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  1. 🔴 LIVE NOW ON VORTEX
    📻 Vortex Rewind ⏪ (80s extended versions, maxi singles, long versions)
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    🎵 Red Box - For America (Bazooka Mix)

    ▶️ Écouter / Listen : VorteX [Radio]
    lesonduvortex.net

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    #VortexWave #RedBox #Synthpop #NewWave #80s

  2. Did you know there was a system called Red Box for the BBC Micro that enabled you to turn home appliances off and on using your computer? So, basically, an early version of HomeKit, etc.

    In 1986.

    computinghistory.org.uk/det/36

    #BBCMicro #RedBox #homeAutomation

  3. 🔴 LIVE NOW ON VORTEX
    📻 Vortex Rewind ⏪ (80s extended versions, maxi singles, long versions)
    ──────────────
    🎵 Red Box - For America (Bazooka Mix)

    ▶️ Écouter / Listen : VorteX [Radio]
    lesonduvortex.net

    💬 Join us on Discord:
    discord.gg/d82hJZBeDE

    #VortexWave #RedBox #Synthpop #NewWave #80s

  4. Die #RedBox in Nürnberg war so freundlich, uns für den abgesagten Gig im Februar einen Ersatztermin anzubieten. Besten Dank an Stephanie dafür. Wir sind also am 05.12.2026 dort und begeben uns bald in Isolation, um nicht wieder krank zu sein. 😉

    #Anaphylaxie #BlackMetal #FediBands

  5. “From its origins as a convenience store kiosk created by the McDonald's corporation, #Redbox grew to become a massive DVD rental brand with tens of thousands of locations across America. However in 2024, the company came crashing down and will soon be lost to time forever.”

    youtube.com/watch?v=MTYBC4XZpzw

  6. Sora 2 causes ire among many copyright holders. Nigerian copyright enforcers attacked, and Redbox owner may return... to court.

    plagiarismtoday.com/2025/10/06

    #Copyright #Sora2 #AI #Redbox

  7. "A DSIT spokesperson told New Scientist: “No one should be spending time on something AI can do better and more quickly. Built in Whitehall, Redbox is helping us harness the power of AI in a safe, secure, and practical way – making it easier for officials to summarise documents, draft agendas and more. This ultimately speeds up our work and frees up officials to focus on shaping policy and improving services – driving the change this country needs.”

    But the use of generative AI tools concerns some experts. Large language models have well-documented issues around bias and accuracy that are difficult to mitigate, so we have no way of knowing if Redbox is providing good-quality information. DSIT declined to answer specific questions about how users of Redbox avoid inaccuracies or bias.

    “My issue here is that government is supposed to serve the public, and part of that service is that we – as taxpayers, as voters, as the electorate – should have a certain amount of access to understanding how decisions are made and what the processes are in terms of decision-making,” says Catherine Flick at the University of Staffordshire, UK.

    Because generative AI tools are black boxes, Flick is concerned that it isn’t easy to test or understand how it reaches a particular output, such as highlighting certain aspects of a document over others. The government’s unwillingness to share that information further reduces transparency, she says.

    That lack of transparency extends to a third government department, the Treasury."

    newscientist.com/article/24781

    #UK #AI #GenerativeAI #Chatbots #LLMs #Redbox #OpenGovernment

  8. #JukeboxFridayNight asks for #ThingsThatMoveUs

    Personally, I like to be moved by a loco and bogies, so...

    "Train" - Red Box

    A monster smash hit for autumn 1990 that was too good for the charts.

    song.link/i/455847343

    #RedBox

  9. Wouldn’t it be fun if a #university campus were to install payphones around campus that uplink through a asterisk box or voip service, which deliberately accepts #redbox tones for gratis calls just to stimulate the hacker culture?

    @pollbot #showerThoughts #poll

  10. Redbox, the DVD rental box company, went kaput earlier last year, leaving more than 24,000 machines abandoned across the country. @404mediaco’s @jasonkoebler takes a look at the efforts to remove and dispose of them. “The unceremonious end of Redbox is a reminder of how much stuff we make and buy, and how, when companies fail to plan for end-of-life or go out of business, they often leave a bunch of devices that suddenly become e-waste behind,” he writes.

    404media.co/the-redbox-removal

    #Redbox #Recycling #DVDs #Lifestyle #PopCulture #Technology #Tech #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

  11. There’s Now a Wiki For Hacking Redbox Machines - With the rapidly evolving situation surrounding the Redbox vending machines still ... - hackaday.com/2024/11/21/theres #currentevents #redbox #rental #dvd

  12. The Great Redbox Cleanup: One Company is Hauling Away America’s Last DVD Kiosks - Remember Redbox? Those bright red DVD vending machines that dotted every strip mal... - hackaday.com/2024/11/19/the-gr #currentevents #originalart #dvdrental #featured #disposal #redbox #rental #news #dvd

  13. "The machines still work and there are still hundreds of DVDs inside of them. Lately, those machines have been getting sold off to various hardware enthusiasts who have, in turn, been reverse-engineering them to figure out how they work, and to dispense the movies trapped inside."

    Defunct Redbox Kiosks Won't Vend 'Twister' DVD

    gizmodo.com/nobody-can-rent-tw via Gizmodo
    Photo: William Howard/iStock/Getty via TechCrunch
    #Redbox #Movies #DVD #Technology #Tech

  14. "Research" like this is the most annoying thing about #cybersecurity. Yes, it's bad that #Redbox kiosks can be hacked, but WTF is anyone gonna do with your disc rental history for a defunct service whose most egregious content was Rated R & mailing address #infosec

    Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (@[email protected]...

  15. Redbox Is Dead, But The Machines Are Kind Of Hanging On - Redbox was a service for renting DVDs from automated kiosks. The business was goin... - hackaday.com/2024/10/17/redbox #homeentertainmenthacks #dvdrental #redbox #rental #news