This is fucking insane. Those damned things probably have microphones in them 😂

Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group.

NEW: A judge in Washington has ruled that police images taken by Flock’s AI license plate-scanning cameras are public records that can be requested as part of normal public records requests.

The decision highlights the sheer volume of the technology-fueled surveillance state in the US.

WTH I’m nowhere near South Pasadena 😩

There is so much unknown about how ICE intends to use Paragon's terrifying no-click surveillance spyware. We appreciate members of the House Oversight Committee for sending this letter and trying to find out how this spyware will be used.

New: Apple just removed ICEBlock, the app for reporting sightings of ICE, from its App Store after DOJ pressure. ICEBlock's developer tells 404 Media "we are determined to fight this."

"Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move."

www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementia

NEW: 404 Media is suing ICE. We have filed a lawsuit demanding the agency release its $2 million contract with Paragon, a company that makes powerful spyware to break into phones and read messages from encrypted chat apps www.404media.co/were-suing-i...

Facial recognition and crowdsourced social media investigations are constantly being used not just on cringe CEOs, but on random people who are simply existing in public.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-astronom...

Last night I fell asleep to an ASMR monkey grooming video 🤦🏽‍♂️

@syntax.fm @wesbos.com @tolin.ski this is the first thing I made when exploring the WebAudio API.

You have to use it on mobile because it uses device motion as input.

⚠️ WARNING ⚠️ it’s loud!

noise-maker.fly.dev

Costco’s shareholders voted overwhelmingly to reject a proposal from a conservative think tank aimed at getting the company to roll back its diversity hiring practices.

Apple's built-in software is bugging out and giving me menus in Spanish 😆

Homemade caramel popcorn.

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I get excited when I see the mature content label on a TV show because I’m like maybe I’ll finally learn what a 401k is and then it’s all just like guns and boobs and shit

I asked Apple Intelligence “How many r’s are in ‘strawberry’” and it was intelligent enough to cite a source.

I’m listening to an audiobook about salt. I borrowed the audiobook from my library. I swear I used to be cool.