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  • Electron apps

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  • If you have Spotify Premium, try a third party client. Even GUI clients like Spotify-qt are memory light [though not at feature parity] whilst terminal clients like ncspot, spotify-player take 1/10th the memory. The latter even supports Spotify connect.

  • India orders smartphone makers to preload state-owned cyber safety app

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  • state-owned cyber security app that cannot be deleted

    I think it's called malware.

  • SIM binding in India: What it means for WhatsApp, Telegram users and why the government wants it

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  • Sheer uselessness. It will do as much to reduce fraud as the UK law has done to reduce porn content for non adults. What it will mean is that people with multiple SIM, will need to have an always active plan on that number, something telecoms will really like.

    Also, it essentially means the death knell for WhatsApp Web (in India) because as stated in article, who wants to log in every SIX hours.

  • Campbell’s Soup VP mocks ‘poor people’ who buy its food in secret recording

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  • The built in Web browser by default is Chrome but can be configured to be anything else as well ( including Firefox if the user chooses to)

  • Campbell’s Soup VP mocks ‘poor people’ who buy its food in secret recording

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  • I only got a cookie pop up (though even that can be suppressed with other extension) . I had opened it on Desktop with uBlock Origin. By any chance, did you open on mobile?

  • Advertising without Cookies

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  • I think he refers to the browser extension of the same name.

  • Advertising without Cookies

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  • This was a 2021 comic, which I think was the time when companies had to comply with GDPR regulations. Cookies didn't go away, but companies had to explicitly ask the user for consent to use them [or atleast can't hide that they were using cookies]; usually in form of popups.

  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
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    Advertising without Cookies

  • Meanwhile at Microsoft

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  • When I used to be on Windows, I shifted to Process Explorer. It is developed by Microsoft only I guess as part of their Sysinternals suite. I think it retains an older style UI but is significantly more powerful (has/d virus total integration for one).

  • Technology @lemmy.zip
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    Ken Thompson Recalls Unix's Rowdy, Lock-Picking Origins

    thenewstack.io /ken-thompson-recalls-unixs-rowdy-lock-picking-origins/

  • ChatGPT's new browser has potential, if you're willing to pay

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  • The web is designed for humans to use, so if Atlas can monitor us - how we book train tickets for example - it can learn how to better navigate these kinds of processes.

    That is called malware. Or at the very least, Open AI should be paying the users for basically getting their browsing data for free, not other way around.

    Second, I object to it being called a Google killer in the article. It is based on Chromium whose future is basically in Google's hands right now for all Intents and purposes. The days of multiple Web browsers are gone. We have the same thing in new clothing. Opera ditched it's rendering engine for Chromium, MS ditched Trident for Chromium.

    Currently, there are basically only three real browser engines : Chromium, Gecko which powers Firefox Derivatives and Safari(Blinkit? I am not sure of its exact name). Even if Open AI's new browser (or Perplexity 's for that matter) takes market by storm, they will remain dependent on Google because the underlying code is. They can't be truly independent unless they have their separate engine. And if the new Ladybird project shows one thing, it is that shipping a new browser might be easy, but a new rendering engine is very tough.

  • Android @lemdro.id
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    The unsung heroes of Android: Remembering 8 legendary apps we’ve lost

    www.androidauthority.com /legendary-android-apps-we-lost-3597775/

  • Microsoft is testing full-screen Microsoft 365 ads in Windows 11 for expired subscriptions

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  • Of course, it made a mockery of everything you know of Windows because it's not like Windows. Neither is it meant to be used like one nor is it heading in that direction (not to mention that Windows is one monotonous thing, like if you know your hands across one install of Windows, you know it all. The same is not true about Linux. A Void Linux user might still not be as adept at a Gentoo install).

    You are contradicting yourself. First you call it magic and then you call it not very deep. If it's the latter, why do so many production servers run on Linux?

    Some Linux distros like Debian have a fantastic reputation for stability. Sure, bugs still exist. I personally struggle with a distro agnostic bug that breaks workflows often on my current setup. But things have come a long way. And it's better than Windows non customizable privacy invading approach any day.

    The twin advantages Windows has is wrt games (though that is slowly being covered) and more importantly, specialized software. I know folks IRL who have to use Windows just because their work requires it.

  • A Nobel Peace Prize for Trump? World leaders are lining up

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  • Kissinger is easily the worst example to give the Peace Prize to. I think Anthony Bourdain wrote about Laos( correct me if I am wrong about the country) that you will wish to beat Kissinger with your bare hands after you have visited the place and see what he had done.

