Oxford University Press has named “rizz″ as its word of the year to highlight the popularity of a term used by Generation Z to describe someone’s ability to attract or seduce another person.
A WIRED investigation into internet censorship in US schools found widespread use of filters to censor health, identity, and other crucial information. Students say it makes the web entirely unusable.
Today, I added a box of related/random collections - I must admit that the ones you created are fantastic. Collection names can be repeated since they are user-assigned. I added the option to mark a collection as official - those with the highest number of followers in a given topic and with a specific name can be marked and...
The pace at which you have been improving things and adding new features have been impressive this past month! Thank you and I hope you are taking some breaks in between for yourself!
Meredith Whittaker, the president of the foundation behind the messaging app Signal, lamented the French government’s decision to ban officials from using the app, calling the decision “dangerously misleading.”
Edelman’s trust barometer is “quoted everywhere as if this is some credible, objective research from a thinktank, whereas there is a fairly obvious commercial background, and it’s fairly obviously a sales tool,”
Leading scientists urged caution over fears of another pandemic after the World Health Organization requested more information from China on a rise of respiratory illnesses.
A WIRED analysis of leaked police documents verifies that a secretive government program is allowing federal, state, and local law enforcement to access phone records of Americans who are not suspected of a crime.
Many people forgot, many others now think that he is the villain of the story just because he did what he had to do to save his life, a whole lot don't care because 'they have nothing to hide'. For what it's worth, people who actually care about their privacy is a very small minority in pretty much all countries.
Government incentives have led to a spike in construction projects in the city. Residents are suffering from the resultant increase in pollution levels.
Today marks the eighteenth day since returning to the project. During this time, I've managed to address critical areas that required optimization. This will be noticeable in the page loading speed and overall user experience. It's about halfway through my intended optimization efforts, but for now, I'm satisfied with the...
Thousands of Swedish workers are rallying behind 120 Tesla mechanics. The workers are boycotting Teslas until the company signs a contract. Even postal workers may stop delivering mail.
If you were using Signal just for SMS, none of your messages were secure anyway since the SMS protocol itself is not–defeating the purpose of signal. And if you had already convinced people to install Signal by using SMS as a caveat, you can just continue contacting them through the app.
I was able to convince pretty much everyone who matter in my life to install Signal and they all love it because WhatsApp has become too cluttered and spammy.
Signal’s president reveals the cost of running the privacy-preserving platform—not just to drum up donations, but to call out the for-profit surveillance business models it competes against.
Swedish workers are uniting against Tesla. From tomorrow, cleaners will stop cleaning Tesla showrooms, electricians won’t fix the company’s charging points, and dockworkers will refuse to unload Tesla cargo at all Swedish ports. What started as a strike by Tesla mechanics is spreading, in something Swedish unions describe as...
Today, I started preparations for a more extensive code refactoring. The changes won't be immediately visible, but they will significantly impact the future development of the project. This includes improving the functioning of federation, with a particular focus on collaborative remote content moderation. This will likely take...
Hello, could someone recommended a keyboard for android that is a bit smart in predictive typing? I used to like swiftkeybefore it was bought by microsoft. Not that swiftkey itself was much better but I was not so privy conscious at that time....
Malicious actors have been abusing Ethereum's 'Create2' function to bypass wallet security alerts and poison cryptocurrency addresses, which led to stealing $60,000,000 worth of cryptocurrency from 99,000 people in six months.
Sometimes, muting or blocking a person in a chat app is not enough. To this end, Signal, the popular privacy-focussed messaging app, is now introducing an option to remove all trace of a person from the app.
End-to-end encrypted messaging app, Signal, is getting closer to launching a much anticipated feature that will allow users to share only a username in End-to-end encrypted messaging app, Signal, is getting closer to launching a much anticipated feature that will allow users to share only a username in order to connect with...
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Big Tech firms will face new European Union rules to clearly label political advertising on their platforms, who paid for it and how much and which elections are being targeted, ahead of important votes in the bloc next year.
The man seen in the video moves a part of the shroud to uncover the face of the corpse, resulting in the knot moving. It is clear from this analysis that the head does not move.
Chinese ownership of American farmland came under increased scrutiny at both the national and local level after the Fufeng Group, producer of the flavor enhancer MSG, announced in November 2021 its intentions to invest near Grand Forks, North Dakota. Despite promises to improve the local economy, opposition emerged over the...
If you are asking about 'The China Project', it is is an independent New York-based publication covering China in-depth for Western audiences. They strive to maintain 'balanced' reporting on US-China issues and have hence been called by hardliners in either side as being in cahoots with the other.
