Lyft now lets drivers prioritize matches with women and nonbinary riders (www.theverge.com)
"Where can I keep all this time that I'm saving?" Thank to Silicon valley, mankind is finally free of drudgery to focus on what's important in life. (www.staygrounded.online)
California Just Became the Third State to Pass Electronics Right to Repair (www.ifixit.com)
California Just Became the Third State to Pass Electronics Right to Repair::Right to Repair just won in Big Tech’s backyard: California’s Right to Repair Act, Senate Bill 244, has passed the state legislature on a 50–0 vote.
The A.V. Club's AI-Generated Articles Are Copying Directly From IMDb (futurism.com)
On our review, the bulk of the A.V. Club's AI-generated articles appear to be copied directly from IMDb.
College Kids Are Easily Bypassing Stupid University TikTok Bans (www.techdirt.com)
We’ve noted a few times how the political push to ban TikTok is a dumb performance largely designed to distract people from our failure to pass even a basic internet privacy law or regulate data brokers. We’ve also noted how college bans of TikTok are a dumb extension of that dumb performance, and don’t accomplish anything...
A disturbing number of TikTok videos about autism include claims that are “patently false,” study finds (www.psypost.org)
A disturbing number of TikTok videos about autism include claims that are “patently false,” study finds::A recent study published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders found that a significant majority (73%) of informational videos on TikTok tagged with “#Autism” contain inaccurate or overgeneralized...
Apple iPhone 15 relegated to USB 2.0 unless you buy the Pro (www.pcgamer.com)
Spirit Airlines Customer Service For Spanish (lemmy.ca)
If you are looking for Spirit Airlines customer service in Spanish, this page provides information on how to get in touch with their Spanish telephone support team. Learn how to contact them for assistance and resolve any issues with your Spirit Airlines booking.
Virgin Media O2 UK Offers to Recycle Old iPhone Cables (www.ispreview.co.uk)
US to argue Google abused power to monopolize internet search as antitrust trial begins (www.theguardian.com)
US to argue Google abused power to monopolize internet search as antitrust trial begins::US makes case Google leveraged power and wealth to strangle competition, spending billions on deals with Apple and Samsung
Unity Software Inc's President and CEO John Riccitiello Sells 2,000 Shares (finance.yahoo.com)
Stable Audio: Fast Timing-Conditioned Latent Audio Diffusion — Stability AI (stability.ai)
Stability AI introduces their AI model for creating audio and music. You can try it out now: www.stableaudio.com
Google's defenders honed antitrust skills attacking Microsoft (www.spokesman.com)
Unity backtracks slightly on plans to charge developers for game installs (www.eurogamer.net)
Game development engine Unity has U-turned on some parts of its hugely controversial plan to enforce fees on game creat…
The Batshit Crazy Story Of The Day Elon Musk Decided To Personally Rip Servers Out Of A Sacramento Data Center (www.techdirt.com)
Back on Christmas Eve of last year there were some reports that Elon Musk was in the process of shutting down Twitter’s Sacramento data center. In that article, a number of ex-Twitter employees wer…
Judge in US v. Google trial didn’t know if Firefox is a browser or search engine (arstechnica.com)
Judge in US v. Google trial didn’t know if Firefox is a browser or search engine::Google accused DOJ of aiming to force people to use “inferior” search products.
French agency says the iPhone 12 emits too much radiation, tells Apple to withdraw it (abcnews.go.com)
Interactive Map of Linux Kernel (makelinux.github.io)
Any sufficiently advanced uninstaller is indistinguishable from malware (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Unity has changed its pricing model, and game developers are pissed off (www.theverge.com)
Unity has changed its pricing model, and game developers are pissed off::Unity has announced that starting on January 1st, 2024, it will implement a new pricing model that will charge developers based on how many times a game was installed.
US rejects AI copyright for famous state fair-winning Midjourney art (arstechnica.com)
Controversial AI art piece from 2022 lacks human authorship required for registration.
The iPhone 13 mini is dead, leaving small phone lovers in a lurch (arstechnica.com)
Gasoline, diesel vehicles dominate India's auto market, EVs lag (www.reuters.com)
The War Thunder forum has once again been used to share restricted plane documentation - this time about the F-117 Nighthawk (www.techradar.com)
How many times even has this happened?!?!
Calls to violence are appearing on the conspiracy subreddit over a gun order from New Mexico’s governor (www.mediamatters.org)
Calls to violence are appearing on the conspiracy subreddit over a gun order from New Mexico’s governor::Users on the “r/conspiracy” subreddit, a prominent message board for conspiracy theorists, have repeatedly issued calls for violence in response to New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issuing a temporary ban on...
