The Dutch government has officially launched their Mastodon server, at social.overheid.nl. The server came online over the weekend, and today the Alexandra van Huffelen, State Secretary of Digitalisation, announced that the server has officially been taken into use. The server is hosted on the domain overheid.nl, the official...
AT&T’s stock price hit a 29-year low on Friday and continued to sink today as investors fled telecom stocks on reports that cleanups of lead-covered telephone cables could cost the industry tens of billions of dollars.
Musk, Tesla board to return $735M after being sued for overpaying themselves (arstechnica.com)
Shareholder lawsuit said Tesla board pay “grossly exceeds” corporate norms.
Elon Musk sets new daily Twitter limits for users (www.washingtonpost.com)
Elon Musk said verified accounts would be limited to reading 6,000 posts per day while unverified users will be limited to 600.
TIL there is an fediverse alternative to Discord (matrix.org)
About Matrix Matrix is an open protocol for decentralised, secure communications....
You can say no to a TSA face scan. But even a senator had trouble. (www.washingtonpost.com)
Some airport travelers, including a U.S. senator, are having trouble saying no to security technology that’s supposed to be voluntary.
Tech companies block wage increase for New York City delivery workers (www.theguardian.com)
Doordash, GrubHub, Uber and Relay lawsuits claim that the $17.96 per hour wage set to start on 12 July would deal blow to business
A guide to getting started with Twitter alternative Mastodon (www.washingtonpost.com)
How to get started on social-media site Mastodon, whether you’re leaving Twitter or just looking for people who have.
Wi-Fi 7 is coming — here's what to know (www.computerworld.com)
The spam bots have now found Threads, as company announces its own ‘rate limits’ (techcrunch.com)
Why SUSE is forking Red Hat Enterprise Linux (techcrunch.com)
A storm is brewing in open-source land that could change the Linux distro landscape
Protests broke Reddit hack for useful Google search results—and Google knows it (arstechnica.com)
Twitter now forces you to sign in to view tweets (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Goodreads was the future of book reviews. Then Amazon bought it. (www.washingtonpost.com)
A prominent author’s decision to pull her novel from publication after being “review bombed” highlights Goodreads’s power and raises qu
Brimstone's decarbonized cement passes crucial third-party strength test (www.engadget.com)
This sets up a major breakthrough for net-zero construction
June extremes suggest parts of climate system are reaching tipping points (arstechnica.com)
Research shows heat domes, wildfires, and vanishing polar ice are the symptoms.
Dutch government officially launches Mastodon server (fediversereport.com)
The Dutch government has officially launched their Mastodon server, at social.overheid.nl. The server came online over the weekend, and today the Alexandra van Huffelen, State Secretary of Digitalisation, announced that the server has officially been taken into use. The server is hosted on the domain overheid.nl, the official...
FTC prepares “the big one,” a major lawsuit targeting Amazon’s core business (arstechnica.com)
Microsoft set to face EU antitrust probe over Teams bundle: Report (www.computerworld.com)
If found in breach of the EU’s antitrust rules, Microsoft risks being fined up to 10% of its global turnover.
Striking actors say rejected 'AI proposal' would let studios use their likeness without fair pay (www.engadget.com)
The AMPTP says the proposal would allow performers to consent to the creation of a digital replica.
Light-based “LiFi” is stunningly fast, notably fragile—and now standardized (arstechnica.com)
224GB/s, killer security, no radio interference—but you can’t block the beam.
The Brave browser will take action against websites that snoop on visitors by scanning their open Internet ports or accessing other network resources that can expose personal information. (arstechnica.com)
AT&T stock fell to 29-year low on Friday and sank another 6.7% today (arstechnica.com)
AT&T’s stock price hit a 29-year low on Friday and continued to sink today as investors fled telecom stocks on reports that cleanups of lead-covered telephone cables could cost the industry tens of billions of dollars.
CEO replaces 90% of support staff with AI, praises the system on Twitter (www.techspot.com)
Meta’s Threads sent another app named Threads to the top of the App Store charts (www.engadget.com)
It’s confusing, I know.
An email typo has reportedly sent millions of US military messages to Mali (www.engadget.com)
‘This risk is real and could be exploited by adversaries of the US,’ warned the Dutch whistleblower who discovered them.
JumpCloud, an IT firm serving 200,000 orgs, says it was hacked by nation-state (arstechnica.com)
“Extremely targeted” attack involved a data injection into JumpCloud’s commands framework.