We need to drop the term "cloud".
It was commercial propaganda to brainwash consumers into thinking their data was just safely floating around almost by magic.
But guess what? If it's not stored on your hard drive it's just stored ON SOMEONE ELSE'S.
#tech #datacenters #privacy #data #techbros #education #cloud
PBS broadcaster loses access to 50TB of data comprising 70 years of TV history after contracted cloud storage vendor goes defunct — public TV channel sues Iron Mountain data center, which hosts archival materials, to ensure preservationPublic broadcaster Nine PBS is in trouble after its cloud storage provider went out of business and it now can't access more than 50TB of archival data. The data center hosting the files can't simply turn over the files, as it'…
#hardware
tomshardware.com/software/clou…
Meta faces the largest trial over minors' addiction to Instagram and Facebook: up to 1.4 trillion at stake
democrata.es/en/international/…
A coalition of 29 #states is taking #Meta to a federal #court in the US for collecting #data from #minors, while four of them accuse Instagram and Facebook of using addictive designs. The tech company estimates that it is exposed to a maximum penalty of 1.4 #trillion dollars and could be forced to eliminate the infinite “scroll” for #teenagers.
Los centros de datos a hiperescala son enormes galpones que simulan ser naves industriales y que solo albergan humo multicolor a costa del saqueo cultural, intelectual y territorial. Destruyen el aire, el agua y la tierra para abastecer sistemas de IA e IA generativa que nadie pidió.
STOP genAI 🛑
#AI #genAI #generativeAI #datacenter #water #energy #environment #footprint #tech #technology #data
Scientists found more than 200,000 radioactive waste barrels deep in the Atlantic, with some already leaking into seafloor mud.Adrian Villellas (Earth.com)
💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🌋☄️ An analysis of 89 major geological events over 260 million years finds #Earth’s biggest disasters cluster every 27.5 million years.
An #NYU geologist suggests this may link interior processes to orbital cycles or the #solarsystem’s motion through the #MilkyWay. The idea remains controversial but has held up against refined #data.
👉 sciencealert.com/earths-bigges…
#geology #earthscience #science #volcano #astronomy #evolution #platetectonics #climate
The Strongest El Niño Ever
With all the July runs in, dynamical models give a ~90% chance of a record-setting event…
theclimatebrink.com/p/the-stro…
#climate #climatechange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateDiary #climateemergency #ClimateAction #science #data #environment #globalwarming #elnino #weather #ExtremeWeather #nature #Earth
💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🕳️🔥 A Soviet drilling accident in 1971 collapsed a #gas cavern in #Turkmenistan, creating a 70-meter #crater engineers set on fire expecting it to burn out in weeks.
It burned for over 50 years until the #government ordered wells drilled to capture the #methane, and satellite #data confirms the flames have dropped by more than 75% since 2022.
👉 boingboing.net/2026/07/23/darv…
#darvaza #geology #earth #science #naturalgas #climate #desert #robots #engineering
Turkmenistan's Darvaza crater burned for 54 years. Methane capture wells have cut its fire by 75% in three years.Ellsworth Toohey (Boing Boing)
💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🤖🧊 Polar researchers use an #underwater #robot named Icefin to map melting beneath #Antarctica's #Thwaites #Glacier.
By measuring #ocean dynamics where #ice and #water meet, scientists gather #data needed to protect coastal communities and plan for future sea level shifts.
👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/icefin-robot-a…
#astrobiology #biology #climate #climatechange #europa #expedition #exploration #moons #science #space #tech #technology #womeninstem #tksst #video
💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🤖🧊 Polar researchers use an #underwater #robot named Icefin to map melting beneath #Antarctica's #Thwaites #Glacier.
By measuring #ocean dynamics where #ice and #water meet, scientists gather #data needed to protect coastal communities and plan for future sea level shifts.
👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/icefin-robot-a…
#astrobiology #biology #climate #climatechange #europa #expedition #exploration #moons #science #space #tech #technology #womeninstem #tksst #video
🗨️ 👩🏽💻 Again, you make your own luck - Let me spell this out for everyone:
Change.org is a data-harvesting monster!
Only petitions submitted through official government channels actually lead to legislation and bring about change on the ground!
Everything else was set up solely to collect private #data -
1/2
bigbrotherawards.de/en/2016/ch…
US company and campaign platform change.org receives the BigBrotherAward 2016 in the Economy category for its business model of marketing personallybigbrotherawards.de
💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🤖🧊 Polar researchers use an #underwater #robot named Icefin to map melting beneath #Antarctica's #Thwaites #Glacier.
