"On a regular day, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, which keeps atomic time for the U.S. and synchronizes most of the world’s computers, receives more than 100 billion time-coordination requests from up to a billion computers."

I'm surprised that a disruption in this single point of failure hasn't wreaked havoc globally.

#Time #Technology

Earlier this year, we reported on how a former employee said #Microsoft dismissed his warnings about a critical flaw because it feared losing #government business. #Russian hackers later used the weakness to breach the National Nuclear Security Administration, among others.

propublica.org/article/microso…

#Tech #News #Cybersecurity #Hacking #Data #Technology

Microsoft Refused to Fix Flaw Years Before SolarWinds Hack

Former employee says software giant dismissed his warnings about a critical flaw because it feared losing government business. Russian hackers later used the weakness to breach the National Nuclear Security Administration, among others.

^ProPublica

Legal and contracting experts say the administration’s deals with #Microsoft never should have come to pass, as they sidestep or even possibly violate federal procurement and #antitrust laws.

#News #Technology #Government #Biden #Tech

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Biden Asked Microsoft to “Raise the Bar on Cybersecurity.” He May Have Helped Create an Illegal Monopoly.

When the White House welcomed Microsoft’s offer of $150 million in tech services, it helped the world’s largest software provider tighten its grip on federal business and freeze out competitors.

^ProPublica

According to a story in Popular Science that our @ScienceDesk shared, humans just love to physically attack robots — but not if they appear to be in emotional distress, for example, crying out or widening their eyes. Here’s a look at our history of hurting robots, and what that might mean if they become more integrated into our lives in the future.

popsci.com/technology/people-h…

#Robots #Technology #Psychology #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

Researchers tortured robots to test the limits of human empathy | Popular Science

A brief history of people bullying robots.

^{Mack DeGeurin (Popular Science)}

“We’re drowning in a sea of misinformation, much of it spread on a social network controlled by the world’s richest man. This isn’t a new problem, of course, but it’s reaching new levels of absurdity and concern,” writes our managing editor @csullivan in a new blogpost. He breaks down America’s truth crisis, and how Flipboard is maintaining a fact-first approach through it all.

about.flipboard.com/inside-fli…

#Flipboard #Misinformation #Disinformation #Technology #AI #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

America’s Truth Crisis: Using AI to Combat Misinformation

How Flipboard uses AI and human editors to highlight quality journalism and minimize misinformation.

^{Carl Sullivan (About Flipboard)}

Whoever created the technology that moves a video from the top of the page to the bottom corner as you scroll should be publicly shamed, locked in stocks in the public square, and forced to watch videos of my choosing 24/7 for at least five years.

You see, the reason I scrolled past that video is that I didn't want to see it. I need you to respect that.

#BanAutoplay #Consent #Technology #Programming #IT #Website #Video

@Npars01

😠 Google Play removed our NGO's free / prosocial / non-violent / award-winning / video games in 2021:

Google said we had misclassified them as educational.

🎮 Games about consent, healthy relationships, bystander awareness, dating violence prevention.

❤️ Grateful we'll soon have a new way to reach & help teens with Android phones.

#GooglePlay #Videogames #Nonprofit #Educational
#Technology #Google
@stopTDV @resiliencegames @CriticalThinkingGames @gamingagainstv

The PowerOn Individual Tech Grant provides life-saving and life-changing technology (cell phones, tablets, and laptops) to LGBTQ+ individuals for personal use.

poweronlgbt.org/individual-gra…

This grant operates in multiple rounds each year. Applications are accepted in a one month window for each round. Awards will be announced within a month of applications closing. Granted technology will be shipped shortly after.

Individuals may be awarded one (1) device within a 12 month period. Individuals who are not awarded technology in an application round are highly encouraged to reapply in the next round. The next round of applications will open June 28th, 2024 and will close July 28th, 2024.

Please see FAQs and "How to Apply Successfully - Guide" below. ¡También, el formulario de solicitud y la guía están disponibles en Español!

#Trans #Grant #Technology #LGBTQIA #Queer #LGBT

Individual Grant | poweron

^poweron

“It’s time to turn off this car accident of a tech future, and get on with reclaiming the world from this new generation of robber barons. These are not the demigods we’re looking for.” @Rushkoff brilliant article.

theguardian.com/books/2023/nov…
#books
#socialmedia #technology

‘We will coup whoever we want!’: the unbearable hubris of Musk and the billionaire tech bros

Challenging each other to cage fights, building apocalypse bunkers – the behaviour of today’s mega-moguls is becoming increasingly outlandish and imperial

^{Douglas Rushkoff (The Guardian)}