Windows Recall demands an extraordinary level of trust that Microsoft hasn’t earned | Op-ed: The risks to Recall are way too high for security to be secondary (arstechnica.com)
Google might keep your Pixel during a repair if you're caught using non-OEM parts (www.androidpolice.com)
ISPs seek halt of net neutrality rules before they take effect next month (arstechnica.com)
EU approval for chat control (www.patrick-breyer.de)
We need to do something against this. The EU plans to apply a law for a chat control in the territory. The approval say that all the chats and the emails would be send to the government to do AI scanning to in fact “find the children abuses”, even when using apps with end-to-end encryption (the EU will ask the services to...
Spotify has raised prices for the second time in a year, with no new benefits, after its CEO sparked outrage by claiming the cost of creating 'content' is 'close to zero' (www.techradar.com)
Any LinkedIn alternatives? (lemmy.world)
I’m straight-up not comfortable uploading a government document online. Bite my shiny metal toosh, Microsoft.
Microsoft has blocked the bypass that allowed you to create a local account during Windows 11 setup by typing in a blocked email address (www.tomshardware.com)
Global navigation jamming will only get worse. The U.S. needs to move fast - SpaceNews (spacenews.com)
Interesting implications, perhaps the global positioning system is not as infallible as we thought
361 million stolen accounts leaked on Telegram added to HIBP (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
With a dataset this large, no site that allows logins is unaffected by these leaked credentials
Instagram's unskippable ads test causes outrage among users (www.techspot.com)
Instagram has long been accused of stealing features from platforms such as TikTok, Snapchat, and Twitter/X. It appears that the company has looked to YouTube for its latest idea: unskippable ads that you have to watch for a period of time before being able to scroll further....
Snowflake releases statement denying its systems were breached - Stack Diary (stackdiary.com)
So apparently the hackers targeted Snowflake customers, Ticketmaster Santander etc, who FOR SOME REASON, DIDN’T HAVE 2FA TURNED ON ON THEIR SNOWFLAKE ACCOUNT?! HUH!!?
This 'AI' Interpreter Is A Game Changer Among Translation Gadgets (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
In a world that’s now more connected than ever, we must be able to communicate our ideas and words to various audiences and the people we interact with. But for the most part, the one thing that hinders us from communicating well with our global peers is the language barrier. While this puts perspective on international...
I watched Nvidia's Computex 2024 keynote and it made my blood run cold (www.techradar.com)
Windows feature that screenshots everything labeled a security “disaster” (www.theverge.com)
The Uncanny Rise of the World’s First AI Beauty Pageant (www.wired.com)
How Donald Trump Could Weaponize US Surveillance in a Second Term (www.wired.com)
I'm forking Ladybird and stepping down as SerenityOS BDFL (awesomekling.substack.com)
For those who don’t know, Ladybird is a new open-source browser not based on Chromium or Gecko. It started as part of the SerenityOS project. Since then it’s taken on a life of its own with lots of contributors and some pretty cool progress. I’ve been watching the updates on Andreas’s YouTube channel and it really gives...
Report Urges Congress to Tackle Venture Capitalists Peddling AI 'Miracle Weapons' (www.commondreams.org)
Google Pay is officially dead in the US. Just got the email.
We are writing to inform you about changes to your Google Pay experience. As we continue to provide safe and seamless payments to users around the world, we are also simplifying the app experience in the U.S. For years, Google Wallet has been the primary place to securely store payment cards used for tap and pay in stores,...
Chrome: 72 hours to update or delete your browser. (www.forbes.com)
As read from my Mozilla Firefox…
[2020] Human Rights Day: How Nuclear Science Helps Countries Guarantee Basic Rights to Water, Food and Health (www.iaea.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/17664741...