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Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" (pluralistic.net)

The ability to change features, prices, and availability of things you've already paid for is a powerful temptation to corporations.

With its new game, Hello Games is literally promising the world. Is the developer of No Man's Sky about to make the same disastrous mistakes all over again? (www.pcgamer.com)

The developer of The Day Before seems to be deleting evidence that it was ever an MMO game (www.pcgamesn.com)

‘The Game Awards’ Was A Full-On Parody Of Itself This Year (www.forbes.com)

Wikimedia Foundation calls on US Supreme Court to strike laws that threaten Wikipedia (wikimediafoundation.org)

The Foundation supports challenges to laws in Texas and Florida that jeopardize Wikipedia's community-led governance model and the right to freedom of expression....

Grandfathered YouTube Premium users will see price increase in January (9to5google.com)

Microsoft’s Edge Copilot AI can’t really summarize every YouTube video - The Verge (www.theverge.com)

Excuse me, but the industries AI is disrupting are not lucrative (www.theintrinsicperspective.com)

A more interesting “bear case” for AI is that, if you look at the list of industries that leading AIs like GPT-4 are capable of disrupting—and therefore making money off of—the list is lackluster from a return-on-investment perspective, because the industries themselves are not very lucrative. What are AIs of the GPT-4...

World's oldest tortoise still randy at 191 years old (www.livescience.com)

The Seychelles giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa), known as Jonathan, has lived on the remote south Atlantic Island of Saint Helena since 1882 after he was gifted to the governor at the time....

The new Mammoth app is a much simpler take on Mastodon | The Verge (www.theverge.com)

AEW RAMPAGE Discussion Thread 12/08/23 (kbin.social)

⚡ THIS IS RAMPAGE! ⚡...

OpenAI leaders warned of abusive behavior before Sam Altman’s ouster (www.washingtonpost.com)

The senior employees described Altman as psychologically abusive, creating chaos at the artificial-intelligence start-up — complaints that were a major factor in the board’s abrupt decision to fire the CEO...

Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access after launch of service that brought iMessage to Android (techcrunch.com)

Tesla must respect collective bargaining rights, Norway's sovereign wealth fund says (www.reuters.com)

Tesla must respect collective bargaining rights, Norway's sovereign wealth fund says::U.S. auto maker Tesla Inc should respect fundamental labour rights, including collective bargaining, Norway's $1.5 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's biggest stock market investor, told Reuters on Friday.

Apple has seemingly found a way to block Android’s new iMessage app (www.theverge.com)

The Game Awards 2023 fell short of honoring its own industry (www.destructoid.com)

1080 Snowboarding, Harvest Moon 64, and Jet Force Gemini join Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack (www.destructoid.com)

Why Wikipedia’s Highway Editors Took the Exit Ramp (slate.com)

Not sure technology is the best place to put this...any suggestions for a cross post?

Verizon Gave Phone Data to Armed Stalker Who Posed as Cop Over Email (www.404media.co)

The FBI investigated a man who allegedly posed as a police officer in emails and phone calls to trick Verizon to hand over phone data belonging to a specific person...

Little known fact (imgur.com)

Judge Allows Major ‘Right To Repair’ Lawsuit Against John Deere To Move Forward (www.techdirt.com)

Judge Allows Major ‘Right To Repair’ Lawsuit Against John Deere To Move Forward::Last year agricultural equipment giant John Deere found itself on the receiving end of an antitrust lawsuit for its efforts to monopolize tractor repair. The lawsuits noted that the company consistently purchased competing repair centers in...

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