YouTube, the popular video-sharing website, is currently testing a new strategy to combat the widespread use of ad-blocking software. After watching three videos, the platform is testing a feature that suggests users disable ad-blocking extensions or consider paying for a premium subscription. Several Reddit users have posted screenshots of a popup that appears on their
Read MoreYouTube, the popular video-sharing website, is currently testing a new strategy to combat the widespread use of ad-blocking software. After watching three videos, the platform is testing a feature that suggests users disable ad-blocking extensions or consider paying for a premium subscription. Several Reddit users have posted screenshots of a popup that appears on their
Read MoreNBC News: The FBI says it formed an online database in May to prevent swatting by facilitating coordination between police departments and law enforcement agencies — Advances in technology allow callers to mask their voices, phone numbers or IP addresses (also called “spoofing”) or make their false 911 calls sound more credible.
Read MoreThe DIY Commodore 64 cartridge. (Credit: Linus Åkesson) When you want to write software for a system like the Commodore 64, the obvious and safe choice is to create an image that can be used with a tape or floppy drive emulator. Yet these come with the obvious disadvantage of loading time and manual steps,
Read MoreChristian Davies / Financial Times: YouTube removes the channels of three North Korean influencers posting about their daily life, after South Korea labelled them as “psychological warfare” tools — Seoul says young influencers promoting Harry Potter and water parks are ‘psychological’ propaganda
Read MoreNikkei Asia: In a rare rebuke, Japan told Fujitsu to take corrective measures after a 2022 hack of its cloud service affected at least 1.7K companies and government agencies — Data leaks affected at least 1,700 companies and government agencies — Fujitsu’s cloud services are used by companies and the government …
Read MoreAs hackers target a flaw in the widely used file transfer utility MOVEit, concerns about the safety of sensitive data once again come to the fore. Over 15.5 million people have been affected by this massive hacking campaign, and that number is certain to climb. We’ll examine what happened, whose companies were compromised, and what
Read MoreJay Peters / The Verge: Major third-party Reddit apps Apollo, Sync, and BaconReader shut down, as Reddit prepares to enforce its new API rate limits “shortly” — After a month of outrage, protests, and unrest from the community, Reddit has finally flipped the switch to shut down some third-party apps.
Read MoreJay Peters / The Verge: Major third-party Reddit apps Apollo, Sync, and BaconReader shut down, as Reddit prepares to enforce its new API rate limits “shortly” — After a month of outrage, protests, and unrest from the community, Reddit has finally flipped the switch to shut down some third-party apps.
Read MoreWilfred Chan / Fast Company: TSA plans to expand its facial recognition program to ~430 US airports, says its algorithms are 97% effective “across demographics, including dark skin tones” — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is preparing to expand its controversial facial recognition program …
Read MoreAmazon, the retail giant, is set to face a significant antitrust lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the coming weeks, according to a report by Bloomberg. The lawsuit is expected to focus on Amazon’s online marketplace and how the company leverages its power to favor merchants who use its logistics services. This development
Read MoreThe world of Linux has seen some disquiet over recent weeks following the decision of Red Hat to restrict source code distribution for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) to only their paying customers. We’re sure that there will be plenty of fall-out to come from this news, but what can be done if your project
Read MoreArtificial intelligence (AI) has become a pressing concern for policymakers, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is taking the lead in addressing this unprecedented challenge. In a recent speech, Schumer outlined his broad plan for regulating AI and emphasized the need for a deliberate and informed approach.Schumer’s plan involves the establishment of at least nine
Read MoreOpenAI, the company behind the popular ChatGPT app, is being accused of stealing and misappropriating vast amounts of data from internet users to train its artificial intelligence algorithms, leading to a proposed class action lawsuit. The lawsuit, which was filed in a California federal court, claims that OpenAI improperly obtained extensive user data without permission,
Read MoreBloomberg: Fidelity, Invesco, VanEck, and WisdomTree refile for a spot bitcoin ETF with Coinbase as market surveillance provider, to answer the US SEC’s objections — In a flurry of Friday afternoon activity, Fidelity Investments, Invesco, VanEck and WisdomTree filed a fresh set of applications …
Read MoreBloomberg: Fidelity, Invesco, VanEck, and WisdomTree refile for a spot bitcoin ETF with Coinbase as market surveillance provider, to answer the US SEC’s objections — In a flurry of Friday afternoon activity, Fidelity Investments, Invesco, VanEck and WisdomTree filed a fresh set of applications …
Read MoreScreenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge After a month of outrage, protests, and unrest from the community, Reddit has finally flipped the switch to shut down some third-party apps. Apollo, an iOS app that became a rallying point for the recent protests against Reddit’s imminent API pricing, no longer loads any content from the
Read MoreScreenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge After a month of outrage, protests, and unrest from the community, Reddit has finally flipped the switch to shut down some third-party apps. Apollo, an iOS app that became a rallying point for the recent protests against Reddit’s imminent API pricing, no longer loads any content from the
Read MoreGoogle has announced that it will block Canadian news articles from its search engine and other services in response to a new law that would require tech companies to pay publishers for content. This move comes after Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, also vowed to blackout Canadian publishers on its platforms, stating
Read MoreSnapchat, the popular social media platform, has recently announced a significant milestone for its subscription service, Snapchat+. In just one year since its launch, Snapchat+ has reached an impressive 4 million paid subscribers. This achievement highlights the growing popularity and appeal of the platform’s premium features. In addition to this exciting news, Snapchat has also
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Many popular third-party Reddit apps will be shutting down on Friday because of the platform’s forthcoming paid API, and fans of the apps are sending them off with heartfelt posts and memes. The Apollo for Reddit subreddit, for example, is filled with posts celebrating the app. “So long
Read MoreThe number of satellites whizzing by over our heads at any moment is staggering, and growing at a rapid rate as new constellations are launched. But sometimes it’s the old birds that are the most interesting, as is the case with some obsolete but still functional military communications satellites, which thanks to a lack of
Read MorePhoto by Sean Hollister Ever heard the urban legend about how the original Nintendo Game Boy survived a bomb? I have reason to believe that’s not true. But until recently, the flagship Nintendo Store at New York City’s Rockefeller Center housed an original Game Boy that, it claimed, was damaged in a bombing during Operation
Read MoreIn the ever-evolving world of social media, algorithms play a crucial role in determining what content we see and interact with. Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has recently taken a step towards transparency by shedding light on the inner workings of its AI-powered algorithms. In this article, we will delve into how
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge The world’s most valuable company briefly crossed the $3 trillion mark on January 3rd, 2022, and today is the first time its market cap has reached that bar again, as individual AAPL shares showed a price above $192 soon after trading began on Friday. Its share price maintained that level and eventually
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