Allan Joseph
@neonomy.bsky.social
Randomly accessing memories of the future.
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It is likely that quantum computers will soon be able to break the encryption methods that secure your passwords and anything else kept under digital lock and key. Here's a little demonstration, purely for illustrative purposes, to give a better sense.
Test it out now: wrd.cm/3T7TtUO
Test it out now: wrd.cm/3T7TtUO
June 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
It is likely that quantum computers will soon be able to break the encryption methods that secure your passwords and anything else kept under digital lock and key. Here's a little demonstration, purely for illustrative purposes, to give a better sense.
Test it out now: wrd.cm/3T7TtUO
Test it out now: wrd.cm/3T7TtUO
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We're going to run out of popcorn
June 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
We're going to run out of popcorn
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Denzel Washington once advised Michael B. Jordan about the perils of overexposure -- in the press and in social media. "Why would they pay to see you on a weekend if they see you all week for free?”
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Michael B. Jordan Did the Impossible
In an era of mounting crises in Hollywood, the Sinners star got people off their couches and into theaters for an original film.
www.vulture.com
June 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Denzel Washington once advised Michael B. Jordan about the perils of overexposure -- in the press and in social media. "Why would they pay to see you on a weekend if they see you all week for free?”
@vulture.com
www.vulture.com/article/mich...
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www.vulture.com/article/mich...
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Breaking news: The OECD has slashed its outlook for global output as Donald Trump's trade war saps momentum in leading economies www.ft.com/content/b8a5...
June 3, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Breaking news: The OECD has slashed its outlook for global output as Donald Trump's trade war saps momentum in leading economies www.ft.com/content/b8a5...
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From Mary Meeker’s slide deck this week: Number of days it took “foundational technology products” to reach 1 million users:
* Ford Model T: 2,500 days
* iPhone: 74 days
* ChatGPT: five days
www.bondcap.com/reports/tai
* Ford Model T: 2,500 days
* iPhone: 74 days
* ChatGPT: five days
www.bondcap.com/reports/tai
June 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
From Mary Meeker’s slide deck this week: Number of days it took “foundational technology products” to reach 1 million users:
* Ford Model T: 2,500 days
* iPhone: 74 days
* ChatGPT: five days
www.bondcap.com/reports/tai
* Ford Model T: 2,500 days
* iPhone: 74 days
* ChatGPT: five days
www.bondcap.com/reports/tai
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New from me: The Enhanced Games, a version of the Olympics where you're allowed to take drugs, has announced a host city (Las Vegas), a date (next May) and a that an 'enhanced' athlete has set a world record in the 50m freestyle!
www.wired.com/story/the-en...
www.wired.com/story/the-en...
The Enhanced Games Has A Date, A Host City and a Drug-Fuelled World Record
The Enhanced Games, where athletes are allowed to take performance-enhancing drugs, will host its first event in May. One "enhanced" former Olympic swimmer has already broken the 50m freestyle record.
www.wired.com
May 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
New from me: The Enhanced Games, a version of the Olympics where you're allowed to take drugs, has announced a host city (Las Vegas), a date (next May) and a that an 'enhanced' athlete has set a world record in the 50m freestyle!
www.wired.com/story/the-en...
www.wired.com/story/the-en...
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Almost half of young people would prefer a world without internet, UK study finds
Almost half of young people would prefer a world without internet, UK study finds
Half of 16- to 21-year-olds support ‘digital curfew’ and nearly 70% feel worse after using social media
Almost half of young people would rather live in a world where the internet does not exist, according to a new survey.
The research reveals that nearly 70% of 16- to 21-year-olds feel worse about themselves after spending time on social media. Half (50%) would support a “digital curfew” that would restrict their access to certain apps and sites past 10pm, while 46% said they would rather be young in a world without the internet altogether. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Almost half of young people would prefer a world without internet, UK study finds
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In these dark times, it’s great to come together and find something we can all take joy in.
May 17, 2025 at 2:15 AM
In these dark times, it’s great to come together and find something we can all take joy in.
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May 7, 2025 at 4:33 AM
White Walker cold dagger
May 7, 2025 at 1:52 AM
White Walker cold dagger
‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’
How this year's Met Gala exhibit explores the history of Black dandyism
'Superfine: Tailoring Black Style' is the first Costume Institute exhibit to focus exclusively on Black designers.
flip.it
May 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’
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Incredibly unethical, and the people conducting the experiment had the gall to say that in their view the only way for them to do this ethically was to deploy the bots against unsuspecting individuals.
Researchers Secretly Ran a Massive, Unauthorized AI Persuasion Experiment on Reddit Users
The researchers' bots generated identities as a sexual assault survivor, a trauma counselor, and a Black man opposed to Black Lives Matter.
www.404media.co
April 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Incredibly unethical, and the people conducting the experiment had the gall to say that in their view the only way for them to do this ethically was to deploy the bots against unsuspecting individuals.
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“The science fiction fantasy of being able to see a crime occur in real time and the police using surveillance to be able to respond in a moment's notice and prevent the violence or arrest the harm-doer, that's just not how these things work…”
Years after shooting, MSU’s campus surveillance project yields mixed results - The State News
More than two years after the campus shooting, experts are raising eyebrows at MSU’s $10 million surveillance system
statenews.com
April 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
“The science fiction fantasy of being able to see a crime occur in real time and the police using surveillance to be able to respond in a moment's notice and prevent the violence or arrest the harm-doer, that's just not how these things work…”
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New online markets, money laundering networks, stolen data products, malware, artificial intelligence and deepfake technologies are laying the ground for the rise of crime as a service, the UN report says.
