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Google just updated its algorithm. The Internet will never be the same (www.bbc.com)

Sony Teases Futuristic Phones and PlayStation Controllers for the Coming Years - Yanko Design (www.yankodesign.com)

Bluesky confirms Jack Dorsey is no longer on its board (www.theverge.com)

"Digital sovereignty": German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein ditches Microsoft for Linux and Open Source alternatives (blog.documentfoundation.org)

Schleswig-Holstein, the northern German federal state, will be a digital pioneer region and the first German state to introduce a digitally sovereign IT workplace in its state administration. With a cabinet decision to introduce the open-source software LibreOffice as the standard office solution across the board, the government...

Threads widens the gap with X, with triple the daily downloads on iOS | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

The rise and fall of robots.txt: As unscrupulous AI companies seek out more and more data, the basic social contract of the web is falling apart. (www.theverge.com)

Why does Gboard replace spaces with characters I add between words?

For example, if I type out a sentence and decide I want to add asterisks around a word for emphasis, why does Gboard replace the space between the previous word and the emphasized word instead of just adding the new character? Is this added functionality for something I just don’t understand?...

Meta given 30 days to cease using the name Threads by company that trademarked it 11 years ago (www.techspot.com)

Honda made an airport robot to handle all the boring, repetitive tasks - The Verge (www.theverge.com)

Threads is struggling to retain users — but it could still catch up to X (www.theverge.com)

AI Weirdness: AI vs a giraffe with no spots (www.aiweirdness.com)

Recommendations re writing tablets e.g. reMarkable

I want to get back into creative writing, and for work I prefer to take handwritten notes (I have my own weird shorthand and it helps with retention). I’d also like the ability to write at night and not disturb my partner....

Hospital bosses love AI. Doctors and nurses are worried. (wapo.st)

Mount Sinai has become a laboratory for AI, trying to shape the future of medicine. But some healthcare workers fear the technology comes at a cost....

California allows robo-taxis to expand and emergency responders aren't happy (www.npr.org)

Bram Moolenaar, creator of vim, has passed away (groups.google.com)

Microsoft comes under blistering criticism for “grossly irresponsible” security (arstechnica.com)

The aftermath to the recent Microsoft Azure hack by suspected PRC actors....

SpaceX Satellites Are Ruining Observations With "Unintended" Radiation (futurism.com)

A new study published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics suggests the satellites are emitting “unintended” radiation from the electronics onboard the satellites....

Twitter is burning, Bluesky is smug. Where is the best place to do your pathetic doomscrolling? | First Dog on the Moon [COMIC] (www.theguardian.com)

Maximum PC Article from 2008 (media.tech.lgbt)

Nintendo Wii: Sold like gangbusters....

Nostalgia: The Very First Android Phone (beehaw.org)

Sure, the very first iPhone released today, but does anyone remember the first Android smartphone?...

What search engine do you use?

Data on search engine market share is available, but I wonder what that looks like for Lemmy users in particular, who I would assume lean more technical than the average user, so probably use DuckDuckGo and alternates more than Google....

What are your favorite browser extensions?

Ublock Origin is an obvious one, but I also can't stand not having Foxy Gestures anymore. It adds customizable mouse gestures, so you can set it up to have easy swipes to go back a page, reload a page, close a tab, etc, and it feels wonderful and smooth to use compared to just using the traditional buttons to do everything....

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