They just blocked new registrations to DeepSeek unless you have a Chinese telephone number because they know the benchmarks they published were BS and that DeepSeek hallucinates like a psychotic person. They want you to believe the hype because if you actually use it, it's clearly around 2022 GPT-3 level.

"Il Garante per la protezione dei dati personali ha inviato una richiesta di informazioni a Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence e a Beijing DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence, le società che forniscono il servizio di chatbot DeepSeek, sia su piattaforma web che su App. Lo si apprende da una nota del Garante della Privacy."

https://www.rainews.it/articoli/2025/01/garante-privacy-si-muove-su-deepseek-a-rischio-dati-di-milioni-di-italiani-ccd9c46f-61fc-435b-a0b0-1a388730bf54.html

#Meme #Programming #Anime

Peertube: https://videos.gianmarco.gg/w/494umSkGBA8a8S9yELcMMR
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@gianmarcogg03:e/gadminafter1993:2
YouTube: https://youtu.be/saCTa4MC1iY

OpenAI upset that an AI company would train on someone else's data without consent is laughable and hypocritical.

https://www.404media.co/openai-furious-deepseek-might-have-stolen-all-the-data-openai-stole-from-us/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter

Super Mario grocery store wins trademark battle with Nintendo https://www.polygon.com/news/516748/super-mario-grocery-nintendo-trademark-costa-rica-grocery-store-supermarket

What did Lenovo debut at CES?



- Monitor that spies on you

- Wristwatch that spies on you

- Bodycam that spies on your friends

- Box labeled 'AI STORAGE' as though that's different than REGULAR STORAGE

- AI STORAGE box is beveled on top so it's inconvenient to put anything on it



Good work everybody

Documenti riservati rivelano i legami tra l’esercito israeliano e Microsoft



@news

Dal 7 ottobre, l'esercito israeliano si è ampiamente affidato ai servizi cloud e AI di Microsoft e del suo partner OpenAI.

L'articolo https://pagineesteri.it/2025/01/31/medioriente/documenti-riservati-rivelano-i-legami-tra-lesercito-israeliano-e-microsoft/

Let's make every day #GlobalSwitchDay! Free yourself from proprietary abusive platforms, we have alternatives.

Picture taken from this post: https://koelle4future.de/blog/2025/01/30/komm-ins-fediverse/.

#X #Twitter #Mastodon #Instagram #Pixelfed #WhatsApp #Signal #Facebook #Friendica #YouTube #Peertube #TikTok #Loops #FreeSoftware #LibreSoftware #Privacy #BigTech #OpenSource

Some feel like Matrix is a better alternative to WhatsApp due to its being decentralized.

X to Mastodon, Instagram to Pixelfed, WhatsApp to Matrix, Facebook to Friendica, YouTube to PeerTube, TikTok to Loops

Here is a revised graphic:

#GlobalSwitchDay #PublicSocialMedia

Happy Global Switch Day everyone.



To celibate I created yet another graphic (as others already have created them; To help people move across to the Fediverse. Along with wrote an article about it.



Go check it out at: https://articles.vex.blue/global-switch-day/



#GlobalSwitchDay #SwitchDay #Switch #Fediverse #FediverseSoftware #JoinTheFediverse

This is a public service announcement to never ever use Oracle

Nextcloud's federation: for a better digitally sovereign future!

At the core of Nextcloud's mission: We don't want to live in a world where 5 #BigTech companies control all communication and collaboration.

We all deserve something better!

https://youtu.be/exuVtfM8-5Q

Re-Boost plz ♻️ 📣 Check out our initiative EU OS 🇪🇺:

Community-led Proof-of-Concept for a free Operating System for the EU public sector

- https://eu-os.gitlab.io

- https://matrix.to/#/#eu-os:kde.org

- follow eu_os@eupolicy.social

We need support to improve the idea, gather like-minded migration projects and gather political support!

#fosdem #fosdem2025 #linux #fedora #almalinux

https://slate.com/technology/2025/01/google-gemini-ai-workspace-default-opt-in.html?via=rss

Google is forcing its bullshit generator, Gemini, on many users of Gmail without asking them, and not even offering the users a way to deactivate it. Workplace IT managers, whose employees are forced to use Gmail, can get it turned off after a laborious procedure, followed by waiting - the darkest of dark patterns.

The Fediverse HOA strikes again!



A great community project was shut down because a bunch of assholes can’t stand something new on “their” Fedi.



Here’s my question: where is this outcry when #OpenAI, #Microsoft, and #Google index our posts?



It’s okay when Big Tech does this, but how dare someone make a fun little hobby service!



https://wedistribute.org/2025/02/fedionfire-shutdown/

Una singola app installata su un #iPhone nuovo può rivelare i dati personali dell’utente, anche se quest’ultimo ha vietato il tracciamento.

Esperimento:

"l’app inviava dati ogni frazione di secondo. Ogni pacchetto conteneva più di 200 parametri diversi, tra cui le coordinate del dispositivo".

I dati con timestamp e indirizzi IP sono andati ai server di Facebook, nonostante sul telefono non ci fosse alcuna applicazione Meta e lui stesso non avesse dato il suo consenso.

https://www.redhotcyber.com/post/iphone-ti-spia-anche-senza-il-tuo-consenso-la-funzione-non-tracciare-e-una-bugia/

As Internet enshittification marches on, here are some of the worst offenders

Ars staffers take aim at some of the web's worst predatory practices.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/02/as-internet-enshittification-marches-on-here-are-some-of-the-worst-offenders/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app #ads

https://timsh.org/tracking-myself-down-through-in-app-ads/

#privacy #advertising

Since October 1st 2024 Microsoft has deprecated Windows Mixed Reality on Windows 11, essentially turning all Mixed Reality devices (like the HP Reverb and Samsung Odyssey HMD) into e-waste.



I mean this sucks for owners of these devices and planned obsolescence is very bad.



But using the free software Monado OpenXR runtime and the OpenHMD drivers on on GNU/Linux, these devices still work completely fine!



So if you ever wanted to own a VR headset, this might be the best opportunity you're gonna get to buy one.



Because Microsoft ended support for them they are currently being listed on used marketplaces for anywhere from 50 to 100 euros. These devices were sold for up to 900 euros only 5 years ago!