Author: Zach_Wilson
Bad news for devs — the one feature that made Linux better than Windows is finally jumping ship
Support for the Linux and MacOS-based ‘sudo’ (superuser do) command has been spotted in a leaked Windows Server preview build, potentially signalling a major change for developers everywhere. The introduction of ‘sudo’, a means of overriding user permission restrictions when your operating system is fighting against you like a petulant…
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Bluesky is ready to open up
The app quickly amassed over two million users while in closed beta and became a hot topic of conversation in newsrooms like The Verge’s. Now, the conversation about what comes after the platform-now-called-X has largely shifted to ActivityPub, the decentralized protocol powering Mastodon, a budding ecosystem of other services, and…
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Nubia Z60 Ultra Review: Bigger Isn’t Always Better
Big, brash, but kinda brilliant, Nubia’s plus-size Z60 Ultra is more phone than you need. Source
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How to set up Apple Pay on your iPhone (plus all other Apple devices)
Apple Pay is one of the most popular digital payment services in the world, allowing users to buy stuff on iOS apps, the web and in real life. You can use it to pay with your iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad and Mac, and it's accepted by thousands upon thousands of…
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Meta says you better disclose your AI fakes or it might just pull them
Meta will start labelling AI-generated photos uploaded to Facebook, Instagram, and Threads over the coming months as election season ramps up around the world. The company will also begin punishing users who don’t disclose if a realistic video or piece of audio was made with AI. Nick Clegg, Meta’s president…
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AWS could quietly become an internet domain kingmaker as it starts charging for IPv4 addresses
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is set to generate millions in revenue by charging customers for public IPv4 addresses, according to internet infrastructure technologist Andree Toonk. The decision, effective February 1, was first announced last year, when AWS said that the increasing scarcity of IPv4 addresses meant that a transition to…
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