Furry Technologists
- soatok.blog What To Use Instead of PGP - Dhole Moments
It’s been more than five years since The PGP Problem was published, and I still hear from people who believe that using PGP (whether GnuPG or another OpenPGP implementation) is a thing they s…
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Feds: Critical Software Must Drop C/C++ by 2026 or Face Risk
cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/21219428
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Why is ChatGPT so bad at math?
techcrunch.com Why is ChatGPT so bad at math? | TechCrunchYou might've noticed that ChatGPT — and AI in general — isn't good at math. There's a reason, and it has to do with how modern AI is built.
> You might've noticed that ChatGPT — and AI in general — isn't good at math. There's a reason, and it has to do with how modern AI is built.
Basically, they're autocorrect on steroids. Which some of us have been saying for, like, ages.
- petapixel.com Court Rules Against Photographer Who Sued AI Dataset for Copyright Theft
It could have big implications.
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Famous AI "Artist" Says He's Losing Millions of Dollars From People Stealing His Work
gizmodo.com Famous AI Artist Says He's Losing Millions of Dollars From People Stealing His WorkThe guy who used Midjourney to create an award-winning piece of AI art demands copyright protections.
> The guy who used Midjourney to create an award-winning piece of AI art demands copyright protections.
Excuse me while I go grab my popcorn.
- www.androidauthority.com YouTube is giving you one more reason to go Premium
YouTube Premium users in the US can now interact with videos thanks to Google's new conversational AI tool.
Wow....AI interaction with videos....just what I wanted...
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Man-in-the-Middle PCB Unlocks HP Ink Cartridges | Hackaday
hackaday.com Man-in-the-Middle PCB Unlocks HP Ink CartridgesIt’s a well-known secret that inkjet ink is being kept at artificially high prices, which is why many opt to forego ‘genuine’ manufacturer cartridges and get third-party ones inst…
- soatok.blog The Continued Trajectory of Idiocy in the Tech Industry - Dhole Moments
Every hype cycle in the technology industry continues a steady march towards a shitty future that nobody wants. CMYKat The Road to Hell Once upon a time, everyone was all hot and bothered about Big…
- soatok.blog Security Issues in Matrix’s Olm Library - Dhole Moments
I don’t consider myself exceptional in any regard, but I stumbled upon a few cryptography vulnerabilities in Matrix’s Olm library with so little effort that it was nearly accidental. It…
- www.theregister.com Backblaze sees drive failure rates increase
Puts drive models into focus to assess how often they fall over in their lifetime
That's not a good sign
- www.nytimes.com ‘Google Is a Monopolist,’ Judge Rules in Landmark Antitrust Case
The ruling on Google’s search dominance was the first antitrust decision of the modern internet era in a case against a technology giant.
- www.yahoo.com Major US city unveils record-breaking train that could be the future of transportation — and you can ride it this year
"Using our transportation dollars to fund innovative solutions."
Hydrogen powered zero emission trains in Cali
- soatok.blog Against XMPP+OMEMO - Dhole Moments
XMPP is a messaging protocol (among other things) that needs no introduction to any technical audience. Its various implementations have proliferated through technical communities for decades. Many…
- soatok.blog What Does It Mean To Be A Signal Competitor? - Dhole Moments
A lot of recent (and upcoming) blog posts I’ve written, and Fediverse discussions I’ve participated in, have been about the security of communication products. My criticism of these pro…
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The Google era is officially over - The Verge
www.theverge.com The Google era is officially overOn The Vergecast: SearchGPT, the Samsung Z Fold 6, and Apple Maps.
- www.theregister.com Adobe likens subscription cancellation fees to heroin: FTC
Read the unredacted complaint against Photoshop giant and its software plans
Just an ordinary day in big tech
- arstechnica.com Intel has finally tracked down the problem making 13th- and 14th-gen CPUs crash
But microcode update can't fix CPUs that are already crashing or unstable.
apparently intel has finally figured out why 13th and 14th gen CPU are failing. the issue is mainly caused by a faulty microcode algorithm, which causes the CPU requesting more voltage than it needs and results in oxidation issues within the chip itself.
CPU's that do not show any symptoms yet could be saved by a microcode update, but there is no real hope for those that already started to rust away
- www.bleepingcomputer.com Fake CrowdStrike fixes target companies with malware, data wipers
Threat actors are exploiting the massive business disruption from CrowdStrike's glitchy update on Friday to target companies with data wipers and remote access tools.
raise your paw if youre surprised that bad actors now distribute malware disguised as "crowdstrike fix / update"
- theintercept.com “Gay Furry Hackers” Feud With Heritage Foundation Exec
Former Trump administration official: “Closeted Furries will be presented to the world for the degenerate perverts they are.”
