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hamsterkill

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  • All U.S. Social Security numbers may need to be changed following a massive breach that is already being investigated as a national threat

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  • True, but the thing is that the people in power will still complain about increased fraud if and when it happens and point to the government as irresponsible custodians of personal data.

  • Push to repeal Section 230 raises stakes for how social media moderates content

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  • The more likely result from removing 230 (depending on how it was removed) is actually that all moderation stops. Moderation is what makes the companies liable without 230, so they just wouldn't do it (and wouldn't allow users to do it either). Any open community site would quickly become a cesspool. Small private closed communities would become the norm.

  • Nvidia might not have any new gaming GPUs in 2026 — and could be 'slashing production' of existing GeForce models

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  • juggling more money than their pre-AI boom market cap by a wide margin

    I'm not sure what you mean by this. Nvidia carries a vanishingly small amount of debt for its size. It has way more liquidity than debt.

  • Nvidia might not have any new gaming GPUs in 2026 — and could be 'slashing production' of existing GeForce models

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  • It won't collapse. It'll lose a huge chunk of its stock price, but it both has other business to fall back on and its chips will still likely be used in whatever the next tech trend is - probably neural network AI or something.

  • Inside Nvidia's 10-year effort to make the Shield TV the most updated Android device ever

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  • Inside Nvidia's 10-year effort to make the Shield TV the most updated Android device ever

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  • Not a marvel when the SoC is also owned by them. Them, Apple, and (outside the US) Samsung are the only ones who could really pull it off without help.

  • TikTokers are heading to UpScrolled following US takeover

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  • Loops is the FOSS fediverse equivalent.

  • AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow

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  • Doctorow is Canadian-British.

  • Trump may be the beginning of the end for ‘enshittification’ – this is our chance to make tech good again

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  • This is written by Cory Doctorow -- formerly of the EFF and coiner of the word "enshittification". You can disagree with him, but this is the same kind of advocacy he has written for decades.

  • Revised Steam Survey For December 2025 Puts Linux Gaming Marketshare At 3.58%

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  • BSD, perhaps. Or maybe Redox eventually.

  • 5 open-source Android apps that put Google's defaults to shame

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  • That's now Thunderbird.

  • Valve Announces New Steam Machine, Steam Controller & Steam Frame

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  • As far as I know, browsers will only do Widevine L3. Meaning you won't get resolutions past 720p or maybe 1080p (depending on service). That's probably fine a small screen like the deck. Less fine for a 4k TV.

  • Valve Announces New Steam Machine, Steam Controller & Steam Frame

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  • One question I have about the cube is will it be capable of doing full DRM streaming services like Netflix? Most living room systems have that, but doing it on an open linux system somehow would be novel.

  • What are some free & open source fonts designed for or comissioned by brands?

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  • Noto (Google) I thought was the most well-known.

  • Automattic CEO calls Tumblr his 'biggest failure' so far

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  • The ban happened because Verizon was trying to sell it.

  • MIT engineers solve the sticky-cell problem in bioreactors and other industries

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  • The article does mention this problem and they claim to have been able to pull it off somehow.

    “Mammalian cells are orders of magnitude more sensitive than algae cells, but even with those cells, we were able to detach them with no impact to the viability of the cell,” Vandereydt says.

  • GrapheneOS could break Pixel exclusivity in 2026 with major OEM deal

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  • Not certain Sony counts as worldwide anymore since they seem to have retreated from the US.

  • Why aren't Linux based mobile OSes more popular?

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  • I'm sure what I'm about to say has already been echoed by others, but there are a few factors working against them. This is from a US/Canada perspective. Other countries may have more or fewer barriers.

    1. Mobile hardware - Mobile hardware has higher security. Some of this is by design for the user, since mobile devices are more likely to fall into wrong hands than e.g. a desktop. Some of it is corps preventing users from using their hardware in ways they don't want you to, though. The level of locked down mobile hardware has only increased over time.
    2. Carriers - This one is particular to North America, I think. Carriers here have a long history of meddling in phone hardware - from bloatware to SIM locks and everything in between. One of the things they do since LTE is require device makers to pay them to get certified to make calls on their network. Linux capable devices are too niche to be able to afford this. This is why Fairphone, for example, even with its Android-based OS, only works on one carrier here.

    Those are the main two barriers here. Things like apps can have workarounds for those that would be interested in early adoption of Linux phones. But there's no way around the combination of carrier certification costs and limited options of only very locked down hardware.

  • Framework under fire for Omarchy/DHH/Hyprland support?

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  • I think there's some sort of a west coast trend towards immutable distros. Bazzite has the same kind of buzz. Haven't really met anyone that uses these distros around me, though.

  • Android @lemdro.id
    hamsterkill @lemmy.sdf.org

    Device makers hiding the SoC they are using is a terrible recent trend