Twitter loses World Bank ads over pro-Nazi content placement (boingboing.net)
The Future is Analog (If You Can Afford It) | TechPolicy.Press (www.techpolicy.press)
Email Security for Every Taste (loudwhisper.me)
As someone who has read plenty of discussions about email security (some of them in this very community), including all kind of stuff (from the company groupie to tinfoil-hat conspiracy theories), I have decided to put too many hours some time to discuss the different threat models for email setups, including the basic most...
Microsoft is bringing annoying Windows 11 Start menu ads to Windows 10 (www.neowin.net)
Let’s put it this way; when Microsoft announced its plans to start adding features to Windows 10 once again, despite the operating system’s inevitable demise in October 2025, everyone expected slightly different things to see ported over from Windows 11. Sadly, the latest addition to Windows 10 is one of the most annoying...
LLMs develop their own understanding of reality as their language abilities improve (news.mit.edu)
“An intriguing open question is whether the LLM is actually using its internal model of reality to reason about that reality as it solves the robot navigation problem,” says Rinard. “While our results are consistent with the LLM using the model in this way, our experiments are not designed to answer this next question.”...
A Game Of Snake On A LEGO Mechanical Computer (hackaday.com)
Move over, text: Video is the new medium of our lives (www.technologyreview.com)
[GUIDE] How to sideload on iOS without jailbreak or PC in the easiest way possible? (avieshek.wordpress.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/18996736...
Microsoft to host security summit after CrowdStrike disaster (arstechnica.com)
iPhones in the EU get ability to set more default apps, delete more built-in ones (m.gsmarena.com)
I don’t expect most iPhone users to ever change their default settings, but it’s nice that it will be possible in a year....
Baidu blocks Google, Bing from scraping content amid demand for data used on AI projects (www.scmp.com)
See-Through Windows Make Clean Electricity From Raindrops (cleantechnica.com)
Floating Solar Meets Fish Farming (cleantechnica.com)
Microsoft formally deprecates the 39-year-old Windows Control Panel (arstechnica.com)
OpenBSD has reached OpenBSD of Theseus (marc.info)
A beauty contest controversy turned Uber into an unlikely battlefield between Nigeria and South Africa (restofworld.org)
World's Biggest Battery Will Provide 85 Megawatts to New England Grid (singularityhub.com)
Families can sue app developer for breaking its anti-bullying pledge, says court (www.theverge.com)
How To Add Vibration Motor Module To Your Meshtastic Node (adrelien.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.radio/post/4173929...
Peloton announces $95 “used equipment activation fee” (arstechnica.com)
Peloton is introducing a $95 “used equipment activation fee” for bikes purchased from outside its official channels in the US and Canada, aiming to boost revenue and maintain onboarding quality for new subscribers....
Greasy Opal's CAPTCHA solver still serving cybercrime after 16 years (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
If $70 +$10/mo can get me through all those annoying CAPCHAs, I will gladly pay. Of course, if cheaper or even free solutions exists, I will use it. My only requirement is it work 90%+ of the time.
AI could be a game changer for people with disabilities (www.technologyreview.com)
I'm seeking work as a full stack developer. (shinobi8894.onrender.com)
Hello Everyone I’m seeking work as a full stack developer. If you have any work and planning new, kindly let me know. Here is my portfolio....
Gearbox founder says Epic Games Store hopes were “misplaced or overly optimistic” (arstechnica.com)
Peloton to ruin the secondhand market by charging a $95 ‘used equipment activation fee’ | It doesn’t apply to refurbished models bought directly from the company (www.engadget.com)
Peloton is in something of a financial rut lately, and we all know what companies do when that happens. They take it out on consumers. To that end, the exercise machine maker just announced it will be charging a $95 “used equipment activation fee” to anyone who buys one of its machines on the secondhand market, according to...
