"The specific process by which Google enshittified its search" (24 Apr 2024) https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/24/naming-names/

An interesting post by @pluralistic

#BadEconomy #tech #enshittification #Internet #InformationLiteracy

By @pluralistic : "The specific process by which Google enshittified its search" (24 Apr 2024) https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/24/naming-names/

This is worth a read.

#BadEconomy #tech #enshittification #Internet #fuckery #corruption #InformationLiteracy

Meta lost $3.85 billion on the metaverse in the first quarter of 2024 alone. You know, that thing we all laughed about a couple years ago and next to no one actually uses.

It’s burned $45 billion on the metaverse since the end of 2020.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/24/metas-reality-labs-posts-3point85-billion-loss-in-first-quarter.html

#tech #meta #metaverse #vr

Meta's Reality Labs posts $3.85 billion loss in first quarter

Mark Zuckerberg's bet on the metaverse continues to be a money-bleeding endeavor, with the unit reporting billions of dollars in losses every quarter.

^{Alex Koller (CNBC)}

Hope it’s a phone.

#framework #phone #tech

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/23/24138475/framework-laptop-product-categories-new

Framework won’t be just a laptop company anymore

Today, Framework is the modular repairable laptop company. Tomorrow, it wants to be a consumer electronics company, period — with $18M in new funding to expand.

^{Sean Hollister (The Verge)}

Apple is cutting Vision Pro production as it fails to meet sales targets.

Analysts expected it to sell 700-800k units in 2024, but it could now be as low as 400k. A lower cost model could now be pushed beyond 2025, if it ever arrives.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/23/24138487/apple-vision-pro-cut-shipment-forecast-kuo-rumor

#apple #tech #visionpro #vr #ar

Kuo: Apple cuts Vision Pro shipments due to low demand

Apple Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says Apple is cutting Vision Pro shipments for 2024 down to as little as 400,000 units.

^{Umar Shakir (The Verge)}

Not even Apple can help this market.
#apple #VisionPro #tech #vr

https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/23/kuo-vision-pro-shipping-delays/

Kuo: Apple cuts Vision Pro shipments, now 'reviewing and adjusting' headset strategy - 9to5Mac

Apple has slashed its shipping estimates for Vision Pro, according to a new Ming-Chi Kuo analyst report. Kuo says that...

^{Chance Miller (9to5Mac)}

For a decade, Hollywood hasn’t aggressively fought piracy because it saw people would pay if they made them a good deal.

But as streaming has gotten worse and more expensive, consumers turned back to file sharing. Now the industry plans to get Congress to pass new legislation to stop them.

https://disconnect.blog/hollywood-is-reviving-its-war-on-piracy/

#tech #movies #piracy #streaming #hollywood

Hollywood is reviving its war on piracy

As the streaming deal gets worse, people are going back to piracy. The industry wants to stop them.

^{Paris Marx (Disconnect)}

What is the best way to archive IMAP emails? I'm getting close to my hosting company's maximum size and I've cleaned up old mailboxes.

I have been copying it locally via Thunderbird on one PC but not deleting them from the server. I was not sure if there was another safer and better way to do it before I delete everything on my hosting provider’s server.

#email #hosting #web #tech #thunderbird

Who here wouldn’t want to remove unnecessary apps, save resources, and space on their computers? 🙋🏼

So, whether you just bought yourself a shiny new computer or want to optimize your existing one—@xdadevelopers tells you how the Vivaldi browser (and 9 other apps) can make your experience on Windows even sweeter 👇

https://www.xda-developers.com/10-apps-should-install-new-pc/

#Windows #Tech #Microsoft

10 essential apps you should install on your new PC

Just got a new Windows PC? Here are 10 apps you should install to help you make the most of it.

^{João Carrasqueira (XDA)}

"I deleted keys generated by our TV for 5 straight minutes. 5 Minutes of like 200BPM clicking. I restarted. Everything worked again. I laughed so hard I cried. I felt like I'd solved a murder."

Tech people, THIS IS A GREAT FANTASIC READ!!!

The title is, "DO NOT BUY HISENSE TV'S"

https://cohost.org/ghoulnoise/post/5286766-do-not-buy-hisense-t
#Tech #Android #TV #Debug

DO NOT BUY HISENSE TV'S LOL (Or at least keep them offline)

holy fucking shit!!!!!!!!!! I've had this in my drafts to finish writing up for a few weeks but today I made another discovery that has pushed me to finally write it up lol. My PC had a few hiccups over the past couple of years.

^{priscilla on cohost}

Tesla has to recall every Cybertruck it’s shipped. There are only 3,878 of them.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/19/tesla-cybertruck-throttle-accelerator-pedal-stuck/

#tesla #tech #cybertruck #cars

Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel says AI will help scientists understand "most diseases" in three to five years.

@Semafor quotes the executive: “The reason we still have people dying of cancer, people suffering from Alzheimer's, is we do not understand the fundamental biology of those diseases.”

https://flip.it/DWzK4K

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Disease #Cancer #Health #Science #Biology #Tech

Moderna CEO says AI will help scientists understand ‘most diseases’ in 3 to 5 years | Semafor

AI development could lead to huge advances in the scientific understanding of diseases, Moderna's CEO Stéphane Bancel said at Semafor's World Economy Summit.