    Satire died the day Kissinger was awarded the Peace Prize. Someone said famously as well. Even if Trump gets it, I will still argue that Kissinger remains the gold standard for being bad.

  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    How did Facebook intercept their competitor's encrypted mobile app traffic? [Old]

    haxrob.net /onavo-facebook-ssl-mitm-technical-analysis/

  • Pakistan slams Trump over Iran after backing him for Nobel Peace Prize

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  • Nobel Prize committee made quite some blunders over the years but they really swapped war crimes and peace tables that year.

  • Signal – an ethical replacement for WhatsApp

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  • Signal – an ethical replacement for WhatsApp

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    Ads on YouTube

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  • I hate the official YouTube app. I have YouTube Premium but that's because I use YT Music mostly (have been using on and off since GPM days). But shorts shoved in your face, subscription page jumbled with updates, comments and videos (I only want videos) ; no way to choose a system wide video quality (app only has High or Data Saver option; one needs to manually toggle for each video ; contrary, NewPipe has this basic feature).

    There is also the donate button on multiple YouTube videos (Atleast give me the option to remove/customize that button/other buttons on that ribbon). Why are paying users subject to worse UI?

    Oh, and these people throttle stuff on Firefox and have probably been doing since times immemorial.

    I have been wondering if I should let YT Premium lapse and not renew it. I tried Spotify Premium once and whilst it's 3rd party support is phenomenal, it has its own bugs (and they are similarly slow despite their forums being full with bug reports as well). Almost like I should hoard my own music from ahem, sources.

  • Pakistan nominates Trump for 2026 Nobel Peace Prize

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  • Reminds me of the quote Political Satire became obsolete when Kissinger was awarded the Peace Prize. But over the years, there have seriously been multiple controversial candidates who got the prize.

  • For the first time, social media overtakes TV as Americans’ top news source

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  • Indian newspapers have launched partially automated YouTube channels, some with AI avatar presenters. Nearly a fifth of Indian readers said they use chatbots like ChatGPT or Google’s Gemini (including AI Overviews) weekly to access news. In the U.K., that number was only 3%.

    I knew YouTube channels were popular as a news source in my country (with their over the top hysterical style) but didn't knew that Gemini/GPT was also getting big here.

    I still read a digital version of a proper newspaper. I find it slightly more informative and factual. In the good old days, I used to get a physical newspaper because nothing beats the touch of paper.

  • WhatsApp is officially getting ads

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  • Whatsapp is popular a lot in many parts of the world. In India, WhatsApp is almost the defacto standard messaging app with Telegram probably flying in a far second. I doubt I know anyone who even uses stuff like Signal or Threema or any of the alternatives.

  • YouTube rolls out more unskippable ads that make viewers wait even longer to watch videos - Dexerto

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  • Is there support for blocking individual elements of a page in v3 version of uBlock Origin? (I won't be surprised if it lacked it). I usually block various other elements of page like useless headers/footers/comment sections on some sites I routinely visit on Firefox.

  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Java at 30: How a language designed for a failed gadget became a global powerhouse

    www.zdnet.com /article/java-at-30-how-a-language-designed-for-a-failed-gadget-became-a-global-powerhouse/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    I've tried nearly every browser out there and these are my top 6 (none are Chrome)

    www.zdnet.com /article/ive-tried-almost-every-browser-out-there-and-these-are-my-top-6-none-are-chrome/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Weird Keyboard Layouts: A Showcase

    www.techspot.com /article/1179-weird-keyboard-layouts/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Terminal colours are tricky

    jvns.ca /blog/2024/10/01/terminal-colours/
  • Android @lemdro.id
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    8 features from Android skins we want on stock Android 16

    www.androidauthority.com /features-oem-skins-stock-android-16-3494230/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    The Amazon Echo graveyard

    www.theverge.com /24271840/amazon-alexa-echo-discontinued-smart-home-assistant
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    kirk781 @discuss.tchncs.de

    A brief history of Mac firmware

    eclecticlight.co /2024/10/26/a-brief-history-of-mac-firmware/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    What I learned from 3 years of running Windows 11 on “unsupported” PCs

    arstechnica.com /gadgets/2024/10/what-i-learned-from-3-years-of-running-windows-11-on-unsupported-pcs/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Anthropic Wants Its AI Agent to Control Your Computer

    www.wired.com /story/anthropic-ai-agent/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    What Ever Happened to MSN Messenger?

    www.techspot.com /article/2373-msn-messenger/