FTC judge rules Intuit broke law, must stop advertising TurboTax as “free” (arstechnica.com)
It’s about time that Intuit was called out for their scam. Hopefully, the attempt to stop the federal tax filing will get dismissed as well.
X sues Calif. to avoid revealing how it makes “controversial” content decisions (arstechnica.com)
Update your iPhone: Apple just pushed out a significant security update (apnews.com)
Update your iPhone: Apple just pushed out a significant security update::Apple released a significant security update for iPhones and iPads Thursday to patch newly discovered security vulnerabilities in the devices’ system software.
Cerabyte Ceramic Storage Poised to Usher in 'Yottabyte Era' (www.tomshardware.com)
North Korea-backed hackers target security researchers with 0-day (arstechnica.com)
X is no longer labeling ads for some users (mashable.com)
Not disclosing advertisements runs afoul of the FTC's rules.
Windows 11 and local accounts (www.techrepublic.com)
Does this trick actually work?
Are Internet boards and Forums dead
i started using the internet in the late 2000’s and still remember when you search for something most of the times it would return with a forum post … now its just random websites … if you ever need real and concise answer you have to add site:reddit.com at every search and since discord or twitter are not crawlable by...
Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome (arstechnica.com)
Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome::Chrome now directly tracks users, generates a “topic” list it shares with advertisers.
[EFF] California’s Middle Mile Network Must Bridge the Digital Divide, Not Reinforce It (www.eff.org)
Summary...
My reddit web viewer still works! Story: When reddit killed 3rd party apps, I uploaded a web viewer I have been using for myself to Github pages for everyone to use... (rdx.overdevs.com)
I posted about that here and forgot < lemmy.world/post/896361> but today when I checked cloudflare analytics it showed about 1000 pageviews in last 24 hours. Looks like some people are using it so just wanted to let you guys know that it works, no ads. no popups nothing.
The End of Airbnb in New York (www.wired.com)
The End of Airbnb in New York::Thousands of Airbnbs and other short-term rentals are expected to disappear from rental platforms as New York City begins enforcing tight restrictions.
The sound of WiFi signals (youtu.be)
Japanese YouTuber convicted of copyright violation after uploading Let’s Play videos (www.theverge.com)
Japanese YouTuber convicted of copyright violation after uploading Let’s Play videos::A 53-year-old Japanese man has been convicted of copyright infringement after uploading gameplay videos of visual novel Steins;Gate: My Darling’s Embrace and videos summarizing Spy × Family and Steins;Gate anime episodes.
YouTube Announces Updated Ad Placement Controls, Experiments with New Ad Formats for CTV. (www.socialmediatoday.com)
X updates its Terms to prohibit crawling/scraping of its data (stackdiary.com)
But what if you do? Will you get caught?
ChatGPT is losing some of its hype, as traffic falls for the third month in a row (www.businessinsider.com)
ChatGPT is losing some of its hype, as traffic falls for the third month in a row::August marked the third month in a row that the number of monthly visits to ChatGPT’s website worldwide was down, per data from Similarweb.
Revealed: how US immigration uses fake social media profiles across investigations (www.theguardian.com)
You Need to Update Your iPhone [if you have one], Right Now (gizmodo.com)
iPhone 15 buyers will be reminded Lightning cables are now landfill (9to5mac.com)
Leaker yeux1122 says that Apple Store staff have been told to make sure iPhone 15 buyers know about the change...
Apple shares fall after China reportedly bans iPhone use by government officials | Apple (www.theguardian.com)
Apple shares fall after China reportedly bans iPhone use by government officials | Apple::The move suggests that China, which is one of Apple’s biggest markets, is unwilling to spare any US company in fight to boost homegrown technology
‘Largest number of claims ever filed’: 17M people validated to receive Facebook settlement payment (thehill.com)
‘Largest number of claims ever filed’: 17M people validated to receive Facebook settlement payment::The administrator in charge of vetting claims has received more than 28 million applications for a payment, said Lesley Weaver, co-lead counsel for the plaintiffs in the case.
Britain Admits Defeat in Controversial Fight to Break Encryption (www.wired.com)
AGI Will Not Be A Chatbot - Autonomy, Acceleration, and Arguments Behind the Scenes (youtu.be)
X’s new terms of service insist that tweets are now posts (www.theverge.com)
X’s new terms of service insist that tweets are now posts::X is rolling out a new terms of service on September 29th, and one adjustment is a single instance of “retweet” to “repost.” There are other changes regarding data scraping and class action lawsuits.
