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gedaliyah , to technology in Meta is promoting Threads posts on Facebook and there’s no way to opt out
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The company that everyone warned would ruin the threads platform is ruining the threads platform? Oh no. Anyway,

yoz ,

🤣🤣

cheese_greater , (edited ) to technology in British Museum is digitizing its entire collection in response to recent thefts | All of that scanning will cost over $12 million.

Cost of securing your intangibly and financially valuable physical assets for all time and ease of “sharing” losslessly with other museums?

Priceless.

pete_the_cat , to technology in New York lawmakers are cracking down on kids' exposure to social media algorithms | If passed, anyone under 18 would require permission from a parent or guardian to view content on accounts they do...

This won’t do anything assuming it’s just an “are you 18?” question like there is on porn sites.

otter , (edited )

I guess it might help with some sites, where kids just scrolled into it but don’t care about it. In cases where they want to see the feed/‘for you’ page, then yep agreed.

If it works out the way I’m hoping for, this might help a lot of OTHER people avoid the algorithms/feeds/suggested posts when they intentionally want to avoid them. I’d love to have a filter like this where I can toggle it off.

  • YouTube’s recent change has been really nice, I like only seeing content from subscriptions
  • I’d love to remove suggested posts in Instagram, I don’t like random suggested posts mixed in with content from friends/family, and I snooze it every 30 days. If this also blocks the suggested reels page, I’ll probably save a lot more time.
  • I don’t use Facebook/Snapchat that much anymore, but it would probably help there too

So honestly, don’t even need to focus on the kid aspect. Make it mandatory to include a toggle to turn off suggested posts.

WhiteOakBayou ,

I stopped using Facebook when I had to reset the sort to Time instead of suggested every login. That was about 10 years ago so I’m glad to see some progress on the issue.

Potatos_are_not_friends ,

Some backwards ass states are implementing some “Scan your ID” checks. It’s a huge privacy issue. And my concern is that more states will pursue that.

Why9 , to science in Coin flips don’t appear to have 50/50 odds after all

“I make my own luck”

Hotdogman , to science in Coin flips don’t appear to have 50/50 odds after all

Never tell me the odds!

anothermember , to technology in The original Apple Watch lineup is officially obsolete

There’s always been a weird market for “luxury” tech that’s a gold-plated version of what everyone else has. I remember gold-plated pre-smartphone phones that went for ridiculous amounts of money; of course it becomes obsolete, it’s targeting those with money but no foresight.

jarfil ,

It’s targeting the ones saying stuff like “If you can afford a coffee a day… how much is a coffee anyway, like $100?”

Celediel ,

It’s one banana, Michael. What could it cost, $10?

Burn_The_Right , (edited ) to news in Uber, Grubhub and DoorDash must pay NYC delivery workers an $18 minimum wage

Guess who’s about to keep all employee tips… A minimum wage is a great first step, but stricter regulation will be needed to curtail the absurd levels of greed from these megacorps.

weedazz , (edited )

Guess who’s going to stop playing 20% for tips now that I don’t have to subsidize a subhuman wage?

Anticorp , to technology in The FCC plans to restore Obama-era net neutrality rules

Fuck Ajit Pai forever. Bless Jessica Rosenworcel.

SenorBolsa ,
@SenorBolsa@beehaw.org avatar

I hope someone at the FCC pissed in his giant mug before he left.

peter , to technology in Nothing's budget-friendly brand CMF debuts a $69 smartwatch and $49 earbuds
@peter@feddit.uk avatar

Pebble is still the best smart watch

mahhkk ,

RIP

realcaseyrollins OP ,

Yep. This seems like a fair enough modern replacement though if that battery life is accurate.

peter ,
@peter@feddit.uk avatar

“Only” 13 days of battery plus no eink display. It might be good but it’s still no pebble. This is more akin to an amazfit bip or any of those existing cheap smart watches

Fixbeat , to technology in Reddit details how their Contributor Program will promote engagement

What a shit show this will be.

PostmodernPythia , to technology in An NYPD security robot will be patrolling the Times Square subway station

People are going to draw so many dicks on that boi.

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

Did they not try to bake in a digital assistant in Windows previously?

ShittyRedditWasBetter , to technology in Unity temporarily closes offices amid death threats following contentious pricing changes

A sane response from the gamer community as usual.

LucidNightmare , to technology in Unity temporarily closes offices amid death threats following contentious pricing changes

Man, I wish people put this kind of effort into more important shit. Shitty wages, inhospitable environment incoming, and useless CEO fucks causing it all, BUT DAMN YOU UNITY!

CookieJarObserver , to technology in Caesars reportedly paid millions to stop hackers releasing its data
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Sounds like a great target.

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