Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead
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Oh wow, the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) annual challenge for writers that started as a Yahoo! mailing list in 1999 is shutting down.
"NaNoWriMo lost significant community support when it took a stand in favor of the use of artificial intelligence in creative writing. [...] Around the same time, the nonprofit was also lambasted for inconsistent moderation on its all-ages forums, which created an unsafe environment for teenage writers, community members claimed."
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/01/nanowrimo-shut-down-after-ai-content-moderation-scandals/
#news #technology #TechNews #NaNoWriMo #NationalNovelWritingMonth #writing #AI
Vivaldi 7.5 for mobile is here! Bugs have shipped off on a one-way cruise to give you a smoother, speedier browser that works your way. ☀️
A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers
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The Pentagon bans foreign citizens from accessing highly sensitive data, but Microsoft bypasses this by using engineers in China and elsewhere to remotely instruct American “escorts” who may lack expertise to identify malicious code.
#News #Tech #Cybersecurity #Technology #Microsoft #Government #Data
An AI Image Generator’s Exposed Database Reveals What People Really Used It For
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Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share in USA
https://ostechnix.com/linux-reaches-5-desktop-market-share-in-usa/
#HackerNews #Linux #Desktop #Market #Share #USA #Linux #Growth #Open #Source #Community #Technology #News
An Algorithm Deemed This Nearly Blind 70-Year-Old Prisoner a “Moderate Risk.” Now He’s No Longer Eligible for Parole.
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A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at early release. Civil rights attorneys say it could disproportionately harm Black people — and may even be unconstitutional.
https://www.propublica.org/article/tiger-algorithm-louisiana-parole-calvin-alexander?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Louisiana #Prison #CriminalJustice #CivilRights #Technology #Law
Flipboard fans, we have an update for you! Meet Trending — your new destination for what’s making headlines, from world news to culture picks.
Here's a blogpost about the new tab, which makes it even easier to find up-to-date information from reliable sources in the Flipboard app or on the website.
https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/introducing-trending/
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$35/$1500
Thanks anyone who boosts/donates!
I'm going to be switching to a personal account. You're free to share my writing and ko-fi for donations since I'm still trying to move and I still will talk about mutual aid.
Hey FediFam. My timeline is thin. I’m looking for #recommendations for people who are into #ttrpg, #videogames, #technology or any cool geek stuff. Feel free to recommend yourself if you're a cool, fun person.
After a ProPublica investigation revealed how Microsoft’s “digital escort” tech support service could expose sensitive government data to cyberattacks, the company says China-based engineers will no longer provide assistance on DOD cloud services.
#News #Microsoft #Tech #Technology #Defense #Government #DOD #Cybercrime
A ProPublica investigation revealed how a little-known Microsoft program could leave some of the U.S. government’s most sensitive data vulnerable to hacking from its leading cyber adversary.
Here are the biggest takeaways from our reporting.
https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-digital-escort-china-government-data-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Tech #Technology #Microsoft #Cybersecurity #Cybercrime #Government
I have drafted an email critical of the #digitalomnibus proposal in #EU from a wide-reaching privacy, #technology sector protection and #geopolitical risk standpoint.
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"According to OpenAI’s internal tests, o3 and o4-mini, which are so-called reasoning models, hallucinate more often than the company’s previous reasoning models [...]"
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/18/openais-new-reasoning-ai-models-hallucinate-more/
A few years ago, way before "AI" and LLMs became a thing, I made a game called Detective, where the players were randomly paired either with another player, or a chatbot, and had to figure out whether they're speaking with a "robot", or a human pretending to be one.
Looks like we're all playing that game now.
"AI is trained off people, and people copy what they see other people doing. People become more like AI, and AI becomes more like people."
Microsoft says it will no longer use China-based engineers to support the Pentagon. But ProPublica found that the tech giant has relied on its global workforce for years to support other federal clients, including the Justice Department.
https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-tech-support-government-cybersecurity-china-doj-treasury?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Technology #Tech #Microsoft #Pentagon #Cybersecurity #Defense #China
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The Mother of All Demos was "a landmark computer demonstration of [...] many of the fundamental elements of modern personal computing: windows, hypertext, graphics, efficient navigation and command input, video conferencing, the computer mouse, word processing, dynamic file linking, revision control, and a collaborative real-time editor."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-zdhzMY
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_of_All_Demos
#OnThisDay #OTD #history #technology #computers #demo #MotherOfAllDemos
"After announcing plans to find and restrict underage users on YouTube, the company now says it will start detecting whether Google users based in the US are under 18."
https://www.theverge.com/news/716154/google-ai-age-estimation-under-18
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.
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
Oh come on.
"We are observing stealth crawling behavior from Perplexity, an AI-powered answer engine. Although Perplexity initially crawls from their declared user agent, when they are presented with a network block, they appear to obscure their crawling identity in an attempt to circumvent the website’s preferences."
All kinds of awful.
"I am the lawyer for a multinational group active in the energy sector that intends to displace a small Amazonian indigenous community from their territories in order to build a dam and a hydroelectric plant."
https://futurism.com/leaked-chatgpt-lawyer-displace-amazonian
90 Unique Tech Geek Holiday Gift Ideas For 2025
Take the challenge out of gift giving this holiday season using this curated tech gift guide of unique ideas sourced from past issues of Little Bits.
