Vibes all the way down the code-bases now.

Ai: "Childrens privacy?"
"Whats a children?"

https://www.wired.com/story/an-ai-toy-exposed-50000-logs-of-its-chats-with-kids-to-anyone-with-a-gmail-account/

#Ai #NoAi #TechNews

Vibes all the way down the code-bases now.

Ai: "Childrens privacy?"
"Whats a children?"

https://www.wired.com/story/an-ai-toy-exposed-50000-logs-of-its-chats-with-kids-to-anyone-with-a-gmail-account/

#Ai #NoAi #TechNews

Hard drive prices are spiking because of "ai." Prices have jumped 46% on average since September.

The 24TB Seagate BarraCuda used to be $239 on sale, but it's now sitting at $500. "AI" training needs massive amounts of data storage, and manufacturers are shifting production toward enterprise drives for data centers, leaving regular buyers paying more than they should have to.

Between RAM, SSDs, and now HDDs, building a PC is getting expensive fast.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/hard-drive-prices-have-surged-by-an-average-of-46-percent-since-september-iconic-24tb-seagate-barracuda-now-usd500-as-ai-claims-another-victim

#NoAI #TechNews #PCBuilding #Hardware #Storage #AI #TerminalTilt #GNULinux #GNU #Linux #RAM #HDD #SSD #BigTech #SelfHosting #SelfHost #RightToRepair #FOSS #OpenSource

Hard drive prices are spiking because of "ai." Prices have jumped 46% on average since September.

The 24TB Seagate BarraCuda used to be $239 on sale, but it's now sitting at $500. "AI" training needs massive amounts of data storage, and manufacturers are shifting production toward enterprise drives for data centers, leaving regular buyers paying more than they should have to.

Between RAM, SSDs, and now HDDs, building a PC is getting expensive fast.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/hard-drive-prices-have-surged-by-an-average-of-46-percent-since-september-iconic-24tb-seagate-barracuda-now-usd500-as-ai-claims-another-victim

#NoAI #TechNews #PCBuilding #Hardware #Storage #AI #TerminalTilt #GNULinux #GNU #Linux #RAM #HDD #SSD #BigTech #SelfHosting #SelfHost #RightToRepair #FOSS #OpenSource

Every month I put together a recap of good (critical) tech reads and important stories you might have missed.

In this issue, I also provide a brief reflection on the year ahead and some of the subjects that will be on my mind. 2026 is not off to a great start!

https://disconnect.blog/what-does-2026-have-in-store/

#tech #technews #politics #digitalsovereignty

Sigh, time to stop using Firefox. I'm running out of options. I like Mullvad, but I also want to keep some of my history. Any suggestions for decent browsers?

#firefox #mullvad #chrome #browser #tech #technews #enshittification #openweb #ai

Micro Center has reportedly removed price tags from its memory kits and advised customers to consult a sales associate for pricing information. #Tech #Computing #RAM #Dotnet #Windows #Microsoft #Science #Engineering #Business #TechNews #Blog #News #Markets #USA #EU #Europe #SocialMedia #Java

Micro Center has reportedly removed price tags from its memory kits and advised customers to consult a sales associate for pricing information. #Tech #Computing #RAM #Dotnet #Windows #Microsoft #Science #Engineering #Business #TechNews #Blog #News #Markets #USA #EU #Europe #SocialMedia #Java

FWIW I read this as a not-very-coded warning to governments that they need to get their wallets out. They learned from the banks that as long as they got "too big to fail" they could knowingly inflate this bubble without personal consequences. #AI #Google #USPol #UKPol #TechNews
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy7vrd8k4eo

FWIW I read this as a not-very-coded warning to governments that they need to get their wallets out. They learned from the banks that as long as they got "too big to fail" they could knowingly inflate this bubble without personal consequences. #AI #Google #USPol #UKPol #TechNews
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy7vrd8k4eo

YouTuber Kingmi Mobile retrofitted an iPhone 17 Pro Max with a cooling system he removed from a RedMagic 11 Pro+ device, revealing an 8% jump in performance.

#Tech #Apple #Android #Google #Science #InfoSec #TechNews #Engineering #Blog #News #CyberSecurity #Business #Markets #Travel #Finance #USA #EU #Asia #Africa #SocialMedia #Mastodon #Fediverse

YouTuber Kingmi Mobile retrofitted an iPhone 17 Pro Max with a cooling system he removed from a RedMagic 11 Pro+ device, revealing an 8% jump in performance.

