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@peard33.bsky.social@peard33.bsky.socialWhen Hattab started Road Conditions, his odometer read 70,000 kilometers. Within four years it read 274,000, inside a territory barely 130 kilometers. It is the equivalent of driving around the Earth more than five times, without ever leaving the West Bank.
wired.comThe Man Behind a West Bank Telegram Channel Trying to Keep Palestinian Drivers SafeWith no accurate Big Tech mapping app to help him, Anas Hattab launched a Telegram group to get himself home at night. Now nearly 350,000 Palestinians rely on it to navigate the occupied West Bank.
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wired.comShe Designed Meta’s New AI Logo. Then Came the HateJessica Hische knew working for Meta might upset some people. But she didn’t anticipate just how angry they would get.
@peard33.bsky.socialMonthly reminder that it's not just data centers getting built with quick review. It's also tech factories
wired.comA New Mexico Community Was a Place to Build a Life. Then a Hypersonic Missile Factory Showed UpCastelion—a next-generation defense tech company—is building a facility in Rio Rancho Estates that documents show could pose a major fire and chemical hazard to neighboring communities.
@peard33.bsky.socialInternal debates over strategy had been brewing for years over the organization’s direction, according to 16 former workers,
wired.comTristan Harris’ Tech Nonprofit Is Laying Off Most Staff and Going ‘Founder-Led’The Center for Humane Technology helped spark a movement against excessive screen time, but internal tensions over its direction and strategy have simmered for years, sources tell WIRED.
@peard33.bsky.social@peard33.bsky.socialOver the past four months, Amber Retzloff, a critical care nurse in Florida, requested to work 50 specific 12-hour shifts. But over half the time, she says the AI scheduling software her hospital developed with Palantir assigned her to different shifts. What gives?
@peard33.bsky.socialNew AI-related additions to Waymo's terms of service: Essentially, treat the Gemini assistant in its newest cars kindly and with skepticism. Also at least one typo
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@techmeme.comReposted by @peard33.bsky.socialSources: six independent advisory board experts resigned from the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, as Meta and others push for structural changes (Paresh Dave/Wired)
@peard33.bsky.social@peard33.bsky.social@peard33.bsky.socialI know emergency services don't want to abuse the text-message alert system but it would be nice to know in advance that a "prescribed burn" on Angel Island is going to ruin air quality upwind.
@peard33.bsky.socialThe telecom giant AT&T is eager to show Wall Street that it can do more with less. That means fewer employees, less electricity, and increased automation.
@peard33.bsky.social@peard33.bsky.socialNot a good start
@couts.bsky.socialReposted by @peard33.bsky.socialNEW: Flock is offering employees "generous" buyouts as communities across the US push back against the surveillance camera network, @wired.com has learned. @peard33.bsky.social and @dmehro.bsky.social with the scoop: www.wired.com/story/flock-...
wired.comFlock Offers Employees Buyouts as Customers FleeAs dozens of cities end contracts for its controversial license plate readers, Flock is rolling out a voluntary severance program, WIRED has learned.
@peard33.bsky.social“It is impossible for AI to access a fully autonomous lab and autonomously build a virus today because fully autonomous labs do not exist yet ... But I do think that an AI could pay someone to do it for them.”
All those stolen credit card numbers on the dark web...
wired.comWhy AI Isn’t Likely to Wipe Out Humanity With BioweaponsOf all the threats presented by uncontrollable artificial intelligence, scientists say death by plague ranks low.
@wired.comReposted by @peard33.bsky.socialKernel Panic by @lhn.bsky.social and @mattburgess1.bsky.social !
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