Amazon's Vega OS coming to Fire TVs this year - what it means for your devices submitted by https://lemmy.world/u/commander
ZDNET
Amazon's Vega OS is being updated to Fire TVs this year - here's why that's a big deal
Years in the making, the proprietary Linux OS that replaces Android-based FireOS is expected to be announced at next week's event. Here's everythin...
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Trump's TikTok deal payment criticized as 'shakedown scheme' by experts submitted by https://programming.dev/u/Pro The Trump administration recently approached a coalition of U.S. investors set
Trump advances TikTok deal with new executive order
 with an ask: Will the group make a payment to the federal government β€œin the low billions,” according to a person with direct knowledge of the talks. Comments-
reddit
TikTok deal payment is criticized as a
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Trump's TikTok deal payment criticized as 'shakedown scheme' by experts
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New U.S. gov't rule says chipmakers have to make one chip in the US for each chip imported from another country to avoid 100% tariffs β€” Trump admin allegedly preps new 1:1 chip export rule submitted by https://lemmy.world/u/commander
Tom
New U.S. gov
But how chips of different complexities will be counted remains unknown
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Watch first, then wipe: Some China’s restrooms put toilet paper behind paywall submitted by https://programming.dev/u/Pro Imagine this: you walk into a public restroom in China, but instead of just grabbing toilet paper… you have to scan a QR code and watch an ad first πŸ˜…. Only then will the machine dispense a tiny sheet of tissue. Don’t feel like watching? You can also pay 0.5 RMB (about $0.07) for a bit more paper πŸ’Έ. This system is designed to cut down waste β€” some people would abuse free paper before. Now, it’s all about β€œwatch an ad or pay a coin.” Would you sit through an ad for free toilet paper, or just drop the 0.5 yuan? πŸ‘€ . . . Source:
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China Insider on Instagram: "Imagine this: you walk into a public restroom in China, but instead of just grabbing toilet paper… you have to scan a QR code and watch an ad first 😅. Only then will the machine dispense a tiny sheet of tissue. Don’t feel like watching? You can also pay 0.5 RMB (about $0.07) for a bit more paper 💸. This system is designed to cut down waste — some people would abuse free paper before. Now, it’s all about “watch an ad or pay a coin.” Would you sit through an ad for free toilet paper, or just drop the 0.5 yuan? 👀 . . . #China #ChinaInsider #TechInChina #LifeInChina #Innovation"
2,019 likes, 77 comments - chinainsider on September 5, 2025: "Imagine this: you walk into a public restroom in China, but instead of just grabbing...
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Abu Dhabi royal family to take stake in TikTok US under Trump deal * It will become platform owned by different bastards submitted by https://lemmy.world/u/kokesh
the Guardian
Abu Dhabi royal family to take stake in TikTok US under Trump deal
MGX, chaired by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, will take 15% stake, with social media firm valued at $14bn
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KDE Plasma 6 On Wayland Can Work Fine On FreeBSD submitted by https://feddit.org/u/tux0r
KDE Plasma 6 On Wayland Can Work Fine On FreeBSD - Phoronix
While the BSDs don't see nearly as much activity around Wayland as the desktop Linux distributions and they continue to predominantly rely on ...
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Silent Courier: UK intelligence service MI6 launches dark web portal to recruit foreign spies submitted by https://programming.dev/u/Pro https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-dark-web-portal-launched-to-recruit-spies-to-support-uk-security https://lemmy.world/post/36168763
Microsoft still can't convince folks to upgrade to Windows 11 submitted by https://programming.dev/u/Pro https://htxt.co.za/2025/09/microsoft-still-cant-convince-folks-to-upgrade-to-windows-11/ https://lemmy.world/post/35800164
Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws submitted by https://lemmy.world/u/General_Effort https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/29/mastodon-says-it-doesnt-have-the-means-to-comply-with-age-verification-laws/ https://lemmy.world/post/35185163
Exclusive: Meta created flirty chatbots of Taylor Swift, other celebrities without permission submitted by https://lemmy.ca/u/RandAlThor https://www.reuters.com/business/meta-created-flirty-chatbots-taylor-swift-other-celebrities-without-permission-2025-08-29/ https://lemmy.world/post/35181876