Stop using Opera Browser and Opera GX (www.spacebar.news)
Google settles $5bn lawsuit for 'private mode' tracking (www.bbc.com)
Apple is now banned from selling its latest Apple Watches in the US (www.theverge.com)
Threads Is Coming to the EU in December (www.macrumors.com)
Elon Musk says Twitter, now X, could charge all users subscription fees (www.theguardian.com)
Microsoft to Drop Support for Third-Party Printer Drivers on Windows (petri.com)
“With the release of Windows 10 21H2, Windows offers inbox support for Mopria compliant printer devices over network and USB interfaces via the Microsoft IPP Class Driver. This removes the need for print device manufacturers to provide their own installers, drivers, utilities, and so on. Device experience customization is now...
Madison finally comes out with the reasons she left LMG/LTT (twitter.com)
Edit: twitter-free link, easy to read.
1,000% increase in dark web threat actors targeting macOS (www.accenture.com)
Based on research across established dark web forums, threat actors are targeting macOS, with exploits trading for millions of dollars
How Social Media Apps Could Be Fueling Homicides Among Young Americans (www.propublica.org)
Elon Musk's SpaceX contracted to destroy retired space station - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)
Slack users horrified to discover messages used for AI training (arstechnica.com)
Elon Musk’s Neuralink reports trouble with first human brain chip (arstechnica.com)
Beeper Messaging App That Irked Apple Is Acquired by WordPress.com Owner (www.bloomberg.com)
Automattic purchases Beeper in $125 million deal; CEO to join...
Hmmm 🤔 (jlai.lu)
Americans reporting nationwide cellular outages from AT&T, Cricket Wireless and other providers (apnews.com)
The Cult of AI: How one writer's trip to an annual tech conference left him with a sinking feeling about the future (www.rollingstone.com)
From the (middle of the) story: The reason CES was so packed with random “AI”-branded products was that sticking those two letters to a new company is seen as something of a talisman, a ritual to bring back the (VC) rainy season.
Hertz 180: Rental giant to sell 20,000 EVs and replace them with gas-powered vehicles (www.techspot.com)
X runs ‘timeline takeover’ ad promoting anti-trans film (techcrunch.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/7435108...
Something weird going on at DuckDuck… (beehaw.org)
The Intercept conservative?! The Nation conservative?! What gives? https://beehaw.org/pictrs/image/17db21e0-7037-4d77-b3fd-fa7b958a3432.webp
We Are Retroactively Dropping the iPhone’s Repairability Score | iFixit News (www.ifixit.com)
Google’s Plan To DRM The Web Goes Against Everything Google Once Stood For (www.techdirt.com)
Musk is lightyears away from a self-driving car (archive.ph)
Large Language Models Are Drunk at the Wheel (matt.si)
Google Discloses That Incognito Mode in Chrome Isn't Entirely 'Private' (news.itsfoss.com)
Google was already in the middle of a class-action lawsuit regarding the incognito mode, where they were accused of tracking user activity. And, they agreed to settle the lawsuit....
Inventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85 (arstechnica.com)
