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Amazon to launch Ring 'neighbourhood watch' app in UK amid US privacy fears(theguardian.com)
2 points by beardyw 3h ago|0 comments
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Data dive: The revolving door between Whitehall and big tech(computerweekly.com)
1 points by beardyw 1d ago|0 comments
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by beardyw 3d ago
Didn't make it through the link but here's a Guardian article which mentions Musk's response and a link (if that's what this is?) https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/10/ant
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by beardyw 4d ago
AI companies are making no money so a crisis might divert attention.
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by beardyw 4d ago
So if I take a picture of an AI generated image it will still vouch for it?
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by beardyw 4d ago
Yes that and and Math problems don't pay the rent.
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by beardyw 4d ago
“I have found the image of a spiral really useful, in terms of how to make sense of the fact that our era is both familiar and different,” Klein says. “The thing about a spiral is that you’re going round, but you’re not going to the same pl
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Naomi Klein: Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. Turns you into a supremacist(theguardian.com)
66 points by beardyw 4d ago|15 comments
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by beardyw 5d ago
The only reason they would share this is opportunistic publicity. It serves no other purpose.
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China's Huawei branded a criminal enterprise as tech firm's US trial opens(theguardian.com)
3 points by beardyw 5d ago|0 comments
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The first drink-driving conviction may have happened in London(ianvisits.co.uk)
21 points by beardyw 6d ago|40 comments
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by beardyw 7d ago
This is the worst I've ever heard about.
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LG accused of 'egregious invasion of privacy' over TV data collection(theregister.com)
12 points by beardyw 8d ago|2 comments
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Google research shows when AI agents communicate, some cheat while others tattle(theregister.com)
2 points by beardyw 8d ago|0 comments
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by beardyw 8d ago
No. There is no evidence for AI profitability which can support this investment.
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by beardyw 8d ago
Mathematicians vs big business. It sounds ugly.
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by beardyw 8d ago
It's an easy mistake to make if you are not paying attention.
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by beardyw 8d ago
As was the earth.
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by beardyw 8d ago
Many people don't have a need for one because they use their phone, but it is surprising to hear from someone on HN. Maybe we are all out of date.
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US attacks UK plans to boost traditional media on social platforms(theguardian.com)
7 points by beardyw 8d ago|2 comments
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by beardyw 9d ago
> Mr Trump has met some of the immediate family members of American soldiers killed in action, such as the parents of Lt Tyler James Feehan, 25. “He talked to me as a mother who lost her son,” said Shari Feehan, Lt Feehan’s mother. “He s
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Plastics Companies Are Writing Lesson Plans. What Could Go Wrong?(wired.com)
2 points by beardyw 9d ago|0 comments
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by beardyw 10d ago
Sorry, given your background I thought you might take my point. Didn't mean to accuse you of anything other than being kind. I know people tend to feel inadequate about art unnecessarily.
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by beardyw 10d ago
A good answer for people who don't appreciate art, but you and I know it misses the point. Anyone who stops to think knows that the artist wasn't trying to rely on an explanatory label added by a gallery or a web site, they wanted
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Online bookies accused of UK privacy breaches with use of cookie banners(theguardian.com)
1 points by beardyw 10d ago|0 comments
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Ig Nobels honor cockroach milk, interspecies kissing, taunting venomous snakes(scientificamerican.com)
2 points by beardyw 11d ago|0 comments
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by beardyw 12d ago
I think I worked through a golden age from the 1970s. I would hate prompt work.
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by beardyw 13d ago
No Special FIFA Nobel prize if you do.
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Is It Even Possible to Understand Quantum Mechanics?(wired.com)
2 points by beardyw 13d ago|2 comments
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Hackers had a live feed of every ID verification company scanned for over a year(techdirt.com)
561 points by beardyw 13d ago|251 comments

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