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Need tech support (android bullshit) (resolved)

So, I want to add some files to a hidden directory, the only issue is I can't see the directory....

Online Content Is Disappearing ( www.pewresearch.org )

cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/25166889

Slack users horrified to discover messages used for AI training ( arstechnica.com )

Minister suggests Canada is considering tariffs on Chinese EVs following U.S. move ( www.cbc.ca )

Canada's industry minister says Ottawa is "considering all measures" after the U.S. announced it would be hiking tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and other related goods....

Apple limits third-party browser engine work to EU devices ( www.theregister.com )

lmao imagine that

Self-balancing commuter pods ride old railway lines on demand ( newatlas.com )

History says tariffs rarely work, but U.S. President Biden’s 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs could defy the trend, researcher says ( theconversation.com )

By Tinglong Dai, Bernard T. Ferrari Professor of Business, Johns Hopkins University...

Chinese social media companies remove posts ‘showing off wealth and worshipping money’ while the gap between the country's rich and poor widens ( www.theguardian.com )

Targeting posts boasting of personal wealth appears to be part of campaign to ‘purify the internet cultural environment’....

Reddit’s deal with OpenAI will plug its posts into “ChatGPT and new products” ( www.theverge.com )

'Hong Kongization?’ - Chinese cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns against Taiwan surge, security agency says ( www.taipeitimes.com )

Taiwan's National Security Bureau (NSB) official Ko Cheng-heng said that Beijing’s campaign against Taiwan would spark a strong backlash from democracies around the world....

Google Search adds a “web” filter, because it is no longer focused on web results ( arstechnica.com )

Maven Is a New Social Network That Eliminates Followers—and Hopefully Stress ( www.wired.com )

https://archive.ph/vlcmB

Several European consumer watchdogs file complaints against Chinese online platform Temu over "manipulative techniques" breaching EU’s Digital Services Act ( www.beuc.eu )

According to the European consumer protection group BEUC, the Chinese online retailer Temu "fails to provide sufficient traceability of the traders that sell on its platform" and thereby fail "to ensure that the products sold to EU consumers conform to EU law", BEUC said in a release....

Android's new anti-theft features ( blog.google )

cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/25062075

Why is this episode of NOVA about data privacy recommending Privacy Badger? ( www.pbs.org )

I was under the impression that Privacy Badger wasn't considered useful any more . . . ? They should've just recommended using Firefox instead, yes?...

Testing 8 Innovative New Boat Propeller Designs ( www.youtube.com )

Does a VPN used on a smartphone with Wi-Fi disabled (mobile data only enabled) provide any sort of protection?

I've never completely understood this, but I think the answer would probably be "no," although I'm not sure. Usually when I leave the house I turn off wifi and just use mobile data (this is a habit from my pre-VPN days), although I guess I should probably just keep it on since using strange Wi-Fi with a VPN is ok (unless someone...

The inside story of Elon Musk’s mass firings of Tesla Supercharger staff ( finance.yahoo.com )

Archive.org link...

Google is redesigning its search engine — and it’s AI all the way down ( www.theverge.com )

YouTube Blocks Access to Protest Anthem in Hong Kong ( www.nytimes.com )

The coordination network toolkit: a framework for detecting and analysing coordinated behaviour on social media ( link.springer.com )

The authors introduce and evaluate an open-source software package and methodological framework for detecting and analysing coordinated behaviour on social media, namely the Coordination Network Toolkit, utilising weighted, directed multigraphs to capture intricate coordination dynamics....

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