superfan has recreated Frodo’s exact journey from Bag End to Mount Doom in a 10-hour virtual trek through Lord of the Rings Online, an 18-year-old MMO.

Despite Boromir’s iconic warning, it turns out you can, in fact, simply walk into Mordor

WTF

vorbildlich.

Nearly one-third of internet traffic is bots, raising concerns about the 'dead internet theory'. Altman acknowledges AI-driven content feels increasingly fake, suggesting bots may control online interactions and revenue

A growing number of Kenyans, Ugandans and Ethiopians are being trafficked to Myanmar, where missing online scam targets leads to beatings and torture

Social media platforms are still pushing depression, suicide and self-harm-related content to teenagers, despite new online safety laws intended to protect children

WTF.

Aktueller Status im "Coup-o-meter": A coup is in progress, but has not been consolidated

xD

Metaanalyse: Junge Erwachsene fallen online leichter auf Fehlinformationen rein

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"Smart Materials" in Textilien könnten in Zukunft online übermittelte Streicheleinheiten wiedergeben – menschliche Nähe mit Körperkontakt im virtuellen Raum (Paywall)

modern digital dating gave users the illusion of choice but people were realising that there was little difference between platforms

Wayback Machine und die Open Library sind nach Cyberangriffen schrittweise wieder online gegangen

Noice!

Es gibt einige Hinweise, dass die Quellen Code enthielten, an denen Winamp gar keine exklusiven Rechte besitzt, um sie mit eigener Lizenz zu verteilen. Dazu gehören offenbar die Intel-IPP-Bestandteile, aber auch proprietärer, nicht quelloffener Code von Dolby soll sich in dem Repository gefunden haben

Social media and online video firms are conducting ‘vast surveillance’ on users, FTC finds

Agency accuses Meta, Google, TikTok and other companies of sharing troves of user information with third-parties

Scrolling through online videos increases feelings of boredom, study finds

800,000 people in Europe and the US appear to have been duped into sharing card details and other sensitive personal data with a vast network of fake online designer shops apparently operated from China

Jetzt ist das eben nicht erst seit diesem Jahr dort so. Sondern bestimmt seit mindestens 10 und der Schaden nicht mehr rückgängig machbar.