By measuring #ocean dynamics where #ice and #water meet, scientists gather #data needed to protect coastal communities and plan for future sea level shifts.
👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/icefin-robot-a…
#astrobiology #biology #climate #climatechange #europa #expedition #exploration #moons #science #space #tech #technology #womeninstem #tksst #video
💁🏻♀️ NEW: 🤖🧊 Polar researchers use an #underwater #robot named Icefin to map melting beneath #Antarctica's #Thwaites #Glacier.
By measuring #ocean dynamics where #ice and #water meet, scientists gather #data needed to protect coastal communities and plan for future sea level shifts.
👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/icefin-robot-a…
#astrobiology #biology #climate #climatechange #europa #expedition #exploration #moons #science #space #tech #technology #womeninstem #tksst #video
💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🛸📷 #NASA’s #Psyche #spacecraft swept past #Mars on May 15 using the planet’s #gravity to slingshot toward the #asteroid belt. The flyby produced a dramatic #timelapse and tested key instruments, delivering bonus #data on the #planet’s surface, magnetic field, and neutron emissions.
👉 zmescience.com/space/psyche-ti…
#solarsystem #space #exploration #astronomy #science
The asteroid-bound probe tested its instruments while stealing momentum from Mars.Tibi Puiu (ZME Science)
Der Cyber-Erpressungsangriff auf Rumäniens Grundbuchbehörde zeigt wieder einmal, wie wichtig eine widerstandsfähige Backup- und Incident-Response-Strategie ist.
Nachdem die Lösegeldzahlung verweigert wurde, löschte der Täter die Produktivdatenbank und manipulierte auch die Online-Backups. Physisch getrennte Offline-Backups verhinderten zum Glück den vollständigen Datenverlust. Die betroffenen Systeme bleiben vorerst isoliert und werden neu aufgebaut.
Warum isolierte Backups, Segmentierung und Incident Response bei Cyber-Erpressungsangriffen so wichtig sind und welche Rolle Lösegeldforderungen dabei spielen, zeige ich in meinem ausführlichen Artikel über Ransomware:
➡️ secunis.de/ransomware-druckmit…
#Cybersecurity #Backup #Data #Datenschutz #IncidentResponse #Ransomware #Secunis #ITSecurity
Ransomware kannten viele Unternehmen lange Zeit vor allem als Bedrohung für ihre…Gregor (Secunis)
💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🪐🧬 Ethan Siegel examines whether #Mars’s 38% #gravity is a dealbreaker for human #colonization.
Drawing on #NASA’s RIDGE framework and decades of zero-gravity astronaut #data, he walks through the physiological hazards bone loss, muscle atrophy, fluid shifts, and space anemia. He concludes that while serious, these obstacles may not be insurmountable for a colony that never plans to return to #Earth.
👉 bigthink.com/starts-with-a-ban…
#gravity #space #physiology #astronauts #science #health #medicine #solarsystem #biology
This one graphic is an indictment of American Health Care...
"The U.S. stands alone, far from its peers. We spend roughly twice as much as other western countries for mediocre results. We seem to be exceptionally bad at living longer lives by spending more on healthcare." (from the book I'm writing)
This is because we don't have an actual system. Just a cobbled together collection of public and private silos with lots of holes in between. Such a non-system is an invitation for waste, abuse, and outright fraud.
"American Exceptionalism" indeed!
#Healthcare #USA #Waste #Fraud #Abuse #AmericanExceptionalism #Data
The Graph That Should Be Front-Page News
lyrebirddreaming.com/post/the-…
#GlobalWarming #environment #ClimateChange #climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateDiary #ClimateAction #pollution #future #nature #Earth #world #international #humanity #science #data #info #information #knowledge
Every so often the Earth produces a signal that is impossible to ignore. This graph is one of them. It shows sea-surface temperatures in the Niño 3.4 region of the equatorial Pacific, one of the most important parts of the Earth's climate system.Gregory Andrews
💁🏻♀️ TIL: ⚽🔄 A physicist who has studied #WorldCup ball #aerodynamics for 20 years addresses #goalkeeper complaints about the 2026 #Trionda ball.
He explains that wind tunnel #data predicted stable #flight with slightly higher drag, and match play has largely confirmed those predictions. Goff suggests that elevation, not the ball itself, may explain some wayward kicks.
👉 theconversation.com/the-ball-i…
#physics #soccer #science #trionda #sports #worldcup2026 #football #magnusforce
Is the Trionda ball being used at the tournament traveling too fast or flying unpredictably? We asked a physicist who tested the ball.The Conversation
#LabPlot just secured an impressive 2nd place out of 10 strong competitors in @worldmetrics’ 2026 ranking of the Best Scientific Graphing Software. 🎉 
LabPlot scored 8.9/10 for its open-source plotting, curve fitting, and traceable reporting features. A fantastic achievement for an open science tool!
