Amazon exec says it’s time for RTO: ‘I don’t have data to back it up, but I know it’s better’ (fortune.com)
Tech company has no data.
Feds subpoena Ticketmaster over egregious concert ticket prices — A spokesperson for Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster, said the firm doesn't “feel comfortable” sharing information with Congress (www.vice.com)
Feds subpoena Ticketmaster over egregious concert ticket prices — A spokesperson for Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster, said the firm doesn’t “feel comfortable” sharing information with Congress::A spokesperson for Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster, said the firm doesn’t “feel comfortable” sharing information...
X runs ‘timeline takeover’ ad promoting anti-trans film (techcrunch.com)
Thursday on X (Twitter), all users saw the same pinned topic under the “What’s happening?” sidebar. As part of a “timeline takeover” — which gives advertisers “priority access to logged-in users’ first impression of the day” — conservative media nonprofit PragerU is promoting the hashtag “#DETRANS” to...
A software company called Threads says Meta tried to buy its domain and kicked it off Facebook (www.engadget.com)
Reddit’s new Contributor Program will let you cash out gold given to your posts by other users in real money. (www.theverge.com)
25 States Agree To Quadruple Number Of Heat Pumps In America (cleantechnica.com)
25 States Agree To Quadruple Number Of Heat Pumps In America::The US Climate Alliance met in New York City this week to explain the benefits of heat pumps, including better health for American families.
SpaceX Might Have Lost 200+ Starlink Satellites In Just 2 Months Shows Data (wccftech.com)
SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet constellation has lost more than two hundred satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) since July, according to data from a satellite tracking website. This is the first time that Starlink has lost a significant number of satellites in a short time period, and these losses are typically influenced...
Leaked images reveal Lenovo’s Steam Deck competitor with a hint of the Switch (www.theverge.com)
GM confirms $130,000 Cadillac Escalade IQ won’t have Apple CarPlay or Android Auto | GM said it was going to drop Apple CarPlay and Android Auto in all vehicles, and now, that includes Cadillac’s l... (www.theverge.com)
GM confirms $130,000 Cadillac Escalade IQ won’t have Apple CarPlay or Android Auto | GM said it was going to drop Apple CarPlay and Android Auto in all vehicles, and now, that includes Cadillac’s l…::Cadillac confirms its new Google built-in infotainment leaves no room for Apple CarPlay or Android Auto. Instead, Google...
NSA Claims It Can’t Watch a Tape It Recorded in the 1980s (gizmodo.com)
Microsoft word update messes up exams in Denmark (www.dr.dk)
Sorry for the Danish post i hope you can translate it....
Samsung’s smart fridges mistakenly warned users its free TV service was ending (www.theverge.com)
‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services (www.theguardian.com)
20 years of Gmail (www.theverge.com)
Never-before-seen Linux malware gets installed using 1-day exploits (arstechnica.com)
Spotify just changed their TOS, giving them unprecedented rights to create "derivative works" from audiobooks (storyfair.net)
They frame it as though it’s for user content, more likely it’s to train AI, but in fact it gives them the right to do almost anything they want - up to (but not including) stealing the content outright.
"We're nowhere near the point where an AI can do your job, but we're well past the point where your boss can be suckered into firing you and replacing you with a bot that fails at doing your job." (Pluralistic) (mbin.grits.dev)
Some Beeper users say Apple banned their Macs from iMessage (9to5google.com)
The EU common charger : USB-C (europa.eu)
cross-posted from: jlai.lu/post/3226934...
"A Billion Nazis at the Table" - The Fediverse model proves contextual moderation by real humans is both easy and affordable. The presence of Nazis on corporate social media implies at least a tacit acceptance. (www.staygrounded.online)
"If you’ve ever hosted a potluck and none of the guests were spouting antisemitic and/or authoritarian talking points, congratulations! You’ve achieved what some of the most valuable companies in the world claim is impossible."
Sony’s PlayStation Portal gives a confusing first impression (www.theverge.com)
Tesla warns that a federal probe into whether it exaggerated the range of its cars may lead to a ‘material adverse impact on our business’ (fortune.com)
Tesla warns that a federal probe into whether it exaggerated the range of its cars may lead to a ‘material adverse impact on our business’::Earlier this year, Reuters reported that Tesla had created a special “diversions team” to avoid dealing with complaints from customers about their vehicle ranges.
The EU says X is the worst platform for disinformation | Just as it removes a way to report election misinformation (www.techspot.com)
The EU says X is the worst platform for disinformation | Just as it removes a way to report election misinformation::undefined
SpaceX projected 20 million Starlink users by 2022—it ended up with 1 million (arstechnica.com)
SpaceX projected 20 million Starlink users by 2022—it ended up with 1 million::Starlink has a fraction of the projected $12B revenue and 20M users, WSJ says.
Twitter accused of helping Saudi Arabia commit human rights abuses (www.theguardian.com)
“Lawsuit says network discloses user data at request of Saudi authorities at much higher rate than for US, UK and Canada”
