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I collect cool, interesting links spread all over the web and share them here in daily posts. Hope you enjoy! More of them in the archive. Singularity (6min31s). The new short film from Blender Studios, from the renowned open-source 3D editor. I thought it was pretty cool. The AI Resist List (in English). A database of initiatives resisting the AI empire. Among the site’s creators is journalist Karen Hao, who is launching her latest book in Brazil, The AI Empire, published by Rocco. Fits on a…
The opening of Google I/O this year (35-minute video recap) showed a Google less shy about transforming the web into raw material for its AIs. Search will become (even more) a souped-up ChatGPT, and also the checkout counter for every online store, and YouTube will use video clips to create answer pages. Notice that in all these announcements, Google/YouTube transforms itself into a curator and interface for web content, without attribution or with minimal credit given. You won’t visit websites…
Editor’s note: Missing the daily links? They became “weekly links.” After a year, keeping up the daily pace started to take its toll. The longer gap between posts brings another advantage: a focus on cool links, leaving aside the news items — which I used to include in the daily posts to add more substance. After all, when I created this section the goal was to share and celebrate the good things that pop up on the web. Let’s get back to basics. *** Taken. This page lists and explains all the…
Google announced Android 17 and a new line of laptops in a pre-recorded video shown “live” (?) on Tuesday (12th). The Android 17’s highlight is artificial intelligence agents, which has elevated Gemini to “Gemini Intelligence.” The idea of agents performing actions in the background seems appealing to companies. I’m not sure I’d use it. First, because it doesn’t take much effort to create an event in the calendar, for example. Second, because agents require a level of trust that I’m not willing…
Since May 8th, Instagram stopped offering the option of direct messages (DMs) with end-to-end encryption (e2ee). The announcement was made quietly on a page in Meta’s help documentation, which reflects the importance of this feature within Instagram — close to zero. In reporting the news, however, the media did a poor job, stretching the truth or even resorting to misinformation, inflaming public opinion for no good reason. I am the first to criticize Meta, which is why we must be careful with…
A few months ago, during a therapy session, I mentioned the possibility that I might be addicted to screens. The psychologist asked what I do when I’m not looking at them. I could only come up with a few things — all simple, some pathetic, like “washing dishes.” She said it’s common for addicts, upon recognizing their addiction, to find themselves in an existential void. I think there’s no doubt that “washing dishes” is a sign of a huge void, right? I realized this problem while reading these…
I collect cool, interesting links spread all over the web and share them here in daily posts. Hope you enjoy! More of them in the archive. Meta: New AI measures to identify teens. Meta will use AI to scan photos and videos and detect people’s height and bone structure in order to place teenagers in age-appropriate experiences. Meta says this isn’t facial recognition, as if analyzing bone structure were somehow better. The technology is coming to Brazil and EU, starting with Instagram. iOS 26.5…
I collect cool, interesting links spread all over the web and share them here in daily posts. Hope you enjoy! More of them in the archive. Xbox Mode begins rolling out to players on Windows 11 PCs today. This feature opens the Windows 11 gaming hub (renamed Xbox Mode): a full-screen interface to browse using joysticks. Robot dogs with tech boss faces roam Berlin art exhibit. That’s awesome. Bird Radio. A radio station featuring bird songs. Each “station” represents a part of the world. (Too bad…
I consider myself a decisive person, though I do have my weaknesses. Major purchases, like electronic devices, are always a soap opera. The Apple Watch one lasted a few years. At the end of 2025, a special episode aired with a major plot twist, typical of the best soap operas. Without giving it much thought, I looked for the cheapest Apple Watch Series 10 in stores. Then I bought it. My reasoning was to take advantage of the “off-season” between versions and the depreciation of the previous…
Something funny happened in the world of video games. Nvidia realized that its graphics chips are also good for gaming, not just AI, and announced a technology called DLSS 5 that uses their power to, in the company’s words, “infuse pixels with photoreal lighting and materials to bridge the gap between rendering and reality.” With generative […]
