It’s implied they’re making the change because of third party sites and tools, though I suspect some AI slop they want to include. Consequently, I run privacy search proxies, SearxNG and Whoogle, that use Google search while protecting the privacy…
This picture based AI system isn’t perfect, as we sometimes get stopped and manually checked. It’s funny that this works because your purchases aren’t bagged which doesn’t help Walmart with fraud from people not properly checking things out, which interestingly…
I thought I’d try out MX Linux’s new version along with the new XFCE 4.20, and I’ve really enjoyed it this morning. And it is supported by VMware Workstation 3D graphical acceleration. Also, the installer recognizes it’s being installed in…
A very good review of where we are with the threat to Bitcoin posed by Quantum computers. In simple terms, a lot of cryptography deals with large prime numbers multiplied together which on modern computers happens quite fast, but going…
Why aren’t Microsoft patches to the Linux kernel checked more rigorously? ‘Let’s not do this again please’… days before release date By Richard Speed Intel and AMD engineers have stepped in at the eleventh to deal with a code…
Interesting report of the feds getting warrants to wipe malware from people’s computers without their permission. Why not alert them to the infection for them to deal with when found? This kind of deprives them of using a computer forensics…
The greedy megacorp overplays its hand. You’d have to think they’re literally banking on many firms not having the expertise to make the move away from VMware. But there are opensource alternatives, and probably plenty of consultants to help make…
Research has shown data can be deanonymized, but it’s interesting that they’re testing to see if they can get away with feeding medical records to AI systems. And they want a digital ID that will have all your data associated,…
Meh. I’m just not a fan of all the AI hype, as they’re mostly fed with garbage and thus the output is garbage (essay output I’ve seen on the Bible and Christianity is pathetically bad). Though for a lot of…
The spat between Automattic and WP Engine expands. I have a previous post with a little background about this $7.5 billion dollar company Automattic with a good opinion piece. By Paul Sawers Automattic CEO and WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg has…
That’s why I use Firefox with uMatrix and uBlock Origin, also with a lot of settings locked down just to the point before it starts breaking the web. It can be a pain to configure per site, but uMatrix gives…
I have a Raspberry Pi 5 running Raspiblitz with a 2 TB drive, and it’s an impressive machine which is significantly faster and more capable than the Pi 4. With 16 GB of memory you could actually do a little…
