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16 votes
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Japan cybersecurity minister admits he has never used a computer
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Facebook reportedly discredited critics by linking them to George Soros
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On YouTube and EU Article 13
If you've been following tech news somewhat recently, you've surely heard about Article 13- the one where the EU essentially requires all content hosts to have extremely strict copyright checking...
If you've been following tech news somewhat recently, you've surely heard about Article 13- the one where the EU essentially requires all content hosts to have extremely strict copyright checking tools and have automated takedown of any potentially copyrighted works.
That got put on the backburner for a little bit, but now it's back with a vote being held in early 2019.
YouTube, being one of, if not the largest content hosts in the world, is greatly affected by this motion. In fact, they have a whole website designed to encourage their creators to talk about A13 in their videos. The page very subtly hints at massive service changes that will happen in the EU if this actually ends up passing.
The CEO of YouTube, Susan Wojcicki, has also written an op-ed for Financial times (linked to official YT blog since it's free there) about the issues facing YT if A13 passes.
I haven't heard anything from official sources, but I've heard on the rumor mill that YouTube will completely suspend creators in the EU, not allowing them to upload any content, and potentially even removing their existing content from YouTube.
What if this passes? YouTube is one of the biggest sources of free knowledge and entertainment we have today, and it's become engrained into the internet as it is today.
With all this, I simply ask, "what's next?"
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Card skimming malware removed from Infowars online store
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Alcatel 1X - A $99 phone that’s actually usable
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Outrage over deplatforming is about money, not free speech
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Amazon selects New York City and Northern Virginia for new HQ2 locations
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Jeff Bezos is wrong, tech workers are not bullies
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Opinion: Palmer Luckey was fired from Facebook because of losing the the $500 million IP lawsuit to ZeniMax, not his politics
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Tech Talk: What's the make & model of your current phone? What do you like about it? Dislike? What phones have you owned in the past?
Following on from the Tildes 0.5 year survey in which 72% of users stated they used an Android device, and 24% used an iOS device, I thought it'd be fun to ask people in a longform manner to talk...
Following on from the Tildes 0.5 year survey in which 72% of users stated they used an Android device, and 24% used an iOS device, I thought it'd be fun to ask people in a longform manner to talk about their current phone, and their dislikes & likes about it. What has your upgrade history been like?
I'm currently utilising an iPhone XS (no "Max") in 256GB. This is my first phone upgrade where I've felt like the changes are a step sideways rather than forwards from what I've previously experienced. The minimal bezels are very nice, and once you understand how the iOS experience fits into the overall vision for Apple's phone lineup, the notch becomes an immediately obvious choice—a design compromise for the time being until we can place the sensor array under the display.
Face ID is acceptable. It fails a bit more often than Touch ID ever did, but it fails in different situations, and also works better in others. For a first generation iteration it's acceptable; if it can get more diverse with time and work better in extreme sunlight and at wider angles, it'll become definitively better than a fingerprint scanner.
I talked a bit about the OLED display in the XS in this comment here, where I can distinguish the pentile crosshatching pattern, and again, I feel that the OLED is a case of better in some situations, worse in others. The inky blacks are fantastic, but the dark ghosting is a compromise I'm less happy with. Apple's IPS LCD panels are so good, they had a high bar to meet here.
The camera is again truly fantastic; not enough to ever make me consider selling my Sony mirrorless, but the computational photography aspects makes taking challenging photos more of a breeze than ever before.
Finally, after living with a plus-sized phone for the past 4 years, a step back to a smaller form factor with a similar sized screen is a breath of fresh air—I can finally tie my shoelaces up with my phone in my jean pockets again.
The watch & AirPods & continuity integrations will keep me happy in the Apple ecosystem for a while yet, but I'd need to see a very compelling new feature of aspect to a future phone to upgrade in the next 2 years at this point. Phones are lasting longer than ever before, as they should, and Apple knows this.
Previously I've owned
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iPhone 7 Plus, Jet Black 256GB. The Jet Black finish coupled with the weightier frame & thicker body definitely resulted in this feeling like the most polished iPhone 6-style design to date. Runner up for my favourite phone. Further more the P3-gamut display significantly improved image quality. I wasn't happy enough with the iPhone X to consider an upgrade.
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iPhone 6 Plus, Silver 128GB. Might be my least favourite phone of all time? Too thin, slippery, suffered from bendgate; and had display issues which gave it a bad rap. Touch ID was cool; however.
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iPhone 4, Black. Might be my favourite phone of all time, purely from a design standpoint? Utilising the steel frame around the edge of the phone as an antenna was completely unheard of back then and truly a fantastic design innovation. The sandwiched glass profile was both a fingerprint magnet and truly gorgeous; and the Retina display was breathtaking. I'd love to see a return to this design profile.
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iPhone 3G. My first phone. I distinctly remember jailbreaking this device to change the cellular provider name in the top left corner & enable some extremely low quality video recording; this was also the good old days of fantastic games like Tap Tap Revenge.
How about you?
