Alphv ransomware group claims to have hacked Reddit, threatens to leak data unless money paid and API changes reverted (feddit.de)
Logseq: A privacy-first, open-source platform for knowledge management. (github.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.one/post/197223...
LTT - Framework Laptop Factory Tour (www.youtube.com) Galician
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/75846...
Majority of Americans Would Like to Return to Time Before Cell Phones, Internet, According to New Poll (www.thewrap.com)
Seventy-seven percent of middle-age Americans (35-54 years old) say they want to return to a time before society was “plugged in,” meaning a time before there was widespread internet and cell phone usage. As told by a new Harris Poll (via Fast Company), 63% of younger folks (18-34 years old) were also keen on returning to a...
BBS-like RSS feed reader?
Hi everyone! Can you suggest an RSS feed reader with a BBS-like interface (terminal-like)? I’m looking for something similar to the NeoModem project (which is lovely and you can find HERE)....
Not even wrong: predicting tech (www.ben-evans.com)
There is no predictive value in saying ‘that doesn’t work’ or ‘that looks like a toy’, and there is no predictive value in saying ‘people always say that’. As Pauli put it, statements like this are ‘not even wrong’ - they give no insight into what will happen....
A storefront for robots: The SEO arms race has left Google and the web drowning in garbage text, with customers and businesses flailing to find each other. (www.theverge.com)
Windows 11 beta fixes major taskbar gripe, removes old File Explorer settings (arstechnica.com)
Finally after so many years the “never combine labels” setting is back and i can uninstall explorerpatcher
Mechanical Turk workers are using AI to automate being human (techcrunch-com.cdn.ampproject.org)
Lemmy and Kbin shoutout from Techdirt: Reddit Blackout Crashes The Site As Reddit Users Realize They’re In The Power Position (www.techdirt.com)
From the article:...
EU Commission bans "high-risk suppliers" Huawei, ZTE, urges countries to do the same (web.archive.org)
The Commission also intends to “reflect this decision in all relevant EU funding programmes and instruments”. A report finds that the current situation would create a clear risk of persisting dependency on high-risk suppliers in the internal market with potentially serious negative impacts on security for users and companies...
As the Reddit war rages on, community trust is the casualty (arstechnica.com)
Briar releases 'Mailbox' that lets you receive encrypted messages from your contacts while Briar is offline (briarproject.org)
Likewise, you can send encrypted messages to contacts who are offline, and the messages will be delivered automatically when your contacts come online.
How to Download Your Reddit Data and have full text search of it offline (www.wired.com)
Reddit has a form where you can request a copy of your data. The process can take up to 30 days, after which you will get a private message on your Reddit account with a download link. The data comes in the form of CSV files that you can open using Microsoft Excel or any text editor....
US mother gets call from ‘kidnapped daughter’ – but it’s really an AI scam (web.archive.org)
After being scammed into thinking her daughter was kidnapped, an Arizona woman testified in the US Senate about the dangers side of artificial intelligence technology when in the hands of criminals.
Twitter Sued for $250 Million by Music Publishers asserting Copyright Infringement (lemmy.world)
https://i.imgur.com/kjV97t4.png...
Breaking News! AMD is open sourcing the API for the x86 bootloader (community.amd.com)
I think this means we will eventually see a fully open source Coreboot/Libreboot soon. Someone correct me if I am wrong please!...
New iOS Lemmy app: Memmy Updated UI and Dark Theme - Apollo Inspired (streamable.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/1249875...
Your Lemmy Crash Course to Free Open-Source AI
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/76020...
"Lemmy Explorer" a new website to explore Lemmy communities and instances (lemmyverse.net)
Not mine, just cross-posting.
The end of Reddit? Why the blackout is still going – and what happens next (www.techradar.com)
Google is getting a lot worse because of the Reddit blackouts (www.theverge.com)
Big Amazon cloud services recovering after outage hits thousands of users (www.reuters.com)
Instant Pot's Parent Company Files for Bankruptcy (www.theverge.com)
Honestly quite shocking news given their success, but I guess it’s what happens when you chase tech company profits.
Browsing Reddit posts marked as NSFW redirect you to download the app (i.imgur.com)
Apparently Reddit is now preventing people to anonymously browse NSFW posts in the browser. Instead they invite you to download the app.