Martin Goetz, Who Received the First Software Patent, Dies at 93 (www.nytimes.com)
See also ESP Wiki’s entry on Martin Goetz.
What Happens When Ads Generate Themselves? (nymag.com)
Let the community work it out: A throwback to early internet days could fix social media’s crisis of legitimacy (www.niemanlab.org)
[…]why should a few companies — or a few billionaire owners — have the power to decide everything about online spaces that billions of people use? This unaccountable model of governance has led stakeholders of all stripes to criticize platforms’ decisions as arbitrary, corrupt or irresponsible. In the early, pre-web days...
FCC Wants to Bolster Amateur Radio (www.radioworld.com)
There’s some good background and explanation in this comment.
A mostly paper replacement for single-use RFID tags (hackaday.com)
Everything I've learned building the fastest Arm desktop - Jeff Geerling (www.jeffgeerling.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ndlug.org/post/330591...
Twitter's mayhem year (lemmy.eco.br)
Boeing assessing Lockbit hacking gang threat of sensitive data leak (www.reuters.com)
Intel doesn’t think that Arm CPUs will make a dent in the laptop market (arstechnica.com)
Android adware apps on Google Play amass two million installs (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Elon Musk gives X employees one year to replace your bank (www.theverge.com)
Inside Elon Musk’s First Election Crisis—a Day After He ‘Freed’ the Bird (www.wired.com)
JUPITER Project Propels Europe Toward Exascale Supercomputing Leadership with 500 Million Euro Investment — Ultra Unlimited (www.ultra-unlimited.com)
The UK’s controversial Online Safety Bill finally becomes law (www.theverge.com)
Gogoro batteries power this tiny urban electric car - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
Why Unity felt the need to “rush out” its controversial install-fee program (arstechnica.com)
Microsoft reorgs its Xbox and marketing teams to prepare for an AI and gaming future - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/2632237 (!microsoft)
China rushes to swap Western tech with domestic options as U.S. cracks down (www.reuters.com)
China has stepped up spending to replace Western-made technology with domestic alternatives as Washington tightens curbs on high-tech exports to its rival, according to government tenders, research documents and four people familiar with the matter.
Australian retailers add security tech amid rising theft, aggression (www.reuters.com)
Decentralized Matrix messaging network says it now has 115M users (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Word turns 40: From 'new kid on the block' to 'I can't believe it's not bloatware' (www.theregister.com)
Hackers can force iOS and macOS browsers to divulge passwords and much more (arstechnica.com)
Internet artifacts (neal.fun)
A fun sort of online museum with exhibits on the early internet. From the first mp3, to the dancing baby gif, to the first webcam feed of a coffee maker and more. This was really cool!