Commented - technology

With our own image and video search, Brave Search now offers comprehensive independent results, giving users a fully-fledged, privacy-preserving choice outside of Big Tech (brave.com)

At what level do ISPs control ports?

I’m aware most ISPs do not allow for port 25 to be open for email use outside of business licenses, but at what level is that controlled? Can I get around that by owning my own router? Owning my own modem or ONT? Or is this just a thing they mystically control further up the pipeline that a relative layman such as myself...

Instead of obtaining a warrant, the NSA would like to keep buying your data (arstechnica.com)

"Runway", an AI Video Generator, Was Trained on Thousands of YouTube Videos Without Permission (www.404media.co)

Nvidia becomes the most valuable public company - GSMArena.com news (m.gsmarena.com)

Microsoft in damage-control mode, says it will prioritize security over AI (arstechnica.com)

The world's only coal-to-nuclear reactor plant just broke ground in Wyoming (electrek.co)

Reddit’s deal with OpenAI will plug its posts into “ChatGPT and new products” (www.theverge.com)

Magnets are switching up the keyboard game with an additional keystroke setting (techcrunch.com)

These keyboards rely on magnets and springs and activate by sensing changes in the magnetic field. Popularized by Dutch keyboard startup Wooting, these switches rely on the Hall Effect and have actually been around since the 1960s....

I’m curious about building a laptop but am getting hung up on motherboards

I’m aware of things like framework and they’re a cool system, but they’re limited in what chipsets can be used by the mother boards they offer....

YouTube’s ad blocker problems are just an AdBlock Plus bug (arstechnica.com)

That would explain why I didn’t have any problems with Youtube and uBlock Origin.

HP sued (again) for blocking third-party ink from printers, accused of monopoly (arstechnica.com)

A 2 way micro USB connector. Never thought they existed (lemmy.zip)

Facebook Is Being Overrun With Stolen, AI-Generated Images That People Think Are Real (www.404media.co)

Tesla recalling more than 2 million vehicles to fix autopilot safety problem (www.cbsnews.com)

What is this camera like thing on electronic shop price tags? (And how does it work) (lemmy.zip)

I first thought it was a camera but there was no point, After some searching I found that these things could communicate optical, so that might be it, if so how do they work?