Mastodawn

Westcoastmaven 🇨🇦9h ago

Ada

11h ago

How the modem dial-up sound was actually created

#enough #negative #tech #and #news #timeFor #eyebleach

Westcoastmaven 🇨🇦11h ago

eclectech 17h ago

This is a very good, if disturbing, read.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/05/billionaire-consequence-free-reality/686588/?gift=7cjjyPZIuS21UKXXq4Z-JNg5WJmVwq9FbLl-9yvqo1Y

What I Learned About Billionaires at Jeff Bezos’s Private Retreat

For the richest men on Earth, everything is free and nothing matters.

The Atlantic

Westcoastmaven 🇨🇦11h ago

Hacker News 15h ago

All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027

https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/04/20/eu-to-force-replaceable-batteries-in-phones-and-tablets-from-2027/

#HackerNews #EU #phones #replaceablebatteries #sustainability #technology #2027

EU to force replaceable batteries in phones and tablets from 2027

SMARTPHONES and tablets sold in Europe will have to feature replaceable batteries starting next year, according to EU rules, amid efforts to slash

Olive Press News Spain

Westcoastmaven 🇨🇦11h ago

Hannah Grace 16h ago

"EU staff banned from using AI-generated content in official communications"
Can confirm - we don't use AI generated images on our socials for instance.
https://www.politico.eu/article/brussels-eu-ban-deepfakes-ai-generation-official-messages/

EU staff banned from using AI-generated content in official communications

It’s a stark contrast to the approach taken in Washington, where U.S. President Donald Trump has frequently used AI-generated content to get his point across.

POLITICO

Westcoastmaven 🇨🇦11h ago

One thing I really like about Mastodon is all the techies who use it. If anyone knows the dangers of US-based programs & social media it is them. I love it when they alert all us non-techies about their recently discovered addictive elements & data scraping mechanisms in use. Now if only I had the ability to move off those US-based OS or programs.....

Westcoastmaven 🇨🇦11h ago

Matthias Ott 14h ago

Can confirm this for Arc, Brave, Edge, Chromium, and Vivaldi on my machine:

#Anthropic secretly installs spyware when you install Claude Desktop
https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/anthropic-spyware/

Anthropic secretly installs spyware when you install Claude Desktop — That Privacy Guy!

Anthropic's Claude Desktop silently installs a Native Messaging bridge into seven Chromium browsers, including browsers Anthropic's own documentation says it does not support, and browsers the user has not even installed.

That Privacy Guy!

Westcoastmaven 🇨🇦11h ago

Jan Wildeboer 😷

14h ago

DDos (Distributed Denial of Service) attack against BlueSky a few days ago: The whole network goes down.

DDoS against mastodon.social today: Lots of users on that instance impacted, the rest of the Fediverse keeps on running, my instance doesn't really notice, messages will be queued up until mastodon.social is reachable again.

Both networks claim to be decentralised and federated. You decide :)

Westcoastmaven 🇨🇦1d ago

When will the Canadian government start moving away from American software programs & social media? The EU is doing it. Did someone say Linux? There are so many good open source social media already......

#dinosaur
#cdnpoli

Westcoastmaven 🇨🇦1d ago

Tomorrow I get to cycle to the accountants to pick up my sister's tax return for her to sign, as she is in hospital. Then, cycle back to the accountants so they can file it. It is supposed to be a gorgeous day, so using the task as an excuse to get in a long bike ride.

#caregiver
#biking

Westcoastmaven 🇨🇦1d ago

Aure Free Press

1d ago

"Nothing To See Here"

The fire at the sea terminal in Russian Tuapse was extinguished after burning for 3.5 days.

Russian media claimed it was just a small fire, nothing special, then admitted that over 150 people and 49 units of equipment were used to deal with it.
#AureFreePress #News #Russia #BreakingNews #Breaking

More News at @Free_Press