Alexa had “no profit timeline,” cost Amazon $25 billion in 4 years (arstechnica.com)
Tesla is already pulling back Supercharger plans after firing team (electrek.co)
Ford and GM are probably regretting that switch to NACS…
AI Is Poisoning Reddit to Promote Products and Game Google With 'Parasite SEO' (www.404media.co)
Windows-as-a-nuisance: How I clean up a “clean install” of Windows 11 and Edge (arstechnica.com)
“Wherever you get your podcasts” is a radical statement (www.anildash.com)
Taliban Shuts Down 'queer.af' Domain, Breaking Mastodon Instance (www.404media.co)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/11820406...
Artificial General Intelligence Is Already Here | NOEMA (www.noemamag.com)
Vintage Mac Community Begs Manufacturers for New Supply of Rare Dongle as Resellers Charge $250 (www.404media.co)
So Much for ‘Learn to Code’ (web.archive.org)
Atlantic Paywall link
Mozilla flunks 25 major car brands for data privacy fails (www.theregister.com)
…and the related Mozilla report
This AI Watches Millions Of Cars Daily And Tells Cops If You’re Driving Like A Criminal (www.forbes.com)
I almost can’t believe it, but Google Tasks is finally kind of good (www.theverge.com)
For years, Google’s to-do list app Tasks was poorly integrated and underdeveloped. Recently, Google has combined all their reminder products into a single Google Tasks app that is accessible across Google products. While still lacking some advanced features, Google Tasks’ simplicity and integration make it easy to add tasks...
Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent (arstechnica.com)
iPhone sideloading seems a certainty for European users - here's the latest development (bgr.com)
New Japanese law may force Apple to allow sideloading in iOS (www.ghacks.net)
Evernote is about to seriously limit its plan for free users (www.theverge.com)
You may need to provide a reason now when quitting OneDrive (ghacks.net)
Signal tests usernames so you can avoid sharing your phone number (www.theverge.com)
The original Apple Watch lineup is officially obsolete (www.engadget.com)
Yes, including the 18-karat gold model....
New phone sparks worry China has found a way around U.S. tech limits (www.washingtonpost.com)
As Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo was visiting China earlier this week, a sea-green Chinese smartphone was quietly launched online....
Stephen King: My Books Were Used to Train AI (literature.cafe)
One prominent author responds to the revelation that his writing is being used to coach artificial intelligence....
YouTube will soon require watch history to be enabled to show video suggestions (support.google.com)
On the flip side, this also means users have the option to have a cleaner, less cluttered interface....