TikTok restricts tool used by researchers - and its critics - to assess content on its platform (apnews.com)
Among others, the social media company, which is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, has removed certain hashtags from the Creative Center that some online researchers had stored for analysis. They include topics that would be seen as controversial to the Chinese government – such as “UyghurGenocide” and...
Who is this guy? Why is he the face of MEV scam, with ads placed all over YouTube? (i.postimg.cc)
I normally use yt-dlp to download youtube videos, but sometimes I’d go and visit homepage to see if there’s anything interesting....
How Big is YouTube? - Ethan Zuckerman (ethanzuckerman.com)
Providing HTML Content Using Htmx (postgrest.org)
FTC investigating Adobe over making it too hard to cancel (9to5mac.com)
French government recommends against using foreign chat apps (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
'Energy independent' Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for four straight months (theprogressplaybook.com)
Solar-powered device produces clean water and clean fuel at the same time (techxplore.com)
Google witness accidentally blurts out that Apple gets 36% cut of Safari deal (arstechnica.com)
Archive.org link
The Whimsical Web: "a curated list of sites with an extra bit of fun" (whimsical.club)
Microsoft employees will keep free access to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate after complaints (www.theverge.com)
A weird storage bug in Android 14 is locking users out of their phones (www.techspot.com)
Automattic's Tumblr/ActivityPub integration reportedly shelved (notes.ghed.in)
China crackdown on cyber scams in Southeast Asia nets thousands but leaves networks intact (apnews.com)
Exclusive: Nvidia to make Arm-based PC chips in major new challenge to Intel (www.reuters.com)
Microsoft’s Nadella to Testify at Google Antitrust Trial Monday - Bloomberg (www.bloomberg.com)
cross-posted from !google...
Russian zero-day seller offers $20M for hacking Android and iPhones | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
cross-posted from !android...
DEF CON 31 - An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Ensh*ttification - Cory Doctorow (www.youtube.com)
Cisco beefs up cybersecurity play with $28 bln Splunk deal (www.reuters.com)
New high speed DRUM technology puts $100,000 cameras at risk (interestingengineering.com)
A.I. usage fuels spike in Microsoft’s water consumption (fortune.com)
cross-posted from !microsoft
Ford, Honda, and BMW create a new vehicle-to-grid company to help EV owners save money (www.theverge.com)
The new company, ChargeScape, will create a platform that can be used by both utilities and EV owners to benefit from the expected surge in mobile batteries plugged into the grid.
China's widening iPhone curbs roil US technology sector - Reuters (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from !apple...
Password-stealing Chrome extension smuggled on to Web Store (www.malwarebytes.com)
cross-posted from !google...