U.S. TikTok users have been experiencing issues all weekend, with new owners claiming glitches were down to a "power outage at a U.S. data center." Here's more from @BBCNews.
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Android won't kill sideloading after all, but new verification rules will make it harder
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Where does GPT-5.2 get its information? In some cases, it's Grokipedia.
The Guardian finds that OpenAI's chatbot is citing Elon Musk's chatbot on certain queries…
https://www.pcmag.com/news/where-does-gpt-52-get-its-information-in-some-cases-its-grokipedia
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NASA Technology Brings Golden Age of Exploration to Earth https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-technology-brings-golden-age-of-exploration-to-earth/ #NASA #Spinoffs #SpaceTechnologyMissionDirectorate #Technology #TechnologyTransfer #TechnologyTransferSpinoffs
The Fedora Asahi Linux remix is now working on M3 Apple Silicon models. They’re advancing. Interesting to keep track of, just in case Apple (further) enshittifies along with other US Big Tech…
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Television Is 100 Years Old Today 📺
https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2026/01/tv100.html
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#Hackster round-up time, and I'm going to break with tradition and post these out of order - so that I can highlight my very favourite, a look at Piotr Grzesik's M8SBC-486.
It's a motherboard for an Intel i486 or compatible. But... scratch-built. Chipset delivered via #FPGA, two ISA slots, it's capable of running DOS, Windows 3.x (though mouse support is a work-in-progress), Doom... Yeah. Wow.
#Technology #News #VintageComputing #RetroComputing #OpenHardware #Makers
More countries are considering social media bans for children.
@AssociatedPress reports on the latest efforts in France: https://flip.it/saXWZ1
And Egypt: https://flip.it/1R73m2
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"Meta Wants Data Center in Sunny El Paso to Rely on Natural Gas"
You Can Now Turn Yourself Into a Meme on Google Photos https://petapixel.com/2026/01/26/you-can-now-turn-yourself-into-a-meme-on-google-photos/ #generativeai #googlephotos #Technology #nanobanana #photomeme #mememe #memes #News #meme
Folks, our very own @gerrymcgovern has his new book, 99th Day: A Warning About Technology, coming out next Monday.
https://gerrymcgovern.com/books/99th-day/
“99th Day is essential reading for anyone who cares about our planet. Prepare to be disturbed, enlightened and inspired.” – Justine McCarthy, The Irish Times
And, if you’re in Ireland, Gerry has a book tour in February. If I’m in the country, I’ll be at the Dublin event on the 9th. Hope to see some of you there :)
https://gerrymcgovern.com/tour/
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This sure is a worrying development…
Environmentalists worry Google behind bid to control Oregon town's water
https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/mount-hood-water-google-21307223.php
#google #tech #technology #BigTech #water #capitalism #AI #enshittification
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A global coalition of regulators is quietly turning the open web into a gated community where every login begins with an ID check.
https://reclaimthenet.org/online-age-verification-global-regulation-privacy-risks
#ageverification #privacy #surveillance #censorship #dystopia #socialmedia #technology
Just a reminder! If you are looking RSS starter packs, The RSS Review has downloadable OPML files for each category. They can be imported directly into your feed reader to subscribe to the entire category at once.
https://the-rss-review.surge.sh/
If you want to add a feed or feed category, then post it in the comments.
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Are you tired of people laughing at you because your images are obviously AI-generated?
Weep no more, for here's the Slop Swapper ─ Your AI Content Laundering Platform! 😆
https://slopper.robot-future.com
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No More Social Media Posts on My Site
My social media experiment comes to an end.
https://readbeanicecream.surge.sh/2026/01/25/no-more-social-media-posts-on-my-site/
#indieweb #personalsites #smallweb #blogs #blogging #writing #tech #technology #socialmedia #fediverse #pixelfed #loops
New videos on YouTube are coming soon as novaTopFlex and geoTopFlex! For QGIS and otherwise strictly geographical content, please visit #geoTopFlex for #geography. Or visit #novaTopFlex for the #technology and rarely #mathematics overlap.
"Microslop Wants You to Have an AI Date | January 21 Quicklines | Weekly News Roundup" 👀👏
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Lawsuit claims Meta can see WhatsApp chats in breach of privacy
The group, which includes plaintiffs from Australia, Brazil, India, Mexico and South Africa, alleges that Meta stores the substance of users’ communications and that workers can get access to them.
https://www.theedgesingapore.com/news/tech/lawsuit-claims-meta-can-see-whatsapp-chats-breach-privacy
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Some more shots from my new project
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Not sure how many of you use ChatGTP, but you might want to scale back.
"The latest model of ChatGPT has begun to cite Elon Musk’s Grokipedia as a source on a wide range of queries, including on Iranian conglomerates and Holocaust deniers, raising concerns about misinformation on the platform.
In tests done by the Guardian, GPT-5.2 cited Grokipedia nine times in response to more than a dozen different questions."
#news #technology #TechNews #ChatGPT #OpenAI #AI #GenAI #grok #grokipedia
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TikTok users in the U.S. have grown worried (to put it gently) over the company’s updated privacy policy. @Techcrunch tells us what the update really means: