Apple already shipped attestation on the web(DRM), and we barely noticed (httptoolkit.com)
VanMoof’s failure epitomizes the problem with the e-bike market (www.axios.com)
Attackers find new ways to deliver DDoSes with “alarming” sophistication (arstechnica.com)
There’s a handy new label to tell you if your gadget is easy to hack or not (www.vox.com)
Senate bill crafted with DEA targets end-to-end encryption, requires online companies to report drug activity (therecord.media)
A bill requiring social media companies, encrypted communications providers and other online services to report drug activity on their platforms to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) advanced to the Senate floor Thursday, alarming privacy advocates who say the legislation turns the companies into de facto drug...
Iran’s Claim Of Quantum Processor Draws Ridicule (www.iranintl.com)
It’s an… FPGA (?)
Reddit is getting rid of its Gold awards system (www.theverge.com)
Reddit is removing its current coins and awards system on September 12th. Users will no longer be able to buy awards like Reddit Gold to give to other users’ posts. Reddit says the current awards system is too cluttered and confusing, so they plan to introduce a new simpler system in the coming months that will allow users to...
A close reading of Twitter’s legal letter to Meta: a guided tour of a weak litigation letter (davidallengreen.com)
No Instagram Threads app in the EU (for now) (www.independent.ie)
Irish DPC says Meta’s new Twitter rival won’t be launched here – But that’s just because it hasn’t been approved for GDPR. It’ll come here of course, just not now.
After September 1, 2023, all Gfycat content and data will be deleted from gfycat.com (gfycat.com)
After being purchased by Snapchat, it appears that gfycat has been abandoned....
Twitter is down, users getting Rate limit exceeded errors (www.independent.co.uk)
Reddit communities with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely (www.theverge.com)
Remember BBSes (Bulletin Board Systems)? Here’s How You Can Visit One Today Using A Telnet Connection (www.howtogeek.com)
These days, social media gets all the attention, but the Bulletin Board System (BBS), a relic from a kinder, gentler time in computer communications, persists. Each BBS is its own retro-flavored community with messages, text-based games, and files you can download. And you can still connect to one today....
Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported (spectrum.ieee.org)
Israel Reportedly Used Fake Social Media Accounts To Garner Support From US Lawmakers On Gaza War (www.forbes.com)
Designing Friction (philosophical essay about technology) (designingfriction.com)
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/39429322...
U.S. regulator proposes new rules for AI-generated robocalls and robotexts to protect consumers and stop election misinformation by phone (www.engadget.com)
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Introducing Raspberry Pi Pico 2 (www.raspberrypi.com)
We’re happy to announce the launch of Raspberry Pi Pico 2, our second-generation microcontroller board, built on RP2350: a new high-performance, secure microcontroller designed here at Raspberry Pi....
Vivaldi: "Many have tagged us in discussions about a specif…" - Vivaldi Social (social.vivaldi.net)
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Are you embracing AI? (viewber.co.uk)
There’s something of a misunderstanding in the UK property industry that agents are luddites, clinging to fax machines and Rolodexes, but quite the opposite is true. Sales and letting agents like nothing more than finding new efficiencies – whether through careful outsourcing, digital signatures or virtual tours, begging the...
Here's what's happening to ad blockers in Google Chrome (and other browsers) (www.spacebar.news)
The Stanford Internet Observatory is being dismantled: U.S. Republicans attacked the lab’s reports on misinformation and election integrity — and now the institution is pulling the plug (www.platformer.news)
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Change to Adobe terms & conditions outrages many professionals - 9to5Mac (9to5mac.com)
Going Dark: The war on encryption is on the rise. Through a shady collaboration between the US and the EU. (mullvad.net)
Under the slogan ‘Think of the children’, the European Commission tried to introduce total surveillance of all EU citizens. When the scandal was revealed, it turned out that American tech companies and security services had been involved in the bill, generally known as ‘Chat Control’ – and that the whole thing had been...
Chinese, Iranian, and Russian cyberattacks against water utilities across the U.S. becoming more frequent and more severe, officials say (fortune.com)
- Attacks against water provider’s websites aren’t new, but now attackers are increasingly targeting utilities’ operations...
