technology

Eli Lilly drug shown to slow Alzheimer’s progression::Dementia experts hail “watershed moment” after trial results for donanemab antibody treatment.

Cross-pot from Thunderbird: lemmy.world/post/1637657...

Extremist-friendly tech company closes after fine for securities fraud::Experts say LBRY’s failure casts shadow on future of other ‘alt-tech’ sites as Twitter becomes more receptive to far right

According to a recent software industry security report, there is a notable increase in tension between application security (AppSec) workers and application developers over consensus on cloud-native needs. Additionally, there is a growing concern about retaining developer talent in this context.

AT&T and Verizon’s ancient lead cables have US lawmakers demanding action::“Corporate irresponsibility”: Telcos accused of failing to act on health risks.

They made it GDPR compliant.

New study reports companion robots with artificial intelligence may one day help alleviate loneliness epidemic. Surgeon General says loneliness may be as pernicious as cigarettes.

I remember installing this or a similar one on a friend’s laptop, just setting it as the screen saver for later chaos. Must have been around Vista era....

Workers at Sega of America’s Burbank and Irvine, California, offices have voted to form the country’s fifth video game union and the largest multi-department union.

Mark Zuckerberg has used Meta’s might to push Threads to a fast start — but that may only work up to a point.

A 6-year-old, a best-selling author, and others accuse Google of stealing “everything ever shared on the internet" after Gizmodo noted a privacy policy change.

A U.S. judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit in which the founder of WallStreetBets, which helped ignite investors’ fascination with “meme” stocks, accused Reddit of wrongly banning him from moderating the community and usurping his trademark rights.

xAI, Elon Musk’s newly formed AI company, has revealed itself with a new website detailing its mission and team at x.ai. Musk tweeted the company’s intent is to “understand reality” without any other details or explanation....

‘I deleted my Twitter account’: eight readers on how they avoid digital burnout...

Clemson University to ban TikTok on all campus networks effective Monday, July 10.

I found this on The Verge, though it originated on Vice. I tried posting a screenshot, but that didn’t work:...

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?...