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Linux market share passes 4% for first time; macOS dominance declines
  • The fuckery Microsoft has been doing with trying to outright trick people into signing in to the OS with a Microsoft account and using things like OneDrive combined with just how good Proton has gotten pushed me to make the switch full time a year or so ago for my personal usage.

  • Linux market share passes 4% for first time; macOS dominance declines
  • I don’t have any hard numbers, only what I have seen out in the world. But a good number of POS systems, embedded things like MRI machines, tire balancers in mechanics shops and ATMs run some flavor of embedded Windows.

    It is not nearly as huge as *nix is, but it is not exactly uncommon either.

  • History repeats itself.
  • Every time I think about the kind of car I want the next time I need to replace mine I am reminded that I miss my old 1994 Chevy S10, and options for something like that these days is rather limited.

  • Debian used to be so good. What happened!?
  • These days I care a lot less that a package is outdated than I do it being unstable personally. If security concerns are getting patched and it is still doing what I want it to do, I couldn't care less about UI elements getting moved around just to make some PM happy.

  • VPN by Google One shuts down
  • Whats crazy is Hangouts is still going (in the form of Chat and Meet). I've had the same group chat going with a few buddies on it for years and years now. And it is still better than anything outside of Signal in my opinion for messaging.

  • Man sues Apple for accidentally exposing his infidelity
  • Dunno how it is Apples fault that he didn't take the time to understand how the tools that he uses work.

    If I plow my car into a crowd of people because I mistake the gas for the brake that is not GM's fault.

  • Everything Apple iOS 18 Will Do, Android Already Does
  • I mean Android, and Samsung in particular, borrow from Apple all the time as well. Hell Samsung frequently bad mouths Apples for the anti-consumer choices one year then follows suit and does the same thing in a year or 2 themselves.

    These kinds of takes are not the flex some seem to think they are in my opinion.

  • Tim Cook is “not 100 percent” sure Apple can stop AI hallucinations
  • Well yeah, its using the same dataset as MS copilot.

    Spitting out inaccurate (I wish the media would stop feeding into calling it something that sounds less bad like hallucinations) answers is nothing something that will go away until the LLM gains the ability to decern context.

  • Major cause of inflammatory bowel disease found
  • This kind of discovery is really cool to hear about.

    But the impatient part of my brain really hates to read stuff like "hoping to start human trials within five years". Gotta be careful and do it right and all that. But my monkey brain wants that Star Trek medicine now where I go in with literally anything and almost all of it is curable and a lot of it with only some sort of non-evasive tool while I am young enough to benefit from it.

  • 'Google Cast' is replacing the 'Chromecast built-in' brand
    9to5google.com 'Google Cast' is replacing the 'Chromecast built-in' brand

    At I/O 2024, "Chromecast built-in" was quietly rebranded to "Google Cast." Notably, this is reversing a branding change made in 2016...

    'Google Cast' is replacing the 'Chromecast built-in' brand

    Well, at least they aren't outright throwing the functionality in the trash.

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    Elon Musk laid off the Tesla Supercharger team; now he’s rehiring them
    arstechnica.com Elon Musk laid off the Tesla Supercharger team; now he’s rehiring them

    Last week the CEO said Tesla will spend $500 million expanding the charger network.

    Elon Musk laid off the Tesla Supercharger team; now he’s rehiring them

    I can't imagine anyone that has decent prospects would agree to go back to Tesla after getting canned with those kinds of wild swings in decision making.

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    Roku says 576,000 user accounts hacked after second security incident | TechCrunch
    techcrunch.com Roku says 576,000 user accounts hacked after second security incident | TechCrunch

    Roku said it discovered malicious hackers compromised more than half a million user accounts while investigating an earlier spate of account hacks.

    Roku says 576,000 user accounts hacked after second security incident | TechCrunch

    Jesus, again already?

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    Roku Data Breach: Over 15,000 Accounts Affected
    www.claimdepot.com Roku Data Breach: Over 15,000 Accounts Affected

    The Roku, Inc. data breach exposed usernames, passwords, and account login details, potentially affecting individual Roku accounts. No highly sensitive personal information was accessed. Roku has taken immediate action to secure affected accounts and refund unauthorized charges.

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    Google CEO Sundar Pichai Says Its Malfunctioning Gemini AI Is ‘Unacceptable’
    gizmodo.com Google CEO Sundar Pichai Says Its Malfunctioning Gemini AI Is ‘Unacceptable’

    The Gemini team is “working around the clock” to address the issues and has already seen improvements, according to Pichai.

    Google CEO Sundar Pichai Says Its Malfunctioning Gemini AI Is ‘Unacceptable’

    Funny how it is the worker bees that have to pull the over time to fix issues that are probably the result of demands from some management stooge that didn’t appreciate the outcomes of their demands.

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    Windows 11 24H2 to enforce hardware requirement - gHacks Tech News
    www.ghacks.net Windows 11 24H2 to enforce hardware requirement - gHacks Tech News

    Windows 11 version 24H2 may enforce a new hardware requirement that will block older processors from running the operating system.

    Windows 11 24H2 to enforce hardware requirement - gHacks Tech News
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    Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible “forever”
    arstechnica.com Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible “forever”

    Casualties afoot as Sony merges Funimation with 2021-acquired Crunchyroll.

    Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible “forever”

    Oh look, Sony revoking more licenses for video content that people "bought".

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    Fujitsu bugs that sent innocent people to prison were known “from the start”
    arstechnica.com Fujitsu bugs that sent innocent people to prison were known “from the start”

    Software bugs were hidden from lawyers of wrongly convicted UK postal workers.

    Fujitsu bugs that sent innocent people to prison were known “from the start”

    A lot of people in the UK prosecutors offices and post office management should be going to prison.

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    CEOs say generative AI will result in job cuts in 2024
    arstechnica.com CEOs say generative AI will result in job cuts in 2024

    Media and entertainment, banking, insurance, and logistics lead the way.

    CEOs say generative AI will result in job cuts in 2024

    And last year they were all saying some variation on "don't worry, AI is not going to cost anyone their jobs."

    Key take away for anyone is to never trust what an executive is saying. Much like a politician, if their lips are moving they are probably lying.

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    Apple asks its San Diego Siri quality control team to relocate to Texas
    www.theverge.com Apple asks its San Diego Siri quality control team to relocate to Texas

    121 Apple workers have until the end of January to choose.

    Apple asks its San Diego Siri quality control team to relocate to Texas

    Seems like something that WFH would solve without having to upend so many employee lives.

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    Broadcom ends VMware perpetual license sales, testing customers and partners
    arstechnica.com Broadcom ends VMware perpetual license sales, testing customers and partners

    Already-purchased licenses can still be used but will eventually lose support.

    Broadcom ends VMware perpetual license sales, testing customers and partners

    Just what the world needs, more software subscriptions. /s

    Though we are talking about Broadcom, so I can't say I am surprised.

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