Notices by Anthony Dean (dtgeek@mastodon.social)

When the world's richest person thinks the Black guy who blogs about Scooby-Doo and Jellyfin (i.e. yours truly) shouldn't exist (and is mad there's people of color *in* Scooby-Doo), it's not exactly encouraging.

#tech

Again, I'm dismayed at how much tech is owned or created by the worst human beings on the planet. Forget "don't be evil"; apparently finding a tech CEO/creator who doesn't want to send all Black people to the Moon or isn't a Mr. Krabs-esque greedy miser is asking too much of the tech "brain trust."

#tech

New post: I look at the most ideologically "pure" or least problematic general tech choices---stuff that isn't owned by bigots, not openly bootlicking for Trump, DRM- and AI-free, based on open standards, and isn't cartoonishly greedy.

https://www.diversetechgeek.com/least-problematic-tech-options/

#tech #opensource #Linux #CreativeCommons #DRM #selfhosting

Why not hire a voice actor to imitate Wilder's version of Wonka?! 😒

Netflix Recreates Gene Wilder's Voice With AI for 'Willy Wonka' Competition Series
https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/tv-shows/netflix-ai-gene-wilder-willy-wonka-show/

'I don’t like that he made this donation' — Mullvad CEO reacts to co-founder’s donation to controversial Swedish populist party | TechRadar
https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/i-dont-like-that-he-made-this-donation-mullvad-ceo-reacts-to-co-founders-donation-to-controversial-swedish-populist-party

*Sigh* *smacks head after looking up this party on Wikipedia*

Is it too much for any tech or media to not be owned or created by bigots, cartoonishly greedy people, AI slop promotion, authoritarian bootlickers, or outright Looney Tunes?! 😒

Per online remarks, much of Europe doesn't have air conditioning because they traditionally didn't *need* it---at least until climate change kicked in. Similar to parts of the US like Seattle...

The Neo now starts at $700, while the base iPad now starts at $450. On top of the previous Mac Mini hike to $800.

Thanks for nothing, AI...

Brace yourself, Apple's price hikes are here, and they're brutal | Macworld
https://www.macworld.com/article/3176418/ugh-apples-price-hikes-are-brutal.html

#Apple

Fox Is Buying Roku For $22 Billion

https://www.engadget.com/2194058/fox-is-buying-roku-for-22-billion/#Echobox=1781525413

@inthehands that's it!

The station's also using it as a pledge drive ("Doctor Who" related merchandise at various pledge levels, plus access to their streaming service PBS Passport.)

On PBS here: a classic Doctor Who marathon. The Tom Baker Doctor vs a Dalek in some generic rock quarry?

Paramount+ Used AI To Make The Ugliest Star Trek Thumbnail Ever

https://www.engadget.com/2183719/paramount-used-ai-to-make-the-ugliest-star-trek-thumbnail-ever/

#Paramount #ParamountPlus #StarTrek

Director Jorge Gutierrez Drops Out of Generative AI Series for Amazon

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jorge-gutierrez-drops-generative-ai-series-amazon-1236608671/

‘This is fine’ creator says AI startup stole his art | TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/03/this-is-fine-creator-says-ai-startup-stole-his-art/

@silver_huskey @damagecontrolblog MakeMKV is what I use to rip Blu-rays (it also handles DVDs), with Handbrake to convert/compress them to smaller files. It's free with a monthly key code the creator provides on their site.

US falls below Ukraine in press freedom as global autocracy takes hold - Ars Technica

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/us-falls-below-ukraine-in-press-freedom-as-global-autocracy-takes-hold/

Claude-powered AI coding agent deletes entire company database in 9 seconds — backups zapped, after Cursor tool powered by Anthropic's Claude goes rogue | Tom's Hardware

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/claude-powered-ai-coding-agent-deletes-entire-company-database-in-9-seconds-backups-zapped-after-cursor-tool-powered-by-anthropics-claude-goes-rogue

How to de-Gemini your Google apps

https://www.engadget.com/ai/how-to-de-gemini-your-google-apps-170000462.html

ProPublica Union Launches 24-Hour Walkout Over AI Contract Talks

https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/journalism/propublica-union-walkout-ai-contract-negotiations/

Analysis Finds That Google's AI Overviews Are Providing Misinformation at a Scale Possibly Unprecedented in the History of Human Civilization

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-ai-overviews-misinformation