Brad

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Windows 11 to add an AI agent that runs in background with access to personal folders, warns of security risk in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] Brad@beehaw.org 39 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This feature is completely optional and is never turned on by default.

Until Microsoft decides to turn it on without your consent or knowledge at some point.

FBI orders domain registrar to reveal who runs mysterious Archive.is site in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] Brad@beehaw.org 36 points 1 month ago

The call is coming from inside the house!

10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him. Bad idea. in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] Brad@beehaw.org 9 points 1 month ago

I fucking love the disdain he shows for the lock in the second video after he opens it. The way he just chucks it into the box.

The Math Hack You Didn’t Know Was in Your Credit Card in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] Brad@beehaw.org 14 points 4 months ago

A car's 17-digit VIN has a similar feature, for model years since 1981.

The 9th digit is the check digit, and it's a much more complex algorithm (since the VIN can have numbers and letters.)

AI Data Centers in Texas Used 463 Million Gallons of Water, Residents Told to Take Shorter Showers in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] Brad@beehaw.org 17 points 4 months ago

Cue millions of Texans asking ChatGPT: "How can I take a shorter shower?"

Tesla Reportedly Has $800 Million Worth of Cybertrucks That Nobody Wants in c/technology@beehaw.org
Tesla Reportedly Has $800 Million Worth of Cybertrucks That Nobody Wants in c/technology@beehaw.org
VPN firm says it didn’t know customers had lifetime subscriptions, cancels them in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] Brad@beehaw.org 55 points 7 months ago

The provider the article is taking about is VPNSecure.

DOJ: Google must sell Chrome, Android could be next in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] Brad@beehaw.org 12 points 9 months ago

Worst case scenario, one of tr***’s cronies ends up in control of Chrome.

That's absolutely going to be the plan for anything Google is forced to sell.

German voters head to polls facing world of change as far right waits in the wings in c/news@beehaw.org
[–] Brad@beehaw.org 5 points 9 months ago

We failed in the US, Germany needs to fight this one back!

Reddit plans to lock some content behind a paywall this year, CEO says in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] Brad@beehaw.org 19 points 10 months ago (2 children)

There is no content on Reddit valuable enough that I would pay for access to it.

Reddit Blames Google Algorithm Changes For Not Hitting User Growth. in c/technology@beehaw.org
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What do you all do on your phones that isn't doom-scrolling or mindless mini games? (beehaw.org)
 

I find myself checking out pretty often and just making myself feel bad about the state of the world, or killing half an hour on stupid games that I could 100% live without. This is probably pretty common, and I'm wondering what other people have found as a way to do more productive things with their phones in the downtime.

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