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14 votes
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Systems design explains the world: volume 1
10 votes -
Smartwatches monitor your health: An overview of what you get for the money
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[SOLVED] A background process using a significant amount of CPU power stops immediately when I open task manager. Is there a way to identify what's doing thing?
It started a day or two ago. Three threads (I think?) jump from nearly 0% to 100% and go back as soon as I open task manager to try figure out what's causing it. My first thought was a virus or...
It started a day or two ago. Three threads (I think?) jump from nearly 0% to 100% and go back as soon as I open task manager to try figure out what's causing it. My first thought was a virus or bitcoin mining trying to hide itself (though isn't that done on GPU's?), but Windows' Defender came up empty handed.
I know certain OS apps, like automatic VIRUS scans behave similarly, stopping when you click or type, but this culprit seems to only react to opening the task manager. It also doesn't start again until task manager has been closed for a while.
17 votes -
Xfce 4.16 released with major changes
17 votes -
Trump promises to veto crucial defense-spending bill unless it includes a full repeal of CDA 230, the law that protects online platforms from liability
27 votes -
Voat is shutting down on December 25
67 votes -
iPhone factory workers say they haven’t been paid, cause millions in damages
6 votes -
Zach Talks Tech - Apple Watch Series 6 review
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Platforms, bundling and kill zones
6 votes -
EFF's 2020 in review: How we saved .org
10 votes -
Best TV streaming devices for 2021
2 votes -
Federation and its consequences have been a disaster for the fediverse
9 votes -
Conversation 863
11 votes -
Inside the whale: An interview with an anonymous Amazon employee
9 votes -
Sweeping new copyright measures poised to pass in spending bill - The CASE Act and a felony streaming proposal are included
36 votes -
Why can’t you buy a good webcam?
13 votes -
Elon Musk says Apple CEO Tim Cook refused talks to buy Tesla at $60 billion valuation during 2017
9 votes -
Privacy is a collective concern
4 votes -
In 2021, we need to fix America’s internet
8 votes -
How and why I stopped buying new laptops
20 votes -
The story of 1987's Acorn Archimedes, the first production ARM/RISC-based personal computer
9 votes -
NewPipe: A FOSS alternative to classical YouTube
15 votes -
Google acquires Neverware, a company that turns old PCs into Chromebooks
13 votes -
VMware flaw a vector in SolarWinds breach?
7 votes -
US federal prosecutors accuse Zoom executive of working with Chinese government to surveil users and suppress video calls
11 votes -
Discord raises another $100M in venture capital ($480M total now) at a valuation of $7 billion
11 votes -
Preliminary analysis of the SolarWinds Orion supply-chain nation-state attack
7 votes -
When important components become scarce
6 votes -
Dutch researcher claims that he accessed US President Donald Trump's Twitter account by guessing password
21 votes -
Microsoft says it found malicious software in its systems
7 votes -
Apple introduces AirPods Max
14 votes -
Twitter will force users to delete COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy theories
11 votes -
Tim Cook responds to Facebook on Twitter: "[..] Facebook can continue to track users across apps and websites as before, [..] we just require that they ask for your permission first."
@Tim Cook: We believe users should have the choice over the data that is being collected about them and how it's used. Facebook can continue to track users across apps and websites as before, App Tracking Transparency in iOS 14 will just require that they ask for your permission first. pic.twitter.com/UnnAONZ61I
13 votes -
Tools for colorizing old photos and enhancing old videos | No Sweat Tech
6 votes -
Social Networking 2.0 - Facebook and Twitter represent the v1 of Social Networking; it's a bad copy of the analog world, whereas v2 is something unique to digital, and a lot more promising
12 votes -
No cookie for you - Github removes all non-essential cookies
24 votes -
Doxxing: Tips to protect yourself online and how to minimize harm
14 votes -
As the world quieted down in 2020, Raspberry Shakes listened
5 votes -
Teachers in Africa are using radio to keep remote learning affordable and accessible, since many households have no access to internet or a computer
7 votes -
Gmail suffers another outage
12 votes -
Understanding ProRAW: A journey into cameras, RAW, and a look at what makes ProRAW so special
12 votes -
Privacy considerations in large language models
3 votes -
European Commission proposes Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act: New rules for all digital services, including social media, online marketplaces, and other platforms operating in the EU
10 votes -
How accessibility leads to better digital products for all customers
13 votes -
Pine64 December update: The longest one yet
4 votes -
The making of Hey's dumpsterfile.email, an internet service that receives an email, prints it, and burns it in a dumpster on a livestream
11 votes -
Do you think that Shopify could soon rival Amazon?
Notice: This has been cross-posted to another website, and re-worded I currently work in the eCommerce industry, and have hands-on experience building up a Shopify site from the ground up. As I...
Notice: This has been cross-posted to another website, and re-worded
I currently work in the eCommerce industry, and have hands-on experience building up a Shopify site from the ground up. As I watch all of the developments that Shopify makes both from a technical development standpoint and logistical standpoint, it becomes more and more clear to me that Shopify can begin to take on Amazon directly.
The introduction of Shop app, which aggregates all shipments into a single application including those outside of Amazon, also allows users to browse products from any particular Shopify store. The app also notifies you of any shipping updates, and when packages have been delivered.
From a technical standpoint, Shopify's main attractions come down to a few things: order management, credit card processing, customer management, and plugin integrations. This is the core of Shopify's platform for both larger and smaller businesses. Though due to Shopify's requirement of using their CMS to serve your content, enterprise users have to look elsewhere in order to build something called "headless builds", which essentially use alternate CMS mixed with Shopify's CMS to continue serving their content.
There are a few companies that make such software in order to build out a fully custom site while still using the Shopify platform as its core, though at the moment they are a little 'hacky' but still fully functional. Given the interest in Shopify's platform at such a high level, they are very likely working on their own headless framework which could allow for 1) mainstream stores to integrate their existing platforms into a unified Shopify marketplace, and 2) to allow stores to build out fully custom websites using the Shopify platform at its core and also enroll them into a unified Shopify marketplace.
Amazon has mostly become a front for cheap Chinese-made products, laden with review manipulation and questionable product quality. By instead bringing large brands on board with a unified Shopify marketplace, those stores can sell quality products backed by their brands which can gain trust from customers, and will give rise to smaller brands that may have been unnoticed by larger populations.
[ For example, I recently bought a pair of shoes from a very popular Shopify store: they represent quality, comfort, and eco-friendliness. I personally find myself more willing to spend money on quality products from companies I know I can trust. ]What's everyone's thoughts? Are there any general problems that could come from Shopify trying to jump-start a full-blown marketplace? Do you think that companies would be willing to integrate their ERP's and CMS's with whatever API's or headless framework Shopify decides to build out?
9 votes -
EU reveals plan to regulate Big Tech
6 votes -
FTC issues orders to Amazon, TikTok, Discord, Facebook, Reddit, Snap, Twitter, WhatsApp, and YouTube seeking data about practices related to personal information, advertising, and user engagement
29 votes