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I’m a millennial and the last consoles I’ve owned were the PS3 and Wii.


The lack of full size HDMI is still pretty disappointing.


cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/2469210 ([email protected])
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cross-posted from [email protected] >- Tech startup, Branch Metrics, claims Google hindered its search app development through exclusive revenue-sharing agreements with Samsung, Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile. > - The US government accuses Google of illegally maintaining its online search monopoly by having its search engine as the default on PCs and mobile phones, which Google denies. > - Branch Metrics aimed to create a search engine for mobile apps, with significant funding raised and intended integration in Samsung devices starting 2019. > - Due to Google's contract, Samsung limited the functionality of Branch's product, restricting it to search only 25 apps and conceal results from apps not installed on the device. > - Google's revenue-share agreements initially required it to be the sole "web search engine" on devices, later extending to "only connected search and internet search" on devices in 2020. > - AT&T and a Google executive raised concerns about the Branch product violating revenue-share agreements, impacting potential partnerships and Branch's product functionality.
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cross-posted from [email protected] - Beijing has imposed restrictions on iPhone use among its government staff, causing Apple's stock to drop by more than 3%. - The move exacerbates already high tensions between the U.S. and China, affecting U.S. tech companies with significant exposure to the Chinese market. - U.S. lawmakers from both major parties express national security concerns and urge a tougher stance against Beijing. - Apple suppliers like Qualcomm and Broadcom also experience stock declines, leading losses among major tech firms. - The restrictions indicate that even companies with good relations with China are not immune to geopolitical tensions. - Despite U.S. sanctions on Huawei, Apple faces competitive pressure in China, where it earns nearly a fifth of its revenue.
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cross-posted from [email protected] >- New regulations will target six major tech companies to improve consumer experience and data privacy. These include Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, and Microsoft. > - Pre-installed apps like weather and email that are difficult to delete will be disallowed, aiming to promote interoperability and reduce "gatekeeping" activities. > - Companies will be prohibited from monetizing user data collected from phone apps for advertising purposes. > - The regulations will encourage competition by allowing alternative payment systems, benefiting startups and consumers. > - The European Commission aims to empower consumers and ensure tech giants adhere to European rules, providing immediate accountability for any issues.
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cross-posted from [email protected] >Original source: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2308.16321.pdf > > - Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison found that Chrome browser extensions can still steal passwords, despite compliance with Chrome's latest security standard, Manifest V3. > - A proof of concept extension successfully passed the Chrome Web Store review process, demonstrating the vulnerability. > - The core issue lies in the extensions' full access to the Document Object Model (DOM) of web pages, allowing them to interact with text input fields like passwords. > - Analysis of existing extensions showed that 12.5% had the permissions to exploit this vulnerability, identifying 190 extensions that directly access password fields. > - Researchers propose two fixes: a JavaScript library for websites to block unwanted access to password fields, and a browser-level alert system for password field interactions. >
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Technology transfers have also been a large part of China’s strategy, which results in large firms voluntarily transferring IP in exchange for large contracts. It’s unfortunate that in many other places, we’re still doing lowest bidder private contracting plagued by cost overruns.



I’m no drone operator but enjoy viewing drone landscape footage. It’ll be interesting to see whether we’ll see a lot more drone-focused full-frame sensors hitting the market.


Hmm? I don’t work for Sony… I do have an unhealthy amount of camera gear though.


- Indian telecom operators, including Jio, Airtel, and Vodafone-Idea, have recommended that internet companies contribute to telecom network costs. - They propose that these contributions should be based on factors like traffic consumption, turnover, and the number of users. - The telecom operators argue that this would create a level playing field and help boost their margins in a market with low average revenue per user. - Critics, however, raise concerns about potential violations of net neutrality and the possibility of shifting costs to consumers if internet companies are forced to cover network expenses.
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That describes all of us in at least a few areas beyond our competencies and interests.


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Hi again! I just wanted to offer again to look into things for you because if you were indeed banned for being critical of Samsung, that’s a problem. All I could find from the modlog was a /u/JshKlsn that was temporary banned for a week for being rude to folks on /r/android by a mod who doesn’t use Samsung devices. I know you’ve said that wasn’t your account. I’d be happy to look into a different one for you as this truly has me confused 🙁.


cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/126296 > Microsoft reportedly let go of 1,000 employees over the past week in addition to the 10,000 it cut earlier this year, while Minnesota-based healthcare organization Allina Health announced plans to lay off nearly 350 employees, making them the latest U.S. companies to conduct layoffs this year as recession fears continue to push employers to make cuts...
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I don’t think this is aimed at winning us over. It’s really just them doubling down on the type of users they want to see going forward (and it’s not us).


Hey there, I just wanted to quickly mention that /r/Android mods didn’t make the submission here and we wouldn’t have! OP seems to have gotten that description from the [email protected] sidebar. In case you’re interested, I posted a bit more context above.



We didn’t post this one up! I posted on /r/android shortly before bed and felt it would’ve been in bad taste if we had posted here without discussing with you folks first (I also admittedly slept in, as it’s a holiday today for Canada Day Weekend).

I was actually hoping to reach out to you and Mike to see if you’re interested in joining our mod team on [email protected]. We hope to carry forward the same kind of content philosophy from /r/android prior to our lockdowns, namely discussions and items of collective interest, and avoiding specific, technical support questions that can overtake large communities - and think you both align pretty well with our overall emphasis on keeping it civil and cordial.

For a bit of background on the instance, @[email protected] has been spending quite some time getting lemdro.id setup and optimized for us with a focus on ensuring backend scalability to handle load. The hope was to have an instance where major tech and other subreddits could feel comfortable moving to, without the significant performance issues that could leave folks with bad first impressions (a number of us were around for the waves of migration from Digg to Reddit).

Folks are currently reaching out to their respective mod teams at other large tech subreddits to see if there’s interest in joining Lemmy as well. We also have a number of developers with us exploring opportunities to contribute code improvements and fill gaps within the Lemmy ecosystem (e.g., accessibility improvements, moderator tools, fighting spam), with at least one bug fix already contributed to the Lemmy Github!

If you and Mike are interested, please do reach out! It would be great to have you both. Given Lemmy doesn’t support group PMs or Modmail, let me know if you want to connect somewhere else - I’m on Telegram, Discord, and Element but would be happy to chat anywhere.