Swiss e-mobility firm Soflow now charges €19.99 for account deletions, raising concerns over GDPR compliance and consumer rights. Explore the implications for user privacy and legal standards.
Roku is exploring ways to show consumers ads on its TVs even when they are not using its streaming platform: The company has been looking into injecting ads into the video feeds of third-party devices connected to its TVs, according to a recent patent filing....
Firefox spokesperson Christopher Hilton tells The Verge that the browser has seen a more than 50 percent jump in users in Germany and a nearly 30 percent increase in France.
An Amazon chatbot that’s supposed to surface useful information from customer reviews of specific products will also recommend a variety of racist books, lie about working conditions at Amazon, and write a cover letter for a job application with entirely made up work experience when asked, 404 Media has found.
If they were just talking about Reddit, I’d assume something dodgy was going on connected with the IPO. But Quora is supposedly back from the dead too… Am I missing something glaringly obvious here?
I am not a native English speaker and I have sometimes referred to people as male and female (as that is what I have been taught) but I have received some backlash in some cases, especially for the word “female”, is there some negative thought in the word which I am unaware of?...
this! an example of someone always using it in a such a way is Andrew Tate. watch any of his videos where he mentions girls and you’ll immediately understand
I’ve been just not updating Nova as I haven’t had a ton of time to research this, I really like the GUI, what are my privacy friendly/FOSS options for an android s21 5G?...
lawnchair is still being developed but no builds are being pushed. I’m using someone’s fork they made specifically to build their own releases: (use at your own discretion) https://github.com/Goooler/LawnchairRelease/
Is there a way to install web apps on mobile using Firefox? I’m not looking for shortcuts that open in new browser tabs. I would like to run some sites as installed, full-screen apps. The excellent PWA addon works great for desktop, but I imagine it would not be possible to duplicate this on mobile based on how the addon runs....
The Beijing institute developed the technique to crack an iPhone’s encrypted device log to identify the numbers and emails of senders who share AirDrop content, the city’s judicial bureau said in an online post. Police have identified multiple suspects via that method, the agency said, without disclosing if anyone was...
Recently Amazon, I suppose their app, added a search item to my context menu, which is quite a nuisance. Other apps have as well, such as DeepL and Wikipedia, but I believe those have a valid use case without too much of a commercial interest. Is there a way to remove items from the context menu without removing the related app?
I’ve always hated the idea of using a subscription/cloud hosting for password management. I feel like I should have a LOT more control over that stuff and I don’t really want to hand all my keys over to a company....
Slack is now using all content, including DMs, to train LLMs ( mastodon.sdf.org )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/15741608...
See what’s changing in Firefox: Better insights, same privacy ( blog.mozilla.org )
To disable it in about:config...
Let's pretend to be humans ( lemmy.world )
Via Poorly Drawn Lines
Soflow Charges Users for Account Deletion - GDPR Compliance Questioned ( coinscoop.org )
Swiss e-mobility firm Soflow now charges €19.99 for account deletions, raising concerns over GDPR compliance and consumer rights. Explore the implications for user privacy and legal standards.
Mark Cuban is ‘proud to pay’ $275.9 million in taxes ( www.cnbc.com )
When the ghost itself busts (a nut) ( lemmy.world )
The cast of Enterprise ( lemmy.world )
They could have just TOLD him they'd rigged the transporter like that, and he would have gone willingly. He was sort of the trusting type. ( lemmynsfw.com )
UK quit Erasmus because of Brits’ poor language skills ( www.politico.eu )
Britain turned down the offer to remain a member of the cultural exchange program after Brexit....
Roku explores taking over HDMI feeds with ads ( www.lowpass.cc )
Roku is exploring ways to show consumers ads on its TVs even when they are not using its streaming platform: The company has been looking into injecting ads into the video feeds of third-party devices connected to its TVs, according to a recent patent filing....
Firefox saw an increase in users (~50% in Germany and ~30% in France) following Apple’s default browser changes in the EU. ( www.theverge.com )
Firefox spokesperson Christopher Hilton tells The Verge that the browser has seen a more than 50 percent jump in users in Germany and a nearly 30 percent increase in France.
