Hi all #introductions #update My name is Mohammed. i'm #blind. I'm from #cairo, #egypt. I was born in 2003 and I studied #translation and #interpretation from #English into #Arabic and vice versa. I'm a #gamer, #musician, and a language lover. I love making #friends and using #tech as #technology is life. I am currently working as a remote #Customer_care advisor and i'm an NVDA Certified Expert by @NVAccess.
' #Musk’s fixation on what he calls the “woke mind virus” suggests both an understanding of humans as machines and an obsession with the threat of left-wing contagion: a conviction that people can be hacked like software and that progressive ideas—cultural Marxism, gender ideology, and so forth—act on the system as a kind of intellectual malware.'
Mark O'Connell reviews #BenTarnoff's & #QuinnSlobodian's #Muskism
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2026/07/23/space-oddity-muskism-slobodian-tarnoff/
https://archive.ph/STOGJ
#tech #books @bookstodon
I tested all three OpenVPN tiers: Why the free version is still the best choice for most users
OpenVPN offers three modes of deployment with varied pricing based on the same underlying protocol. Here are the pros, cons, and costs associated with each.
#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #OpenSource #ZDNet [ZDNet]
Why I'm using wired Android Auto when all the cool kids are switching to wireless
Sometimes, you have to dial back the tech to make ends meet.
#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #OpenSource #ZDNet [ZDNet]
Under Trump, the United States has made it clear that dependence on US tech can and will be weaponized.
In part, that's a new development — at least for some parts of the world. But ensuring the power of the US was sustained by getting other parts of the world to adopt its tech was always part of the plan.
https://disconnect.blog/global-dependence-on-us-tech-was-always-the-plan/
#tech #politics #donaldtrump #siliconvalley #digitalsovereignty
Tracking the Flock: A Running Record of Reported License Plate Camera Misuse
a searchable, cross-jurisdictional record of where a car has been — has also been a repeated target of abuse by the people who have access to it.
Here is a record of individually reported incidents, organized by category, with sources for each.
#flocksafety #alpr #surveillance #privacy #technology #tech
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/tracking-flock-running-record-reported-164420922.html
Look up your local cops on the EFF's Atlas of Surveillance
The Atlas of Surveillance is a database of police technology in use across the United States: enter your city, county, state or the name of a local law enforcement agency, and it will tell you what's in their toybox.
#EFF #flocksafety #surveillance #privacy #police #technology #tech
https://boingboing.net/2026/07/27/look-up-your-local-cops-on-the-effs-atlas-of-surveillance.html/
Really good #Linux O’Reilly book bundle (DRM-free) available on Humble Bundle just now. Worth checking out:
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/linux-all-things-oreilly-books
Happy Friday, folks. My new YouTube video is up!
It's about Kristen Volpe, a schoolteacher in Illinois who was arrested after a private DM she sent to friends was forwarded to the FBI by Snapchat's AI alerts.
It's an interesting story and a cautionary tale.
If you watch and enjoy the video, please hit the like button to help me out a little. Thanks!
#YouTube #Privacy #Tech #Technology #AI #DigitalPrivacy #KristenVolpe
Change Default Linux/Unix Image Viewer Application
Use this complete guide to change the default image viewer application for a graphical desktop environment on a GNU/Linux or Unix operating system.
https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/change-default-linux-unix-image-viewer/
Change gPodder's Default Data and Download Directory
Learn how to change gPodder’s default data and download directory using environment variables on GNU/Linux or Unix with Xorg/Wayland and Windows.
https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/gpodder-change-data-download-directory/
Meta Pulls AI Image Feature From Instagram Days After Launch
Remember that new feature Meta announced last week that let people use public Instagram posts and reels to generate AI content? It didn't last long. Meta pulled the feature from Instagram late on Friday, following wides…
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/07/13/meta-pulls-ai-image-feature-from-instagram/
#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #OpenSource #MacRumors [MacRumors]
Quickly Find Undefined or Null YAML Keys with YQ
Use this solution to quickly find a YAML (YAML Ain’t Markup Language) key within front matter that is undefined or has a value of null using yq.
https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/find-undefined-null-yaml-key/
Much of AI "productivity gains" come from managers implicitly trusting an LLM to do a good job, and suspending the onerous micromanagement that humans employees get subjected to.
