Big Tech is facing its biggest challenge in decades as antitrust regulators on both sides of the Atlantic crack down on alleged anti-competitive practices that could result in break-up orders to Apple and Alphabet’s Google, a first for the industry....
the 400% figure is extremely misleading and based on old assumptions and old battery tech.
Also it you’re not keeping the phone for 20 years then it doesn’t make sense to calculate “total electrons” over the absolute entirety of the battery “life”.
its an easy way to obsess over something that will make at most a tiny marginal difference.
“whoa your phone lasts 4% more than mine because you obsessively babysat every charge session to perfection in the past 5 years? good one champ, I was instead enjoying my life”
Grumbles about generative AI’s shortcomings are coalescing into a “trough of disillusionment” after a year and a half of hype about ChatGPT and other bots....
Hadn’t seen this here yet, a co-worker of mine sent it my way so I’m just spreading the word. Looks interesting, to say the least! Anyone tried this out or had any other experience with it yet?
Firefox spokesperson Christopher Hilton tells The Verge that the browser has seen a more than 50 percent jump in users in Germany and a nearly 30 percent increase in France....
Israeli soldiers are looting Gaza homes en masse (www.972mag.com)
Soldiers describe how stealing Palestinian property has become totally routine in the Gaza war, with minimal pushback from commanders.
YSK: Lemmy has 53k monthly active users but only 1172 have ever donated
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/16660104...
PayPal plans an ad network built off your purchase history (www.theregister.com)
Boost for reddit has now truly 100% died. Hello Lemmy!
The Boost for Reddit app still worked for a while after the big shutdown with workarounds, like creating a mod account or using revanced....
Ground cinnamon sold at discount stores is tainted with lead, FDA warns (apnews.com)
Qualcomm quietly demos Baldur’s Gate 3 and Control on Snapdragon X Elite laptops (www.theverge.com)
Mexico talks with Canada about high number of asylum requests (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/15839911...
'If anything happens, it's not suicide': Boeing whistleblower's prediction before death (abcnews4.com)
Google, Apple breakups on the agenda as global regulators target tech (www.reuters.com)
Big Tech is facing its biggest challenge in decades as antitrust regulators on both sides of the Atlantic crack down on alleged anti-competitive practices that could result in break-up orders to Apple and Alphabet’s Google, a first for the industry....
OC? (lemmy.world)
Why Charging Your Gadgets Over 80% Is Such a Bad Idea | iFixit News (www.ifixit.com)
Reddit wants to raise $748M with IPO, sets value at $6.4B (go.theregister.com)
Why Bluesky Remains The Most Interesting Experiment In Social Media, By Far (www.techdirt.com)
Chatbot letdown: Hype hits rocky reality (www.axios.com)
Grumbles about generative AI’s shortcomings are coalescing into a “trough of disillusionment” after a year and a half of hype about ChatGPT and other bots....
Google lays off staff from Flutter, Dart and Python teams weeks before its developer conference | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Llama-FS Self-Organizing File Manager (github.com)
Hadn’t seen this here yet, a co-worker of mine sent it my way so I’m just spreading the word. Looks interesting, to say the least! Anyone tried this out or had any other experience with it yet?
Firefox saw an increase in users (~50% in Germany and ~30% in France) following Apple’s default browser changes in the EU, as did Brave. (www.theverge.com)
Firefox spokesperson Christopher Hilton tells The Verge that the browser has seen a more than 50 percent jump in users in Germany and a nearly 30 percent increase in France....
Introducing GNOME 46, “Kathmandu” (release.gnome.org)
YouTube is revamping its TV app to make videos feel way more interactive (www.theverge.com)
No, I don't want to design a logo for a coffee shop in fucking skype. (lemmy.world)
Every app has to have fucking AI now for some reason.
I am certainly pulling my weight in this group assignment (i.imgur.com)