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More and more it looks like the big "AI" companies are ripping off their customers. It's the American way, of course, but this stuff looks egregious -- and it's going to push people with common sense toward the open-source local models. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/science/anthropic-biology-enzyme-mestre.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EVE.e8Mn._lRdB19pQprE

*ahem* lol

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49861047

Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. https://nyti.ms/3VSWayc

Meet The Pardoned Delete Mechanic Who Wants To Stop Your Car From Spying On You

Pardoned mechanic Matt Geouge has built a device that blocks vehicles from spying on their drivers, because in 2018 his fiancée realized investigators were following her. Now he braces for steep opposition from manufacturers as he unveils his new product.

#surveillance #car #automobile #tracking

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2026/09/25/meet-the-pardoned-delete-mechanic-who-wants-to-stop-your-car-from-spying-on-you/

You do not have to hand IT to the techbros: Coding is *not* the "special case" where genAI is a good idea.

https://parsingphase.dev/tech/LLMs/ydnht.html

There is an attempt to make people feel like being critical of using LLMs is not "hip and with it" Only old people who don't understand technology are unimpressed.

Nothing could be further from the truth. Young people don't like the slop, the most tech people have the harshest words.

The typical AI fan doesn't know how it works or the limitations: this blind spot makes them both dazzled and fearful ... therefore unable to assign blame to humans when they do crime in a computer suit.

https://tako8ki.com/posts/looking-for-a-new-role/
#Rust #Rustlang #FediHire

Still reading through but so far this seems like a great 101 page to send to people who don't see issues with using LLMs.

There's fact and sources linked.

https://codeberg.org/ethical-foss/open-slopware/src/branch/main/why_not_llms.md

#NoAI #NoSlop #FuckAI #StopSlop

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I wrote a little userscript to make it easier to extract test results from MyChart:

https://codeberg.org/timmc/userscripts/src/branch/master/mychart-extract-results.user.js

You'll need TamperMonkey (or another userscript browser extension). Then click the "Raw" button on the above link to be prompted to install the script.

The output gets logged to the browser developer console because I couldn't be arsed to do something prettier (and MyChart has some annoying CSS resets). Maybe in a future version.

I've only tested this in TamperMonkey, on Firefox 140. YMMV.

#MyChart #userscript

The Ellison are buying up all the media with imaginary money. Should work out great! https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/9/25/800103390/cartoon/ellison-tv/

DOJ Intervenes in EU to Help Elon Musk Defraud Users - https://emptywheel.net/2026/09/27/doj-intervenes-in-eu-to-help-elon-musk-defraud-users/

Trump’s sneaky plan to gut Endangered Species Act draws from 1995 Scalia dissent - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/09/trumps-sneaky-plan-to-gut-endangered-species-act-draws-from-1995-scalia-dissent/ "Instead of prohibiting habitat modifications that injure animals or cause accidental deaths, the ESA will now only prohibit actions “specifically intending to target an animal,” #absurd

A study of 47 million inspections says old #EVs hold up better - https://thenextweb.com/news/ev-mot-failure-rates-bvrla "A study of 47.4 million inspections found EVs above 120,000 miles failed 16% of the time against 23.5% for combustion cars"

There’s a new way to break #RSA that’s faster than anything we’ve seen before - https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/09/theres-a-new-way-to-break-rsa-thats-faster-than-anything-weve-seen-before/ " Until now, cryptographers thought factoring was the only way to break RSA. Not anymore. "

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For those who aren’t aware, Microsoft have decided to bake essentially an infostealer into base Windows OS and enable by default.

From the Microsoft FAQ: “Note that Recall does not perform content moderation. It will not hide information such as passwords or financial account numbers."

Info is stored locally - but rather than something like Redline stealing your local browser password vault, now they can just steal the last 3 months of everything you’ve typed and viewed in one database.

"BREAKING: Massive Attack’s Rob Del Naja arrested under the UK Terrorism Act outside Labour Party conference venue.

The legendary musician was arrested after peacefully holding “I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action” on a paper sign on the eve of Labour’s conference."

#Video: https://bsky.app/profile/defendourjuries.bsky.social/post/3mwgrymo3mk2b
#Palestine #PalestineAction #UK #TerrorismAct

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