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  • Microsoft reportedly raises Windows OEM license fees by 7% to 10%

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  • That's a 42% increase in price. Did Windows get 42% better when I wasn't looking?

  • Old Reddit Faces Major Updates Over Al Data Scraping Threats

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  • "abusive scraping" = Reddit didn't get a payout

  • Rapper Denies That His Billboard-Charting Song Is AI-Generated

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  • Everybody behind this song all look so pathetic and embarrassed about their own existence. Between the people involved, the leaks, the alleged company behind it changing their name after the song filename leaked.

  • 'We are the reason that data centers get built and expanded': It's not about whether we need them, but it's about where we build them, IDCA founder and CEO says

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  • And it’s this paradox that many are grappling with at the moment – in this case, residents with a Facebook account can hardly argue against Meta’s need for physical infrastructure, and the same logic applies to users of streaming platforms, ecommerce websites, cloud storage, AI chatbots and so much more.

    So many things wrong with this line of logic (which implicitly is attributed to IDCA, which must stand for I Don't Care at All).

    First:

    Second, for some people, Facebook is necessary for work, thanks to the company monopolizing the concept of a town square for a lot of communities. So yes it kind of is "society" now in this cyberpunk dystopia.

    Finally, even if somebody explicitly endorsed that social network, that doesn't mean they necessarily agree with the AI data centers that use multiples more resources and are unnecessary for Facebook's running.

  • Samsung bans smart TV apps that share users’ internet connections with strangers

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  • It's possible because, for some reason, TVs run full operating systems now. The ban isn't even a limitation on their functionality as far as I know, it's just Samsung threatening to remove known offenders from their official repositories.

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    You can mount Veracrypt disks on unrooted Android!

    github.com /moylali/OTGMaster

  • Google Earth’s New AI Lets Anyone Fabricate Completely Bullshit Satellite Images

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  • Google's solution to images altered with their AI: just use their AI to determine if they're fake.

    There's a little problem though: people who assume it's real won't get told. Not even through their own AI. I downloaded the fake protest picture and asked, using the persona of someone naive.

    Then I asked if it was real. Only then did it bother to check:

    So Google will only fulfill their promise if you yourself act as a skeptic at all times. I love the erosion of trust online, as pushed by major tech companies.

  • Big Tech is hiding $1.65tn in off-balance-sheet AI debt

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  • Enron-esque indeed.

    From the Nikkei report: This looks so bad. It's often been repeated but eventually these companies will have to pay the reaper.

    Today's AI industry is partly supported by demand generated by circular investment. Nvidia and tech giants invest in data center operators and AI companies, with that money then turning into GPU and cloud usage fees. Actual demand is difficult to see, increasing the likelihood of overinvestment in data centers.

  • Australia teen social media ban has little impact: research

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  • A failure for keeping children off social media, a smashing success for upcoming data breaches

  • Microsoft extends Windows 10 support out of the blue - consumers now get updates for another year to October 2027

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  • The timeline so far:

    • Microsoft launches K2 initiative to fix Windows 11 issues like mandatory updates
    • immediately pushes Windows-breaking updates
    • doesn't deliver promises, or offers temporary half-measures
    • Extends Windows 10 life

    This is a disaster

  • Judge Rules Blacked.com Can Sue Meta for Scraping Its Porn

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  • Every time I read an article about Facebook, I hate them a little more.

    Meta argued that Strike 3 Holdings failed to show that Meta actually intended to use Strike 3 Holdings’ videos to train its AI models and that Meta, the company, was actually responsible for downloading the videos, as opposed to rogue employees downloading porn on company time from company IP addresses.

    I think they protest too much.

    And it's extra scummy to blame corporate behavior on scapegoat employees.

  • Smart Glasses Would Legally Require a Recording Light Under Proposed Law

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  • Don't care: light or not, I don't want somebody pointing a camera at me at all times in a civilized society. If anything, this legislation could normalize creeps with cameras that are constantly pointed at you.

    We haven't even gotten to phase two of enshittification, and these things still haven't exhibited value.

  • Companies Are Using Reddit to Manipulate ChatGPT and Google AI Search

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  • This is a match made in hell. Biohacking is a field rife for abuse; it's something that's basically medicine, but not regulated.

  • Meta will reportedly let employees take 30-minute breaks from its tracking program

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  • A subset of employees will also be able to request to opt out of the program altogether, though this will be limited to remote workers with bandwidth concerns, people who deal with "sensitive" material and those who often work in spaces where they can't easily keep laptops connected to a power source.

    How thoughtful of Facebook. They underpay people to moderate harmful content that gives them PTSD, but don't surveil them. Never mind the welfare of the workers, they're just trying to avoid any blowback that could happen down the road that could make them look like the monsters they are.

  • Digital sovereignty, the musical: One engineer’s bizarre crusade against hyperscalers

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  • How exactly is this accomplishing anything? Sounds like a strongly worded letter but with more effort.

    Operation Dindon now includes 50 AI-generated songs... produced in around two minutes per track for less than €50 a month.

    Correction: but with less effort and more money spent to produce it.

  • Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak got cheers, not boos, after telling students they 'all have AI — actual intelligence'

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  • Oh it's the AI evangelist troll.

  • Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak got cheers, not boos, after telling students they 'all have AI — actual intelligence'

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  • There's plenty of room for those articles too, including here (if/when technology related).

  • Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak got cheers, not boos, after telling students they 'all have AI — actual intelligence'

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  • I think it was just cleverly subverting audience expectation for what he was about to say next, not an attempt to actually change language.

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    Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak got cheers, not boos, after telling students they 'all have AI — actual intelligence'

    www.businessinsider.com /steve-wozniak-apple-ai-graduation-speech-2026-5

  • Why new grads are booing commencement speakers: There's an 'ambient anxiety that AI is going to make things dramatically worse'

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  • Even if AI job loss fears are overblown, which I believe they are, it's a real slap in the face to tell graduating students about it. (Morso, in fact, because the rhetoric exists to boost AI investors' portfolios.)

  • I Work in Hollywood. Everyone Who Used to Make TV Is Now Secretly Training AI

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  • Well that was an adventure through hell. I thought failing to be paid residuals was bad enough, and maybe those people are getting a pittance to have their current work run through a machine, but no... They're just getting dragged into the Gig Economy too.

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    We're Hooked on Satellites. It Could Blow Up in Our Faces

    www.cnet.com /science/space/features/satellite-overcrowding-space-junk-low-earth-orbit-starlink/
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    OpenAI funding fears hit memory chip prices

    finance.yahoo.com /sectors/technology/articles/openai-funding-fears-hit-memory-154500748.html
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    Should handymen use AI to fix your electric outlets? New Mozilla project says yes!