Interesting episode of the latest Techmeme Ride Home.
Are we seeing the beginning of the end of Silicon Valley’s dominance?
With the Trump administration – other nations are now starting to show an interest in “Sovereign Tech Stack” after the US is proving to be an unreliable partner.
https://www.ridehome.info/show/techmeme-ride-home/essay-silicon-valleys-sovereign-tech-stack-problem
The Fediverse Isn’t the Future. It’s the Present We’ve Been Denied.
— Read on www.joanwestenberg.com/the-fediverse-isnt-the-future-its-the-present-weve-been-denied/
Upload a photo to find out how much an AI sees of you
— Read on theyseeyourphotos.com/
As the world looks for alternatives to X (formerly Twitter), platforms like BlueSky and Threads are often highlighted as contenders. However, beneath their appealing facades, both platforms have…
“I was picturing the future having more flying cars and less fascism
I guess AI is kind of a mixture of the two”
— Read on m.youtube.com/shorts/hL9plvciiOQ
A test of artificial intelligence (AI) for Australia’s corporate regulator ASIC found it was worse at summarising info than humans were.
— Read on www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/03/ai-worse-summarising-information-humans-government-trial/
You want to order from a local restaurant, but you need to download a third-party delivery app, even though you plan to pick it up yourself. The prices and menu on the app are different to what you saw in the window. When you download a second app the prices are different again. You ring
— Read on www.takahe.org.nz/heat-death-of-the-internet/
A site for answering the real important questions, like what computer did they use in that film?
There is a Commodore VIC-20 in John Wick 2 and a TI-99/4a in Defiance!
It’s funny because it’s true.
I know I’m two years late but I’ve just discovered that Don Melton, formerly director of internet technologies at Apple, and the guy responsible for WebKit and the Safari browser has a podcast of his own. His guest spots on the Debug podcast about developing software are brilliant and insightful into what really happens at Apple, and he is refreshingly honest. Curses like a sailor too 🙂
Check it out.