Iteach-tech

So ever-changing technology has its' limits and it is up to us to learn them, ignore the unimportant, get help if needed with what is important. Nothing more valuable than your time (and sanity :)

Katherine Argent really hits the nail on the head with this epic journey of what life on the internet feels like. To quote Luke Barnett; Give this a Pulitzer.

Search is full of ads and wrong answers. Every other email is an ad. Prime Video charges you and shows ads. Paramount? Ads. Peacock? YouTube? Hulu? Ads followed by more ads. Netflix full of ads. Meta and X, every other thing is an ad. Pinterest is nothing but ads. AI is in everything. AI finishes sentences incorrectly and won’t stop. AI reads your email and search history to target you with more ads. Every time you open an app or visit a site there’s an update making it worse. In a hurry? First, click here to agree to terms you don’t have time to read and must accept. You need an account to do that. Change your temporary password. Enter your 2FA code. Check your email and enter that code. Now use a passkey. Your password is too simple to remember. Change it. No, not like that. Now log on. Enter your 2FA code. Check your email for a code… Welcome back! We’ve updated our terms of service and privacy policy (you have none). Subscribe to the site. Subscribe to Netflix. Subscribe to toilet paper. Subscribe to these groceries. Pay a membership fee for the right to subscribe then tip your driver who delivers the subscriptions your membership lets you subscribe to. Time to work? We’ve got to update your laptop and will slow down everything you do until you agree to update. But first, click here to agree. Update installed — your laptop’s broken now. It doesn’t matter, since your boss just replaced you with AI. Go to your phone to complain on social media. Wait, your phone needs an update so we can add more AI. Click here. Oh sorry, your phone can’t handle this update. Now it’s useless. Go get the newest phone. Here’s a text from a friend, an email, a voice mail they left three days ago but you didn’t see until now because of sync problems with the cloud. It’s their GoFundMe. Their MLM. Their Patreon. Never mind, you didn’t respond to their text within 9 minutes and now you’re no longer friends. They blocked you. Make new friends. Download this app to find people in your area. In your neighborhood. On your street. Two doors down from you. Do you know this person yet, we think you’d get along. You need an account to use this app. That username is taken. Enter a password. Not that one, you used it on another site. You need to be connected to WiFi to download the app. Allow the app to connect to other devices on your network. Allow the app to access your contacts, know your precise location, store your credit card details. Oops, sorry, we got hacked now all that info is available on the web. There’s a class action suit. You can join. It’ll take a decade to get your $3.73 share of the ten billion settlement. We’ll send it via PayPal or deposit it to your bank, just tell us those details. Oh no, another hack. That info is circulating now, too. Here’s a spam call, a spam email, a spam text. Why are you angry? Why are you talking about getting rid of your phone? Why don’t you like AI, it lets us make all of this easier? Do you know how ridiculous that sounds? This is progress. You’ll be left behind. Do you want to be left behind? Do you???

Katharine Argent
on the bird one

it's all about trust , easy to lose and hard to regain

France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the US European governments are moving away from U.S. tech giants, opting for domestic or open-source alternatives.

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/10/13/nx-s1-5571050/social-media-teens-brains-reading-memory?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=user%2Fnpr

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Just a heads up, AI generated images and videos are VERY realistic and improving everyday. Don’t be fooled (again, Who:)

OpenAI's Sora 2 AI Image Maker Is Already Generating Chaos Only three days since OpenAI's Sora 2 AI image generator hit the public, people have already used it to create worrying videos.

Really not that long ago

The launch of the iPhone in 2007 marked the beginning of the end for BlackBerry, as Apple redefined what a smartphone could be with its large multitouch screen, intuitive interface, and app ecosystem, making BlackBerry’s keyboard-centric, email-focused devices feel outdated almost overnight. While BlackBerry tried to adapt with touch models and new operating systems, it never matched the iPhone’s blend of design, usability, and cultural appeal, leading to a rapid loss of market share and signaling the shift from business-first phones to all-in-one consumer devices that dominated the modern smartphone era. #iphone17 #iphone17promax #stevejobs #apple

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The original Tesla , unsung genius.

Happy Birthday to one of the greatest minds the world has ever known — Nikola Tesla ⚡️ Born on July 10, 1856, in what is now Croatia, Tesla was a visionary inventor, engineer, and futurist whose ideas were far ahead of his time. While the world often remembers names like Edison, it was Tesla who gave us the foundation for the modern world we live in today. He dreamed in currents and lived in voltage — and from his brilliant mind came inventions that changed everything. He’s the genius behind alternating current (AC), which powers our homes and cities. His work on the Tesla coil laid the groundwork for wireless communication. Long before WiFi or Bluetooth, Tesla imagined transmitting energy without wires — a concept that science is only now starting to catch up with. He built electric motors that didn’t need brushes, designed remote-controlled boats in the 1890s, and even claimed to have received signals from outer space. His lab experiments with wireless electricity and high-frequency currents were so radical, many thought he was crazy. But history proved otherwise. Tesla held over 300 patents and contributed to fields like radio, X-rays, radar, robotics, and renewable energy. He imagined smartphones before the telephone was even widespread. Yet despite his contributions, he died alone and penniless in a New York hotel room in 1943 — misunderstood, underestimated, but never forgotten. Today, Tesla is remembered not just for what he invented, but for how he dreamed. He believed in free energy for all, and that science should serve humanity — not just profit. The world is finally starting to catch up to his vision. Thank you, Nikola Tesla, for dreaming a future most of us couldn’t even imagine. ⚡️🌎💡

Some good tips!

How 3 cellphone addicts say they cut down on screen time and improved their lives Americans are tethered to their cellphones, checking them 205 times every day, according to a survey conducted by the nonprofit consumer organization Reviews.org, and 43% saying they feel “addicted” to their devices.

Some really useful info and reason to upgrade, update phone.

When storms knock out cell service, satellites can help keep you connected A growing number of smartphones can send messages to space when disaster strikes.