Firefox tests a built-in checker for fake reviews (www.theverge.com)
Your Sweaters Are Garbage: The quality of knitwear has cratered. Even expensive sweaters have lost their hefty, lush glory. (www.theatlantic.com)
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John Riccitiello steps down as CEO of Unity after pricing battle (venturebeat.com)
The news isn’t a surprise as Unity angered a lot of its loyal game developers a few weeks ago after pushing through a price increase based on numbers of downloads — and then retracted it after an uproar.
I totally forgot how terrible a non-ad-free YouTube experience is
So I’ve been using youtube ad blockers since pretty much when ad blocker extensions were first available. Lately though I’ve been getting hit more and more with these messages that YT was sending out every 5 or so videos telling me that adblockers aren’t allowed. No problem, just gotta wait 5 seconds to x it out and then...
Israel’s Failure to Stop the Hamas Attack Shows the Danger of Too Much Surveillance (www.wired.com)
Reddit Sees Copyright Takedowns Peak While Subreddit Bans Drop. (torrentfreak.com)
RISC-V technology emerges as battleground in US-China tech war (www.reuters.com)
How Talking With Animals Would Change Our World (www.youtube.com)
23andMe user data targeting Ashkenazi Jews leaked online (www.nbcnews.com)
Some assistance/advice for OCRing?
I’ve just scanned a section of a book (in French) that unfortunately uses a very fine typeface and a lot of italics that seem to confuse the OCR....
After Axing Headlines, Elon Musk To Hide Retweet, Like Buttons On Twitter (www.pcmag.com)
Sony confirms server security breaches that exposed employee data (www.theverge.com)
Swedish criminal gangs using fake Spotify streams to launder money (www.theguardian.com)
Ring Is Cashing In on the UFO Craze to Promote Its Surveillance Dystopia (www.vice.com)
A pedestrian was pinned under a Cruise robotaxi after another car’s hit-and-run (www.engadget.com)
The woman is reportedly in critical condition....
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....
Samsung Galaxy S23 FE hands-on: Moving beyond fan edition (www.engadget.com)
Going forward, the FE tag will simply denote more affordable versions of flagship Galaxy devices....
Google adds tracking to Google docs documents? (fosstodon.org)
Title says it all. Somewhat interesting if true. I wouldn’t be surprised either way.
Linux distros vulnerable to 'Looney Tunables' root bug (www.theregister.com)
Google loses bid to keep Texas' ad tech lawsuit in New York - Reuters (www.reuters.com)
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Why Big Tech's bet on AI assistants is so risky (www.technologyreview.com)
7 years of software updates for the Pixel 8 series (blog.google)
Meta Plans to Charge $14 a Month for Ad-Free Instagram or Facebook (www.wsj.com)
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