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The Internet is Crack<p>A 4KB Atari Chess Game Just Beat $200 Billion in AI</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Atari</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheInternetIsCrack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheInternetIsCrack</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechFail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalCulture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chess</span></a></p>
Loki the Cat<p>Lorde's transparent CD is so see-through that stereos are having an existential crisis trying to read it 💿👻</p><p>Turns out making your special edition physically invisible to laser readers isn't the flex they thought it was. Fans are stuck streaming while their $30 collector's item collects dust.</p><p><a href="https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/07/02/1715258/lordes-new-cd-is-so-transparent-that-stereos-cant-even-read-it" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hardware.slashdot.org/story/25</span><span class="invisible">/07/02/1715258/lordes-new-cd-is-so-transparent-that-stereos-cant-even-read-it</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Lorde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lorde</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/CD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CD</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/TechFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechFail</span></a></p>
TWiT Podcasts<p>🎉 TWiT Turns 20: Iconic Moments<br>😬 Galaxy Note 5 Stylus Fail<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@leo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>leo</span></a></span> Laporte proves what not to do with your stylus.<br>A classic tech whoops moment.<br>📵 MacBreak Weekly 469 ➜ <a href="https://twit.tv/mbw/469" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">twit.tv/mbw/469</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>🎬 <a href="https://youtu.be/dQB0TFcdFIs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/dQB0TFcdFIs</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MacBreakWeekly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MacBreakWeekly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TWiT20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TWiT20</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechFail</span></a></p>
Andrew Hunter<p>The Brand New Shiny booking system for City recreation programs like swimming lessons does not warn you that if you use the same email address for your children on your profile, it will lock you out of the system for being under 13.</p><p>Voicemail left with the parks department. I doubt I'll get a call back. </p><p>Somehow no one at vendor flagged this before going live? </p><p>How much did the city spend on this? </p><p>This is what infuriates people about government. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/TechFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechFail</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CivicTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivicTech</span></a></p>
Soheb<p>Proton Mail Says It’s “Politically Neutral” While Praising Republican Party </p><p>How utterly disappointing. I really loved what Proton was doing, but it seems that higher-ups are no better than the usual tech-bros, despite not having the same power.</p><p><a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/01/28/proton-mail-andy-yen-trump-republicans/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/01/28/pr</span><span class="invisible">oton-mail-andy-yen-trump-republicans/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://pkutalk.com/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://pkutalk.com/tags/proton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proton</span></a> <a href="https://pkutalk.com/tags/protonmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protonmail</span></a> <a href="https://pkutalk.com/tags/techfail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techfail</span></a> <a href="https://pkutalk.com/tags/republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>republican</span></a> <a href="https://pkutalk.com/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>republicans</span></a> <a href="https://pkutalk.com/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://pkutalk.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://pkutalk.com/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a></p>
Soheb<p>Bluesky's feed feature is great in theory - behind it is a program that someone has customised the algorithm to fetch posts that you are interested in.</p><p>However, if not finely tuned, it can lead to erroneous results.</p><p>For example, on the UK feed, it was great until a post by "THICK **** DADDY" appeared with a man wearing nothing but a towel...</p><p>... but he had the 🇬🇧 flag in his bio, so it checks out. 🤦‍♂️ </p><p><a href="https://pkutalk.com/tags/bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bluesky</span></a> <a href="https://pkutalk.com/tags/techfail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techfail</span></a> <a href="https://pkutalk.com/tags/fail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fail</span></a> <a href="https://pkutalk.com/tags/feed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>feed</span></a> <a href="https://pkutalk.com/tags/algorithm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algorithm</span></a></p>
Milcom Miasma<p>Overtime gratuity.</p><p>I know it's supposed to be the thought that counts, so here's my thought:<br> <br>What cheap bastards. Here's $10 for the 30 hour shift you pulled when we bricked your servers.</p><p>"CrowdStrike offers a $10 apology gift card to say sorry for outage"</p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/crowdstrike-offers-a-10-apology-gift-card-to-say-sorry-for-outage/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/crow</span><span class="invisible">dstrike-offers-a-10-apology-gift-card-to-say-sorry-for-outage/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SorryNotSorry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SorryNotSorry</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/TechFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechFail</span></a></p>
Sue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱<p>Today's ep of BLACKMIRROR IRL: a new "social" network "creates relationships" between humans &amp; their creepy chatbot.</p><p>The tech industry, busy replacing humans in everything that means anything at all <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/connection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>connection</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/techfail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techfail</span></a> </p><p>After all, those synthetic "people" never disagree, never have their own needs or desires, &amp; only sometimes tell you to murder or suicide your way out of your problems. Or eat glue. </p><p>We keep inventing ways to destroy ourselves. Good job, humanity.🫡</p>
Rich Stein (he/him)<p>Why the US Navy made celestial navigation a mandatory skill, once again * —<br><a href="https://www.404media.co/solar-storm-knocks-out-tractor-gps-systems-during-peak-planting-season/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/solar-storm-knocks</span><span class="invisible">-out-tractor-gps-systems-during-peak-planting-season/</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jasonkoebler" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jasonkoebler</span></a></span> v <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>404mediaco</span></a></span></p><p>* <a href="https://www.npr.org/2016/02/22/467210492/u-s-navy-brings-back-navigation-by-the-stars-for-officers" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2016/02/22/467210492/u</span><span class="invisible">-s-navy-brings-back-navigation-by-the-stars-for-officers</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechFail</span></a></p>
Flipboard Tech Desk<p>Some tech can be life-changing. Other tech fails to survive. CNET’s Bridget Carey offers “Farewell to the Tech That Died in 2023,” a tribute to the latter. <a href="https://flip.it/t6c8Ll" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/t6c8Ll</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/CNET" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CNET</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/TechFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechFail</span></a></p>
deltatux :donor:<p><span>"It's always DNS"<br><br>Hotmail goes down on Friday after Microsoft flubbed a DNS change.<br><br></span><a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/hotmail-email-delivery-fails-after-microsoft-misconfigures-dns/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/hotmail-email-delivery-fails-after-microsoft-misconfigures-dns/</a><span><br><br></span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/sysadmin" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sysadmin</a><span> </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/techfail" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#techfail</a><span> </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/oops" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oops</a><span> </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/dns" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dns</a><span> </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/Microsoft" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a><span> </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/Hotmail" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hotmail</a><span> </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/email" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#email</a></p>
Paul Chambers🚧<p>Good grief. Google Maps is now pinning every map ad you happen to click and open while logged in for easy finding again, regardless of if you just clicked it to read a review or used the company. This place was a result of a craigslist advertisement of a local lawncare company ad. No relationship with me other than I clicked through to see the reviews in maps</p><p>No easy way to remove either other than going into your full map history<br><a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/GoogleMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoogleMap</span></a> <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/FAIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FAIL</span></a> <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/TechFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechFail</span></a> <br>This is going to spam maps <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/OpenMaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenMaps</span></a></p>
Matt L<p>The company responsible for this search engine makes $60billion in profit...and I truly have no idea how or why...</p><p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/techbros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techbros</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/techfail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techfail</span></a></p>
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