It's not just you — no one is posting on social media anymore (www.businessinsider.com)
Social media is on the decline. Instagram is all ads. No one's posting on BeReal. TikTok is for influencers. The new place for sharing: group chats.
"I'm What You Call A Repeat Offender! I Repeat, I Will Offend Again!" (lemmus.org)
Robocop 1987...
'Friends' Star Matthew Perry Dead at 54 After Apparent Drowning (www.tmz.com)
Unacademy Teacher Fired for telling students to 'Vote for Educated Leaders' Remark during lecture. (www.news18.com)
Duck (feddit.de)
FCC says “too bad” to ISPs complaining that listing every fee is too hard (arstechnica.com)
FCC says “too bad” to ISPs complaining that listing every fee is too hard::Comcast and other ISPs asked FCC to ditch listing-every-fee rule. FCC says “no.”
200,000 users abandon Netflix after crackdown backfires (www.forbes.com.au)
200,000 users abandon Netflix after crackdown backfires::Aussies have spoken, and the results are not looking good for Netflix. A new report reveals why users are turning to streaming competitors.
Google is charging its employees $99 a night to stay at its on-campus hotel to help "transition to the hybrid workplace." (gizmodo.com)
Says it all. (lemmy.world)
Windows 12 May Require a Subscription (www.pcmag.com)
[A]n INI configuration file in the Windows Canary channel, discovered by German website Deskmodder, includes references to a “Subscription Edition,” “Subscription Type,” and a “subscription status.”
YSK that there is no such thing as an "alpha wolf" (cdn.zmescience.com)
Some of the many articles about it:...
A staggering 80% of American households are financially worse off than they were before COVID-19 (finance.yahoo.com)
How many do you need?! *sobs* (slrpnk.net)
Elon announces new Twitter logo (sh.itjust.works)
Will be changing the name to shitter
Better take an advil (slrpnk.net)
Reddit beats film industry, won’t have to identify users who admitted torrenting (arstechnica.com)
Reddit beats film industry, won’t have to identify users who admitted torrenting::Court quashes subpoena for names of users who talked torrenting in 2011 thread.
Bosses and workers still can’t agree on whether the commute is part of the work day, and it’s creating a $578 billion productivity problem (fortune.com)
life (sh.itjust.works)
have won in lotto (programming.dev)
New Covid wave has begun and masks should be worn again, scientists warn (www.independent.co.uk)
Meta faces permanent ban on targeted ads across Europe (stackdiary.com)
Norway has succeeded in getting the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) to make permanent and extend across Europe its ban on Meta (Facebook’s parent company) harvesting user data for targeted ads on Facebook and Instagram.
Too many products are easier to throw away than fix—consumers deserve a 'right to repair' (techxplore.com)
Too many products are easier to throw away than fix—consumers deserve a ‘right to repair’::There was a time when the family washing machine would last decades, with each breakdown fixed by the friendly local repair person. But those days are long gone.
Unity CEO John Riccitiello is retiring, effective immediately (arstechnica.com)
John Riccitiello, CEO of Unity, the company whose 3D game engine had recently seen backlash from developers over proposed fee structures, will retire as CEO, president, and board chairman at the company, according to a press release issued late on a Monday afternoon, one many observe as a holiday.
Being Mean to Scabs Is Working (www.motherjones.com)
Drew Barrymore and Bill Maher are now not resuming their shows amid strikes.