Meta’s ‘Digital Companions’ Will Talk Sex With Users—Even Children - …
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Because “rightsizing” is so 20th Century.
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Another barn burner from Ed Zitron…
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I will grab you from the ceiling like the Wallmaster from Zelda and you will never be heard from again.
Just for the record, this is one of the greatest exasperated threats I have ever heard.
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ETA
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So, serious question: how long of support did they provide? We replaced a “dumb” thermostat about six years ago that had lasted about 13 years. Not a fantastic amount of time, but nearly the warranty life (15 years) of the heat pump it came with.
As long as owners can still control it once support ends, I’d chalk it up as a draw. (Of course, lack of security support is a problem, but that is always the problem with the IoS.).
Eta: I read the article. Depending on the model, support was provided for up to 14 years (first gen) or up to 10 years (2nd gen) and will still “work” after support ends, though no learning features. So, on the whole, middling to crappy support. Totally on par with Gurgle.
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Zuck ghosts metaverse as Meta chases AI goldrush
Meta’s Reality Labs division continued its losing streak with another $4.2 billion down the drain in the first quarter of 2025. CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s stated priorities on Wednesday’s earnings call suggest his metaverse dream is well and truly over.
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“There’s the stat that I always think is crazy, the average American, I think, has fewer than three friends,” Zuckerberg told Patel.
How he sees people’s friends.
“And the average person has demand for meaningfully more, I think it’s like 15 friends or something, right?”
These will be the tailor-made friends of the future according to him.
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Hey now, I will happily take battle droids as friends
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I was going to suggest the electric bills are outpacing the income, then thought, “I’ll bet, with all that energy usage, they’re spending that much money on the carbon offsets.”
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Fucking ghouls.
full headline:
Facebook Allegedly Detected When Teen Girls Deleted Selfies So It Could Serve Them Beauty Ads
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Come to think of it, they look a lot like my friends.
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##\ Altman’s eyeball-scanning biometric blockchain orbs officially come to America
On Thursday, six stores across America opened their doors with a curious proposition: Come on in, let a metal orb scan your irises, and walk out with a new online profile that promises you’re an individual human – and a few bucks in crypto for your troubles.
Per the article, the equivalent of ~$16. So, like, totally worth it.
The US retail stores are the latest outgrowth of the World (formerly known as WorldCoin) project - the flagship initiative from Tools for Humanity, a startup co-founded in 2019 by OpenAI boss Sam Altman, along with Alex Blania and Max Novendstern.
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