"What do we do now?" - LMG's response to the recent controversies (youtu.be)
At least, some of the recent controversies.
The Internet Archive is an important resource and needs to be saved. (www.techradar.com)
EU: Smartphones Must Have User-Replaceable Batteries by 2027 (www.pcmag.com)
What a newsroom police raid teaches us about encrypting our devices (freedom.press)
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Bad software destroyed my doctor’s memory (www.theregister.com)
Is Google going to make Android a nightmare? (arachnoid.com)
The discussion I stumbled upon, about this SSH app for Android, is really worrying. Will Google really manage to make it impossible to root your phone?...
StreetPass is a browser extension that helps you find your people on Mastodon (streetpass.social)
Linus responds to The Problem with LMG (web.archive.org)
Context^piped^^-^^invidious^^-^^lemmy^...
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.