UN warns Asian online scam operations are spreading across the world
New online markets, money laundering networks, stolen data products, malware, artificial intelligence and deepfake technologies are laying the ground for the rise of crime as a service, the UN report says.
l.euronews.com
April 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
New online markets, money laundering networks, stolen data products, malware, artificial intelligence and deepfake technologies are laying the ground for the rise of crime as a service, the UN report says.
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Starting a list of companies with announcements of price hikes:
1. Hermes
2. Ford
3. Temu/Shein
www.reuters.com/business/ret...
1. Hermes
2. Ford
3. Temu/Shein
www.reuters.com/business/ret...
Luxury brand Hermes to pass on tariff costs to US clients as sales growth slows
France's Hermes will fully shift the burden of tariffs in the United States to its wealthy clientele, the company said on Thursday, as it posted first-quarter sales that slightly missed market expectations in a rare show of weakness.
www.reuters.com
April 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Starting a list of companies with announcements of price hikes:
1. Hermes
2. Ford
3. Temu/Shein
www.reuters.com/business/ret...
1. Hermes
2. Ford
3. Temu/Shein
www.reuters.com/business/ret...
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China is taking the trade war to a new battleground: America’s TikTok feeds
Chinese factories are flooding TikTok with luxury goods. Not so fast, experts say | CNN Business
China is taking the trade war to a new battleground: America’s TikTok feeds.
www.cnn.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:21 AM
China is taking the trade war to a new battleground: America’s TikTok feeds
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BREAKING: Hermès surpasses rival LVMH as the world's most valuable luxury stock in a stunning reversal of fortunes
Hermès Market Value Surpasses LVMH, Which Once Tried to Buy It
Hermès’s market capitalization surpassed that of rival LVMH, the conglomerate which once tried to buy the maker of the coveted Birkin bag in a stealth raid that shocked the French corporate world 15 y...
www.bloomberg.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:48 AM
BREAKING: Hermès surpasses rival LVMH as the world's most valuable luxury stock in a stunning reversal of fortunes
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"Classic Flap" is what happens when you lose your handbag too
www.economist.com/business/202...
www.economist.com/business/202...
April 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"Classic Flap" is what happens when you lose your handbag too
www.economist.com/business/202...
www.economist.com/business/202...
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MILAN (AP) — Prada Group announces purchase of Versace fashion house from its U.S. owner in a deal valued at $1.4 billion.
April 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
MILAN (AP) — Prada Group announces purchase of Versace fashion house from its U.S. owner in a deal valued at $1.4 billion.
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This is story bananas.
"The UN estimated the North Korean IT worker scam has generated $250M to $600M every year since 2018. Now AI allows them to develop scripts so they can hold down 6 or 7 jobs at a time, disguise their appearance, and even alter their voices so they don’t have an accent."
"The UN estimated the North Korean IT worker scam has generated $250M to $600M every year since 2018. Now AI allows them to develop scripts so they can hold down 6 or 7 jobs at a time, disguise their appearance, and even alter their voices so they don’t have an accent."
Thousands of North Korean IT workers have infiltrated the Fortune 500—and they keep getting hired for more jobs
“They are wildly successful,” said Google Threat Intelligence Group expert Michael Barnhart, who has been tracking North Korea and collecting intelligence broadly for decades.
www.yahoo.com
April 9, 2025 at 9:01 AM
This is story bananas.
"The UN estimated the North Korean IT worker scam has generated $250M to $600M every year since 2018. Now AI allows them to develop scripts so they can hold down 6 or 7 jobs at a time, disguise their appearance, and even alter their voices so they don’t have an accent."
"The UN estimated the North Korean IT worker scam has generated $250M to $600M every year since 2018. Now AI allows them to develop scripts so they can hold down 6 or 7 jobs at a time, disguise their appearance, and even alter their voices so they don’t have an accent."
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Would say “these systems don’t work” but the actual work of these systems is to more fully embed and perpetuate the racism of carceral systems, and thus they work exactly as intended.
UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill
Exclusive: Algorithms allegedly being used to study data of thousands of people, in project critics say is ‘chilling and dystopian’
www.theguardian.com
April 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Would say “these systems don’t work” but the actual work of these systems is to more fully embed and perpetuate the racism of carceral systems, and thus they work exactly as intended.
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It's officially a "plunge", people
April 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
It's officially a "plunge", people
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turns out the United States was an incredible moneymaking engine that ran on wokeness
April 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
turns out the United States was an incredible moneymaking engine that ran on wokeness
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i have been joking that their plan is for your kids to grow up to work in a textile mill but they are serious
MacCALLUM: Will American workers make shirts and garments for the same--? Obviously the labor costs are so much cheaper overseas in those places
CHAVEZ-DeREMER: We're gonna onshore, repatriate some of these companies to invest in America directly so that we can build that workforce
CHAVEZ-DeREMER: We're gonna onshore, repatriate some of these companies to invest in America directly so that we can build that workforce
April 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
i have been joking that their plan is for your kids to grow up to work in a textile mill but they are serious