[nonostantement #367] - surveillance pricing / european alternatives / franco & tiktok

Now with MORE links about death!

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#PEOPLE

• Have capitalists killed the internet?
  At the start of the century, the internet was an escape from reality. Now, reality is an escape from the internet...

• Constantly scrolling on your phone? Why we can’t stand feeling bored
  In one study, nearly half of participants left alone for 15 minutes with no stimulation chose to have an electric shock

• Royal Society will meet amid campaign to revoke Elon Musk’s fellowship
  More than 1,300 scientists have signed a letter calling on the world’s oldest science society to reassess the billionaire’s membership following cuts to US science.

• How to Combat Surveillance Pricing
  In this week’s My Two Cents, the Cut’s personal-finance columnist Charlotte Cowles talks with experts about how to avoid surveillance pricing.

• The Hallucinatory Thoughts of the Dying Mind
  Delirium is one of the most perplexing deathbed phenomena, exposing the gap between our cultural ideals of dying words and the reality of a disoriented mind.

• What happens to your online accounts when you die?
  The modern era of internet-based computing is so young that many of the original pioneers are still around. So what happens to those accounts and their data?

#TECH

• How Indigenous engineers are using AI to preserve their culture
  Indigenous languages are rapidly disappearing, and AI could help preserve them, according to Indigenous technologists.

• European Alternatives
  We help you find European alternatives for digital service and products, like cloud services and SaaS products.

• Introducing The In Case of Death Case
  Bricks your iPad when you die, so you can take your secrets to the grave.

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#THEDARKSIDE

• Ignorance and justification for Franco on TikTok: The cocktail that pushes young people towards historical revisionism
  Historians warn of the complexity of competing against social networks and the popularity of far-right YouTubers

• ICE Wants to Know If You’re Posting Negative Things About It Online
  ICE wants to hire contractors to monitor social media for threats. Those who criticize the agency could be pulled into the dragnet.

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