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Imgonnatrythis , to technology in Who makes money when AI reads the internet for us?

This isn’t keeping me up at night. I’m fully confident advertisers will figure out how to ruin this and get their money.

ThePyroPython ,

Like, for example, breaking my ability to back out of this Engadget page on Connect for Lemmy’s default web browser so I had to close the app and reopen it.

kubica ,
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In browsers you can long press the back button, and it will show the history so you can really jump where you want. Not sure if on Connect you can but maybe is worth a shot.

Monomate , to technology in Google Search is losing its 'cached' web page feature

Ironically, the link to this as article is offline for me. “Cached” surely would solve my problem.

qooqie , to technology in All the big tech layoffs of 2023 and 2024

Can we get a “biggest union for tech workers” in 2024 too? This layoff abuse bullshit for share holders and fat CEO checks needs to fuck right off

ASaltPepper ,

May as well get laid off for something cool if you’re gonna get laid off anyway 😎

CaptainSpaceman , to technology in The FTC is reportedly looking into Microsoft’s $13 billion OpenAI investment

And literally nothing will happen.

Monopolies own the govt, they do what they want

Outtatime , to technology in Apple reaches $25M settlement with the DOJ for discriminating against US residents during hiring | The DOJ said that Apple's hiring practices favored visa holders and left out US citizens and perma...
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The cost of doing business. At the expense of you and I

gravitas_deficiency , to technology in Meta is promoting Threads posts on Facebook and there’s no way to opt out

I’m just surprised that people are surprised that meta will promote platform A (that they own) on platform B (that they own).

Kcg , to technology in Microsoft’s big Windows 11 update drops on September 26 with Copilot AI baked in

This type of shit is why i jumped to linux mint recently. Who the hell removed the right click menu options. I’m sure it will be back as a feature.

Viking_Hippie ,

Say what?? Why the fuck would they do that?!

muse , (edited )
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They didn't remove it. Go down to the bottom and choose More Options.

It's bullshit but they're still there

Nfntordr ,

Old context menu is still there. Need to do a regedit to make it default again.

ono , to pcgaming in Unity will start charging developers each time their game is installed

I look forward to the incoming crop of games made with Godot.

FiftyShadesOfLatte , to technology in Scientists strengthen concrete by 30 percent with used coffee grounds

Strange. Coffee has the opposite effect on me.

zxo , to technology in YouTube Premium quietly goes up in price to $14 per month | That's a significant $2 increase with no official announcement.

NewPipe costs $13.99 less on my phone (where I watch YouTube most), and it has a better UX (for me) than the official app.

pazzedq ,
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Also check out ReVanced. It’s great.

Gatopardo ,

Any idea what to do to install microG? Whenever I try it says it conflicts with another instance, but no idea where is the old app.

pazzedq ,
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Go to Settings > Apps > See all apps > YouTube and tap Disable.

Gatopardo ,

I have had that since day one. I used to have normal Vanced. But it has stopped working and I wanted.to figure out ReVanced. But I have not succeeded so far

pazzedq ,
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Okay, have you uninstalled Vanced and the old microG?

DarraignTheSane , to technology in Canadian judge rules the thumbs up emoji counts as a contract agreement
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If the question asked was “do you agree to the contract?” and the farmer answered “👍”, then yeah I can see it. But if the question asked was “have you received the contract?”, then this ruling is bullshit. Unfortunately the article doesn’t have enough information either way.

kevincox ,
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This article references another article: theguardian.com/…/canada-judge-thumbs-up-emoji-si…

Apparently the message was an image of the contract and “please confirm flax contract”. Seems like the most likely interpretation of the 👍 is agreeing to the contract, not confirming receipt.

DarraignTheSane ,
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Ah, well then yeah he should have been more explicit, or simply not replied.

zumi ,

Exactly. But I think the farmer actually did want to agree and lock in the price of the flax.

Only reason they were looking for a way out was because flax had skyrocketed and they wanted to sell to someone else.

Three times prior they replied with “Looks good,” “Ok” and “Yup.”, and then delivered the flax per the contract. It was only when the price went up they wanted to say they were not agreeing to it.

In either case the judge was pretty specific that this was not a precedent for the thumbs up emoji, but just that in this particular case it sure looked like consent based on past actions.

CmdrShepard ,

And the farmer had done the same with other contacts multiple times before.

zumi ,

Wow this article on this subject has the least info. And the judge did not rule that it is always the case that a thumbs up would be binding, just that the context in this case it was.

The other party sent over the contract with he text: “Please confirm flax contract.” They then responded with thumbs up.

3 times prior to this, this exact same exchange happened. In each of these times the farmer replied with “Looks good,” “Ok” and “Yup.”. After which in all 3 instances the farmer then delivered the flax.

In this particular case the farmer replied with thumbs up. Then after 3 months the price of flax skyrocketed. And of course the farmer now wants a better price.

In this case the three prior contracts being agreed to with only a “Looks good,” “Ok” and “Yup.” and then being delivered seem to point that a thumbs up is pretty much along those lines.

Oh here is a version of the article that has a little more detail:

fortune.com/…/canadian-judge-rules-thumbs-up-emoj…

Cosmos7349 , to technology in NASA and Boeing say Starliner astronauts ‘are not stranded,’ but will be on the ISS for a few more weeks

As it turns out, actually, WE are the ones who are stranded.

Karyoplasma , to technology in Spotify is raising the cost of Premium subscriptions, again

Their CEO just boasted about how making content for their platform comes with zero cost for the creators. So, why are they raising rates? Is the whole “you pay to support the creators” trope a lie? I am confused.

/s

johannesvanderwhales ,

Well it’s probably the music labels. They basically only exist to steal money from the actual creators.

ekZepp , to technology in The Internet Archive has been fending off DDoS attacks for days
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chalk46 , to piracy in The Motion Picture Association will work with Congress to start blocking piracy sites in the US

and I'm sure they're paying them lots of money to do it
because God forbid the rich assholes aren't rich enough 🙄

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