AI slop is threatening journalism by churning out clickbaity versions of original stories, capturing web traffic, and destroying readers' trust in media. NiemanLab's Ben Paviour takes a look at how it's proliferating, with the help of Google.
#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Slop #Journalism #Media #MediaIndustry #Google #Technology #Tech
Little Bits: Issue #29 For September 2025
A fresh new issue is here overflowing with discovered little bits to explore and a message of personal reflection on the challenges of writing.
Signal massively downloaded amid rising tensions, number one in Denmark 🇩🇰 🇬🇱
People are looking for a safer alternative to WhatsApp
👉 https://aboutsignal.com/news/signal-massively-downloaded-amid-rising-tensions-number-one-in-denmark/
#signal #signalmessenger #signalapp #tech #privacy #whatsapp #denmark #greenland #news
FINISHED IT. #AI #Tech #technology #embroidery #Handmade
What's New for Mozilla Firefox Release 147.0
Examine that latest new features, improvements and fixes for Mozilla Firefox version 147.0 broken into easy to follow headings.
https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/mozilla-firefox-whats-new-147/
"Don't Wanna Be Called #nazi Don't Do Nazi Sh*t"
https://www.blueamp.co/p/young-republicans-and-congressman
"These Young Rs are 'no one swiped right' in human form
And what's w 'young' for #MAGA lasting til minoxidil's a thing? Hell, they prob had their 1st #crypto scams a decade+ ago" #news #politics #fascist #tech #media #press ##youngrepublicans #trump #ai #donaldtrump #eu #tv
Improve Mozilla Thunderbird Email Message Hyperlink Readability
Learn all available options to improve hyperlink or link readability in email messages when using Mozilla Thunderbird.
https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/improve-hyperlink-readability-mozilla-thunderbird/
Resolve GNOME Shell v49 Failed to Start Gnome-Session-X11
Resolve the frustrating circumstance to the problem where GNOME Shell Display Manager version 49 fails to start unit gnome-session-x11.
https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/gnome-shell-49-failed-start-session-x11/
Dolphin File Manager: Enable Administrator or Root Access
Attain the necessary steps on how to activate the administrator or root mode access using KDE Plasma’s default file manager application Dolphin.
https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/dolphin-enable-administrator-root-access/
🚀 The CybersecKyle Community is live! A friendly Discord where security + tech meet: news breakdowns, labs, tools, cloud/automation chats, chill coffee breaks, and so much more! Beginners → pros welcome.
Read more: https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/the-cyberseckyle-community-is-live-security-and-tech-together/
“I feel like we're rebooting to the last version of the Internet that I felt uncomplicated joy about.”
@Casey, @kevin and @pj on why they set up their Forkiverse fediverse server.
https://www.searchengine.show/the-fediverse-experiment/
#Fediverse #Federation #ActivityPub #Forkiverse #OpenSocial #OpenSocialWeb #Internet #Technology #Tech
Wrote and published a blog post last night on why I finally decided to delete my TikTok account 👀😃
#blog #tiktok #socialMedia #tech #writing
https://bookswithnoelle.wordpress.com/2026/02/17/first-step-to-freedom-deleting-tiktok/
Batch Scan Photos With SANE's Scanimage On GNU/Linux Command Line
Turn a painful, time consuming and repetitive task of batch scanning photographs into a joyful one using SANE’s Scanimage on a GNU/Linux command line.
https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/batch-scan-photo-sane-scanimage/
Marky Mark still hasn't updated the old Threads.net domain in the #Fediverse to the new Threads.com
Guess his superintelligence wasn't up to the challenge 🤖
On a side note: If #Meta wants a product to be "cool", @zuck should not wear it! 😎
❌ #Demeta now: https://www.reddit.com/r/DeMeta
#threads #ai #facebook #it #humor #mastodon #markzuckerberg #profile #joke #threadsnet #threadscom #tech #socialmedia #domain #online #internet #it #update #funny #superintelligence #zuck #artificialintelligence #ki
U.S. immigration authorities are using smartphone facial recognition technology in the field to determine whether people are citizens, @404mediaco reports. Officers use an app called Mobile Fortify, which has a bank of 200M images and data from the State Department, CBP, FBI, and states as well as datasets relating to “individuals, vehicles, airplanes, vessels, addresses, phone numbers and firearms,” according to a memo viewed by 404's @josephcox. Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement: “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship — including a birth certificate — if the app says the person is an alien.
#Technology #Tech #ICE #USNews #TrumpAdministration #Immigration
“There’s this veneer of respect for privacy that is painted over all of this data aggregation and consolidation.”
But beneath it all, #privacy experts warn that smartphone-monitoring software "Tangles" is the latest in a law enforcement arsenal, from surveillance #tech to an army of drones, operating with little oversight.
Our latest from Francesca D'Annunzio is presented in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-police-invest-tangles-sheriff-surveillance/
#police #surveillance #law #politics #USpol #news
Marques Brownlee has put up a video about a US$20,000 robot. The company behind it claims it can do a whole range of household tasks 'through the power of AI', and will be delivered next year.
They even demonstrated a prototype to a journalist.
And the entire demonstration was being remotely controlled by a human operator.
And the company admits that, other than one or two simple tasks like opening a door, all tasks will be completed by a remote human operator. Those tasks will need to be scheduled in advance.
So.
Assuming this thing can be put into mass production, a huge if, it's basically a mechanical Turk.
Mark my words.
If this thing makes it to market, and that's a big if, the operators will be in a low-wage country.
It will almost exclusively be a way for rich white Americans to have human servants do their chores, without them being in their house.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j31dmodZ-5c
#robot #robotics #Marques #MarquesBrownlee #ArtificialIntelligence #VultureCapital #AI #tech #technology
15 years in and we're just getting started! Flipboard's CEO
@mike spoke with @forbes's Andy Meek about being digital survivors, @surf, and our role in the future of publishing.
#Technology #Tech #Media #Journalism #Publishing #Flipboard #Apps #SocialMedia #OpenSocial #SurfSocial
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