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'Keep Android Open' Campaign Pushes Back On Google's Sideloading Restrictions - Slashdot
October 31, 2025 at 8:57:07 AM GMT+1 * - permalink -A "Keep Android Open" campaign is pushing back on new rules from Google that will reportedly block users from sideloading apps on Android phones
- https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/30/2225257/keep-android-open-campaign-pushes-back-on-googles-sideloading-restrictions
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A single DNS race condition brought AWS to its knees • The Register
October 24, 2025 at 7:47:07 AM GMT+2 * - permalink -A single DNS race condition brought Amazon's cloud empire to its knees
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Fault in DynamoDB system cascaded through AWS services, knocking major sites offline for hours- https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/23/amazon_outage_postmortem/
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Byte - a visual archive
October 10, 2025 at 8:15:36 AM GMT+2 * - permalink -This zoomable map shows every page of every issue of BYTE starting from the front cover of the first issue (top left) to the last page of the final edition (bottom right)
- https://byte.tsundoku.io/
Before Hackernews before Twitter blogs the web had been spun when internet was just four universities in a trenchcoat there *BYTE*. A monthly mainline of entire personal computing universe delivered on dead trees for generation hackers. Running from September 1975 to July 1998 its 277 issues chronicled Cambrian explosion microcomputer bare-metal kits dawn commercial internet. This zoomable map shows every page issue BYTE starting front cover first (top left) last final edition (bottom right) -
Firefox Feature Gets Special Mention In TIME's Best Inventions of 2025 - Slashdot
October 10, 2025 at 7:47:57 AM GMT+2 * - permalink -congrats!
- https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/10/09/2110227/firefox-feature-gets-special-mention-in-times-best-inventions-of-2025
Mozilla Firefox's new "Shake to Summarize" feature earned a spot on TIME's Best Inventions of 2025 allowing users shake their phone instantly summarize long web pages. Anthony Enzor-DeMeo general manager Firefox calls it "testament the incredible work our UX design product and engineering teams who brought this innovation life." -
What Researchers Suspect May Be Fueling Cancer Among Millennials - Slashdot
October 2, 2025 at 8:30:34 AM GMT+2 * - permalink -A 150,000-person study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research meeting found millennials appear to be aging biologically faster than previous generations based on blood biomarkers
- https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/09/30/1549226/what-researchers-suspect-may-be-fueling-cancer-among-millennials
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Neon, the No. 2 social app on the Apple App Store, pays users to record their phone calls and sells data to AI firms | TechCrunch
September 26, 2025 at 8:35:35 AM GMT+2 * - permalink -Neon, the No. 2 social app on the Apple App Store, pays users to record their phone calls and sells data to AI firms
- https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/24/neon-the-no-2-social-app-on-the-apple-app-store-pays-users-to-record-their-phone-calls-and-sells-data-to-ai-firms/
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The Internet Coup: A Technical Analysis on How a Chinese Company is Exporting The Great Firewall to Autocratic Regimes - InterSecLab
September 13, 2025 at 10:27:19 PM GMT+2 * - permalink -A Technical Analysis on How a Chinese Company is Exporting The Great Firewall to Autocratic Regimes
- https://interseclab.org/research/the-internet-coup/
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French lawmaker calls for criminal inquiry into TikTok’s effect on children | France | The Guardian
September 12, 2025 at 9:10:12 AM GMT+2 * - permalink -French lawmaker calls for criminal inquiry into TikTok’s effect on children
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/11/lawmaker-calls-for-french-criminal-investigation-into-tiktok
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Nepal rolls back social media ban after deadly protests rock capital | Nepal | The Guardian
September 9, 2025 at 7:54:43 AM GMT+2 * - permalink -Nepal’s government has lifted its ban on 26 prominent social media apps and messaging services after at least 19 people were killed and more than 200 injured in clashes on Monday
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/09/nepal-protests-social-media-ban-lifted-gen-z-kathmandu
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Nvidia's 'robot brain' chip, Thor, goes on sale around the world
August 25, 2025 at 6:57:54 PM GMT+2 * - permalink -Nvidia’s new ‘robot brain’ goes on sale for $3,499
- https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/25/nvidias-thor-t5000-robot-brain-chip.html
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‘My buyer’s guilt is insane. It’s $1,300 on trash’: the adults addicted to blind box toys like Labubus | Toys | The Guardian
August 19, 2025 at 7:18:10 AM GMT+2 * - permalink -‘My buyer’s guilt is insane. It’s $1,300 on trash’: the adults addicted to blind box toys
- https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/aug/18/labubu-blind-box-addiction-gambling
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‘I didn’t realise pigs were like, massive’: the London rapper who fell in love with farming | Television | The Guardian
August 10, 2025 at 10:37:53 AM GMT+2 * - permalink -This kind of interaction is common on Hood 2 Farm, a unique and genuinely inspired YouTube series about the rapper’s attempt to become the steward of his own farm. Across eight 30-minute episodes, he meets farmers from around the UK and learns basics such as milking cows, shearing sheep and driving tractors
- https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/aug/10/mc-fekky-london-rapper-who-fell-in-love-with-farming-hood-2-farm-youtube
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A Non-Sony Playstation Motherboard Replacement | Hackaday
July 27, 2025 at 1:53:46 PM GMT+2 * - permalink -The motherboard is known as the nsOne, meaning Not Sony’s One since this is the first motherboard built by a single person outside of Sony. It’s not based on any FPGAs or emulators and is completely compatible with all of the original hardware, chips, and other circuitry of the original Playstation
- https://hackaday.com/2025/07/27/a-non-sony-playstation-motherboard-replacement/
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I’ve had it with Microsoft - by Paris Marx - Disconnect
July 25, 2025 at 9:08:16 PM GMT+2 * - permalink -I’ve had it with Microsoft
The company is deceptively raising prices on existing customers to fund its AI spending- https://www.disconnect.blog/p/ive-had-it-with-microsoft
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GPUHammer
July 23, 2025 at 9:58:28 AM GMT+2 * - permalink -GPUHammer: Rowhammer Attacks on GPU Memories are Practical
- https://gpuhammer.com/
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The US dollar is on track for its worst year in modern history | Semafor
July 9, 2025 at 6:39:01 PM GMT+2 * - permalink -The US dollar is on track for its worst year in modern history
- https://www.semafor.com/article/07/03/2025/the-us-dollar-is-on-track-for-its-worst-year-in-modern-history
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Springer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citations – Retraction Watch
July 9, 2025 at 12:21:12 PM GMT+2 * - permalink -Springer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citations
- https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/30/springer-nature-book-on-machine-learning-is-full-of-made-up-citations/
