Further proof has arrived that the ROI on AI is essentially non-existent.

A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.

A New Jersey woman who was found bound with zip ties in the woods and marked with a derogatory phrase referencing President Donald Trump is now accused of staging the attack.

Natalie Greene, 26, is charged with conspiracy to convey false statements and hoaxes and making false statements to federal law enforcement.

According to court documents, Greene and a co-conspirator called 911 late July 23 and claimed that three men had attacked them on a trail at the Egg Harbor Township Nature Reserve. The co-conspirator told dispatchers the men referenced Greene by name and mentioned her job in politics. According to reports, Greene previously worked for a Republican congressman.

I've joined company's training session on AI on Teams and scrolling Lemmy now. 🤫

The speaker said, 'I use chatgpt everyday. If I want to cross check anything, I ask it to chatgpt'. Fucking cringe bro.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/50155563

I like to keep bigscreen mode primarily for games, but I find the desktop mode is not ideal when using from the TV even with a Steam Controller to use media streaming apps (Firefox progressive web apps, x86_64 Waydroid Aurora/F-Droid apps, and native Discover Store apps), and adjust other settings.

The answer to this pain-point is Plasma Bigscreen. It has a Android TV like interface, and works well with controllers and remotes (FYI, the most reliable one I've tested, sold under a variety of brands). It's easy to switch between the regular Desktop Mode and Bigscreen from the sddm login screen, it's just a dropdown.

Someone recently gave it some much needed love to promote it to QT6, but it could use some additional contributors to bring it to a production grade environment, hopefully in time for the Steam Machine launch.

If you want the stable QT5 version, it is available with most distro package managers as:

plasma-bigscreen

But it does not work perfectly, there are known issues. I am staking my hopes in the next version.

If you want to try the latest on Arch-based systems like SteamOS without building from source, help with filing bugs (always appreciated), or contribute code, the QT6 version which I find more reliable in some ways, less in others, and some key associated dependencies are

plasma-bigscreen-git
plasma-remotecontrollers-git
qt6-virtualkeyboard

Else for Fedora-based Bazzite, or Debian-based distros like Mint, at least currently you need to build from source or help get the package into the testing branches.

• Gitlab
• Bugzilla (select Plasma Bigscreen)

One key thing that needs fixing is, since Mycroft voice control closed down, OVOS has continued the voice assistant codebase and skills library, but Bigscreen needs OVOS modules placed in where previously Mycroft was used. Definitely helpful for searching shows/movies with controllers/remotes that have a microphone.

cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/42162913

The first Skyranger 35 self-propelled air defense system mounted on a Leopard 1 tank chassis is set to arrive in Ukraine next week, Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger announced during the Rheinmetall CMD 2025 event, according to monitoring project German Aid to Ukraine on November 18.

The system is being manufactured and integrated by Rheinmetall Italia SpA in Italy.

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Back in September, Rheinmetall confirmed it would supply Ukraine with Skyranger systems under a contract worth several hundred million euros. The deal is funded by an unnamed European Union country using windfall profits from frozen Russian assets.

The exact number and variant of Skyranger systems destined for Ukraine have not been publicly disclosed.

Each Skyranger 35 system can secure a 4-by-4-kilometer area, creating what the manufacturer describes as a fully “drone-free” zone.

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Assuming the equipment was also saved so you could still play the games, and every game in existence you don’t mention gets permanently destroyed, and no new games are ever to be made.

Inspired by a video by OutsideXbox from a few years ago, I thought it would be a fun idea to see what this community would choose. You can choose to be selfish and pick games you personally want to always play, or try to figure out what games would be best chosen for humanity to save for whatever reason. I’d also love to hear why you chose your games. Do they have a special meaning to you? I want to hear your stories.

This grifter is still talking!!! jfc.