Meta to end news access in Canada over publisher payment law (The Guardian) (archive.is)
Move comes in response to Canadian legislation requiring internet giants to pay news publishers...
LBRY, company behind Odysee, shutting down after SEC Fine (archive.is)
The beauty of finished software (josem.co)
Why Unity felt the need to “rush out” its controversial install-fee program (arstechnica.com)
Firefox 118 boosts security with Encrypted Client Hello support (www.ghacks.net)
Poland Opens GDPR Investigation into ChatGPT and OpenAI amid Mounting Privacy Concerns (www.privateinternetaccess.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/5724757...
Axon’s Ethics Board Resigned Over Taser-Armed Drones. Then the Company Bought a Military Drone Maker. (themarkup.org)
Hacking group plans system to encrypt social media and other apps (www.washingtonpost.com)
Cult of the Dead Cow is a hacker collective whose members at one time included Texas politician Beto O’Rourke. Once known for distributing hacking tools and shaming software companies into improving their security, a famed group of technology activists is now working to develop a system that will allow the creation of...
Google extends Chromebook lifespan to ten years (www.zdnet.com)
Starting next year, Google will provide Chromebook security patches and software upgrades for up to a decade. This will effectively guarantee that no existing Chromebook will expire within the next two years....
X Faces Potential FTC Scrutiny Over Missing Ad Labels, While Creators Complain of Ad Revenue Share Errors (www.socialmediatoday.com)
Zoom rebrands existing -- and intros new -- generative AI features (techcrunch.com)
Also starting next spring, the Al Companion will give "real-time feedback’ on people’s presence in meetings plus coaching on their conversational and presentation skills.
StreetPass is a browser extension that helps you find your people on Mastodon (streetpass.social)
Apple's M3 Chip coming in 2024 (www.macrumors.com)
cross-posted from: linkopath.com/post/11819...
Google’s 36% search revenue share with Apple is 3x what Android OEMs get (arstechnica.com)
YouTube is going to start cracking down on AI clones of musicians (www.theverge.com)
The poster’s guide to the internet of the future (www.theverge.com)
Telecom companies in India want tech firms to pay for network usage (techcrunch.com)
cross-posted from !technology...
Temporary Internet Outage on All U-M Campuses (umich.edu)
On the eve of classes starting for the fall term, the University of Michigan has decided to cut the internet connection of all campuses....
AI-discovered drugs will be for sale sooner than you think (www.vox.com)
Saving Vivaldi Social from doom: A Sysadmin adventure (vivaldi.com)
Who could use a new Mod Bot? (github.com)
I made a simple mod bot for Lemmy....
Meta in Myanmar, Part I (an investigation into the role Facebook/Meta played in the genocide of the Rohingya people in Myanmar) (erinkissane.com)
Looria Reviews - Learn how products perform over their lifetime. | User compiled database of inferior consumer goods. (www.looria.com)
Clickworkers in Brazil are turning on each other (restofworld.org)
The Coming War on General Computation [2011] (en.wikisource.org)
Transcription of a talk given by Cory Doctrow in 2011