@NekoKoneko@lemmy.world
member since 18 Feb 2026 03:27
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on Sony patent could let players tap a credit card on their PlayStation controller to buy games in c/technology@lemmy.world · 8h ago
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on Putin casts online vote using unlicensed Windows on an American Dell PC in c/technology@lemmy.world · 4d ago
Considering they don’t know about massgrave.dev to permanently activate their copy and it’s Windows 10, they probably also don’t know about extended W10 EOL updates, which means that computer likely hasn’t received a security update since October, 2025.
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on Xbox One’s Catastrophic DRM Is The Reason It Can Now Offer Disc-To-Digital in c/games@lemmy.world · 5d ago
I don’t think so, but I think pessimism has merged with realism. Perhaps we all just agree that for 2026 tech companies, whatever the question is, the correct answer will be whatever’s the worst decision for the public.
Edit: Dude, just FYI since maybe you don’t realize we can see downvotes: if you downvote everyone responding to you even in good faith, nobody will want to respond to you.
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on Zuckerberg's Pervert Glasses Have Been So Publicly Shamed That Meta's Reportedly Now Working on a Version With No Camera in c/technology@lemmy.world · 17 Sep 2026
Not trying to be argumentative or pedantic, but:
- There are eleven states (California, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Washington), covering around 1/3rd of the US population with all-party-consent wiretap laws.
- States have slightly different wording, but like hidden camera statutes, it typically applies to electronically recorded communications and not just telecommunications.
- That isn’t really correct. I assume you’re talking about the exception where there is no expectation of privacy. There are separate hidden camera laws that require disclosure at times even in public places, and even for wiretap some statutes are written in such a way that even public places with semi-private areas (e.g., a separated dinner table at a restaurant where your conversation may not be heard by others) may still support an expectation of privacy.
In all, since wiretap statutes are criminal statutes and Meta executives in theory could be charged if Meta is not only enabling but also directly receiving recordings from users, it’s a pretty crazy risk they’re taking.
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on Enjoy owning your devices while you still can. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 17 Sep 2026
Not sure that is going to be a solution either. Have you seen HDD prices lately?
In the end, corporate buyers are cornering the market for self-use technology. Once the consumer market is gone, and habits change, there may be no going back since a new subscription market will be built and self-perpetuating. So I hope the AI bubble pops before that happens.
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on Zuckerberg's Pervert Glasses Have Been So Publicly Shamed That Meta's Reportedly Now Working on a Version With No Camera in c/technology@lemmy.world · 17 Sep 2026
So how about those state all-party-consent wiretap laws?
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on The Anbernic RG DS Plus Is The Best DS Handheld Yet in c/technology@lemmy.world · 17 Sep 2026
It really could be, that’s an issue that I always have trouble with with DS emulators.
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on The Anbernic RG DS Plus Is The Best DS Handheld Yet in c/technology@lemmy.world · 17 Sep 2026
Wow, awesome! Thanks so much for testing and that really makes the device a contender!
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on Devastated father says his 9-year-old son spent $118,000 on YouTube ad campaigns for his Minecraft channel using a company credit card — bill racked up in just three weeks was supposed to be one $20 in c/technology@lemmy.world · 17 Sep 2026
Well…perhaps YouTube’s TOS means you agree to pay such fees, if the father signed the kid up and agreed to them. And a court always has discretion, even if the default is to pay your own fees.
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on The Anbernic RG DS Plus Is The Best DS Handheld Yet in c/technology@lemmy.world · 16 Sep 2026
Cool, thanks! Have you tried Contra 4? With the bullets and enemies between screens, that may be the hardest challenge for a DS system.
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on The Anbernic RG DS Plus Is The Best DS Handheld Yet in c/technology@lemmy.world · 16 Sep 2026
Thanks for this. Does the system use the exact same physical gap between screens? I know some games do fake a continuous play area and were designed for the exact dimensions of the DS including screen gap.
That is always the litmus test for me, if those games naturally show the backgrounds and sprites scrolling between screens in a way that accommodates the exact same gap.
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on KytyPS5 (PS5 Emulator) can now run GTA V at 60fps for few minutes before crashing in c/games@lemmy.world · 7 Sep 2026
The PC running it has a Ryzen 7 9950X3D CPU and an RX 7900 XT GPU
Seems very CPU dependant.
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on The FTC is cracking down on companies that charge you a "personalized price" in c/technology@lemmy.world · 25 Aug 2026
Yes, agreed and exactly - and now Amazon’s “price history” AI button helps Amazon keep shoppers from using independent (more reliable) tools.
I think what makes this worse is that Camel Camel Camel may not be able to even function in a surveillance pricing world. It requires an objective same-price basis, and once surveillance pricing algorithmically re-prices for each shopper, a single-point third party can no longer track the price reliably for everyone.
Then the reason why surveillance price tracking is so unrealistic is because shoppers would need to actively submit and refresh their pricing for any comparison site to be valid, and that just isn’t going to happen.
