So I suppose a new #introduction is in order. Hello! New #software engineer at #Google (first job!) in the #Seattle area. Canadian; moved from Montréal. Once infamous for making Barinsta, then promoted open source and federated platforms, now back to coding a lot. Public transport fan and avid radio listener. Silly at times; still learning about adulting. Love to #MeetUp with new people and explore new places (taking nice pictures on the way)!
"After announcing plans to find and restrict underage users on YouTube, the company now says it will start detecting whether Google users based in the US are under 18."
https://www.theverge.com/news/716154/google-ai-age-estimation-under-18
I'll probably be less active here today because I'm trying to finish a blog post where I pour all my hate for #Google's decade-long history of attacks to the #openWeb and #indieWeb and it's taking way longer than I expected.
EDIT: you can now read it here https://wok.oblomov.eu/tecnologia/google-killing-open-web/ and now I'm going to go over a full day of backlog here on Fedi 8-D
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(lesson learned)
https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1v05bkz/comment/oykl4w2/
Google's AI Overview has the correct order for the listed steps – despite at least one of its three sources putting things in the wrong order.
For the benefit of people who love to facefart the words "AI slop" wherever there's a hint of artificial intelligence: I'll describe the wrongness in this case as natural human slop. …
#AI #human #slop #partnership #Reddit #Google #OpenAI #facefart
#Google is making it necessary for #Android app developers to disclose their personal information to Google. This includes legal name, address, email, and phone number.¹
Here is the timeline given by Google.²
1. October 2025
Start as invite-only
2. March 2026
All developers can disclose their identity to Google
3. September 2026
"Regional enforcement begins" in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand
4. 2027 and beyond
"Global enforcement"
We will explain more in next posts.
(1/3)
Imagine a world where every small hobbyist or volunteer dev has to register with a global corporation just to share their work. That's the world Google is building for Android in 2026. https://keepandroidopen.org @keepandroidopen
People switching to Vivaldi should be aware that, being Chromium-based, it implements Manifest V3, which breaks serious ad-blocking. Ref.
https://lifehacker.com/tech/how-google-switch-to-manifestv3-affects-extensions
I'd stay away from any browser that uses Chromium
#Browser #WebBrowser #Vivaldi #Chromium #Google #AdBlocker #uBlockOrigin
F-droid was the first thing I thought of when I saw the news come by of Google's plan to turn Android more into iOS. Custom roms are already a dying breed due to all the crap that Google has been pulling, and now this.
It's such a shame we've ended up with a smartphone OS duopoly. It could've been so much better, sigh.
https://f-droid.org/en/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html
#Android #Fdroid #Google #FOSS #Enshittification
It's such a shame we've ended up with a smartphone OS duopoly. It could've been so much better, sigh.
https://f-droid.org/en/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html
#Android #Fdroid #Google #FOSS #Enshittification
A veces @GrapheneOS opina sobre temas importantes, como las restricciones o intromisiones que comete #android . Me tomo la libertad de decirle que no necesitamos lecciones de ética, lo que necesitamos es tener la posibilidad de instalar y usar Graphene para salir de la trampa de #google y hacer una vida digital en paz. La pregunta es si está dispuesto a dejar esa posición elitista y discriminatoria y ponerse al servicio de millones de personas que buscan un sistema útil y eficaz ¿lo está?
There’s no need to depend on Google as your default search engine. Qwant and Ecosia are already viable alternatives, and together they’re building the European Search Index (Staan). It’s currently implemented in France and will roll out to additional European countries in 2026.
I tested all three OpenVPN tiers: Why the free version is still the best choice for most users
OpenVPN offers three modes of deployment with varied pricing based on the same underlying protocol. Here are the pros, cons, and costs associated with each.
#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #OpenSource #ZDNet [ZDNet]
AI generated (bad) content aka aislop is killing reality, truth, information, internet, search engines like google, ... We are all fucked... 😮🤔 (Accept we use reputable media/platforms like public broadcast.)
