Framework wants to fix the budget laptop with its first touchscreen machine https://www.theverge.com/news/618784/framework-laptop-12-touchscreen-convertible-announcement-release-date #news #Gadgets #Laptops #News #Tech

The end is near for Windows 10. If you can't upgrade and a new PC isn't in your budget, this collective has a suggestion for you.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/end-of-10-offers-hope-and-support-to-windows-10-users-who-cant-upgrade-their-pcs/ #Win10 #Windows #Tech #Technology #Computers #OS #Linux

One more time for the people in the back: every conversation about "AI" should begin and end with its environmental impacts:

"We tend to think of the cloud as something invisible - floating above us in the digital ether. But the reality is very physical.

The cloud lives in over 10,000 data centres around the world, most of them located in the US, followed by the UK and Germany.

Many centres use evaporative cooling systems, where water absorbs heat and evaporates - similar to how sweat wicks away heat from our bodies. On hot days, a single facility can use millions of gallons.

One study estimates that AI-driven data centres could consume 1.7 trillion gallons of water globally by 2027."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8gy7lv448o

#AI #Tech #Data #Environment #Sustainability

This week's comic, inspired by a study showing that AI summaries on top of search results are dramatically cutting traffic to websites.

#internet #technology #tech #journalism #disinformation #socialmedia #oligarchy

A big Fairphone welcome to Framework!

Framework Team at Fairphone HQ in Amsterdam

@frameworkcomputer@fosstodon.org

@fairphone

@iFixit@mastodon.social

https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/feed/posts/fairphone_a-big-fairphone-welcome-to-framework-were-activity-7369290126222393367-0bAx/

#Framework #FairPhone #DIY #iFixIt #R2R #RightToRepair #OpenSource #FOSS #Tech #Hardware #Smartphone #Laptop #Desktop #PC

Marques Brownlee has put up a video about a US$20,000 robot. The company behind it claims it can do a whole range of household tasks 'through the power of AI', and will be delivered next year.

They even demonstrated a prototype to a journalist.

And the entire demonstration was being remotely controlled by a human operator.

And the company admits that, other than one or two simple tasks like opening a door, all tasks will be completed by a remote human operator. Those tasks will need to be scheduled in advance.

So.

Assuming this thing can be put into mass production, a huge if, it's basically a mechanical Turk.

Mark my words.

If this thing makes it to market, and that's a big if, the operators will be in a low-wage country.

It will almost exclusively be a way for rich white Americans to have human servants do their chores, without them being in their house.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j31dmodZ-5c

#robot #robotics #Marques #MarquesBrownlee #ArtificialIntelligence #VultureCapital #AI #tech #technology

FOSS community - you are really acting like a bunch of shitty bratty children over this whole systemd userdb birth date thing.

Grow the fuck up asshats. It is such an embarrassment to be associated with people who resort to "tactics" such as these.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bAN4Jam974

#systemd #linux #tech

The above article makes me think of the quote from Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr :

“AI is the asbestos we are shovelling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations.”

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Quote #CoryDoctorow #Meme #Memes #Quotes #Tech #Technology

An independent test confirms Krita delivers 90% of Photoshop's power for zero cost. As Adobe pushes its $20.99 monthly subscriptions, open-source alternatives are absorbing budget-conscious digital artists. #Tech #OpenSource #Krita #DigitalArt #Software

https://blazetrends.com/open-source-krita-hits-90-of-photoshops-capability-as-creators-abandon-adobe-subscriptions/?fsp_sid=43382