^{Caroline Anders (flip.it)}

Folks, please go and use this gentleman's home grown search engine. He literally runs it out of his basement. Mikkel is on Matrix as well, and you can message him.

These are the projects we need to support.

#tech #search #web #foss #fosstodon #stract #mastodon #akkoma #miskey #fediverse

https://stract.com

Stract

^stract.com

Doing some seasonal organizing of my internet browsing, and I'm going all-in on the #IndieWeb. I'm here for the wikis, the self-hosted blogs, the decentralized, chaotic social networks. I believe that's the future of quality information on the internet.

I hope to get around to hosting something myself someday, too, but I have yet neither the skills nor the budget.

#tech #technology #activitypub #fediverse #mastodon #lemmy #selfhosting #selfhosted #growyourown

The old days of Sony design that was so cool.

#sony #retro #retrogamer #gaming #tech #psp

I had an Apple PowerCD back in the day.

It was really slow -- specifically, it was a single speed CD-ROM drive. And as a reminder to you young folks, single speed CD-ROM drive read speed was 0.15 megabytes per second (Compare that to today's NVMe drives that have a sustained read speed of 7500-14500 megabytes per second).

But hey, like everything Apple, it looked really cool!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpy6uuok66Q&t=386s

#apple #tech #retrotech

Apple's Early-90s Multimedia Accessories

The computer industry was swept by the CD-ROM and multimedia trend in the early 90s -- and Apple saw it as a prime opportunity to differentiate its computers...

^YouTube

Elon Musk declared he wouldn’t comply with orders from Brazil’s Supreme Court to ban far-right accounts involved in an attempted coup.

It shows how Musk uses Twitter to amplify fascism, but also why many countries are increasingly fed up with unaccountable US tech firms.

https://disconnect.blog/elon-musk-is-already-losing-his-battle-with-brazil/

#tech #elonmusk #brazil #brasil #twitter #socialmedia

Elon Musk is using Twitter to defend Brazil’s fascists

The fight shows countries will no longer put up with the drawbacks of unregulated social media

^{Paris Marx (Disconnect)}

Just finished setting up my router, DHCP server is not the best but it works!

#meme #shitpost #tech #networking #infosec

Just published my first GitHub site 🎉😅

Not the prettiest, but it's functional. No better teacher than doing.

The best part? It's open source, so anyone can contribute.

Web: https://idcaboutprivacy.com/
Code/repo/contribute: https://github.com/hiramfromthechi/idcaboutprivacy

#opensource #tech #privacy

I'm so excited about this upcoming space mission.

NASA has just confirmed that the Dragonfly octocopter will launch in July, 2028. When it arrives, it will spend at least two years flying over the organic-rich sands of Titan, Saturn's largest moon.

https://dragonfly.jhuapl.edu/News-and-Resources/news/20231128.php #space #science #nasa #life #tech

Friend: What do you play games on?
Me: I play games on a switch!

#meme #shitpost #networking #tech #infosec

Let's use @protonprivacy and @Tutanota products.
Encryption is the single best hope against surveillance.

https://www.wired.com/story/house-section-702-vote/

#security #cybersecurity #infosec #nationalsecurity #nsa #fbi #section702 #privacy #government #surveillance #e2ee #tech #proton #protonmail #tuta #tutanota #bigtech #degoogle

House Votes to Extend—and Expand—a Major US Spy Program

The US House of Representatives voted on Friday to extend the Section 702 spy program. It passed without an amendment that would have required the FBI to obtain a warrant to access Americans’ information.

^{Dell Cameron (WIRED)}

"When we blame "laziness" for tech #monopolies, we send the message that our friends have to choose between life's joys and comforts, and a fair economic system that doesn't corrupt our politics, screw over workers, and destroy small, local businesses. This isn't true. It's a lie that monopolists tell to justify their abuse..." - @pluralistic

https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/12/give-me-convenience/#or-give-me-death

#tech #business #enshittification

We're live!

#web #tech #hosting #selfhosting #education #opensource #edtech #lamp #cloud #containers

https://reclaim.tv

Kara Swisher styles herself as a thorn in the tech industry’s side. The reality is she’s one of its biggest boosters.

This week on #TechWontSaveUs, I talked to Ed Ongweso Jr. about Swisher’s true legacy and the deeper problems with tech journalism.

https://techwontsave.us/episode/216_kara_swisher_shows_tech_journalisms_flaws_w_edward_ongweso_jr

#tech #journalism #media

"$10 Billion Productivity Startup Notion Wants To Build Your AI Everything App"

by @kenrickcai for @Forbes

#AI #Tech #startups

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrickcai/2024/04/11/10-billion-productivity-startup-notion-wants-to-build-your-ai-everything-app/?sh=13aed3e16607

$10 Billion Productivity Startup Notion Wants To Build Your AI Everything App

Notion cofounder Ivan Zhao captivated Silicon Valley investors and everyday consumers alike with a sleek productivity app that went so viral its servers crashed.

^{Kenrick Cai (Forbes)}

Imagine if we put these smart minds to develop something we all could use.

#tech #gaming #news

https://mobilesyrup.com/2024/04/10/reddit-user-turns-a-smartwatch-into-gaming-console/