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Vivaldi on Android added support for extensions(vivaldi.com)
3 points by newscombinatorY 22d ago|0 comments
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BioShocking: New attack method tricks AI Browsers into leaking user data(layerxsecurity.com)
2 points by newscombinatorY 3mo ago|0 comments
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by newscombinatorY 4mo ago
Took 2 seconds to startpage* this: https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-business-model/ *screw Google and their AI search
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by newscombinatorY 5mo ago
I'd add preventing text selection, right-clicking or pasting from the clipboard to the list. I hate when websites do that.
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by newscombinatorY 5mo ago
Hopefully not by using another AI bot... ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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by newscombinatorY 11mo ago
What irritates me most about all these unwanted "innovations" is that they always make them opt-out. "If it's opt-in, nobody's gonna use it - and it's such a flawless feature, we should be shoving it down every
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by newscombinatorY 1y ago
I understand getting triggered by em dashes in a comment section - nobody uses them like that, right? But in an editorial piece? That's where you expect to see them. At least that's what I thought...
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by newscombinatorY 1y ago
Why? Because companies like Apple don't want to lose additional revenue they earn by forcing everyone to use their App Store. That's why we have stories like this one: https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/15&#x
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by newscombinatorY 1y ago
Similar concerns were raised regarding the energy used to mine cryptocurrencies. It's basically wasted energy - no doubt about that. But this is different. Crypto's potential has been very limited all along, whereas generative AI
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Vivaldi 7.6 allows customizing the Tab Bar and adds a Tab Button(vivaldi.com)
4 points by newscombinatorY 1y ago|3 comments
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by newscombinatorY 1y ago
Option C doesn't mention the Windows 11 LTSC version, which allegedly works on machines that don't support the regular W11, and it doesn't have most of the bloat. It is an enterprise version, but it's possible to obtain
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by newscombinatorY 1y ago
The telescope's result seems poor, especially considering its price tag and limited usability. Perhaps it's the image compression/post-production issue, but you can get much better results with an average DSLR and a budget 25
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by newscombinatorY 1y ago
RSS feeds can drown you in quality content you're not interested in 75% of the time. Social Media can drown you in content that seems interesting, but is worthless 75% of the time. But that's my experience - yours could be differe
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by newscombinatorY 1y ago
In the meantime, Spotify still cannot handle two different artists using the same name. It's almost 2026, and they still haven't fixed the issue with recommending songs from irrelevant "artists" who "borrowed"
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by newscombinatorY 1y ago
I think for such a trivial task as submitting a form with some data (such as CC info), JS was never required to begin with.
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by newscombinatorY 1y ago
I wish I were creative enough to hold a natural conversation with an imaginary caller for more than 15 seconds, without feeling more awkward than I did in the actual situation I was trying to escape.
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by newscombinatorY 1y ago
> One major question mark is the total number of queries that Gemini gets each day, which would allow estimates of the AI tool’s total energy demand. Yeah, I was more interested in knowing the total amount. A "median" prompt
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by newscombinatorY 1y ago
Most likely a network thing. Changing browsers will not help. Changing a network might. If you have a dynamically allocated IP, just restart the router. Or try connecting using your mobile data plan (if you have one).