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Fewer people are using Elon Musk’s X as the platform struggles to attract and keep users, according to analysts (www.nbcnews.com)
Data from two research firms and figures published by Musk and X suggest a deteriorating situation for X by some metrics. Musk has marketed it as the world’s “town square,” but in number of users it continues to lag far behind social media rivals that focus on video, such as Instagram and TikTok....
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I’m pretty new to the scene and am trying to build up a content library for a jellyfin instance I’m running. I know a lot of the higher quality torrents are on private trackers so im intested in joining one but the ones ive found seem pretty closed. Even the ones with open sign-ups seen to want proof of my reputation with...
Microsoft now permits uninstalling Edge, Bing, and OneDrive to adhere to the EU's Digital Markets Act. (www.ghacks.net)
These changes are only applicable to users in the EEA. For those outside the region, Windows will continue to function as it is!...
Reddit wants to raise $748M with IPO, sets value at $6.4B (go.theregister.com)
Why has the world gone to shit?
In the last 5 to 10 years everything seems to suck: product’s and services quality plummeted, everything from homes to cars to food became really expensive, technology stopped to help us to be something designed to f@ck with us and our money, nobody seems to be able to hold a job anymore, everyone is broke. Life seems worse in...
The salaries of Wikimedia executives are sparking an online debate about tech sector wages (www.businessinsider.com)
GM Says It's Ditching Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for Your Safety (www.motortrend.com)
GM Says It’s Ditching Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for Your Safety::undefined
Amazon's humanoid warehouse robots will eventually cost only $3 per hour to operate. That won't calm workers' fears of being replaced. (www.businessinsider.com)
Amazon’s humanoid warehouse robots will eventually cost only $3 per hour to operate. That won’t calm workers’ fears of being replaced.::The robot’s human-like shape is bound to reignite workers’ fears of being replaced, but Amazon says they’re designed to “work collaboratively.”
Why do people always assume you're part of a group just because you're defending them?
Have we really become so unempathetic as a society that the act of putting yourself in others’ shoes is unbelievable to the point that people assume you must be part of the group you’re defending? So I often see people being unfairly discriminatory and mean to certain types, attributes or qualities of people, which I know...
The race to 5G is over — now it’s time to pay the bill | Networks spent years telling us that 5G would change everything. But the flashiest use cases are nowhere to be found — and the race to deplo... (www.theverge.com)
The race to 5G is over — now it’s time to pay the bill | Networks spent years telling us that 5G would change everything. But the flashiest use cases are nowhere to be found — and the race to deplo…::AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile’s race to deploy 5G has failed to realize its flashiest outcomes while saddling carriers...
HP executive boasts that its controversial ink subscription model is "locking" in customers (www.techspot.com)
HP executive boasts that its controversial ink subscription model is “locking” in customers::undefined
Microsoft guts Microsoft Rewards points, and its fans are outraged (www.pcworld.com)
Microsoft guts Microsoft Rewards points, and its fans are outraged::Microsoft appears to be nickel-and-diming users and fans of its Microsoft Rewards program, which gives “frequent-flyer” points that can be traded in for gift cards.
Inside the 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers / Against all odds, open source hackers keep outfoxing one of the wealthiest companies. (www.engadget.com)
Inside the ‘arms race’ between YouTube and ad blockers / Against all odds, open source hackers keep outfoxing one of the wealthiest companies.::YouTube’s dramatic content gatekeeping decisions of late have a long history behind them, and there’s an equally long history of these defenses being bypassed.
X advertisers stay away as CEO defends Musk’s “go f*** yourself” interview (arstechnica.com)
YouTube just made it harder to avoid ads with a tiny skip button (www.androidpolice.com)
I want to talk in an American accent but how can I transition into it slowly for people who know me without them noticing a sudden change?
As strange as it may seem, I hate my accent and want to speak like an American because I think it sounds cooler and more like how I want to sound....
Do I need a license to kill a squirrel?
I know this would vary from locale to locale, but, presumably, there are some animals that do not require a permit to kill (mice in mouse traps, for example). How does this work? Is there a list of “always OK to kill” species?...
Biden announces proposal to replace all lead water service lines in US within 10 years (abcnews.go.com)
The Biden administration has announced a proposal to “strengthen its Lead and Copper Rule that would require water systems to replace lead service lines within 10 years,” the White House said in a statement on Thursday....
Did I get a Mandela effect on Bad Apple?
Hi, I was never really into Thouhou, but Bad Apple and others were so much bangers and i’ve listened to them for year....
Why is it apparently cool and fine for insurance companies to spend countless billions, trillions of our money constantly buying ad time?
On every single professional sports game I’ve ever seen, every single show, every single channel. Isn’t this our fucking money you’re meant to give out should, god forbid, something happen?...
What is "FUD"?
People use it like everyone fucking has the innate knowledge of every acronym out there
In the most scientific way possible? How real is the possibility that there might actually be alternative universes?
What happened to the flat earthers who demonstrated that the earth is round in the netfilx documentary ?
A few year back, there was a Netflix documentary about flat earther. They’ve done a couple of experiment to prove that the earth is flat which (Spoiler alert) demonstrated that the earth is round....
Assuming a button that, every time you push it, your intelligence goes up. The obvious and sane thing to do is to push the button all day. Yes? No? Maybe? Is there something that I'm missing here?
HBO Max is removing features from my plan without reducing my price. (lemmy.world)
How should I go about making an online identity that can't be tracked by advertisers?
I want to create a few internet alter egos, one for shopping, one for communicating with family, and one for communicating with friends. My goal is to make these accounts the least trackable to advertisers and political parties....
Oh, to be a tiny cat (lemmy.ml)
Threatening a smackdown (lemmy.world)
Followed by the Paw of Rejection™ https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/30ac351e-972a-4471-bbaf-9913eb8b7324.jpeg...
What is a worker's union? How does it internally work? How can a union make the affiliated company do stuff to benefit the union(why can"t a company just say: f*ck off to their demands)?
An idea for more content on Lemmy (and the fediverse): Relly (Relay+Lemmy)
So, Lemmy is sometime missing content. I don’t regret switching from Reddit to Lemmy but, expecially for niche communities, the content isn’t always here....
Any recommendations for a 20TB hard drive?
Hi everyone, I am currently looking for a new hard drive to add to my media server and want to buy a 20TB drive. Now the question is what manufacturers would you recommend or avoid?...
Do the people in Reniassance festivals occurring in Britain also speak with faked British accents, or do they use faked French/Italian accents instead? (lemmy.world)
I’d imagine they fake an American accent. Maybe Burbank, CA?