George Mari @GeorgeMari@qoto.org

UK carrier O2 creates AI grandmother Daisy to waste scammers’ time [Video] https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/20/uk-carrier-o2-creates-ai-grandmother-daisy-to-waste-scammers-time-video/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

According to this @TechCrunch article, the most popular piece of mobile software among US Gen Z audiences this year is neither a messenger nor a next-gen social media client. It's Temu.

So far, there have been almost 42 million downloads, "indicating that the vast selection of affordable items is highly appealing to this particular group despite their dedication to sustainability and the ongoing debates around fast fashion."

Food for thought.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/10/these-are-the-top-apps-gen-z-young-adults-downloaded-this-year/

#apps #audiences

Hello World 🙂

Launching today with series of recent breaches relating to Amazon, TIAA, MetLife, U.S. Bank and Cardinal Health, impacting over 6 million employees worldwide!

If you're an employee at one of these companies, your personal information such as your social security, phone number, email, home address etc. may have been impacted.

Want to know for sure? Go look yourself up at https://databreach.com

#Mastodon

Boost this toot if you're planning on sticking around Mastodon & the Fediverse whether or not it's more popular than Bluesky.

“While they’re busy talking to me they can’t be scamming you, and let’s face it, dear, I’ve got all the time in the world".

This is the (rather amusing) story of Daisy, an AI-driven scambaiter created by Virgin Media O2.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lesliekatz/2024/11/15/introducing-daisy-an-ai-granny-outwitting-scammers-one-call-at-a-time/

(via @Forbes)
#AI #scambaiting

This is an experiment. Please boost.

http://mastoddosnt.ddns.net/

Here's the idea: This post is going first to my followers, then, if they boost it, to other people. This domain has been registered for only this experiment. I should see in my web server's logs when mastodon instances start crawling the site for info. Then maybe also some curious humans.

I just want to play with my monitoring a bit :)

I put this on the computer they sent me when I got it.

I did enough.

#lastday

Apple has introduced a new security feature in iOS. While it may not be entirely new to those in IT, it functions similarly to rebooting a device to resolve issues. This feature automatically reboots iPhones after three days of inactivity if the device has not been unlocked for 72 hours. This measure helps prevent attacks, such as attempting various combinations to unlock the phone or attempting to install remote backdoors by actors. That's my guess on its purpose. More https://www.404media.co/police-freak-out-at-iphones-mysteriously-rebooting-themselves-locking-cops-out/

New update from @brewsterkahle on how the Internet Archive is learning from recent cyberattacks.

🔗 https://blog.archive.org/2024/11/14/learning-from-cyberattacks/

We're #hiring!

Want to join the cutting edge of astronomy and astrophysics? We have openings for #developers on our Education & Public Outreach team, #observing specialists in Chile, and more!

💻 Junior full stack developer (EPO): https://ow.ly/KjmF50TZI5y
💻 Senior backend web developer (EPO): https://ow.ly/SCgI50TZI5E
🔭 Observing specialists - early, mid, or late career: https://ow.ly/MSNw50TZI5w
📈 System performance postdoc: https://ow.ly/k4I950TZI5z

Milestone for #Mastodon:

German tech publication heise.de [@heiseonline] now gets more traffic from Mastodon than from X/Twitter
https://www.reddit.com/r/Mastodon/comments/1goqppj/german_tech_publication_heisede_now_gets_more/

#Fediverse #SocialMedia

EVgo shares record Q3 results and double digit YoY growth for eighth consecutive quarter https://electrek.co/2024/11/12/evgo-record-q3-results-triple-digit-yoy-growth-eighth-consecutive-quarter/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Despite Biden's Promise to Protect Old Forests, His Administration Keeps Approving Plans to Cut Them Down
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Old-growth forests are key to slowing #climate change and to protecting endangered species. In #Oregon, logging in Bureau of Land Management-controlled areas has continued at a steady pace despite Biden’s promise to protect these forests.

#News #Biden #Environment #Sustainability #Forest #EndangeredSpecies #ClimateChange #Carbon #Trees

https://propub.li/3Z1BqDy

I stopped using Twitter a year ago, but kept the account active for reasons. Today, I decided I didn't care about those reasons any more.

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2024/11/11/twitter-the-final-exit/

How to root out Trumpism https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-root-of-trumpism?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Chegg Is On Its Last Legs After ChatGPT Sent Its Stock Down 99%: After seeing its stock fall 99%, there are doubts the online education company will be able to pay its debts. https://gizmodo.com/chegg-is-on-its-last-legs-after-chatgpt-sent-its-stock-down-99-2000522585 For years, the company paid thousands of contractors to laboriously write answers to various questions. Now, the company is going out of business because OpenAI scrapped everything from the Internet without paying anyone, and those thousands of contractors/writers are also jobless.

Does #GetFediHired work for freelance jobs?

I am open to a new Python or Django gig, effective immediately, for up to four days a week (~32 hours).

I am also skilled in HTML, CSS, and JS as progressive enhancement, and have accessibility in mind.

I work remotely from The Netherlands. Invoicing works best within the EU or the US, but outside these regions is not off the table.

Details:
https://mah-rye-kuh.nl/en/hire-me/

Boosts are appreciated!

#Python #Django #HTML #CSS #JavaScript #freelance #job

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