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www.scientificamerican.com Google, X and Facebook Are Modern-Day Tobacco CompaniesJust as tobacco companies knew they were poisoning people, today’s social media titans knowingly poison our politics, peddling lies and stoking angry divides for profit
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28700613
From their own internal metrics, tech giants have long known what independent research now continuously validates: that the content that is most likely to go viral is that which induces strong feelings such as outrage and disgust, regardless of its underlying veracity. Moreover, they also know that such content is heavily engaged with and most profitable. Far from acting against false, harmful content, they placed profits above its staggering—and damaging—social impact to implicitly encourage it while downplaying the massive costs.
Social media titans embrace essentially the same hypocrisy the tobacco industry embodied when they feigned concern over harm reduction while covertly pushing their product ever more aggressively. With the reelection of Trump, our tech giants now no longer even pretend to care.
Engagement is their business model, and doubt about the harms they cause is their product. Tobacco executives, and
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go.theregister.com Windows 10 LTSC – the version that won't expire for years: Can't run Windows 11? Don't want to? There are surprisingly legal options
cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/29043868
Can't run Windows 11? Don't want to? There are surprisingly legal options
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www.rumidocs.com New ChatGPT Models Seem to Leave Watermarks on TextThe newer GPT-o3 and GPT-o4 mini models appear to be embedding special character watermarks in generated text. However, removing these watermarks is relatively simple, making this seem more like a short-term measure than a long-term solution
cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/11192965
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thelibre.news The wonderful world of Linux package managersOne of the strongest points of Linux is the package management. In 2025, the world of Linux package management is very varied, with several options available, each with their advantages and trade-offs over the others.
cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/28905872
One of the strongest points of Linux is the package management. In 2025, the world of Linux package management is very varied, with several options available, each with their advantages and trade-offs over the others.
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www.heise.de Proceedings against Meta: Mark Zuckerberg wanted to sell Instagram again in 2018Day two of the Meta trial revolved around money: the offer for Snapchat was higher than announced earlier, and the FTC also received an offer in the billions.
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Technology @europe.pub tfm @europe.pub Der Hype ist vorüber: Sony stellt 8K-Fernseher ein
cross-posted from: https://metawire.eu/post/18992
Die geringe Nachfrage ist ein primärer Grund, warum Sony wie viele andere Hersteller keine 8K-TVs mehr bringen wird. (8K, Sony)
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www.techzine.eu Wikimedia is dealing with a 50 percent increase in bandwidth due to AI crawlersSince January 2024, Wikimedia has seen a 50 percent increase in Wikipedia's bandwidth usage. However, this enormous increase is not due to human users
cross-posted from: https://metawire.eu/post/5948
Since January 2024, Wikimedia has seen a 50 percent increase in Wikipedia’s bandwidth usage. However, this enormous increase is not due to human users suddenly reading Wikipedia articles or watching videos but to AI crawlers that automatically scrape content to train AI models. This creates new challenges for the foundation. The sudden increase in traffic […]
Creator: Coen van Eenbergen Publish Date: 07.04.2025, 17:28 Categories: Infrastructure, AI, AI crawlers, Artificial Intelligence, bandwidth, content scraping, Wikimedia, Wikipedia
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Technology @europe.pub tfm @europe.pub A new security fund opens up to help protect the fediverse
techcrunch.com A new security fund opens up to help protect the fediverse | TechCrunchA new security fund aims to help apps in the fediverse — like Mastodon, Threads, and Pixelfed — to pay researchers for disclosing security bugs.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27700093
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Technology @europe.pub tfm @europe.pub Have I Been Pwned owner, pwned.
htxt.co.za Have I Been Pwned owner, pwned - HypertextA phishing attack managed to fool Troy Hunt into handing over MailChimp credentials.
cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/27609050
- A jetlagged Troy Hunt accidentally clicked a link and logged into an account only to realise he had been phished.
- Despite reacting quickly, attackers were able to export a mailing list for Hunt’s personal blog.
- Hunt has detailed the attack and warned his subscribers in a timely fashion.
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www.cnet.com DeepSeek V3 Is Now Reportedly the Best Nonreasoning AI ModelAccording to a new intelligence index analysis, DeepSeek V3 is outcompeting GPT-4.5, Grok 3 and Gemini 2.0.
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Technology @europe.pub tfm @europe.pub Reddit's block function now lets strangers control your account
www.androidpolice.com (UPDATED) Reddit's block function now (likely unintentionally) lets strangers control your accountReddit quietly adjusted its block function to prevent users from deleting, editing, or even seeing their own comments
cross-posted from: https://europe.pub/post/46849
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www.neowin.net Microsoft is killing OneNote for Windows 10Windows 10's end of support is imminent, and the operating system's upcoming demise is also taking down OneNote for Windows 10.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27255738
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Technology @europe.pub tfm @europe.pub Not OK, Cupid.
cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/27360624
I don’t usually like to call out the bad behaviour of specific companies, but the egregious mis-design and lack of acknowledging it justify this case.
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arstechnica.com Why Anthropic’s Claude still hasn’t beaten PokémonWeeks later, Sonnet’s “reasoning” model is struggling with a game designed for children.
cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/37534963
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www.xda-developers.com Microsoft tells Windows 10 users to just trade in their PC for a newer one, because how hard can it be?I'll give you five bucks for it.
cross-posted from: https://feddit.nl/post/30774194
