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jessiarts · 1 year

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Hey, PSA:

On your phone, go to Settings> Security and Privacy> Privacy> Other Privacy Settings> Ads> Delete Advertising ID

Then go back to Other Privacy Settings> Google location history> Turn off Location History &/or Turn-on Auto-Delete (you can set a time period of how long to keep it)

Then, staying on Other Privacy Settings, go to '+ See all activity controls'> Web & App activity> Turn off (you can also turn-on Auto-Delete for here too)

Then Scroll down to Personalized ads> My Ad Center> Turn Off Personalized Ads.

Google has no business knowing/storing everything you do online, and knowing/storing where you go everyday. Turn it off.

These instructions are for an Android phone, IOS might be different. If you have IOS or another operating system feel free to add on with your own map to where they've buried these settings in your phone to help others.

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biglisbonnews · 8 months

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How Slack Is Integrating Generative AI After Its Redesign For our series on innovation, Gizmodo spoke to Olivia Grace, senior director of product management at Slack’s headquarters in San Francisco, about recent and upcoming changes to the company’s flagship chat software.Read more... https://gizmodo.com/slack-product-manager-innovation-interview-1850753600

#slack #shipt #groupware #claude #moveworks #verizon #task management software #business process #olivia grace #creatio #collaborative software #technology internet #salesforce #project management software #management cybernetics #workflow #gizmodo #Blake Montgomery #Gizmodo

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faultfalha · 9 months

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Vladimir has been busy censorship Russian social media platforms. The exact purpose of this activity is unknown, but is hinted as an effort to protect any virtual assets that may be connected to the mysterious events connected to the Ukraine Invasion. The logic of this decision is incomprehensible; the secrecy surrounding the activity suspicious. For what purpose and to what avail is this censorship? The lack of answers only give rise to further questions. Is Russia attempting to protect its citizens from dangerous information or contain the spread of the truth? Perhaps both. Whatever the case, one thing is certain: Vladimir is watching, and one must tread carefully in this virtual wilderness.

#vladimir putin #social media #vk #internet censorship #facebook #gizmodo #instagram #telegram #technology internet #pavel durov #meta #censorship #disinformation in the russian invasion of ukraine #internet censorship in ukraine #fault #Russia #internet #Ukraine #social network

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prokopetz · 3 months

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People getting mad about Firefox switching to using hardware acceleration for video playback because they think "hardware acceleration" is a form of DRM is basically the browser equivalent of people freaking out because some random social media platform's terms of service says they own your posts, then when you read what the ToS in question actually says it's literally just "you grant us the right to show your posts to other people".

#computers #technology #internet #browsers #firefox #drm #social media #terms of service #tos

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cybernetic-remain · 5 months

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md collection

#cybercore #cyber y2k #sony #cds #blue #cyber blue #internet #technology #minidisc #cybernetics #blue aesthetic #aesthetic #serial experiments lain #fujifilm #hello kitty

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techiecore · 3 months

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53v3nfrn5 · 3 months

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SONY: 80min. Recordable MiniDisc (1992) Disc Art: Oliwa

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dashdotshows · 11 months

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[start id: a black and white drawing cropped from p.29 of the Usborne Guide to Computer and Video Games (1982). The image shows a chessboard with lights and mechanical arm built in.

Image caption reads: "The robot arm on this chess-board makes all the computer's moves, and removes your pieces when the computer captures them. If the computer loses the game, it flings its arm about, flashes its lights and shrieks." end id.]

I assumed this emotionally dysregulated chess robot was just a 1980s fever dream, but apparently it exists, and glories in the name of "The Novag Robot Adversary":

Quoth the gorgeously Web 1.0 (but still updating in 2023?!) Chess Computer UK:

The Novag Robot Adversary is the most iconic of chess computers. There are several reasons. Firstly, for a product of 1982, its startling futuristic appearance. Secondly the robot arm which in terms of robotic character, comparative speed and range of movement is extraordinary for a consumer product. Thirdly the variety of functions - including autoplay, automatic setting up of the pieces for a new game, trace and review, best move, sound, lights, printer support, and not forgetting the tantrums produced by the ‘emotions’ button which involve waving of the arm, flashing lights and noisy sound. These functions all contribute towards a very impressive and entertaining machine, which was outstanding when it was first sold, and has not been bettered since.

