The Invisible Cost of a Clean Internet: Burning Out Poor People's Souls to Moderate Online Content
Imagine if your job was to look at the most vile, repugnant images on the Internet for 12 hours a day...
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Not April Fools: Microsoft Says Copilot is for "Entertainment Purposes Only"
Don't believe me? Just look at the Microsoft Copilot terms of use.
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I Actually Liked and Used Sora Intensively. But I Won't Miss It.
As you've probably heard, OpenAI is shutting down Sora. Ironically, I just got done using it intensively for the last few weeks.
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Absolute Insanity: Age Verification for OS Accounts Coming to Ubuntu
California recently passed a law that requires age verification for operating system accounts. And Ubuntu is preparing to comply.
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Prompt It Again, Sam: The Three Reasons Microsoft Decided to Ditch OpenAI and Run Its Own Models.
Bad news for OpenAI: its former partner and funding source will instead shortly become a very well-funded competitor.
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Are You Using All the Cloud Storage You're Paying For? rclone Can Help You Use 100% for Backups!
Are you really using all the cloud storage you're paying for? If you're an O365, iCloud, etc. subscriber, you can use some of that storage for your home and server backups via rclone.
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So How Has Dropbox's Buyback Strategy Fared? A Followup to Our March 2025 Article
Dropbox offers a great product that "just works" and I've been a very happy customer since 2008. But how much longer can they survive? An update on our March 2025 article.
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Figma Spends $300K a Day on AWS and Signed a 5-Year Contract for $545 Million - Is That Too Much?
Figma is spending a boatload on AWS every month. Is this the best use of 15% of their revenue?
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How to Get Laid Off By AI Even When a Robot Isn't Taking Your Job
Microsoft has laid off 15,000 people in the last 60 days. Is that because AI is taking people's jobs? Not exactly.
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Is Meta Discontinuing the Free LLaMA Model Series? News Reports Suggest LLaMA Drama
If you love Meta's free series of AI models (LLaMA), sorry to inform you that its days may be numbered. Meta is considering "de-investing" in LLaMA as it overhauls its AI strategy.
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Will Dropbox Survive to 2030, or Is the End in Sight?
Dropbox offers a great product that "just works" and I've been a very happy customer since 2008. But how much longer can they survive? The numbers are a bit frightening.
Read MoreGoogle is Building a Datacenter in...um, Where...?!?
Google is building a new datacenter in...well, I wouldn't have guessed this city.
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Microsoft: VMware Pricing "Gave The World The Greatest Gift Of All"
“Everyone wants to get off of VMware and get into the cloud." So says Microsoft's Chief Commercial Officer, and he's right.
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LowEndLOLs: CrowdStrike Meme Starter Pack
Social media has been blown up with CrowdStrike memes...heck, we even shared some Friday. But after a while you notice they tend to be the same jokes over and over...well, if you want to get in on the action, here's a handy starter pack I've put together for you. Pick a theme and get some Internet fame!
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The Top 20 CrowdStrike Memes You Can Enjoy While You Fix Servers
What a bender! CrowdStrike pushed out a bad update and woke me up at 3am. I guess there were some other global impacts as well. I've been keeping an eye on the global meme tubes and have collected 20 of the best so far for you. If you're still hip deep in deleting C:\Windows\System32\drivers\CrowdStrike\C-00000291*.sys, take a break and enjoy some laughs.
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Install Windows Server on any VPS or Dedicated Server without KVM/iLO or IPMI!
Do you need to install Windows on your VPS? Usually you'd go to your provider's panel and install a template, or perhaps boot from an ISO. But what if neither of those are options? Can you somehow install Windows on a KVM VPS? Yes!
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Amazon to Spend $150 Billion on Datacenters in the Next 15 Years, Getting Creative on Powering Them
Amazon is planning to spend $150 billion on datacenters over the next 15 years. Finding electricity to power them is getting increasingly difficult, so the online giant is getting increasingly creative in finding juice to power all those VMs.
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Microsoft to Go All-Wireless in Datacenters? They're Testing It
Wifi inside the datacenter? Looks promising. Microsoft is giving it a try.
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The Windows 12 Preview is Here
Windows 10 was a hit, Windows 11 less so. Let's take a look at Windows 12.
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Microsoft Hits an All Time High: Will the 20-Year Dog Now Be a 20-Year Bull?
Microsoft shareholders wallowed in pain for nearly 20 years. Now they're walking in tall cotton, as the stock has hit an all-time high.
Read MoreMicrosoft Goes Nuclear: Planning to Build its Own Reactors to Power its Datacenters
Microsoft is planning to build its own nuclear reactors and has a job posting to hire a leader for this project. Is nuclear power the future of the datacenter industry?
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How to Sell Out to Microsoft and Make Easy Money - $450 and Counting for Me
I've sold out to Microsoft...at least for search. For over a decade, Microsoft has dropped a steady drip of Amazon gift cards to me. Here's how you can get on the gravy train.
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August is International "Providers Drop Unlimited Storage" Month. The Latest? Microsoft's OneDrive
All those unlimited cloud storage plans you've been stuffing full of Linux ISOs are coming to an end. The latest? Microsoft.
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A New Mysterious Streaming Platform, Kick, Is Poised To Overtake Amazon-Backed Twitch
Twitch was originally founded back in 2011 by Justin Kan and Emmett Shear. A couple of y...
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Windows XP Activation Algorithm Cracked After 21 Years
Windows XP was Microsoft's first OS that required software activation. For most users, it was a nonevent because their OS came preloaded when they bought their new desktop or laptop. But hobbyists wh...
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Looking Back on the GitHub Acquisition: Are You Still on GitHub?
Five years ago, in June 2018, Microsoft announced it was buying GitHub. At the time, there was a tremendous amount of screeching in the developer communities. Although the site was moving from propri...
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Microsoft Injecting Ads on Google.com Pages Disparaging Chrome
If you're using Microsoft Edge, you can't trust what it's showing you because Microsoft is injecting ads into competitor sites, suggesting that you can't trust other browsers and companies.
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Google: Let's Use Our Hiring Process For Our Firing Process
Google has turned its hiring process into its firing process. Why? It's bizarre but Google always wants to show that it's different and better. Unfortunately, those interviewing (again) for their jobs and then losing them are not likely to be impressed.
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