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Microsoft pulls OneDrive update that would quiz you before letting you quit (arstechnica.com)

Sharing here because of the post from 14 hours ago....

Scarlett Johansson hits AI app with legal action for cloning her voice in an ad (www.theverge.com)

Why the Internet Isn’t Fun Anymore (www.newyorker.com)

US FCC chair to seek reinstating net neutrality rules rescinded under Trump (www.reuters.com)

cross-posted from: dubvee.org/post/205595...

For the first time in 40 years, Windows will ship without built-in word processor (arstechnica.com)

Thus ending our long national nightmare of accidentally opening things in WordPad on a fresh install.

We Are Retroactively Dropping the iPhone’s Repairability Score | iFixit News (www.ifixit.com)

Scientologists Ask Federal Government to Restrict Right to Repair (www.404media.co)

The organization that represents Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s works has petitioned the U.S. government to restrict the right to repair a religious artifact called an E-Meter. This device is core to Scientology practices but the group argues exemptions allowing device hacking should not apply to equipment restricted to...

Omegle shuts down--founder cites "stress and expense of this fight – coupled with the existing stress and expense of operating Omegle, and fighting its misuse" (www.omegle.com)

States sue Meta claiming its social platforms are addictive and harm children's mental health (apnews.com)

Injured person reportedly dies after Cruise cars block first responders (www.sfgate.com)

Apple now endorses Right to Repair legislation (www.404media.co)

I believe this is genuine support of the bill from Apple. Between Right to Repair winning in Massachusetts and the EU demanding compliance, I think Apple decided to flip the script. They would want to continue the illusion of customer friendly tech.

Apple is locking down the iPhone App Store to comply with a new law in China (www.theverge.com)

China forced Apple to remove any app where the developer isn’t registered in China. Meaning they asked Apple to remove 95% of the apps and games available in the App Store....

Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month | Kagi Blog (blog.kagi.com)

Kagi is a paid alternative to ad-supported search engines like Google and DuckDuckGo. It has recently revised its pricing model, reducing the cost for a plan with unmetered searches from $25 per month to $10....

Android 14 adds support for using smartphones as a webcams (www.esper.io)

AI-Created Art Isn’t Copyrightable, U.S. Judge Says in Ruling That Could Give Hollywood Studios Pause (www.hollywoodreporter.com)

Mastodon's Next Major Release Enables Full-Text Search (wedistribute.org)

Why did the metaverse die? Because Silicon Valley doesn’t understand the concept of fun (www.fastcompany.com)

Reddit appears to be blocking VPNs (unverified) (beehaw.org)

I’m on iOS 17.1.1 using Safari. I also have Proton VPN enabled in the states but if I try to visit any page on the website I see this:...

Meta given 30 days to cease using the name Threads by company that trademarked it 11 years ago (www.techspot.com)

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak in hospital (www.bbc.co.uk)

I hope it isn’t anything too serious. Get well soon, Woz.

ISPs Should Not Police Online Speech—No Matter How Awful It Is. (www.eff.org)

Roblox Accused of Concocting Illegal Gambling Ring for Minors - Bloomberg Law (news.bloomberglaw.com)

The complaint outlined the process by which minors can use the Roblox platform to gamble. After purchasing Robux through the platform, they can navigate to one of the gaming website defendants’ “virtual casinos” outside the Roblox ecosystem and link their Robux wallet to the gambling website, meaning Roblox can still keep...

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