Google Maps tests new pop-up ads that give you an unnecessary detour (www.androidauthority.com)
Jesus, that is a gross way to inject advertising into turn-by-turn navigation....
Arizona toddler rescued after getting trapped in a Tesla with a dead battery | The Model Y’s 12-volt battery, which powers things like the doors and windows, died (www.theverge.com)
Amazon is now automatically playing fullscreen video ads on Fire TV (9to5google.com)
Barack Obama: “For elevator music, AI is going to work fine. Music like Bob Dylan or Stevie Wonder, that's different” (musictech.com)
Barack Obama: “For elevator music, AI is going to work fine. Music like Bob Dylan or Stevie Wonder, that’s different”::Barack Obama has weighed in on AI’s impact on music creation in a new interview, saying, “For elevator music, AI is going to work fine”.
Microsoft accidentally leaks internal tool that can enable hidden Windows 11 features (www.windowscentral.com)
Brave will not add Web Integration support (twitter.com)
I think we need all support we can get to fight Google on this, so I welcome Brave here actually....
The state of Playstore (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Ads upon ads upon ads
Own a Roku TV or streaming device? You're about to see a lot more ads on your home screen (www.techradar.com)
Ugh. Roku was one of the platforms with fewer ads....
Bill Gates says a 3-day work week where 'machines can make all the food and stuff' isn't a bad idea (www.businessinsider.com)
Bill Gates says a 3-day work week where ‘machines can make all the food and stuff’ isn’t a bad idea::“A society where you only have to work three days a week, that’s probably OK,” Bill Gates said.
BMW Is Giving Up on Heated Seat Subscriptions Because People Hated Them (www.thedrive.com)
BMW Is Giving Up on Heated Seat Subscriptions Because People Hated Them::The blowback worked—but subscriptions for software-based new car features will continue, according to a BMW board member.
United Airlines passengers to see targeted ads on seat-back screens (www.cbsnews.com)
Pressure grows on Apple to open up iMessage (finance.yahoo.com)
Pressure grows on Apple to open up iMessage::Samsung has joined Google’s campaign to force Apple to make iMessage RCS-compatible—but European regulators are more likely to get that job done.
Just a JSON file in Windows 11 enables Edge, Bing, and Search ads removal (winaero.com)
Brave browser quietly slips a VPN service onto your Windows PC (www.androidcentral.com)
Valve runs its massive PC gaming ecosystem with only about 350 employees (arstechnica.com)
Microsoft has blocked the bypass that allowed you to create a local account during Windows 11 setup by typing in a blocked email address (www.tomshardware.com)
People want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them? (www.bbc.com)
Tesla Cybertruck's stiff structure, sharp design raise safety concerns - experts (www.reuters.com)
Tesla Cybertruck’s stiff structure, sharp design raise safety concerns - experts::The angular design of Tesla’s Cybertruck has safety experts concerned that the electric pickup truck’s stiff stainless-steel exoskeleton could hurt pedestrians and cyclists.
Unity temporarily closes offices amid death threats following contentious pricing changes (www.engadget.com)
Musk's new idea (slrpnk.net)
Microsoft has gone too far: including a Game Pass ad in the Settings app ushers in a whole new age of ridiculous over-advertising (www.techradar.com)
Windows 11 is getting out of hand with its push for advertisments, frankly - remember the recent full-screen pop-up to persuade users to install Edge or other Microsoft services? Then another advertisment was placed in the Start menu, and now Microsoft has finally worn my temper thin - with a new Game Pass ad coming to the...
Microsoft is blocking Windows Customization Tools (www.neowin.net)
TLDR: StartAllBack, ExplorerPatcher and some other projects are being blocked on 24H2....
PSA: You can't delete photos uploaded to Lemmy. So don't (accidentally) upload a nude (tech.michaelaltfield.net)
Petition demands that Microsoft extends Windows 10 support (ghacks.net)
Redditors Vent and Complain When People Mock Their "AI Art" (futurism.com)
Setting aside the usual arguments on the anti- and pro-AI art debate and the nature of creativity itself, perhaps the negative reaction that the Redditor encountered is part of a sea change in opinion among many people that think corporate AI platforms are exploitive and extractive in nature because their datasets rely on...
