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iFixit is breaking up with Samsung. ‘Samsung’s approach to repairability does not align with our mission,’ says iFixit’s CEO. (www.theverge.com)

iFixit and Samsung are ending their partnership on a direct-to-consumer phone repair program....

EcoFlow’s $200 PowerStream is so clever, you might buy a $4,000 solar generator (www.theverge.com)

Title reads like at ad, but this is a new way to reach energy independence. I actually have a small EcoFlow device and it’s pretty good for the price....

Another US state repeals law that protected ISPs from municipal competition (arstechnica.com)

With Minnesota repeal, number of states restricting public broadband falls to 16.

OpenAI backpedals on scandalous tactic to silence former employees (arstechnica.com)

Google Search’s “udm=14” trick lets you kill AI search for good | Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)

Tack “&udm=14” on to the end of a normal search, and you’ll be booted into the clean 10 blue links interface. While Google might not let you set this as a default, if you have a way to automatically edit the Google search URL, you can create your own defaults.

Male birth control breakthrough safely switches off fit sperm for a while (newatlas.com)

Does One Line Fix Google? - A “Web” filter that presents what Google used to look like a decade ago | tedium.co (tedium.co)

Forget AI. Google just created a version of its search engine free of all the extra junk it has added over the past decade-plus. All you have to do is add “udm=14” to the search URL....

Amazon Kills Shareholder Proposals on Worker Protections and AI Oversight (www.404media.co)

ICQ, One of the Oldest Instant Messengers, Is Shutting Down (www.pcmag.com)

ICQ will stop working on June 26. It’s encouraging users to migrate to a messaging app from Russia-based VK, its parent company....

My blog cost USD44 a year (merecivilian.com)

Didn’t know VPSs could get that cheap

Could this be the Start of a Trend? (arstechnica.com)

Arizona lawmaker uses ChatGPT to help craft legislation to combat deepfakes (www.nbcnews.com)

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Meta will train AI with data from European users (stackdiary.com)

The only exception is private messages, and some users have reported difficulty opting out.

China's latest AI chatbot is trained on President Xi Jinping's political ideology (apnews.com)

EU industry chief calls on US to adopt new tech regulations, encourage shared digital market (cbnumy.blogspot.com)

Microsoft starts bundling Windows 11 with its 'PC optimizer' app in some regions (www.neowin.net)

PC optimizers are not a new concept, and they have been around for quite a while. Nowadays, many consider them unnecessary, but having an official program made by Microsoft that is capable of (allegedly) speeding up your PC may sound quite appealing....

The Shiba Inu that inspired Dogecoin crypto and countless memes has died (www.npr.org)

Linus Tech Tips (LTT) release investigation results on former accusations (x.com)

There were a series of accusations about our company last August from a former employee. Immediately following these accusations, LMG hired Roper Greyell - a large Vancouver-based law firm specializing in labor and employment law, to conduct a third-party investigation. Their website describes them as “one of the largest...

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