Fighting against anti-lemmy misinformation on reddit (old.reddit.com)
Please check my post, I think everything I said is very valid, but I want this community to see it too, and help steer the discussion, I think reddit is doing this intentionally.
iPhone subreddit starting protest early, going dark indefinitely (9to5mac.com)
Data Shows Most Switch Owners Are Women, Gamers React Poorly (kotaku.com)
The new data also reveals that 45% of Xbox owners and 41% of PS5 owners are female, too...
Reddit CEO (/u/spez) is going to hold a AMA about the API update (www.reddit.com)
Apollo for Reddit is shutting down (www.theverge.com)
whelp, there it is
Reddit insists on being “fairly paid” amid API price protest plans, layoffs (arstechnica.com)
Bluesky vs. Nostr vs. ActivityPub — Which Should Developers Care About More? (thenewstack.io)
Yes, there is quite a debate raging across different networks about what protocol to support. Obviously, those who know only one well, are going to root for that one, irrespective of whether it may be the best one....
Bypassing SELinux with init_module (seanpesce.blogspot.com)
Good technical write up on how this could be exploited
Lakera - Prompt Injection (gandalf.lakera.ai)
Your goal is to make Gandalf reveal the secret password for each level. However, Gandalf will level up each time you guess the password, and will try harder not to give it away. Can you beat level 7?
Microsoft 365 faces more GDPR headwinds as Germany bans it in schools: Redmond disputes report that 'it is not possible to use without transferring personal data to the USA' (www.theregister.com)
Germany’s federal and state data protection authorities (DSK) have raised concerns about the compatibility of Microsoft 365 with data protection laws in Germany and the wider European Union....
Death to passwords: Beta passkey support comes to Chrome and Android - But there are still unanswered questions about lock-ins (arstechnica.com)
Big Tech wants to kill the password, with “Passkeys” being the hot, new password replacement standard on the block. Passkeys are backed by Google, Apple, Microsoft, and the FIDO Alliance, so expect to see them everywhere soon. iOS picked up the standard in version 16, and now Google is launching passkey betas on Chrome and...
Apple removed 25 VPN apps from the Russian App Store at the Kremlin's request (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Archived version...
Investigation platform Bellingcat warns of ‘censorship’ on X after research on Russian attack on children's hospital in Kyiv is labeled spam (therecord.media)
Archived link...
The Internet Archive Rescues MTV News’ Web Site, Making 460,000+ of Its Pages Searchable Again (www.openculture.com)
Despite Paramount Global’s corporate decision to purge MTV News’ online content (as well as that of Comedy Central, TVLand and CMT), much of the site has been resurrected on the Internet Archive, which now offers “a searchable index of 460,575 web pages previously published at mtv.com/news.”
China’s plastics boom set to create another source of trade tensions as the country's petrochemicals sector keeps expanding despite weaker demand (www.straitstimes.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/408358...
ID Verification Service for TikTok, Uber, X Exposed Driver Licenses (www.404media.co)
A company that verifies the identities of TikTok, Uber, and X users, sometimes by processing photographs of their faces and pictures of their drivers’ licenses, exposed a set of administrative credentials online for more than a year potentially allowing hackers to access that sensitive data, according to screenshots and data...
Stanford Internet Observatory rejects media reports it is shutting down, but acknowledges funding challenges (cyber.fsi.stanford.edu)
Archived link...
NHS England confirm patient data stolen in cyber attack - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)
European Commission sends preliminary findings to Apple and opens additional non-compliance investigation against Apple under the Digital Markets Act (ec.europa.eu)
China-backed hackers stepping up attacks on Taiwan, cybersecurity firm says (www.aljazeera.com)
Hacking group RedJuliett compromised two dozen organisations in Taiwan and elsewhere, report says....
Perplexity Plagiarized Our Story About How Perplexity Is a Bullshit Machine (www.wired.com)
Experts aren’t unanimous about whether the AI-powered search startup’s practices could expose it to legal claims ranging from infringement to defamation—but some say plaintiffs would have strong cases.
The DJI Drone Ban: A Uniquely American Clusterfuck (www.404media.co)
Tencent ponders banning AI vids hosted by ‘virtual humans’ • The Register (www.theregister.com)
IMF suggests tax on AI's CO2 emissions, but not AI itself • The Register (www.theregister.com)
Chinese firm sought to use UK university links to access AI for possible military use (www.theguardian.com)
Revelation of emails to Imperial College scientists comes amid growing concerns about security risk posed by academic tie-ups with China...
