YouTube once again ahead of uBO on Firefox; fiddling with the extension settings not working this time and DDG search is useless ... anyone got ideas?
Pretty much the subject line. uBO has successfully blocked the nag screen enough times that I can’t play anything at this point. No preview loads, and the play button serves no function. I’d really prefer not to have to find content on YT, copy the URL and use Piped/Invidious, but this ongoing escalation is steeling my...
Reddit appears to be blocking VPNs (unverified) (beehaw.org)
I’m on iOS 17.1.1 using Safari. I also have Proton VPN enabled in the states but if I try to visit any page on the website I see this:...
Artificial intelligence guzzles billions of liters of water (feddit.de)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/5792180...
Disney+ ignores autoplay settings on tv? (kbin.social)
Hi. Apologies if this is not the correct community. It appears that recently my Disney+ on my Samsung TV has started autoplaying the next episode in a series. But in my profile, autoplay has been turned off. Having autoplay off used to work fine but now it started autoplaying again....
IBM suspends ads on X after corporate ads appeared next to pro-Nazi content (www.reuters.com)
BusKill (Open-Source Hardware Dead Man Switch) Announces Bitcoin Black Friday Deal (buskill.in)
In celebration of Bitcoin Black Friday 2023, we’re offering a 10% discount on all BusKill cables sold between Nov 18 to Dec 03....
Apple fights EU gatekeeper status to avoid opening up services to rivals (arstechnica.com)
Twitter’s decentralized offshoot Bluesky now has 2 million users (www.theverge.com)
Lawyer guilty of arrogance after ignoring tech support (www.theregister.com)
Ad blocker uninstall rises due to YouTube ban (samrome58.substack.com)
Elon Musk railed against shadow bans—now he’s using them on his critics (www.dailydot.com)
What can you tell me about Bluesky?
I just received my invite code today and took a quick look around the app. Like Mastodon I do not prefer microblogging platforms. And that’s all I know about Bluesky....
Apple announces that RCS support is coming to iPhone next year (9to5mac.com)
In a surprising move, Apple has announced today that it will adopt the RCS (Rich Communication Services) messaging standard. The feature will launch via a software update “later next year” and bring a wide range of iMessage-style features to messaging between iPhone and Android users....
Google’s 36% search revenue share with Apple is 3x what Android OEMs get (arstechnica.com)
TikTok and Meta challenge Europe's new rules that crack down on digital giants (apnews.com)
Tuta(nota) users, what do you think about their new setup? (tuta.com)
Have a look at their blog post but then please also look at this. What do you think?...
YouTube is going to start cracking down on AI clones of musicians (www.theverge.com)
Wave-Powered Desalination System Produces 13,000 Gallons of Drinking Water a Day From Each Buoy (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
Apple exec defends 8GB $1,599 MacBook Pro, claims it's like 16GB on a PC (www.theregister.com)
Google Announces to Delete Inactive Accounts, All You Need to Know (samrome58.substack.com)
Google decides to delete any account that has two years of inactivity. See how they decide to go about it.
Google witness accidentally blurts out that Apple gets 36% cut of Safari deal (arstechnica.com)
Google DeepMind's GraphCast AI weather predictor looks fascinating on paper but ... (www.theregister.com)
Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’, confirms IEA (International Energy Agency) (from 2020) (www.carbonbrief.org)
The right-to-repair movement is just getting started (www.theverge.com)
