Whispering is an open-source dictation/transcription desktop app, Neo puts the “human” in humanoid robots, and OpenAI stuffs ChatGPT into a web browser.
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Dictation / transcription desktop apps
Whispering
Epicenter
MacWhisper
Atlas LLM-powered web browser
ChatGPT’S Atlas: The Browser That’s Anti-Web
AI Browsers: Living on the Frontier of Security
You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space.
Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.
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Following Our Own Path
Whether it’s Mac vs. Windows, Git vs. Mercurial, Fish shell vs. Bash/Zsh, or QWERTY vs. alternative keyboard layouts, one must decide when to move with the herd and when to follow your own path.
Space Elevator
Fish shell
You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space.
Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.
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Generative Software Serfdom
Apple announces the M5 processor and new MacBook Pro and iPad Pro models, Nabu Casa retires its Home Assistant Yellow appliance, and OpenAI announces the GPT Store.
Dog spinner
EFF Opt-Out October
Facebook Tells Workers Building Metaverse to Use AI to “Go 5x Faster” (archive)
Apple announces its M5 processor
Ending production of Home Assistant Yellow
Home Assistant Green
Alternative ways to run Home Assistant
Geekom line of mini PCs
OpenAI announces GPT store
You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space.
Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.
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Pleasantly Whimsical
Discord was hacked and user government photo IDs were stolen, Synology walks back drive restrictions in their NAS enclosures, Dan shares his initial impressions of iOS & MacOS 26, and concerns grow about a possible investment bubble in generative AI software companies.
Discord users suffer first high-profile age-verification hack
Synology reverses policy banning third-party HDDs after NAS sales plummet
Synology drive compatibility policy
Benjamin Button Reviews MacOS
AI bubble is 17 times the size of the dot-com frenzy and four times bigger than 2008 subprime real estate crisis
OpenAI, Nvidia fuel $1T AI market with web of circular deals
Circular AI Deals Among OpenAI, Nvidia, AMD Are Raising Eyebrows
You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space.
Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.
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Faraday Cage Log Cabin
Archive.org archives its trillionth web page, LLMs power more fast-food drive-thru windows, Spotify responds to generated music slop complaints, and Samsung captures more of the market for both high-fidelity stereo equipment and advertising-powered refrigerators.
Archive.org: Celebrating 1 Trillion Web Pages Archived
Taco Bell’s Attempt to Replace Drive-Thru Employees With AI Is Not Going Well
Spotify’s Attempt to Fight AI Slop Falls on Its Face
LinkedIn: Disable generative “AI” training on your personal data and content you create
Samsung now owns Denon, Marantz, Polk, Harman Kardon, Bang & Olufsen, Bowers & Wilkins, JBL, and more audio brands
Samsung confirms its $1,800+ fridges will start showing you ads
You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space.
Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.
Abstractions is a podcast about technology, software, hardware, and the Internet, and the way the ever-increasing layers of these technologies permeate every aspect of our everyday lives.
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