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themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPto Technology@lemmy.world•Protest footage blocked as online safety act comes into forceEnglish12·16 hours agoI put a disclaimer under the article to take it with a grain of salt considering that the person running the site is shady and seems to be into eugenics yikes.
themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPto Technology@lemmy.world•The UK’s Online Safety Act is a licence for censorship – and the rest of the world is following suitEnglish20·20 hours agoThey also get arrested for peaceful protests and stay silent: https://www.npr.org/2025/08/11/nx-s1-5498378/uk-police-say-more-than-500-people-arrested-in-pro-palestinian-events-over-weekend
themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPto Technology@lemmy.world•Wikipedia loses challenge against UK Online Safety Act rulesEnglish37·23 hours agoI agree they should block all UK ip addresses and issue a disclaimer that this is due to the online safety act. Not being able to access the Wikipedia will make the citizens petition the government to repeal the act.
themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPto Technology@lemmy.world•Wikipedia loses challenge against UK Online Safety Act rulesEnglish49·1 day agoI think only the UK does this now, the EU is in planning phase. Even the countries that have dictatorship don’t do age verification for Wikipedia. The UK seems to be going through a phase similar to when books were banned because of content and considering that many people read online books this will definitely affect digital book readers.
themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPto Technology@lemmy.world•Roku launches Howdy, a $2.99 ad-free streaming serviceEnglish7·2 days agoMe too. They actually made stop being lazy and make a full automated server specifically for this. Netflix was awful too with the buffering.
themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPto Technology@lemmy.world•No, the UK’s Online Safety Act Doesn’t Make Children Safer OnlineEnglish4·2 days agoThis might actually make people move to Lemmy nice.
themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.comto Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge after 15 years: Only 9 of the 256 billionaires actually followed through on giving away half their wealthEnglish1·3 days agoEven if they gave half of their fortune they will still be rich, but no we need 9 yachts and private islands.
themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.comto Technology@lemmy.world•Mozilla under fire for Firefox AI "bloat" that blows up CPU and drains batteryEnglish656·3 days agoMozilla does it again, adding useless crap.
themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.comto Technology@lemmy.world•U.S. Senator Tom Cotton probes Intel board over CEO Lip-Bu Tan's former China links, raises national security concerns amid Cadence scandalEnglish1·6 days agoThere are worse people who didn’t go to jail: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/02/dupont-pfas-settlement-water-chemical-contamination
These days all companies got to do is pay a fine.
themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.comto Technology@lemmy.world•Tech Firms Like Google and Meta Are Embracing the MilitaryEnglish2·7 days agoWe are living in a Brave New World.
themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.comto Technology@lemmy.world•U.S. Senator Tom Cotton probes Intel board over CEO Lip-Bu Tan's former China links, raises national security concerns amid Cadence scandalEnglish1·7 days agoSince it references cadence:
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/cadence-plead-guilty-pay-140-million-us-china-sales-2025-07-28/
themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.comto Technology@lemmy.world•OpenAI stops ChatGPT from telling people to break up with partnersEnglish31·7 days agoI think humanity is heading in the wrong direction with AI:
https://www.digitaldigging.org/p/chatgpt-confessions-gone-they-are
themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPto Technology@lemmy.world•Rockstar Games Plans Age Verification For GTA OnlineEnglish121·9 days agoThis falls on the parents instead because of dumb laws every one has to deal with this, I just hope that not all countries are this insane:
users in the UK have had to take photos of themselves and upload it to a service that uses AI to guess their age. Or, send in photos of ID such as passports or driving licenses.
themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.comto Technology@lemmy.world•Big tech has spent $155 billion on AI this year. It’s about to spend hundreds of billions moreEnglish3·10 days agoThe hype for AI is ridiculous:
https://fortune.com/2025/02/19/hp-humane-deal-ai-pin-shutting-down/
themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPto Technology@lemmy.world•Mastercard and Visa face backlash after hundreds of adult games removed from online stores Steam and Itch.ioEnglish1·14 days agoIt wouldn’t help much with inflation, but it wouldn’t fluctuate as much as bitcoin due to all transactions being secret It is relatively stable. With monero you wouldn’t have to worry about the value changing a lot in the span of a couple of hours.
themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPto Technology@lemmy.world•Mastercard and Visa face backlash after hundreds of adult games removed from online stores Steam and Itch.ioEnglish2·15 days agoI believe monero has protections to prevent this. All transactions are secret.
themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPto Technology@lemmy.world•Mastercard and Visa face backlash after hundreds of adult games removed from online stores Steam and Itch.ioEnglish41·15 days agoYep definitely, it is amazing. It is what BTC should have been.
themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPto Technology@lemmy.world•UK households could face VPN 'ban' after use skyrockets following Online Safety BillEnglish381·15 days agoA lot more than you know, I knew how to use it since middle school.
And if they don’t know they will use Reddit to find out how to access the sites:
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/teenagers/comments/tv70x0/do_yall_know_a_good_vpn/?
Don’t underestimate kids.
Didn’t know it existed and apparently The number 451 1953 dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451, in which books are illegal.