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7 votes
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How hard will the robots make us work? In warehouses, call centers, and other sectors, intelligent machines are managing humans, and they’re making work more stressful, grueling, and dangerous
18 votes -
Firefox has started enabling DNS-over-HTTPS by default for all US-based users
33 votes -
Smartphones that make good use of physical buttons
I miss buttons on devices. They are durable, reliable, repairable and nice to press. I can find their position without looking, and they work more consistently in different apps. I probably don't...
I miss buttons on devices. They are durable, reliable, repairable and nice to press. I can find their position without looking, and they work more consistently in different apps.
I probably don't need something with a physical QWERTY keyboard, since screen real state might be an issue. And it would have to be an actually viable smartphone, not something from a bygone era (I don't care about camera). But I want (a lot!) more buttons, preferably configurable, with support for custom keybindings, macros, etc.
What are some good options?
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[SOLVED] Some of my internet radio stations aren't playing on my computer
EDIT: The problem has been solved. @Sill identified the problem here and @cfabbro found a work-around here. Crisis averted! I listen to some internet radio stations on my computer, but a couple of...
EDIT: The problem has been solved. @Sill identified the problem here and @cfabbro found a work-around here. Crisis averted!
I listen to some internet radio stations on my computer, but a couple of them aren't working any more: they appear to play, but there's no sound coming from my computer's speakers.
It is only two stations. I've tested other internet radio stations I listen to, and they still work: I can hear them. I can play and hear YouTube videos. I can stream Spotify on my computer. I can play and hear my music files stored on my computer's hard drive. So I know my speakers work. I know Chrome works as a music player for other sources, including other internet radio stations. It's just these two radio stations.
One of them is this radio station. Also this radio station. I know their digital streams are working, because I can listen to them via an internet radio app on my phone. So I know their digital signals are being sent out. But, while my phone app can play them, my computer browser can't play them.
I've tested both non-working stations in Chrome and Internet Explorer. They both don't work in Chrome, but this station also doesn't work in IE.
I'm using Chrome 80.0.3987.122. And I'm running Windows 7.
This problem only started a couple of days ago.
What's going on? How do I fix this?
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Jam lets you safely share streaming app passwords
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Hank Green - The "38% of Americans wouldn't buy Corona beer" reported by CNN is misleading
10 votes -
Arrest warrant issued in the Philippines for Fredrick Brennan, founder of 8chan, under cyberlibel charges brought by the site's current owner
17 votes -
The CED: RCA's Very Late, Very Weird Video Gamble (Pt. 1)
5 votes -
Cameo is the logical endpoint of modern celebrity-obsessed culture and interaction—a perfect storm of convenience, access, and affordability
13 votes -
Are social networks polarizing? A Q&A with Ezra Klein | The Interface with Casey Newton, Issue #464, Feb 27
5 votes -
Printing’s not dead: The $35 billion fight over ink cartridges
5 votes -
Changing e-mail and cleaning up my Internet presence
I'm trying to clean up my internet presence and move away from at least Facebook and Google. I've come a long way with deleting my Facebook and it's now basically an empty shell for messaging....
I'm trying to clean up my internet presence and move away from at least Facebook and Google. I've come a long way with deleting my Facebook and it's now basically an empty shell for messaging. I've installed Signal and will start the grooming process with my friends and family now. If you have some solid arguments for the change regular ol' folks can understand please share them with me because as we all know "privacy" just isn't enough.
Next phase is the big one...Google or basically G-mail.
1. Is there any way to get an complete overview of where you've used your e-mail for a service online?
2. What e-mail would you recommend?
2a. I'm OK with paying a bit for overall quality, security and equally important UX!
2b. I don't use any other relevant Google products like Drive etc. It's just regular e-mail and sign in credentials for other services I basically need3. I use a Mac, iPhone and iCloud. Is iCloud a problem? IF this needs to change it HAS to be an "easy" switch and not like setting up a server for myself. Because it won't happen and I'm not skilled enough.
