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The Trump administration is warning states that they risk losing access to broadband funds if they set price caps on low-cost ISP plans (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/trump-admin-warns-states-don…

Trump admin warns states: Don’t try to lower broadband prices
ISPs getting grants must offer “low-cost” plan, but they get to pick the price.

"‘It’s cheap but it’s not disposable’: why fast tech is a growing waste problem"
#Technology #EWaste

Berlin-based Buena, which is building AI-powered software to automate property management tasks, raised $58M, including a Series A led by GV (Cate Lawrence/Tech.eu)
https://tech.eu/2025/07/23/gv-and-20vc

GV and 20VC back Buena’s vision to reinvent property management through AI-powered rollups
Berlin proptech Buena has raised a total of $58 million in funding, including a Series A funding round led by GV, with participation from 20VC, Stride, and Capnamic.  Property management is incredibly fragmented, with over 30,000 firms in Germany employing an average of just five people each… Meanwhile, the industry is notorious for talent shortage and record-low customer NPS scores, with 96.3 per cent of German property managers.  Buena is changing the industry in two ways: first, by bui…

The Verge: These smart glasses use AI to help low-vision users #Envision Al…

These smart glasses use AI to help low-vision users
Accessibility-focused tech provider Envision has partnered with Solos to launch new smart glasses specifically designed for blind and low-vision users.

https://www.cuatroveintiuno.com/low-tech-high-life-cottagecore-cyberpunk/

Seeing Isn't Believing: Addressing the Societal Impact of Deepfakes in Low-Tech Environments
Azmine Toushik Wasi, Rahatun Nesa Priti, Mahir Absar Khan, Abdur Rahman, Mst Rafia Islam
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.16618

Seeing Isn't Believing: Addressing the Societal Impact of Deepfakes in Low-Tech Environments
Deepfakes, AI-generated multimedia content that mimics real media, are becoming increasingly prevalent, posing significant risks to political stability, social trust, and economic well-being, especially in developing societies with limited media literacy and technological infrastructure. This work aims to understand how these technologies are perceived and impact resource-limited communities. We conducted a survey to assess public awareness, perceptions, and experiences with deepfakes, leading …

The Accessibility Paradox: How Blind and Low Vision Employees Experience and Negotiate Accessibility in the Technology Industry
Aparajita Marathe, Anne Marie Piper
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.18492

The Accessibility Paradox: How Blind and Low Vision Employees Experience and Negotiate Accessibility in the Technology Industry
Many technology companies aim to improve access and inclusion not only by making their products accessible but also by bringing people with disabilities into the tech workforce. We know less about how accessibility is experienced and negotiated by disabled workers within these organizations. Through interviews with 20 BLV workers across various tech companies, we uncover a persistent misalignment between organizational attempts at accessibility and the current realities of these employees. We i…

How often do you stop to consider how much harm has come from the absurd capitalist notion of "everyone must work for living" [does not apply to the rich], and its sister notion "everyone must work full hours"?
How many harmful technologies couldn't be phased out because it meant a lot of people losing their only source of income? How many destructive industries have been proliferating simply because closing them down would mean a lot of people without jobs? How much further are we going to push for the absurd notion of infinite growth?
And of course it only applies to the quasi-privileged groups. Nobody cares when lots of "low-tech" people are laid off and told to find a new job, because techbros need their new "high-tech" (read: more destructive to the planet) ideas to sell.
#AntiCapitalism #ClimateCrisis

T-Mobile plans to expand support for the L4S network standard in the coming weeks, helping high-priority internet packets move fast, a first for a US network (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/710312/t-mobile-low-latency-l4s-5g

T-Mobile is bringing low-latency tech to 5G for the first time
T-Mobile is expanding its 5G network’s support for L4S, which should help make the internet feel faster and improve the experience for apps like video calling and cloud gaming.

