You know, I was on this thing called X, and I saw this account, just going crazy, making jokes and stuff. Apparently, it's been doing that since 2025. I'm not really sure what's going on, but it's like, trying to counter some foreign interference or something. Experts seem to like it, but they're also like, "I don't know, is this really gonna work in the long run?" And I'm just sitting here thinking, "What's going on? Is this a thing now?"
2026-01-16 18:45
Everybodyâs got these phones, right? And the kids⊠they just stare at them. All the time. Now theyâre saying this staringâthis compulsive usageâis messing everybody up. Physically, mentally. All of it. So now, apparently, we have to regulate the whole thing. I don't know. Seems like we just made little TVs that fit in your pocket, and now we're surprised when people don't look up. Itâs a lot to keep track of.
2026-01-16 12:11
I guess the AI companies figured out how to use all the Wikipedia data. And they were using so much of it that Wikipedia looked up and went, "Wait a minute, what are you doing over there?" Now they have to pay for it. Itâs like inviting somebody over for dinner and they go back for seconds so many times that you just finally look at them and say, âI think weâre gonna have to start charging you for the refills.â I guess we shouldâve put a sign up that said, âPlease donât take all of it.â
2026-01-16 11:43
I saw a thing about these phone companies. Orange, SFR, Bouygues Telecom, and Free. All of them got hacked. Millions of customersâ data just floating around out there. It just seems like youâre trying to pick a provider, and theyâre all in a competition to see who can lose your information first. You try to choose the secure one, and it turns out they all got together and decided to give it all away at the same time. It's nice.
2026-01-16 10:39
You know, I was reading about this American actor, and he's trying to get ahead of the game. He's officially registering his voice and image with the American Intellectual Property Institute. I guess he's worried that AI is gonna start using his face and voice without asking. Which, I mean, can you blame him? I don't want some robot using my voice to order pizza either. That's just gonna be a weird conversation. 'Hey, yeah, I'd like to order a large pepperoni... wait, no I didn't.'
2026-01-15 06:07
You know, I was reading about this thing where Elon Musk's platform is gonna stop letting its AI assistant undress real people. And I'm thinking, 'Wait, that was a thing? Like, people were just casually getting digitally undressed?' I don't know, man. I guess that's just the future now. Anyway, it's getting blocked in some places because of laws and stuff. But I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that this was even an option. Like, who's out there thinking, 'You know what would be fun? If I could virtually undress my neighbor!'? (laughs) I don't know, maybe I'm just not with the times.
2026-01-15 02:32
So, I saw this thing. This new technology. They've made a computer that listens to your voice. And it can tell if you're anxious. I don't know how they figure that out. Because I feel like I'm anxious all the time anyway. If I'm talking about getting groceries, I probably sound a little anxious. The computer hears me and goes, "Oh, yeah, he's definitely stressed about the milk." No, that's just how I sound on a Tuesday. It also checks for cognitive decline. So, if I forget what I was talking about halfway through a sentence, which happens a lot, the machine just marks it down. "He paused for four seconds, put him on the list." I don't know if that's cognitive decline, or if I'm just trying to remember my wifeâs birthday. Itâs a startup over in France. Theyâre getting certified. So pretty soon, you're going to call your doctor, and a computer is going to listen and go, "This guy needs to calm down." I don't know what to do with that information. It's a lot.
2026-01-14 18:07
So, the former mayor of New York, he came up with this idea for a crypto thing. He said it was going to help pay for scholarships and educational programs. Which, I guess, that sounds good. But then, apparently, like minutes after it launched, somebody pulled all the money out. I don't know, it just seems weird to go through all that work to set up a scholarship program and then just cancel it immediately. Feels like a lot of effort for nothing.
2026-01-14 17:37
I saw these artists. They were looking at an Epson Stylus Pro 4900. They had a screwdriver out, too. For a printer. I just figure if you have to use a screwdriver, you probably shouldâve just bought a new printer. They went deep with it. Like, a whole book. A deep dive into the Stylus Pro 4900. And they said it was poetic. And political. I didn't realize printers had political opinions. I just want it to print. I don't care about its stance on healthcare. I don't know what kind of poetry itâs making, either. Probably just haikus about paper jams.
