Twitter's lost 13% of its daily users and its rebrand has failed (www.bigtechnology.com)
The new data — comprehensive and definitive — should put to rest the countervailing narratives over Musk’s management of the app. Under his stewardship, X’s daily user base has declined from an estimated 140 million users to 121 million, with a widening gap between people who check the app daily vs. monthly. X’s...
Mastodon Is the Good One (www.404media.co)
Twitter's mayhem year (lemmy.eco.br)
What Happens When Ads Generate Themselves? (nymag.com)
2023 Solar Glass Breakthrough: Driving A New Era of Sustainability (www.ultra-unlimited.com)
Everything I've learned building the fastest Arm desktop - Jeff Geerling (www.jeffgeerling.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ndlug.org/post/330591...
Martin Goetz, Who Received the First Software Patent, Dies at 93 (www.nytimes.com)
See also ESP Wiki’s entry on Martin Goetz.
Hackers can force iOS and macOS browsers to divulge passwords and much more (arstechnica.com)
Inside Elon Musk’s First Election Crisis—a Day After He ‘Freed’ the Bird (www.wired.com)
Boeing assessing Lockbit hacking gang threat of sensitive data leak (www.reuters.com)
Why Unity felt the need to “rush out” its controversial install-fee program (arstechnica.com)
The UK’s controversial Online Safety Bill finally becomes law (www.theverge.com)
Decentralized Matrix messaging network says it now has 115M users (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
JUPITER Project Propels Europe Toward Exascale Supercomputing Leadership with 500 Million Euro Investment — Ultra Unlimited (www.ultra-unlimited.com)
Google Decides To Pull Up The Ladder On The Open Internet, Pushes For Unconstitutional Regulatory Proposals (www.techdirt.com)
‘Reddit can survive without search’: company reportedly threatens to block Google (www.theverge.com)
Shopify Files Lawsuit over Illegal DMCA Takedown Abuse (torrentfreak.com)
Australian retailers add security tech amid rising theft, aggression (www.reuters.com)
States sue Meta claiming its social platforms are addictive and harm children's mental health (apnews.com)
Internet artifacts (neal.fun)
A fun sort of online museum with exhibits on the early internet. From the first mp3, to the dancing baby gif, to the first webcam feed of a coffee maker and more. This was really cool!
Microsoft reorgs its Xbox and marketing teams to prepare for an AI and gaming future - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/2632237 (!microsoft)
Gogoro batteries power this tiny urban electric car - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
Word turns 40: From 'new kid on the block' to 'I can't believe it's not bloatware' (www.theregister.com)
China rushes to swap Western tech with domestic options as U.S. cracks down (www.reuters.com)
China has stepped up spending to replace Western-made technology with domestic alternatives as Washington tightens curbs on high-tech exports to its rival, according to government tenders, research documents and four people familiar with the matter.