Inside the 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers (www.engadget.com)
From the article: “In some ways, the current situation has spurred an arms race. YouTube has inadvertently improved ad blockers, as the new knowledge and techniques gained from innovating within the YouTube platform are also applicable to other ad and tracking systems.”
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The Tyranny of Data and Its Digital War on Human Agency (theluddite.org)
Facebook parent Meta sues the FTC claiming 'unconstitutional authority' in child privacy case (apnews.com)
MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — The parent company of Instagram and Facebook has sued the Federal Trade Commission in an attempt to stop the agency from reopening a 2020 privacy settlement with the company that would prohibit it from profiting from data it collects on users under 18....
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Really liked this article about the monopolies in the mail industry (cfenollosa.com)
I’m sure the email I sent to an academics using proton has gone in the spam. :( too bad
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Happy 40th birthday, Turbo Pascal! (blog.marcocantu.com)
November 28, 2023 - Turbo Pascal turns 40...
The Internet is Worse Than Ever – Now What? (yewtu.be)
Threads Is Coming to the EU in December (www.macrumors.com)
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Evernote is about to seriously limit its plan for free users (www.theverge.com)
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Sam Altman explains being fired and rehired by OpenAI - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
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ChatGPT one year on: From viral AI bot to OpenAI's boardroom battle (www.reuters.com)
It’s ChatGPT’s first “birthday”. And it was a very eventful first year for the field of AI.
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Study finds no “smoking gun” for mental health issues due to Internet usage (arstechnica.com)
Researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute, who said their study was the largest of its kind, said they found no evidence to support “popular ideas that certain groups are more at risk” from the technology....
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New GitHub user and extension developer claims Twitch’s website has malware (github.com)
https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/5184#issuecomment-1829172308...
Anger as some Google cloud customers locked out of files (www.bbc.com)
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Tumblr sheds Post Plus subscriptions as the platform downsizes (www.theverge.com)
TL;DR: Tumblr is discontinuing its Post Plus feature, allowing creators to charge for content, starting December 1st. This decision follows a leaked memo about downsizing due to struggles in meeting usage and revenue targets. Post Plus, introduced in 2021, didn’t meet expectations, leading to its discontinuation. Existing Post...
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Google search ads spotted in compromising placements (techcrunch.com)
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Unity Layoff 3.8% Of Workforce - Weta Digital Closed – GameFromScratch.com (gamefromscratch.com)
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New “Stable Video Diffusion” AI model can animate any still image (arstechnica.com)
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Amazon's iRobot purchase sucks up formal competition concerns in EU (techcrunch.com)
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Police warning parents about new iPhone feature (thehill.com)
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NASA Sent A Laser Message Beamed Over 10 Million Miles; Achieves Historic Milestone (samrome58.substack.com)
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Rhysida, the new ransomware gang behind British Library cyber-attack (www.theguardian.com)
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Effective obfuscation (newsletter.mollywhite.net)
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A controversial US surveillance program is up for renewal. Critics are speaking out. (www.technologyreview.com)
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Amazon is now automatically playing fullscreen video ads on Fire TV (9to5google.com)
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