Olives @olives@qoto.org

https://nichegamer.com/indie-srpg-little-hearts-gets-english-localization-thanks-to-ai-translation/ Machine translations making more games accessible to the West.

It's also worth mentioning that "cartoon porn" was mentioned as one of the top searches on one of these sites, and I particularly have free expression concerns there from would-be censors. #DSA #WarOnPorn

I've always found those location tracking apps to be creepy, even when it has an apparent legitimate use to it.

The best cases I can think of is like Google Maps (and I don't know how privacy friendly Google is) and like Pokémon Go which is a gimmick game (which loves microtransactions).

While potential accuracy of AI translations are an obvious point of concern, if you happen to be a troll known to vandalize translations, Katrina, then maybe you should sit this one out. #anime

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/nissan-australia-cyberattack-claimed-by-akira-ransomware-gang/

"Today, the Akira ransomware gang claimed that it breached the network of Nissan Australia, the Australian division of Japanese car maker Nissan.

In a new entry added to the operation's date leak blog on December 22, Akira says that its operators allegedly stole around 100GB of documents from the automaker's systems.

The attackers have threatened to leak sensitive business and client data online, as ransom negotiations with Nissan failed after the company either refused to engage or pay the ransom."

The same country which insists that nothing could possibly go wrong from getting companies to retain far more data than they need.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/openai-engineers-can-earn-up-to-dollar800k-per-year-among-the-highest-rates-in-the-industry How lucrative for them. #AI

It is also fascinating that right after Sam Altman puts on a show about how they supposedly have some "amazing" algorithm in the works, they open up a funding round. It's really not hard to understand what is going on here.

It is also fascinating how thoroughly this hundred billion dollar valuation and funding round pierces Sam Altman's marketing pitch that this is some sort of "public interest" project, and not "just another company".

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-22/openai-in-talks-to-raise-new-funding-at-100-billion-valuation Does anyone seriously believe OpenAI is worth that much money?

https://reason.com/2023/12/22/trumps-promise-to-indemnify-cops-against-any-and-all-liability-is-absurd-for-2-reasons/ Goes into qualified immunity.

https://reason.com/2023/12/22/biden-expands-pardons-for-low-level-federal-marijuana-offenders/

"President Joe Biden expanded a categorical pardon today for low-level marijuana offenders convicted on federal lands and in the District of Columbia, a move the White House says will ease the burden of a criminal record for thousands of people.

"Criminal records for marijuana use and possession have imposed needless barriers to employment, housing, and educational opportunities," Biden said in a White House press release. "Too many lives have been upended because of our failed approach to marijuana. It's time that we right these wrongs.""

https://nichegamer.com/the-metaverse-era-exploring-the-emergence-of-virtual-worlds-and-their-influence-on-modern-gaming/ M-Metaverse?

https://nichegamer.com/japan-court-seeks-fine-streamer-johnny-somali/

"Johnny Somali, a Kick streamer who earned a negative reputation for being a nuisance in Japan and had since been arrested, might be forced to pay a large fine.

The streamer had earned the ire of many online due to his harassing of locals in Japan, whether it be by telling them he wants to drop bombs on the country, or by playing loud music and inappropriate noises in a restaurant’s kitchen. The troublesome individual also allegedly trespassed onto a construction site."

https://reason.com/2023/12/20/genre-bending-anime-spy-x-family-tackles-cold-war-espionage/ Not a Spy x Family take I expected to see but interesting.

Reminder that anti porn groups classify "spanking" as "violence" when trying to inflate their numbers. #WarOnPorn #DSA

https://tarnkappe.info/artikel/netzpolitik/dsa-pornhub-wird-von-der-eu-mit-strengen-auflagen-belegt-285431.html Interesting take on the latest #DSA controversy. #WarOnPorn