I would very much appreciate your input :)
EDIT: Thank you all for your thorough comments!
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Reddit's 2019 Transparency Report
15 votes -
Five things QA testers wish programmers understood
6 votes -
The IOTA cryptocurrency network has been completely shut down for over 5 days while an exploit in the official wallet is investigated
7 votes -
All processing bends towards AI
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To rein in traffic-snarling new mobility modes, LA needed digital savvy. Then came a privacy uproar, a murky cast of consultants, and a legal crusade by Uber.
3 votes -
New ThinkPads with Ryzen 4000 announced
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In smart apartments, is tenants’ privacy for rent?
13 votes -
EU Commission to staff: Switch to Signal messaging app
14 votes -
Removing a GPS tracking device from your car isn’t theft, Indiana Supreme Court rules
13 votes -
Exploring Transfer Learning with T5: the Text-To-Text Transfer Transformer
8 votes -
Policy vs technology
15 votes -
The laptop market is in an atrocious state
27 votes -
US FCC forced by court to ask the public (again) if they think tearing up net neutrality was a really good idea or not
26 votes -
Twitter is suspending 70 pro-Bloomberg accounts, citing ‘platform manipulation’
19 votes -
Why Amazon knows so much about you
18 votes -
Prompted by Brexit, Google will move UK users' data out of Irish jurisdiction so they are no longer covered by EU privacy rules
21 votes -
I spoke out against sexual harassment at Uber. The aftermath was more terrifying than anything I faced before
16 votes -
EFF calls for disclosure of secret financing details behind $1.1 billion .ORG sale including $360 million loan, and asks FTC to scrutinize deal
20 votes -
Gopher: When adversarial interoperability burrowed under the gatekeepers' fortresses
8 votes -
Lambda School's misleading promises
8 votes -
An app can be a home-cooked meal
12 votes -
I got a Ring doorbell camera. It scared the hell out of me.
11 votes -
The Great Google Revolt: Some of its employees tried to stop their company from doing work they saw as unethical. It blew up in their faces.
18 votes -
The story of how Saudia Arabia influenced two well-liked Twitter employees to access thousands of users' private information and pass it to the Saudi Royal Family
10 votes -
Dis.cool is creating profiles of Discord users who have never signed up for their service and they are refusing to delete them.
22 votes -
A novel way to prevent email overload
7 votes -
From the QA trenches: Five signs of project success or failure
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Amazon Ring updates device security and privacy, including adding mandatory two-factor auth—but continues ignoring larger concerns
9 votes -
What are the best practices and platforms for an online study group?
This is something I tried before with a Discord group for studying Python, but it was a catastrophic failure. Lots of people showed interest, almost no one showed up at the designated time....
This is something I tried before with a Discord group for studying Python, but it was a catastrophic failure. Lots of people showed interest, almost no one showed up at the designated time. Besides, even the one person hardly interacted.
After that, I started creating an online book/tutorial for beginners (well, anyone that is more of a beginner than me :P), but it was hard to stay motivated by myself — the whole reason for the study group was precisely to avoid that.
The topic is not defined yet (I'm thinking logic...), but I'm inclined to try it again. Streaming video and/or audio is a possibility, but not a requirement. I'd rather avoid it if possible.
Any suggestions on how to make this work?
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The messy, secretive reality behind OpenAI’s bid to save the world
9 votes -
Kickstarter workers vote to form first union in tech industry
20 votes -
AZORult spreads as a fake ProtonVPN installer
9 votes -
Steam hardware & software survey: January 2020
11 votes -
I’ve fought for a free internet for thirty years. Here’s where I think we went wrong, and right
15 votes -
Students say the Lambda School coding bootcamp isn't delivering on its promises, with concerns about poor instruction and prospects while being bound by income-sharing agreements
16 votes -
Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the masses
28 votes -
How to make a Kurzgesagt vídeo in 1200 hours or more
15 votes