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tb_ , 9 months ago to technology in YouTube wants to get you watching more news from ‘authoritative sources’ - The Verge

Oh but PragerU is now recognised in Florida and will be permitted in schools!

tb_ , 9 months ago to games in Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Launch Trailer

No such luck here

tb_ , 9 months ago to games in Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Launch Trailer

Nintendo? You’re going to wait a very, very long time.

tb_ , 9 months ago to android in What is Shizuku, and what can you do with it on your Android device?

It allows you to connect your wireless debugging to your phone itself, so technically you can do anything on your phone you could from your pc.

tb_ , 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to games in Read Xbox chief Phil Spencer’s memo welcoming Activision Blizzard employees to Microsoft

“Look at all the games you love! Please forget we’re a massive corporation which just moved 70 billion dollars closer to a monopoly and would certainly never abuse that position uwu”

tb_ , 9 months ago to news in 104-year-old Chicago woman dies days after making a skydive that could put her in the record books

That is roughly what it means, yeah.

tb_ , 9 months ago to technology in How Google Alters Search Queries to Get at Your Wallet

Firefox isn’t a search engine, though?

tb_ , 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to games in Are there any reputable independent gaming sites left?

Am a fan too. I’d mention YongYea here, but the unorganized unscripted way in which he makes 20 minute videos on every topic really kills it for me.

SkillUp’s weekly summary is much nicer.

Edit: remembered a word

tb_ , 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to games in Larion Studios forum stores your passwords in unhashed plaintext.

But that still means they had your plaintext password at some point.

Edit: which, as some replies suggest, may not actually be much of an issue.
I’m still skeptical about them returning it, however.

tb_ , 9 months ago to android in Boost for Lemmy is now live

How so? I haven’t gone back to that place since Joey lost its API access.

tb_ , 10 months ago to technology in Running AI is so expensive that Amazon will probably charge you to use Alexa in future, says outgoing exec

You can record and edit videos on your own devices, but that doesn’t mean it’s suddenly free for Netflix or YouTube to stream their videos to you.

Surely a local version of Alexa could be developed, but that development would come with its own costs.
Some things simply can’t be done locally, such as a web search. Often your route calculations for a map application are also done in the cloud.

tb_ , 10 months ago to technology in Alien life may not be carbon-based, new study suggests

Ha, I could guess what that link was going to be as soon as I saw it went to YouTube.

tb_ , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to technology in Gen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents do

One thing about this particular phenomenon that the article doesn’t take into account is that Gen Z is a lot more online than boomers are, hence they are exposed more often to the various dangers.

tb_ , 10 months ago to technology in Microsoft's mobile keyboard app SwiftKey gains new AI-powered features | TechCrunch

The one thing that keeps me on Gboard is the swipe-from-backspace. The way you can select multiple words depending on how far you swipe is such a great feature.

Last I checked SwiftKey (finally) got it as well, but it felt far less accurate.
Samsung’s keyboard only has the hold-to-delete-quicker which is just awful.

tb_ , 10 months ago to technology in Europe wants easy default browser selection screens. Mozilla is already sounding the alarm on dirty tricks

I’m pretty sure that is no longer the case.

I haven’t had any trouble switching my default browser around recently, at least.

That said, they still tried and showed the lows they’re willing to stoop to.