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  • TikTok’s parent launched a web scraper that’s gobbling up the world’s online data 25-times faster than OpenAI

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  • It's not that it's a threat, it's that there's a difference between archiving for preservation and crawling other people's content for the purpose of making money off it (in a way that does not benefit the content creator).

  • What the hell Proton!

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  • Not all applications on your computer may be encrypting their packet traffic properly, though. That goes especially for the applications that might be trying to reach out for resources on your local home network (like printers, file shares, and other home servers) as well as DNS requests which are usually still made in the open. I would not recommend eschewing an entire security layer willy-nilly like that. On public Wi-Fi, I would definitely still suggest either a VPN or using your cell phone as a tether or secure hotspot instead if possible.

  • World's Biggest Anime Piracy Streaming Site (Hianime.to) Put on U.S. Government's Radar as Major Threat

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  • Sony holds the rights to a bunch of them.

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  • MZLA makes Thunderbird. Mozilla Corp makes Firefox. Mozilla Foundation owns both.

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  • Well, first of all, K9 regularly holds beta tests for their new versions before release already.

    Being launched under the Thunderbird brand, though, is expected to hit a much wider audience than just K9 users. And being a first impression, they want to do everything they can to make that impression a solid one.

  • Thunderbird for Android email client arrives in beta

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  • I believe Thunderbird is K9's current beta, rebranded.

  • Amazon's Stock Clearance: Upgrade Your TV with Amazing Fire TV Stick Discounts

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  • If there were a way I could load Lineage on it, maybe. Not interested in a device locked to Amazon's firmware.

  • NIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rules

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  • I was expecting idiotic rules screaming "bureaucratic muppets don't know what they're legislating on", but instead what I'm seeing is surprisingly sane and sensible

    NIST knows what they're doing. It's getting organizations to adapt that's hard. NIST has recommended against expiring passwords for like a decade already, for example, yet pretty much every IT dept still has passwords expiring at least once a year.

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  • It’s been about a decade of me, at least, hearing that the only problem is they’re just not relevant enough, and if we just target them better/make them more personalized/whatever that’d solve all the issues everyone has with it.

    They're not referring to the issues you and I have with. They're referring to the issues their ad customers have with it. More relevant ads mean ads can be more effective and valuable for advertisers -- not less annoying for viewers.

  • Qualcomm Reportedly Taps Intel With An Acquisition Offer

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  • I don't recall Qualcomm trying to buy ARM. That was Nvidia. (though, yes, it likely would also have been prevented if it had tried)

    But they'd probably have a better (but still slim) chance of getting a purchase of Intel through. That'd be a more horizontal acquisition than a vertical one as Qualcomm doesn't make x86 chips so they can at least argue it wouldn't be anti-competitive.

  • Qualcomm Reportedly Taps Intel With An Acquisition Offer

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  • They don't mention what the offer is. Very easily could be a stock-based deal where Intel stockholders get a portion of the combined company. That's how T-Mobile bought Sprint.

  • Microsoft inks deal to restart Three Mile Island nuclear reactor to fuel its voracious AI ambitions

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  • GenAI = Generative AI

    AGI = Artificial General Intelligence

    You are talking about the latter. They were talking about the former.

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  • NetSurf is a very barebones browser. It can fill a niche, but is not a daily driver where other options are available.

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  • Firefox everywhere. It's not perfect, but is still the closest a browser gets.

    Unless I need a PWA on desktop, then Edge (windows) or ungoogled chromium (linux).

  • Apps can now block sideloading more easily and force downloads through Google Play

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  • There are, unfortunately, some features banks make mobile app exclusive (e.g. Zelle sometimes, check deposit).

    I have a spare phone I keep in my drawer for when I really need a banking app.

  • The air begins to leak out of the overinflated AI bubble

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  • Nvidia is diversified in AI, though. Disregarding LLM, it's likely that other AI methodologies will depend even more on their tech or similar.

  • The air begins to leak out of the overinflated AI bubble

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  • I guess I don't really see why generative AI is a necessity for a search engine? It doesn't really help me find information any faster than a Wikipedia summary, and is less reliable.

  • The Irony of 'You Wouldn't Download a Car' Making a Comeback in AI Debates

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  • In general — yes. Most of the time they do so by subjecting their eyeballs or ears to ads. Do you think it's a good idea to flood AI models with ads as well?

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  • GNOME Web stopped using Gecko as a backend when it was still embeddable. They decided on WebKit for other reasons.