Fedi Garden to Instance Admins: "Block Threads to Remain Listed" (wedistribute.org)
Why did the metaverse die? Because Silicon Valley doesn’t understand the concept of fun (www.fastcompany.com)
AI-generated child sexual abuse images could flood the internet. A watchdog is calling for action (apnews.com)
A decentralized, blockchain-based messaging network for safer communications (techxplore.com)
Researchers from several institutes worldwide recently developed Quarks, a new, decentralized messaging network based on blockchain technology. Their proposed system could overcome the limitations of most commonly used messaging platforms, allowing users to retain control over their personal data and other information they share...
Goldman Sachs: AI Is Overhyped, Wildly Expensive, and Unreliable (www.404media.co)
Fewer people are using Elon Musk’s X as the platform struggles to attract and keep users, according to analysts (www.nbcnews.com)
Tinder Now Letting Rizzless Sad Sacks Pay $500/Month to Message People Without Even Matching (futurism.com)
If you get a message from someone you never matched with on Tinder, it’s not a glitch — it’s part of the app’s expensive new subscription plan that it teased earlier this year, which allows “power users” to send unsolicited messages to non-matches for the small fee of $499 per month....
To comply with DMA, WhatsApp and Messenger will become interoperable via Signal protocol (techcrunch.com)
Each Bitcoin transaction uses 4,200 gallons of water — enough to fill a swimming pool — and could potentially cause freshwater shortages (www.tomshardware.com)
‘Reddit can survive without search’: company reportedly threatens to block Google (www.theverge.com)
What can you tell me about Bluesky?
I just received my invite code today and took a quick look around the app. Like Mastodon I do not prefer microblogging platforms. And that’s all I know about Bluesky....
Intel doesn’t think that Arm CPUs will make a dent in the laptop market (arstechnica.com)
Nvidia will stop price gouging you for their cards and features when you stop buying them.
Sorry if I’m not the first to bring this up. It seems like a simple enough solution.
Google's New Web Environment Integrity Proposal Dismissed by Brave, Mozilla, and Vivaldi (news.itsfoss.com)
Why are US states, school districts banning smartphones in schools? (www.aljazeera.com)
The problem with GIMP (www.spacebar.news)
Senate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to Biden, who has already committed to signing it (www.theverge.com)
The cult of Obsidian: Why people are obsessed with the note-taking app (www.fastcompany.com)
How to Move from Mastodon to Firefish (wedistribute.org)
WhatsApp head confirms ads in the messaging app are still in the works (www.theverge.com)
Jitsi, the open-source video conferencing platform, now requires a Google, Microsoft, or Facebook account for their online service (jitsi.org)
While Jitsi is open-source, most people use the platform they provide, meet.jit.si, for immediate conference calls. They have now introduced a “Know Your Customer” policy and require at least one of the attendees to log in with a Facebook, Github (Microsoft), or Google account....
The Problem with LMG (www.youtube.com)
My personal thoughts...
Tumblr and Wordpress to Sell Users’ Data to Train AI Tools (www.404media.co)
this could not be timed worse for Tumblr which is in huge hot water with its userbase already for its CEO breaking his sabbatical to ban a prominent trans user for allegedly threatening him (in a cartoonish manner), and then spending a week personally justifying it increasingly wildly across several platforms. the rumors had...
PSA: Reddit is Forcing Users to Accept Personalized Ads (www.macrumors.com)
TL;DR: Reddit is removing the option to opt out of ad personalization, targeting ads based on user activity. Some specific ad categories can still be limited, but there’s no more opt-out option.
mastodon.art defederating calckey firefish social. Cites behavior of lead project dev (dotart.blog)
cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/6853479...
