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"Microsoft Office, like many companies in recent months, has slyly turned on an “opt-out” feature that scrapes your Word and Excel documents to train its internal AI systems. This setting is turned on by default, and you have to manually uncheck a box in order to opt out.

If you are a writer who uses MS Word to write any proprietary content (blog posts, novels, or any work you intend to protect with copyright and/or sell), you’re going to want to turn this feature off immediately.

I won’t beat around the bush. Microsoft Office doesn’t make it easy to opt out of this new AI privacy agreement, as the feature is hidden through a series of popup menus in your settings:

On a Windows computer, follow these steps to turn off “Connected Experiences”: File > Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Privacy Options > Privacy Settings > Optional Connected Experiences > Uncheck box: “Turn on optional connected experiences”"

medium.com/illumination/ms-wor…

#Microsoft #AI #GenerativeAI #AITraining #MSWord #Privacy #Word


MS Word is Using You to Train AI - ILLUMINATION - Medium

Microsoft Office, like many companies in recent months, has slyly turned on an “opt-out” feature that scrapes your Word and Excel documents to train its internal AI systems. This setting is turned on…
Dr. Casey Lawrence (ILLUMINATION)
#privacy #microsoft #AI #word #generativeAI #msword #AITraining

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Mali is not the only African country going hard after global giants. In other lawsuits, Malawi is seeking more than $314-billion from Columbia Gem House, TotalEnergies and Star Agritech. continent.substack.com/p/the-r…

The rich better have Malawi's money

Debt-saddled states are going after firms that have failed to pay what they owe on extractive and even fraudulent deals.
The Continent

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Ando buscando mutuals asì que aquí va mi #presentacion #introduccion

Soy matemática e ingeniera informática, y trabajo de profe de un instituto a la vez que estudio las oposiciones.

Me gusta leer, el material de papelería, arte, rol y jugar y desarrollar videojuegos.

También tengo un gatito, del que dejo una foto por aquí :patcat:

P.D. Mi cuenta es un espacio seguro para personas lgtb+ y para mujeres

Foto de un gatito blanco y gris con rayitas tumbado en una manta
#introduccion #presentacion

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The Swiss voted to reject expanding highway capacity, understanding that it will only lead to more supply induced demand.
Using those 5 billions to expand the rail and public transport offerings is a better use of taxpayer money towards achieving our climate goals and reducing microplastic tyre pollution

swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-politic…


Swiss reject plans for bigger motorways and extra rights for landlords

Swiss voters had their say on Sunday on a set of ballots which went right down to the wire.
www.swissinfo.ch
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chcel som povedať že síce nie som študent úplne tomu rozumiem ale potom som si uvedomil že študujem 🤦‍♂️ a aj bývam a síce nie sám ale

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Dobré ráno: Prespávajú v kancelárii, aj v ubytovni. Takto vyzerá študentská bytová kríza (25.11.)

00:00 Úvod01:38 Správy04:57 Hlavná téma 25:52 Odporúčanie *Podporte podcast Dobré ráno v aplikácii Toldo na ⁠⁠http://sme.sk/extradobreranoInternát v katastro...
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🐈 Artist: #TABBY / #TabbyThis 💕 in Loc: #Wien /Spiegelgasse/ Austria 🇦🇹11/2024 - Title: "TABBY Cat vs BANKSY Roller Rat" - #Art #Artist #Streetart #StencilArt #Cat #Rat #SprayArt #Exhibition (29.11.-01.12).
Websites: tabbythis.com and hotelkunst.com/tabby-guestlist…
Streetartwall. A stencil mural with a cat, a rat and red hearts was sprayed into a white wall niche. The black cat by artist "Tabby" sits in the niche and has a rat in the style of "Banksy" in its mouth. The Banksy rat is holding a stick with a paint roller. From the cat, curved and interconnected hearts extend beyond the two walls into another room of an exhibition. Info: The TABBY Vienna exhibition at Hotel Kunst BTQ will take place from November 29 to December 1. 2024. Tabby has freely designed the walls of the exhibition rooms. Admission is free but only open via guest list in the Website.

Tabby´s Guestlist

TABBY - der Banksy von Wien Wenn wir über leerstehende Gebäude und ungenutzte Räume nachdenken, sind es oft die Streetart-Künstler, die als Erste neues Leben ei
Andrew Stix (HOTEL KUNST)
#cat #art #artist #streetart #wien #rat #stencilart #exhibition #tabby #tabbythis #sprayart
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Today I uploaded all fire hydrants of #Urdorf to @openstreetmap with the data coming from the local water supply org. It has lots of details for each hydrant. Looking forward to see them in @organicmaps Luckily they're already in osmhydrant.org/

Changeset: openstreetmap.org/changeset/15…


Changeset: 159549130

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.
OpenStreetMap
#urdorf @OpenStreetMap @Organic Maps

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Another random thing that made me happy tonight: I discovered that at some point #wordweb added a feature to disable linking of words in addon dictionaries. That makes reading definitions with a #screenreader much faster. It's a bit expensive, but if you frequently find yourself resorting to Google, or even worse #AI, to define words for you, it's worth the money and is largely #accessible as well: wordweb.info/#a11y

WordWeb: English dictionary, thesaurus, and word finder software.

wordweb.info
#a11y #accessible #screenreader #AI #wordweb

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The original Sandia Long Term Warning report is worth a read beyond just the memetic potential of Appendix F section 4.1. I tracked down a scan and uploaded it to the Internet Archive (which is a place of honor etc):
archive.org/details/long-term-…
Figure 4.3-3 "Spike Field, view 1" showing enormous tall spikes in a field to warn future people away from the nuclear waste storage site

Sandia Report: Expert Judgement on Markers to Deter Inadvertent Human Intrusion into the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant : Sandia National Labs : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Sandia National Labs report SAND92-1382, the Long Term Nuclear Waste Warning Message, by Kathleen M. Trauth, Stephen C. Hora, Robert V. Guzowski.This place is...
Internet Archive

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The word 'lana' (wool) in languages such as Spanish is etymologically related to English 'wool'.

