By 2035, falling satellites will kill or injure someone every two years, says FAA (www.gizchina.com)
NY bill would require a criminal history background check for the purchase of a 3D printer (www.nysenate.gov)
NY bill would require a criminal history background check for the purchase of a 3D printer::Requires a criminal history background check for the purchase of a three-dimensional printer capable of creating firearms; prohibits sale to a person who would be disqualified on the basis of criminal history from being granted a license...
YouTube Enhancement Megathread: Tools and Extensions for All Devices
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FreeBSD, GhostBSD, OpenBSD, Dragonfly BSD, Firefox Hardening - FOSS - git clone (lemmy.world)
I'm personally motivated in a non-commercial way to supply everyone with as much cybersecurity as possible in the interests of civlization, especially now. I've just finished what I wanted to releae as "set" 2 days ago and it's time to announce them....
Tesla whistleblowers filed a complaint to the SEC in 2021, but the agency never interviewed them — Car company may have violated securities law and flouted accounting standards (www.cnbc.com)
Tesla whistleblowers filed a complaint to the SEC in 2021, but the agency never interviewed them — Car company may have violated securities law and flouted accounting standards::Two whistleblowers' complaint to the SEC about Tesla alleged that Elon Musk's automaker may have run afoul of securities laws and flouted accounting...
YouTube cracking on ad blockers. (lemmy.world)
Best Buy to end DVD & Blu-ray disc sales (variety.com)
Best Buy to end DVD & Blu-ray disc sales::Best Buy plans to phase out sales of DVDs and Blu-ray discs both in-store and online by early 2024, the company said.
The FCC is expected to propose the return of Net Neutrality protections Oct 19th - Let’s hope they get it right (www.eff.org)
The FCC is expected to propose the return of Net Neutrality protections Oct 19th - Let’s hope they get it right::Network neutrality is the idea that internet service providers (ISPs) should treat all data that travels over their networks fairly, without discrimination in favor of particular apps, sites or services. It is a...
Some Walmart employees say customers are getting hostile at self-checkout — and they blame anti-theft tech (www.businessinsider.com)
Some Walmart employees say customers are getting hostile at self-checkout — and they blame anti-theft tech::When Walmart's anti-theft self-checkout tech alerts an employee of a missed scan, it can cause some uncomfortable situations.
It Is Time to End the War on Remote Work (www.usnews.com)
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T-Mobile switches users to pricier plans and tells them it’s not a price hike (arstechnica.com)
T-Mobile switches users to pricier plans and tells them it’s not a price hike::T-Mobile: "We are not raising the price... we are moving you to a newer plan."
Casino giant Caesars tells thousands: Yup, ransomware crooks stole your data (www.theregister.com)
Casino giant Caesars tells thousands: Yup, ransomware crooks stole your data::House always wins, er, wait ...
Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible (niemanreports.org)
A lot of people threaten to leave Twitter. Not many of them have actually done it....
Ebay Could Owe $1.9 Billion in Fines for Allowing Sale of 343,000 Emissions Defeat Devices (www.thedrive.com)
Ebay Could Owe $1.9 Billion in Fines for Allowing Sale of 343,000 Emissions Defeat Devices::The Department of Justice alleges that eBay illegally sold 343,011 emissions defeat devices, and could face billions in penalties.
Qualcomm will try to have its Apple Silicon moment in PCs with “Snapdragon X” (arstechnica.com)
Firefox will have a built-in ‘fake reviews detector’ — Amazon is in trouble (mashable.com)
Europe gives Elon Musk 24 hours to respond about Israel-Hamas war misinformation and violence on X (www.cnbc.com)
Europe gives Elon Musk 24 hours to respond about Israel-Hamas war misinformation and violence on X::Thierry Breton, the European commissioner for the internal market, warns Elon Musk about disinformation on X related to the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Microsoft to kill off VBScript in Windows to block malware delivery (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Goodbye Youtube and thanks for all the fish (infosec.pub)
Youtube let the other shoe drop in their end-stage enshittification this week. Last month, they required you to turn on Youtube History to view the feed of youtube videos recommendations. That seems reasonable, so I did it. But I delete my history every 1 week instead of every 3 months. So they don't get much from my choices. It...
Video released of LAPD ignoring robbery to catch Togetic in Pokémon Go (www.404media.co)
What Cloud storage solution do you swear to?
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Mastodon actually has 407K+ more monthly users than it thought (techcrunch.com)
Google Cloud mitigated largest DDoS attack, peaking above 398 million rps | Google Cloud Blog (cloud.google.com)
Samsung joins Google in RCS shaming Apple (www.theverge.com)
Samsung has released a new video in support of Google’s #GetTheMessage campaign which calls for Apple to adopt RCS or “Rich Communication Services,” the cross-platform protocol pitched as a successor to SMS that adopts many of the features found in modern messaging apps... like Apple’s own iMessage.