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17 votes
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I called off my wedding. The internet will never forget
24 votes -
How do you choose a desktop wallpaper?
I've always found a fresh desktop wallpaper now and then is a good way to stop your PC feeling stale, and keeps me enthusiastic/more productive. That said, I always have a hard time finding one...
I've always found a fresh desktop wallpaper now and then is a good way to stop your PC feeling stale, and keeps me enthusiastic/more productive.
That said, I always have a hard time finding one when the time comes.
Unsplash seems like a good resource, but can feel so impersonal just having a nice picture of some mountains or a field. I have some friends who I know just rock whatever the default wallpaper for the OS is -- I can't verbalize why but something that feels tailored, or an image that brings me some joy, makes me much more comfortable using the computer.
Unfortunately the popular spots online I'm aware of for sharing wallpapers tend to lean toward certain subsets of interests (such as contemporary geek culture and/or lewd anime women) which you may or may not be into.
I've toyed with the idea of just having a solid colour to avoid any kind of decision fatigue, but it feels like staring at a wall - it's nice to have something with some depth behind all the flat windows.
Curious what others here on tildes use for their wallpaper, how often they change it, and where they might source a new one.
25 votes -
How Facebook got addicted to spreading misinformation
10 votes -
YouTubers have to declare ads. Why doesn't anyone else?
24 votes -
The future of building for digital: Experts talk about changing customer expectations
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Neofeudalism and the digital manor
14 votes -
Sweeping new copyright measures poised to pass in spending bill - The CASE Act and a felony streaming proposal are included
36 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 -
Widespread malware campaign seeks to silently inject ads into search results, affects multiple browsers
18 votes -
In pursuit of intentionality
7 votes -
Pakistan’s government uses the internet as a means of exerting control — and in a remote part of the country, citizens are starting to fight back
6 votes -
YouTube Vanced: A privacy-friendly YouTube app for Android with ads and telemetry stripped out
38 votes -
YouTube can now place ads on all videos even if creators don’t want them
26 votes -
The Internet Archive is now emulating Flash animations, games and toys in their software collection
20 votes -
Introducing "How to Fix the Internet," a new podcast mini-series from EFF
7 votes -
2.1 million of the oldest internet posts are now online for anyone to read
14 votes -
What are your go-to websites and apps for desktop and mobile wallpapers?
My personal favourites are wallhaven for desktop wallpapers and Walli for mobile ones. I also like Wallpaper Flare for desktop and sometimes Unsplash for both desktop and mobile.
19 votes -
Digital pregnancy tests just contain a regular paper strip test and the battery, microcontroller, LEDs, photodiodes, screen, etc. are all to read whether it shows one line or two
16 votes -
Unstaffed, digital supermarkets transform rural Sweden – Lifvs start-up has opened nineteen stores across the country, choosing remote places that have lost their local shops
15 votes -
Apple delays "asking permission to track" privacy feature in iOS 14, releases more information about upcoming privacy updates
12 votes -
Ad agency Ogilvy abused Twitch donation messages to cause multiple streamers to advertise Burger King for only a few dollars
9 votes -
Can killing cookies save journalism? A Dutch public broadcaster got rid of targeted digital ads and its revenues went up 62-79%.
31 votes -
Over 400 advertisers hit pause on Facebook, threatening $70 billion juggernaut
8 votes -
Pressure mounts as Starbucks, Coca-Cola join Facebook ad boycott; Facebook updates policy
9 votes -
With YouTube Music, Google is holding my speakers for ransom
19 votes -
EU digs in on digital tax plan, after US quits talks
5 votes -
Google has banned ZeroHedge from its ad platform for content policy violations related to misinformation about the Black Lives Matter protests
19 votes -
The digital archives of the oldest Black newspaper in America show a long struggle for justice
5 votes -
New York Times phasing out all third-party advertising data
21 votes -
Chrome to start throttling resource-heavy ads in August
10 votes -
The pathetic state of Youtube advertising
15 votes -
Why don't we just ban targeted advertising?
27 votes -
Apple now allows push notification advertising, updates dating app review guidelines and more
11 votes -
Every Google result now looks like an ad
27 votes -
App tracking alert in iOS 13 has dramatically cut location data flow to ad industry
21 votes -
Tricky phish angles for persistence, not passwords
3 votes -
The battle to save America's undercover spies in the digital age
5 votes -
Ads Inc. spent over $50M placing ads on Facebook with fake celebrity news and "subscription traps", scamming people out of millions
11 votes -
Apple’s ad-targeting crackdown shakes up ad market
22 votes -
Kik Messenger acquired by MediaLab, announces plan to introduce ads
8 votes -
The internet is rotting – let’s embrace it
15 votes -
Digital authoritarianism and the threat to global democracy
5 votes -
Google Maps is filled with millions of false business addresses created by firms pretending to be nearby
13 votes -
Plausible deniability and gaslighting in fighting ad blockers
24 votes -
Web Request and Declarative Net Request: Explaining the impact on Extensions in Manifest V3
7 votes -
Opera, Brave, Vivaldi to ignore Chrome's anti-ad-blocker changes, despite shared codebase
37 votes -
Chrome Extension Manifest V3 could end uBlock Origin for Chrome
55 votes -
How WhatsApp leaked my private information to advertisers
14 votes -
The golden age of YouTube is over - The platform was built on the backs of independent creators, but now YouTube is abandoning them for more traditional content
37 votes