VITecNet

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Annoyed Redditors tanking Google Search results illustrates perils of AI scrapers (arstechnica.com)
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NASA to Develop Lunar Time Standard for Exploration Initiatives (www.nasa.gov)
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Tor anonymity infiltrated: Law enforcement monitors servers successfully (www.ghacks.net)
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In 1926, TV Was Mechanical (spectrum.ieee.org)
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Telegram repeatedly refused to join child protection schemes (www.bbc.com)
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Getting Your iPhone Repaired Could Ban You From Snapchat (www.howtogeek.com)
Nova Launcher, savior of cruft-filled Android phones, is on life support in c/[email protected]
[–] VITecNet 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Already posted here in Lemmy. State of Nova Launcher (August 9, 2024)

I'm Kevin Barry, the original creator and primary developer of Nova Launcher. (...) This week Branch parted ways with some employees, including people involved with Nova. (...) However, I've always been the lead and primary contributor to Nova Launcher and that hasn't changed. I will continue to control the direction and development of Nova Launcher.

End of an era: Nova Launcher's parent company lays off practically everyone in c/[email protected]
[–] VITecNet 1 points 2 months ago

NetGuard.

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5G network flaws could be abused to let hackers spy on your phone (www.techradar.com)
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Firefox Browser Blocks Anti-Censorship Add-Ons at Russia’s Request (theintercept.com)
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Apple’s next nebulous idea: smart home robots (www.theverge.com)
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Journalists “deeply troubled” by OpenAI’s content deals with Vox, The Atlantic (arstechnica.com)
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Why the NSA Is Right About Periodically Restarting Your Smartphone (gizmodo.com)
Google's "Manifest V2" Chrome extension phaseout next month is expected to impact the original uBlock Origin extension, which still uses the V2 framework and has 37 million users in c/[email protected]
[–] VITecNet 3 points 5 months ago

In my experience, the Flatpak variant of Firefox on Linux is the swiftest among Firefox-based browsers.

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Billionaire Real Estate Mogul Hopes to Turn TikTok Into His Utopian Internet Dream (gizmodo.com)
UK ministers considering banning sale of smartphones to under-16s in c/[email protected]
[–] VITecNet 1 points 6 months ago

Thank you for the warning.

Researchers Develop Horrifying Face-Mimicking Robot in c/[email protected]
[–] VITecNet 6 points 6 months ago

Because it Will punch you if it takes a dislike to you.

Microsoft is working on an Xbox AI chatbot in c/[email protected]
[–] VITecNet 6 points 7 months ago

Maybe Clippy was more useful…

Thunderbird goes from DEB to snap in Ubuntu 24.04 in c/[email protected]
[–] VITecNet 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Mint 22 is set to include the Thunderbird DEB package...

Yahoo is buying Artifact, the AI news app from the Instagram co-founders in c/[email protected]
[–] VITecNet 1 points 7 months ago

Saw Yahoo, misread as My Space...

Google Podcasts is gone — and so is my faith in Google in c/[email protected]
[–] VITecNet 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I lost faith in Google when they began integrating ads into search results.

Linux Mint 22 Adopts PipeWire, New Linux Kernel Cadence - OMG! Ubuntu in c/[email protected]
[–] VITecNet 2 points 7 months ago

Yes, they did. I'm using Mint 21.2 Xfce with Pipewire "factory" installed.

Twiiit: A tool to find Nitter instances that haven't been ratelimited in c/[email protected]
[–] VITecNet 3 points 8 months ago

Thank you!

Firefox Sidebar Addon like Brave or Vivaldi? in c/[email protected]
[–] VITecNet 0 points 10 months ago

In my experience, Firefox and forks are never super fast. Installed Floorp Lightning and the speed is the same as Firefox.

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