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Nougat, in FTC launches probe of Microsoft over bundling

Great, do health insurance companies now, with their "vertical integration" (we own all the things you need, so fuck you).

e8d79, in Roasted Christmas Spam from Muhu.ai
@e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

I fear you played right into their hands by writing about them. Any engagement is of benefit to these AI grifters.

Th4tGuyII, in Elon Musk's xAI raises $6B to build more powerful AI supercomputers
@Th4tGuyII@fedia.io avatar

How the fuck do people keep giving him more money??

Most of his ventures are dumpster fires, and SpaceX only runs well because he doesn't touch it.

sharkfucker420, in Metaverse hype fizzles out as Korean tech giants pull plug
@sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml avatar

There was hype?

SlopppyEngineer,

Within the billionaire bubble there was a lot of hype. Outside of that, not so much.

A new platform to colonize, gathering info on what people were looking at in the virtual world and selling that to advertising made their wallets go very erect.

masterofn001,

Some people just love looking at themselves.

https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/186673e8-9ef4-43f3-ba3d-7f5d64609fa3.jpeg

BentiGorlich, in Brazil shuts BYD factory site over 'slavery' conditions
@BentiGorlich@gehirneimer.de avatar

I think the destinction between the chinese firm constructing the site and BYD itself is quite important here. I am absolutely not a fan of chinese car manufacturers but its just not the same as if BYD was operating the site right now and this news came to light

asret,

If you outsource your work, you outsource your reputation. BYD is absolutely responsible for the conditions of the workers.

sunzu2, in Brazil shuts BYD factory site over 'slavery' conditions

A socialist corporation is still a corporation.

Aka parasite

someguy3, in Fan-less cooling solution for laptops up to 40W launched

Is this the same way those bladeless Dyson fans work?

Zier, in X jacks up Premium+ prices 37.5%, hits some markets harder
@Zier@fedia.io avatar

So if you add 10 million more bots @ $22/a month that's a lot of money laundering.

daggermoon, in Mozilla partners with Ecosia for a better web | The Mozilla Blog

Unless they make Ecosia the default search engine in Firefox, this is worthless.

DreamlandLividity,

This is preparation for that in case google loses its appeal and is forbidden to pay Firefox to be the default.

daggermoon,

Am I wrong for hoping that happens?

DreamlandLividity,

Idk, on one hand I get what you mean. On the other hand, Firefox going away or being monetized in more aggressive ways will not be a good thing.

Honestly, I think I would prefer the lawsuit never happened and Google kept paying Firefox. Now, if Google loses, Firefox will likely head for enshitification. And if google wins, it sets terrible precedent :(

helpmyusernamewontfi,

Now, if Google loses, Firefox will likely head of enshitification.

The whole thing is FOSS. if the company goes over the community can still maintain it if they wish to

BrazenSigilos, in Suchir Balaji: OpenAI whistleblower found dead in apartment 

<span style="color:#323232;">The San Francisco medical examiner's office determined his death to be suicide and police found no evidence of foul play.
</span>

Does anyone else find it statistically significant how often whistle blowers commit suicide within a few days of releasing information or making a statement?

shittydwarf, in OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment

So when does the all out manhunt with every possible available resource deployed to find the killer begin?

Aatube,

"no evidence of foul play", so a long ways away

iconic_admin, in Teen creates memecoin, dumps it, earns $50,000

Earns? A strange turn of phrase for a con.

dinckelman,

Welcome to 2024. Either you play, or get played. Being genuine and honest is becoming harder by the day

nandeEbisu,

He did more labor for that 50k than someone like Musk did for their next 50k

dudenas, in Google has developed an AI tool that generates fully playable 3D worlds
@dudenas@slrpnk.net avatar

Why downvoting? It is good for community to know this, even if content is far from cheerful. Expressing criticism in comments does more for public awareness than making the message less visible.

ShinkanTrain, in Stop using generative AI as a search engine

Ok.

> uses search engine

> search engine gives generative AI answer

God dammit

> scroll down

> click search result

> AI Generated article

shoulderoforion, in Linus Torvalds affirms expulsion of Russian maintainers
@shoulderoforion@fedia.io avatar

"Ok, lots of Russian trolls out and about.

It's entirely clear why the change was done, it's not getting reverted, and using multiple random anonymous accounts to try to "grass root" it by Russian troll factories isn't going to change anything.

And FYI for the actual innocent bystanders who aren't troll farm accounts - the "various compliance requirements" are not just a US thing.

If you haven't heard of Russian sanctions yet, you should try to read the news some day. And by "news", I don't mean Russian state-sponsored spam.

As to sending me a revert patch - please use whatever mush you call brains. I'm Finnish. Did you think I'd be supporting Russian aggression? Apparently it's not just lack of real news, it's lack of history knowledge too."

fuck yes. fuck russia. fuck russians.

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