Every passing day I become increasingly baffled what value Facebook could possibly be bringing to anyone's life at this point that outweighs all the garbage that comes with it.

TechCrunch

Meta has found another way to keep you engaged: Chatbots that message you first | TechCrunch

Meta is experimenting with having customizable chatbots messaging users unprompted and follow up on past conversations.

Privacy tech has really spoiled me and my expectations for an online experience.

I keep hearing decent reviews of the last couple seasons of #BlackMirror, but are they like "emotionally scar you for a week" good, or just like "entertaining and well-made" good? Cause honestly the "I called my mom crying" early episodes of Black Mirror are what I fell in love with, and if it ain't that, I'm not interested.

If capitalism works because "whoever makes the best product wins," why do companies repeatedly have to resort to - at best - dishonest tactics to rig the game in their favor? Shouldn't everyone be seeking out these apps on their own because they're so great? Why would Google waste the money to force them on people who just can't wait to use them?

Google Pays Samsung

Google pays Samsung an "enormous sum of money" every month to preinstall Google generative AI app, Gemini, on its phones and devices, accor...

Can we PLEASE bully more companies into being more ashamed of their fuckery?

PetaPixel

Adobe Deletes Bluesky Posts After Furious Backlash

'I assume you'll be charging us monthly to read your posts.'

There appears to be some sort of issue with my PeerTube instance (apertatube.net). I strongly suspect the issue is on my hosting provider's end (1984). I've contacted them and will do my best to have the situation resolved as quickly as possible. Sorry for any inconvenience.

@Nextcloud 📱☁️💻 Hey guys, quick question about your new E2EE for files. You say it's available "in the browser." Will this extend to the official apps as well?

Nextcloud

Nextcloud Hub 10 – your unified, modular digital workspace - Nextcloud

Welcome Nextcloud Hub 10 — reinforced performance, deeper integration, and dozens of new features that will make your day easier!

Finally had the time to sit down and tinker and can confirm that one of my studio monitors is fried. On the one hand, I'm incredibly annoyed at the shitty Texas power grid for frying it (yes, I had a surge protector in the chain). On the other hand, there are better brands, it had a good run, I got it on sale, I don't do a lot of music mixing these days, and I wouldn't mind downsizing to a physically smaller set. RIP, good buddy.

Whatever the future brings, TNO will be here and ready to fight.

I think I've asked this before but what's the best software to rip DVDs? Preferably on Windows. Willing to pay a one-time fee if it's reasonable.