How to make a Contact Poster in iOS 17 (www.engadget.com)
Now you can force your friends to stare at your giraffe Memoji whenever you call....
Bo’s sublime e-scooter of the future is finally ready to buy (www.engadget.com)
All of its technology has changed, but it remains exactly the same....
Threads is struggling to retain users — but it could still catch up to X (www.theverge.com)
Firefox 118 Released With Killer New Feature - OMG! Ubuntu (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
Google assigns a CVE for libwebp and gives it a 10.0 score (stackdiary.com)
US FCC chair to seek reinstating net neutrality rules rescinded under Trump (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: dubvee.org/post/205595...
Tinder Now Letting Rizzless Sad Sacks Pay $500/Month to Message People Without Even Matching (futurism.com)
If you get a message from someone you never matched with on Tinder, it’s not a glitch — it’s part of the app’s expensive new subscription plan that it teased earlier this year, which allows “power users” to send unsolicited messages to non-matches for the small fee of $499 per month....
DEF CON 31 - An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Ensh*ttification - Cory Doctorow (www.youtube.com)
Inside Apple’s Spectacular Failure to Build a Key Part for Its New iPhones (www.wsj.com)
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot now supports prompting with voice and images (www.theverge.com)
TL;DR: OpenAI’s ChatGPT has added voice and image prompting for plus users, coming to everyone else “soon after”. You can now ask questions by speaking or uploading images. It uses advanced text-to-speech and image recognition technology, but with controlled limitations to prevent misuse.
X will make audio and video calls a premium subscriber-only feature (techcrunch.com)
Archive link: https://archive.ph/jFcSY...
PREDATOR IN THE WIRES: Ahmed Eltantawy Targeted with Predator Spyware After Announcing Presidential Ambitions - The Citizen Lab (citizenlab.ca)
Gen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents do (www.vox.com)
How to Hide a $2 Trillion (Google) Antitrust Trial (www.thebignewsletter.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/5486771...
Russell Brand’s CENSORSHIP Campaign Should Frighten You: Max Blumenthal (www.youtube.com)
EU hits Intel with $400 million antitrust fine in long-running computer chip case (apnews.com)
DEF CON 31 - An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Enshittification - Cory Doctorow (www.youtube.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/5431344...
Popular Thesaurus Website Used in Sneaky Cryptojacking Scheme (www.hackread.com)
Dead NFTs: The Evolving Landscape of the NFT Market (dappgambl.com)
TL;DR: The NFT market has drastically declined since its peak in 2021, with most NFT collections having no value. There’s an oversupply of NFTs, leading to a buyer’s market, and environmental concerns due to energy consumption. Top NFTs also struggle to maintain value, and the future of NFTs depends on utility and genuine...
Researchers discover attempt to infect leading Egyptian opposition politician with Predator spyware (apnews.com)
The Internet Is About to Get Much Worse (www.nytimes.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/5400607...
NYC Mayor Announces New NYPD RoboCop That Needs a Cop to Guard It (www.vice.com)
'Power, influence, notoriety': The Gen-Z hackers who struck MGM, Caesars (www.reuters.com)
Can I replace the wired USB cable with a USB port in this keyboard?
I have a cheap MechanicalEagle Z-77 keyboard....
The Man Amazon Erased (www.tabletmag.com)
A man who got kicked off a service because of an alleged remark.
