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Darkness reigns over Wikipedia as official dark mode comes to pass (arstechnica.com)

Linus Torvalds says RISC-V will make the same mistakes as Arm and x86 (www.tomshardware.com)

Microsoft bans China-based employees from using Android devices for work, mandates switch to iPhones (www.techspot.com)

Microsoft has told all its employees in China that they will soon only be allowed to use iPhones for work purposes. The ban on Android devices is part of a security-related Microsoft initiative for providing a unified way of managing and verifying employee identities....

Apple finally adds support for RCS in latest iOS 18 beta | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

Mozilla restores Firefox add-ons banned in Russia (www.theregister.com)

Mozilla has reinstated previously banned Firefox add-ons in Russia that were designed to circumvent state censorship, such as a VPN and a tool to access Tor websites....

Instagram's unskippable ads test causes outrage among users (www.techspot.com)

Instagram has long been accused of stealing features from platforms such as TikTok, Snapchat, and Twitter/X. It appears that the company has looked to YouTube for its latest idea: unskippable ads that you have to watch for a period of time before being able to scroll further....

Free-Market Advocate, Elon Musk, Asks for U.S. Government to Put Tariffs on Chinese EV Imports (medium.com)

Over 100 far-right militias are coordinating on Facebook (arstechnica.com)

Nintendo DMCA Notice Wipes Out 8,535 Yuzu Repos, Mig Switch Also Targeted. (torrentfreak.com)

How come TurboVPN can have double the amount of downloads compared to NordVPN and ExpresVPN? ++ (slrpnk.net)

Disclaimer: I know TurboVPN and the others mentioned are not good services to use, I’m strictly doing research. I’m not looking for VPN recommendations....

Why Bluesky Remains The Most Interesting Experiment In Social Media, By Far (www.techdirt.com)

After 114 days of change, Broadcom CEO acknowledges VMware-related “unease” (arstechnica.com)

Electric cars will be cheaper to make than gas vehicles but with much higher repair and insurance costs (www.notebookcheck.net)

Are search engines, like Google, relevant at all anymore? Why use them? A relevant debate. It's not 2010 anymore.

Why would something like Google search possibly be irrelevant?...

Dell RTO mandate said to be a stealth layoff, for women (www.theregister.com)

Childhood disrupted: is the internet damaging young people’s development? (yorkshirebylines.co.uk)

Police departments are using AI to review bodycam footage, and police unions are not happy about it (www.techspot.com)

Mark Zuckerberg made $29 billion this morning after Meta stock makes record surge (www.cnn.com)

Mark Zuckerberg made $29 billion this morning after Meta stock makes record surge::Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth increased by more than $28 billion between your morning coffee and your lunch break.

Any duck duck go alternative that is better in privacy and security ?

I have always liked and used Duck duck go more than google but now i am considering if i should switch because of the shit they pulled with their app and yesterday when i clicked a link it took me directly to their newsletter subsciption page not even like a popup a proper page without any way except manually backing out . So is...

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