Your social feed might soon feature... AI-generated action figures? Yup, from Brooke Shields w/ a needlepoint kit to Marjorie Taylor Greene w/ a gavel, people are using AI tools to create imaginary dolls of public figures & themselves. The future of merch is weird! #AIart #Tech

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/style/ai-barbie-dolls-action-figures.html

I WANTED this to be a simple comparison. Two phones using this crazy awesome new camera sensor. That SHOULD be a fun easy video, right?
https://somegadgetguy.com/2025/04/17/xiaomi-15-ultra-vs-vivo-x200-pro-200mp-telephoto-camera-battle/
There are enough differences between the two, I have a few thoughts on how we compare phones...

[$] Memory controller performance improvements https://lwn.net/Articles/1016856/ #tech #linux

If you're polite to OpenAI's chatbot, you could be part of the user base costing the company "Tens of millions of dollars" on electricity bills. Read more at @TechRadar. #ChatGPT #AI #OpenAI #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/NTtBXx

Take a deep dive into the DOM manipulation and HTML parsing capabilities of PHP in a Keynote session at #DrupalDevDays by Niels Dossche.

Nach ChatGPT: Wie andere Firmen so schnell eigene KI entwickeln konnten

https://www.basicthinking.de/blog/2025/04/17/nach-chatgpt-ki-andere-firmen/

»China's consumer electronics sector taps AI to crack high-end market« https://www.technologynewschina.com/2025/04/chinas-consumer-electronics-sector-taps.html?eicker.news #China #Tech #ChinaTech #Technews

»China's Yuanfudao unveils next-gen AI learning device« https://www.technologynewschina.com/2025/04/chinas-yuanfudao-unveils-next-gen-ai.html?eicker.news #China #Tech #ChinaTech #Technews

»China to crack down on malicious short video content« https://www.technologynewschina.com/2025/04/china-to-crack-down-on-malicious-short.html?eicker.news #China #Tech #ChinaTech #Technews

»Chinese police put 3 US operatives on wanted list over cyberattacks« https://www.technologynewschina.com/2025/04/chinese-police-put-3-us-operatives-on.html?eicker.news #China #Tech #ChinaTech #Technews

»346 generative AI services registered with China's cyber authority« https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-04-09/346-generative-AI-services-registered-with-China-s-cyber-authority-1CqpnxsMee4/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=Tech&Sci?eicker.news #China #Tech #ChinaTech #Technews

»Chinese ports get smarter with automation push« https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-04-15/Chinese-ports-get-smarter-with-automation-push-1CAobhsVXIk/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=Tech&Sci?eicker.news #China #Tech #ChinaTech #Technews

»China's quantum computer pioneers AI task with enhanced efficiency« https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-04-09/China-s-quantum-computer-pioneers-AI-task-with-enhanced-efficiency-1Cql6qvpSes/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=Tech&Sci?eicker.news #China #Tech #ChinaTech #Technews

»Huawei reports solid 2024 performance, driven by R&D investment« https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-31/Huawei-reports-solid-2024-performance-driven-by-R-D-investment-1CcjrOXvBIc/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=Tech&Sci?eicker.news #China #Tech #ChinaTech #Technews

»AI for Science: Bridging the gap between tools and systemic innovation« https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-30/AI-for-Science-Bridging-the-gap-between-tools-and-systemic-innovation-1Ca8PagyMxi/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=Tech&Sci?eicker.news #China #Tech #ChinaTech #Technews

Tech bros and autocrats want to build a machine world that does their bidding which cuts out having to care about workers or anybody else.

And they are banking on the rest of us letting them do it.

But don't worry, its only liberty and life itself on the line.

AI as Normal Technology

https://knightcolumbia.org/content/ai-as-normal-technology

»TikTok craze offers hope to Chinese exporters caught in trade war crossfire« https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3306927/tiktok-craze-offers-hope-chinese-exporters-caught-trade-war-crossfire?utm_source=rss_feed?eicker.news #China #Tech #ChinaTech #Technews

US Government threatens Harvard with foreign student ban
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43715022
#hackernews #tech

»#Meta CEO #MarkZuckerberg emphasized that his #socialmedia company faces stiff competition from #TikTok, as Meta seeks to fend off accusations from the #FTC that it has a monopoly.« https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5252373-zuckerberg-underscores-tiktok-competition-as-meta-fights-monopoly-allegations/?eicker.news #tech #media #news