@seeingwithsound@mas.to2026-08-16 16:11:07
Judging from comments, blind people on Facebook seem by and large interested in getting a Neuralink Blindsight brain implant for restoring vision https://www.facebook.com/groups/1006104764242457/posts/1600860634766864/ and
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-08-17 00:40:34
A look at companies like Inception Point creating AI personas for media, fashion, film, and music industries that could host podcasts, model clothes, and more (Reggie Ugwu/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/arts/ai…
@kurtsh@mastodon.social2026-08-16 17:30:44
Wait til you're home before posting photos.
Secure photo viewing to your family/friends.
Don't react immediately & don't click links from 'warning' texts/emails.
✅ ‘We detected unusual activity’: the scam that uses AI to exploit your holiday photos | Scams | The Guardian
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@cdarwin@c.im2026-08-15 21:21:43
On Judge Brittany Rodriquez’s docket was a 49-year-old Cuban man who had his hearing moved up by an entire year, out of the blue;
a six-year-old Mexican girl and a three-year-old Cuban boy who may have been appearing in court alone – it was not clear;
a 22-year-old Venezuelan woman and her two-year-old son;
and dozens of other people whose fates in the United States rested on her decisions.
Rodriquez had been on the bench for only about a month, appointed after a care…
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-09-16 09:36:03
@jensilber@mastodon.social2026-08-15 20:02:05
Every time one of these fads arrives I'm immediately exasperated by it. Thank you, Mastodon, for providing a respite from that cycle of mass delusions.
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026/aug/14/why-everything-is-kinda-chic-i…
@metacurity@infosec.exchange2026-07-16 12:36:31
Cyber M&A Heads for Record Year
https://www.wsj.com/pro/cybersecurity/cyber-m-a-heads-for-record-year-f5c4bc01?mod=djemCybersecruityPro&tpl=cs
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de2026-09-15 17:00:52
facebook_friends: Maier Facebook friends (2014)
A small anonymized Facebook ego network, from April 2014. Nodes are Facebook profiles, and an edge exists if the two profiles are "friends" on Facebook. Metadata gives the social context for the relationship between ego and alter.
This network has 362 nodes and 1988 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted, Metadata
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-07-16 15:15:44
OnePlus confirms it will no longer operate in North America or Europe but will continue in China, while Realme, another Oppo sub-brand, will exit China (CNET)
https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/oneplus-pulls-out-of-us-and-europe/
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-07-17 13:50:53
AI inference startup General Compute gets a $400M loan from tech investment firm Upper90, seemingly the first deal using inference-specific chips as collateral (Tim Fernholz/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/17/why-