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on The FTC is cracking down on companies that charge you a "personalized price" in c/technology@lemmy.world · 25 Aug 2026
I think unfortunately that overestimates the amount of information and discernment shoppers exercise, versus doorbuster/marketed deals and brand loyalty. Going back to net neutrality, “disclosure” just meant that fine print would be used to disclose, along with false “benefits” like saying you get “free” Netflix data on your cell plan, to sell it as a feature.
When you are online, as well, you will have no idea what anyone else is paying. The retailer will completely control the information environment unless consumers put forth an unrealistic, disproportionate amount of time to compare prices.
Disclosure is not how you kill stuff like this, it’s how opposition to this dies.
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on The FTC is cracking down on companies that charge you a "personalized price" in c/technology@lemmy.world · 25 Aug 2026
They are going to “enforce” disclosure rules but not enforce to prevent the substantive harms of surveillance pricing. It’s framed (and many stories and readers and commenters run with the narrative) that it’s a restriction, when it’s actually a permission. This means that unlike the direction Lina Khan’s FTC was taking to prevent surveillance pricing, it is saying to companies, “It’s fine to surveillance price as long as you disclose.” Meaning, open season.
It’s the difference between, for example, enforcing actual net neutrality versus enforcing “disclosure” about violating net neutrality.
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on The FTC is cracking down on companies that charge you a "personalized price" in c/technology@lemmy.world · 24 Aug 2026
The story and headline are pushing a narrative that hides what is happening.
The FTC made sure we didn’t call it “surveillance pricing” and shifted from prevention to disclosure.
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on Delta Will Use AI To Cut Costs And Set A Different Ticket Price For Every Passenger—CEO Says Profits Could Rise 50% in c/technology@lemmy.world · 21 Aug 2026
At least in the US, you have a very narrow window to cancel and then you’re stuck with it, unless you pay a huge premium for a refundable ticket. But I agree, practically-speaking, the only solution in a late-stage capitalist marketplace is to create some crowdsourced pricing information to identify pricing outliers. Which, truly, isn’t a good solution.
If we had a functional government, this would be regulated/prohibited on an emergency basis, since in theory government is supposed to represent people and not corporations. Unfortunately, in 2026, we’re livestock to herd and fleece.
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on Following accusations, James Pond Legacy devs say no generative AI was used in creating artwork in c/games@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026
The theory on The Other Site is what I also agree with: They took #1, fed it into an AI 3D modeler to get #4, fed that image into a 2D style AI model to get #2, and then went back to #4 and used AI in-painting and lazy Photoshop to remove some elements to get #3.
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on Young adults in the U.S. are increasingly wary of AI, concerned it will take jobs: 52% of Americans say they are more concerned than excited about the increased use of AI in daily life. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026
“Not Found” error. From the link, I assume you’re deeplinking to a temporary/personal tokenized download.
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on Don't paste the AI. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026
This doesn’t seem sarcastic.
/s
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on Young adults in the U.S. are increasingly wary of AI, concerned it will take jobs: 52% of Americans say they are more concerned than excited about the increased use of AI in daily life. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026
What is the x-axis on this chart? Time?
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on Sensing He's in Deep Trouble, Flock Safety CEO Says It's All Been a Big Misunderstanding in c/technology@lemmy.world · 15 Aug 2026
Help! I’ve shot myself in the face on purpose! How can I reassure investors that I am still a capable CEO!?
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on PBS broadcaster loses access to 50TB of data comprising 70 years of TV history after contracted cloud storage vendor goes defunct in c/technology@lemmy.world · 13 Aug 2026
According to the article, the data is not clearly lost. It’s that their provider, OSS, had a subcontract with Iron Mountain to host the data storage. When OSS abruptly went defunct, PBS had no direct legal path to access the data in Iron Mountain, and no assurance Iron Mountain would preserve it. It filed the lawsuit to make sure the data was preserved and affirm a legal basis to recover the data.
So the headline’s use of “loses access” is accurate but a little misleading. That said, it is a great argument for reliable data preservation.
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on Cloudflare says humans could become a "rounding error" as bots generate 1,000 times more internet traffic in c/technology@lemmy.world · 9 Aug 2026
Well, if you were a billionaire who owned AI system trained to influence and extract money from humans, and there’s no humans online, what would you do?
And so that brings us to how robots actually will become a reality…
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on Jealously Watching OpenAI and Anthropic, Meta Suddenly Claims That Its AI Went on a Hacking Spree Too in c/technology@lemmy.world · 7 Aug 2026
he could, tho
Yeah, the first time. After Goku trains in the 100x gravity room in the heaven spaceship, I seriously doubt it.
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on Hands On with the Anbernic RG SP; The Game Boy Advance SP Reimagined in c/technology@lemmy.world · 7 Aug 2026
Thanks, will definitely take a look!
Edit: Even with the “coupons” on AliExpress, it’s still ~$20 more than the advertised $57 intro price on the site ($75 all-in). Unfortunately I think it’s just a tease price, and they are hiding some of the cost in shipping.
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on Hands On with the Anbernic RG SP; The Game Boy Advance SP Reimagined in c/technology@lemmy.world · 7 Aug 2026
I was very strongly considering buying one of these, but the shipping is nearly an additional 40% of the price of the console.