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paraphrand

@ paraphrand @lemmy.world

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  • Apple Releases iOS 26.2.1 With AirTag 2 Support (watchOS too!)

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  • TikTok uninstalls are up 150% following U.S. joint venture

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  • I feel old every time I share that I’ve never installed TikTok and don’t have an account.

    In many ways, I feel a bit like I am still forced to ambiently and peripherally use the app when interacting with the rest of social media and society. Because the damn format, and culture, and way of thinking and producing videos has seeped so deep into all aspects of our lives.

    The whole mode of consuming media in an algorithmic flipbook like that weirds me out. I don’t understand how anyone can enjoy being enticed to watch videos in the way TikTok promotes.

  • OnePlus update blocks downgrades and custom ROMs by blowing a fuse

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  • “Open” once again being abused as angle to build something for an exit. It sounds like.

  • Secret 'discombobulator' weapon was crucial to Venezuelan raid on Maduro

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  • “The Discombobulator” then was aimed directly at Maduro’s defenders.

    “At one point, they launched something; I don’t know how to describe it. It was like a very intense sound wave. Suddenly I felt like my head was exploding from the inside,” the witness said.

    Uh, this sounds a lot like what people who were afflicted with Havana Syndrome reported experiencing. If this is a US weapon, then that explains why the government is refusing to acknowledge it.

  • ‘Disheartening’: US Justice Department slashes funding to programs combating child sex trafficking

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  • Is that the sound of freedom I hear?

    Fucking morons.

  • Get ready for more ads in the App Store

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  • The days of browsing software are long gone.

    I miss the days of versiontracker.

  • Microsoft Windows 365 goes down the day after Microsoft celebrates 'reimagining the PC as a cloud service that streams a Cloud PC'

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  • Your friend has a growth on its abdomen. I’d have a doctor look at it.

  • FEMA can’t say “Watch Out for Ice” in storm warnings for fear of memes

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  • “Meme magic” helped Trump get elected the first time. And memes have been ascendant ever since.

  • New research finds that ChatGPT systematically favours wealthier, Western regions in response to questions ranging from 'Where are people more beautiful?' to 'Which country is safer?'

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  • It’s indeed a surprise if you believe their claims about LLMs being intelligent.

  • A new cooling technology freezes food without warming the climate

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  • Cool.

  • A New Obelisk ‘Lifeform’ Is Hiding Inside Humans

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  • Pluribus. 🤔

  • Ring Cameras Join Flock and Amazon to Now Create Direct Data Access for ICE

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  • HKSV does not get sent to ICE.

  • At the bottom of an email I just got from a concert venue about a show this weekend...

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  • New AI Slop B2B idea: a slop filter for all your outgoing communications. Powered by more LLMs, of course.

    Using it for code is increasingly irresistible, though.

  • Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task – MIT Media Lab

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  • It’s so easy to pontificate instead of actually doing studies, right?

  • What a joke, can't believe people still voluntarily use this OS

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  • Trump threatens 200% tariffs on French wine and champagne after Macron refuses to join 'board of peace'

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  • “PROCESSED SPARKLE PRODUCT”

  • I didn't believe how addicting Churu was till today.

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  • Hmm, I feel like I’ve been warned by stumbling across this thread. And at first I thought it was stealth marketing.

  • The CEO of Microsoft Suddenly Sounds Extremely Nervous About AI

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  • really whips the llamas arse

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  • Hey, cool, this was my thought too. Things were just easier when everyone had 1024X768 or so.