Own a Roku TV or streaming device? You're about to see a lot more ads on your home screen (www.techradar.com)
Ugh. Roku was one of the platforms with fewer ads....
Will the digital euro really be equivalent to cash? (blog.xot.nl)
A 62-Year-Old German Man Got 217 Covid Shots—and Was Totally Fine (www.wired.com)
Summary:...
HP’s 'All-In' Printer Rental Watches Everything You Print, Tells HP All About It (www.extremetech.com)
In addition to tracking the printer’s online or offline status, page count, and ink levels, your rented printer will look at the types of documents you’re printing (e.g., PDF, JPG, Word), the types of devices that initiated the print job, “peripheral devices,” and other “metrics” related to the service, the All-In...
Google just took down IPAs (Apple equivalent of APKs) of popular YouTube tweaks (github.com)
Only the downloads were taken down...
Matrix multiplication breakthrough could lead to faster, more efficient AI models (arstechnica.com)
Nissan To Deactivate Key Features From Early EVs (www.carscoops.com)
Users of early Nissan Leaf and e-NV200 vehicles in the UK will no longer be able to remotely set off-peak charging routines or climate control schedules
The EU Digital Markets Act is here. (element.io)
Sweeping EU rules for tech giants take effect today. Here’s what’s changing | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
Europeans using Apple, Google and other major tech platforms woke to a new reality Thursday as a landmark law imposed tough new competition rules on the companies — changing European Union citizens’ experience with phones, apps, browsers and more....
Our [Stack Exchange's] partnership with Google and commitment to socially responsible AI (meta.stackexchange.com)
Reddit Will License Its Data to Train LLMs, So We Made a Firefox Extension That Lets You Replace Your Comments With Any (Non-Copyrighted) Text (theluddite.org)
I know there are other ways of accomplishing that, but this might be a convenient way of doing it. I’m wondering though if Reddit is still reverting these changes?
Proton Mail is still available in India, despite media reports (proton.me)
YouTube and right-wing creators are profiting from anti-trans vitriol (www.mediamatters.org)
Apple hit with class action lawsuit over iCloud's 5GB limit (9to5mac.com)
Apple hit with class action lawsuit over iCloud’s 5GB limit::A newly-proposed class action lawsuit alleges that Apple has “marked up its iCloud prices to the point where the service…
New York Times takedown domino effect hits nearly 2000 Wordle clones (www.eurogamer.net)
The New York Times has used a DMCA take down notice to remove an open source Wordle clone called Reactle
Russia’s Starlink use sparks probe into SpaceX compliance with US sanctions (arstechnica.com)
Democratic lawmakers are probing SpaceX over Russia’s reported use of Starlink in Ukraine, saying that recent developments raise questions about SpaceX’s “compliance with US sanctions and export controls.”...
Photographer steps inside Vietnam’s shadowy ‘click farms’ | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Apple backtracks, reinstates Epic Games’ iOS developer account in Europe (arstechnica.com)
Apple has agreed to reinstate Epic Game’s Swedish iOS developer account just days after Epic publicized Apple’s decision to rescind that account. The move once again paves the way for Epic’s plans to release a sideloadable version of the Epic Games Store and Fortnite on iOS devices in Europe.
PSA: You can't delete photos uploaded to Lemmy. So don't (accidentally) upload a nude (tech.michaelaltfield.net)
EU regulators question Apple after it blocks Epic Games app store (apnews.com)
European Union regulators said they want to question Apple over accusations that it blocked video game company Epic Games from setting up its own app store, in a possible violation of digital rules that took effect in the 27-nation bloc Thursday....
Apple will make it easier to move to Android by fall 2025 | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Recent AI failures are cracks in the magic (www.theintrinsicperspective.com)
Attack wrangles thousands of web users into a password-cracking botnet (arstechnica.com)
Attackers have transformed hundreds of hacked sites running WordPress software into command-and-control servers that force visitors’ browsers to perform password-cracking attacks....
After Astra loses 99 percent of its value, founders take rocket firm private (arstechnica.com)
Astra’s long, strange trip in the space business is taking another turn. The company announced Thursday that it is going private at an extremely low valuation....
After default password disclosed online, 1200 inmates have prison issued laptops seized by guards, threatening their ability to make class deadlines (www.opencampusmedia.org)
Zhang, an electrical engineer in Boston, decided to post about trying to unlock his Justice Tech Solutions Securebook 5 on the social platform X. The thread went viral — also catching the attention of Washington corrections officials, who have used the device for college programming since 2020....
