Firefox Nightly for Android lets you install add-ons from files (www.ghacks.net)
FastCompany: E-books are fast becoming tools of corporate surveillance (www.fastcompany.com)
Apple Working on Software Fix to Avoid U.S. Apple Watch Import Ban (www.macrumors.com)
San Fran tech founder is accused of forcing his assistant into a 'slave contract' that called him 'Master' before trafficking her for sex around the world (www.businessinsider.com)
San Fran tech founder is accused of forcing his assistant into a ‘slave contract’ that called him ‘Master’ before trafficking her for sex around the world::The lawsuit says CEO Christian Lanng made the woman sign the “shocking and repulsive” sex slave contract that led to years of “sexual abuse, torture, and...
Flipboard is pivoting to ActivityPub and the fediverse (www.theverge.com)
UK telecoms firms told to safeguard at-risk customers in switch to digital landlines | Telecommunications industry | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
The "Cheap" Web (potato.cheap)
cheap ≠ free Making nice things is difficult and time-consuming....
AI-screened eye pics diagnose childhood autism with 100% accuracy (newatlas.com)
AI-screened eye pics diagnose childhood autism with 100% accuracy::undefined
This porn company makes millions by shaming porn consumers (finance.yahoo.com)
This porn company makes millions by shaming porn consumers::Strike 3 Holdings says it’s the creator of ‘artistic’ and ‘inspiring’ pornography. Some judges call it a copyright troll that makes millions by threatening to out those who download its films.
Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" (pluralistic.net)
The ability to change features, prices, and availability of things you've already paid for is a powerful temptation to corporations.
Tesla driver who killed 2 people while using autopilot must pay $23,000 in restitution without having to serve any jail time (fortune.com)
Tesla driver who killed 2 people while using autopilot must pay $23,000 in restitution without having to serve any jail time::The case is believed to be the first time that U.S. prosecutors have brought felony charges against a motorist who was using a partially automated driving system.
What are some essential browser extensions for "quieting down" the internet? (www.staygrounded.online)
Firefox for Android now supports over 450 add-ons (www.ghacks.net)
Lawmakers Seek Probe on Apple (AAPL) Over Shuttering iMessage-for-Android Apps - Bloomberg (www.bloomberg.com)
T-Mobile sued after employee stole nude images from customer phone during trade-in (www.cnbc.com)
T-Mobile sued after employee stole nude images from customer phone during trade-in::T-Mobile has been sued again for failing to protect consumer data after an employee at one of its Washington stores stole nude images off of a customer’s phone.
Adobe abandons $20 billion acquisition of Figma (www.theverge.com)
Raspberry Pi project is well done, uses AI to cook meat to perfection (www.tomshardware.com)
Web Development in 2023: JavaScript Still Rules, AI Emerges (thenewstack.io)
Tesla driver who killed 2 people while using autopilot must pay $23,000 in restitution without having to serve any jail time (fortune.com)
30 Years After Doom’s Release, These Are the 30 Best-Worst Ways to Play the Game That Started It All (gizmodo.com)
Scammers Are Tricking Anti-Vaxxers Into Buying Bogus Medical Documents (www.wired.co.uk)
Scammers Are Tricking Anti-Vaxxers Into Buying Bogus Medical Documents::On Telegram, scammers are impersonating doctors to sell fake Covid-19 vaccination certificates and other products, showing how criminals are taking advantage of conspiracy theories.
Southwest Airlines Flight Attendants Forced to Rerun Contract Vote After Crew Discovered Ballot System Was Vulnerable to Fraud (unsecured database web front-end) (www.paddleyourownkanoo.com)
YouTube Video Recommendations Lead to More Extremist Content for Right-Leaning Users, Researchers Suggest (lettersandscience.ucdavis.edu)
YouTube Video Recommendations Lead to More Extremist Content for Right-Leaning Users, Researchers Suggest::New research shows that a person’s ideological leaning might affect what videos YouTube’s algorithms recommend to them. For right-leaning users, video recommendations are more likely to come from channels that share...
Apple to switch to OLED displays for iPads and MacBooks - Nikkei Asia (asia.nikkei.com)
Meta’s Threads app launches across EU in blow to competitor X (www.theguardian.com)
Meta’s Threads app launches across EU in blow to competitor X::The tech giant’s app, which launched in July 2023, first needed approval from the European Commission over privacy provisions
