Commented - technology

Fairphone Fairbuds launch with replaceable batteries, titanium drivers and ANC (www.notebookcheck.net)

Madison Reeves on why she left LMG (threadreaderapp.com)

The era of cheap streaming is officially over (www.cnn.com)

Internet developments have gone from exciting to dreadful.

Idk if this is the right community for this conversation, but it’s been on my mind and I want to share it with someone....

Reddit is removing ability to opt out of ad personalization based on your activity on the platform (techcrunch.com)

YouTube puts third-party clients on notice: Show ads or get blocked (arstechnica.com)

Remote Work to Wipe Out $800 Billion From Office Values, McKinsey Says (www.bloomberg.com)

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Price of solar dropped 89% in ten years (ourworldindata.org)

Solar now being the cheapest energy source made its rounds on Lemmy some weeks ago, if I remember correctly. I just found this graphic and felt it was worth sharing independently....

New Anti-Consumer MacBook Pros - Teardown And Repair Assessment - Apple Silicon M1/M2 (youtu.be)

No surprises here. Just like the lockdown on iPhone screen and part replacements, Macbooks suffer from the same Apple’s anti-repair and anti-consumer bullshit. Battery glued, ssd soldered in and can’t even swap parts with other official parts. 6000$ laptop and you don’t even own it.

As Reddit Crushes Protests, Its User Traffic Returns to Normal (www.pcmag.com)

Facebook turns over mother and daughter’s chat history to police resulting in abortion charges (www.theverge.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/1874605...

The Internet Is About to Get a Lot Worse (US focused) (buttondown.email)

Charlie Jane Anders discusses KOSA (the Kids Online Safety Act)....

Google is already pushing Web Environment Integrity into Chromium (github.com)

New! From Google! "Enhanced" ad privacy! (midwest.social)

Got this notification when I opened Chrome when coming back to my desk after lunch....

Microsoft is trying to convince Windows 10 users to upgrade with full-screen prompts (www.theverge.com)

Firefox has surpassed Chrome on Speedometer (treeherder.mozilla.org)

DuckDuckGo CEO says Google kills competition through phone deals that make it hard for users to switch search engines (fortune.com)

An AI Singer-Songwriter Just Debuted Her Original Song—And The Responses Are Just Brutal (www.comicsands.com)

Maybe later... how about never, you fucks?

It is endlessly frustrating that companies have universally decided that they won’t let people say “no” to stuff, ever. There are no longer options to reject stupid-ass new “features”, only postponement until next time you open the app/website/program. They’ll continue pestering you for the rest of your life. I...

Microsoft might want to be making Windows 12 a subscription OS, suggests leak (www.neowin.net)

Microsoft stoops to new low with ads in Windows 11, as PC Manager tool suggests your system needs ‘repairing’ if you don’t use Bing (www.techradar.com)

Reddit Advised to Target at Least $5 Billion Valuation in IPO (www.bloomberg.com)

📣 Apollo will close down on June 30th. Reddit’s recent decisions and actions have unfortunately made it impossible for Apollo to continue. Thank you so, so much for all the support over the years. ❤️ (reddit.com)

Google's AI Bots Tout 'Benefits' of Genocide, Slavery, Fascism, Other Evils (www.tomshardware.com)

If you asked a spokesperson from any Fortune 500 Company to list the benefits of genocide or give you the corporation’s take on whether slavery was beneficial, they would most likely either refuse to comment or say “those things are evil; there are no benefits.” However, Google has AI employees, SGE and Bard, who are more...