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Elon Musk's X launches two new premium subscription plans (www.reuters.com)

Why Unity felt the need to “rush out” its controversial install-fee program (arstechnica.com)

Sony says PS5 supply chain issues have ended after three years, expects record holiday season sales | Pour one out for PS5 scalpers (www.techspot.com)

Sony says PS5 supply chain issues have ended after three years, expects record holiday season sales | Pour one out for PS5 scalpers::undefined

iPhones have been exposing your unique MAC despite Apple’s promises otherwise — “From the get-go, this feature was useless,” researcher says of feature put into iOS 14 (arstechnica.com)

iPhones have been exposing your unique MAC despite Apple’s promises otherwise — “From the get-go, this feature was useless,” researcher says of feature put into iOS 14::“From the get-go, this feature was useless,” researcher says of feature put into iOS 14.

Google Fiber goes big with 20-gig plan (www.fiercetelecom.com)

LinkedIn Issues Warning to Site Shaming Pro-Palestinian Sentiment. (www.nytimes.com)

LinkedIn Issues Warning to Site Shaming Pro-Palestinian Sentiment.::The site listed thousands of people and grouped them by their workplaces after they posted on the Israeli-Hamas conflict.

BP buys $100 million worth of Tesla chargers (www.cnn.com)

BP buys $100 million worth of Tesla chargers::Oil and gas company BP has agreed to purchase $100 million worth of electric vehicles from Tesla. This marks the first time Tesla has ever sold chargers to another company, according to an announcement from BP.

Tesla Model X Owner Has Had Enough Of Minimalism, Adds Physical Buttons (insideevs.com)

Tesla Model X Owner Has Had Enough Of Minimalism, Adds Physical Buttons::Tesla Model X owner from China has attached a panel of physical buttons to the vehicle’s main control unit for quicker access to some key functions.

Two years later, Facebook's rebrand as Meta looks smart—with a caveat (www.fastcompany.com)

Twitter's mayhem year (lemmy.eco.br)

‘Make Amazon Pay’ Black Friday strikes planned in 30 countries including UK (www.theguardian.com)

The New Age of Airships Is Here—And It’s Electric (www.popularmechanics.com)

FBI Seizure of Mastodon Server is a Wakeup Call to Fediverse Users and Hosts to Protect their Users (www.eff.org)

**Synopsis:**The article discusses the FBI’s seizure of the Mastodon server and emphasizes the need for privacy protection in decentralized platforms like the Fediverse. It calls for hosts to implement basic security measures, adopt policies to protect users, and notify them of law enforcement actions. Users are encouraged to...

Apple Watch faces potential import ban in the US | The International Trade Commission has found Apple in violation of a bloody oxygen tracking patent owned by Masimo. (www.androidauthority.com)

Apple Watch faces potential import ban in the US | The International Trade Commission has found Apple in violation of a bloody oxygen tracking patent owned by Masimo.::Apple could be potentially facing an Apple Watch import ban in the US for infringing a blood oxygen tracking patent owned by Masimo.

Iron Man-inspired material made from DNA and glass is 5x stronger than steel — and 4x lighter (www.zmescience.com)

Iron Man-inspired material made from DNA and glass is 5x stronger than steel — and 4x lighter::Regular glass is brittle and fragile. But pure glass coated on DNA is a different beast entirely.

Meta is promoting Threads posts on Facebook and there’s no way to opt out (www.engadget.com)

Meta is starting to ramp up its growth-hacking tactics for Threads in a bid to boost engagement on the Twitter competitor.

Electric plane lands in Florida for Air Force testing after 2,000-mile journey (www.axios.com)

A milestone in electric aviation took place Thursday afternoon, when Beta Technologies landed its ALIA eVTOL aircraft at Duke Field, on Eglin Air Force Base, for a deployment period with the U.S. Air Force....

Twitter is dead and Threads is thriving (www.platformer.news)

Google Search can now help verify an image’s origins (news.retiolus.net)

That is actually quite cool!

Applications Microsoft seeks EU Digital Market Acts exemption for underdog apps like Edge | Vivaldi boss calls for browser choice and warns that Redmond might be deflating usage figures (www.theregister.com)

Google Fiber's 20Gbps Internet to Arrive by Year's End for Select Residential Users (www.pcmag.com)

The company plans on offering the service to a small group of customers in select areas as part of an early access program.

The Apple Watch’s double tap points at a new way to use wearables - The Verge (www.theverge.com)

Lemmy is most censored social media than instagram,facebook,reddit,etc...

cross-posted from: lemmings.world/post/2307525...

"The (Trust and) Safety Dance" - When an ostensibly “social” company has a Trust and Safety department, try and see it for what it is: a sign that failure is an option. (www.staygrounded.online)

"Lemmy might not ever influence global culture to the degree that Facebook and Twitter once did. But it proves that 'people constructively and healthily socializing via the internet' is entirely possible without being forced to tolerate any more nonsense than one would normally expect when humans get together. 'Social media: The...