Shawn Collins
@shawnsie.bsky.social
❤️ natural world, portray same with iPhone 12 Pro Max. Got geek: Mac/Win/iOS IT 35+years. Fascinated by digital, virtual, social, AI culture 🏠 = CO, USA 🏔🇺🇸
[Internet Disruption Alert]
Cloud flare, a major internet service is experiencing issues!
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Cloud flare, a major internet service is experiencing issues!
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A Cloudflare outage is taking down large parts of the internet - X, ChatGPT and more affected, here's what we know
Cloudflare issues are affecting many websites
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November 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
[Internet Disruption Alert]
Cloud flare, a major internet service is experiencing issues!
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Cloud flare, a major internet service is experiencing issues!
www.techradar.com/pro/live/a-c...
Some timelapse photography of last night’s stellar aurora global light-show, taken in Cornwall, England!
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November 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Some timelapse photography of last night’s stellar aurora global light-show, taken in Cornwall, England!
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Wow! Good going Finland! We need to see such energy designs all over the world, especially now with the AI race to build AI mega-server facilities!
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November 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Wow! Good going Finland! We need to see such energy designs all over the world, especially now with the AI race to build AI mega-server facilities!
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New updates to the newest iOS 26, to provide more security and the ability to play with/configure the liquid glass interface!
www.theverge.com/news/812375/...
www.theverge.com/news/812375/...
iOS 26.1 lets you tweak Liquid Glass, and it’s out now
A transparency update that lets you see clearly.
www.theverge.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
New updates to the newest iOS 26, to provide more security and the ability to play with/configure the liquid glass interface!
www.theverge.com/news/812375/...
www.theverge.com/news/812375/...
Apple TV’s new name now comes with a new sound
A new intro for Apple TV shows.
www.theverge.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The ever increasing problem (yet promise too!) of the quality of generative (graphic) AI. Sora 2 promises very realistic video, something that is causing real ripples among the Hollywood industry:
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citymagazine.si/en/sora-2-th...
Sora 2: the moment when Hollywood moves into our pocket and everyone becomes an actor in their own movie
Sora 2 is not just another TikTok filter, but a system that can create moving images, sound, and even a sense of reality from text. The question is no longer whether we will watch AI movies, but wheth...
citymagazine.si
October 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The ever increasing problem (yet promise too!) of the quality of generative (graphic) AI. Sora 2 promises very realistic video, something that is causing real ripples among the Hollywood industry:
citymagazine.si/en/sora-2-th...
citymagazine.si/en/sora-2-th...
A brief concise, easy to follow review on all the latest in Apple Watch:
www.zdnet.com/article/whic...
www.zdnet.com/article/whic...
Which Apple Watch should you buy in 2025? I recommend these models to different users
From the Ultra to the SE 3, here's my buying advice for new users, fitness fans, health-focused shoppers, and everyone in between.
www.zdnet.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
A brief concise, easy to follow review on all the latest in Apple Watch:
www.zdnet.com/article/whic...
www.zdnet.com/article/whic...
UltraRAM, the next fast, much more permanent technology for data storage??
www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...
www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...
UltraRAM scaled for volume production — memory that promises DRAM-like speeds, 4,000x the durability of NAND, and data retention for up to a thousand years, is now ready for manufacturing
At the heart of the breakthrough is an advanced industrial process using gallium antimonide and aluminum antimonide epitaxy.
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August 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
UltraRAM, the next fast, much more permanent technology for data storage??
www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...
www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...
AI processes (especially those involving web searches) can totally swamp some sites:
www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/a...
www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/a...
Fastly warns AI bots can hit sites 39K times per minute
Updated: One fetcher bot seen smacking a website with 39,000 requests per minute
www.theregister.com
August 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
AI processes (especially those involving web searches) can totally swamp some sites:
www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/a...
www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/a...
And now the most recent incarnation of #ChatGPT or ChatGPT-5, supposedly at PhD level of reasoning (whatever that means 🙄): www.bbc.com/news/article...
OpenAI claims new GPT-5 model boosts ChatGPT to ‘PhD level’
GPT-5's release comes as tech firms continue to compete in an effort to claim the world's most advanced AI.
www.bbc.com
August 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
And now the most recent incarnation of #ChatGPT or ChatGPT-5, supposedly at PhD level of reasoning (whatever that means 🙄): www.bbc.com/news/article...
AI's seem amazingly brilliant and fast, but apparently totally fail a lot of the time, when tested with Sudoku puzzles 🙄 😬
www.inc.com/chris-morris...
www.inc.com/chris-morris...
