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9 votes
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Self-driving cars: Navigating the hype
4 votes -
Goodbye Big Five: Kashmir Hill tried to block each of Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Apple from her life for a week. To end the experiment, she tried to block all five at once.
19 votes -
Spotify’s podcast aggregation play
4 votes -
What Spotify’s $230 million Gimlet deal means for the podcast industry
8 votes -
What I learned from the hacker who spied on me
7 votes -
Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video and audio
49 votes -
The "Do Not Track" Setting Doesn't Stop You from Being Tracked
20 votes -
Reddit is raising another $150 million to $300 million in venture capital
53 votes -
Cameras that understand: portrait mode and Google Lens
3 votes -
Blockchain technology changes the nature of trust, but it doesn't eliminate the need for it
4 votes -
FIBERBOTS: Design of a multi-agent, fiber composite digital fabrication system
4 votes -
Spotify has bought two podcast startups and it wants to buy more
17 votes -
Computer optimized floor plans
19 votes -
Plantxel: Towards a Plant-based Controllable Display (pdf)
4 votes -
Harassment, transphobia, and racism: A look inside Blind's anonymous chatting forum for Google employees
12 votes -
Spotify is in talks to pay more than $200 million to acquire Gimlet Media, the startup behind popular podcasts like Reply All
16 votes -
Facebook: Where Friendships Go to Never Quite Die
5 votes -
Slack says it's filed to go public, using a direct listing instead of a traditional IPO
10 votes -
I was wrong about Google and Facebook: There’s nothing wrong with them (so say we all)
23 votes -
Which Mastodon instance should I use?
I was thinking about joining Mastadon but I'm not really sure what instance I should choose. It's all a bit confusing to me.
19 votes -
PinePhone Linux Smartphone priced at $149 to arrive this year
17 votes -
Microsoft Azure data deleted because of DNS outage
6 votes -
How ontologies help data science make sense of disparate data
3 votes -
Cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX locked out of over $180M in funds after CEO's unexpected death
11 votes -
Why CAPTCHAs have gotten so difficult
22 votes -
Is Huawei a friend or foe in the battle for 5G dominance?
4 votes -
For sale: Instagram account, lightly used
12 votes -
Automated background checks are deciding who's fit for a home
10 votes -
Apple blocks Facebook from running its internal iOS apps
46 votes -
Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps
22 votes -
New Japanese law lets government hack IOT devices and warn owners they're vulnerable
8 votes -
Apple in 2018: The Six Colors report card
5 votes -
Google is also abusing Apple's Developer Enterprise Program to distribute a data-collection app
24 votes -
I cut Google out of my life. It screwed up everything
38 votes -
Data on discrimination
5 votes -
Facebook VPN, Onavo, is back on iOS—signed using Facebook's Enterprise Certificate to circumvent App Store review
@chronic: disgraced Facebook VPN, Onavo, is back on iOS - signed using Facebook's Enterprise Certificate to circumvent App Store review! https://t.co/Ixa4tlNeGO
27 votes -
Firefox 65 release notes
24 votes -
Most AI job listings ask for computer scientists with a PhD. But if you want to move into AI, there are options for experienced IT pros who can deliver on an ML project
7 votes -
Eleven technologies that didn't survive into the sci-fi future
2 votes -
AI System Shows Food Image Based On Recipe
3 votes -
Learning to Drive Smoothly in Minutes - Reinforcement Learning on a Small Racing Car
2 votes -
Major iPhone FaceTime bug lets you hear the audio of the person you are calling before they pick up
25 votes -
A tiny screw shows why iPhones won’t be ‘assembled in USA’
15 votes -
TPG stops its mobile network due to Huawei ban
3 votes -
Facebook moves to block ad transparency tools- including ours
8 votes -
YouTube is still struggling to rein in its recommendation algorithm
17 votes -
The MIT License, line by line
10 votes -
So what's up with Voat?
hey all! i think this is my first ~talk post, 👀 nice place ye got here! so, i got to thinking about social media sites a few days ago (whilst trying to brainstorm a sideproject that isn't a social...
hey all!
i think this is my first ~talk post, 👀 nice place ye got here!
so, i got to thinking about social media sites a few days ago (whilst trying to brainstorm a sideproject that isn't a social media site) and i got to thinking about Voat.
it seemed like an interesting idea at first, a nearly literal copy-paste of old reddit meant a system that i was already used to, but i'd also be early enough to get whatever username i want, and they even have a cute little goat!
and then uhh
reddit got rid of a lot of hate-communities
and they all went to voat.
now - i guess that's fine. if they want to all exile themselves into their own corner of the internet, i can't stop em
but my question is like - what about the people behind Voat? obviously there's people running the site, there's investment money involved, and they have to know that their site is the front-yard above-ground pool with green water of the internet, right?
i tried looking for some interviews of the founder - but i couldn't find anything.
any of you lot know what's goin' on with voat? what are your thoughts on the site itself? its longevity?
30 votes -
Facebook plans to integrate WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook Messenger
35 votes