With the new Sora 2 app by openai you just need to enter some text to generate realistic looking videos and publish them online.
Half of worldwide internet traffic is bot generated. internet is becoming ainternet. 💩
4 current analyses:
Fake Protest Videos Are the Latest AI Slop to Go Viral in MAGA World by gizmodo
https://gizmodo.com/fake-protest-videos-are-the-latest-ai-slop-to-go-viral-in-maga-world-2000669656
text
AI Slop Is Destroying The Internet by kurzgesagt
https://youtu.be/_zfN9wnPvU0?si=ohQnrkJTYURYILkk
video, 12 minutes
SORA: the all Ai TikTok Clone. will slop end creativity? by CaseyNeistat
https://youtu.be/I1dW-nZqhew?si=B6eS0zLmxGWMstIb
video, 7 minutes
german/french:
KI: Der Tod des Internets by @sixtus https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/122187-000-A/ki-der-tod-des-internets/
video, 51 minutes
#sora2 #sora #ai #fakenews #misinformation #debunking #openai #maga #trump #aislop #kurzgesagt #gizmodo #internet #truth #reality #google #chatgpt #ainternet
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AI slop is threatening journalism by churning out clickbaity versions of original stories, capturing web traffic, and destroying readers' trust in media. NiemanLab's Ben Paviour takes a look at how it's proliferating, with the help of Google.
#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Slop #Journalism #Media #MediaIndustry #Google #Technology #Tech
> For example, Google reduced our headline “I used the ‘cheat on everything’ AI tool and it didn’t help me cheat on anything” to just five words: “‘Cheat on everything’ AI tool.” It almost sounds like we’re endorsing a product we do not recommend at all.
#news #TechNews #technology #google #search #AI #LLMs #enshittification
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Have you ever noticed #BigTech "shadow banning" open and free platforms like #mastodon? Billionaires and Oppressive Governments benefit from 3 rich dudes controlling the narrative. Corporate powers will never willingly move to the #fediverse.
If a single Mastodon instance had wide spread #CSAM and non-consensual #AI slop porn like the recent #twitter scandal #Apple and #Google would disable downloads instantly.
"Combined, these changes will likely further decimate Google referrals to publishers, which have already been suffering from declining referrals due to AI Overviews."
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/
#news #TechNews #technology #google #GoogleSearch #GoogleIO #AI #LLMs #enshittification
Your browser could already be part of a botnet thanks to this dangerous Chrome flaw
Your browser may never act suspicious enough to raise concern.
https://www.androidauthority.com/chromium-browser-vulnerability-3669581/
#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #OpenSource #AndroidAuthority [Android Authority]
NEW: The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations.
“We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”
#News #trump #transportation #government #safety #ai #artificialintelligence #GoogleAI #google
@Ayzacoder: Attention if you have a Gmail account:
Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how.
Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:
New, from me: Who Operates the Badbox 2.0 Botnet?
The cybercriminals in control of Kimwolf -- a disruptive botnet that has infected more than 2 million devices -- recently shared a screenshot indicating they'd compromised the control panel for Badbox 2.0, a vast China-based botnet powered by malicious software that comes pre-installed on many Android TV streaming boxes. Both the FBI and Google say they are hunting for the people behind Badbox 2.0, and thanks to bragging by the Kimwolf botmasters we may now have a much clearer idea about that.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/01/who-operates-the-badbox-2-0-botnet/
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Google está pidiendo a gritos que los usuarios ingresen fotos de sus letras manuscritas a GEMINI, su sistema de IA generativa ⚠️ ¿Qué podría salir mal? 🤦
Just a kindly reminder: Google tiene acuerdos con Palantir y con el Departamento de Defensa de EE.UU. 🙄
#AI #genAI #generativeAI #Google #Gemini #tech #technology #IA #IAgenerativa #data #privacy #dataprotection