Sometimes you really need that vodka shot when things go wrong in the database ( sopuli.xyz )
Amazon's Hidden Chatbot Recommends Nazi Books and Lies About Amazon Working Conditions ( www.404media.co )
An Amazon chatbot that’s supposed to surface useful information from customer reviews of specific products will also recommend a variety of racist books, lie about working conditions at Amazon, and write a cover letter for a job application with entirely made up work experience when asked, 404 Media has found.
Mozilla Firefox is Working on a Tab Grouping Feature ( news.itsfoss.com )
[Extension Request] An extension that displays repair scores for electronic products on ecommerce
It could pull data from Ifixit and France’s consumer repair score system....
Google finally enables display output on the Pixel 8, here's what it could mean for a DeX-like mode ( www.androidauthority.com )
Has Reddit’s traffic really quadrupled in 6 months? ( www.bandt.com.au )
If they were just talking about Reddit, I’d assume something dodgy was going on connected with the IPO. But Quora is supposedly back from the dead too… Am I missing something glaringly obvious here?
Is "female" offensive?
I am not a native English speaker and I have sometimes referred to people as male and female (as that is what I have been taught) but I have received some backlash in some cases, especially for the word “female”, is there some negative thought in the word which I am unaware of?...
quadratic rule ( lemmy.blahaj.zone )
it’s moldy MONDAY baby
what do you wish you did when you were 18?
Ronny has enough friends ( lemmy.world )
Yuzu Nintendo Switch emulator must cease operations after $2.4M lawsuit ( www.dexerto.com )
https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/800f0cf8-e082-4181-8d11-0c6e1fa75127.png...
MySQL moment ( lemmy.world )
Reddit Warns That r/WallStreetBets Could Wreak Havoc on Its Stock Price ( gizmodo.com )
Bluesky opens up federation, letting anyone run their own server | TechCrunch ( techcrunch.com )
Hey, I'm new to GitHub! ( programming.dev )
Over 5,000 games industry workers have already lost their jobs in 2024 ( www.videogameschronicle.com )
Google Pixel phones unusable after January 2024 system update ( www.bleepingcomputer.com )
ifn't ( programming.dev )
Nova Launcher Alternative?
I’ve been just not updating Nova as I haven’t had a ton of time to research this, I really like the GUI, what are my privacy friendly/FOSS options for an android s21 5G?...
PWAs on Android?
Is there a way to install web apps on mobile using Firefox? I’m not looking for shortcuts that open in new browser tabs. I would like to run some sites as installed, full-screen apps. The excellent PWA addon works great for desktop, but I imagine it would not be possible to duplicate this on mobile based on how the addon runs....
What's some amazing technology they have in Japan that's very normal to them but would blow our minds here in the US and western world?
AirDrop cracked by China, revealing phone number & email ( 9to5mac.com )
The Beijing institute developed the technique to crack an iPhone’s encrypted device log to identify the numbers and emails of senders who share AirDrop content, the city’s judicial bureau said in an online post. Police have identified multiple suspects via that method, the agency said, without disclosing if anyone was...
Firefox for Android context menu editing ( lemmy.world )
Recently Amazon, I suppose their app, added a search item to my context menu, which is quite a nuisance. Other apps have as well, such as DeepL and Wikipedia, but I believe those have a valid use case without too much of a commercial interest. Is there a way to remove items from the context menu without removing the related app?
Rishi Sunak Refuses To Condemn Tory Who Told Hungry Families To 'F*** Off' ( www.huffingtonpost.co.uk )
One OS to rule them all, one OS to find them, one OS to bring them all and in the light bind them. ( discuss.tchncs.de )
The avalanche has just began.
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My new favourite password manager ( keepass.info )
I’ve always hated the idea of using a subscription/cloud hosting for password management. I feel like I should have a LOT more control over that stuff and I don’t really want to hand all my keys over to a company....
New starfeild genders just dropped ( lemmy.world )
So, Neuralink got FDA approval for human trials, and a certain fanbase is VERY excited about that ( lemmy.ml )
Commodification of everything you think off Past/Present/Future....