Internet providers say the FCC should not investigate broadband prices (arstechnica.com)
Google’s “Web Integrity” Android API could kill “alternative” media clients (arstechnica.com)
Tumblr is reportedly on life support as its latest owner reassigns staff (arstechnica.com)
Tumblr is reportedly on life support as its latest owner reassigns staff::CEO confirms Tumblr has lost “well north of $100M” since acquisition.
First planned small nuclear reactor plant in the US has been canceled (arstechnica.com)
More tech job layoffs announced at Google, Amazon, and Snap (www.ktvu.com)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Some major tech companies announced another round of job cuts on Thursday. Google, Amazon and Snap are among the companies continuing to downsize.
No More Phone Number Swaps: Signal Messaging App Now Testing Usernames (www.pcmag.com)
Discussion on Signal’s forum
Key EU parliament comitee took stance towards protecting end-to-end encryption, and no device scanning. A possible win for privacy (www.eff.org)
Thanks to more than 100 civil society groups joined us in speaking out against this proposal. So did thousands of individuals who signed the petition demanding that the EU “Stop Scanning Me.”...
The world's largest aircraft breaks cover in Silicon Valley (techcrunch.com)
The world’s largest aircraft breaks cover in Silicon Valley::As dawn breaks over Silicon Valley, the world is getting its first look at Pathfinder 1, a prototype electric airship that its maker LTA Research hopes
Mozillas petition to get an answer from Microsoft, is it using your data to train its AI? (foundation.mozilla.org)
Microsofts new Terms and Service agreement is rather questionable. In short; It does not clarify if Microsoft will use your data to train it’s AI....
Jezebel shuts down, lays off staff in ‘excruciating’ decision, parent company says (www.cnn.com)
Jezebel shuts down, lays off staff in ‘excruciating’ decision, parent company says::Jezebel, the punchy feminist blog with an outsized influence on internet culture, will suspend operations and lay off its staff effective immediately, its parent company G/O Media said Thursday as it announced broader restructuring in its...
Consumer Finance Protection Bureau wants to regulate Venmo, Apple Cash like banks | Digital wallets and payment applications would be affected by move. (arstechnica.com)
Consumer Finance Protection Bureau wants to regulate Venmo, Apple Cash like banks | Digital wallets and payment applications would be affected by move.::Digital wallets and payment applications would be affected by move.
Businesses count the economic cost of Optus network meltdown - ABC News (www.abc.net.au)
Internet providers say the FCC should not investigate broadband prices (arstechnica.com)
Vanishing power feeds, UPS batteries, failover fails... Cloudflare explains that two-day outage (www.theregister.com)
Google, Meta, TikTok defeat Austria’s plan to combat hate speech (arstechnica.com)
Ransomware attack on China's ICBC disrupts Treasury market trades (www.reuters.com)
Google turns to regulators to make Apple open up iMessage (www.theverge.com)
Google turns to regulators to make Apple open up iMessage::iMessage serves should be regulated under the EU’s new Digital Markets Act (DMA), Google and a group of major European telcos has told the European Commission.
Angry Call of Duty Fans Are Review-Bombing the Wrong Modern Warfare 3 (www.ign.com)
Angry Call of Duty Fans Are Review-Bombing the Wrong Modern Warfare 3::Poor Modern Warfare 3. No, not the new one. The original one, from 2011. It’s getting review-bombed by angry Call of Duty fans who seem a bit confused about which Call of Duty is which.
Google won’t say if companies beyond Spotify got secret special app store deals (www.theverge.com)
If not, Android User Choice Billing isn’t much of a discount.
Google could kill YouTube Vanced for good (www.androidpolice.com)
Google could kill YouTube Vanced for good::The company is exploring an integrity API that could lock down WebViews with DRM
Amazon's drone delivery program is the joke it always sounded like. (news.yahoo.com)
Only one item can be delivered at a time. It can’t weigh more than 5 pounds. It can’t be too big. It can’t be something breakable, since the drone drops it from 12 feet. The drones can’t fly when it is too hot or too windy or too rainy....
Humane’s AI Pin (smartphone that projects on to your palm) launching soon @ $699 + 24$/mo subscription + integrates with openAI (www.theverge.com)
I wonder what Lemmings are thinking of this device. I admire the innovation but just don’t see how this would be used in practice outside of memes.
Omegle Shut Down After 14 Years. Read Founder Leif K-Brooks' Full Statement (www.timesnownews.com)
Omegle Shut Down After 14 Years. Read Founder Leif K-Brooks’ Full Statement::Omegle has shut down after 14 years, the founder Leif K-Brooks announced in a statement on Wednesday. He explained that the costs of managing the platform and combating its misuse have become overwhelming, making it financially and emotionally...
X runs ‘timeline takeover’ ad promoting anti-trans film (techcrunch.com)
Thursday on X (Twitter), all users saw the same pinned topic under the “What’s happening?” sidebar. As part of a “timeline takeover” — which gives advertisers “priority access to logged-in users’ first impression of the day” — conservative media nonprofit PragerU is promoting the hashtag “#DETRANS” to...