😅 Synology Reverses Policy Banning Third-Party HDDs After NAS sales plummet
｢ The policy, introduced earlier this year, made third-party HDDs from brands like Seagate and WD practically unusable in newer models such as the DS925+, DS1825+, and DS425+ ｣
#nas #synology #homelab
🚀 FreeBSD 15.0 Alpha 1 Released For Early Testing - Phoronix
｢ FreeBSD 15.0 comes with a lot of new hardware support thanks to many updated kernel drivers, like improved WiFi drivers, better power management, and a lot of newer hardware now simply playing nicely under FreeBSD ｣
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-15.0-Alpha-1
#freebsd #bsd #opensource
🌀 The 1994 Debian Experience
https://youtube.com/watch?v=aHdZQubisas
#debian #retrocomputing #linux #opensource
｢ #GNURadio is a free & #opensource software development toolkit that provides signal processing blocks to implement software radios. It can be used with readily-available low-cost external RF hardware to create software-defined radios, or without hardware in a simulation-like environment. It is widely used in research, industry, academia, government, and hobbyist environments to support both wireless communications research and real-world radio systems ｣
https://wiki.gnuradio.org/index.php?title=What_Is_GNU_Radio
#sdr #dsp
🤔 Bluesky users debate plans around user data and AI training
—nostr:npub1jncpgxmucf3f6jy6ufycfg3m4mxu7pn2hncgfld6qydzhglyeyhq6uh8xx
｢ Graber replied that generative AI companies are “already scraping public data from across the web,” including from Bluesky, since “everything on Bluesky is public like a website is public.” So she said Bluesky is trying to create a “new standard” to govern that scraping, similar to the robots.txt file ｣
https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/15/bluesky-users-debate-plans-around-user-data-and-ai-training/
#bluesky #aiscraping #privacy #ai #llm
🇧🇷 Brazil’s push for comprehensive AI regulation
—Rest of World
｢ The version of the bill that passed the Senate in December included compensation to copyright holders when their content is used to train AI systems; an AI oversight authority; and an autonomous weapons ban. Other regulatory measures remained but were watered down ｣
https://restofworld.org/2025/brazil-ai-regulation-big-tech/
#brazil #ai #privacy #regulation
🇯🇵 Japanese scientists were pioneers of AI, yet they’re being written out of its history | nostr:npub1cy06su88dl9crjvthx56mdpgd0m9dauplnjf58rvcqynj6p8uygq9uggw4
"In 1967, Shun’ichi Amari proposed a method of adaptive pattern classification, which enables neural networks to self-adjust the way they categorise patterns, through exposure to repeated training examples. Amari’s research anticipated a similar method known as “backpropagation,” one of Hinton’s key contributions to the field"
#ai #japan #science
🇺🇸 UnitedHealth uses faulty AI to deny elderly patients medically necessary coverage, lawsuit claims | CBS
"The lawsuit, filed last Tuesday in federal court in Minnesota, claims UnitedHealth illegally denied "elderly patients care owed to them under Medicare Advantage Plans" by deploying an AI model known by the company to have a 90% error rate, overriding determinations made by the patients' physicians that the expenses were medically necessary."
#ai #healthcare
📺 Imperfect, Linux-powered, DIY smart TV is the embodiment of ad fatigue | Ars Technica
｢ We’re at the point where someone would rather use a broken laptop dangling off a TV than be subjected to the watchful eye of the TV's native operating system ｣
https://arstechnica.com/?p=2038479
#ads #diy #linux #privacy #surveillance
OTD Blade Runner was released 42 years ago
#BladeRunner #Scifi #Cyberpunk
