Confirmed: Microsoft stops new data centres worldwide
Pivot to AI
Confirmed: Microsoft stops new data centres worldwide
What do you call it when an economic bubble stops growing? In February, stock analysts TD Cowen spotted that Microsoft had cancelled leases for new...
 What do you call it when an economic bubble stops growing?
Autism’s missing women
The missing women of autism are differently different | Aeon Essays
Long believed to be particularly associated with males, new research is revolutionising our understanding of autism
 Long believed to be particularly associated with males, new research is revolutionising our understanding of autism
U.S. Officials Called Signal a Tool for Terrorists and Criminals. Now They’re Using It.
The Intercept
U.S. Officials Called Signal a Tool for Terrorists and Criminals. Now They’re Using It.
Despite years of official criticism of encrypted messaging, CIA Director John Ratcliffe revealed that Signal comes installed on agency computers.
 Despite years of official criticism of encrypted messaging, CIA Director John Ratcliffe revealed that Signal comes installed on agency computers.
The US government has sent Columbia University a ransom note
the Guardian
The US government has sent Columbia University a ransom note | Sheldon Pollock
Like a mob boss, the government threatens to cut off two of the university’s fingers: academic freedom and faculty governance
 Like a mob boss, the government threatens to cut off two of the university’s fingers: academic freedom and faculty governance
Whistleblower’s exposé of the cult of Zuckerberg reveals peril of power-crazy tech bros
the Guardian
Whistleblower’s exposé of the cult of Mark Zuckerberg reveals peril of power-crazy tech bros | John Naughton
Meta’s attempt to silence ex-employee Sarah Wynn-Williams has drawn attention to its work on stifling freedom of expression in China
 There’s nothing more satisfying than watching a corporate giant make a stupid mistake. The behemoth in question is Meta, and when Careless People, a whistleblowing book by a former senior employee, Sarah Wynn-Williams, came out last week, its panic-stricken lawyers immediately tried to have it suppressed by the Emergency International Arbitral Tribunal.
Saudi Arabia Buys Pokémon Go, and Probably All of Your Location Data
404 Media
Saudi Arabia Buys Pokémon Go, and Probably All of Your Location Data
A company owned by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund just bought the most popular AR video game of all time.
 Oh, comme c'est ballot.
Signal President Meredith Whittaker calls out agentic AI as having ‘profound’ security and privacy issues
TechCrunch
Signal President Meredith Whittaker calls out agentic AI as having 'profound' security and privacy issues | TechCrunch
Signal President Meredith Whittaker warned Friday that agentic AI could come with a risk to user privacy. Speaking onstage at the SXSW conference in
 “It would need to be able to drive that [process] across our entire system with something that looks like root permission, accessing every single one of those databases — probably in the clear, because there’s no model to do that encrypted [...] And if we’re talking about a sufficiently powerful AI model that’s powering that, there’s no way that’s happening on device”
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Firefox deletes promise to never sell personal data, asks users not to panic
Ars Technica
Firefox deletes promise to never sell personal data, asks users not to panic
Mozilla says it deleted promise because "sale of data" is defined broadly.
 Some users were not convinced by Mozilla's statements about needing a license to use data to provide basic functionality. "That's a load of crap and you know it. 'Basic functionality' is to download and render webpages" Exactly. Hey @npub13gcd...hkve @npub104kp...4kkx Please read carefully. WE. DON'T. WANT. ANY. OF. YOUR. AI. SHIT.