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With HR 3557, Broadband Monopolies Are Pushing A Bill That Would Crush Your Town’s Ability To Stand Up To Them (www.techdirt.com)

Mastodon?

I’m pretty new to the whole Lemmy thing, but I figured I’d ask peoples’ opinions on whether it’s worth it to get into Mastodon too now that I’m officially a member of the Fediverse....

Google Tests an A.I. Assistant That Offers Life Advice (web.archive.org)

The tech giant is evaluating tools that would use artificial intelligence to perform tasks that some of its researchers have said should be avoided....

Amazoned! Online Vendors Abused and Screwed Over (particl.news)

Amazon is known for its anti-competition practices. While they aggressively charge you for every sale you make, they also get to see all of your sales data; valuable information to have if you want to launch products. Even better if you plan on launching copycats! In more than one way, just by selling on their platform, they get...

Phishing pages placed on hacked websites (securelist.com)

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[Corp Blog, Malware Analysis] Catching up with WoofLocker, the most elaborate traffic redirection scheme to tech support scams (www.malwarebytes.com)

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MIT TECO EMACS Version 170 (pdp-10.trailing-edge.com)

shared from: feddit.de/post/2632468...

Twitter's short link service, t.co, is adding a five-second delay to some domains. Like threads.net (news.ycombinator.com)

AI Isn’t Banning Books in Iowa Schools. Republicans Are. (theintercept.com)

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USB-C confirmed for the iPhone 15 in new leaked images - Macworld (www.macworld.com)

We’ve known that the iPhone is switching to USB-C for a while now, but there was always a possibility that Apple would stick with Lightning for one more year. Based on the latest leaked images, however, Apple is all-in on USB-C for the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro models, with USB-C parts for the iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, and...

[News] If You Have These 6 Personality Traits, You're More Vulnerable to Phishing Scams (www.makeuseof.com)

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Mozilla will open Firefox for Android for more extensions (blog.mozilla.org)

Most bosses regret how they mandated workers return to the office. They blamed it on not having enough data (fortune.com)

"For you" isn't - The case against corporate algorithmic feeds (www.staygrounded.online)

Social media channels in China are filled with anti-black racist content, rights activists say (www.hrw.org)

Google's Bard Urges Google to Drop Web Environment Integrity (archive.is)

I asked Google Bard whether it thought Web Environment Integrity was a good or bad idea. Surprisingly, not only did it respond that it was a bad idea, it even went on to urge Google to drop the proposal.

iTWire - Musk's X delays links from rivals loading, then backtracks (itwire.com)

[News, Opinion] The 6 Best Encryption Apps for Windows (www.makeuseof.com)

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Madison finally comes out with the reasons she left LMG/LTT (twitter.com)

Edit: twitter-free link, easy to read.

[Opinion, Schneier on Security] UK Electoral Commission Hacked - Schneier on Security (www.schneier.com)

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School district in the U.S. uses ChatGPT to help ban library books (web.archive.org)

Faced with new legislation, Iowa’s Mason City Community School District asked ChatGPT if certain books ‘contain a description or depiction of a sex act.’

Apple has reportedly started the production of its next-generation iPhone 15 in Tamil Nadu, India, reports Bloomberg. (www.iphoneincanada.ca)

The Foxconn factory located in Sriperumbudur is gearing up to roll out the latest iPhone 15 models....

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