Google Chrome’s plan to limit ad blocking extensions kicks off next week (arstechnica.com)
Reminder to switch browsers if you haven't already!...
US lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from users (arstechnica.com)
Mozilla lays off 60 people, wants to build AI into Firefox (arstechnica.com)
Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles (arstechnica.com)
Reddit embracing all out enshittification (arstechnica.com)
Reddit, AI spam bots explore new ways to show ads in your feed...
So much for free speech on X; Musk confirms new users must soon pay to post (arstechnica.com)
Windows 11 24H2 goes from “unsupported” to “unbootable” on some older PCs (arstechnica.com)
Microsoft to test “new features and more” for aging, stubbornly popular Windows 10 (arstechnica.com)
Prime Video subs will soon see ads for Amazon products when they hit pause (arstechnica.com)
As if the Prime Video app couldn't get any worse.
Rabbit R1 AI box revealed to just be an Android app (arstechnica.com)
Rabbit R1 AI box is actually an Android app in a limited $200 box, running on AOSP without Google Play....
Roku has patented a way to show ads over anything you plug into your TV (arstechnica.com)
A patent application from the company spotted by Lowpass describes a system for displaying ads over any device connected over HDMI, a list that could include cable boxes, game consoles, DVD or Blu-ray players, PCs, or even other video streaming devices. Roku filed for the patent in August 2023 and it was published in November...
Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent (arstechnica.com)
Canada declares Flipper Zero public enemy No. 1 in car-theft crackdown (arstechnica.com)
Butts, breasts, and genitals now explicitly allowed on Elon Musk’s X (arstechnica.com)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sues Meta, citing chatbot’s reply as evidence of shadowban (arstechnica.com)
Movie industry demands US law requiring ISPs to block piracy websites (arstechnica.com)
Fairbuds are Fairphone’s proof that we really could make better tiny gadgets (arstechnica.com)
But of course we all know that the big manufacturers don't do this not because they can't but because they don't want to. Planned obsolescence is still very much the name of the game, despite all the bullshit they spout about sustainability.
Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome (arstechnica.com)
If you can, use Firefox.
Backdoor found in widely used Linux utility breaks encrypted SSH connections (arstechnica.com)
The malicious changes were submitted by JiaT75, one of the two main xz Utils developers with years of contributions to the project....
Mercedes-Benz scales back electric ambitions as EV pessimism grows (arstechnica.com)
Playboy image from 1972 gets ban from IEEE computer journals (arstechnica.com)
You can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000 (arstechnica.com)
Raspberry Pi is preparing for an IPO in London for likely more than $500M (arstechnica.com)
Microsoft Edge is apparently usurping Chrome on people’s PCs (arstechnica.com)
Users of Google Chrome on Windows 10 and 11 are reporting that they have suddenly found themselves using Microsoft Edge, with their Chrome browsing sessions appearing in Edge....