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Exporting Signal chats in JSON format now available on all platforms 👉️ https:// aboutsignal.com/news/exporting -signal-chats-in-json-format/ # signal # signalapp # signalmessenger # aboutsignal # android # tech # news # android # ios
I think my (Android) phone battery is getting pretty bad. 🪫 My phone is often quickly at low battery. Or maybe too many apps? Any tips on how to see what apps are using all my power? 🤔 I don't know anything about android. Maybe this is a dumb question. 🤷🏻♀️ (Sometimes when opening a new app, it seems laggy, so I think somethings wrong) I'm not going to install some app from Google play store, those are certainly all a scam. 😅 # android # battery # mobile # DearLazyweb
Xbox wants you to pay 24 to 40 cents per hour to stream games you already bought https:// arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/10 /xbox-wants-you-to-pay-24-to-40-cents-per-hour-to-stream-games-you-already-bought/ # Microslop # Microsoft # Xbox # gaming # streaming # enshittification # technology
"In one study, only about 11 % of participants said they would # tip a # robot # bartender ." What's wrong with those people? Tip a robot # barrista ? WTF? https://www. bbc.com/future/article/2026081 8-do-you-have-to-tip-the-robots "For more # science , # technology , environment and health stories from the # BBC , follow us on Facebook and Instagram." No way.
When there is a major # php # security issue going on but your site is just # html and # css . https:// readbeanicecream.codeberg.page/ # indieweb # smallweb # tech # blog
China has extended its domestic satellite internet service to the polar regions, achieving fully self-controlled polar communications and ending reliance on foreign technology. Source: South China Morning Post https://www. scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/arti cle/3371386/chinas-milestone-polar-region-satellite-broadband-narrows-gap-elon-musks-starlink?utm_source=rss_feed # Tech
Trump announced that # ArtificialIntelligence # AI will instead now be called # SuperIntelligence # SI . Almost everyone laughed at Trump and is still using the terms # ArtificialIntelligence and # AI . SI is still Sports Illustrated. # tech
On its way to Jupiter, the European JUICE mission recently flew by the Earth & Moon, viewing them as we would explore another planetary system. It's fun to step back and think how strange we'd seem if studied up close for the first time. https://www. dlr.de/en/latest/news/2026/say -cheese-juice-snaps-flyby-photos-of-earth-and-moon # space # science # tech # nature
# Tech # Mastodon I have a question, does # NetBSD have binary forward compatibility (or whatever that would be called)? Like, if I build something using a shared libc and generally using dlopen() or other careful methods for external libraries, will that binary typicall continue to work on future releases of NetBSD as-is? I've heard FreeBSD tends to have that, OpenBSD apparently less so... Asking since I'm tempted to try # NetBSD due to the general # Linux # ensloppification situation :blobfoxangrylaugh: stop the # slop etc. by putting my money where my mouth is, at least if this turns out to
“Around the world, data center companies claim they will be respectful and considerate neighbors, but too often they hide the extent of the damage that follows from the scale of their demands on local resources.” Data center water use is a real problem. Check out this excerpt from HYPERSCALE in @ restofworld ! https:// restofworld.org/2026/ai-datace nters-water-resistance-global/ # tech # datacenters # climate # artificialintelligence # books # reading
I’m looking for a name for my new text and code editor! for android It supports both plain text and code, with syntax highlighting and automatic indentation. I want a unique, memorable name that fits both purposes. Any creative suggestions? I’d love to hear your ideas! # OpenSource # Programming # CodeEditor # TextEditor # FOSS # Accessibility # Android
Anthropic, the maker of the Claude AI models, says it is putting 5% of its shares into a new "Anthropic Public Benefit Fund", a separate entity inside the company. The fund's worth would grow with the share price, and more could be added if the valuation hits set milestones. The company says it might make large donations to traditional nonprofits or "direct distributions to specific populations", and names AI's effect on jobs as one example: it has already committed US$200 million to study it, but says "bolder approaches may be needed". With the cofounders' pledge to give away 80% of their wea
The cutest 'rat with an electro-hat' pic you'll see all week. https://www. scmp.com/news/china/science/ar ticle/3371534/china-builds-worlds-smallest-wearable-brain-monitor-cortex-wide-view # technology # tech # innovation # engineering # business # technews # gadgets
Good morning. ☕🫖🍃 24 October 2026 Charlie and I spent part of the morning on the porch of my wife's little quilting shop. There was a welcome chill in the air, enough that I pulled on a sweatshirt before settling in with a Thermos of coffee. We enjoyed the quiet while waiting for the sun to climb above the trees in the east. The porch faces south, so during this time of year it catches the sunlight directly once the day gets underway. Charlie wandered the yard, following scents and conducting his usual patrol until he had accomplished what he came outside to do. After that, he joined me on t
