Microsoft: "we gonna screenshot every 3 seconds and feed it to Windows 11's AI assistant."

Signal: "This dangerous. Please put option to disable"

Microsoft: "No! Everything will be fed to the AI, except DRM protected content of course."

Microsoft: .....

Microsoft: ".. Don't you dare-"

Signal: *Calls to DRM API to protect user privacy*

I asked the barman what the wifi password was.

He said “First you need to buy a drink”.

I bought a beer, and asked again.

He said “First you need to buy a drink, all lower case, no spaces”.

Widely covered MIT paper saying AI boosts worker productivity is, in fact, complete bullshit it turns out.

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/mit-says-it-no-longer-stands-behind-students-ai-research-paper-11434092?st=sF3Wvo&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

It is a genuine and incisive insult.

#resist

How far can a toot travel in the fediverse?

I chatted recently with someone who complained that the fediverse lacked "reach".

So I'm curious: if you are up for it, could you please reply to this toot (which started life on single user instance on a tiny computer in a garage in the United Kingdom) saying which country you are in?

Edit: 12 hours, 74 countries: https://neilzone.co.uk/2025/04/a-toot-travelled-to-fediverse-users-in-53-countries-in-12-hours/