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Thalestr, to politics in More people turning away from news, report says
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I mostly avoid major world news now for the most part. I prefer to read hobby-specific news and local news, such as my municipality.

Thalestr, to technology in Instagram is training AI on your data. It’s nearly impossible to opt out
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Forgive me for the pessimism, but I sincerely doubt that they honour any opt-outs. Meta has shown time and time again that they’d rather just pay fines as business expenses instead of abiding by law(s).

Thalestr, to technology in Car makers BMW, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Volkswagen (VW) used parts made by supplier with links to Chinese forced labour, U.S. probe says
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This. Numerous industries in the US make use of forced prison labour.

Thalestr, to technology in Minister suggests Canada is considering tariffs on Chinese EVs following U.S. move
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Goddamn, I wish we could act like our own independent country for once instead of just puppeting whatever the US does.

Thalestr, to technology in Google Search adds a “web” filter, because it is no longer focused on web results
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Appeasing shareholders and investors.

Thalestr, to gaming in GamesIndustry.biz: Microsoft's mystifying mismanagement
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Microsoft has so many spinning plates up in the air right now and they have no idea how to handle them all. Eventually they’re all going to come crashing down and smash on the floor and it’s not going to be pretty.

Thalestr, to gaming in Microsoft closes Tango Gameworks, Arkane Austin and others
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Most of the beloved Arkane team had left long before the closure.

Thalestr, to canada in Canadian among 7 aid workers killed in strike while delivering food in Gaza, charity says
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When the money stops flowing.

Thalestr, to gaming in Bethesda Celebrates 30th Anniversary of The Elder Scrolls, Provides Small Development Update on The Elder Scrolls VI
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I do not have hope that this developer will make another good game let alone one that respects the TES IP or in any way lives up to expectations.

Thalestr, to canada in New Minimum Wage In Canada and 5 Provinces, Effective April 1
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Still about $20 short of what the minimum living wage is for my city. Fantastic.

Thalestr, to technology in Google confirms it just laid off around a thousand employees
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Which is exactly why they want people wearing smartwatches to sleep.

Thalestr, to technology in VW vehicles to converse with drivers via ChatGPT by mid-year
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I don’t know if this is hilarious or pathetically sad. AI has become the current “must have” craze in the tech world and it’s baffling watching every company try and find a way to shoehorn some form of it into their products and then try and justify its existence.

Cerence Chat Pro from technology partner Cerence Inc. is the foundation of the new function, which offers a uniquely intelligent, *automotive-grade *ChatGPT integration.

Why the hell would I want this?

Thalestr, to technology in This app lets restaurants and coffee shops charge to use the bathroom
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Cool. I’ll just piss along the exterior wall of your building then or on the fence at the back of your parking lot.

Thalestr, (edited ) to gaming in Bethesda responding to negative Starfield reviews on Steam
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The title made me think they were responding to users that needed customer support, but no. This:

Meanwhile, when another user lamented the amount of loading screens, the support team replied imploring the reviewer to “consider the amount of data for the expansive gameplay that is procedurally generated to load flawlessly in under three seconds”.

is just pathetic. This is nothing more than low-effort damage control. Which, funnily enough, is rather fitting for Starfield in general. It’s not a terrible game but it absolutely fell flat on its face on its biggest selling points. Procedural exploration will always have drawbacks but No Man’s Sky absolutely smashes Starfield in this department and it came out nearly 8 years ago and made by a team a fraction of the size. And I don’t expect Bethesda to put in the same effort as Hello did and make Starfield live up to its promises

Thalestr, to technology in Tumblr sheds Post Plus subscriptions as the platform downsizes
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This gets asked every time Tumblr is mentioned online. It’s still around and has a large, thriving userbase. It’s one of the last slices of old-school internet that exists today and, because of that, is very resistant to modern monetisation tactics and enshittification which makes shareholders cry in their sleep.

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