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by tech234a 1y ago
I think apps have to request permission to use Bluetooth on iOS with the exception of audio playback
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by tech234a 1y ago
As a counterpoint, Microsoft is in the process of discontinuing Publisher and plans to remove it from M365 installations next year.
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by tech234a 1y ago
Only one I'm aware of is Delta Emulator by Riley Testut [1]. [1]: https://www.macstories.net/news/an-app-store-first-delta-add...
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by tech234a 1y ago
It was actually a Windows application that shipped it's own runtime copy of Windows [1]. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42168173
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by tech234a 1y ago
For those unaware, the "SSL Added and removed here!" image is a reference to a diagram describing unencrypted communications between Google datacenters that leaked from the NSA in 2013 [1]. [1] https://arstechnica.com&#
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by tech234a 2y ago
As a more recent example of a similar concept, TiVo would distribute guide data to their DVRs using encoded video broadcast during overnight Paid Programming time slots. The practice ran from about 1999 to 2016. Around 2016, TiVo discontinu
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by tech234a 2y ago
On Bing I think you have to put a plus symbol immediately following the quoted word: “keyword”+
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by tech234a 2y ago
Yes it was removed the UI, but if you browse Twitter with developer tools open to the Network tab you can still find the posting client in the API response JSON when viewing a Tweet.
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Upcoming Windows 11 builds cannot install without internet and Microsoft Account(infosec.exchange)
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The Road Ahead for JSZip(github.com)
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by tech234a 2y ago
7861 was a fairly early build of Windows 8, compiled in 2010 [1]. In the sreenshots it looks more like Windows 7 than Windows 8, so maybe it predated the full Metro implementation? [1]: https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows
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HTTPS-only for Cloudflare APIs: shutting the door on cleartext traffic(blog.cloudflare.com)
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Reddit Private Messages will be replaced with Chat and inbox notifications(old.reddit.com)
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Expanded Interopability Requirements for Apple Devices in the EU Under the DMA(digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu)
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by tech234a 2y ago
As a side note: Phone Link on Windows does allow replying to texts/iMessages on a connected iPhone. However, group messages are not handled properly, and message history from before the connection started isn't available. I believ
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Looks like they sold 5.5K of the previous model, the comma 3, according to https://x.com/comma_ai/status/1899579124345405854
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by tech234a 2y ago
To clarify per the article: they sold 10K of their current model, the comma 3X, which launched about July 2023. Total sales of all devices is likely higher.
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Chrome Web Store Updates Policies Regarding Affiliate Code Injection(fosstodon.org)
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by tech234a 2y ago
This removal can be bypassed until June (edit: or possibly even August) by changing some flags or setting enterprise policies: https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/1itw1bz/end_o...
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Brazilian court gives Apple 90 days to allow sideloading on iOS(9to5mac.com)
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by tech234a 2y ago
Previous discussion about this article from a year ago, though it looks like more details have been added since then (24 comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39392257
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by tech234a 2y ago
(2023) or (2024) As an example of a rare counterpoint, Zotero, a citation manager, continues to be based on the Firefox platform [1]. Thunderbird is another non-browser application built upon the Firefox codebase. [1]: https://ww
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Ladybird browser update (February 2025) [video](youtube.com)
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by tech234a 2y ago
I agree that it’s not surprising, but I’d suspect that the name and a lot of the infrastructure will remain in various places. As others in the thread have pointed out, Teams appears to use a lot of Skype’s architecture. GroupMe is also sti
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Also related is Mozilla's apparent removal of their promise not to sell user data: https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/commit/d459addab846d8144b... Additionally, it's worth noting the Vivaldi is Chro
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by tech234a 2y ago
Relevant OS version usage statistics: https://data.firefox.com/dashboard/hardware . It appears these operating system versions currently account for about 9%-10% of telemetry-enabled Firefox users, about 14.6-16.3 milli
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Firefox Extends ESR Support for Windows 7-8.1 and macOS 10.12-10.14 to Sept 2025(whattrainisitnow.com)
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by tech234a 2y ago
Wikipedia indicates it was owned by AOL (later Oath, Verizon Media) from 1999-2019, after which it was sold to System1 [1]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MapQuest#History
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by tech234a 2y ago
Looks like we both commented this at about the same time :)
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by tech234a 2y ago
Can you update from 32-bit Windows to 64 bit Windows? Windows 11 is 64-bit only, so the chain might be broken.

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