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Starlink quietly lost over $250,000,000 in burned satellites this summer. (tiblur.com)

Not one major news outlet is covering the destruction of Starlink this summer. Though Lemmy might enjoy Elon losing more money.

Mozilla's petition against in-browser censorship law (foundation.mozilla.org)

The French government is considering a law that would require web browsers – like Mozilla's Firefox – to block websites chosen by the government.

YouTube Premium individual plan now costs $2 more for all subscribers in the US | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

YouTube has increased the prices of its Premium plan for individuals in the U.S. from $11.99 per month to $13.99 per month.

Bluesky allowed people to include the n-word in their usernames (www.engadget.com)

Before this week, Bluesky did not have an automated system in place to prevent people from including the n-word in their handle..

Meet Microsoft Office’s new default font: Aptos (www.theverge.com)

It’s the first change to the Office default font in more than 15 years.

YouTube warns it might make your viewing experience worse if you don't turn off your ad-blocker (www.businessinsider.com)

YouTube has been cracking down on people using ad blockers. Now, a spokesperson says that using ad blockers could lead to "suboptimal viewing."

newpipe.net removed from Google search results due to DMCA take down request (newpipe.net)

Dear NewPipe community and other beloved creatures, You might have already noticed this: Searching “NewPipe” via Google will yield plenty information about the project, but a link to the official website is missing. This is because Google submitted to a DMCA takedown notice from a French record label, “Because Music”....

FCC chair: Speed standard of 25Mbps down, 3Mbps up isn’t good enough anymore (arstechnica.com)

Chair proposes 100Mbps national standard and an evaluation of broadband prices.

Tumblr says it’s going to “fix” its “core experience” to appeal to new users (www.theverge.com)

“The underlying problem is that Tumblr is not easy to use.”

Buyers of Bored Ape NFTs sue after digital apes turn out to be bad investment (arstechnica.com)

Lawsuit: Sotheby's $24M sale to FTX gave Bored Ape NFTs "an air of legitimacy."

Scientists, disturbed by anti-science and far-right content, starting to leave Twitter (boingboing.net)

Nature reports that scientists are leaving Twitter. Overwhelmed by anti-science and far-right material, which is often shoved at them by the site’s trending topics and other algorithmic feeds…

FTC readies lawsuit that could break up Amazon (www.politico.com)

A case would be a high-water mark for FTC Chair Lina Khan who gained prominence criticizing the company’s dominance.

Stanford Scientists Find That Yes, ChatGPT Is Getting Stupider (futurism.com)

While looking into artificial intelligence "behavior," researchers affirmed that yes, OpenAI's GPT-4 appeared to be getting dumber.

Discord bans AI-generated child sex abuse material and teen dating servers (www.nbcnews.com)

The policy changes come after an NBC News investigation last month into child safety on the platform.

Twitter silently removes login requirement for viewing tweets (techcrunch.com)

Days after requiring users to log in to view tweets on the web, Twitter has silently removed these restrictions.

Windows 12 May Require a Subscription (www.pcmag.com)

References to subscription 'edition,' 'type,' and 'status' found in a test build of Windows.

Twitter aka X changes ad labels, makes promoted tweets less obvious (mashable.com)

Paid advertising on Elon Musk's platform now looks a lot more like a regular tweet.

Wouldn't the Everything App Be the Last Thing We Would Want? (kbin.social)

I read an article in the New York Times about Elon Musk wanting to make X, formally known as Twitter, into an everything app. The article also mentions other attempts. Would that be the last thing we would want?...

Elon Musk Is Crafting A Narrative For The Death Of Twitter (www.forbes.com)

Elon Musk has said and done a lot of weird and outrageous things during his tenure as the owner of Twitter (now X), but we may have just seen the weirdest and most outrageous.

X plans to remove news headlines and text in shared articles (www.engadget.com)

Elon Musk said the idea came from him directly....

MIT engineers create an energy-storing supercapacitor from cement, water, and carbon black (news.mit.edu)

MIT engineers created a carbon-cement supercapacitor that can store large amounts of energy. Made of just cement, water, and carbon black, the device could form the basis for inexpensive systems that store intermittently renewable energy, such as solar or wind energy.

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