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8 votes
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Google confirms it's letting third parties scan your Gmail
21 votes -
Text of u/DivestTrump's post about T_D and Russia propaganda that was deleted
51 votes -
Thoughts on Free And Open Source Software
What do y'all think of FOSS software. How do y'all think more people will care about FOSS software and make the switch? Is it lack of information? Lack of caring? Lack of convenience?
31 votes -
The coders of Kentucky
7 votes -
A life insurance company wants to track your fitness data
10 votes -
John Deere blocks farmer's right to repair
39 votes -
Twitch vanishes in China weeks after spike in popularity
21 votes -
The right to bear arms (and say shocking stuff on Facebook)
8 votes -
Purism Announces The "Librem Key"
8 votes -
Any homeserver operators out there?
I am a long time homeserver operator and was just wondering if there was anyone else around that is into server hosting and system administration like me. if you do, feel free to share any stories...
I am a long time homeserver operator and was just wondering if there was anyone else around that is into server hosting and system administration like me.
if you do, feel free to share any stories you may have about being a homeserver operator.If anyone is wondering I own a dell poweredge r410 and a few HP workstations
25 votes -
Was ditching the headphone jack a good idea?
41 votes -
NCIX Data Breach - after bankruptcy, terabytes of unencrypted customer/company data have been sold to multiple buyers
20 votes -
Introducing the CloudFlare Onion Service
12 votes -
How I Serve My Blog via IPFS
7 votes -
Political extremists are using YouTube to monetize their toxic ideas
26 votes -
What if app stores were federated?
I've been thinking a lot lately about the future of software and where native apps and the web will reconcile and I had the idea that what if "the next OS" had a OSS federated app store that...
I've been thinking a lot lately about the future of software and where native apps and the web will reconcile and I had the idea that what if "the next OS" had a OSS federated app store that people and organizations could host themselves, but the system still used the app store model that pull app/program listings from all the installations online? This could apply to mobile or desktop computing, or even any of the other platforms (see windows store system compatibility).
11 votes -
Scott Galloway's presentation from Monday at Recode's Code Commerce conference
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It's Reddit's turn: The 'front page of the internet' should be next to face US Congress
22 votes -
"Another Victim of the Magecart Assault Emerges: Newegg": Credit Card Details of Customers Were Stolen for More than a Month
7 votes -
Amazon's use of merchant data under EU microscope
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Inside a $1 Billion Real Estate Company Operating Entirely in VR
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What are some of your favorite RSS feeds to subscribe to?
I am always looking for quality RSS feeds to add to my reader but they seem to be getting harder and harder to find. I've been looking for a good one for movie trailers for a long time. Apple has...
I am always looking for quality RSS feeds to add to my reader but they seem to be getting harder and harder to find. I've been looking for a good one for movie trailers for a long time. Apple has one but the trailers are published sporadically. I'm especially interested in any full-article feeds.
I've been following GRRM's Not A Blog and XKCD's webcomics via RSS. My favorite though is a very niche webcomic about older gamers sitting around playing a RPG:
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Twitter's return to a chronological timeline won't be enough to recapture its original magic
7 votes -
Alexa, Siri, Cortana: Our virtual assistants say a lot about sexism
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Has anyone been following Mycroft AI (open source digital assistant)?
Video pitch: The world’s first open source AI | Mycroft AI | HT Summit 2017 Fast Company article: Can Mycroft’s Privacy-Centric Voice Assistant Take On Alexa And Google? Kingscrowd review: Top...
Video pitch: The world’s first open source AI | Mycroft AI | HT Summit 2017
Fast Company article: Can Mycroft’s Privacy-Centric Voice Assistant Take On Alexa And Google?
Kingscrowd review: Top Deal: The Secure Open Source Voice Assistant Of The Future
I'm not a techie by any means, but I stumbled across Mycroft AI some time last year, and I'm keeping half an eye on its progress. If ever I get myself a digital assistant, I think it's likely to be Mycroft. (I also love the name!)
I wondered if anyone else had any thoughts about this.
11 votes -
ArsTechnica's thorough iOS 12 review
16 votes -
Whatever happened to the semantic web?
15 votes -
The European Union versus the Internet
12 votes -
Internet taxes are sweeping sub-Saharan Africa — and silencing citizens
9 votes -
Mastodon is better than Twitter: Elevator pitch
32 votes -
Inside the Dramatic, Painful—and Hugely Successful—Return of Reddit's Founders
22 votes -
Amazon plans to release at least eight new Alexa-powered devices this year, including a microwave, an amplifier, and an in-car gadget
14 votes -
Are there any visually appealing FOSS dialers for Android?
I found a few but they all look somewhat ugly in my opinion. I want to use a privacy oriented dialer but I really don't want to trade aesthetics for that.
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We hold people with power to account. Why not algorithms?
12 votes -
Why computer science students are demanding more ethics classes
22 votes -
Why is the phone keypad different than the calculator?
16 votes -
The Bullshit Web
61 votes -
US mobile giants want to be your online identity
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The OnePlus 6T won't have a headphone jack, but battery life will be improved
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Reddit continues its banning spree, r/GreatAwakening has been banned
This was the QAnon subreddit. I filtered it a while ago so not really sure what they’ve been up to of late, but I expect just more of the same. That subreddit genuinely terrified me honestly.
47 votes -
Microsoft intercepting Firefox and Chrome installation on Windows 10
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Apple event megathread: Impressions, reactions, etc
I figured a big thread might be better than smaller individual threads, so maybe we can centralise the discussion here. What are your impressions of what they've presented today?
27 votes -
Secure, open-source alternative to Google Keep
I was looking to maybe cut down on my Googleness and replacing Keep seemed like a good start. I need something that has a simple interface and most (if not all) of the same features as Keep. Any...
I was looking to maybe cut down on my Googleness and replacing Keep seemed like a good start. I need something that has a simple interface and most (if not all) of the same features as Keep. Any suggestions? Also I'm on Android btw.
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Battery saver had been turned on for a lot of Pixel users unintentionally, according to Google employee
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Google China prototype links searches to phone numbers
10 votes -
Apple can delete purchased movies from your library without telling you
31 votes -
Share your experiences with smart thermostats
I have used a Nest (gen 1) for many years and recently switched it out for an Ecobee 3 with 3 additional room sensors. The Nest worked as advertised and I was happy with it. I moved my thermostat...
I have used a Nest (gen 1) for many years and recently switched it out for an Ecobee 3 with 3 additional room sensors.
The Nest worked as advertised and I was happy with it. I moved my thermostat location to a higher-traffic area of the house and used Nest Sense to have it automatically determine if I was away. All in all, I was pleased. The only reason I switched to Ecobee was so that I could use my Nest in another home and try something new.
The Ecobee is pretty much the same as the nest. They was you schedule temperatures is to first create Comfort Settings and then you schedule when they should run. It's a little less intuitive than the Nest, but it accomplishes the same task. The additional sensors are a nice touch but I find they are too sensitive. My ~50 lb dog can trigger them, which can run additional air conditioning when I wouldn't otherwise want it to run.
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Google employees are reportedly resigning over China search efforts
30 votes -
Leaving Apple & Google: /e/ first beta is here
14 votes