Google admits it's making YouTube worse for ad block users (www.theregister.com)
Drag race: hypersonic threats are slow enough for US missile defenses (www.defensenews.com)
Drag race: hypersonic threats are slow enough for US missile defenses::Opinion: Contrary to common claims, hypersonic weapons are no wonder weapons for cracking air-defense shields, argue analysts David Wright and Cameron Tracy.
Google proposes Project Ellmann, a chatbot that intimately knows you (www.techspot.com)
Notepad on Windows 11 is finally getting a character count (www.theverge.com)
Notepad on Windows 11 is finally getting a character count::Microsoft is finally adding a character count to Notepad on Windows 11. It’s in testing alongside the ability to hide the news feed in the widgets panel.
Epic Games wins antitrust lawsuit against Google (www.washingtonpost.com)
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Hyundai unveils car tires with built-in, push-button snow chains (newatlas.com)
Hyundai unveils car tires with built-in, push-button snow chains::undefined
Tumblr's 'fediverse' integration is still being worked on, says owner and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Beeper Mini Is Back (blog.beeper.com)
Politically-engaged Redditors tend to be more toxic -- even in non-political subreddits (www.psypost.org)
Politically-engaged Redditors tend to be more toxic – even in non-political subreddits::A new study links partisan activity on the Internet to widespread online toxicity, revealing that politically-engaged users exhibit uncivil behavior even in non-political discussions. The findings are based on an analysis of hundreds of...
Elon Musk’s Grok Twitter AI Is Actually ‘Woke,’ Hilarity Ensues (www.forbes.com)
Wi-Fi 7 to get the final seal of approval early next year, new standard is up to 4.8 times faster than Wi-Fi 6 (www.tomshardware.com)
Wi-Fi 7 to get the final seal of approval early next year, new standard is up to 4.8 times faster than Wi-Fi 6::There are a lot of ‘draft’ Wi-Fi 7 devices around, but ‘Wi-Fi 7 Certified’ devices will only come to market sometime next year.
Senator Warren calls out Apple for shutting down Beeper's 'iMessage to Android' solution (techcrunch.com)
Senator Warren calls out Apple for shutting down Beeper’s ‘iMessage to Android’ solution::U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is throwing her weight behind Beeper, the app that allowed Android users to message iPhone users via iMessage,
Doom creator John Romero launches sequel campaign Sigil 2 for free (www.pcgamesn.com)
Doom creator John Romero launches sequel campaign Sigil 2 for free::As the Doom 30th anniversary arrives, co-creator and programmer John Romero launches Sigil 2, a free expansion to the legendary FPS game.
Apple And Google Are Sending Your Push Notifications to The Government (odysee.com)
In this video I discuss how a recent DOJ letter revealed that Apple and Google were sending peoples push notifications to foreign governments.
Light-Speed Spaceships Would Have Trouble Phoning Home (www.iflscience.com)
Stealthy Linux rootkit found in the wild after going undetected for 2 years (arstechnica.com)
Stealthy Linux rootkit found in the wild after going undetected for 2 years::Krasue infects telecom firms in Thailand using techniques for staying under the radar.
Google’s AI note-taking app is now available to users in the US (www.theverge.com)
[py beefetch] a python script similar to neofetch that displays an animation of ascii bees that you can run in your terminal. (github.com)
you can also choose between 5 colors for the bee, new software!!
Helmond-based solar car maker Lightyear suspends car production, switches to building solar roofs (siliconcanals.com)
Alex Jones and his conspiracy theories are allowed back on X (www.engadget.com)
Alex Jones and his conspiracy theories are allowed back on X::Elon Musk created a poll on Saturday asking users to vote on whether Alex Jones should be reinstated. After the majority voted “Yes,” the conspiracy theorist best known for calling the Sandy Hook massacre a hoax was given his X account back.
AI Doomerism: Intelligence Is Not Enough -- “The lack of arms and legs becomes really load-bearing when you want to kill all humans.” (thenewstack.io)
Why Tesla Autopilot shouldn’t be used in as many places as you think (archive.ph)
Why Tesla Autopilot shouldn’t be used in as many places as you think::undefined
1.8 Million Barrels of Oil a Day Avoided from Electric Vehicles (cleantechnica.com)
1.8 Million Barrels of Oil a Day Avoided from Electric Vehicles::Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! We love covering electric … [continued]