Microsoft is blocking Windows Customization Tools (www.neowin.net)
TLDR: StartAllBack, ExplorerPatcher and some other projects are being blocked on 24H2....
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TLDR: StartAllBack, ExplorerPatcher and some other projects are being blocked on 24H2....
A patent application from the company spotted by Lowpass describes a system for displaying ads over any device connected over HDMI, a list that could include cable boxes, game consoles, DVD or Blu-ray players, PCs, or even other video streaming devices. Roku filed for the patent in August 2023 and it was published in November...
If the linked article has a paywall, you can access this archived version instead: archive.ph/aeQhP...
"Engineers are optimistic they can find a way for the FDS to operate normally."
A shocking story was promoted on the “front page” or main feed of Elon Musk’s X on Thursday:...
The Israeli military has reportedly implemented a facial recognition dragnet across the Gaza Strip, scanning ordinary Palestinians as they move throughout the ravaged territory, attempting to flee the ongoing bombardment and seeking sustenance for their families....
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/14100831...
To free ourselves of our current predicament, we must simultaneously de-centralize and re-centralize identity....
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany’s most northern state, is starting its switch from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice, and is planning to move from Windows to Linux on the 30,000 PCs it uses for local government functions....
This is a screenshot from an NPR article discussing the rising use of ad blockers. The page is 12 megabytes in size in a stock web browser. The same article with basic ad blocking turned on is 1 megabyte.