Modern web bloat means some pages load 21MB of data - entry-level phones can't run some simple web pages, and some sites are harder to render than PUBG ( www.tomshardware.com )
Microsoft stoops to new low with ads in Windows 11, as PC Manager tool suggests your system needs ‘repairing’ if you don’t use Bing ( www.techradar.com )
Stack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership — users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPT ( www.tomshardware.com )
X suspends account of Navalny's wife ( news.sky.com )
OpenWrt, now 20 years old, is crafting its own future-proof reference hardware ( arstechnica.com )
New Windows driver blocks software from changing default web browser ( www.bleepingcomputer.com )
Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu ( www.theverge.com )
Google Cloud accidentally deletes a financial institution account due to ‘unprecedented misconfiguration’ ( www.theguardian.com )
A week of downtime and all the servers were recovered only because the customer had a proper disaster recovery protocol and held backups somewhere else, otherwise Google deleted the backups too...
YouTube puts third-party clients on notice: Show ads or get blocked ( arstechnica.com )
Are We Transitioning From Capitalism to Silicon Serfdom? ( jacobin.com )
The idea that we are entering an era of techno-feudalism that will be worse than capitalism is chilling and controversial. We asked former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis to elucidate this idea, explain how we got here, and map out some alternatives.
Microsoft is trying to convince Windows 10 users to upgrade with full-screen prompts ( www.theverge.com )
A Staggering 19x Energy Jump in Capacitors May Be the Beginning of the End for Batteries ( www.popularmechanics.com )
Gaming firm Razer ordered to pay over US$1.1 million in US for advertising Zephyr mask as N95-grade ( www.channelnewsasia.com )
Europe’s deepest mine to become giant gravity battery ( www.independent.co.uk )
An abandoned mine in Finland is set to be transformed into a giant battery to store renewable energy during periods of excess production....
SD cards finally expected to hit 4TB in 2025 ( arstechnica.com )
FCC votes to restore net neutrality ( www.theverge.com )
Windows 11 will reportedly display a watermark if your PC does not support AI requirements ( www.tomshardware.com )
Swiss public broadcasters withdraw from X/Twitter ( www.swissinfo.ch )
Microsoft will now urge you to ditch local accounts on Windows 10 ( www.xda-developers.com )
College Students Say Tesla Is Canceling Summer Internships ( www.entrepreneur.com )
"Tesla Is Reportedly Revoking Internship Offers to College Students Weeks Before Their Start Dates: 'I Spent Thousands On Housing'"
Judge Tosses X/Twitter Case Against Group That Produced Study On Proliferation Of Hate Speech On Platform ( deadline.com )
X owner Elon Musk blamed the watchdog group for an exodus of advertisers.
How web bloat impacts users with slow devices ( danluu.com )
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