Read more here:
👉 worldmetrics.org/best/scientif…
#LabPlot #OpenSource #FOSS #DataViz #DataAnalysis #Statistics #Data #Engineering #Science #STEM #Education #KDE
Ranked comparison of Scientific Graphing Software tools with criteria and tradeoffs for lab work, featuring Prism, LabPlot, and GNU Octave.worldmetrics.org
Esta funcionalidad puede aparecerles ya, o aún no, dependiendo de la zona geográfica donde vivan, pero es importante ir revisando la configuración de Instagram periódicamente porque no avisan nada, ni siquiera si algún usuario usara sus contenidos en la IA de META ⚠️
Por ejemplo, puede que les aparezca solo "audio" o "publicaciones y reels" en el apartado de Meta AI
#AI #genAI #generativeAI #tech #technology #META #Instagram #data #MUSE #METAAI #zuckerberg #optout #content #image #video
El periodista Carles Planas Bou, especializado en tecnología, también advierte sobre esta nueva medida de META y hace hincapié en lo que explicamos siempre: «El riesgo existe siempre, pero otra cosa es que la misma plataforma lo habilite con fines comerciales» 🎯
#AI #META #Instagram #MUSE #tech #technology #dataprivacy #data #genAI #generativeAI #Zuckerberg #dataprotection #image #audio #video #photography
💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🌍🗺️ Scientists in #NewZealand led an international team to map the boundaries of a massive #underwater landmass.
By analyzing rock samples dredged from the ocean floor alongside satellite #data, researchers confirmed this crustal block sits distinct from #Australia. The resulting map provides a complete picture of how this continent separated from #Gondwana millions of years ago.
👉 popularmechanics.com/science/e…
#geology #zealandia #earthscience #maps #cartography #continents #tectonics #oceans #geography #gns #research #science
We’ve finally mapped all of Zealandia.Tim Newcomb (Popular Mechanics)
ECOSIA dice que tiene «la IA más ecológica del mundo» 🤦 Pero el principal problema de esta afirmación es que «IA» y «ecología» son conceptos que van por carriles opuestos, más aún si las empresas en las que se apoyan son parte del grupo que acelera el daño al medioambiente. Esto es puro greenwashing ⚠️
#AI #Mistral #OpenAI #browser #ecosia #greenwashing #energy #environment #data #ecology #tech #technology
💁🏻♀️ TIL: ☀️⚡ #Solar #electricity generation passed #coal for the first time in #US #history in April 2026, driven by continued solar growth and coal’s steady decline.
Utility scale solar produced 31 TWh while small scale rooftop installations added 9.8 TWh, together edging past coal’s 40 TWh. Combined with #wind and hydro, #renewables generated 117 TWh nearly triple coal’s output and approaching #naturalgas at 124 TWh.
👉 arstechnica.com/science/2026/0…
#renewableenergy #cleanenergy #climate #solarpower #sustainability #energy #data #science #technology #tech #infrastructure
Small-scale solar helped renewables hit nearly triple coal's generation in the US.John Timmer (Ars Technica)
💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🏖️📉 #California has lost roughly 60% of its coastal sand dunes since the 1850s, a loss of about 442 km².
Researchers used historical #maps, aerial #photos, and #lidar #data tracked by #machinelearning to measure the decline. Most losses came from development, #erosion, and invasive grasses, but some dunes expanded by 15 km² .
👉 zmescience.com/science/news-sc…
#coast #pacific #ocean #dunes #sanddunes #climate #climatechange #conservation #habitats #wildlife #environment #storms #restoration #science #geology
The loss is accelerating and leaving entire ecosystems vulenrable.Saima May Sidik (ZME Science)
💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🛸🔭 Astrobiologists warn we could miss evidence of #alien life because our tools and assumptions fail to detect it.
Researchers propose combining lab #experiments, modeling, and #fieldwork to address these gaps. #AI could help uncover patterns human observers might overlook in the #data.
👉 sciencedaily.com/releases/2026…
#astrobiology #extraterrestrial #space #science #nature #astronomy #mars #ai #planets #seti
Scientists are raising concerns that we may be overlooking evidence of extraterrestrial life even when it is present.ScienceDaily
💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🏖️📉 #California has lost roughly 60% of its coastal sand dunes since the 1850s, a loss of about 442 km².
Researchers used historical #maps, aerial #photos, and #lidar #data tracked by #machinelearning to measure the decline. Most losses came from development, #erosion, and invasive grasses, but some dunes expanded by 15 km² .
