• Firefox offers better privacy and security than Chrome, with upcoming support for 200 new add-ons. • While Chrome dominates, Firefox gains ground with user-friendly browsing experience and open-source model. • Mozilla’s focus on user privacy and transparency challenges Google’s ad-centric approach, making Firefox a...
Really interesting read about the history of YouTube adblocking, how the new detection works, how uBO is responding, and how not to block the new popups.
Home Assistant is now part of the Open Home Foundation, a non-profit aiming to fight against surveillance capitalism and offer privacy, choice, and sustainability....
Mozilla has launched a paid subscription service called Mozilla Monitor Plus, which monitors and removes personal information from over 190 sites where brokers sell data....
At the Internet Archive, this is how we digitize a book—one page at a time, by hand. (files.catbox.moe)
It's never been a better time to switch to Firefox (www.androidpolice.com)
• Firefox offers better privacy and security than Chrome, with upcoming support for 200 new add-ons. • While Chrome dominates, Firefox gains ground with user-friendly browsing experience and open-source model. • Mozilla’s focus on user privacy and transparency challenges Google’s ad-centric approach, making Firefox a...
Microsoft in their infinite wisdom has replaced the Hide Desktop icon with Copilot. (programming.dev)
Switch to Linux!...
Youtube’s Anti-adblock and uBlock Origin (andadinosaur.com)
Really interesting read about the history of YouTube adblocking, how the new detection works, how uBO is responding, and how not to block the new popups.
Elon Musk Bought Twitter to Settle His Jet-Tracking Beef, New Book Claims (gizmodo.com)
Elon Musk purchased shares of Twitter after unsuccessfully petitioning the CEO to remove a Twitter account tracking his private jet....
Snopes Shows the Folly of X’s New Link Presentation (daringfireball.net)
https://programming.dev/pictrs/image/db5c8331-bffb-4bb3-961b-8db8bc06382d.png...
YouTube's war against third party apps is just as ridiculous as its war on adblockers (www.androidpolice.com)
Star Wars should learn from Andor and stop making Disney Plus shows that are so obsessed with the Jedi (www.yahoo.com)
Star Wars Disney Plus shows should move away from Jedi-centric stories and explore other aspects of the Star Wars universe...
Nothing Chats has already been pulled from Google Play over privacy issues (www.theverge.com)
Nothing pulls its iMessage app from the Play Store following privacy disaster (www.androidpolice.com)
Nothing Chats, a rival to apps like Beeper and AirMessage, advertised itself as a secure platform for sending messages to iMessage users....
Started looking into ente to replace Google Photos and Gmail marked them as spam (files.catbox.moe)
Coincidence? Surely Google knows this is a legitimate company.
Sounds delicious (programming.dev)
X is left with advertisers pushing dubious cryptocurrency and AI 'undressing' apps, users say after Musk's outburst (www.businessinsider.com)
X users are complaining about an influx of low-quality ads promoting crypto scams and AI “undressing” apps....
Another Mysterious Roman Dodecahedron Has Been Unearthed in England (www.smithsonianmag.com)
A Roman dodecahedron, a mysterious 12-sided metal object, was discovered in the village of Norton Disney in England....
Can't even buy chicken in peace (files.catbox.moe)
You wouldn’t download a chicken tender.
Linus Torvalds Injects Tabs To Thwart Kconfig Parsers Not Correctly Handling Them (www.phoronix.com)
Linus Torvalds added hidden tabs to Kconfig to challenge parsers that can’t handle them....
The little smart home platform that could (www.theverge.com)
Home Assistant is now part of the Open Home Foundation, a non-profit aiming to fight against surveillance capitalism and offer privacy, choice, and sustainability....
Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access after launch of service that brought iMessage to Android | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Well that didn’t take long…...
Russian forces now using Musk’s Starlink on Ukraine front line (arstechnica.com)
Russian forces in Ukraine are reportedly using Starlink terminals for internet connectivity....
Mozilla’s new service tries to wipe your data off the web (www.theverge.com)
Mozilla has launched a paid subscription service called Mozilla Monitor Plus, which monitors and removes personal information from over 190 sites where brokers sell data....
Mozilla just ditched its privacy partner because its CEO is tied to data brokers (www.theverge.com)
Mozilla ends partnership with Onerep due to CEO’s ties to data broker...
Using StartAllBack? No Windows updates for you, says Microsoft (www.xda-developers.com)
The new show (files.catbox.moe)
The end of movie-web (programming.dev)
Why I ditched Gmail for Proton Mail (www.androidpolice.com)