How Twitter lost its place as the global town square (www.washingtonpost.com)
A series of disastrous missteps over the past year has robbed Twitter of its relevance
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A series of disastrous missteps over the past year has robbed Twitter of its relevance
It’s incredible how much the prices have fallen and that’s how it should be. Sure, I bought the 960 close to launch but still the difference is staggering....
Meta’s recent layoffs have impacted the team that is responsible for tackling disinformation on the platform, per CNN.
What are some good tech related podcasts you can recommend? I’ve listened a lot to Darknet Diaries but lately, I’ve found it to become less and less interesting as he mostly just interviews some pentesters....
Clemson University to ban TikTok on all campus networks effective Monday, July 10.
Data brokers can sell your location data to any paying customer but a Massachusetts bill designed to protect abortion-seekers would outlaw such sales.
In the first half of 2023, wind turbines and solar panels in Denmark generated record amount of electricity, accounting for 67% of the country’s power cons
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I found this on The Verge, though it originated on Vice. I tried posting a screenshot, but that didn’t work:...
Scientists, looking deep into space, have long voiced their concerns that satellites are encroaching on their ability to study the cosmos.
I have been in IT Management for close to 15 years and I really don’t like it anymore. Has anyone out there in Lemmy-land ever moved into a technical role after this many years?...
Sarah Silverman, Christopher Golden, and Richard Kadrey are suing OpenAI and Meta over violation of their copyrighted books. The trio says their works were pulled from illegal “shadow libraries” without their consent.
Which of the following sounds more reasonable?...
A group of scientists from the University of Bath have developed a process for converting turpentine, a paper industry waste product, into chemical precursors used in making pharmaceutical drugs…
I really hope this is a complete failure, like Meta itself.
The bill will reportedly apply to suspects in crimes that are punishable by a minimum of five years in jail.