Btw for those who don’t know, this app is called Blind. It’s where tech workers go to anonymously post. Also 700k TC is basically their yearly take-home pay, and it’s a real number (see levels.fyi)...
A purported leak of 2,500 pages of internal documentation from Google sheds light on how Search, the most powerful arbiter of the internet, operates....
You know how Google’s new feature called AI Overviews is prone to spitting out wildly incorrect answers to search queries? In one instance, AI Overviews told a user to use glue on pizza to make sure the cheese won’t slide off (pssst…please don’t do this.)...
In February, HouseFresh managing editor Gisele Navarro called out publishers like BuzzFeed and Rolling Stone as some of the culprits that publish content about air purifiers despite a lack of expertise — but Google rewards these sites with high rankings all the same. The result is a search results page filled with SEO-first...
The new Find My Device network on Android was designed with a strong focus on user security and privacy.
The network uses a crowdsourced approach to locate lost or misplaced devices and belongings, even when they are offline.
The location data reported by participating Android devices is end-to-end encrypted, ensuring Google cannot access or use the location information.
The network has “aggregation by default” as a safety feature, requiring multiple nearby devices to detect a Bluetooth tag before reporting its location to the owner.
The network also has protections to avoid contributing location reports when near the user’s home address.
Rate limiting and throttling are used to prevent malicious real-time tracking, while still allowing the network to be useful for finding lost items.
The network is compliant with industry standards for unwanted tracking, triggering alerts on both Android and iOS devices.
Users have full control over which of their devices participate in the network and how.
The network design has undergone internal security testing and is part of Android’s vulnerability rewards program.
Prioritizing user safety and privacy is an ongoing commitment as the team continues to improve the Find My Device protections.
Recently I had to do an update to the underlying environment a codebase ran on. This was a somewhat involved upgrade and took a longer period of time than most of our work usually does. I did it in a separate worktree, so I didn’t have to constantly rejuggle the installed dependencies in the project, and could work on two features relatively concurrently
It also provides some utility for comparing the two versions. Nothing you couldn’t do other ways, but still useful
Everyone here has been overreacting about the Mozilla layoffs, but they only laid off poeple working on the metaverse, ai, and their VPN and stuff. They’re actually refocusing on Firefox. People have been freaking out about them working on ai now, too, but theyve been doing ai for a while (Mozilla common voice...
For the past two years, legitimate job postings on Indeed and Glassdoor have been replaced by scams. If you’re tricked, the scammers aren’t satisfied with your contact info in your CV, they reach out via email to request that you connect on an encrypted messenger app where they can privately scam you out of thousands in...
But you don’t have to go sketchy off brand. You can get Ubiquiti if you want a really good system, or eufy or reolink if you don’t want to muck about with the sysadmin stuff Ubiquiti requires
“Systematic reviews of controlled clinical studies of treatments used by chiropractors have found no evidence that chiropractic manipulation is effective, with the possible exception of treatment for back pain.[8] A 2011 critical evaluation of 45 systematic reviews concluded that the data included in the study “fail[ed] to...
Seriously. I had a friend extolling how good his experience with his chiropractor was, in response to my tale about physical therapy after a skiing accident. I ended the argument pretty quickly by asking “how often do you have to go back”
Samsung is sunsetting Tizen and fully ending support for the smartwatch OS (9to5google.com)
‘Looks at perfectly functional Galaxy Watch 3 on my wrist’
When you "Support Reddit" by buying gold, you're supporting people like this
Btw for those who don’t know, this app is called Blind. It’s where tech workers go to anonymously post. Also 700k TC is basically their yearly take-home pay, and it’s a real number (see levels.fyi)...
Google won’t comment on a potentially massive leak of its search algorithm documentation (www.theverge.com)
A purported leak of 2,500 pages of internal documentation from Google sheds light on how Search, the most powerful arbiter of the internet, operates....
Microsoft shot real lasers through a window to make Windows 10's wallpaper — surprisingly the iconic art wasn't computer generated (www.tomshardware.com)
CEO of Google Says It Has No Solution for Its AI Providing Wildly Incorrect Information (futurism.com)
You know how Google’s new feature called AI Overviews is prone to spitting out wildly incorrect answers to search queries? In one instance, AI Overviews told a user to use glue on pizza to make sure the cheese won’t slide off (pssst…please don’t do this.)...
Images leak of Valve's next game, and it's an Overwatch-style hero shooter (www.eurogamer.net)
Though the way the leaker describes it makes it sound more like a 3rd person MOBA than a hero shooter....
Android 14 for TV adds picture-in-picture mode and reduces power consumption (www.gsmarena.com)
Rabbit R1 AI box revealed to just be an Android app (arstechnica.com)
Rabbit R1 AI box is actually an Android app in a limited $200 box, running on AOSP without Google Play....
Google Search is getting even worse for independent sites (www.theverge.com)
In February, HouseFresh managing editor Gisele Navarro called out publishers like BuzzFeed and Rolling Stone as some of the culprits that publish content about air purifiers despite a lack of expertise — but Google rewards these sites with high rankings all the same. The result is a search results page filled with SEO-first...
How we built the new Find My Device network with user security and privacy in mind (security.googleblog.com)
Modern Git Commands and Features You Should Be Using (martinheinz.dev)
/r/theoryofreddit post asking why reddit seems dead (lemmy.world)
Why the recent Mozilla news isn't actually a big deal
Everyone here has been overreacting about the Mozilla layoffs, but they only laid off poeple working on the metaverse, ai, and their VPN and stuff. They’re actually refocusing on Firefox. People have been freaking out about them working on ai now, too, but theyve been doing ai for a while (Mozilla common voice...
YSK: Indeed and other job sites are saturated with scams
For the past two years, legitimate job postings on Indeed and Glassdoor have been replaced by scams. If you’re tricked, the scammers aren’t satisfied with your contact info in your CV, they reach out via email to request that you connect on an encrypted messenger app where they can privately scam you out of thousands in...
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologizes to families of children harmed online at hearing (abcnews.go.com)
Victory! Ring Announces It Will No Longer Facilitate Police Requests for Footage from Users | EFF (www.eff.org)
CEOs say generative AI will result in job cuts in 2024 (arstechnica.com)
And last year they were all saying some variation on “don’t worry, AI is not going to cost anyone their jobs.”...
X removes support for NFT profile pictures (techcrunch.com)
Apple is now banned from selling its latest Apple Watches in the US (www.theverge.com)
Reddit Falls Short of Ad Growth Targets Ahead of Likely 2024 IPO (www.theinformation.com)
OC What are some essential browser extensions for "quieting down" the internet? (www.staygrounded.online)
YSK that chiropractors are not medical doctors and "Systematic reviews... have found no evidence that chiropractic manipulation is effective" (en.wikipedia.org)
“Systematic reviews of controlled clinical studies of treatments used by chiropractors have found no evidence that chiropractic manipulation is effective, with the possible exception of treatment for back pain.[8] A 2011 critical evaluation of 45 systematic reviews concluded that the data included in the study “fail[ed] to...
This got me banned from Reddit Event with u/Spez (Steve Huffman) LOL (lemmy.eco.br)
Stable Diffusion XL Turbo can generate AI images as fast as you can type (arstechnica.com)