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Understanding Assistive Technology: Definitions and Examples (istanarez.blogspot.com)

Night-vision lenses so thin and light that we can all see in the dark (newatlas.com)

After its reputation went up in flames, Humane warns users its charging case may too (www.engadget.com)

Windows Recall demands an extraordinary level of trust that Microsoft hasn’t earned (arstechnica.com)

Zoom CEO Wants an AI Avatar to Do Your Job While You’re at the Beach (gizmodo.com)

Aptoide app store hits iOS in the European Union (www.notebookcheck.net)

As a direct consequence of the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), the Google Play alternative Aptoide is now ready to take on iOS as well. The closed launch will take place tomorrow, and new users will need an invitation to join. Between 500 and 1,000 daily invites will be issued in the first stage....

Privacy tool (lemmy.sdf.org)

so I started to see stuff on O&O ShutUp10++ that help disable most intrusive windows features, but it’s closed sorce, wondering if they are any open source alternatives? Shutup10 ++

Benefits of WiFi as a Service for various industries (lemmy.world)

As businesses across various industries strive to meet the growing demands of customers, employees, and guests, WiFi as a Service (WaaS) emerges as a game-changer, offering unparalleled flexibility, scalability, and cost-effectiveness. Let’s explore how EZELINK’s WiFi as a Service solution is transforming industries and...

xaitax/TotalRecall: This tool extracts and displays data from the Recall feature in Windows 11, providing an easy way to access information about your PC's activity snapshots. (github.com)

this rootless Python script rips Windows Recall’s screenshots and SQLite database of OCRed text and allows you to search them.

China’s plan to dominate EV sales around the world (arstechnica.com)

10 big things we think will happen in the next 10 years (www.vox.com)

Windows Recall demands an extraordinary level of trust that Microsoft hasn’t earned | Op-ed: The risks to Recall are way too high for security to be secondary (arstechnica.com)

Google might keep your Pixel during a repair if you're caught using non-OEM parts (www.androidpolice.com)

Ex-Meta engineer sues company, accusing the company of being biased against employees supporting Palestine. (www.engadget.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/17800034...

Google was apprised of thousands of minor incidents between 2013 and 2019 that affected user privacy. (www.spiceworks.com)

404 Media noted that Google accidentally collected childrens’ voice data through the Gboard microphone, leaked carpool users’ trips and home addresses (Waze), collected license plate info from Street View, and made YouTube recommendations derived from deleted watch history....

ISPs seek halt of net neutrality rules before they take effect next month (arstechnica.com)

Know-What vs Know-How (open.substack.com)

EU approval for chat control (www.patrick-breyer.de)

We need to do something against this. The EU plans to apply a law for a chat control in the territory. The approval say that all the chats and the emails would be send to the government to do AI scanning to in fact “find the children abuses”, even when using apps with end-to-end encryption (the EU will ask the services to...

Spotify has raised prices for the second time in a year, with no new benefits, after its CEO sparked outrage by claiming the cost of creating 'content' is 'close to zero' (www.techradar.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)

Global navigation jamming will only get worse. The U.S. needs to move fast - SpaceNews (spacenews.com)

Interesting implications, perhaps the global positioning system is not as infallible as we thought

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