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26 votes
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Delete the workforce
3 votes -
LocalSend: a free, open-source, cross-platform app to share files to nearby devices
57 votes -
Everything is a remix
5 votes -
Finding the best sleep tracker
15 votes -
Recommendations for a measurement microphone
Hey folks, I need some recommendations for a flat measurement microphone in the audible range. I believe I also need a digital interface.
9 votes -
Amid calls for sovereign EU tech stack, Swedish startup Evroc raises $55M in Series A funding to build a hyperscale cloud in Europe
28 votes -
Combining machine learning and homomorphic encryption in the Apple ecosystem
7 votes -
Why I recommend against Brave
61 votes -
US government workers and military planners love Signal now
30 votes -
Long-term experiences with Google search alternatives?
I've tried DDG for some time, but I keep finding myself using !g to find better results. I read a comment on Reddit that you just need to get used to searching things differently, but I'm starting...
I've tried DDG for some time, but I keep finding myself using !g to find better results. I read a comment on Reddit that you just need to get used to searching things differently, but I'm starting to think that DDG just isn't very good. Kagi works well and I use the free version a bit for academic stuff, but I don't see myself paying for a search engine. Anyone have long-term reviews of search engines like Brave, Qwant, etc.?
45 votes -
Pixel Buds Pro 2 help - frequent disconnects from phone
So this may be weird, I just got a new set of pixel buds pro 2 and they work great, except if I'm not playing audio on my phone they frequently disconnect and reconnect from my bluetooth - I can...
So this may be weird, I just got a new set of pixel buds pro 2 and they work great, except if I'm not playing audio on my phone they frequently disconnect and reconnect from my bluetooth - I can tell because I can hear the tones. But if I'm playing a podcast or YouTube video, no issue. Phone is a Pixel 7a and it doesn't do this with my old A buds, my car, etc. haven't tried pairing the buds to anything else yet.
I've updated firmware, restarted everything, checked settings, turned off the adaptive sound, with no change. Help?
10 votes -
YouTube Premium Lite: Ad-free viewing for $7.99/month
39 votes -
A summary of my bot defence systems
11 votes -
Review: Cræft, by Alexander Langlands
4 votes -
EU paves the way for iPhones and Android devices to ditch USB-C entirely
31 votes -
Please stop externalizing your costs directly into my face
120 votes -
Light Phone III begins shipping on March 27th
22 votes -
Introducing two new PebbleOS watches!
57 votes -
Enough with the bullshit (a letter to fellow bullshit sufferers)
56 votes -
Google’s Taara is launching a new chip to deliver high-speed Internet with light
13 votes -
In email, Microsoft suggests Windows 10 users trade in or recycle their PC
33 votes -
The rise of "dumbphones"
21 votes -
Trapping misbehaving bots in an AI Labyrinth
40 votes -
eBay privacy policy update and AI opt-out
eBay is updating its privacy policy, effective next month (2025-04-27). The major change is a new section about AI processing, accompanied by a new user setting with an opt-out checkbox for having...
eBay is updating its privacy policy, effective next month (2025-04-27). The major change is a new section about AI processing, accompanied by a new user setting with an opt-out checkbox for having your personal data feed their models.
While that page specifically references European areas, the privacy selection appears to be active and remembered between visits for non-Europe customers. It may not do anything for us at all. On the other hand, it seems nearly impossible to find that page from within account settings, so I thought I'd post a direct link.
I'm well aware that I'm anomalous for having read this to begin with, much less diffed it against the previous version. But since I already know that I'm weird, and this wouldn't be much of a discussion post without questions:
- How do you stay up to date with contract changes that might affect you, outside of widespread Internet outrage (such as recent Firefox news)?
- What's your threshold -- if any -- for deciding whether to quit a company over contract changes? Alternatively, have you ever walked away from a purchase, service, or other acquisition over the terms of the contracts?
46 votes -
Google claims news is worthless to its ad business after test involving 1% of search results in eight EU markets
22 votes -
Norwegian man has filed a complaint with the Norwegian Data Protection Authority after ChatGPT falsely told him he had killed two of his sons and been jailed
21 votes -
Dutch parliament calls for end to dependence on US software companies
53 votes -
Claude can now search the web
16 votes -
What's the oldest tech you use, and why do you still use it?
Oldest doesn't have to mean absolute age and can be relative to that tech's particular "lane" (e.g. your "old" cell phone might be newer than one of your game consoles, but it still "feels" old...
Oldest doesn't have to mean absolute age and can be relative to that tech's particular "lane" (e.g. your "old" cell phone might be newer than one of your game consoles, but it still "feels" old when compared to cell phones exclusively).
And "tech" can be, well, anything you think counts as "tech!"
60 votes -
Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones
46 votes -
FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies
39 votes -
A sodium-ion portable power bank comes to market
21 votes -
Our interfaces have lost their senses
35 votes -
Privacy is also protecting the data of others
25 votes -
Theory crafting: XR glasses + Windows VM via Android
Title kinda gives the gist of it all. I have been wondering about a way to have a "full" desktop with just XR glasses, a phone, bluetooth keyboard, and an internet connection. Not sure if this is...
Title kinda gives the gist of it all.
I have been wondering about a way to have a "full" desktop with just XR glasses, a phone, bluetooth keyboard, and an internet connection.
Not sure if this is easily doable, or if Windows VMs would be so expensive to make it pointless. Maybe something like WINE or w/e the not 20 year outdated current thing is to run Windows software.
The main use would be to run 1-2 browsers and trading software.
Just curious if this is a foolish idea or not.
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Anyone interested in trying out Kagi? (trial giveaway: round #2)
We recently did a Kagi trial giveaway, and I have since received another email from Kagi with 3 additional trial codes. I'm assuming other Kagi subscribers also received the same thing (I got my...
We recently did a Kagi trial giveaway, and I have since received another email from Kagi with 3 additional trial codes. I'm assuming other Kagi subscribers also received the same thing (I got my email on February 25 with the subject line "A treat from us"), so I figure we're due for another giveaway topic.
As before, if you would like an invite, please request it in a comment.
If you have invites to give, please PM them to requesters, then reply to their comment so that other givers will know they've been sent one and don't double up.
50 votes -
Mozilla sees surge in Firefox users thanks to EU’s Digital Markets Act
68 votes -
Social media platforms face huge fines under UK’s new digital safety law
16 votes -
Chromecast alternatives
Gen 2 Chromecast devices all got struck by a certificate issue today, which is a firm reminder that they are another thing in my house that I don't actually control. They are also one of the very...
Gen 2 Chromecast devices all got struck by a certificate issue today, which is a firm reminder that they are another thing in my house that I don't actually control. They are also one of the very few google things that I still use.
I want to kill both of those points.
Fire Sticks, Roku whatevers, Chromecast, they all have to phone home to some central server to authenticate and feed information. I don't want that. I have servers, I have raspberry pis, I have like 6 random old laptops that need a use.
Is there any self hosted project that emulates the functionality of a Chromecast?
25 votes -
LLM crawlers continue to DDoS SourceHut
11 votes -
It is as if you were on your phone
33 votes -
The lo-fi art and human tools era
10 votes -
Anna's Archive ISBN visualization contest winners
21 votes -
The iPad’s “sweet” solution
18 votes -
An RSS bot in a group chat is our era's best salon
15 votes -
Apple will soon support encrypted RCS messaging with Android users
39 votes -
Spotify takes down Andrew Tate pimping podcast after complaints
31 votes -
How ‘talk pedometers’ are transforming education in Birmingham, US classrooms
18 votes -
Pocket Casts’ web player is now available to all
28 votes