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Spyware maker pcTattletale says it's 'out of business' and shuts down after data breach (techcrunch.com)
The spyware maker's founder, Bryan Fleming, said pcTattletale is "out of business and completely done," following a data breach.
Google scrambles to manually remove weird AI answers in search (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft starts bundling Windows 11 with its 'PC optimizer' app in some regions (www.neowin.net)
PC optimizers are not a new concept, and they have been around for quite a while. Nowadays, many consider them unnecessary, but having an official program made by Microsoft that is capable of (allegedly) speeding up your PC may sound quite appealing....
Winamp has announced that it is opening up its source code to enable collaborative development of its legendary player for Windows (about.winamp.com)
„If companies were to do the right thing, they would lose the most valuable customers on earth, preteen kids” (english.elpais.com)
Ukraine unveils AI-generated foreign ministry spokesperson (www.theguardian.com)
Windows 11 just isn't enticing Windows 10 users to upgrade, and its market share is actually falling (www.pcgamer.com)
Can we all agree that whatever version of predictive text we have nowadays is crap, and has been for a long time?
I'm sick of random capitalisations mid sentence. I'm sick of common words being replaced by less common ones or even downright nonsense. I'm sick of it taking three attempts to successfully get the word I want. I swear it's been like this for five years or more. Can we have a better version yet, or at least the old one back?
Release v0.52.0 · navidrome/navidrome · GitHub (github.com)
YouTube Tests Showing Ads When You Pause a Video, Calls it ''Pause Ads'' (www.androidauthority.com)
YouTube first spoke about pause ads last year when it started trialing them in select regions. At the time, the company said that when you pause a video, it will shrink, and an ad will appear next to it....
YouTube moves to AV1 by default to the dismay of some Android users (www.androidpolice.com)
Arif Dikici, who is a part of the Android Video and Image Codecs team at Google, recently announced on LinkedIn that Android will now use an AV1 decoder known as “libdav1d,” which was created by the team behind VLC.
what will be my next server operating system (Fedora Server, Fedora CoreOS, NixOS), your experience and opinion
I want to reset my server soon and I'm toying with the idea of using a different operating system. I am currently using Ubuntu Server LTS. However, I have been toying with the idea of using Fedora Server (I use Fedora on my laptop and made good experiences with it) or even Fedora CoreOS. I also recently installed NixOS on my...
What web services do you subscribe to?
Really just curious what folks out there deem valuable enough to give money for monthly or annually. As a software engineer I have quite a few that keep me productive and I'll list a few:...
"No, seriously. All those things Google couldn't find anymore? Top of the search pile. Queries that generated pages of spam in Google results? Fucking pristine on Kagi – the right answers, over and ov (pluralistic.net)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/14100831...
Guess My RGB (susam.net)
MyRGB is a tiny, web-based, color guessing game. The game is available as a single HTML page that runs in a web browser. It presents a page with a randomly chosen background color. Your job is to guess the three RGB hexademical digits that make the given background color.
The domain aftermarket has a big problem (domainnamewire.com)
Here's my take:...
Using Termux on Android for Self Hosting? Yes, really. – The Thin Computer (thin.computer)
ASCII art elicits harmful responses from 5 major AI chatbots (arstechnica.com)
PSA: You can't delete photos uploaded to Lemmy. So don't (accidentally) upload a nude (tech.michaelaltfield.net)
Self Hosting Fail
I woke up this morning to a text from my ISP, "There is an outage in your area, we are working to resolve the issue"...
You Don’t Need to Use Airplane Mode on Airplanes | Airplane mode hasn't been necessary for nearly 20 years, but the myth persists. (gizmodo.com)
You Don’t Need to Use Airplane Mode on Airplanes | Airplane mode hasn't been necessary for nearly 20 years, but the myth persists.::Airplane mode hasn't been necessary for nearly 20 years, but the myth persists.
10 Reasons You Should Switch From Chrome to Firefox. (www.howtogeek.com)
10 Reasons You Should Switch From Chrome to Firefox.::The best browser sync out there.
X suspends account of Navalny's wife (news.sky.com)
X suspends account of Navalny's wife::The widow of Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya, has had her X account restored after it was briefly suspended for unknown reasons. Meanwhile, his brother has been put on Russia's wanted list. Listen to a Daily podcast special on the Russian opposition after Navalny's death as you scroll.
Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome (arstechnica.com)
If you can, use Firefox.
Nginx core developer quits project in security dispute, starts “freenginx” fork (arstechnica.com)
A core developer of Nginx, the popular web server, has quit the project and started a fork called freenginx....
Can you manage your house with a local, no-cloud voice assistant? Mostly, yes. (arstechnica.com)
Sudo is coming to Windows 11 (blogs.windows.com)
Boffins find AI models tend to escalate conflicts to all-out nuclear war (www.theregister.com)
Key Points:...
We Finally Know How Ancient Roman Concrete Was Able to Last Thousands of Years (www.sciencealert.com)
Tesla shares slide after judge voids Elon Musk's $56 billion compensation (www.cnbc.com)
Tesla shares slide after judge voids Elon Musk's $56 billion compensation::The compensation package the Tesla board gave CEO Elon Musk set a record for publicly traded corporations, a Delaware judge noted in her ruling.
Boeing withdraws bid for safety exemption for Boeing 737 MAX 7 (www.reuters.com)
Boeing withdraws bid for safety exemption for Boeing 737 MAX 7::Boeing confirmed late on Monday it is withdrawing a request it made to the Federal Aviation Administration last year seeking an exemption from a safety standard for its 737 MAX 7 that is awaiting certification.
Stop using Opera Browser and Opera GX (www.spacebar.news)
Nose wheel falls off Boeing 757 airliner waiting for takeoff (www.theguardian.com)
Because Boeing were on such a good streak already...
Joplin alternative?
I use Joplin and I do like it very much, but I would like to be able to at least view (not edit) the notes from web browser... Which is not supported....
Researchers have invented a prototype new form of high-performance air purifier that promises zero harmful waste and is 99.999% efficient in removing common bacteria and viruses (www.bath.ac.uk)
Researchers have invented a prototype new form of high-performance air purifier that promises zero harmful waste and is 99.999% efficient in removing common bacteria and viruses::New purifier and filtering foam invented by University of Bath engineers is ready for commercialisation, seeking partners
Hackers breached Microsoft to find out what Microsoft knows about them (techcrunch.com)
Hackers breached Microsoft to find out what Microsoft knows about them::Wouldn't you want to know what tech giants know about you? That's exactly what Russian government hackers want, too. On Friday, Microsoft disclosed that
Beeper users say Apple is now blocking their Macs from using iMessage entirely (techcrunch.com)
Beeper users say Apple is now blocking their Macs from using iMessage entirely::The Apple-versus-Beeper saga is not over yet it seems, even though the iMessage-on-Android Beeper Mini was removed from the Play Store last week. Now,
The gamer versus the granny: Unlikely Andorra battle over housing rights (www.euronews.com)
A Spanish streaming star bought an apartment building, but couldn't get rid of the last stubborn tennant, an 80-year-old woman.