👉 zmescience.com/science/news-sc…
#coast #pacific #ocean #dunes #sanddunes #climate #climatechange #conservation #habitats #wildlife #environment #storms #restoration #science #geology
The loss is accelerating and leaving entire ecosystems vulenrable.Saima May Sidik (ZME Science)
💁🏻♀️ TIL: ⚽📊 Researchers analyzed millions of simulated shootout scenarios to challenge conventional wisdom about kicking order.
They found that kicking second creates more high pressure opportunities but also more chances to win outright. Using psychologically resilient players in later positions can improve a team’s odds by more than 10%.
👉 phys.org/news/2026-06-world-cu…
#worldcup #sports #science #psychology #soccer #football #universityofqueensland #research #data #math
One of football's most iconic moments—the penalty shootout—may be far more strategic than previously thought, with new research challenging the notion that the team kicking first holds a major advantage.University of Queensland (Phys.org)
New feature: #LOWESS (Locally Weighted Scatterplot Smoothing) is now available in #LabPlot [dev].
Benefits:
👉 Smooths noisy data while preserving local trends.
👉 Non-parametric: no need to assume a specific model.
👉 Adjustable span parameter for flexibility in smoothing.
Perfect for visualizing trends in experimental or observational data.
#DataViz #ScientificPlotting #OpenSource #FOSS #OSS #FLOSS #DataScience #DataAnalysis #Research #Data #Statistics #Physics #Engineering
Update. "Medical students are using a popular research tool to pump out misleading studies."
science.org/content/article/me…
"The combination of inexperienced users and #TriNetX’s push-button analysis tools can lead to shoddy publications, which often do not correct for potential biases that can make treatments appear more effective than they are. And because the data can be analyzed so quickly, users can easily cherry-pick positive results for publication, a practice known as p-hacking."
💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🛰️🌡️ The #ESA's satellites map the intense thermal #energy trapped over the continent. A thermal radiometer calculates land surface #temperatures, showing how asphalt and concrete absorb #heat during a major #heatwave.
👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/sentinel-3-eur…
#climate #climatechange #data #europe #fossilfuels #france #informationdesign #italy #orbit #satellite #space #spain #technology #tech #weather #tksst #video
💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🛰️🌡️ The #ESA's satellites map the intense thermal #energy trapped over the continent. A thermal radiometer calculates land surface #temperatures, showing how asphalt and concrete absorb #heat during a major #heatwave.
👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/sentinel-3-eur…
#climate #climatechange #data #europe #fossilfuels #france #informationdesign #italy #orbit #satellite #space #spain #technology #tech #weather #tksst #video
💁🏻♀️ TIL: 👨🚀🤰 A #space gynecologist examines why human #pregnancy in space remains largely theoretical.
High #radiation and #microgravity pose serious risks to both parent and fetus, while female #biology is historically underrepresented in space #research. With more #Artemis missions approaching, scientists urgently need more #data before #births beyond #Earth can be considered safe.
👉 popsci.com/science/birth-pregn…
#science #humanbody #astronaut #medicine #reproduction #cosmos
Since only a handful of women have been to space, it's a tough question to answer.Tom Hawking (Popular Science)
💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🛰️🌡️ The #ESA's satellites map the intense thermal #energy trapped over the continent. A thermal radiometer calculates land surface #temperatures, showing how asphalt and concrete absorb #heat during a major #heatwave.
👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/sentinel-3-eur…
#climate #climatechange #data #europe #fossilfuels #france #informationdesign #italy #orbit #satellite #space #spain #technology #tech #weather #tksst #video
#nextloud #call for talks or workshops!
#data #privacy #digital #souvereignty #opensourcr #FOSS #society
Submit your talk or workshop for the Nextcloud Community Conference 2026 until July 15⚡️Passionate about data privacy, digital sovereignty, open source, and Nextcloud?
We’re looking for:
🎤 5-minute lightning talks
🛠️ 30–60 minute workshopsApply here: nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-c…
Nextcloud Community Conference 2026: Call for speakers - Nextcloud
Become a speaker at the Nextcloud Community Conference 2026 in Berlin. Submit your talk or workshop and join the open source community.Katrin Goethals (Nextcloud)
💁🏻♀️ TIL: 👨🚀🤰 A #space gynecologist examines why human #pregnancy in space remains largely theoretical.
High #radiation and #microgravity pose serious risks to both parent and fetus, while female #biology is historically underrepresented in space #research. With more #Artemis missions approaching, scientists urgently need more #data before #births beyond #Earth can be considered safe.
