Denuvo wants to convince you its DRM isn’t “evil” (arstechnica.com)
Gotta love DRM that makes paid versions of games worse than pirated stuff.
No apologies as Reddit halfheartedly tries to repair ties with moderators (arstechnica.com)
Reddit is reaching out to moderators after tensions rose over recent policy changes and API pricing. A Reddit admin acknowledged the strained relationship and outlined new weekly feedback sessions and other outreach efforts to repair ties. However, moderators remain skeptical of Reddit’s efforts given mixed results from past...
No apologies as Reddit halfheartedly tries to repair ties with moderators (arstechnica.com)
“Reddit is publicly extending an olive branch to the moderator community that it largely enraged over recent weeks…But as you might expect, mods remain skeptical.”
X user “super pissed” that Musk ordered takeover of his @music account (arstechnica.com)
Archived version: archive.li/Yg8r8...
FCC chair: Speed standard of 25Mbps down, 3Mbps up isn’t good enough anymore (arstechnica.com)
What is it with the increasing interest in (landing on) the moon? (arstechnica.com)
The news is full of it, excitement seems high, and I really don’t get it. I’m not against space-related research, but why suddenly the moon? And why send people there? Can someone fill me in on what’s to be gained or why one might be excited about it?...
FTC judge rules Intuit broke law, must stop advertising TurboTax as “free” (arstechnica.com)
It’s about time that Intuit was called out for their scam. Hopefully, the attempt to stop the federal tax filing will get dismissed as well.
The TV streaming apps broke their promises, and now they’re jacking up prices (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: yiffit.net/post/1072752...
FCC chair: Speed standard of 25Mbps down, 3Mbps up isn’t good enough anymore (arstechnica.com)
As some carmakers run from Apple CarPlay, Porsche embraces it (arstechnica.com)
Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome (arstechnica.com)
14 big landlords used software to collude on rent prices, DC lawsuit says (arstechnica.com)
For the first time in 40 years, Windows will ship without built-in word processor (arstechnica.com)
Thus ending our long national nightmare of accidentally opening things in WordPad on a fresh install.
The TV streaming apps broke their promises, and now they’re jacking up prices (arstechnica.com)
For a moment, it seemed like the streaming apps were the things that could save us from the hegemony of cable TV—a system where you had to pay for a ton of stuff you didn’t want to watch so you could see the handful of things you were actually interested in....
Review: Framework Laptop finally gets an AMD Ryzen config—and it’s pretty good (arstechnica.com)
US broadband grant rules shut out small ISPs and municipalities, advocates say (arstechnica.com)
The biggest Internet service providers will dominate a $42.45 billion broadband grant program unless the Biden administration changes a rule requiring grant recipients to obtain a letter of credit from a bank, according to a joint statement from consumer advocacy groups, local government officials, and advocates for small ISPs....
Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web (arstechnica.com)
Android phones can now tell you if there’s an AirTag following you (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/795697...
Study: Carbon offsets aren’t doing their job, overstate impact (arstechnica.com)
Cambridge study says carbon offsets are not nearly as effective as they claim to be.
Chrome’s next weapon in the War on Ad Blockers: Slower extension updates (arstechnica.com)
Denuvo wants to convince you its DRM isn’t “evil” (arstechnica.com)
Hydrogen-powered planes almost ready for takeoff (arstechnica.com)
Linux surpasses the Mac among Steam gamers (arstechnica.com)
Zoom has “Zoom fatigue,” requires workers to return to the office (arstechnica.com)
Tesla exaggerated EV range so much that drivers thought cars were broken (arstechnica.com)
Tesla has consistently exaggerated the driving range of its electric vehicles, reportedly leading car owners to think something was broken when actual driving range was much lower than advertised. When these owners scheduled service appointments to fix the problem, Tesla canceled the appointments because there was no way to...