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Wanted to suggest some games
Hi, new here to this instance. Also first post on Lemmy, I guess? Sorry if this is the wrong place. There was no "games"-community here, and I wanted to share with the local instance.
Anyway, wanted to recommend some games I've played recently that are somewhat "furry" in their themes.
- Pseudoregalia A really fun N64 inspired metroidvania where you play as a goat-lady who has to escape a dream world. Extremely satisfying movement and optional costumes to earn. It's great!
- Corn Kidz 64 A really fun N64 inspired collect-a-thon where you play as a goat-kid who has to escape a dream world. Extremely satisfying movement and... Uh... They sound really similar now that I write it out, but they're real fun.
- FUGA: Melodies of Steel Tactical RPG where you control children in a big-ass tank. It takes place during """World War 2""" and sports perma-death for the children. Really dark, but really good too. Sequel recently came out too.
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Google Chrome has an API accessible only from *.google.com
So apparently Chrome ships with an extension that is invisible to the user, can not be disabled and allows any
*.google.compage to get detailed information about CPU and memory usage.It is apparently at least 10 years old, was originally developed to debug Hangouts and people do claim that it is also shipped in Brave and Edge.
Who knows what else might be hidden in there!
Original Tweet: https://xcancel.com/lcasdev/status/1810696257137959018 Chrome Source: https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:chrome/browser/resources/hangout_services/ Commit from October, 2013: https://github.com/chromium/chromium/commit/422c736b82e7ee763c67109cde700db81ca7b443
- theintercept.com “Gay Furry Hackers” Claim Credit for Hacking Heritage Foundation Over Project 2025
Hacker collective SiegedSec says it infiltrated Heritage Foundation to oppose its campaign against trans rights detailed in the Project 2025 manifesto.
- www.tomshardware.com GPUs can now use PCIe-attached memory or SSDs to boost VRAM capacity —Panmnesia's CXL IP claims double-digit nanosecond latency
Provided that AMD, Intel, and Nvidia would like to support CXL for memory expansions.
Sounds like a great way to get extra memory for your GPU without needing to buy a whole new one!
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Are 16 cores in the new Ryzen 9950X sufficient for gaming?
www.pcgamer.com Are 16 cores in the new Ryzen 9950X sufficient for gaming? 'There's no physical reason we couldn't do more than 16 cores,' says AMDHardware's not the barrier, it's all about software and having enough customers.
More than likely. Our issues seem to stem more from GPU power and memory at this point.
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Instagram is testing unskippable "Ad Breaks" lasting 3-5 seconds, disrupting user browsing experience
bgr.com Unskippable ads may soon make Instagram a nightmare just like YouTubeInstagram has been testing one of its most controversial features yet: unskippable ads, and it's called Ad Breaks. Here's what we know.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16139296
The rampant disease of enshittification continues
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'Today’s computers are horribly inefficient': How a US startup is going Apple's way — combining hardware and software to crack AI's big 99% power consumption problem | TechRadar
www.techradar.com 'Today’s computers are horribly inefficient': How a US startup is going Apple's way — combining hardware and software to crack AI's big 99% power consumption problemEfficient Computer has created a "post-von Neumann processor"
- arstechnica.com A root-server at the Internet’s core lost touch with its peers. We still don’t know why.
For 4 days, the c-root server maintained by Cogent lost touch with its 12 peers.
- www.theverge.com Eight TikTok creators file their own suit against the divest-or-ban law
They say TikTok is unique from any other platform.
Except it's not unique lol
Everyone and their mother is implementing short form video into their platform
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Online liability protections have outlived usefulness, top lawmakers say
Hmmm... Making social media companies liable for what users post. I'm all for making them take a more active involvement in what's going on but that would open up anyone hosting stuff to a world of liability...
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Archie has been resurrected
Some people have apparently not only gone through the trouble of digging out the latest available version of Archie (old FTP indexer / search engine from the mid 80's / 90's before Google was a thing), but they even set up a fresh install and made a web interface available. Even better: The entire source code apparently also still exists.
Video about said resurrection: https://piped.video/watch?v=CUwR9xdEuZI
- www.techspot.com Negating all VPNs may have been possible since 2002
Researchers at the Leviathan Security Group have publicized an exploit that can force a VPN user to transmit unencrypted internet traffic outside of the VPN tunnel, exposing...
Very interesting exploit of DHCP