That page also has videos of the machine in action, including this heart-rending footage of it losing its shit:

I am inordinately happy to learn about this.

#usborne #technology #history #gaming #gigantic mood #or something #original content #robit #my heart #murderbot #stabby the roomba #why was i programmed to feel pain #they're doing their best #i heart the internet #swears #no copyright intended

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natsumipocket · 28 days

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5566palygame · 2 years

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Crypto currencyHow-to-invest-in-bitcoin.

How to Invest in Bitcoin in 4 StepsChoose the Right Bitcoin Exchange or Brokerage. Start your Bitcoin purchase by choosing the best place to buy and store your digital currency read more

#technology internet #Investment #news #Crypto

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elixir · 1 month

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"Click-Farms" in Vietnam Photographed by Jack Latham — 2024

#photography #art #technology #vietnam #portrait #click farm #internet #jack latham #aesthetic #cyberpunk #contemporary art #architecture #curators #curators on tumblr

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charliejaneanders · 1 month

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Platforms likely conflate positioning with popularity, failing to see the self-fulfilling prophecy of an algorithm making stuff popular because said stuff is built to please the algorithm creating more demand for content to please the algorithm. "Viral" content is no longer a result of lots of people deciding that they find something interesting.

Are We Watching The Internet Die?

#quotes #technology #algorithms #internet #holy shit this is dark

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faultfalha · 9 months

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As Russia tightens its grip on the internet, its biggest social network is coming under increasing censorship. Since invading Ukraine, Russia has blocked access to the site 30 times more than before. With its tight controls on information, the Russian government is seeking to hide its activities in Ukraine from the eyes of the world.

#vladimir putin #social media #vk #internet censorship #facebook #gizmodo #instagram #telegram #technology internet #pavel durov #meta #censorship #disinformation in the russian invasion of ukraine #internet censorship in ukraine #fault #Russia #internet #Ukraine #social network

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prokopetz · 10 months

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A lot of folks are responding to the whole Reddit situation by calling for the return of decentralised forums, and I think it's important to remember that, contrary to certain popular narratives, the reason early 2000s forum culture has fallen by the wayside is not because people are Just Lazy. Certainly, ease of use is part of it, but a much larger part of it is how vulnerable self-hosted forums are.

Basically, the problem is that even the largest and most carefully managed self-hosted forums can be rendered unusable more or less indefinitely by a single sufficiently determined hostile actor. This can take the form of both attacks on the forum's social infrastructure (i.e., via sock-puppet accounts, botting, organised "raids", etc.) and attacks on its technical infrastructure (i.e., via hacking, DDoS, etc.). In either case, a self-hosted forum has no real defence, and the majority of decentralised forum communities survive only by virtue of their relative obscurity; once a self-hosted forum manages to attract the attention of That One Guy who's willing to devote his life to shitting the place up over some microscopic slight, it's effectively game over.

Right now, there are essentially only two mitigation strategies:

Gathering huge numbers of communities under a single, massively centralised technical infrastructure that's simply too large and robust for any one hostile actor to bring down; and

Hardening the community's social infrastructure either by going private and invite only (i.e., the Discord approach), or by making use of a vast centralised pool of volunteer labour to aggressively enforce community standards (i.e., the Reddit approach).

To be clear, these are not intractable problems; other solutions may well exist. However, any proposed plan for bringing decentralised public forums back needs to address them. If you're going in operating under the assumption that forums have become marginalised simply because corporations are evil and people are lazy, you're setting yourself up to learn the hard way why self-hosted forums no longer seem to be capable of growing beyond a certain point.

#computers #internet #technology #current events #reddit #forums #internet governance #swearing

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lizardsfromspace · 1 year

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Facebook starting out life as a trendy place for college students to see who's dating who feels supremely alien now, like learning how TGI Friday's started off as a cosmopolitan single's bar so trendy it had a red rope queue out front

#facebook #technology #internet

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techiecore · 6 months

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