Data marketplaces can increase the willingness to share social media data at low prices
Meysam Alizadeh, Fabrizio Gilardi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.16618 …

Data marketplaces can increase the willingness to share social media data at low prices
Living in the Post API age, researchers face unprecedented challenges in obtaining social media data, while users are concerned about how big tech companies use their data. Data donation offers a promising alternative, however, its scalability is limited by low participation and high dropout rates. Research suggests that data marketplaces could be a solution, but its realization remains challenging due to theoretical gaps in treating data as an asset. This paper examines whether data marketplac…

Very early in the commercial registrar era, some registrars priced domains in harmony with their costs: no teaser marketing, just discounts on buying multiple future years at once. Even after everyone stopped giving out-year discounts explicitly, the fact of inflation in upstream fees made it wise for legitimate domain holders to buy many years in advance.
I am close to wanting a return to the InterNIC model. DNS Marxism.

The Spamhaus Project (@spamhaus@infosec.exchange)
Attached: 1 image Over the past 30 days, six gTLDs have ranked in the Top 10 for being associated with botnet C2s - all showing significant increases in detections 📈: .tech (+4,000%), .icu (+433%), .today (+429%), .fun (+400%), .digital (+314%), and .life (+258%). 🌐 Full stats over at: https://www.spamhaus.org/reputation-statistics/gtlds/domains/ These TLDs are all cheap to register (as low as $0.98 using a promo code 🤑), but expensive to renew. Perfect conditions for throwaway dom…

New low-carbon method to extract nickel for clean energy tech discovered, reducing carbon pollution by 84% and energy use by 18%. A step towards cleaner energy future! #climatechange #climatesolutions #climate

Could you host a solar farm?
Greener nickel production, atmospheric CO2 levels reach a new high, and leasing land for renewable energy

Z.ai, formerly known as Zhipu and which has raised $1.5B from Tencent and others, releases GLM-4.5, an open source AI model that's cheaper to use than DeepSeek (Evelyn Cheng/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/28/chinas-latest-ai-…

China's latest AI model claims to be even cheaper to use than DeepSeek
Startup Z.ai, formerly known as Zhipu, announced Monday a new, low-cost AI model as Chinese companies race to stay at the frontlines of the tech.

Augmenting cobots for sheet-metal SMEs with 3D object recognition and localisation
Martijn Cramer, Yanming Wu, David De Schepper, Eric Demeester
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.13964

Augmenting cobots for sheet-metal SMEs with 3D object recognition and localisation
Due to high-mix-low-volume production, sheet-metal workshops today are challenged by small series and varying orders. As standard automation solutions tend to fall short, SMEs resort to repetitive manual labour impacting production costs and leading to tech-skilled workforces not being used to their full potential. The COOCK+ ROBUST project aims to transform cobots into mobile and reconfigurable production assistants by integrating existing technologies, including 3D object recognition and loca…

Houston team revolutionizes carbon capture with 90% efficiency at $70/ton, integrating with battery system for grid stabilization. Major breakthroughs in climate tech! #climatechange #climatesolutions #climate

Houston team unveils low-cost carbon capture with 90% efficiency
UH researchers cut carbon capture costs with a membraneless system achieving 90% CO₂ removal.

Crosslisted article(s) found for stat.AP. https://arxiv.org/list/stat.AP/new
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- Seeing Isn't Believing: Addressing the Societal Impact of Deepfakes in Low-Tech Environments
Azmine Toushik Wasi, Rahatun Nesa Priti, Mahir Absar Khan, Abdur Rahman, Mst Rafia Islam

Insights from Designing Context-Aware Meal Preparation Assistance for Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and Their Care Partners
Szeyi Chan, Jiachen Li, Siman Ao, Yufei Wang, Ibrahim Bilau, Brian Jones, Eunhwa Yang, Elizabeth D Mynatt, Xiang Zhi Tan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.05663…

Insights from Designing Context-Aware Meal Preparation Assistance for Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and Their Care Partners
Older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) often face challenges during meal preparation, such as forgetting ingredients, skipping steps, or leaving appliances on, which can compromise their safety and independence. Our study explores the design of context-aware assistive technologies for meal preparation using a user-centered iterative design process. Through three iterative phases of design and feedback, evolving from low-tech lightbox to a digital screen, we gained insights into manag…