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3dctube closing down….

I have taken the decision today to close down my Peertube instance at3dctube.3dcandy.socialalong with a few other services as server costs mean that 1 of my servers has to go. I might start up another… 

tiktok

Tik Tok misleading election news in UK

The BBC has found that Tik Tok users are being fed misleading election news in the UK. Every week we are now seeing that social media is hell bent on misleading folks. Now I’m not… 

3dcandy

Server move!

This website/blog along with most of my others has moved server today! Downtime was around 30 mins and no content has been lost but I am pleased with my new VPS from Contabo. Looking forward… 

ai music

Instagram and trying to opt-out of AI training

I had hoped that despite my fears that meta would make it next to impossible to opt-out of Ai training shenanigans this article comes along and confirms how difficult they made it and how only… 

internet

2024 – the big year of change

I am sitting here with my coffee this morning (Beanies Creamy Caramel – check it out) and wondering how things have massively changed in the short first 5 months of 2024. Famous and well used… 

meta

I got my Meta opt-out granted

Today I had the email from Meta about my data being used to train AI. I’m in the UK and I straight away clicked on the link, filled out the opt-out form explaining how I… 

threads.net

Threads.net goes all tweetdeck like!

thread.net the desktop Threads experience has had an upgrade and it is now all tweetdeck like (if you can remember that). Now there are issues with threads, like privacy and the fact that Le Zuck… 

youtube

Why I am no longer a Youtube Premium subscriber

Well it has happened, I have paused my Youtube premium subscription and I will be cancelling soon. Why may you ask? Well it’s pretty simple – it’s not worth the £12.99 a month any longer.…