That’s actually an interesting oversight in the reporting. But I can see how it woulda been a can of worms and would have caused scope creep for the piece.
The Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Technology has issued a warning to automakers that sell connected cars. Companies that offer such products “do not have the free license to monetize people’s information beyond purposes needed to provide their requested product or service,” it wrote in a blog post on Tuesday. Just...
People who are blindly data driven piss me off so much. It leads to these practices where they demand data and act like they have the right to collect it.
They often don’t like to act like they have to properly protect the data either.
Telemetry was added to create an aggregate count of searches by category to broadly inform search feature development. These categories are based on 20 high-level content types, such as "sports,” “business,” and “travel”. This data will not be associated with specific users and will be collected using OHTTP to remove...
Apple and others have tried to fix the discovery issue. And some of the platforms tell them to fuck off. Such as Netflix. And formerly Amazon.
If you’re not aware, AppleTV will list things across many streaming services and take you right to the shows/movies in the respective apps. As long as a platform is participating. So you just browse/search in a central place.
Apple and Amazon worked out their differences a few years ago and their stuff is now part of the index.
I wonder if this bundle will change that. Currently, Netflix does not integrate with these sort of features.
In a Reddit Q&A, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman let slip that he wants the company to be able to generate “NSFW stuff” for users — and he has examples of just what kind of “stuff” he means....
“Death of the what? DVD is not dead, at all,” Kevin Costner said. “That’s what they’d have you believe. Maybe it’s not making the same amount of money, but just try to go ask for that from the studio. They won’t give that up. A lot of people that like my movies, they can’t get to a theater, and they’re waiting...
He’s right about making movies for their life. If more movies tried to stand the test of time that would counter some of the problems in movies right now.
Physical media? I’m not so sure. He should pivot to saying “physical media” next time he talks about it tho.
This is an old photo. This was the very first cat tree we bought for Sencha before we realized he was a bit bigger than the average cat. We ended up having to return the tree because it was too small for him. He briefly used the tree but he could never seem to be able to find a comfortable spot on it....
State-backed digital violence used to silence women in Thailand (www.amnesty.org)
Women and LGBTI activists are being subjected to an online onslaught of abuse....
Prepare to Get Manipulated by Emotionally Expressive Chatbots (www.wired.com)
DeSantis signs Florida bill making climate change a lesser priority and bans offshore wind turbines (abcnews.go.com)
The 7 deadly Amazon returns (lemmus.org)
Sticky Comics by Christiann MacAuley for May 10, 2024.
Connected cars’ illegal data collection and use now on FTC’s “radar” (arstechnica.com)
The Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Technology has issued a warning to automakers that sell connected cars. Companies that offer such products “do not have the free license to monetize people’s information beyond purposes needed to provide their requested product or service,” it wrote in a blog post on Tuesday. Just...
Apple to Reduce Motion Sickness With Vehicle Motion Cues on iPhone (www.macrumors.com)
Disc market share for week ending in 2024-05-04: Madame Web was in the #1 spot with Obi-Wan Kenobi when he was researching spiders right before he died. (lemmy.ml)
Top 20 Selling Blu-ray Discs...
Read the memo: Meta is shutting down Workplace, cutting back enterprise ambitions (techcrunch.com)
Firefox 126: New Search Data Telemetry, Improved Copy Without Site Tracking, Security Fixes, and More (www.mozilla.org)
Telemetry was added to create an aggregate count of searches by category to broadly inform search feature development. These categories are based on 20 high-level content types, such as "sports,” “business,” and “travel”. This data will not be associated with specific users and will be collected using OHTTP to remove...
XCOM developers start new studio to take on The Sims (www.theverge.com)
Comcast Unveils Peacock, Netflix, Apple TV+ Streaming Bundle (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
Cable is dead. Long live the cable bundle. Curious to see the pricing and if the bundle only includes ad tiered options.
Sam Altman Says OpenAI Would Like to Enable Gore and Erotica for "Personal Use" (futurism.com)
In a Reddit Q&A, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman let slip that he wants the company to be able to generate “NSFW stuff” for users — and he has examples of just what kind of “stuff” he means....
Kevin Costner on physical media: "DVD is not dead" (www.joblo.com)
“Death of the what? DVD is not dead, at all,” Kevin Costner said. “That’s what they’d have you believe. Maybe it’s not making the same amount of money, but just try to go ask for that from the studio. They won’t give that up. A lot of people that like my movies, they can’t get to a theater, and they’re waiting...
Sony and Lego are collaborating on a project based on Guerilla's Horizon franchise, leaker teases (www.eurogamer.net)
Scientists Discover a 'Phonetic Alphabet' Used by Sperm Whales, Moving One Step Closer to Decoding Their Chatter (www.smithsonianmag.com)
Sencha on his very first cat tree (lemmy.world)
This is an old photo. This was the very first cat tree we bought for Sencha before we realized he was a bit bigger than the average cat. We ended up having to return the tree because it was too small for him. He briefly used the tree but he could never seem to be able to find a comfortable spot on it....
Lewis Black Gives Elon's Cybertruck Two Middle Fingers Up - Back in Black | The Daily Show (www.youtube.com)
Nintendo ending Twitter/X support on Switch on June 10th (mynintendonews.com)
Molly Cook just became the first out LGBTQ+ person elected to the Texas Senate (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Xbox Has Had More Studio Closures Than First Party Game Releases So Far In 2024 (twistedvoxel.com)
We've almost reached the end of the 1st half of 2024, and Xbox has had more studio closures than first party game releases in the year so far.
In today's earnings call, EA CEO Andrew Wilson says he has been playing the next Battlefield game with the development team and it will be a "tremendous live service." (twitter.com)
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