👉 popsci.com/science/birth-pregn…
#science #humanbody #astronaut #medicine #reproduction #cosmos
Since only a handful of women have been to space, it's a tough question to answer.Tom Hawking (Popular Science)
The Colorado River, a lifeline for seven states, is drying up at its source…
latimes.com/environment/story/…
#GlobalWarming #environment #ClimateChange #climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateDiary #ClimateAction #pollution #future #nature #Earth #world #international #humanity #science #data #info #information #knowledge #US #USA #america #UnitedStates
The source of the Colorado River in the Rocky Mountains is drying up, threatening a critical water lifeline for about 35 million people and 5 million acres of farmland across the Southwest.Ian James (Los Angeles Times)
💁🏻♀️ NEW: 🛰️🌡️ The #ESA's satellites map the intense thermal #energy trapped over the continent. A thermal radiometer calculates land surface #temperatures, showing how asphalt and concrete absorb #heat during a major #heatwave.
👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/sentinel-3-eur…
#climate #climatechange #data #europe #fossilfuels #france #informationdesign #italy #orbit #satellite #space #spain #technology #tech #weather #tksst #video
💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🧬🖼️ Researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens, #Kew in #London have finished digitizing 7.4 million plant and #fungi specimens.
The massive online #database allows scientists worldwide to analyze historical blooming patterns and identify species at risk of extinction. By using #AI, the team can now distinguish between nearly identical #plants to accelerate global #conservation efforts.
👉 goodnewsnetwork.org/7-4-mil-pl…
#botany #museum #science #history #data #biodiversity #nature #biology #botanicalgardens #uk #england
The new archive is just one part in an international group of herbariums aiming to assess as many plants and fungi species as possible.Andy Corbley (Good News Network)
💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🐾⚔️ #Africa’s smallest #carnivore, the dwarf #mongoose, doesn’t just wait for danger – it predicts it.
Researchers used a decade of #GPS and observational #data from #SouthAfrica to show that groups alter sentinel calls, travel routes, and sleeping spots based on where rival groups are and how threatening they might be.
👉 popsci.com/environment/dwarf-m…
#wildlife #predator #prey #nature #ecology #animals #science #zoology
Handy-Abhören und Passcode-Klau:
#SS7 für Attacken offen wie ein Scheunentor
Youtuber zeigen mit der Hilfe von Profis, wie einfach es ist, Handygespräche über die Roaming-Technik SS7 umzuleiten und abzuhören sowie SMS abzufangen…..
heise.de/news/Handy-Abhoeren-u…
#Roaming #Daten #Data #Privacy #Hacking
Youtuber zeigen mit der Hilfe von Profis, wie einfach es ist, Handygespräche über die Roaming-Technik SS7 umzuleiten und abzuhören sowie SMS abzufangen.Stefan Krempl (Security)
💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🐾⚔️ #Africa’s smallest #carnivore, the dwarf #mongoose, doesn’t just wait for danger – it predicts it.
Researchers used a decade of #GPS and observational #data from #SouthAfrica to show that groups alter sentinel calls, travel routes, and sleeping spots based on where rival groups are and how threatening they might be.
👉 popsci.com/environment/dwarf-m…
#wildlife #predator #prey #nature #ecology #animals #science #zoology
La IA generativa es ilegal por diseño porque las compañías tecnológicas tomaron la decisión de desarrollar esta tecnología vulnerando leyes fundamentales. No fue un error de juicio, fue una acción deliberada para maximizar sus beneficios económicos y concentrar poder para influir en el escenario geopolítico global 🎯 @niasoler
#tech #AI #technology #BigTech #genAI #generativeAI #SiliconValley #humanrights #extractivismo #data #theft
El informe “Unlawful by Design: Exposing the Human Rights Costs of Generative AI” documenta los graves riesgos asociados a la extracción y el procesamiento masivo de datos para desarrollar y entrenar estos sistemas. Sistemas de IAG cuyo diseño, funcionamiento y uso violan los derechos humanos.
🔗 arteesetica.org/la-ia-generati…
#AI #technology #tech #data #genAI #generativeAI #unlawful #humanrights #privacy #protection
La IA generativa es ILEGAL por diseño • Informe de Amnistía InternacionalArte es Ética
A medida que aumentan de escala los conjuntos de datos que alimentan los modelos de IA generativa, se amplifica también en sus resultados la presencia de contenidos que incitan al odio y a la discriminación, junto con estereotipos negativos y prejuicios, especialmente en relación con la raza y el género.
#AI #data #dataset #tech #technology #genAI #generativeAI #bias #harms #privacy