You can do that without paying Anthropic a single penny. It just requires letting the experts you hired do their jobs.
https://productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/trust-is-not-built-on-craft-alone
#LLM #AI #tech #UXDesign #UX #SoftwareDevelopment #USerresearch
The very first image from the surface of Mars, transmitted to Earth from NASA's Viking 1 lander, 50 years ago today.
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/our-first-view-of-the-surface-of-mars/ #science #nature #history #tech
Part 2 of Long Reads' discussion with #BenTarnoff and #QuinnSlobodian, authors of #Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed
for Part 1 v. https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/long-reads-trillion-dollar-baby-w-quinn-slobodian-and/id791564318?i=1000773249464
#Musk #ElonMusk #tech #BigTech #techCriticism #techOligarchs #SiliconValleyRight #books @bookstodon
Claude can now use your 1Password credentials for you
1Password has launched a new browser integration for Claude that allows the Anthropic chatbot to access stored security credentials like usernames and passwords. The 1Password for Claude feature means that users can aut…
https://www.theverge.com/tech/966442/1password-anthropic-claude-browser-integration
#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #OpenSource #TheVerge [The Verge]
Out today: "When you wake up in the morning and someone says: 'If you send me $10, my dear, and tell me about your day,' it’s like Stockholm Syndrome. It’s worth the $10 to keep pretending that there is this person who loves you and wants to hear about your day." https://www.texasobserver.org/austin-novel-romance-scammers/
#books #bookstodon #tech #culture @bookstodon
Microsoft loses Brazilian court case after telling hacked Xbox user to re-purchase games — tech giant ordered to restore Xbox account with all games and pay $400 in damages
A Brazilian gamer who lost his Microsoft account and all his digital games has won a court order requiring the company to return them.
#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #OpenSource #TomsHardware [Tom's Hardware]
European Researchers Say Big Tech Is Blocking Access to Their Data
despite being legally entitled to obtain platform data under EU law, researchers face obstacles, obfuscation, and, in some cases, court battles to obtain it.
#EU #DSA #data #research #socialmedia #tiktok #twitter #meta #technolgy #tech
Link at bottom. In my quest to get others to visit my website to see what I am up to instead of wondering why I am not posting or interacting on Facebook, I got this reply, which just made me sad.
> Hey bro! Is this your website thing? But I only visit links I know, and I've never seen Sightless Scribbles before. I don't understand why you can't just post on Facebook where I don't have to click on links I don't know. can you make it easier on me and just post your blogs to your Facebook or get a Substack? If you blogged somewhere I know, I’d read it.
I think this fear of links is the worst thing to happen to the internet. Tech literacy is still an all time low, even in people younger than me. Tech literacy should be a mandatory requirement in all schools, and yes, I mean learn stuff like, what a link is. how to read a link. What HTTPS means. How email works under the hood. I don't mean code or programming.
My website is https://sightlessscribbles.com/
Little Bits: Issue #38 For June 2026
A new issue awaits to be explored and discovered with endless blog posts, books, gaming, hardware, music, news, open source software and so much more.
"What truly binds together this movement is a desire for freedom from, if not total control over, nation-states; a belief in the superiority, either innate or engineered, of a superior class of elite coders and engineers; and a complete rejection of any conception of social responsibility or equality under the law."
Ali Winston reviews @gilduran 's #TheNerdReich: #SiliconValley Fascism and the War on Democracy
https://thebaffler.com/latest/revenge-of-the-nerds-winston
#tech #BigTech #SiliconValleyRight #books @bookstodon
