Amazon execs may be personally liable for tricking users into Prime sign-ups (arstechnica.com)
Google accused of secretly tracking drivers with disabilities (arstechnica.com)
What's Scarier Than Unchecked AI? A 'Swarm' of 3,400 Corporate AI Lobbyists (www.commondreams.org)
Google confirms the leaked Search documents are real (www.theverge.com)
RIP ICQ: Remembering a classic messaging app that was way ahead of its time (arstechnica.com)
‘Let yourself be monitored’: EU governments to agree on Chat Control with user “consent” [updated] (www.patrick-breyer.de)
The People Deliberately Killing Facebook (www.wheresyoured.at)
Over the last decade, few platforms have declined quite as rapidly and visibly as Facebook and Instagram. What used to be apps for catching up with your friends and family are now algorithmic nightmares that constantly interrupt you with suggested content and advertisements that consistently outweigh the content of people that...
Electric bikes are about to get more expensive, and the timing couldn’t be worse (www.theverge.com)
‘A fine line between humor and flopping’: tech summit’s rap battle is the height of corporate cringe (www.theguardian.com)
The next time you’re sitting through a company-wide meeting, half-listening to a leader drone on about updates or product launches (and hoping they don’t announce layoffs or budget cuts), remember this: at least they’re not rapping....
Researchers crack 11-year-old password, recover $3 million in bitcoin (arstechnica.com)
A look at search engines with their own indexes (seirdy.one)
cross-posted from: reddthat.com/post/19788762...
Xbox and PlayStation can directly play DVDs (dvdfab.org)
Xbox and PlayStation can directly play DVDs, or you can use a DVD ripper to convert DVDs into formats supported by Xbox and PlayStation.
World's first wooden satellite built by Japan researchers (phys.org)
Internet Archive is continuing to face DDoS attacks after several days, says “this attack has been sustained, impactful, targeted, adaptive, and importantly, mean” (www.neowin.net)
German carmaker Volkswagen says forced labour in one of its sub-supplier's plants in China was not identified as 'no full supply chain transparency exists' (www.hrw.org)
- Volkswagen (VW) in 2023 commissioned a deeply flawed audit at a plant in China’s Xinjiang province operated by a subsidiary of Volkswagen’s joint venture with SAIC, a Chinese state-owned carmaker....
The Internet Archive has been fending off DDoS attacks for days (www.engadget.com)
Google might have accidentally published docs about how Search works (9to5google.com)
Use for excess clean energy at home
I have a 100 W rigid solar panel including a charge controller that I currently only use for camping to charge batteries (also useful in an emergency at home). It strikes me as a waste that I could be generating more clean energy with equipment that I already have, but I don’t have anything in mind to use this energy for....
Delivery Goes Wrong: New Cybertruck Slices Owner's Wrist During Inspection (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
A Tesla owner’s dream of taking his new Cybetruck for a spin turned into a nightmare. He landed in the emergency room with blood spurting from a wrist wound before even getting behind the wheel.
Neuralink rival sets brain-chip record with 4,096 electrodes on human brain (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/21218504...
Poker Software Development Company (innosoft-group.com)
As a top poker software development company, Innosoft Group specializes in creating high-quality poker software. Their development services focus on delivering a seamless gaming experience with customizable features, robust security, and real-time multiplayer options. From initial concept to post-launch support, we provide...
