After five years, Fortnite returned to the Apple App Store today. The game's return follows a ruling in the ongoing legal dispute between Apple and Fortnite-maker Epic Games. Here's more from [@aftermath.site](
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My Watch Has Ended: Fortnite Is Back On The App Store - Aftermath
After five years, Fortnite returned to the Apple App Store today. As someone who woke up one morning in August 2020 and tossed up a quick blog abou...
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Self-hosting is having a moment, even if it's hard to define exactly what it is. [@ArsTechnica](
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Self-hosting is having a moment. Ethan Sholly knows why.
We interview Ethan Sholly of the selfh.st podcast/newsletter/directory.
Google launched its new AI Mode for shopping at its annual I/O developers conference today, which includes a checkout feature that allows you to buy when prices are best and the ability to upload a picture of yourself to "try on" clothes you find online. Read more at [@cnet](
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Google's New AI Mode Will Let You Try On Clothes While You Shop Online
New shopping features also let you ask Gemini to help find exactly what you're looking for.
Why do hackers target service desks? It’s "quicker and easier" to manipulate a person than to carry out a technical breach. Via @BleepingComputer. #Cybersecurity #ServiceDesk #Hack #Technology #Tech
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Service desks are under attack: What can you do about it?
Service desks are on the front lines of defense—and attackers know it. Attackers are using social engineering attacks to trick agents into ch...
President Trump signed the Take It Down Act into law, enacting a bill that will criminalize the distribution of nonconsensual intimate images β€” including AI deepfakes β€” and require social media platforms to promptly remove them when notified. Via [@theverge](
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Trump signs the Take It Down Act into law
Critics warn it could do more harm than good.
Nintendo has hired Samsung to build the main chips for the Switch 2, including an 8-nanometer processor custom designed by NVIDIA, in a move away from TSMC. Read more at [@Engadget](
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Nintendo is reportedly using Samsung to build the main Switch 2 chips
Nintendo has reportedly hired Samsung to build key chips for the upcoming Switch 2 including a processor custom designed by NVIDIA.
A new study shows that AI reliably wins debates against its human counterparts in one-on-one conversations β€” and the technology gets even more persuasive when it knows your age, job, and political leanings. Read more at [@Gizmodo](
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AI Can Beat You in a Debate When It Knows Who You Are, Study Finds
A new study shows LLMs like Chat GPT win more debates than humans when it gets a little personal.
The federal plan to prevent data brokers from selling personal and financial information generated from American citizens has been scrapped. Read more at [@TechRadar](
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Trump administration scuppers plan to stop data brokers from putting Americans’ sensitive data up for sale
The plan to ban brokers from selling sensitive data has been scrapped
On May 18, 2005, Yelp employee Bob Goodson "drew a crude sketch of thumbs up and thumbs down gestures as a way for people to express their opinions about restaurant reviews posted on the site." Two decades later, we can safely say the Like button has changed the digital world. Michael Liedtke from the [@AssociatedPress](
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Like it or not, the Like button has changed the world
The internet wouldn’t be the same without the Like button, the thumbs-up icon that Facebook and other online services turned into digital catnip.
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According to [@WIRED](
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EA Tried to Stop an β€˜Anti-DEI Mod’ for β€˜The Sims 4’—but More Keep Surfacing
The download automatically changed Black NPCs to white, trans NPCs to cis-gendered, and gay NPCs to straight. And it's just the beginning.
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