Research Firm Claims Most cars still cost more to charge than to fill up with gas (www.businessinsider.com)
How the Kids Online Safety Act puts us all at risk (www.platformer.news)
Anti-speech laws are spreading from states to Congress, and the future of online speech could hang in the balance
Porn sites must have government health warning in Texas from September 1st (www.techdirt.com)
Porn sites must have government health warning in Texas from September 1st::Just when we didn’t think the state of Texas could get any more wacko on tech policy, this latest bill really suggests otherwise. House Bill 1181 is an age verification measure that is similar to what we’ve seen in the state legislatures across other...
“Absurd”: Google, Amazon rebuked over unsupported Chromebooks still for sale (arstechnica.com)
Archived version: archive.ph/vNSJa
'Limitless' energy: how floating solar panels near the equator could power future population hotspots (theconversation.com)
‘Limitless’ energy: how floating solar panels near the equator could power future population hotspots::New research shows densely populated countries in Southeast Asia and West Africa could harvest effectively unlimited energy from solar panels floating on calm tropical seas near the equator.
Spyware maker LetMeSpy shuts down after hacker deletes server data (techcrunch.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1088852...
FAA Throws Cold Water on SpaceX's Next Starship Orbital Launch (futurism.com)
The FAA is still awaiting the report that will detail the steps SpaceX will have to implement before it can try to launch its Starship again.
ICO slams Meta's plan not to ask the British for permission to advertise (stackdiary.com)
Meta has been chastised by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for its decision not to seek explicit consent from UK users for targeted advertising.
MIT scientists propose power storage using cement blocks (www.datacenterdynamics.com)
Plan to commercialize supercapacitors in the next few years
Google Enhances Privacy Tools To Protect Personal Data (www.searchenginejournal.com)
This sounds like a good change.
World's First Tooth Regrowth Medicine Enters Clinical Trials — 'Every Dentist's Dream' Could Be A Life-Changing Reality (finance.yahoo.com)
World’s First Tooth Regrowth Medicine Enters Clinical Trials — ‘Every Dentist’s Dream’ Could Be A Life-Changing Reality::A pioneering dental medicine project in Japan is making strides toward clinical trials, with the aim of becoming the world’s first tooth-regrowing treatment, according to the country’s national...
Workers at companies that tested out a 4-day workweek are happier and more efficient — and firms made more money. One lawmaker says it's 'here to stay.' (news.yahoo.com)
Workers at companies that tested out a 4-day workweek are happier and more efficient — and firms made more money. One lawmaker says it’s ‘here to stay.’::The latest data shows that workers and companies prosper under a four-day workweek. Rep. Mark Takano wants to make it law.
Domains Kagi users create personalization for (kagi.com)
It’s quite interesting watching what domains Kagi users are creating personalizations for in the search engine....
Japanese supermarket watches you shop so AI can suggest more stuff to buy (www.theregister.com)
Japanese supermarket watches you shop so AI can suggest more stuff to buy::What could possibly go wrong with this Fujitsu tech?
‘Incredibly suspicious’: A union is accusing Google of violating labor law by retaliating against workers for organizing (fortune.com)
Kickstarting a book about Enshittification since Amazon will not carry it (pluralistic.net)
Another example of how big tech is just corrupted to the core....
Google Messages signs onto cross-platform encrypted group chat standard (www.theverge.com)
From the Article:...
Thunderbird 115.1 Released with Bug Fixes & UI Buffs - OMG! Ubuntu (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
The Reddit Protest Is Finally Over. Reddit Won. (gizmodo.com)
Alternative router firmware: what are DD-WRT, OpenWrt, Tomato & ASUSwrt Merlin (binaryfork.com)
Just like the operating system on your computer & cell phone, you can change the software running on your router.
Judge dismisses major arguments in Google antitrust case (www.theverge.com)
The government’s antitrust case against Google just got significantly smaller. In a filing on Friday, a US district court judge dismissed several of the claims that the Department of Justice and a coalition of states brought against the company, including allegations that Google Search harms competing services.
archive.today: On the trail of the mysterious guerrilla archivist of the Internet (gyrovague.com)
The Velomobile: High-Tech Bike Or Low-Tech Car? (www.lowtechmagazine.com)
Linux surpasses the Mac among Steam gamers (arstechnica.com)
China wants to limit teens to using their phones for just an hour a day to fight rising 'internet addiction' (www.businessinsider.com)
China wants to limit teens to using their phones for just an hour a day to fight rising ‘internet addiction’::The Cyberspace Administration of China announced proposed regulations for children’s smartphone usage, including a “minor mode” with time limits.
