Signal tests usernames so you can avoid sharing your phone number (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft won’t let you close OneDrive on Windows until you explain yourself (www.theverge.com)
This is Microsoft’s latest annoying addition to Windows.
Monero Project admits thieves stole 6-figure sum from a wallet in mystery breach (www.theregister.com)
Humane’s AI Pin (smartphone that projects on to your palm) launching soon @ $699 + 24$/mo subscription + integrates with openAI (www.theverge.com)
I wonder what Lemmings are thinking of this device. I admire the innovation but just don't see how this would be used in practice outside of memes.
Samsung details Galaxy AI - will be able to translate phone calls and text live + more. Mix of local and cloud AI. Launching early 2024. (www.gsmarena.com)
Signal is now beta testing a new username feature. (mastodon.world)
Epic Games says its titular store remains unprofitable (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Meme community for memes that make you think you had a stroke while you read em. (sopuli.xyz)
!aneurysmposting
US judge rules: if you can't prove damages, car-makers can continue to intercept and record customers' mobile phone activity. (therecord.media)
Firefox will support at least 200 new extensions on Android this December (www.androidpolice.com)
‘People are happier in a walkable neighborhood’: the US community that banned cars (www.theguardian.com)
It's nice to see more car free places, but it's also hard not to criticise the capitalistic hellscape in which your neighbourhood has a CEO
Facebook and Instagram will require political advertisers to disclose AI deepfakes (edition.cnn.com)
A Second Nakba: Paving the Way to Genocide | Institute for Social Ecology (social-ecology.org)
For the ISE blog: Mason Herson-Hord explains the unfolding genocide against Palestinians in Gaza through the history of Israel's radical right's ascension to power. "Over the course of these decades, there was a resulting shift in Israeli political consciousness where the historical necessity of the Nakba for the creation of the...
Mozillas petition to get an answer from Microsoft, is it using your data to train its AI? (foundation.mozilla.org)
Microsofts new Terms and Service agreement is rather questionable. In short; It does not clarify if Microsoft will use your data to train it's AI....
Auto execs are coming clean: EVs aren't working (www.businessinsider.com)
Data broker’s “staggering” sale of sensitive info exposed in unsealed FTC filing (arstechnica.com)
Below is a disturbing amount of information data brokers have ammased from buying your data from trackers in ads and apps....
The new Twitter is becoming a cesspit of disinformation (www.nature.com)
Users of PiHole/AdGuard/Blocky, what blocklists are you using? (lemmy.world)
EDIT: Thanks so much guys! This was really helpful, and I didn't imagine so many would help out!...
Wikipedia Admin Unmasks As Alt Account Of Admin Who Was Extremely Banned In 2015 To The Great Bewilderment Of Everyone (en.wikipedia.org)
What?????? What the hell??? — arbitrator Moneytrees, arbitration request for Lourdes...
Meta offering two options. Either buy addfree experience or accept targeted ads (about.fb.com)
I had turned targeted ads off, on Facebook and Instagram. I still got ads but they were not targeted based on my data. I could live with that...
Firefox needs a 180° turn to full privacy out of the box. (connect.mozilla.org)
Its the only thing making is a good choice, while people choose Brave, TorBrowser or Librewolf instead....
Google trashes its "DRM for the Web" API - gHacks Tech News (ghacks.net)
Bored ape NFT event attendees get their faces burned by event lighting (www.theverge.com)
Who’d have thought BoredApe NFTs would be such an actual eyesore?