Firefox users are unhappy with privacy tweaks in the browser's latest version (www.techspot.com)
Firefox 127 has introduced privacy tweaks that are causing user dissatisfaction, particularly due to changes like the separation of normal and private windows on the taskbar and the closing of private tabs when the main instance closes on iOS....
Even Apple finally admits that 8GB RAM isn't enough (www.xda-developers.com)
There were a number of exciting announcements from Apple at WWDC 2024, from macOS Sequoia to Apple Intelligence. However, a subtle addition to Xcode 16 — the development environment for Apple platforms, like iOS and macOS — is a feature called Predictive Code Completion. Unfortunately, if you bought into Apple’s claim that...
US Record Labels Sue AI Music Generators Suno and Udio for Copyright Infringement (www.wired.com)
The music industry has officially declared war on Suno and Udio, two of the most prominent AI music generators. A group of music labels including Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony Music Group has filed lawsuits in US federal court on Monday morning alleging copyright infringement on a “massive scale.”...
How to make an EV tire that won’t pollute the environment (www.theverge.com)
Arizona toddler rescued after getting trapped in a Tesla with a dead battery | The Model Y’s 12-volt battery, which powers things like the doors and windows, died (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft really wants Local accounts gone after it erases its guide on how to create them (www.xda-developers.com)
Microsoft removes guide on converting Microsoft accounts to Local, pushing for Microsoft sign-ins....
Car dealerships in North America revert to pens and paper after cyberattacks on software provider (apnews.com)
Chat AI GPT Unlimited Free AI Chatbot and AI Tools (chataigpt.net)
Chat AI GPT Free perfeziona costantemente le sue capacità e amplia la sua base di conoscenze per fornire la migliore assistenza ai suoi utenti. Sentiti libero di chattare con Chat GPT Free per conversazioni illimitate!...
How Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Failed Children on Safety, States Say | New York Times Gift Article (www.nytimes.com)
The C.E.O. and his team drove Meta’s efforts to capture young users and misled the public about the risks, lawsuits by state attorneys general say.
Chat AI GPT Free - Unlimited AI Chatbot and AI Tools (lemmy.world)
This platform utilizes AI-powered chatbots to engage in conversations that closely resemble human dialogue. By employing complex systems of artificial intelligence and neural networks, Chat GPT Free generates responses that are remarkably similar to natural human conversation....
Apple’s App Store breaches EU’s Digital Markets Act (techcrunch.com)
A few months after opening a non-compliance case on Apple and the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European Commission has shared its preliminary findings with Apple. And the bottom line is that the current App Store rules are in breach of the DMA. Confirmed violations of the DMA can lead to fines of up to 10% of global annual...
Structural problems with tech platforms prevent fact-checkers from focusing on harm and virality (www.poynter.org)
Decades later, John Romero looks back at the birth of the first-person shooter (arstechnica.com)
China's state subsidies in green technologies significantly higher than those in EU and OECD countries, distorting competition, researchers say (www.intereconomics.eu)
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Visions of a Post-Apocalyptic Internet: The Future of Democratized Information (infosec.pub)
My thoughts on the #futureoftheinternet, #digitalfreedom, #freedomofinformation, and #accessibility–with some #FOSS and #anarchy thrown in, of course....
European Union regulators accuse Apple of breaching the bloc's tech rules (www.cnbc.com)
Microsoft Account to local account conversion guide erased from official Windows 11 guide — instructions redacted earlier this week (www.tomshardware.com)
Microsoft has been pushing hard for its users to sign into Windows with a Microsoft Account. The newest Windows 11 installer removed the easy bypass to the requirement that you make an account or login with your existing account. If you didn’t install Windows 11 without a Microsoft Account and now want to stop sending the...
China-backed hackers stepping up attacks on Taiwan, cybersecurity firm says (www.aljazeera.com)
Hacking group RedJuliett compromised two dozen organisations in Taiwan and elsewhere, report says....
Finnish startup says it can speed up any CPU by up to 100x using a tiny piece of hardware with no recoding (www.techradar.com)
Inside the tiny chip that powers Montreal subway tickets (www.righto.com)
To use the Montreal subway (the Métro), you tap a paper ticket against the turnstile and it opens. The ticket works through a system called NFC, but what's happening internally? How does the ticket work without a battery? How does it communicate with the turnstile? And how can it be so cheap that you can throw the ticket away...
MSI click bios has been downgraded after RMA?
Hey y’all, i recently had to rma my gs76 stealth after a hardware thing but when i got it back, my VR wouldnt work, i traced that to probably being a bios setting that got reset when the battery was removed, however, when i went into the MSI clickbios, it looked way different and i don’t even have the setting im looking for...
New ALPR Vulnerabilities Prove Mass Surveillance Is a Public Safety Threat [automated license plate readers] (www.eff.org)
Inside Netflix’s bet on advanced video encoding (www.theverge.com)
Nearly $109 million in deposits held for fintech Yotta’s customers vanished in Synapse collapse, bank says (www.cnbc.com)
Ledgers of the failed fintech middleman Synapse show that nearly all the deposits held for customers of the banking app Yotta went missing weeks ago, according to one of the lenders involved....