AI can be a powerful tool, but we should use it in ways that align with our human qualities and intelligence, not in ways that strip that from us.

Did you know private and ethical AI models actually exist?

Empowerment with Ethical, Local, and Private AI

📅 Friday, December 12

🕚 12 pm CST

Discover:

✅ New and ethical AI services

✅ How to use a private local AI on an Above Book

✅ How to improve your prompts to get the answers you want

✅ How to build a research workflow while collaborating with AI

✅ How different AI models are trained on information and how that information can be manipulated or censored

BONUS: All live attendees get extended access to our incredible Holiday Sale!

Spots are limited, so register now: https://abovephone.com/webinar/

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🚨 North Korean hackers are exploiting the new React2Shell bug (10.0-severity) to drop EtherRAT — malware that hides its commands inside Ethereum smart contracts.

It even makes 9 blockchain nodes “vote” to pick its server, so takedowns fail.

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📚Schools, Surveillance, and the One-Device-Per-Child Trap

I recently shared with Billy from Permaculture Pimpcast: during the pandemic, schools got handed billions to put a device in every kid’s hands, and now it’s a full-on surveillance playground. From Chromebooks to tablets, they’re watching students not just in class, but sometimes even at home. It’s wild how far this tech-in-education thing has gone, and I dove into how easy it is for these big players to get their gear into schools.

But guess what? We’ve got kids using Above Book Linux laptops now, and sometimes just bringing your own device is all it takes to step outside that system.

👉 Watch the full conversation here
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🎮First look: Android 17 may finally let you remap buttons on your game controller

The latest Android Canary release has a hidden Game Controller settings page that lets you remap the buttons on your favorite gamepad.

More details + screenshots👇

🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/android-17-gamepad-remapping-rumor-3623718/