"AI is built on the collective knowledge of humankind."
No. Nononononono. It is not built on knowledge, it it built on data. And not everyone's experiences are available as data, many communities are excluded. Also: "Collective" implies some sort of collaboration and shared activity. But "AI" is just accumulation by a few powerful.
So No. It's not collective but extractive, not knowledge but data, not humankind but the hegemonic western view. Everything in that statement is wrong.
The Trump administration’s push for mass deportations has resulted in more than 18,000 challenges in federal court from immigrants claiming their detention is illegal.
France launches "LaSuite," an open-source office suite for digital sovereignty, reducing reliance on foreign proprietary software. 🖥️
Built on Matrix/TChap, LiveKit/Visio, Grist, and Drive—all MIT-licensed for any organization to deploy. 🇪🇺
DI.DAY is a new monthly “Digital Independence Day” encouraging people to ditch Big Tech and move to privacy‑respecting services. 📅
Launched by Save Social and Chaos Computer Club at 39C3, it runs every first Sunday with events like “de‑Google your phone,” Nextcloud setups, and Linux install parties across Europe. 🛡️
Our Rx Inspector tool allows you to use information from your prescription label to locate the factory where a generic drug was made and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
My fav project I’ve worked on was “100 jours de zbeul”, a web leaderboard for the 2023 french manifestations that was really irritating to right wingers ✊.
Chilling article on the manual for ICE's immigrant-targeting computer system, Palantir ELITE, which was leaked yesterday via 404 media.
To target a "criminal or immigration nexus" the software pulls Americans' personal data from across the government, including data from Health and Human Services and other agencies unrelated to law enforcement.
A reminder that Palantir is currently hoovering up NHS data on UK citizens as part of govt contracts.
OG App is the coolest app you never heard of. Back in 2022, two teenagers unilaterally disenshittified Instagram by making an "alt-client" that restored all the parts of Insta that made it a success and blocked all the antifeatures that Meta crammed down users' throats after they had them locked in.
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An EU flag; the stars have been replaced with a ring of Threads logos, tinted yellow. In the center floats the disembodied head of Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse avatar. It has been modified: a black bar scrawled with grawlix covers the mouth.
But Eurostack is about to run into a wall: Article 6 of the EU's own Copyright Directive, which prohibits reverse-engineering and modification of tech products. It's a law that the US Trade Rep lobbied hard for, winning the day by promising tariff-free access to the US for Europe's exports (a promise Trump has now broken):
"Nearly half of routinely-updated CDC databases have experienced delays or shutdowns in 2025, with vaccination-related systems disproportionately affected, according to a new study."
»#TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More #Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes:
According to its new #privacy policy, #TikTokUS now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US.«
Surprising, isn't it?! No, precisely because of the power because of #freeOpinion, that is, the influence, the #US wanted to buy it because #China is considered a competitor.
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TikTok's transition to U.S. ownership involves collecting even more data about its users, including precise location and AI interactions. It's also likely that the new privacy policy will lead to you seeing more targeted ads. Here's the lowdown from @.
Google’s Gemini A.I. now scans your entire inbox to “help” you summarize, reply & organize. 📬
That’s not assistance — that’s surveillance wrapped in productivity branding. 🔍
If your emails need an opt‑out clause, maybe the feature shouldn’t exist by default. ⚠️
Court filings show DOGE staffers at the Social Security Administration broke protocol, had broader access to sensitive data than disclosed, and interacted with a political group seeking to overturn election results.
In one week, join our next Special SDO Session featuring the introduction of the Responsible Data Governance (RDG) Standard for Immersive and AI-Integrated Systems by XRSI.
RDG provides a practical, technology-agnostic framework for proactive data governance without prescribing specific data mapping platforms or technical implementations.
Are your headphones and speakers vulnerable to hacking? If your audio accessories use Google's Fast Pair protocol, you may need a patch to avoid hackers eavesdropping on your calls and surroundings, hijacking your devices and playing their own audio through them, or even stalking you. Here's a @ story that explains more.
Threads' margin is the Eurostack's opportunity ( pluralistic.net )
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