#ninetonoon — Public Fediverse posts
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"Expected to open in 2028, the 78,000 square metre AI factory in Makarewa was tracking to become the second single biggest user of electricity behind the aluminium smelter at Tiwai Point, near Bluff."
#NineToNoon, 2026
The #DataVampires have arrived in Aotearoa. Anyone who's reading @edzitron and others reporting critically on the "AI" con ... er ... business will know that this is all about creating speculative value for money-jugglers.
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Just listened to this interview with the creators of the #Foodprint app, and the owner of two of the hospitality businesses that sell food on it. Lots of positives here; reducing food waste, giving people access to cheaper counter food from bakeries and cafes, helping hospo businesses stay solvent in hard times, and using digital tech to solve environmental and social problems.
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Newsrooms in Aotearoa are bleeding staff - again - and some are holding up the Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill as the solution, based on the supposed success of the similar Australian law, the News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code. Now Meta have announced a game of chicken with the government there over whether they have to comply with that law;
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"Danny de Hek has produced more than 130 videos taking apart the crypto currency investment, which he calls a dangerous and deceptive scheme."
What I found particularly insightful in this interview was the parallels he draws between the psychological manipulation that makes ponzi schemes work, and that of religious cults.
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Here's a short interview about attempts to stop the DataFarms pulling the next generation into social media addiction while they're still kids. Echoes of the strategies the tobacco industry used to generate future customers for cigarettes.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018868217/meta-s-planned-changes-for-kids-safety-will-they-work -
@billbennett
Anyone who wants to listen to @aurynn talking to RNZ about Mastodon can find it here: