Twitter is “tanking” amid Threads’ surging popularity, analysts say (arstechnica.com)
ArsTechnica: Is distributed computing dying, or just fading into the background? (arstechnica.com)
Amazon claims it isn’t a “Very Large Online Platform” to evade EU rules (arstechnica.com)
That mom-and-pop Seattle operation just can’t catch a break.
Hackers exploit gaping Windows loophole to give their malware kernel access (arstechnica.com)
Hackers are using open source software that’s popular with video game cheaters to allow their Windows-based malware to bypass restrictions Microsoft put in place to prevent such infections from occurring....
Fairphone 3 gets 7 years of updates, besting every other Android OEM (arstechnica.com)
Thoughts?
Gonorrhea is becoming unstoppable; highly resistant cases found in US (arstechnica.com)
www.hexbear.net/post/246642...
We can leave the Solar System, but arriving anywhere is not happening soon (arstechnica.com)
The post demonstrates how infeasible it is to travel to a location outside our solar system anytime in the next several generations....
Fairphone 3 gets seven years of updates, besting every other Android OEM (arstechnica.com)
Fairphone proves the usual excuses for ending Android support aren't valid.
Big Tech can transfer Europeans’ data to US in win for Facebook and Google (arstechnica.com)
its over we are now at the same level of the us fuck taht shit fuck that gov . only good fock suck XXXX
Fairphone 3 gets seven years of updates, besting every other Android OEM (arstechnica.com)
I have to admire a company following through on the e-waste reduction by doing it’s own updates of the Android OS for an EOL chip. I just wish the fairphone 3 was actually more usable....
Big Tech can transfer Europeans’ data to US in win for Facebook and Google (arstechnica.com)
The European Commission today decided it is safe for personal data to be transferred from the European Union to US-based companies, handing a victory to firms like Facebook and Google despite protests from privacy advocates who worry about US government surveillance.
Big Tech can transfer Europeans’ data to US in win for Facebook and Google (arstechnica.com)
The European Commission today decided it is safe for personal data to be transferred from the European Union to US-based companies, handing a victory to firms like Facebook and Google despite protests from privacy advocates who worry about US government surveillance.
Fairphone 3 gets seven years of updates, besting every other Android OEM (arstechnica.com)
People were making tools in Oregon, USA at least 18,000 years ago (arstechnica.com)
These are the oldest stone tools ever found in the United States...
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.
Brave aims to curb practice of websites that port scan visitors (arstechnica.com)
Brave will allow users to choose which sites can access local network resources.
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.
Probing the mysteries of neutron stars with a surprising earthly analog: Ultracold gases in the lab could help scientists better understand the universe. (arstechnica.com)
[…]to accurately interpret some of the neutron stars’ signals, researchers must first understand what goes on inside them. They have their hunches, but experimenting directly on a neutron star is out of the question. So scientists need another way to test their theories. The behavior of matter in such a superdense object is...
How Threads’ privacy policy compares to Twitter’s (and its rivals’) (arstechnica.com)
Here’s what is collected by Threads, as well as by Twitter, Bluesky, Mastodon, Spill, and Hive Social.
Perovskite + silicon solar panels hit efficiencies of over 30% (The two-layer panels still suffer from rapid decay of performance, though.) (arstechnica.com)
How Threads’ privacy policy compares to Twitter’s (and its rivals’) (arstechnica.com)
Here’s what is collected by Threads, as well as by Twitter, Bluesky, Mastodon, Spill, and Hive Social.
Mastodon fixes critical “TootRoot” vulnerability allowing node hijacking (arstechnica.com) Japanese
Most critical of the bugs allowed attackers to root federated instances.
ChatGPT users drop for the first time as people turn to uncensored chatbots (arstechnica.com)
In-space manufacturing startup aces pharma experiment in orbit (arstechnica.com)
The co-founder of California-based startup Varda Space Industries says his company’s first space mission—a miniature lab that has grown crystals of the drug ritonavir in orbit—is on track to end in the coming weeks with a first-of-its-kind re-entry and landing in Utah....
Android phone hits 24GB of RAM, as much as a 13-inch MacBook Pro (arstechnica.com)
The Nubia RedMagic 8S Pro+ gaming phone sports a huge spec sheet.
