Tag: Tech
The Notorious Kiwi Farms Is Back Online
On Sept. 3, internet services provider Cloudflare announced that it was terminating its business relationship with Kiwi Farms, a website with a reputation for fomenting harassment campaigns and fostering an environment of hate. The decision came after weeks of social media pressure led by one of the site’s targets: a…
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A Strategically Placed AirTag Led Police To A Dumpster Full Of Stolen Democratic Campaign Signs
AirTags, Apple’s tracking devices that look like small, white pucks, broadcast Bluetooth signals to nearby Apple devices, allowing owners to locate them (and anything they are attached to) on a map. Since Apple released AirTags in 2021, people have used the trackers to find missing bags, keys, and pets. AirTags…
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I’m So Tired
Have you ever had a friend who’s had one of those on-again, off-again relationships, like a less cute Ross and Rachel situation? They’re always coming to you to talk about the latest drama, and at first it’s fun. You love hearing about the juicy details of their latest hookup the…
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A Coward’s Guide To Editing Tweets
After years of the typo-prone masses clamoring for an edit button, Twitter has finally released one. Let’s not even think about the ways this could be abused by bad actors spreading disinformation or whatever, let’s just think nice happy thoughts about an edit button. The fact this is happening a…
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Elon Musk Is Going To Buy Twitter At The Original Price
Not long after the deal was made, Musk started expressing concern that Twitter had a bigger problem with bots and fake accounts than it had initially let on, which would mean the real number of users (and therefore the value of the company) was lower than the $54.20 per share…
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Elon Musk’s New Baby Is This Robot
But humanoid robots are possible. Aitken pointed to those currently being developed by companies like Boston Dynamics: models that are usually designed for a certain repetitive task or series of motions. “They’re very, very capable robots designed for very, very specific purposes,” he said. “They’re not applied within a highly…
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