"More than 10 years ago, Meta introduced a snippet of code called the “Meta pixel,” which has since been embedded on about 20% of the most trafficked websites. While these pixels are well-known, and can be blocked by tools like EFF’s Privacy Badger, researchers discovered another way these pixels were being used to track you:"Protect Yourself From Meta’s Latest Attack on Privacy https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/protect-yourself-metas-latest-attack-privacy
Zorin thinks you should use Zorin: Windows 10 Is Reaching Its End of Life. Keep Your Computer Working With Zorin OS. https://blog.zorin.com/2025/05/28/windows-10-is-reaching-its-end-of-life/
"Using AI can be a double-edged sword, according to new research from Duke University. While generative AI tools may boost productivity for some, they might also secretly damage your professional reputation": AI use damages professional reputation, study suggests https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/05/ai-use-damages-professional-reputation-study-suggests/
"It's hard to remember now, but for more than three years under Biden, it was possible to read the headlines every morning and feel excited that your government was taking big, decisive action to tame the corporate behemoths that rip you off, maim you on the job, and undermine our democracy": The most remarkable thing about antitrust (that no one talks about) (10 Apr 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/10/solidarity-forever-2/#oligarchism
"I've been successfully scammed six times in my life. Each time, the scam relied on the confluence of several factors that yielded a fleeting moment of vulnerability that some scammer was able to exploit by being in the right place at the right time. I had to be lucky always, they only had to be lucky once": How the world’s leading breach expert got phished (05 Apr 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/05/troy-hunt/#teach-a-man-to-phish
One of the favorite camera's I ever owned was a 35mm Olympus rangefinder camera I had for a number of years in the early '70s when I was part of Rochdale in Toronto: The OM SYSTEM OM-3 is the camera of my dreams https://rubenerd.com/the-om-system-om-3-is-the-camera-of-my-dreams/
Kudos to ITProToday@fosstodon.org for publishing this great article by Ann Schlemmer from Percona: Why Knowing Who (or What) Is Behind an Open Source Solution Is Critical https://www.itprotoday.com/software-development/why-knowing-who-or-what-is-behind-an-open-source-solution-is-critical
Lordy, lordy, lordy, FSF is turning 40. What we want to know is, how is that even possible?: Auction With GNU's Original Gnu Kicks Off FSF's 40th Anniversary Events - FOSS Force https://fossforce.com/2025/02/auction-with-gnus-original-gnu-kicks-off-fsfs-40th-anniversary-events/
Carole King says, "Cat ladies for Kamala."
"The entire internet is shaped by Google's decisions about what shows up on that first page of listings. When Google decided to prioritize shopping site results over informative discussions and other possible matches, the entire internet shifted its focus to producing affiliate-link-strewn 'reviews' that would show up on Google's front door": AI is a WMD (09 May 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/09/shitting-in-the-well/#advon
Goose and gander: Image-scraping Midjourney bans rival AI firm for scraping images https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/03/in-ironic-twist-midjourney-bans-rival-ai-firm-employees-for-scraping-its-image-data/
X's long goodbye: LXQt's Desktop Component Is Now 100% Ready for Wayland - 9to5Linux https://9to5linux.com/the-lxqt-desktop-environment-is-now-100-wayland-ready
"Linux malware that circulated in the wild for at least two years before being identified as a credential stealer that’s installed by the exploitation of recently patched vulnerabilities:" Never-before-seen Linux malware gets installed using 1-day exploits https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/03/never-before-seen-linux-malware-gets-installed-using-1-day-exploits/
Do you ever get the feeling that the people who run our world aren't paying attention?: How the Groundwater Crisis May Impact Data Centers https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/power-and-cooling/how-groundwater-crisis-may-impact-data-centers
State of the art being powered by dinosaur technology: EQT Boss Says Mountain Valley Pipeline Will Enable AI Power Boom https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/power-and-cooling/eqt-boss-says-mountain-valley-pipeline-will-enable-ai-power-boom
It's rare these days for me to hear about a distro that's new to me that doesn't make me yawn, but this one really looks interesting, and oddly it's been around for twenty years: BigLinux makes Linux easy for anyone - and it should be way more popular https://www.zdnet.com/article/biglinux-makes-linux-easy-for-anyone-and-it-should-be-way-more-popular/
We've gotten to the point that if you're not face to face you can't believe anything you see or hear. How long until we have deep fakes up close and personal? Generative AI video startup Tavus raises $18M to bring face and voice cloning to any app https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/12/generative-ai-video-startup-tavus-raises-18m-to-bring-face-and-voice-cloning-to-any-app/
"Linux hasn’t kept up with the scale and speed required to process copious amounts of data in the cloud": https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/12/new-startup-from-postgres-creator-puts-the-database-at-heart-of-software-stack/
"Maintenance is extra work programmers do on top of their day job. Companies want programmers to produce new code. They're not interested in paying them to help manage the Linux infrastructure What Linux kernel maintainers do and why they need your help https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-linux-kernel-maintainers-do-and-why-they-need-your-help/#ftag=RSSbaffb68
nostr:npub1504jj42t6flu5l6n7e389e9mt8gxduhnzuyv7dq4gr95w20mmpqscx0cg0 Might be because nobody's heard of it. I'd never heard of it until you just mentioned it, and I earn my keep by following tech.
I use Mastodon more, but T2/Pebble became my favorite of the social sites I've adopted post-Twitter: The Pebble falls: A 'friendly' Twitter replacement closes its doors https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-pebble-falls-a-friendly-twitter-replacement-closes-its-doors/