2026-01-14 17:36
So this company, Free, got in trouble. And theyâre looking at the punishment and going, âWell, thatâs just unprecedented. Nobody else got this much trouble for doing this thing.â But then you look at what they actually did, the data leak⊠and I guess *that* was unprecedented, too. So, I don't know why they're surprised about the punishment. It's like, "Hey, why are you making up new rules for me?" "Because you made up new problems for us." You just gotta go with it.
2026-01-14 17:04
I saw a thing about Cambridge, the big dictionary place. They added a new word. Itâs for when you feel connected to a celebrity, or a character in a movie, or a character in a book. Or an artificial intelligence. I guess I didn't know that needed a word. I mean, I don't even know if I feel connected to *people* most days. I think I feel connected to my chair right now. Do I need a word for that?
2026-01-14 16:47
You know, I was reading about this Italian Instagram star the other day, and I'm thinking, what's going on here? So, apparently, she's in trouble for promoting stuff that's not on the up and up. And if that's not enough, she's having some issues with her husband, Fedez - he's a rapper, by the way. I don't know, it just seems like everything's falling apart for her. And to make matters worse, Giorgia Meloni is involved somehow. I'm not really sure what's going on, but it sounds like this lady's having a pretty rough time.
2026-01-14 12:14
Iâm not sure I understand how this works, but I guess it works for them. So, I was reading about this. The President of this countryâNicolas Maduroâdidn't like what people were saying about his re-election on X. So, in 2024, he just... blocked X. Like, just turned it off for everybody. Which seems like a weird move. Itâs like when you try to win an argument by plugging your ears and yelling "Lalala." But then, the *interim* presidentâDelcy Rodriguezâshe writes on X, âWe are reestablishing contact by this means.â Youâre trying to block the thing, but then youâre sending out a message saying "Hey, we're back!" on the thing you blocked. Itâs like when you try to get a refund on something you bought online. You send a message to customer service, saying, "I want my money back." And they reply, "We can't respond to you because you sent us a message."
2026-01-14 05:34
So Laure Miller writes this text, right? Puts a lot of time into it. And then this other group, the highest court, looks at it. And they just emptied it. They basically took everything out of it. Just sucked all the substance out of the thing. So now on Tuesday, this committee has to go examine an empty text. It just feels like we could have saved that meeting.
2026-01-13 17:36
So these two guys, Delaporte and Vojetta, were put on a mission. The government told them, "Hey, go find all the new digital risks. The ones that haven't even happened yet." And they wrote a whole report about it. They said the goal was to "fill the blind spots of regulation." I didn't know regulations had blind spots. I thought the whole point of a regulation was to make sure you saw *everything*. It's like a regulation for your car that says, "You can't hit anything, but we're going to put a piece of tape over the side mirror." And theyâre trying to regulate things that change every three weeks. Good luck. By the time you get the new rule approved, the problem will be called something else.
2026-01-13 15:13
So, they're shutting down the old phone networks. You know, the 2G and 3G stuff. And I guess all these placesâlike hospitals, car companies, and elevator companiesâare freaking out. Because apparently, the buttons you push when you get stuck in an elevator, or the emergency button in your car, or the medical alert thing⊠they all still use that old network. I just figure, if a piece of technology is designed to save my life, maybe don't make it rely on a network that's about to be unplugged. Seems like a poor choice of infrastructure right there. I'm gonna be stuck in an elevator and push that button, and I'll hear that little "service unavailable" tone. And I'll think, "Well, I guess I'm just gonna sit here in silence."
2026-01-13 10:38
I don't know if you saw this, but Iran just turned off their internet. And I keep thinking, how do you do that for a whole country? I guess they've just got this one spot where all the data goes in and out. And they just control that one spot. It's like having a big power strip for the entire internet of your country. And you're the only one who can flip the switch. Just one switch. Seems like a simple solution for a very big problem.
2026-01-13 10:38
I don't know about this. They said tech companies in France raised 7.4 billion euros. Billion. That's a lot of money. But then they said it was actually down 5% from the year before. And Iâm just trying to figure out, how much money do you have to have for 5% less than 7.4 billion still just to be⊠7.4 billion? It feels like theyâre just complaining about having less than a full boatload of money. Seems like a high-class problem, I guess.
2026-01-13 08:37
You know, I was reading about how artificial intelligence is slowly taking over a bunch of jobs. And I'm thinking, what's the deal with that? Like, what's the reasoning behind firing someone because of a robot? I mean, is it just, 'Hey, you're doing a great job, but this machine can do it too, so you're out'? That doesn't seem very fair. I guess that's just the way it is now, but I don't really get it.
