E3 Is dead for good after more than two decades of running (www.ign.com)
E3 Is dead for good after more than two decades of running::The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has announced the end of E3 for good.
The year Twitter died: a special series from The Verge (www.theverge.com)
BYTE Interview with the Creators of the Macintosh from 1984 (computeradsfromthepast.substack.com)
As ChatGPT gets “lazy,” people test “winter break hypothesis” as the cause (arstechnica.com)
As ChatGPT gets “lazy,” people test “winter break hypothesis” as the cause::Unproven hypothesis seeks to explain ChatGPT’s seemingly new reluctance to do hard work.
Android is preparing to add built-in phishing protection (www.androidpolice.com)
'Eyes Everywhere': Congress Is About to Vote to Expand Mass Surveillance of Americans, Experts Warn (www.vice.com)
‘Eyes Everywhere’: Congress Is About to Vote to Expand Mass Surveillance of Americans, Experts Warn::Privacy experts worry that a proposed reform bill would greatly widen how the government can surveil Americans’ digital communications.
Transparent Wood Could Soon Find Uses In Smartphone Screens, Insulated Windows (m.slashdot.org)
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.
YouTube is deliberately crippling Firefox on ARM systems (social.treehouse.systems)
Apple Offers iPhone NFC Chip Access to Apple Pay Rivals in EU (www.macrumors.com)
Windows 11 scores dead last in gaming performance tests against 3 Linux gaming distros (www.notebookcheck.net)
Epic Games wins antitrust lawsuit against Google (www.washingtonpost.com)
Epic Games wins antitrust lawsuit against Google::undefined
A firm providing AI drive-thru tech to fast food chains actually relies on human workers to take orders 70% of the time (www.businessinsider.com)
A firm providing AI drive-thru tech to fast food chains actually relies on human workers to take orders 70% of the time::Presto Automations recently admitted that most of the orders taken by its AI drive-thru chatbot are actually assisted by off-site human workers.
The growing abuse of QR codes in malware and payment scams prompts FTC warning (arstechnica.com)
Google Fiber is offering early access to $250 per month 20-gig service - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
More than 15% of teens say they’re on YouTube or TikTok ‘almost constantly’ (www.cnbc.com)
More than 15% of teens say they’re on YouTube or TikTok ‘almost constantly’::A new Pew Research Center study finds that more than 15% of teens say they’re on YouTube or TikTok “almost constantly.”
Tesla says California's Autopilot action violates its free speech rights (www.theregister.com)
Tesla says California’s Autopilot action violates its free speech rights::Elon’s biz claims 1st Amendment rights
A gigantic new ICBM will take US nuclear missiles out of the Cold War-era but add 21st-century risks (apnews.com)
A gigantic new ICBM will take US nuclear missiles out of the Cold War-era but add 21st-century risks::A new nuclear missile is coming, a gigantic ICBM called the Sentinel. It marks the largest cultural shift in 60 years in the land leg of the Air Force’s nuclear missile mission.
Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight (www.theverge.com)
Well, I’ll be damned. They finally won one it sounds like.
Google admits it's making YouTube worse for ad block users (www.theregister.com)
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.
Google proposes Project Ellmann, a chatbot that intimately knows you (www.techspot.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!!
Tumblr's 'fediverse' integration is still being worked on, says owner and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg | TechCrunch (techcrunch.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.
