Commented - technology

“AI took my job, literally”—Gizmodo fires Spanish staff amid switch to AI translator (arstechnica.com)

How to Move Your Instagram Feed to Pixelfed, the Photo App That Doesn't Track Your Every Move (www.wired.com)

We've Teamed Up With Mullvad VPN to Launch the Mullvad Browser | Tor Project (blog.torproject.org)

Today we announced the launch of the Mullvad Browser, a browser built by the Tor Project team and distributed by Mullvad.

China hacked Japan’s sensitive defense networks, officials say (www.washingtonpost.com)

According to former US and Japanese officials, the NSA discovered in the fall of 2020 that the PRC had persistent access to Japanese Defense Networks....

“Absurd”: Google, Amazon rebuked over unsupported Chromebooks still for sale (arstechnica.com)

Archived version: archive.ph/vNSJa

Kevin Mitnick has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer. (www.dignitymemorial.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/2241073...

Will the European Cyber Resilience Act Kill Open Source Software? (fossforce.com)

Archive link...

Bluesky allowed people to include the n-word in their usernames | Engadget (www.engadget.com)

Bluesky, a decentralized social network, allowed users to register usernames containing the n-word. When reports surfaced about a user with the racial slur in their name, Bluesky took 40 minutes to remove the account but did not publicly apologize. A LinkedIn post criticized Bluesky for failing to filter offensive terms from the...

Open source alternatives for gallery app

Hello this is my first post on Lemmy, I have been disgruntled with Xiaomi’s stock gallery app and wish to switch to an alternative that will not steal my data.

Github is down!

We can all go home now....

YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

Google's reCAPTCHAv2 is just labor exploitation, boffins say • The Register (www.theregister.com)

cross-posted from: lazysoci.al/post/15908451...

First “Miss AI” contest sparks ire for pushing unrealistic beauty standards (arstechnica.com)

Palestinians living abroad have accused Microsoft of closing their email accounts without warning - cutting them off from crucial online services (www.bbc.com)

They say it has left them unable to access bank accounts and job offers - and stopped them using Skype, which Microsoft owns, to contact relatives in war-torn Gaza....

This is What Prime Air Drone Delivery Looks Like - Core77 (www.core77.com)

Why is this still so funny to me?

Major U.S. newspapers sue OpenAI, Microsoft for copyright infringement (www.axios.com)

How Subscription Services are designed to BANKRUPT you (piped.video)

Related: The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok

Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores (gizmodo.com)

This Guy Has Built an Open Source Search Engine as an Alternative to Google in His Spare Time (www.404media.co)

“I found it very weird that there essentially is no way to browse the web in an open manner. So that’s what I am trying to build,” the founder of Stract said.

Bluesky is ready to open up (www.theverge.com)

Google's Chrome Browser Analyzing Your Browsing History with so-called "Privacy Sandbox" Feature

For nearly two years now, Google has been gradually rolling out a feature to all Chrome users that analyzes their browsing history within the browser itself. This feature aims to replace third-party cookies and individual tracking by categorizing you into an interest category and sharing that category with advertisers. It’s...

Vape-o-nomics: Why everything is addictive now. (youtu.be)

A video about disposable vapes, and how addiction became the goal of every single company on the planet.

Google confirms it just laid off around a thousand employees (www.theverge.com)

But there may be more, and it’s possible that Google is attempting to spread out the bad news instead of having it hit all at once.

OpenAI CEO Altman: future AI depends on energy breakthrough (www.reuters.com)

Speaking at a Bloomberg event on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Altman said the silver lining is that more climate-friendly sources of energy, particularly nuclear fusion or cheaper solar power and storage, are the way forward for AI....