Google kills two-year “Pixel Pass” subscription after just 22 months (arstechnica.com)
Google kills two-year “Pixel Pass” subscription after just 22 months::Two years on a Pixel Pass was supposed to get you a new phone.
Microsoft AI team accidentally leaks 38TB of private company data (mashable.com)
In a leaked memo, Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke put limits on employees having side hustles, saying Shopify requires 'unshared attention' (www.businessinsider.com)
In a leaked memo, Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke put limits on employees having side hustles, saying Shopify requires ‘unshared attention’::Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke discourages employees from side hustles in company memo, saying their jobs require their undivided attention.
Solar power and storage prices have dropped almost 90% (interestingengineering.com)
Solar power and storage prices have dropped almost 90%::undefined
Unity backtracks, no runtime fee for sub $1mil or for games on current/old versions (blog.unity.com)
They’re still scumbags though
Buyer Receives Fake Core i9-13900K With i7-13700K Guts From Amazon (www.tomshardware.com)
The Israel-Hamas War Is Drowning X in Disinformation (www.wired.com)
People who have turned to X for breaking news about the Israel-Hamas conflict are being hit with old videos, fake photos, and video game footage at a level researchers have never seen.
Internet providers say the FCC should not investigate broadband prices (arstechnica.com)
Mathematician warns US spies may be weakening next-gen encryption (www.newscientist.com)
Neuralink’s human trials volunteers ‘should have serious concerns,’ say medical experts (www.popsci.com)
Neuralink’s human trials volunteers ‘should have serious concerns,’ say medical experts::A medical ethics committee responded to Elon Musk’s brain-interface startup issuing an open call for patients yesterday.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits giving up on Windows Phone and mobile was a mistake (www.theverge.com)
Nadella, Gates, and Ballmer have all admitted to Microsoft’s mobile mistakes.
About half of Bandcamp employees have been laid off (www.theverge.com)
The Man Amazon Erased (www.tabletmag.com)
Jackson soon discovered that Amazon suspended his account because a Black delivery driver who’d come to his house the previous day had reported hearing racist remarks from his video doorbell. In a brief email sent to Jackson at 3 a.m., the company explained how it unilaterally placed all of his linked devices and services on...
Reddit Taken To SF Court for Firing Worker With Anxiety: Lawsuit (sfstandard.com)
Reddit Taken To SF Court for Firing Worker With Anxiety: Lawsuit::A former Reddit staffer was fired for “poor performance” after taking three months of sick leave, a lawsuit filed in San Francisco alleges.
Tesla knew Autopilot caused death, but didn't fix it (www.theregister.com)
Tesla knew Autopilot caused death, but didn’t fix it::Software’s alleged inability to handle cross traffic central to court battle after two road deaths
Marvel Studios' VFX Staff Unanimously Votes to Unionize (gizmodo.com)
ASUS is apparently killing the ability to root present and future Zenfone, Updated (www.androidauthority.com)
Update from Asus...
Microsoft may replace the Start button with the Copilot AI in Windows 12 (www.notebookcheck.net)
FCC closing loophole that gave robocallers easy access to US phone numbers (arstechnica.com)
Google Removes ‘Pirate’ URLs from Users’ Privately Saved Links (torrentfreak.com)
Google Removes ‘Pirate’ URLs from Users’ Privately Saved Links::undefined
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy warns remote workers: 'It's probably not going to work out for you' (nypost.com)
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy warns remote workers: ‘It’s probably not going to work out for you’::Amazon CEO Andy Jassy told employees who defy his edict to return to the office three days a week that “it’s probably not going to work out for you.”
Scrollbars are becoming a problem (artemis.sh)
Too narrow, hidden, minimal feedback…
Your Computer Should Say What You Tell It To Say - Google is adding code to Chrome that will send tamper-proof information about your operating system and other software, and share it with websites (www.eff.org)
Summary...
AI Is Becoming a Band-Aid over Bad, Broken Tech Industry Design Choices (www.scientificamerican.com)
After decades of messy, thoughtless design choices, corporations are using artificial intelligence to sell basic usability back to consumers
Thousands of Android TV devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalled (arstechnica.com)
