"The only realistic path forward for generative AI firms is to start charging their users the direct costs for running their services, and I do not believe users will be enthusiastic to do so, because the amount of compute that the average user costs vastly exceeds the amount of money that the company generates from a user each month."
https://www.wheresyoured.at/why-everybody-is-losing-money-on-ai/
Is your team bouncing between Confluence, shared drives, and chat apps? Imagine your docs, projects, and file sync all under one open-source roof you control.
On 17 September see @xwiki + @nextcloud in action: We’ll show how to migrate Confluence pages, macros and permissions, then run a wiki inside Nextcloud with unified search and live editing.
No lock‑in. One stack you own.
Save your seat 👉https://go.nextcloud.com/r/20it
#OpenSource #XWiki #Nextcloud #Webinar #tech #technology #news
It's working!
"Large companies (defined as having more than 250 employees) have reduced their AI usage, according to the data. The slowdown started in June, when it was at roughly 13.5%, slipping to about 12% at the end of August. Most other lines, representing companies with fewer employees, are also at a decline, with some still increasing."
Hide or Remove Unwanted Linux/Unix XDG Desktop Menu App Shortcuts
Learn how to hide or remove unwanted software applications in the XDG Desktop menu of a graphical environment on GNU/Linux or Unix operating systems.
https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/hide-remove-linux-unix-xdg-menu-app-shortcut/
#blog #linux #unix #XOrg #Wayland #technology @XOrgFoundation
"Only ten percent [of over 5,000 US adults] said they were "more excited than concerned," indicating that most Americans simply do not share the extremely optimistic views of tech leaders selling AI products."
Change Calibre's Default Theme to a Light or Dark Mode
Learn how to change Calibre’s default colour palette, theme or mode when the system default theme doesn’t cause it to change automatically.
https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/calibre-theme-light-dark-mode/
#blog #books #bookstodon #ebook #technology #100DaysToOffload
Pentagon Bans Tech Vendors From Using China-Based Personnel After ProPublica Investigation
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The Defense Department has tightened cybersecurity requirements for its cloud services providers. The changes come after ProPublica revealed how Microsoft’s use of China-based engineers left sensitive government data vulnerable to hacking.
https://www.propublica.org/article/pentagon-dod-microsoft-digital-escorts-china-ban-cybersecurity?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #DOD #Tech #Microsoft #Pentagon #Cybersecurity #Technology #China
#lispyGopherClimate #LIVE #technology #podcast
https://communitymedia.video/w/vY4A9hxkZEQCe47UBASXFa
@kentpitman #climate #haiku and note on https://climate.us
@jns #gopher #phlog about #vcfmw
Mastodon #lisp happenings recently @mdhughes etc
#emacsconf proposal deadline is Friday!
Otherwise, I did lots of #commonLisp #programming this week and will talk about the #gof_ai & #DeepLearning #AI one, and maybe my spacetime-box #NicCLIM #gamedev.
https://screwlisp.small-web.org/fundamental/classical-ai-and-deep-learning-ai-difference-in-two-examples/
https://screwlisp.small-web.org/lispgames/spacetime-boxes-nicclim/
Vivaldi 7.6 for desktop is here 🎉
Tldr: Customize EVERYTHING and rule your tabs!
✅ Fully customizable tab bar
✅ The Tab Button
✅ Quick address field search with @ tabs, @ bookmarks, @ history
✅ Swipe gestures for Windows
✅ Cleaner context menus
"Ceefax was the world's first teletext service, going live on 23 September 1974. In a pre-internet world, the revolutionary system allowed people to check the latest BBC news and sport updates at the touch of a few buttons."
Learning a new AI-related term: workslop.
"The insidious effect of workslop is that it shifts the burden of the work downstream, requiring the receiver to interpret, correct, or redo the work. In other words, it transfers the effort from creator to receiver."
https://hbr.org/2025/09/ai-generated-workslop-is-destroying-productivity
#workslop #AI #slop #GenAI #technology #news #TechNews #study
#TechNews #Technology news picks of the day:
➡️ @404mediaco - Reader-supported investigative journalism on tech, privacy etc
➡️ @arstechnica - Tech news site since 1998
➡️ @osnews - Computing & tech news site since 1997
➡️ @2600 - Hacking magazine since 1984
➡️ @heiseonline - German-language tech news since 1996
➡️ @verge - Tech news site in US
➡️ @TechDesk - Human-curated tech news on Fedi
➡️ @TechCrunch - US tech news site
➡️ @podcast - Tech news podcast from blind people's perspective
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Stand Up and Celebrate Software Freedom Day
Join in the celebration of Software Freedom Day and learn about Free Software and its virtues along with how to host or attend this worldwide event.
https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/celebrate-software-freedom-day/
'You struggle on': Tim relies on a GM pig kidney to keep him alive
By Peter de Kruijff and James Bullen
US man Tim Andrews has been broken the record for the longest length of time with a genetically modified animal organ. He hopes more people will receive GM pig kidneys as clinical trials ramp up.
#MedicalProcedures #GeneticallyModifiedOrganisms #ScienceandTechnology #Environment #Health #GeneticEngineering #Technology #Biotechnology #Animals #AgriculturalTechnology #BioEthics #MedicalEthics #MedicalResearch #Surgery #Diabetes #DiseasesandDisorders #PeterdeKruijff #JamesBullen
Atlassian is sunsetting its Data Center products. For Confluence users, the question is no longer whether to migrate, but how.
Together with @nextcloud ,we ran a webinar, “Break free from Confluence”, covering:
✔ Live migration demo
✔ Preserving hierarchies, macros & permissions
✔ Migration strategies with minimal disruption
Recap 👉 https://xwiki.com/en/Blog/Webinar-overview-break-free-from-Confluence/
#XWiki #OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty #Confluence #DataCenter #Atlassian #Tech #Technology #News #Technews
🇦🇹 Austria's Armed Forces have replaced MS Office with LibreOffice on 16,000+ workstations 📄
This shift began in 2020 to avoid mandatory cloud reliance ☁️
Their goal? Digital sovereignty—not cost saving 🔒
They even contributed 5+ person-years of code 🛠️
EU trend toward open-source grows 🇪🇺
🔗 https://news.itsfoss.com/austrian-forces-ditch-microsoft-office/
#TechNews #LibreOffice #Linux #OpenSource #Privacy #FOSS #Security #Europe #EU #Microsoft #Cloud #DigitalSovereignty #Government #Defense #Innovation #Technology
