2024-09-22
Maybe the boom from Brazil is temporary! [embedded post]
New York Times
X capitulates in Brazil and could return next week, as the company's lawyers say it took down some accounts, paid fines, and named a new formal representative
In an abrupt reversal, the social network's lawyers said it was complying with court orders that it had previously defied.
2024-06-07
I need to test it, but I thought OneDrive with default backup settings (which most people won't change especially with coercive UI & UX choices) uploaded our %AppData% folders (where the Recall spyware logs are stored). [embedded post]
Windows Central
After Microsoft eroded Windows users' trust with bad practices for years, Recall is a PR disaster, as users remain skeptical despite the company's assurances
inside the Copilot+ Recall disaster. Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica : Windows Recall demands an extraordinary level of trust that Microsoft hasn't earned Alex / xaitax on GitHub ...
2024-04-19
I'm currently trying to find comments on the Google reorganization putting Pixel, Android, Chrome, etc. under Osterloh with their focus on AI. — My concern: I don't want to be implicitly consenting to the licensing of my activity and data just because I'm using Android. [embedded post]
The Verge
Google announces a new Platforms and Devices team overseeing Pixel, Android, Chrome, Photos, and more, to integrate AI across its products, led by Rick Osterloh
AI is taking over at Google, and the company is changing in big ways to try to make it happen even faster.
2024-02-02
This seems kind of crazy for the ordinary user!
Ars Technica
Google's fix for a Pixel phone storage bug, the second one in the past four months, is a very technical manual process requiring access to developer tools
Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica :