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The best Kindle deals available for Amazon Prime Day 2024 - The Kindle Scribe is down to an all-time low price. | Phot... - https://www.theverge.com/good-deals/24199060/amazon-prime-day-kindle-deals-paperwhite-scribe-deal-sale-2024

New analysis of Cassini data yields insights into Titan's seas https://phys.org/news/2024-07-analysis-cassini-yields-insights-titan.html #science

The Pixel 9 Pro could get a 50MP selfie cam - The Pixel 8 (left) and Pixel 8 Pro (right). | Photo by All... - https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/16/24199655/google-pixel-9-pro-selfie-camera-upgrade-rumors-leak

RCS on the iPhone is almost the solution to our green-bubble nightmare - Illustration by William Joel / The Verge

The photo... - https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/16/24194362/rcs-iphone-ios-18-preview

Google Acquiring Security Startup Wiz. DTNS July 15, 2024. dailytechnewsshow.com

Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon that could be used to shelter future explorers https://phys.org/news/2024-07-scientists-cave-moon-future-explorers.html #science

#KDE Plasma 6.1.3 Is Out Now to Improve #Flatpak Support in Plasma Discover and Fix More Bugs https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-1-3-improves-flatpak-support-in-discover-fixes-more-bugs

@kde #Linux #OpenSource

The Best Invisible Hearing Aids to Keep Your Hearing Loss Private (2024) - These subtle WIRED-tested and audiologist-recommended devices help wearers keep their hea... - https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-invisible-hearing-aids/ #gear/products/headphones #gear/buyingguides #buyingguide #gear

Apple, Nvidia, Anthropic Used Thousands of Swiped YouTube Videos To Train AI - AI companies are generally secretive about their sources of training data, but an ... - https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/07/16/1443251/apple-nvidia-anthropic-used-thousands-of-swiped-youtube-videos-to-train-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

macOS Sequoia, currently available in public beta, won’t flex all of its AI muscles until after its official release, but the early version already offers an excellent iPhone mirroring feature, a capable one-stop password app, and plenty of new convenience features. Here's an overview: https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/apple-macos-sequoia

Volkswagen has signed a deal to mass-produce solid-state battery technology for its future lineup of electric vehicles. https://www.pcmag.com/news/volkswagen-inks-deal-to-mass-produce-solid-state-batteries-for-1-million

#Blender 4.2 LTS Open-Source 3D Graphics Software Officially Released, Here’s What’s New https://9to5linux.com/blender-4-2-lts-3d-graphics-software-officially-released-heres-whats-new

#Linux #OpenSource

Solus Announces Transition Away From Snap https://www.linuxtoday.com/news/solus-announces-transition-away-from-snap/

55 Years Ago: Apollo 11’s One Small Step, One Giant Leap https://www.nasa.gov/history/55-years-ago-apollo-11s-one-small-step-one-giant-leap/ #NASA #NASAHistory #Apollo11

Prepare for Perseids! https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/skywatching/night-sky-network/prepare-for-perseids/ #NASA #NightSkyNetwork #Perseids

@thomholwerda Thank you for the tip.

(But it is just incredible that we have to go through all that just to disable something that should at least have been an opt-in, or shouldn’t have happened at all. 😬)

In case you're using Firefox on mobile - so myself and like four others - disabling Firefox' new Facebook data collection feature is quite a bit harder than on desktop, but it can be done:

Go to 'chrome://geckoview/content/config.xhtml'
Use the search field to find the entry for 'about:config' and enable it
Go to 'about:config'
Search for 'dom.private-attribution.submission.enabled' and set it to false

Done.

As alpine glaciers melt, the corpses of long-lost climbers are being discovered in the ice https://phys.org/news/2024-07-alpine-glaciers-corpses-lost-climbers.html #science

ARRL finally confirms ransomware gang stole data in cyberattack https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/arrl-finally-confirms-ransomware-gang-stole-data-in-cyberattack/

#ARRL #HamRadio #Security

Scorching storms on distant worlds revealed

An international study reveals the extreme atmospheric conditions on the celestial objects, which are swathed in swirling clouds of hot sand amid temperatures of 950C. Using NASA's powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), researchers set out to capture the weather on a pair of brown dwarfs -- cosmic bodies that are bigger than planets but smaller than stars.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240715135802.htm #science