About a decade ago, Tesla rigged the dashboard readouts in its electric cars to provide “rosy” projections of how far owners can drive before needing to recharge, a source told Reuters. The automaker last year became so inundated with driving-range complaints that it created a special team to cancel owners’ service...
The much maligned “Trusted Computing” idea requires that the party you are supposed to trust deserves to be trusted, and Google is DEFINITELY NOT worthy of being trusted, this is a naked power grab to destroy the open web for Google’s ad profits no matter the consequences, this would put heavy surveillance in Google’s...
Whittaker said Signal would not abide by the proposed law, and highlighted concerns about privacy and the need for tech leaders to take a stand against socially accepted surveillance.
Threads’ link to Instagram helped the platform grow fast: 100 million users signed up in less than a week, including Nazi supporters, anti-gay extremists, and white supremacists. Media Matters previously found that these right-wing users immediately tested the platform’s content moderation limits — which Meta claimed were...
Thousands of Ukrainian civilians are being detained across Russia and the Ukrainian territories it occupies, in centers ranging from brand-new wings in Russian prisons to clammy basements.
Google’s Plan To DRM The Web Goes Against Everything Google Once Stood For (www.techdirt.com)
Baldur's Gate 3 is a 122GB download and you can't preload any of it (www.pcgamer.com)
Larian has finally confirmed that preloading won't be available, apparently because of a limitation with Steam.
After ZDF and Tagesschau, the BBC is now also on Mastodon (feddit.ch)
Text from Post:...
A peaceful protest against Web Environment Integrity (github.com)
I thought this was kind of a fun way to show discontent with Chromiums added Web Integration - someone made a pull request to simply remove it....
Musk says Twitter will no longer have a light mode, making dark mode the default option (9to5mac.com)
Since Elon Musk became Twitter’s CEO, he’s been pushing through a lot of changes to the social network. But perhaps...
Tesla exaggerated EV range so much that drivers thought cars were broken (arstechnica.com)
Inundated with complaints, Tesla created "Diversion Team" to cancel appointments.
Tesla’s secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints (www.reuters.com)
About a decade ago, Tesla rigged the dashboard readouts in its electric cars to provide “rosy” projections of how far owners can drive before needing to recharge, a source told Reuters. The automaker last year became so inundated with driving-range complaints that it created a special team to cancel owners’ service...
Ubisoft thinks it's okay to delete your games library now apparently (gamerant.com)
Yet another article about Reddit vs. Lemmy vs. others: "Discussing Three Reddit Alternatives After Reddit's API Decisions"
https://hackernoon.com/discussing-three-reddit-alternatives-after-reddits-api-decisions
Google is working on essentially putting DRM on the web (github.com)
The much maligned “Trusted Computing” idea requires that the party you are supposed to trust deserves to be trusted, and Google is DEFINITELY NOT worthy of being trusted, this is a naked power grab to destroy the open web for Google’s ad profits no matter the consequences, this would put heavy surveillance in Google’s...
Who says moscovia doesn't innovate? They just don't innovate in productive ways. (sh.itjust.works)
I came in my shorts a little bit (lemmy.world)
stole from pigboy’s website
Signal president Meredith Whittaker rejects ‘mass surveillance’ U.K. law (fortune.com)
Whittaker said Signal would not abide by the proposed law, and highlighted concerns about privacy and the need for tech leaders to take a stand against socially accepted surveillance.
Mark Zuckerberg claims he wants Meta’s Threads app to be “friendly.” So far, unmoderated hate speech and misinformation are proliferating. (www.mediamatters.org)
Threads’ link to Instagram helped the platform grow fast: 100 million users signed up in less than a week, including Nazi supporters, anti-gay extremists, and white supremacists. Media Matters previously found that these right-wing users immediately tested the platform’s content moderation limits — which Meta claimed were...
Rachet & Clank: Rift Apart PC Specs Leaked Early
Thousands of Ukraine civilians are being held in Russian prisons. Russia plans to build many more (apnews.com)
Thousands of Ukrainian civilians are being detained across Russia and the Ukrainian territories it occupies, in centers ranging from brand-new wings in Russian prisons to clammy basements.
Hollywood Actors Set to Join Writers on Strike After Contract Expires (www.wsj.com)
Screen Actors Guild ends negotiations over new contract with studios
Photograph Taken During The Fall of the Ming Dynasty (1636) (lemmy.world)
did anyone else from the USA grow up being forced to say the pledge to the flag in school?
im 20 for reference. ever since i was a kid, up until hs, we were forced every morning to stand, look at the flag and hold our hearts and say:...
Firefox now has speed parity with Chrome on the Speedometer benchmark (mozilla.social)
Thought I’d never see the day when Firefox would match Chrome on Speedometer....
Can I colour your arm plz
Keep Linux Open and Free—We Can’t Afford Not To (www.oracle.com)
Oracle underscores its commitment to helping keep Linux open and free for the global Linux community.
If Star Wars games had Lore Accurate Lightsabers (www.youtube.com)
Twitter Blue accounts fuel Ukraine War misinformation (www.bbc.com)
False and misleading claims about the war in Ukraine are being widely shared.
Musk sues law firm because he’s mad that Twitter paid $90 million bill (arstechnica.com)
Musk tries to claw back $90M from firm that forced him to complete Twitter deal.