blow-to-techs-ai-ambitions/
#tech #datacenters #midterms #elections #artificialintelligence #ai
📣 The winning games from the 2026 Game Design Challenge: toxify.
😮 11 games from teams in 9 countries. They will share $10,300 in prize money.
A wide-ranging collection of #videogames that explore toxic people, relationships, norms -- and the effects these can have on young people.
🧡 These non-violent games are intentionally designed to protect adolescents from toxicity and support their well-being.
🎮 At least 1 game to be published in 2026. Stay tuned for details.
📰 Media: Interviews with the winning teams are available.
#tech #prevention #media #games #education #PublicHealth #nonprofit #indiedev #noAI @stopTDV @stoptdv.bsky.social @stopTDV@mastodon.social
My new video is up!
This week I talk about Microsoft Copilot's prompt review program, privacy risks of using LLM's and leaks, and discuss a European privacy alternative.
Note: There are some off color jokes in this one and I do wish some bad things on pedophiles.
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I wanna talk about the political movement of the Open Source community. If you spend enough time on fedi, you surely will have heard *plenty* of criticisms of what's going on in Open Source, and rightfully so.
So I'm curious, what do we think the Open Source community *should be doing* in order to achieve important progressive and anti-authoritarian goals? What should the next generation of programmers be thinking of and working on in this space?
A special rule: You're only allowed to say "don't X" if you have at least as many "do Y" recommendations. Preferably, I'd like to see more do's than don't's.
Boosts welcome 
NEW: The Interior Department may open tens of millions of acres of public lands for AI data centers.
ProPublica found Trump officials who oversee these lands stand to profit from the growth of the industry.
https://www.propublica.org/article/burgum-public-land-data-centers-investments?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #PublicLands #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Tech #Government #Ethics #Utah #Nevada
Tesla will stop making its Cybertruck after a few years of underwhelming sales and as the company focuses on AI and robotics. Read about it from @Techcrunch. “Everything about the Cybertruck was designed to provoke,” Christopher Bonanos writes in his farewell to the steel-clad EV for @Curbed (second link). Finally, had Elon Musk taken a look at some of the beauts in “The Shortest-Lived Car Brands in History” from CarBuzz.com (third link), we may never have had the chance to make fun of it:
" #NaomiKlein and #AstraTaylor have identified ‘ #EndTimesFascism ’ as a feature of our time, offering a portrait of arsonists and accelerationists who are knowingly pushing the world towards new and greater catastrophes.
"On this episode Klein and Taylor join Adam Shatz to discuss what #fascism looks like in the age of #AI, drone warfare and influencers..."
https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/videos/lrb-films-interviews/fascism-in-a-time-of-ai
#farRight #newRight #SiliconValleyRight #USpol #polycrisis #tech #politicalTheory #books @bookstodon
RE: https://defcon.social/@riverpunk/117568060385140896
Lots of very interesting discussions on this post. With the amount of fair criticisms against the Free Software/Open Source movement's approach, and where it has seemed to fail, I wonder if perhaps an explicitly new movement needs to "rise from the ashes", so to speak?
A Neo-FOSS or Post-FOSS movement, that takes far more into account than simply just the 4 Freedoms put forth by the FSF.
Some common points I observed in the replies:
- We need more focus on inclusion, accessibility, and kindness
- We need to think about the user, and accommodate *their* needs -- such as by focusing on UX and listening to user input.
- We need to get the creeps out of our movement. We don't work with fascists or rape apologists.
- We need to come to terms with the inherently anti-monopolistic/anti-capitalist (depending who you ask) aims of our movement. Accept the fact that our movement *is* political, and is a progressive movement!
So, the question is: Does this movement need to explicitly define itself as a new thing beyond just Free Software? Do we need a new, less problematic Richard Stallman and FSF to head the effort and write new theory? Or would it be better for this movement to simply continue operating as the modern day version of the same old "Free Software/Open Source movement"?
Once again, boosts encouraged
I'd love to hear y'all's thoughts on this!
#FOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #tech #leftism #progressive #programming
Oh look, Tech Bros show how profoundly ignorant they are, yet again. https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2026-11/msg00128.html #Tech #Technology #OpenSource #FOSS
My new video is up!
It's a tech-related gift guide to help you all find cool things for your loved ones this Christmas season. (13 total items on the list.)
Some are fun. Some are functional. Some are downright silly. Hopefully there's something here for everyone.
If you like the video, please give it a like as that helps us tiny creators out tremendously. Thank you!
¡BASTA DE CENTROS DE DATOS! Arte es Ética se suma a la campaña europea STOP DIRTY DATA CENTRES! ✊🔥 organizada por Global Action Plan y Green Web Foundation para decir NO a la construcción masiva y a la expansión descontrolada de centros de datos a hiperescala, destinados al entrenamiento de la IA y de la IA generativa.
MÁS INFO: https://arteesetica.org/bastadecentrosdedatos/
Web Oficial: https://stopdirtydatacentres.eu/es/
#AI #genAI #datacenter #data #tech #technology #environment #strike #europe
If someone tries to tell you there are good guys in tech, https://drewdevault.com/weird-guys/#justinmk #Tech #Technology #OpenSource
https://thoughts.pivic.com/review-boox-picco/
I've reviewed the Boox Picco, which is the latest e-reader from Boox. The Picco is very small.
#review #tech #Boox #Picco #BooxPicco #reading @bookstodon @bookstodon@fedigroups.social
NEW EPISODE: Can Europe save the world from the AI apocalypse?
Can European AI like Mistral really compete with US and Chinese giants? Can the EU's AI Act protect our jobs and keep runaway models in check? And what does "winning" the AI race even mean?
We put these questions to Polish AI researcher Aleksandra Przegalińska.
https://www.europeanspodcast.com/all-episodes/can-europe-save-the-world-from-the-ai-apocalypse
Little Bits: Issue #42 For October 2026
Engage yourself in this short story down memory lane about science fiction, Patrick Stewart and then explore shiny new little bits with curiosity.
https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/little-bits-issue-42/
#blog #Fediverse #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #tech #LinkDump #PatrickStewart