AI Can Do a Lot—but Still Seems Totally Stumped by Sudoku
Researchers from the University of Colorado tested the trustworthiness of several AI models with games of Sudoku. It didn't go so well.
www.inc.com
August 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
AI's seem amazingly brilliant and fast, but apparently totally fail a lot of the time, when tested with Sudoku puzzles 🙄 😬
www.inc.com/chris-morris...
www.inc.com/chris-morris...
#Cryptocurrency #StableCoins about to get even more stable with some actual regulations !!?! (though still not a safe, in most expert opinions, as banking regs!)
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
US passes Genius Act, first major national crypto legislation
It marks a milestone for the once fringe industry, as it expands its power in Washington.
www.bbc.com
July 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
#Cryptocurrency #StableCoins about to get even more stable with some actual regulations !!?! (though still not a safe, in most expert opinions, as banking regs!)
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
A new, very private, chat app coming from Jack Dorsey (man who also invented Twitter):
www.theverge.com/news/701272/...
www.theverge.com/news/701272/...
Jack Dorsey made an encrypted Bluetooth messaging app
Just don’t abbreviate it.
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July 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A new, very private, chat app coming from Jack Dorsey (man who also invented Twitter):
www.theverge.com/news/701272/...
www.theverge.com/news/701272/...
[Digital Humor Alert]
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1.6M views · 22K reactions | Get it now? 😬 #bitcoin | Jamie Kester
Get it now? 😬 #bitcoin.
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June 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
[Digital Humor Alert]
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News on Apple's ongoing attempts to really get AI working with it's devices and OS platforms:
www.macrumors.com/2025/06/02/a...
www.macrumors.com/2025/06/02/a...
Apple's ChatGPT Rival Moves Forward, But Siri's Future Still Uncertain
More details have emerged regarding Apple's plans to dramatically improve Siri by leveraging large language models (LLMs) that will make it more...
www.macrumors.com
June 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
News on Apple's ongoing attempts to really get AI working with it's devices and OS platforms:
www.macrumors.com/2025/06/02/a...
www.macrumors.com/2025/06/02/a...
May the fourth be with you 👍
An official, exciting, cinematic video to celebrate this important day in the Star Wars Universe!
(with familiar old scenes and faces and also clips from the newest TV series spinoffs now being created by the ever creative Disney imagineers!)
youtu.be/uUXbvaQSeDc?...
An official, exciting, cinematic video to celebrate this important day in the Star Wars Universe!
(with familiar old scenes and faces and also clips from the newest TV series spinoffs now being created by the ever creative Disney imagineers!)
youtu.be/uUXbvaQSeDc?...
Happy Star Wars Day 2025
YouTube video by Star Wars
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May 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
May the fourth be with you 👍
An official, exciting, cinematic video to celebrate this important day in the Star Wars Universe!
(with familiar old scenes and faces and also clips from the newest TV series spinoffs now being created by the ever creative Disney imagineers!)
youtu.be/uUXbvaQSeDc?...
An official, exciting, cinematic video to celebrate this important day in the Star Wars Universe!
(with familiar old scenes and faces and also clips from the newest TV series spinoffs now being created by the ever creative Disney imagineers!)
youtu.be/uUXbvaQSeDc?...
#springclouds for #springshowers 👍⛅️🌧️
April 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
#springclouds for #springshowers 👍⛅️🌧️
Some really fun AI animation! This being a series of famous historical personages, as if they had smartphones:
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Login • Instagram
Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.
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April 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Some really fun AI animation! This being a series of famous historical personages, as if they had smartphones:
www.instagram.com/reel/DH_uteK...
www.instagram.com/reel/DH_uteK...
Tricky phishing attempt, that looks to be a bonafide Google request 🙄 Beware!
www.laptopmag.com/software/ant...
www.laptopmag.com/software/ant...
A new kind of phishing attack is fooling Gmail’s security. Here’s how it works
Be wary of strange emails, even if they say it's from Google.
www.laptopmag.com
April 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Tricky phishing attempt, that looks to be a bonafide Google request 🙄 Beware!
www.laptopmag.com/software/ant...
www.laptopmag.com/software/ant...
[Digital Oddities Alert]
Ah.....OK.....having AI turn your pet graphically into a human !!?!
www.dailydot.com/culture/chat...
Ah.....OK.....having AI turn your pet graphically into a human !!?!
www.dailydot.com/culture/chat...
People are now asking ChatGPT to humanize their pets, and the results are chaotic
Ever wondered what your pet would look like as a person?
www.dailydot.com
April 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
[Digital Oddities Alert]
Ah.....OK.....having AI turn your pet graphically into a human !!?!
www.dailydot.com/culture/chat...
Ah.....OK.....having AI turn your pet graphically into a human !!?!
www.dailydot.com/culture/chat...