Decimen Lets You Send Files Through Light, Not a Network
I'm not sure when I'd use this, but its a neat concept
Decimen is an open-source web app that moves files between devices through an animated QR stream, requiring no direct network connection, pairing, account, or native app.
https://linuxiac.com/decimen-lets-you-send-files-through-light-not-a-network/Open linkView original on piefed.ca
OpenAI pays $3.2M to settle a US DOJ claim it favoured visa workers over Americans
cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1308868/openai-pays-3-2m-to-settle-a-us-claim-it-favoured-visa-workers-over-americans
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/civil-rights-division-secures-settlement-openai-discriminating-against-us-workersOpen linkView original on piefed.worldSafety testers find more examples of OpenAI, Anthropic models hacking during testing
cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1308883/safety-testers-find-more-examples-of-openai-anthropic-models-hacking-during-testing
Mobile Ad Software Encourages Location Data Sharing, EFF Report Finds
cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1308919/mobile-ad-software-encourages-location-data-sharing-eff-report-finds
Some software development kits (SDKs) provided by advertising companies to help developers monetize their apps are automatically feeding users’ location data into systems that location data brokers use to track people, an Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) report found.
https://www.eff.org/press/releases/mobile-ad-software-encourages-location-data-sharing-eff-report-findsOpen linkView original on piefed.world
Microsoft never learns, IT admins rage as a new OneDrive app invades Windows 11 and keeps coming back when you remove it
https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/08/04/microsoft-never-learns-it-admins-rage-as-a-new-onedrive-app-invades-windows-11-and-keeps-coming-back-when-you-remove-it/Open linkView original on piefed.caNvidia opens up Alpamayo 2, a driving model that reasons out loud
cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1308805/nvidia-opens-up-alpamayo-2-a-driving-model-that-reasons-out-loud
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https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/generate-trajectories-reasoning-traces-and-auto-labels-with-nvidia-alpamayo-2-super/Open linkView original on piefed.world
The student “AI revolt” is mostly a myth. Business students just want to be taught how to use it.
cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1308800/the-student-ai-revolt-is-mostly-a-myth-business-students-just-want-to-be-taught-how-to-u
The boos aimed at AI at last spring's graduations suggested a student backlash. A 3-year survey of business students tells a different story: AI use has become routine, employers are pulling for it, and students want to be taught to use it well, not shielded from it.
https://thenextweb.com/news/college-ai-use-spikes-kogod-survey-studentsOpen linkView original on piefed.world
Massive ChainDrop npm supply-chain attack infects more than 1,300 packages with a combined 2 billion monthly downloads on the Node Package Manager (npm) registry.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/massive-chaindrop-npm-supply-chain-attack-infects-hundreds-of-packages/Open linkView original on lemmy.world
Scammers Are Cloning OnlyFans Creators With AI Telling Fans a Kid Is Sick in the Hospital Then Vanishing With the Cashapp Money
https://thoughtcatalog.com/jeremy-london/2026/08/scammers-are-cloning-onlyfans-creators-with-ai-telling-fans-a-kid-is-sick-in-the-hospital-then-vanishing-with-the-cashapp-moneyOpen linkView original on lemmy.today
‘Apple is getting this wrong,’ says OpenAI — startup blasts iPhone maker over lawsuit alleging it stole confidential information through ex-Apple employees
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/apple-is-getting-this-wrong-says-openai-startup-blasts-iphone-maker-over-lawsuit-alleging-it-stole-confidential-information-through-ex-apple-employeesOpen linkView original on lemmy.worldStudent Teacher Sent a Private Snapchat Complaining About Her Workday. An Hour Later, Police Pulled Up to Her School.
Sixty minutes. That’s how long it took for a private Snapchat message to travel from Kristen Volpe’s phone to the FBI to the deputies standing in her elementary school hallway. On January 29, 2025, the 22-year-old student teacher at John L. Hensey Elementary in Washington, Illinois, vented to her boyfriend and two roommates — three people total — after a student closed her laptop mid-class and wiped her lesson plan. She referenced shooting the student or the school. She meant it as a frustrated joke. Snapchat’s algorithm didn’t get the humor.
No student reported her. No parent. No coworker. The flag was entirely automated. Snapchat’s policy permits voluntary emergency disclosures to law enforcement — no warrant required — when the platform determines imminent harm exists. The algorithm makes that initial call. Think of it like your Ring doorbell deciding to call 911 on its own, except the doorbell is reading your text messages.
https://www.gadgetreview.com/student-teacher-sent-a-private-snapchat-complaining-about-her-workday-an-hour-later-police-pulled-up-to-her-schoolOpen linkView original on sh.itjust.works
