Update: IRS successfully launches their own free Direct File - now ALL of my fellow 'murcans are eligible for 2025 (sh.itjust.works)
Source...
Stellaris gets a DLC about AI that features AI-created voices, director insists it's 'ethical' and 'we're pretty good at exploring dystopian sci-fi and don't want to end up there ourselves' (www.pcgamer.com)
The little smart home platform that could (www.theverge.com)
Home Assistant is now part of the Open Home Foundation, a non-profit aiming to fight against surveillance capitalism and offer privacy, choice, and sustainability....
European crash tester says carmakers must bring back physical controls (arstechnica.com)
PSA: You can't delete photos uploaded to Lemmy. So don't (accidentally) upload a nude (tech.michaelaltfield.net)
It is essential to stop using Chrome. Under the pretense of saving users from third-party spyware, Google is creating an ecosystem in which Chrome itself is the spyware. (mastodon.world)
Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away. (old.reddit.com)
The world's 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars (theconversation.com)
Republican senator Josh Hawley calls for TikTok ban, cites influence on Israel-Hamas war opinions (www.nbcnews.com)
Youtube's Anti-adblock is illegal in the EU (eupolicy.social)
Mozilla review of 25 car brands finds they're "a privacy nightmare" (foundation.mozilla.org)
Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Windows 11 to get people to ditch Google (www.theverge.com)
iFixit Tears Down McDonald's McFlurry Machine, Petitions Government for Right to Hack Them (www.404media.co)
The cartridge art was always so kickass. You just had to use your imagination quite a bit... (startrek.website)
8 Reasons Why WhatsApp Was Able to Support 50 Billion Messages a Day With Only 32 Engineers (newsletter.systemdesign.one)
Raspberry Pis Found in Abandoned Spin Scooters in Seattle (www.tomshardware.com)
It Took 23 Days for Lemmy Posts to Double from 1 Million to 2 Million (lemmy.world)
Source: lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats&days=90
The NYC subway is using AI to detect fare dodgers (www.theverge.com)
Google raising price of YouTube Premium to $13.99 per month (9to5google.com)
The state of Playstore (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Ads upon ads upon ads
Framework Sold Out of 3 Batches of Laptop 16 in Less Than 3 Hours. (mander.xyz)
Image description: Image shows batches 1, 2 and 3 sold out for the Ryzen 7 7840HS which costs $1,399....
Meta being fined $100k a day for personalized ads in Norway (techcrunch.com)
Advertising revenue in Twitter crashes by 50% (lemmy.world)
nuff said
The shady world of Brave selling copyrighted data for AI training (stackdiary.com)
