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11 votes
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Australia passes controversial encryption-busting law
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As algorithms take over, YouTube's recommendations highlight a human problem
21 votes -
Your ideal smartphone in 2019?
As evidenced by recent topics, most people are unhappy with the direction the smartphone industry has taken in recent years. As more unnecessary features and sacrifices are made with each passing...
As evidenced by recent topics, most people are unhappy with the direction the smartphone industry has taken in recent years. As more unnecessary features and sacrifices are made with each passing generation of handsets, what components are essential in your ideal smartphone? Create one in the comments.
Here is mine, in no particular order:
- Optimized Stock Android
- Gesture-based navigation (think iPhone X)
- Removable matte black plastic back
- 2:1 Aspect ratio, 5.6" diagonal AMOLED display
- Dual front-facing speakers in top and bottom bezel
- Dual front facing cameras (Wide Angle and Standard)
- Bezel-less sides
- Dual back cameras, with OIS (Wide Angle and Standard)
- USB-C
- 3700 mAh removable battery with Fast Charging+Qi
- Snapdragon 855
- Apple-esque Face Unlock
- ~$750 price tag
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Facebook says new bug allowed apps access to private photos of up to 6.8m users
33 votes -
Cloudflare is providing services to at least seven designated foreign terrorist organizations and militant groups
12 votes -
Vivaldi 2.2: Focus on details
8 votes -
Firefox 64 release notes
For general users: https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/64.0/releasenotes/ For web developers: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2018/12/firefox-64-released/
31 votes -
How does the USA have jurisdiction over Huawei's alleged sales to Iran?
It took a while for this to sink in, since the arrest of Huawei's Chief Financial Controller a few days ago, but... How does the USA have jurisdiction over Huawei's alleged sales to Iran? Huawei...
It took a while for this to sink in, since the arrest of Huawei's Chief Financial Controller a few days ago, but...
How does the USA have jurisdiction over Huawei's alleged sales to Iran?
Huawei is a Chinese company, not an American company. Sure, the USA has imposed sanctions on trading with Iran - but surely those sanctions would apply only to American companies. How does the U.S. government have jurisdiction over what a Chinese company does?
11 votes -
Donations to the Internet Archive are currently being tripled by a generous supporter
17 votes -
Dr. Elon & Mr. Musk: Life inside Tesla's production hell
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We finally talked to an actual Waymo passenger—here’s what he told us
11 votes -
Instacart and Amazon-owned Whole Foods are parting ways
6 votes -
DuckDuckGo has acquired ownership of duck.com from Google
42 votes -
The cover of MAD magazine #258 from October 1985 announces a special computer section featuring the MAD Computer Program
7 votes -
New Brave version now available for download for iPhones and iPads, with significant performance gains
3 votes -
After audit, no Chinese surveillance implants in Supermicro boards found
10 votes -
Looking to cancel Amazon Prime for ethical reasons (and quality decline) - what are my alternatives for online shopping?
For the past few years, I've grown more and more uneasy with Amazon's business practices. I think it's time to move on. Not to mention the declining quality in products since international...
For the past few years, I've grown more and more uneasy with Amazon's business practices. I think it's time to move on. Not to mention the declining quality in products since international shippers were added (as discussed in the podcast Reply All).
I'm addicted to the convenience of 2 day shipping, even though we use Amazon less and less, I like knowing I have that option.
I've been considering a Costco membership instead - how does their online shopping and shipping times/prices compare?
I've also considered using Jet more but I don't know much about their ethics, does anyone?
Open to other alternatives and discussion about business ethics here.
33 votes -
'You bunch of idiots': Australia's tech industry savages Labor for backing bill
26 votes -
Remember backing up to diskettes? I’m sorry. I do, too.
11 votes -
Four perfectly reasonable-sounding 2018 technology predictions that failed
8 votes -
Google CEO Sundar Pichai testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on Data Collection
15 votes -
Disappearing movies and games: How safe is your digital collection?
33 votes -
We're no longer in smartphone plateau. We're in the smartphone decline
30 votes -
Tumblr's displaced porn bloggers test their new platforms
21 votes -
Your apps know where you were last night, and they’re not keeping it secret
23 votes -
China ruling could ban some Apple iPhones sales amid Qualcomm fight (affects 6S through X)
7 votes -
Google+ shutdown speeds up, new privacy bug affected 52.5 million users
16 votes -
The tiny country of Niue has taken one of Sweden's biggest internet organisations to court, claiming its internet domain name was taken over without consent.
11 votes -
The state of web browsers - 2019 edition
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Anyone using the BRAVE web browser? Thoughts? Experiences?
I was reading about it here: https://www.cnet.com/news/brave-browser-matures-with-move-to-chromium-foundation/ First I heard of it and was curious if anyone has tried it. I love the idea of...
I was reading about it here:
https://www.cnet.com/news/brave-browser-matures-with-move-to-chromium-foundation/
First I heard of it and was curious if anyone has tried it. I love the idea of blocking ads and trackers by default.
19 votes -
Attention Wars: Exploring the psychology, design and impact of tech and social media (Youtube series from BrainCraft)
6 votes -
Testers needed for Nextcloud Social - Federating with ActivityPub and Diaspora* social networks
7 votes -
Mac, Electron and the decline of native apps
17 votes -
Australia data encryption laws explained
8 votes -
Microsoft retools Edge, but Internet Explorer is forever
6 votes -
Tumblr will ban all adult content on December 17th
68 votes -
Project Code Rush - The beginnings of Netscape/Mozilla
19 votes -
Four days trapped at sea with crypto’s nouveau riche
16 votes -
Canada arrests Huawei CFO. She faces US extradition for allegedly violating Iran sanctions
14 votes -
Mark Zuckerberg's biggest problem: Internal tensions at Facebook are boiling over
12 votes -
Top thirteen conferences for CIOs in 2019
3 votes -
Samsung used a DSLR photo to fake their phone's portrait mode functionality
16 votes -
Opinion piece: Bitcoin is close to becoming worthless
23 votes -
Like it or not, Adobe Creative Cloud has a monopoly on our muscle memory
9 votes -
Five ways to see what's going on in your Windows server system right now
4 votes -
How to get your photos out of Facebook and into somewhere else
4 votes -
Which setting on router should be used to secure home network?
Like millions of people, I have a router at home, with WiFi and admin passwords set up. If an attacker request comes in, there are no port forwarding rules set, and the router should say "hey...
Like millions of people, I have a router at home, with WiFi and admin passwords set up.
If an attacker request comes in, there are no port forwarding rules set, and the router should say "hey request from the internet, I don't know to which device you want to go, sorry I'll drop you then", and I'm secure. But I don't think it's that simple. If a packet from the outer network can attack my LAN without using port forwarding, how?
Which router settings should I be really looking for to make home LAN more secure? Or what are the keywords of network security to start with?
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What are some must-dos when you are setting up a new PC?
What are some of the must-dos, must-installs, must-uninstalls, and must-alters of setting up a new PC? I'm getting my first new PC in 5 years on Sunday and the old one is really showing its age. I...
What are some of the must-dos, must-installs, must-uninstalls, and must-alters of setting up a new PC? I'm getting my first new PC in 5 years on Sunday and the old one is really showing its age. I would like to avoid that as much as possible in order to keep the PC running smoothly as long as possible. I'd also like to optimize its performance and have useful software tools.
Thank you for any advice,
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Google Hangouts for consumers will shut down in 2020
42 votes