The splinternet: how online shutdowns are getting cheaper and easier to impose

What happens to a car when the company behind its software goes under?

UK police blame Microsoft Copilot for intelligence mistake

Samsung makes ads on $3,499 smart fridges official with upcoming software update

New Techniques, Old Problems: Navdanya International’s Report on the Global Deregulation of GMOs

LG Update Installs Unremovable Microsoft Copilot on Smart TVs, Ignites Backlash

UK campaigners condemn ‘creepy’ digital billboards that can track viewers’ responses

Samsung Officially Rolls Out Update To Annoy You With Ads On Smart Fridges

Application Gatekeeping: An Ever-Expanding Pathway to Internet Censorship

Apple Revokes EU Distribution Rights for Torrent Client, Developer Left in the Dark

Google will require developer verification to install Android apps, including sideloading

The Size of Adobe Reader Installers Through The Years

Forget Netflix, Volkswagen locks horsepower behind paid subscription

Smart Home Device Maker Renders Devices Dumb Unless A New Subscription Is Paid For

Exercise Bike Company Yanks Features Away From Purchased Bikes Via Firmware Update

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Nintendo’s Anti-Consumer Anti-Piracy Measures Also Reduce The Value Of The Switch 2

Why console makers can legally brick your game console

The decline of ownership: Louis' speech from FUTO Don't Be Evil Conference

Vizio Shows What Happens When U.S. Fascism And TV Enshittification Meet

How we bypassed Apple's regulatory restrictions, built a Faraday cages and enabled georestricted features on the Airpods Pro 2 for our grandparents

Youtube: Free Software Is Under Attack? (Will You Help Defend It?)

Ford trying to patent system that reports speeding vehicles to police

Photoshop Terms of Service grants Adobe access to user projects for ‘content moderation’ and other purposes

Microsoft will now urge you to ditch local accounts on Windows 10

New Windows driver blocks software from changing default web browser

Your Computer Isn't Yours: Apple stores every program Mac users run, and when and where they ran it

TikTok ban: all the news on attempts to ban the video platform - The Verge

'Our long-term objective is to make printing a subscription' says HP CEO gunning for 2024's Worst Person of the Year award

Polish train manufacturer Newag proven to use geolocation to lock-up trains at third party service depots

You may need to provide a reason now when quitting OneDrive

Samsung disables customer phones remotely, holds data hostage until Mexican government stepped in

How Google Alters Search Queries to Get at Your Wallet

Philips Hue will force users to upload their data to Hue cloud

This Is What Happens When People Start Actually Reading Privacy Policies

Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web

Apple already shipped attestation on the web, and we barely noticed

When Open Becomes Opaque: The Changing Face of Open-Source Hardware Companies

Expected: I cancelled our subscription with HP and they blocked us from being able to use the rest of the ink in our cartridge.

Facebook turns over mother and daughter’s chat history to police resulting in abortion charges

Bad software sent postal workers to jail, because no one wanted to admit it could be wrong

Autodesk screws customers by turning lifetime licenses into subscriptions

AdBlock and signal are for TERRORISTS - Louis Rossmann

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