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Posts by MacGuffin
55 publicly visible posts • joined 22 Dec 2022
UK government using AI tools to check up on roadworthy testing centers
Google exec sees enterprise quantum app on closer horizon
Trump scrubs all mention of DEI, gender, climate change from federal websites
Granted
The Federal government can do that with their web sites. The federal government also distributes grants to the States and many other organizations. I imagine before to long those grants will be modified unilaterally that as a condition of accepting the grants, all mentions of DEI be removed from all websites and materials.
The argument may be made that money is fungible, so the grant funds would not be used to support DEI in those organizations. No amount of separation of those funds from their intended purpose will stop accusations that federal money is used to fund DEI in some way, shape or form.
Replace DEI with any other out of favor term you like.
As Trump slugs Canada, Mexico and China with tariffs, industry groups hope trade war weapon isn’t pointed at their feet
You begged Microsoft to be reasonable. Instead it made Copilot reason-able with OpenAI GPT-o1
Trump’s tariffs, cuts may well put tech in a chokehold, say analysts
Apple auto-opts everyone into having their photos analyzed by AI for landmarks
Microsoft won't let customers opt out of passkey push
Steam cuts the cord for legacy Windows and macOS
Nothing more borong than a Vacation Slide Show
"which allows players to save sessions and share clips with friends."
Greybeards remember being bored to tears going to friend's homes and being subjected to slide shows of their friend's vacations. Actual kodachrome slide shows, not the infinitely more painful slide decks of powerpoint.
I have no desire (kill me please) to watch someone's clip of a steam session.
Play? Yes. Watch? NO.
All bark, no bite? Musk's DOGE unlikely to have any real power
Uncle Sam may force Google to sell Chrome browser, or Android OS
If your AI does the crime, you'll do the time, warns DoJ
Apple ropes off at least 4 GB of iPhone storage to house AI
Google files first ever complaint with European Commission against Microsoft
CrowdStrike apologizes to Congress for 'perfect storm' that caused global IT outage
EU AI Act still in infancy, but those with 'intelligent' HR apps better watch out
Misguided Innovation
Too often I find that “strangle tech innovation” means there is “concern” that regulation will “strangle” new innovative tech ways to collect fees and lock in subscriptions. The “innovations” are not for the general populace. Most “innovations” I have witnessed are innovative ways to block access, throw up paywalls or siphon off the revenue stream.
An example “innovation” would be transaction fees where your phone and credit card get fees for the “convenience” of not using actual cash. Or “cashless” payments which basically require a cell phone plan to participate. THe cell-plan plan itself is an innovative way to extract funds by by making having a plan mandatory.
Here we go again. And again. Musk threatens to pull Twitter, SpaceX out of California
Release the hounds! Securing datacenters may soon need sniffer dogs
Elon Musk to destroy the International Space Station – with NASA's approval, for a fee
Samsung teases investment to get into the GPU game
Nearly 20% of running Microsoft SQL Servers have passed end of support
Nothing for the Upgrade
The PFY from tech school working on the hot new SQL server and application/cloud will get promoted out of the project and into manglement within 6 months because of the whizz-bang "skills" in new and shiny.
The grizzled greybeard tasked with updating the obsolete MS SQL DB Server and the accompanying apps because only they have the skills and training will take multiple years because of all the "concerned parties", long after the PFY above becomes their boss.
Feel free to say that does not happen. Please say that does not happen...
Please?
Can AI models trained on human speech help us understand dogs?
Samsung takes bite out of Apple over its mega marketing misstep
The Samsung Avalanche
That being the same Samsung that buries you in an avalanche of ads on their Smart TV hardware? The same Samsung whose “Smart Things” app won’t function without a connection to the mother ship? Whose smart TV also requires a connection to the mothership?
I’ll call that mighty creative for Samsung, but not the consumer.
Microsoft really does not want Windows 11 running on ancient PCs
Healthcare AI won't take jobs – it'll make nursing easier, says process automation founder
Will AIs Volunteer?
I'm nearing retirement. In my earlier days I enjoyed volunteering in a hospital. I would like to volunteer in retirement, but I simply cannot bring myself to volunteer my time and volunteered wages so that the CEOs of said hospital and health care industry can increase their "compensation". CEO - "I personally got more people to volunteer, saving us costs. Therefore my compensation must be increased exponentially. That and all those denied services and procedures. I should get more now I can utilize AI to deny more without doing it myself. Because I can."
Iowa sysadmin pleads guilty to 33-year identity theft of former coworker
Ex-White House CIO tells The Reg: TikTok ban may be diplomatic disaster
In the rush to build AI apps, please, please don't leave security behind
US task force aims to plug security leaks in water sector
Microsoft promises Copilot will be a 'moneymaker' in the long term
Copilot pane as annoying as Clippy may pop up in Windows 11
Tesla's Cybertruck may not be so stainless after all
AI PC hype bubble swells, but software support lags marketing
Sorry, scammers: The FCC says AI robocalls are definitely illegal
BOFH: Hearken! The Shiny Button software speaks of Strategic Realignment
Ignore Uncle Sam's 'voluntary' cybersecurity goals for hospitals at your peril
Affordable, self-healing power grids are closer than you think
Boffins eyeball computer vision costs, find humans are cheaper for oversight chores
Remote Sensors
Humans are nothing but remote sensors for AI.
Think about it. We used to fill out forms that were a page or two. With the prevalence of databases and web UIs, we seem to be required (shadow work) to provide far more information for simple tasks. I'm looking at you health care.
Every industry is convinced that their portal is the only one you use or that is important, with little to no regard for all the other UIDs, passwords, 2FA that every person is now stuck with. Store them all on a password maintenance provider which leaves only one site to hack to get all your authentication information.
We're even required to pay for the bandwidth to support ads. Junk mail used to have bulk postage paid be the advertiser. Now we have to pay the equivalent (or more) n bandwidth and subscriptions for the "privilege" of viewing unwanted ads that consume more bandwidth than the articles being read.
Thanks AI!