Netflix: Profits soar after password sharing crackdown (www.bbc.com)
Netflix says its profits have soared in the first three months of this year, partly thanks to a crackdown on password sharing....
How come TurboVPN can have double the amount of downloads compared to NordVPN and ExpresVPN? ++ (slrpnk.net)
Disclaimer: I know TurboVPN and the others mentioned are not good services to use, I’m strictly doing research. I’m not looking for VPN recommendations....
California won't prosecute LAPD officer who shot teenage girl in store's dressing room (calmatters.org)
The California Justice Department announced today that it has found no cause to file chargesagainst a Los Angeles police officer who, while aiming at a suspect, shot and killed a 14-year-old girl hiding in a department store fitting room....
Anon seeks advice for real world problems (lemmy.world)
High quality channel (lemmy.world)
Can someone demystify computer Ports for me? Please? Blocking, unblocking, opening, allowing, VPNs and their effect, what ports are and what they do, step by step, when you have to interact with them?
It’s the one thing when I’m configuring things that makes me wince because I know it will give me the business, and I know it shouldn’t, but it does, every time. I have no real idea what I’m doing, what it is, how it works, so of course I’m blindly following instructions like a monkey at a typewriter....
Door mat subscription is $29.99 per month (lemmy.world)
Waiting in a queue to see a Web site (lemmy.world)
Waiting for 30 minutes to access the Web site of the Road Safety Authority, the Irish equivalent of the DMV. Too bad they don’t have physical offices where I could queue personally…
My landlord thinks my gaming pc is for work... haha (lemmy.ca)
gotta get a new printer
Greentings As youve seen from the the title, i want to get a new printer as a present for my parents. Sadly they are still windows peasants and my mom somehow thinks that the HP printer on her desk has been a good financial investment, even though it has costed us more than 300 bucks in ink over the past 2 years....
When people tell you who they are, listen. (lemmy.ml)
Fedi Garden to Instance Admins: “Block Threads to Remain Listed” (wedistribute.org)
Server indexes of places for newcomers to join can be instrumental for Fediverse adoption. However, sudden rule changes can leave some admins feeling pressure to change policies in order to remain listed.
Aaargh....my eyes......my eyes...... (lemmy.world)
Why Bluesky Remains The Most Interesting Experiment In Social Media, By Far (www.techdirt.com)
Phil Spencer wants Epic Games Store and others on Xbox consoles (www.polygon.com)
You (lemmy.world)
Trump spirals as bond deadline in fraud case nears (thehill.com)
Russia and China vote against ceasefire in Gaza in latest UN Security Council resolution (www.abc.net.au)
Sovereign citizen tried to keep a rental car. (lemmy.world)
Black student at Hawaii Mormon school says he’s fighting order to cut hair (www.theguardian.com)
Kanaan VyShonne Barton says he’s following all other school rules but shouldn’t have to cut his hair: ‘My locs represent strength’...
Pixelfed introduces Loops, a Short-Form Video App (wedistribute.org)
The Fediverse might be getting their own mashups of Tiktok, YouTube, and Vine sooner than anyone thought, thanks to the work of one prolific dev spearheading an effort. The best part? He’s helping other projects in the space, too.
After 114 days of change, Broadcom CEO acknowledges VMware-related “unease” (arstechnica.com)
Announcing Ibis, the federated Wikipedia Alternative (ibis.wiki)
Andrew Tate and brother Tristan can be extradited to UK, Romanian court rules (www.bbc.com)
Controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan can be extradited to the UK, a Romanian court has ruled....
War. What is it good for? (www.youtube.com)
