How is it that things just keep getting shittier?
Is anyone paying attention, or are we just letting AI program everything, now?

Siri just got “improved.”

Previous Siri:
<Office light is off>
Hey Siri, office light
(Siri & HomeKit toggle office light on)

New improved Siri:
<Office light is off>
Hey Siri, office light
“Should I turn it off or on?”
Turn it on!
“Should I turn it off or on?”
ON! FFS
“I don’t know what to make of that”
<Turns light on manually>

#Apple #Siri #HomeKit #BadUX #GettingWorse

Cereal crops decimated by Europe's heatwave

https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/sourcing/cereal-crops-decimated-by-europes-heatwave/681361.article

The 2023 European cereal harvest is set to be its lowest since 2007 – at 256 million tonnes, some 9.5% lower than the five-year average of 283 million tonnes, European farming organization Copa Cogeca said this week.

Harvests in Portugal, Spain and Italy, where temperatures have regularly topped 40°C in July, are expected to be hardest hit by the heatwave.

#cropfailures #gettingworse #climatecrisis #foodchaincollapse #governmentinaction #bribery #starvation #climatedisplacement