What Neuralink is missing (it turns out that connecting brains with computers is the easy part) (www.theatlantic.com)
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Heartbleed vulnerability in OpenSSL, which had the same ultimate root cause as recent XZUtils backdoor incident (optimizedbyotto.com)
The XZ Utils backdoor, discovered last week, and the Heartbleed security vulnerability ten years ago, share the same ultimate root cause. Both of them, and in fact all critical infrastructure open source projects, should be fixed with the same solution: ensure baseline funding for proper open source maintenance.
Disney to implement measures limiting password sharing on streaming services from June (alternativeto.net)
We can slay giants - The Handbasket (www.thehandbasket.co)
Useful Info On Dumbing Down Your TCL Roku TV (support.tcl.com)
Turning Off the Roku Features of Your TCL Smart TV...
Eric S. Raymond / autodafe · Tools for freeing your project from the clammy grip of autotools.
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AI will reduce workforce, say 41% of execs in a survey (www.theregister.com)
T-Mobile's New AI "Profiling" Privacy Toggle Is On By Default (tmo.report)
Roku has patented a way to show ads over anything you plug into your TV (arstechnica.com)
Tesla scraps its plan for a $25,000 Model 2 EV (arstechnica.com)
Unsealed Documents Provide More Details On Federal Investigators’ YouTube Dragnet (www.techdirt.com)
Weird netizens (blog.erlend.sh)
To free ourselves of our current predicament, we must simultaneously de-centralize and re-centralize identity....
Using StartAllBack? No Windows updates for you, says Microsoft (www.xda-developers.com)
How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I. (www.nytimes.com)
If the linked article has a paywall, you can access this archived version instead: archive.ph/aeQhP...
Microsoft is blocking Windows Customization Tools (www.neowin.net)
TLDR: StartAllBack, ExplorerPatcher and some other projects are being blocked on 24H2....
Academics reckon Apple's default apps have privacy pitfalls (www.theregister.com)
What web services do you subscribe to?
Really just curious what folks out there deem valuable enough to give money for monthly or annually. As a software engineer I have quite a few that keep me productive and I’ll list a few:...
Best Buy Geek Squad Agents ‘Going Sleeper’ After Mass Layoffs (www.404media.co)
Roku has patented a way to show ads over anything you plug into your TV (arstechnica.com)
A patent application from the company spotted by Lowpass describes a system for displaying ads over any device connected over HDMI, a list that could include cable boxes, game consoles, DVD or Blu-ray players, PCs, or even other video streaming devices. Roku filed for the patent in August 2023 and it was published in November...
Understanding ACS712 Pin Diagram
I. What is the ACS712 pin diagram, and why is it important?...
The diagnosis is in—bad memory knocked NASA’s aging Voyager 1 offline (arstechnica.com)
"Engineers are optimistic they can find a way for the FDS to operate normally."
Looks like SEO chuds are now adding 'Reddit' to the titles. (www.marginalia.nu)
Elon Musk's X pushed a fake headline about Iran attacking Israel. X's AI chatbot Grok made it up. (mashable.com)
A shocking story was promoted on the “front page” or main feed of Elon Musk’s X on Thursday:...