Broadcom continues to kill off VMware products
I received the below email recently which continues to kill off VMware products....
Urgent need to investigate role of technology, social media companies in killing Gazan civilians (euromedmonitor.org)
The role of major technology companies and international social media platforms in the killing of Palestinian civilians during Israel’s genocidal war against the Gaza Strip, ongoing since 7 October 2023, must be investigated. These companies need to be held accountable if found to be complicit or not to have taken adequate...
Bethesda teases The Elder Scrolls 6 in anniversary message and brags its developers are already 'playing early builds' and loving it (www.pcgamer.com)
Best dissertation writers in UK
when writing a non-fiction book, the writer needs to show why they are the best person to write this book. Are they an expert in a particular field? We have a useful article on site about writing a non-fiction proposal Best dissertation writers in UK
Streamline Your Business with Top-Tier Mobile App Development Services (lemmy.world)
Amplework, a leading mobile app development company in the USA, offers comprehensive services to craft user-friendly and feature-rich applications. Their expertise spans iOS, Android, and cross-platform development, ensuring your app reaches a wide audience. They specialize in MVP app development, Full Stack Development, UI/UX...
Porting 8-bit Sonic 2 To The TI-84+ CE (hackaday.com)
A coffee roastery in Finland has launched an AI-generated blend. The results were surprising - KVIA (kvia.com)
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Dutch government says it may stop using Facebook over privacy concerns (www.cnbc.com)
The Dutch government said Friday that it may be forced to stop using Facebook after a warning from the Netherlands’ privacy regulator about the Meta owned social media platform’s privacy risks....
YouTube is finally cracking down on third-party apps that enable ad-blocking (alternativeto.net)
The company’s team clarified that their terms prohibit third-party apps from disabling ads, as it denies creators their due reward for viewership. Although the announcement did not specify any app by name, it’s plausible to presume that third-party YouTube apps such as NewPipe, YouTube ReVanced, Piped, and others might be...
TikTok fears point to larger problem: Poor media literacy in the social media age (theconversation.com)
EU tells Meta it can't paywall privacy (www.theregister.com)
The EU’s Data Protection Board (EDPB) has told large online platforms they should not offer users a binary choice between paying for a service and consenting to their personal data being used to provide targeted advertising....
EK is Imploding: Not Paying Employees, Partners, & Suppliers | Investigative Report (www.youtube.com)
Elizabeth Warren slammed for wanting to ‘break up Apple’s smartphone monopoly’ (www.bostonherald.com)
Google fires 28 employees after protest over Israel cloud contract (www.theverge.com)
Google fired 28 employees in connection with sit-in protests at two of its offices this week, according to an internal memo obtained by The Verge. The firings come after 9 employees were suspended and then arrested in New York and California on Tuesday....
Twitter alternative Post News is shutting down (www.theverge.com)
Post News, a Twitter alternative that emerged in the wake of Elon Musk’s takeover, is shutting down. Noam Bardin, the platform’s founder and former CEO of Waze, writes that Post News “is not growing fast enough to become a real business or a significant platform.”...
Enceladus: Decoding Life's Potential in Saturn's Icy Moon (www.arktrek.shop)
Tesla recalls all 3,878 Cybertrucks over faulty accelerator pedal - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
YouTube moves to AV1 by default to the dismay of some Android users (www.androidpolice.com)
Arif Dikici, who is a part of the Android Video and Image Codecs team at Google, recently announced on LinkedIn that Android will now use an AV1 decoder known as “libdav1d,” which was created by the team behind VLC.
How to Escape From the Iron Age? (solar.lowtechmagazine.com)
We cannot lower carbon emissions if we keep producing steel with fossil fuels.
Killing the Middlemen in the Rideshare Industry (www.hamiltonnolan.com)
What is screen time doing to children? Demands grow to restrict young people’s access to phones and social media. (www.economist.com)
TSAC: Very Low Bitrate Audio Compression (bellard.org)
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What do you think about Abstract Wikipedia?
Wikifunctions is a new site that has been added to the list of sites operated by WMF. I definitely see uses for it in automating updates on Wikipedia and bots (and also for programmers to reference), but their goal is to translate Wikipedia articles to more languages by writing them in code that has a lot of linguistic...