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Apple and the satellite-based broadband service Starlink each recently took steps to address new research into the potential security and privacy implications of how their services geo-locate devices. Researchers from the University of Maryland say they relied on publicly available data from Apple to track the location of...

Article if you’d rather read about it....

I’m not sure what triggered this random memory, but I was driving back from a day trip and this song just popped into my head in full clarity....

Was out on a drive earlier and this song came on. I think it’s the first time I’ve heard it in at least 5 or 6 years, maybe longer....

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/15657357...

Alt text: A rocket engine attached to a train. The rocket is labeled “AI” and the train labeled “Enshittification train”.

Sandi and Alan discuss how the Klaxon was Alan’s idea, their favorite guests, and possibilities after Series Z

Disclaimer: If this isn’t in the spirit of the community, feel free to remove the post and I’ll re-post it in my app-specific community. I’m posting it here since it’s a feature that I’m thinking through that may eventually make it into the Lemmy app I develop, and the people here would probably have good...

cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/9476352...

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15295739

Image description: Homer Simpson runs a red light at a 4-way intersection, and multiple cars slam on their brakes to avoid an accident. He waves out the window and yells “It’s alright, I’m running for president” and drives away.

Offscreen is Amos hitting on Lwaxana who just kind of materialized on the Roci. Holden blamed the Protomolecule, and Amos named her “Pumpkins”.

I had this discussion with a friend, and we really couldn’t reach a consensus....

cross-posted from: dubvee.org/post/1130768...

Finally releasing 1.3.0. I didn’t quite rip it down to the studs, but it was damn close. Much of the UI has been re-written as well as a lot of the underpinning helper functions. There’s a lot of changes, though most are just enhancements and polish to things that already existed in 1.2.9....

I definitely do not want to support this practice, but there’s no way to filter these out 😠.

It’s so rare to actually see a new battery tech exit the lab and enter production. Always seems like there’s 10,000 new up and coming breakthroughs in battery technology, but none ever leave the workbench....

Second thought: “or into whom?”

Also, horizontal overflow scrolling on the header? #Fail.