Former Meta employee tells Senate company failed to protect teens' safety (www.reuters.com)
Amazon punished its own sellers to limit Walmart's reach, FTC says (www.reuters.com)
Everything I've learned building the fastest Arm desktop - Jeff Geerling (www.jeffgeerling.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ndlug.org/post/330591...
Scammers exploit bitcoin ATMs. Will new California laws help crack down on fraud? (www.latimes.com)
New California law limits cash to crypto at ATM machines at $1000 per day per person and also the fees that can be imposed by the machines....
Amnesty International: Commission, Council ineffective in regulating spyware (www.euractiv.com)
Dark patterns employed by online companies. (theconversation.com)
A study on online companies employing dark patterns. Dark patterns are clever tricks built into apps and websites to encourage you to do things you may not necessarily want to do, for the gain of the companies.
Gmail is also getting emoji reactions (www.engadget.com)
Because sometimes, emoji make the best responses....
Samsung’s new T9 Portable SSD is twice as fast as the T7 (www.engadget.com)
It ships in 1TB, 2TB and 4TB options, starting at $140....
Linux distros vulnerable to 'Looney Tunables' root bug (www.theregister.com)
Cloudflare DDoS protections ironically bypassed using Cloudflare (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Panasonic to produce solid-state battery for drones by 2029 (asia.nikkei.com)
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NLP Libraries for Resume Optimization?
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Taliban weighs using US mass surveillance plan, met with China's Huawei (www.reuters.com)
Google assigns a CVE for libwebp and gives it a 10.0 score (stackdiary.com)
'Power, influence, notoriety': The Gen-Z hackers who struck MGM, Caesars (www.reuters.com)
Latest WhatsApp Beta Features Native iPad Support (www.macrumors.com)
TL;DR: WhatsApp for iPad is finally coming as a separate app, allowing users to link it to their main account independently, syncing messages with their primary phone.
Paint app update adding support for layers and transparency begins rolling out to Windows Insiders (blogs.windows.com)
https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2023/09/18/paint-app-update-adding-support-for-layers-and-transparency-begins-rolling-out-to-windows-insiders/
Has anyone used Viva Designer? (viva.systems)
And if so, do you like it? How does it compare to InDesign?
Twitter is Still Throttling Competitors’ Links—Check for Yourself. (themarkup.org)
"Where can I keep all this time that I'm saving?" Thank to Silicon valley, mankind is finally free of drudgery to focus on what's important in life. (www.staygrounded.online)
‘One of the Most Hated People in the World’: Sam Bankman-Fried’s 250 Pages of Justifications (www.nytimes.com)
NYT gift article expires in 30 days....
Android App Pin Security Issue Allowing Unauthorized Payments via Google Wallet (github.com)
There is a possible way for a general purpose NFC reader to read the full card number and expiry details when the device is in locked screen mode due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation....
Google antitrust trial: Tech giant denies abusing power to gain monopoly - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
cross-posted from !google
How to talk to an AI (wapo.st)
An ordinary human’s guide to getting extraordinary results from a chatbot like ChatGPT...
Axon’s Ethics Board Resigned Over Taser-Armed Drones. Then the Company Bought a Military Drone Maker. (themarkup.org)
