@aredridel@kolektiva.social2026-05-23 15:05:25
Job loss? That one really seems weird. The numbers are not adding up to the stories we hear yet. But the numbers are not dire yet. Of course, our actual tracking of those numbers is increasingly suspect because of the US fascist project.
The big tech companies are absolutely pulling shenanigans, and using "AI" as an excuse for layoffs in a great number of cases, and in many cases, openly admitting they don't have any good ideas, so they'll lay people off instead of allocate them better. We are absolutely seeing the shifts in what are viable careers in tech though. And that was underway before AI: the UX bootcamps, for example, destabilized those job function, devaluing the workers, and the resulting shifts absolutely wrecked those job titles and the pay for them, leaving a bunch of people in the lurch.
But behind that too was our broken education system in the US: it was a shortcut around the massive debt that going to college can produce for people. But it didn't last, because it was vocational training being used purposefully as a wedge to change the labor market. Similar, sometimes intentional effects have happened in other aspects.
A huge amount of the "AI" problem is actually labor problems coming home to roost. We can blame Reagan for a lot of this.
@metacurity@infosec.exchange2026-05-23 13:38:30
Each week, Metacurity offers our subscribers a run-down of the top infosec-related long reads we couldn't get to in the daily crush of news.
This week's selection covers
--France grapples with an unprecedented wave of data breaches,
--AI voice systems can be manipulated with malicious audio,
--Big Tech is backing a massive spying operation in Seattle,
-- Russia overreached on the cybercrime convention,
--Framing AI as an arms race threatens safety an…
@macandi@social.heise.de2026-07-23 14:50:03
Elgato Key Light Air MK.2: Streaming-Leuchte mit MagSafe
Die Neuauflage ist heller als ihr Vorgänger, lädt per USB-C und haftet an Magnethalterungen für iPhones. Auch bei Bedienung und WLAN gibt es Verbesserungen.
h…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-06-23 13:25:57
Meta's Starfire glasses with Kylie Jenner include a tiny gemstone on the lens, a metal nose pad to prevent absorbing makeup, and an AI version of Kylie's voice (Julian Chokkattu/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-new-smart-glasses-are-ch…
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-07-23 16:23:03
@cdarwin@c.im2026-06-23 19:35:39
Tens of thousands of people in southeast Los Angeles County
have been engulfed in a dense cloud of smoke for nearly a week
as a fire continues to tear through a massive refrigerated warehouse in Boyle Heights.
Toxic air has covered the San Gabriel Valley and beyond at times,
as the fire continues to burn and the wind shifts the pall in different directions.
People have reason to be concerned about their loved ones breathing in the plume, experts say.
“The…
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2026-07-23 11:00:53
Sean McVay: Aaron Donald 'thinking about' potential return but still going 'through his process' https://www.nfl.com/news/sean-mcvay-aaron-donald-thinking-about-potential-return-but-still-going-through-his-process…
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org2026-07-24 08:37:41
I didn’t reply to any messages yesterday; instead, I moved my remaining #Pandoc filters to Codeberg and updated the blogpost:
https://dynalabs.de/mxp/blog/2026-06-17
The makefiles in these pack…
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org2026-07-24 08:37:41
I didn’t reply to any messages yesterday; instead, I moved my remaining #Pandoc filters to Codeberg and updated the blogpost:
https://dynalabs.de/mxp/blog/2026-06-17
The makefiles in these pack…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-07-24 16:34:10
“If u iz at dis borin wimbledore final lookin 2 get grand slammed, I iz here wif de hookup.”
The offer was from Ali G, real name Alistair Leslie Graham, AKA the malapropism-dropping home counties wide boy played by Sacha Baron Cohen,
kitted out for the occasion in trademark skullcap and gold chain, plus custom Wimbledon jacket, traditional crossed rackets replaced with cannabis leaves.
Security released him without penalty, but the reprimand was captured on scores of smartph…
