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People want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them? ( www.bbc.com )

YouTube's war against third party apps is just as ridiculous as its war on adblockers ( www.androidpolice.com )

Elon Musk threatens to ban Apple devices from his companies over OpenAI partnership ( www.cnbc.com )

Used VPN for cheaper YouTube Premium? Congrats, your subscription has been canceled ( www.androidauthority.com )

Dell warns of data breach, 49 million customers allegedly affected ( www.bleepingcomputer.com )

EU charges Microsoft with 'abusive' bundling of Teams and Office, breaching antitrust rules ( www.cnbc.com )

iFixit hails replaceable LPCAMM2 laptop memory as a 'big deal' ( www.theregister.com )

Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free ( www.nbcnews.com )

Julian Assange is free....

Some company heads hoped return-to-office mandates would make people quit, survey says ( arstechnica.com )

Nearly two in five (37 percent) managers, directors, and executives believe their organization enacted layoffs in the last year because fewer employees than they expected quit during their RTO. And their beliefs are well-founded: One in four (25 percent) VP and C-suite executives and one in five (18 percent) HR pros admit they...

All the ways streaming services are aggravating their subscribers this week ( arstechnica.com )

Below is a look at the most exasperating news from streaming services from this week. The scale of this article demonstrates how fast and frequently disappointing streaming news arises. Coincidentally, as we wrote this article, another price hike was announced....

Microsoft shot real lasers through a window to make Windows 10's wallpaper — surprisingly the iconic art wasn't computer generated ( www.tomshardware.com )

Google lays off hundreds of 'Core' employees, moves some positions to India and Mexico ( www.cnbc.com )

Google is laying off more employees and hiring for their roles outside of the U.S.

Pioneering internet messenger ICQ shuts after 28 years - CNA ( www.channelnewsasia.com )

I Will Fucking Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again — Ludicity ( ludic.mataroa.blog )

How stupid do you have to be to believe that only 8% of companies have seen failed AI projects? We can't manage this consistently with CRUD apps and people think that this number isn't laughable? Some companies have seen benefits during the LLM craze, but not 92% of them. 34% of companies report that generative AI specifically...

Whistleblower Josh Dean of Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems has died ( www.seattletimes.com )

Elon Musk has another secret child with exec at his brain implant company ( www.theverge.com )

Internet Archive is continuing to experience service disruptions due to a recurrence of a DDoS attack ( farside.link )

Tweets from @internetarchive:...

Counterfeit Cisco gear ended up in US military bases, used in combat operations ( arstechnica.com )

Arizona accuses Amazon of being a monopoly and deceiving consumers with “dark patterns” ( www.theverge.com )

Arizona's Attorney General, Kris Mayes, filed two lawsuits against Amazon on Wednesday for allegedly engaging in deceptive business practices and maintaining monopoly status. The first lawsuit accuses the company of using dark patterns to keep users from canceling their Amazon Prime subscriptions, violating Arizona's Consumer...

Apple is bringing RCS to the iPhone in iOS 18 | The new standard will replace SMS as the default communication protocol between Android and iOS devices ( www.theverge.com )

The long-awaited day is here: Apple has announced that its Messages app will support RCS in iOS 18. The move comes after years of taunting, cajoling, and finally, some regulatory scrutiny from the EU....

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