From today, I'm starting a small series of daily devlogs where I'll be describing the changes being implemented before the official release of the first version of /kbin. As I mentioned earlier, I had some minor turbulence in my private life from which I'm slowly emerging. I have partially stabilized my life situation in various...
Mr. Perry, who died on Saturday, was best known for his role in “Friends,” the NBC sitcom that followed a group of young professionals living in Manhattan.
Oxford University Press has named 'rizz' as its word of the year (apnews.com)
Oxford University Press has named “rizz″ as its word of the year to highlight the popularity of a term used by Generation Z to describe someone’s ability to attract or seduce another person.
Inside America's School Internet Censorship Machine (www.wired.com)
A WIRED investigation into internet censorship in US schools found widespread use of filters to censor health, identity, and other crucial information. Students say it makes the web entirely unusable.
RTR#30 Monthly Recap and Planned Next Steps (kbin.social)
Today, I added a box of related/random collections - I must admit that the ones you created are fantastic. Collection names can be repeated since they are user-assigned. I added the option to mark a collection as official - those with the highest number of followers in a given topic and with a specific name can be marked and...
Signal’s Whittaker slams French govt for app ban (cybernews.com)
Meredith Whittaker, the president of the foundation behind the messaging app Signal, lamented the French government’s decision to ban officials from using the app, calling the decision “dangerously misleading.”
Officer acquitted in Elijah McClain death gets job back and $200,000 in back pay (www.theguardian.com)
Nathan Woodyard was suspended for two years until jury found him not guilty of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide
Money, power and time: Is the future of 50-over cricket on the line? (www.aljazeera.com)
With the increasing lure of franchise cricket and uneven distribution of money- the future of ODIs hangs in the balance.
All 41 workers trapped in Uttarakhand tunnel evacuated after 17 days (www.hindustantimes.com)
The 17-day long wait for the 41 workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel of Uttarakhand finally ended on Tuesday.
Revealed: how top PR firm uses ‘trust barometer’ to promote world’s autocrats (www.theguardian.com)
Edelman’s trust barometer is “quoted everywhere as if this is some credible, objective research from a thinktank, whereas there is a fairly obvious commercial background, and it’s fairly obviously a sales tool,”
Meet “Amaterasu”: Astronomers detect highest energy cosmic ray since 1991 (arstechnica.com)
The Telescope Array in Utah's West Desert picked up a rare particle with 244 EeV energy.
Don't press 'pandemic panic button' scientists caution on China pneumonia report (www.reuters.com)
Leading scientists urged caution over fears of another pandemic after the World Health Organization requested more information from China on a rise of respiratory illnesses.
Secretive White House Surveillance Program Gives Cops Access to Trillions of US Phone Records (www.wired.com)
A WIRED analysis of leaked police documents verifies that a secretive government program is allowing federal, state, and local law enforcement to access phone records of Americans who are not suspected of a crime.
How a construction boom led to toxic air in Mumbai (scroll.in)
Government incentives have led to a spike in construction projects in the city. Residents are suffering from the resultant increase in pollution levels.
Kurzgesagt — An unofficial community for discussing Kurzgesagt's videos on space, biology, philosophy, etc. (kbin.social)
An unofficial community for discussing anything and everything related to Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell....
/kbin RTR#18 Platform optimization and internal API testing (kbin.social)
Today marks the eighteenth day since returning to the project. During this time, I've managed to address critical areas that required optimization. This will be noticeable in the page loading speed and overall user experience. It's about halfway through my intended optimization efforts, but for now, I'm satisfied with the...
Swedish dockworkers are refusing to unload Teslas at ports in broad boycott move (www.npr.org)
Thousands of Swedish workers are rallying behind 120 Tesla mechanics. The workers are boycotting Teslas until the company signs a contract. Even postal workers may stop delivering mail.
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Signal details costs of keeping its private messaging service alive | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
A Spy Agency Leaked People's Data Online—Then the Data Was Stolen (www.wired.com)
The National Telecommunication Monitoring Center in Bangladesh exposed a database to the open web. The types of data leaked online are extensive.
Old Manifest V2 Chrome extensions will be disabled in 2024 (9to5google.com)
Running Signal Will Soon Cost $50 Million a Year (www.wired.com)
Signal’s president reveals the cost of running the privacy-preserving platform—not just to drum up donations, but to call out the for-profit surveillance business models it competes against.
LexisNexis Sold Powerful Spy Tools to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (theintercept.com)
The data brokerage giant sold face recognition, phone tracking, and other surveillance technology to the border guards, say government documents.
