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Reality check (programming.dev)
Apple crushes creativity and its reputation in new iPad ad (www.theregister.com)
The ad itself depicted a mechanical crusher destroying artifacts of human creativity. A trumpet, guitar, sculpture, piano, drawing board, paints, a metronome, several analog cameras, a turntable, and hi-fi equipment were among the much-loved items yielding to the machine’s unstoppable force.
welp ... (lemmy.ml)
someone tell them (lemmy.world)
Stack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership — users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPT (www.tomshardware.com)
Linkedin (jlai.lu)
Apple introduces M4 chip (www.apple.com)
Hell yeah (lemy.lol)
Apple pulls WhatsApp, Threads and Signal from app store in China (www.washingtonpost.com)
Apple has complied with the Chinese government’s request to remove several popular communication apps from its app store, including WhatsApp, Threads, Signal, and Telegram, due to national security concerns. This action was taken following a directive from the Cyberspace Administration of China. These apps have been crucial...
Discord began blocking servers with information prohibited in the Russian Federation (habr.com)
The DMA already having an impact. Brave Browser installs surge after introduction of browser choice splash screen on iOS. (lemmy.world)
macrumors.com/…/brave-browser-rise-installs-ios-1…
Nintendo doing the smarting (slrpnk.net)
European crash tester says carmakers must bring back physical controls (arstechnica.com)
Schools in America apparently have their own army recruiter (lemmy.world)
Interesting android launchers?
Anyone try any good launchers lately? Something with interesting features or workflow.
Reddit started doing what they always wanted to do, sell user content to AI. (www.reuters.com)
‘It went nuts’: Thousands join UK parents calling for smartphone-free childhood (www.theguardian.com)
LineageOS is currently installed on 1.5 million Android devices (9to5google.com)
It's just a little call back, it's still good it's still good! (lemmy.world)
More and more USB sticks and microSD cards are being made with dubious components — data recovery firm uncovers no-name, low-quality NAND inside many devices (www.tomshardware.com)
YouTube now suggests new content *by colour* (szmer.info)
When you are privileged equality looks like a downgrade. (lemmy.ml)
TikTok sounds go silent as songs disappear from app (www.independent.co.uk)
TikTok sounds go silent as songs disappear from app::Videos across the platform have lost their audio in dramatic dispute
Cory Doctorow wants to wipe away enshittification of tech (www.theregister.com)
Doctrow argues that nascent tech unionization (which we’re closer to having now than ever before) combined with bipartisan fear (and consequent regulation) either directly or via agencies like the FTC and FCC can help to curb Big Tech’s power, and the enshittification that it has wrought.
Important distinction (lemmy.world)
IAMA AMA Tech AMA (slrpnk.net)
Hey, maybe poor people don't deserve to starve? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
If lemmy.world finds this, please tell my starving children that I love them.
German railway seeks IT admin to manage MS-DOS and Windows 3.11 systems (www.techspot.com)
Math (lemmy.ml)
Microsoft stole my Chrome tabs, and it wants yours, too (www.theverge.com)
Which distro do you believe deserves more recognition?
For me it’s PeppermintOS....