#Tech #Apple #Android #Google #Science #InfoSec #TechNews #Engineering #Blog #News #CyberSecurity #Business #Markets #Travel #Finance #USA #EU #Asia #Africa #SocialMedia #Mastodon #Fediverse

Hackers are launching mass attacks, exploiting websites using outdated WordPress plugins. WordPress security firm Wordfence says that it blocked 8.7 million attack attempts against its customers in just two days, October 8 and 9.

#Tech #InfoSec #Wordpress #Computing #TechNews #Blog #Science #Technology #News #CyberSecurity #Business #Engineering #Markets #USA #EU #Asia #Africa #SocialMedia #Mastodon #Fediverse

Hackers are launching mass attacks, exploiting websites using outdated WordPress plugins. WordPress security firm Wordfence says that it blocked 8.7 million attack attempts against its customers in just two days, October 8 and 9.

#Tech #InfoSec #Wordpress #Computing #TechNews #Blog #Science #Technology #News #CyberSecurity #Business #Engineering #Markets #USA #EU #Asia #Africa #SocialMedia #Mastodon #Fediverse

According to early reports, another AWS outage has struck the internet, with a huge rise in reports of problems across AWS-backed services, including Azure, Microsoft 365, Minecraft, Capital One, Xbox, and, of course, AWS itself.

#Tech #InfoSec #Amazon #AWS #Microsoft #Windows #Computing #TechNews #Blog #Science #Technology #News #CyberSecurity #Business #Azure #Games #Engineering #Markets #USA #EU #Asia #Africa #SocialMedia #Mastodon

According to early reports, another AWS outage has struck the internet, with a huge rise in reports of problems across AWS-backed services, including Azure, Microsoft 365, Minecraft, Capital One, Xbox, and, of course, AWS itself.

#Tech #InfoSec #Amazon #AWS #Microsoft #Windows #Computing #TechNews #Blog #Science #Technology #News #CyberSecurity #Business #Azure #Games #Engineering #Markets #USA #EU #Asia #Africa #SocialMedia #Mastodon

Users attempting to download Xubuntu, a lightweight Linux distribution derived from Ubuntu, are reporting getting malware instead. The project's maintainers have temporarily disabled downloads.

#Tech #InfoSec #Linux #Xubuntu #Ubuntu #OpenSource #Computing #TechNews #Blog #Science #Technology #News #CyberSecurity #Business #Engineering #Markets #USA #EU #Asia #Africa #SocialMedia #Mastodon #Fediverse

#TechNews picks (continued):

➡️ @embedsys - News on embedded software/hardware

➡️ @fediversereport - Decentralised social networks

➡️ @molly0xfff - Tech journalist, especially scams in cryptocurrency

➡️ @cubicgarden - Emergent tech expert

➡️ @lonseidman - Tech reviewer of gadgets, services etc

➡️ @wongmjane - Tech blogger, security researcher

➡️ @gcluley - Computer security expert

➡️ @ianb - Tech journalist, accidental creator of "Betteridge's Law"

➡️ @clive - Tech blogger & journalist

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#TechNews #Technology news picks of the day:

➡️ @404mediaco - Reader-supported investigative journalism on tech, privacy etc

➡️ @arstechnica - Tech news site since 1998

➡️ @osnews - Computing & tech news site since 1997

➡️ @2600 - Hacking magazine since 1984

➡️ @heiseonline - German-language tech news since 1996

➡️ @verge - Tech news site in US

➡️ @TechDesk - Human-curated tech news on Fedi

➡️ @TechCrunch - US tech news site

➡️ @podcast - Tech news podcast from blind people's perspective

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#TechNews picks of the day (continued):

➡️ @tuxdevices - Small indie news site covering mobile devices running Linux

➡️ @omglinux - Linux news blog, sister site to OMG Ubuntu

➡️ @gnulinux - German-language news on Linux & FOSS

➡️ @lealternative - Italian-language news about privacy-friendly tech & FOSS

➡️ @firesidefedi@social.firesidefedi.live (main) & @ozoned (livestream) & @firesidefedi@video.firesidefedi.live (videos) - Interviews with familiar faces from the Fediverse

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