Lunatech @Lunatech@qoto.org

@peter perhaps in hindsight it was not a brilliant strategy to let people here scream "go back to Twitter" at all the newcomers

@hughster @peter it’s dummies like us who just do this for shits and giggles that have a dwindling number of valid ethical reasons to be there

@hughster @peter yeah there are so many people dependent on that place for a variety of really valid reasons, and they definitely get a pass from me for still being there, but if they’re not cultivating a Plan B, welp

@bikepedantic @peter I do still have sympathy for many individuals genuinely dependent on the thing for their own social contact needs, etc. who might already have tried to leave but failed.

I don't have as much sympathy for anti-fascist groups and anti-far-right activists fully aware of what the site is now but refuse to leave or even try.

@peter seriously tho, it’s so rare that there’s such a direct and simple way to take money from a nazi (just stop posting, he’ll get less ad revenue) and most people can’t/won’t because FOMO. Real profiles in courage moment playing out in real time.

Honor says silicon-carbon batteries could bring 12.8% higher energy densitiy to smartphone batteries. But there's no word on when you'll be able to buy a phone with one. https://www.gsmarena.com/honor_unveils_the_first_siliconcarbon_battery_with_128_higher_energy_density-news-57716.php

#Honor #Smartphones #Batteries #SiliconCarbon

The Sony Reader app for PC and Mac will no longer be available for download after March 31, 2023. This is the app that lets folks with a Sony eBook Reader transfer content to and from their devices. If you download before then it'll continue to work, but this is another nail in the coffin of Sony's eReader business. https://gizmodo.com/sony-e-reader-software-delisted-amazon-kindle-e-ink-kob-1850162635
#Sony #SonyReader #eReader #eBooks

Dish Network goes offline after likely #cyberattack, employees cut off

Website, phones, service is down. Is it... #ransomware? 🤔

#cybersecurity #security #infosec

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dish-network-goes-offline-after-likely-cyberattack-employees-cut-off/

I am seeing evidence that deactivated Twitter handles are being reused within about a month of deactivation. If you're leaving Twitter, lock your account, delete your tweets and sign out of all devices, rather than deleting your account entirely.

Elon Musk’s Twitter Quietly Fired Its Democracy And National Security Policy Lead
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2023/02/24/elon-musk-twitter-democracy-and-human-rights-layoffs/?sh=37b1122c6b97

Twitter has laid off hundreds of workers in another chaotic incident, some of whom were die-hard loyalists to Musk's new regime.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/3adxyv/twitter-lays-off-manager-who-slept-on-office-floor-after-musk-takeover
#Technews #Twitter #elonmusk #layoff #esthercrawford

Signal CEO: We “1,000% won’t participate” in UK law to weaken #encryption

@signalapp says it is ready to exit countries where E2EE is threatened/backdoored.

Encryption keeps us all safe. Tell your friends.

#infosec #cybersecurity #privacy

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/02/signal-vows-to-defy-uk-legislation-that-puts-e2e-encryption-in-the-crosshairs/

Microsoft has addressed a known issue behind unsupported computers being offered Windows 11 22H2 upgrades and being unable to complete the installation process.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-fixes-bug-offering-windows-11-upgrades-to-unsupported-pcs/

The 'Camera Shy Hoodie' renders its wearer anonymous to night vision surveillance cameras, using infrared LEDs usually found in the cameras themselves.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy7awa/this-hacker-hoodie-uses-surveillance-camera-parts-to-blind-surveillance-cameras
#wearables #CYBER #privacy #SURVEILLANCE #DIY

#dogs and #dogsofmastodon

Why aren't ISPs that are bringing fiber get the same red carpet treatment as somebody bringing a new factory to a community?

https://potsandpansbyccg.com/2023/02/27/fiber-networks-as-community-development/

Want to try NixOS? Get started by installing it on a virtual machine.

https://itsfoss.com/install-nixos-vm/

#linux #nixos

About yearly, we seem to get another article saying "look! #BigTech are the biggest contributors to #OpenSource". These articles come across as PR pieces since they point to data saying who is the biggest contributing company without putting it into context. Like, does #BigTech contribute 0.5%, 5% or 50% of all activity? Instead the talk about things like "the top leading corporate contributors", leaving out non-"leading" contributors, non-corporate contributors, etc. https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/24/who_writes_open_source/

I see lots of people commenting about the release of a new #Mastodon client for #iOS #iPhone and asking the dev:

Why is it free? Why don't I have to pay? How're you going to monetise this?

It's really odd how people just accept the Apple way of paying over the odds for something they could get for free on #Android. Android has several fantastic open source clients, which fits really well with the general Mastodon ethos. #FOSS

Apple is just marketing over substance. Better alternatives exist.