Not even poor Notepad is safe from Microsoft's AI obsession (www.theregister.com)
‘You’re Telling Me in 2023, You Still Have a ’Droid?’ Why Teens Hate Android Phones / A recent survey of teens found that 87% have iPhones, and don’t plan to switch (archive.ph)
‘You’re Telling Me in 2023, You Still Have a ’Droid?’ Why Teens Hate Android Phones / A recent survey of teens found that 87% have iPhones, and don’t plan to switch::undefined
Biden really, really doesn’t want China to flood the US with cheap EVs (www.theverge.com)
Elon Musk vows ‘thermonuclear lawsuit’ as advertisers flee X over antisemitism (www.independent.co.uk)
Elon Musk vows ‘thermonuclear lawsuit’ as advertisers flee X over antisemitism::Tesla founder threatens to take action against media watchdog ‘the split second court opens on Monday’
After luring customers with low prices, Amazon stuffs Fire TVs with ads (arstechnica.com)
Google tries to defend its Web Environment Integrity (techreport.com)
I’m happy to see this being noticed more and more. Google wants to destroy the open web, so it’s a lot at stake....
Homeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a day (www.newsweek.com)
A lot of Redditors hate the Reddit IPO | Reddit warned us that its users were a risk factor, and boy do they sound excited about shorting its stock. (www.theverge.com)
A lot of Redditors hate the Reddit IPO | Reddit warned us that its users were a risk factor, and boy do they sound excited about shorting its stock.::Reddit seems like a likely candidate for a meme stock. But the actual reaction suggests that r/WallStreetBets isn’t going to send the stock to the moon.
Thousands of Android TV devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalled (arstechnica.com)
Will you be willing to pay for using Twitter? (variety.com)
Elon Musk said he will charge all X/Twitter users a fee to be on the platform. He suggested that such a change would be necessary to deal with the problem of bots on the platform....
House approves sell-or-be-banned TikTok measure, attaching it to foreign aid bill (www.npr.org)
A crowd destroyed a driverless Waymo car in San Francisco (www.theverge.com)
A crowd destroyed a driverless Waymo car in San Francisco::A Waymo car was destroyed in San Francisco as a crowd began vandalizing it and ultimately set the car on fire. Nobody was in the vehicle at the time.
Amazon Prime Video will start showing ads on January 29th unless you pay extra for ad-free (www.theverge.com)
Discord users are cancelling their Nitro after new mobile layout update (www.dexerto.com)
Discord users are cancelling their Nitro after new mobile layout update::undefined
It's not just you — no one is posting on social media anymore (www.businessinsider.com)
It’s not just you — no one is posting on social media anymore::Social media is on the decline. Instagram is all ads. No one’s posting on BeReal. TikTok is for influencers. The new place for sharing: group chats.
My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore (www.howtogeek.com)
The Verge shows how Google search is useless (www.theverge.com)
The Verge published this spam article about the “best printers of 2024” to demonstrate how terrible Google’s search results are. It now appears as the top non-sponsored post if you search “best printer” on Google....
ByteDance won't sell TikTok, would rather pull it from the US (www.androidauthority.com)
Reddit’s IPO Filing Shows Lots Of Losses After Nearly 20 Years (www.forbes.com)
Top Apple analyst says MacBook demand has fallen 'significantly' (www.cnbc.com)
Top Apple analyst says MacBook demand has fallen ‘significantly’::A top Apple analyst said Wednesday that shipments for MacBook computers will decline around 30% year over year.
200,000 users abandon Netflix after crackdown backfires (www.forbes.com.au)
200,000 users abandon Netflix after crackdown backfires::Aussies have spoken, and the results are not looking good for Netflix. A new report reveals why users are turning to streaming competitors.
Porn sites must have government health warning in Texas from September 1st (www.techdirt.com)
Porn sites must have government health warning in Texas from September 1st::Just when we didn’t think the state of Texas could get any more wacko on tech policy, this latest bill really suggests otherwise. House Bill 1181 is an age verification measure that is similar to what we’ve seen in the state legislatures across other...
Google Search Is Now a Giant Hallucination (gizmodo.com)
Google rolled out AI overviews across the United States this month, exposing its flagship product to the hallucinations of large language models.
Streaming giants have banded together for lobbying power (www.theverge.com)
Running AI is so expensive that Amazon will probably charge you to use Alexa in future, says outgoing exec (www.businessinsider.com)
Running AI is so expensive that Amazon will probably charge you to use Alexa in future, says outgoing exec::In an interview with Bloomberg, Dave Limp said that he “absolutely” believes that Amazon will soon start charging a subscription fee for Alexa
