Hacker NewsMake macOS consistently bad (unironically)
#HackerNews #Make #macOS #consistently #bad #unironically #techcriticism #macOS #discussion #softwareengineering #HackerNews
The Internet is CrackOnline authenticity isn’t accidental—it’s designed.
A conversation with Alice E. Marwick on how digital platforms incentivize curated “realness,” reward controversy, and reshape communication. We also explore why meaningful, civil discourse is increasingly difficult online.
Listen now → https://youtu.be/6n1fQqdu5Gw
#TheInternetIsCrack #Authenticity #SurveillanceCapitalism #DigitalCulture #TechCriticism #Podcast
This week: Who benefits from your data? (Hint: not you.)
Listen now → https://youtu.be/6n1fQqdu5Gw
#TheInternetIsCrack #DataEthics #SurveillanceCapitalism #Privacy #TechCriticism #AliceMarwick #Podcast
Brennan Kenneth Brown
Paria sans portefeuille'As the higher brain functions of society fade, what remains gradually starts to look like an economic creature moving on instinct—a zombie, mostly brain-dead, reacting only to immediate stimuli and driven by an insatiable hunger. [...] Not the “new industrial revolution” promised by #AI leadership, but weak productivity, low-value workslop, and a massive bubble of unprofitability.'
https://brooklynrail.org/2026/02/field-notes/social-debraining/
#tech #techCriticism #labour #artificialIntelligence #SiliconValley
#SpeakingOutOfPlace welcomes #CarissaVéliz, author of #Prophecy: Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future—from Ancient Oracles to #AI
"[W]e talk about how both massive and intrusive invasions of privacy at all levels of society and false claims to be able to predict the future erode democracy, are corrosive to #ethics, and undermine people’s ability to think for themselves."
#tech #artificialIntelligence #techCriticism #surveillance #books @bookstodon
glitchmentalMXCrítica al alarmismo tecnológico: Análisis del discurso sobre el apocalipsis de la IA y su uso como herramienta de distracción frente a problemas estructurales de 2026. 🧠👾 🔗 https://www.glitchmental.com/2026/02/apocalipsis-ia-verdad-incomoda.html #AIEthics #TechCriticism #DigitalTrends #GlitchMentalMX
The-14An ‘AI afterlife’ is now a real option – but what becomes of your legal status?
#Tech #AI #AIEthics #DigitalAfterlife #GriefTech #TechCriticism #TechAndLaw #PrivacyRights #TechEthics #DataOwnership #AIRegulation #DigitalIdentity #GriefBots #HumanRights
https://the-14.com/an-ai-afterlife-is-now-a-real-option-but-what-becomes-of-your-legal-status/
#Tech #AI #AIEthics #DigitalAfterlife #GriefTech #TechCriticism #TechAndLaw #PrivacyRights #TechEthics #DataOwnership #AIRegulation #DigitalIdentity #GriefBots #HumanRights
https://the-14.com/an-ai-afterlife-is-now-a-real-option-but-what-becomes-of-your-legal-status/
Lawrence Nault- Stone & SignalI’m working on a research paper examining platforms as infrastructural religions and am interested in how Peter Thiel’s recent Paris presentation on the Antichrist may intersect with that framework. I understand the slides were distributed to attendees, but I haven’t seen a public archive. If anyone knows whether copies are accessible for academic research, or if an official source is planned, I’d appreciate the pointer.
jaimedavid327The Absurd Wall Around Picture‑in‑Picture for Music on YouTube
There is something uniquely frustrating about running headfirst into a limitation that feels completely artificial. Not a technical constraint. Not a hardware shortcoming. Not even a genuine legal impossibility. Just a wall, quietly erected, that exists because someone decided it should. YouTube’s refusal to allow music content to run in Picture‑in‑Picture mode on iPhone and iPad is one of those walls. It stands there, immovable, while everything around it suggests that it should not […]