Netflix has managed to annoy a good number of its users with an announcement about an upcoming update to its Windows 11 (and Windows 10) app: support for adverts and live events will be added, but the ability to download content is being taken away....
I enjoy manipulating the advertising targeting algorithm to give me advertisements for industrial machinery, cloud computing, surveys, targeted advertisements, and other things I am not remotely in the market for.
A feature Google demoed at its I/O confab yesterday, using its generative AI technology to scan voice calls in real time for conversational patterns associated with financial scams, has sent a collective shiver down the spines of privacy and security experts who are warning the feature represents the thin end of the wedge. They...
aye, but do you have a way of managing a physical (noy virtual machine) windows computer so it can be used through the linux system without being aware of it?
there is labor that can* be done with extremely little skill. Think vacuuming a large flat room with nothing valuable on it, that task could be done (more or less) with a robotic vacuum. Entire jobs might not be fully replaced but labor demands can be greatly reduced.
*not necessarily done well, but done to minimum standards
Statcounter reports that Windows 11 continues to lose its market share for the second month in a row. Windows 10, meanwhile, is gaining more users and is now back above the 70% mark.
the backup camera is useful when the rear window is obstructed (such as from mud/dust) and for comically large vehicles where a short pole wouldn’t be visible if it was less than 3ft behind it.
Dear @firefox : Please stop saving images as webp when I drag them out of the browser. Forever stop that. Even if they are webp originally, just give me a setting to auto-convert them to JPEG. When I get a webp file the first thing I have to do is convert it manually if I'm going to do anything with it.
the problem I have is how several file browsers don’t support generating thumbnails for them, and how a few social media platforms don’t support animated webp.
FBI Arrests Man For Generating AI Child Sexual Abuse Imagery (www.404media.co)
Apple’s Photo Bug Exposes the Myth of ‘Deleted’ (www.wired.com)
Netflix Windows app is set to remove its downloads feature, while introducing ads (www.techradar.com)
Netflix has managed to annoy a good number of its users with an announcement about an upcoming update to its Windows 11 (and Windows 10) app: support for adverts and live events will be added, but the ability to download content is being taken away....
Seriously, why aren't most people using adblock these days (lemmy.world)
Half Of PlayStation Players Still Haven't Upgraded To PS5 (kotaku.com)
But but... If gun owners are tracked, we can be targeted! 😭😭😭 (lemmy.world)
Google's call-scanning AI could dial up censorship by default, privacy experts warn (techcrunch.com)
A feature Google demoed at its I/O confab yesterday, using its generative AI technology to scan voice calls in real time for conversational patterns associated with financial scams, has sent a collective shiver down the spines of privacy and security experts who are warning the feature represents the thin end of the wedge. They...
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)
PSA for reporting best practices (lemmy.cafe)
Created using feedback from lemmy.cafe/post/4823550. Maybe this can be useful....
Unitree's new G1 humanoid robot is priced at only $16,000, and looks like the type of humanoid robot that could sell in the tens of millions. (newatlas.com)
Sovcit wants to know how to not pay property tax, other sovcit has an answer. (lemmy.world)
Novel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purpose (arstechnica.com)
18+ Open Source (sh.itjust.works)
Gen Z mostly doesn't care if influencers are actual humans, new study shows (mashable.com)
Selfcare Rule (i.imgur.com)
Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining (www.neowin.net)
Statcounter reports that Windows 11 continues to lose its market share for the second month in a row. Windows 10, meanwhile, is gaining more users and is now back above the 70% mark.
Americans Are Open To Cheap Chinese Cars. That’s 'Scary' For The Rest Of The Auto Industry (insideevs.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/15089465...
we fell for the corporate propoganda rule (lemmy.cafe)
A web search tip to avoid AI generated SEO junk (lemmy.world)
rule (fedia.io)
GTA 5 stars (i.imgur.com)
UK: Almost a quarter of kids aged 5-7 have smartphones (www.bbc.com)
Ended up in Gentoo Pipeline I guess? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)