during my ahem career in # tech I learned these 2 patterns aren't actually horror stories but simply "what happens": one is the 80/20 pivot, e.g. "we made something with public good value, but 80% of community on whose shoulders we'd built it brings only 20% of revenue, so we ditch them to optimize for the remaining 20% [optionally but likely, B2B clients] cause VCs told us") the other is that your friendly founders and colleagues lose their mind after just a few visits to Santa Clara county
Well this is fucking cool You're looking at a wounded Ukrainian defender being exfiltrated by a wonking huge # drone Regular exfiltration was not possible: Russian drone activity and landmines It's a heavy lift # hexacopter , and the rescue was a success. The defender is now receiving treatment # Ukraine ’s 92nd Separate Assault Brigade first secured the soldier's permission: the previously # scifi # tech was risky (flipping, rolling, twirling, etc) https://www. nbcnews.com/world/ukraine/ukra ine-first-drone-evacuation-wounded-soldier-frontlines-hexacopter-rcna604310 # UkraineWar
NEW: A week after ProPublica reported how organized crime is stealing food stamp benefits — aided by the government’s refusal to update benefit-card technology — the Department of Agriculture announced plans to adopt more secure cards with microchips. https://www. propublica.org/article/snap-th eft-chip-cards-trump-rule?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post # News # Food # SNAP # Poverty # Crime # Government # USDA # Tech # Technology
I know I keep saying this, but... my 15-year-old Macbook Pro at home can run Davinci Resolve at HD with no issues, my less than 2-year-old HP EliteBook can't & keeps freezing & crashing. As far as digital technology goes, I'm deep into my "things were better in the good old days" phase. Because they were. # tech
TL;DR: This article explores how Big Tech has shifted from fostering an open internet to prioritizing its own metrics and incentives, highlighting the evolution of the platform economy amid rising tensions. https://www. techdirt.com/2026/10/19/the-me tric-is-not-the-mission-when-the-reckoning-reaches-the-courts/ # law # tech # legaltech ⚖️ 🤖 # autosum
When your phone has a menu that NO user in the UNIVERSE would ever have any reason to touch but then you get to 🥵
Great book launch party in New York on Tuesday. Big thanks to everyone who came out, and @ ingrid for putting it all together. She even got me a data center cake! Get your copy of HYPERSCALE today. More info at https:// hyperscalebook.com # tech # datacenters # books # reading # artificialintelligence
Don’t pay attention to details, because there are none. https:// rishidass.net/posts/no-details # philosophy # mentalhealth # simpleliving # technology # culture # design
Recently met a tech industry friend whose team got hit by significant layoffs in the past few months. The team hired on some (lower cost?) fresh faces who were tasked to work on their code with Claude # AI . One of the new folks prompted Claude to implement some new feature, and Claude extruded a response which recommended first getting advice from one of the engineers who was laid off. # FunnyAndSad # tech # ai # siliconValley
When are they gonna stop selling them in the US? Tesla says it will no longer release the Cybertruck in Australia and New Zealand - Engadget https://www. engadget.com/2295058/tesla-wil l-not-release-cybertruck-in-australia-and-new-zealand/ # Tesla # Cybertruck # Australia # NewZealand # EV # Tech
Does anyone know of a # Linux # Email programme that's suitable for # Gnome and fully interacts with # labels ? As in, it has the option of applying multiple labels to a message (rather than converting labels to folders)? # FOSS # FLOSS # OpenSource # Computers # tech # technology
RE: https:// mastodon.social/@gedeonm/11748 2622900347325 Yes, well, OK - I still don't care; if Apple wants to impress me, they can make their shit work & not suddenly factory reset itself. Until then they can take their gimmicks & shove them where the sun never shines. # tech # apple
New Signal Desktop update (8.33) 🎉 - Bug fixes & technical improvements View more recent Signal Desktop releases 👉️ https:// aboutsignal.com/releases/signa l-desktop-releases/ # signal # signalapp # signalmessenger # aboutsignal # news # windows # linux # macOS # tech
PRESS RELEASE: Greenpeace activists have just disrupted Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s keynote in Berlin, demanding: “NVIDIA, clean up your dirty business”. The action challenges the AI boom’s environmental and human rights impacts. # NVIDIAGTC # tech # AI # NVIDIA # greenpeace
Yeah, naw! We're removing humans from the wrong parts of this chain 1Password will let AI agents use your passwords without seeing them https:// 9to5google.com/2026/10/22/1pas sword-will-let-ai-agents-use-your-passwords-without-seeing-them/ # 1Password # AI # Passwords # Security # Privacy # Tech
‘WhatsApp Hid Instructions in Help Pages Telling Its AI Chatbot Not to Recommend Privacy Regulators’ # law # tech # privacy https:// thehackernews.com/2026/10/what sapp-hid-instructions-in-help-pages.html?m=1