Sweden’s Tesla Blockade Is Spreading (www.wired.co.uk) German
Swedish workers are uniting against Tesla. From tomorrow, cleaners will stop cleaning Tesla showrooms, electricians won’t fix the company’s charging points, and dockworkers will refuse to unload Tesla cargo at all Swedish ports. What started as a strike by Tesla mechanics is spreading, in something Swedish unions describe as...
KES 3.0.0: New features and stability improvements (kbin.social)
This is a major version update for KES that introduces a more robust API and build system, as well as a few new features....
kbin RTR#14 Code Refactoring, preparation for kbin.social update (kbin.social)
Today, I started preparations for a more extensive code refactoring. The changes won't be immediately visible, but they will significantly impact the future development of the project. This includes improving the functioning of federation, with a particular focus on collaborative remote content moderation. This will likely take...
Smart android keyboard respecting privacy? (lemmy.world)
Hello, could someone recommended a keyboard for android that is a bit smart in predictive typing? I used to like swiftkeybefore it was bought by microsoft. Not that swiftkey itself was much better but I was not so privy conscious at that time....
Ethereum feature abused to steal $60 million from 99K victims (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Malicious actors have been abusing Ethereum's 'Create2' function to bypass wallet security alerts and poison cryptocurrency addresses, which led to stealing $60,000,000 worth of cryptocurrency from 99,000 people in six months.
About change in ownership and discussion about some rules (kbin.social)
Hi, I have taken over as the owner of anime_titties as it had been classified as abandoned. I will do my best to make this place active again....
Signal now lets you to delete all trace of a contact from the app (www.thestar.com.my)
Sometimes, muting or blocking a person in a chat app is not enough. To this end, Signal, the popular privacy-focussed messaging app, is now introducing an option to remove all trace of a person from the app.
Secure messaging app Signal moves a step closer to launching usernames | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
End-to-end encrypted messaging app, Signal, is getting closer to launching a much anticipated feature that will allow users to share only a username in End-to-end encrypted messaging app, Signal, is getting closer to launching a much anticipated feature that will allow users to share only a username in order to connect with...
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Big Tech to face tougher rules on targeted political ads in EU (www.reuters.com)
Big Tech firms will face new European Union rules to clearly label political advertising on their platforms, who paid for it and how much and which elections are being targeted, ahead of important votes in the bloc next year.
Fact Check: Unedited Footage Debunks Israeli Propaganda on Shrouded Corpse (thewire.in)
The man seen in the video moves a part of the shroud to uncover the face of the corpse, resulting in the knot moving. It is clear from this analysis that the head does not move.
Satellite companies are restricting Gaza images | Semafor (www.semafor.com)
Key providers of satellite photographs to news organizations are reducing their access.
China-owned companies reckon with U.S. state, national land purchase bans (thechinaproject.com)
Chinese ownership of American farmland came under increased scrutiny at both the national and local level after the Fufeng Group, producer of the flavor enhancer MSG, announced in November 2021 its intentions to invest near Grand Forks, North Dakota. Despite promises to improve the local economy, opposition emerged over the...
YouTube’s Crackdown Spurs Record Uninstalls of Ad Blockers (www.wired.com)
YouTube expanded a “test” that threatens to cut off users who don't turn off their ad blocker. Developers of the tools are scrambling to respond.
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/kbin Road to Release devlog series (kbin.social)
From today, I'm starting a small series of daily devlogs where I'll be describing the changes being implemented before the official release of the first version of /kbin. As I mentioned earlier, I had some minor turbulence in my private life from which I'm slowly emerging. I have partially stabilized my life situation in various...
Matthew Perry, Star of ‘Friends,’ Dies at 54 (www.nytimes.com)
Mr. Perry, who died on Saturday, was best known for his role in “Friends,” the NBC sitcom that followed a group of young professionals living in Manhattan.
Hasan Minhaj responds to the New Yorker article on him. (www.youtube.com)
This is the new yorker article being referred to here: https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-communications/hasan-minhajs-emotional-truths
Boris Johnson to join GB News as presenter (www.theguardian.com)
Former PM likely to receive a six-figure sum for role at channel, which already features Jacob Rees-Mogg and Lee Anderson
‘Will continue sending humanitarian aid to Palestinians’: India at UNSC on Israel-Hamas war (www.hindustantimes.com)
India also called for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine issue at the UNSC.
Israeli officials 'unhappy' with released woman's description of captivity (www.middleeasteye.net)
Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, who was released by Hamas fighters, said she was beaten when abducted but later treated 'gently'