technology

I’ve seen this movie and it doesn’t end well.

Netflix Is Doing Great, So It’s Killing Off Its Cheapest Ad-Free Plan for Good::The company made gains in ad-based subscribers, but the $12 Basic subscription is being put out to pasture later in 2024 starting in Canada and the U.K.

Looks like it’s taken some principles from GrapheneOS and other alternative ROMs....

An ‘official organization’ on X is just openly glorifying Hitler — X’s verification system is being exploited by accounts that pay to promote their views, including that Hitler wasn’t so bad::X’s verification system is being exploited by accounts that pay to promote their views, including that Hitler wasn’t so bad.

Elon Musk Is Spreading Election Misinformation, but X’s Fact Checkers Are Long Gone::Civil rights lawyers and Democrats are sounding alarms about Mr. Musk’s claims about voting. The Biden campaign called his posts “profoundly irresponsible.”

Google Cuts Thousands of Workers Improving Search After Search Results Scientifically Shown to Suck::“These workers provide critical support that keeps Google’s flagship Search results and Bard AI safe and functional for the company’s billions of users,” the union representing the contractors said.

Elon Musk warns Tesla workers they’ll be sleeping on the production line to build its new mass-market EV::Elon Musk said that building Tesla’s next-generation EV, which is set to enter production in 2025, will require Tesla workers to sleep on the manufacturing line.

Alaska Airlines CEO: We found “many” loose bolts on our Max 9 planes following near-disaster — “My demand on Boeing is what are they going to do to improve their quality programs in-house.”::The CEO of Alaska Airlines said new inspections of the carrier’s Boeing 737 Max 9 planes revealed that “many” of the...

After Three Years on Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Mission Ends::NASA has proven powered, controlled flight is possible on other worlds, just as the Wright brothers proved it was possible on Earth.

This is so strange to me. I guess people enjoy being ripped off and getting less and less value for their money.

Framework as in the laptop company, just for clarity. frame.work. For those unaware, the idea is that these are laptops built with a high degree of modularity so that you can replace far more than a single stick of SODIMM with the goal of even upgrading your CPU and mainboard a few years down the line....

They warned you: Someone allegedly used a politician’s cloned voice to interfere with an election | It will most assuredly not be the last time this happens::undefined

Archived at web.archive.org/…/npr-ceo-katherine-maher-wikimed…

I fucked with the title a bit. What i linked to was actually a mastodon post linking to an actual thing. but in my defense, i found it because cory doctorow boosted it, so, in a way, i am providing the original source here....

Microsoft Lays Off 1,900 Staff From Its Video Game Workforce::Microsoft is cutting 1,900 staff from its video game workforce, sources have told IGN.