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Personal Panopticons - A key product of ubiquitous surveillance is people who are comfortable with it
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Using Wi-Fi to “see” behind closed doors is easier than anyone thought
12 votes -
Reply All - The Snapchat Thief
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An error message in Windows 10 is a mistake from 1974
@foone🏳️⚧️: It is 2018 and this error message is a mistake from 1974.This limitation, which is still found in the very latest Windows 10, dates back to BEFORE STAR WARS. This bug is as old as Watergate. pic.twitter.com/pPbkZiE57t
32 votes -
A simple plan to dissolve Facebook, Google, and Amazon, from the man who coined the term "net neutrality"
30 votes -
Facebook launches Lasso, its music and video TikTok clone
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Microsoft announces first paid-for $20 Linux Distro for Windows 10 October 2018 update
22 votes -
A third of Wikipedia discussions are stuck in forever beefs
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In the age of AI, is seeing still believing?
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TikTok surpassed Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube in downloads last month
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Wait -- you can have happy users?! Tips on how to improve relationships between the IT Dept and users
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Binary skin - Exploring Japan’s virtual YouTuber phenomenon
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Looking for a hot job in high tech? Try “Digitization Economist”
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iPhone user to Pixel 3 - Let's talk phones
Hello, ~tech! I've been really interested in the Google Pixel 3 (non XL) for quite some time, mainly due to my boredom of the Apple ecosystem. I've been primarily an iPhone user since 2014...
Hello, ~tech!
I've been really interested in the Google Pixel 3 (non XL) for quite some time, mainly due to my boredom of the Apple ecosystem. I've been primarily an iPhone user since 2014 (currently stuck on the iPhone 6S) and I've recently been eager to make a switch to Android. The Pixel 3 seems to be exactly what I'm looking for. Stock Android experience, a beautiful camera, modern device, and I'm already pretty integrated into Google's ecosystem of services, and I feel the transition will be very smooth.
So, for any Google Pixel 3 users, non XL or otherwise, what do you love and/or hate about your device? Were you in my shoes as well?
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China is crushing Europe's electric car dreams
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"Password killer" solutions aren't widely adopted because of usability reasons - even though they may be technically inferior, everyone understands passwords
21 votes -
Exoskeletons in the workplace
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11 barriers to coding in the open and how to overcome them - Technology in government
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Aether v2 - Distributed Social Network
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Advice for internet startup newbie
I might soon be part of an internet startup. We're talking with a relative about setting up a consultancy & business news service on a certain sector, and I've generated a part of the idea and...
I might soon be part of an internet startup. We're talking with a relative about setting up a consultancy & business news service on a certain sector, and I've generated a part of the idea and accepted to take on the technical/editorial side for a while (I've almost a year til when I start my master's, and will probably work up until when I start my thesis; so almost two years). If things work out, this might be a dream job (except academia) for me, and even very lucrative. But I'm fairly n00b in this space, both business and professional work, though I have the technical skills. Thus I'm seeking general advice on
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how to organise this thing: how to make sure we communicate well on dates and plans and how to make educated guesses when setting up an agenda
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how much will it cost: we'll start with making a database and running a sector-specific blog/news site as publicity (though I'll make sure the content is quite decent, not just a showpiece), but then later we'll introduce a tangential online service and a mobile app leveraging that crowd
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working with non-techies: I'll be the only techie in this startup and I need to help people with gathering, storing, organising and utilising historical data with certain variables, ensuring they keep an accurate record and can make quality queries easily; the 3 people apart from me will be non technical
I think quite a bit of you here have been involved in this sort of scenario, so maybe you could have some advice for me. I'd appreciate anything, examples of approaches, links to tools, what not, anything you think could be useful. Thanks a lot in advance!
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Most useful Chrome extensions
What are the most useful Chrome extensions that you have come across? I use this extension called Workona, which has been just amazing at dealing with my obsession with having hundreds of tabs open.
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any sites like 23andme that dont sell your DNA to corporations?
I'd really like to have a DNA test done to know my family history beyond 2 generations (adopted relatives) I've heard numerous times that 23andme will abuse the information they obtain and either...
I'd really like to have a DNA test done to know my family history beyond 2 generations (adopted relatives)
I've heard numerous times that 23andme will abuse the information they obtain and either target you with ads or sell your DNA to marketing agencies, are there any non invasive DNA tests available online or elsewhere?
14 votes -
Bitcoin turns ten – here’s how it all started and what the future might hold
8 votes -
Apple's latest anti-tracking feature in Safari takes toll on digital advertising
28 votes -
Why Your Server Monitoring (Still) Sucks
9 votes -
RED Hydrogen One Review: I Wanted this to be Great! (MKBHD)
5 votes -
New South Wales police and crime agencies are preparing to use a new national facial recognition system
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Homeland Security fell for YouTube videos about ‘Antifa Civil War’
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The Single Board Computer Database
11 votes -
Google Chrome’s users take a back seat to its bottom line
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After canceling ‘Rift 2’ overhaul, Oculus plans a modest update to flagship VR headset
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Flickr's free accounts will be limited to 1,000 photos and videos starting January 8, 2019
30 votes -
Apple's New Map — by Justin O’Beirne, a follow up to "Google Maps' Moat"
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FCC Republican claims municipal broadband is threat to First Amendment
12 votes -
Watch everyone pick the iPhone XR over a 1080p screen
9 votes -
Sailfish 3 is here!
13 votes -
Google staff walk out over women's treatment
23 votes -
Spotify is just $6.8 million away from profitability
9 votes -
The Facebook dilemma, part one
8 votes