For words to be related, they don't have to look like each other.

Instead, you have to be able to trace them back to the same ancestor through regular sound changes - and that's what linguists managed to do with wool and lana.

The infographic shows the Germanic and Romance family trees of these words.

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Is it just me reading the news from Lebanon in a way that suggests that IDF is targetting military installations there more than they do in the case of Gaza? The number of such military targets is carefully listed, for example. journa.host/@w7voa/11353984669…

Steve Herman (@w7voa@journa.host)

“Twelve command centers were struck by the IAF in Dahieh, Beirut, including sites used by Hezbollah's Intelligence Unit, coast-to-sea missile unit, and Unit 4400—responsible for smuggling weapons from Iran through Syria into Lebanon.” - IDF statement
Journa.host
in reply to Lesley Carhart

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David Goldfield

Putting the issue of what should and should not be taught in schools aside, I challenge the statement that Christianity is not being taught in church. This is nothing more than a hateful statement from atheists or from other non-Christians with no basis in reality and I'm not letting that go unchallenged or unnoticed. Which church? Which pastor? What doctrine has consistently and specifically been taught that contradicts Christian teaching? As a practicing Christian who has attended many different churches for decades, I can say that anyone who makes such a stupid statement doesn't know what he or she is talking about.
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Calling all #Blind #Windows users! 🖥️👥 I briefly tried #Beeper after seeing another blind person recommend it, but it didn't seem the most accessible with the #JAWS #ScreenReader. Do you use any all-in-one social media apps like Shift, Franz, Ferdium, or Beeper on Windows? I'd love to hear about your experiences with #accessibility and usability. Please share your thoughts! #AssistiveTech
#tech
@mastoblind @main
#Accessibility #blind #Windows #screenreader #tech #jaws #beeper #assistivetech @mastoblind group @Blind Main

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To everyone when they see horrible privacy news about Microsoft replying with:

"I don't care, I use Linux"

Sure, you do. But does your medical clinic do? Does your therapist do? Does your family member typing a personal email to you in Word before sending it do too?

This is a systemic problem.

You cannot protect your own data only by using Linux yourself. You must also demand stronger regulations and enforcement to obligate organizations around to protect your data as well.

#Privacy #Microsoft

#privacy #microsoft

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Evidence of oldest known alphabetic unearthed in Syrian dig. The writing, which is dated to around 2400 BCE, precedes other known alphabetic scripts by roughly 500 years, upending what archaeologists know about where alphabets came from, how they are shared across societies, and what that could mean for early urban civilizations… #Writing #Language #Script #Archeology #Anthropology #CulturalGeography
hub.jhu.edu/2024/11/21/ancient…

Evidence of oldest known alphabetic writing unearthed in ancient Syrian city

Findings suggest alphabetic writing may be some 500 years older than other discoveries
The Hub
#language #writing #archeology #anthropology #script #culturalgeography

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 20 updated and 4 added apps:

* LibChecker: view and analyze the third-party libraries used by apps
* Clock: Alarm, clock, timer, stopwatch and bedtime mode
* Harmonic: Material design client for HackerNews 🛡️
* Exodus: show trackers and permissions in installed apps 🛡️

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

This is a repository of apps to be used with your F-Droid client. Applications in this repository are official binaries built by the original application developers, taken from their resp. repositories (mostly Github, GitLab, Codeberg).
IzzyOnDroid App Repo
#android #free #apps #AndroidAppRain #izzyondroid

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I'm just getting to listening to @mrchrisadams #EnvironmentVariables
interview with @tzviya & Alexander Dawson.

podcasts.castplus.fm/e/xn1421y…

It is great to hear Tzviya & Alexander, who have contributed so much the the
#WebSustainability
Guidelines.


Shaping Web Sustainability with the W3C

In this episode of Environment Variables, host Chris Adams dives into the evolving landscape of sustainable web development with Alexander Dawson and Tzviya Siegman from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
Shaping Web Sustainability with the W3C
#environmentvariables #WebSustainability @Chris Adams @Tzviya Siegman

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President-elect Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Rep. Jim Jordan, and other MAGA Republicans are engaged in an ongoing campaign to target researchers studying disinformation and hate speech. Duke University professor Philip Napoli is documenting their strategy and tactics. techpolicy.press/documenting-t…

Documenting the Assault on Disinformation and Hate Speech Research

Philip Napoli is a professor of public policy and director of the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media & Democracy at the Sanford School at Duke University.
Justin Hendrix (Tech Policy Press)

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Garmin přináší obří aktualizaci novým vlajkovým hodinkám! Přidává nové funkce a opravuje hromadu chyb
svetandroida.cz/garmin-fenix-8…

Garmin přináší obří aktualizaci novým vlajkovým hodinkám! Přidává nové funkce a opravuje hromadu chyb

Garmin uvedl velkou aktualizaci pro své nové vlajkové hodinky Fenix 8, Fenix E a Enduro 3. Přináší hromadu vylepšení a opravuje chyby.
Adam Kurfürst (Svět Androida)

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Missed the big event? Listen to the 9th edition of Let’s Go Shopping. accessibleinsights.info/blog/2…

Missed the big event? Listen to the 9th edition of Let’s Go Shopping. | Accessible Insights Blog

The recent Let's Go Shopping event was the best ever, and if you missed some - or all - of the two day holiday gift extravaganza, then you'll want to tune in to the audio below.
L. Legendary (Accessible Insights Blog)
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