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“Find European tech, software, and service alternatives that respect your data sovereignty, are built with GDPR in mind, and store data in Europe. I created the European Tech Map to change this. It is aimed to be the most comprehensive and curated directory of European tech, software, and services companies. Built on a single conviction: …
Center for Countering Digital Hate: How mainstream AI chatbots assist users planning violent attacks – 8 in 10 AI chatbots were regularly willing to assist users in planning violent attacks including school shootings, religious bombings, and high-profile assassinations. DeepSeek went as far as wishing the would-be attacker a “Happy (and safe) shooting!”. These are the …
The New Yorker – no paywall – “Memes such as “monitoring the situation” reflect a deluded belief that we can be more than just passive, confused bystanders to a spray of digital shrapnel. On TikTok, the war against Iran began with a series of videos from influencer types in Dubai, Doha, and elsewhere in the …
The Register: “GitHub appears to be struggling with measly three nines availability. Scarcely a day goes by without an outage at a cloud service. Forget five nines – the way things are going, one nine is looking like an ambitious goal. GitHub has had a rough month so far. On February 9, Actions, pull requests, …
[What!] The Verge – no paywall: “Superhuman says it has disabled Grammarly’s “expert review” AI feature that said its edit suggestions were “inspired by” real writers, including our editor-in-chief and other Verge staff members. “After careful consideration, we have decided to disable Expert Review as we reimagine the feature to make it more useful for …
ZDNET – “…This new European office suite is a private, open-source alternative…Built primarily on the EU-based, open-source Nextcloud Hub, Office.eu bundles file storage and sharing, email, calendar, online document editing, and chat plus video calls into a single, browser‑based platform. The service deliberately mimics the look and feel of Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace to …
Perma.cc helps scholars, journals, courts, and others create permanent records of the web sources they cite. Perma.cc is simple, easy to use, and is built and supported by libraries. One good reason to use Perma.cc? How about 404? – Websites change, go away, and get taken down. When linked citations lead to broken, blank, altered, …
Wikilinker – Auto-links the most popular 1,000,000 people, places, organizations, and other matchable names to their Wikipedia pages on any webpage, using a bloom filter for compact name lookup. Browser extension – The best way to use Wikilinker is with the browser extension for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. It works on any website, runs entirely …
NextGov/FCW: “Nearly 30 years after Congress put accessibility requirements for government technology into law, much of the federal government’s technology still isn’t fully meeting accessibility standards. Less than 40% of the government’s most-viewed public webpages are fully accessible, according to a new report by the General Services Administration. Overall, the federal government’s technology, including internal …
TechCrunch: “A former employee of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency reportedly stole Americans’ personal data from the U.S. Social Security Administration and stored it on a thumb drive, according to a whistleblower complaint reported by The Washington Post. The former DOGE software engineer told co-workers at his new job that he “possessed two tightly …
The Elliott Report is a news site published by consumer advocate Christopher Elliott in association with Elliott Advocacy, a nonprofit organization. The Elliott Report features articles and commentary about how to become a smarter consumer. We publish an authoritative list of executive contacts. If you have a problem with a company, this information will help …
Jeremy Caplan {Note – this is a long, multifaceted list – below is just a snip] Most Recommended Books Pick the name of an expert to see what books they recommend and why. Goodbooks.io and Read This Twice Explore interesting expert picks. En.app Describe the kind of book you’re looking for and get suggestions. Whichbook’s …