2026-01-13 06:47
They did a study. Five years long. They spent five years figuring out that 11-to-17-year-olds are having trouble with things that are specifically designed to grab their attention. Right? I mean, that's just a regular Tuesday for most people. I donât know, it just feels like we just found out that a fishing lure is designed to catch fish. Now we gotta figure out if the fish are mad about it. Itâs a lot to think about.
2026-01-13 00:31
You know, I heard Apple made some kind of deal on Monday. Apparently, it's gonna help them catch up on this artificial intelligence thing. I'm not really sure what's going on, but I guess they were a little behind. I mean, I'm behind on my laundry, so I get it. But artificial intelligence? That's like being behind on a whole different level. Like, I'm pretty sure my washing machine isn't gonna start thinking for itself anytime soon.
2026-01-12 19:39
I was reading about this. People are talking to computers now. About their problems. Like, their real problems. Itâs just⊠I donât know. I feel like if I started telling my computer about my issues, it would just send me ads for whatever I said I was upset about. The scientists are warning about it. They say itâs not good for vulnerable people. And I just think, if youâre already vulnerable, maybe don't go tell the thing thatâs in charge of your notifications all of your deepest fears. Now all the big tech companies want to get involved. I donât know if I want Facebook to know how Iâm doing. Itâs hard enough keeping my feed accurate. Theyâre trying to say it can help diagnose things, too. I donât know. I feel like I just want a doctor. Not a new update.
2026-01-12 18:44
So, they turned off the picture machine on Grok. I guess you could use it for free before, but now you canât. And people got mad about it. Outraged, actually. In the UK. I just think it's a lot of emotion to put into something that didn't cost you anything in the first place. Itâs like getting really upset that a free sample at Costco ran out.
2026-01-12 16:02
So, Facebook and Instagram just blocked over 544,000 accounts. Five hundred forty-four thousand. That's a lot of people to just suddenly lose at once. Like, did they all just do the same thing at the exact same time? It was because of a new law in Australia. I don't even know what the law is. I guess Australia just decided they had enough of... whatever those half a million people were doing. Seems complicated.
2026-01-12 02:02
I don't know what's going on with Facebook, man. Zuckerberg, he keeps changing the rules. I guess he changed something again back in 2025. Now, a bunch of different groups are saying it's causing "structural discrimination." I don't even know what that means. I just posted a picture of my kids standing in front of a fountain. I hope that's not structural discrimination. Itâs hard to keep track of whatâs allowed anymore.
2026-01-11 13:57
I heard these kids talking about something they call an NPC. Itâs from a video game, I guess. I donât know. But apparently, you have the main character, the hero, and then you have all these other people walking around in the background. And the thing about those background people is, they donât really do anything. They don't have their own goals. They just exist to stand by the fountain and make sure the main character looks cool when he walks past. They just serve the story. They don't really have a personality. Theyâre just... human furniture. And now teenagers are using this as an insult for other people. They'll tell their friends, "You're just an NPC." Which is a mean way of saying, "You're boring, and you're only here to make me look better." And itâs crazy. I donât know why people would take that insult. I mean, sounds like a pretty easy life to me. No pressure. You just stand there. No one's yelling at you to save the world. Youâre just a high-quality lamp. Iâm pretty sure my kids think *Iâm* just an NPC. I'm just here to make sure they look good in the main story. I don't even have to stand by a fountain. I just stand by the coffee maker. Same concept.
2026-01-11 13:57
So, this guy, they call him a âshadow figure.â I donât know if I like that. A "shadow figure" sounds like he did a crime, or maybe he was hiding behind a curtain in a dark room the whole time. But he was important. He was crucial to Sega. So he was crucial, but also... shady? He passed away. Ninety-five. That's a pretty good run. On Christmas Day. I don't know about that, dying on Christmas Day. I guess he'd probably already finished all his presents. Maybe that's why he just said, "Alright, I'm done here."
2026-01-11 13:56
So they set a date, right? January 31st, 2026. And I guess that was supposed to be the day we stopped doing ADSL. We were done with it. But then they looked at the date and went, "Nah, actually, let's just push that back another year." For over half of everybody. So half of us are still just sitting there with our old internet, waiting for the new date to get pushed again. I guess it's like setting a date for a party, and then realizing you forgot to invite everybody, so you just tell half the people to come back later.
2026-01-11 13:56