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Just got an email from Porkbun > We have been made aware that the registry behind the .ORG domain extension is increasing pricing industry-wide at 00:00 UTC on June 1, 2026. > Base…

Seems like Microsoft's Modus operandi the last few years has been: Make anti-consumer move -> get backlash -> repackage same egregiousness while stalling & deflecting -> repeat cyc…

Perhaps manufacturers unlock bootloaders & whatnot after the 7 years so tinkerers et al can load 3rd party software to give the devices even longer lifelines?

Ah... There's a pattern here. Soon enough, just like with Facebook pages eons ago, they will nerf the reach of WhatsApp channels then prod channel owners to pay for more eyeballs. …

Tangent, I find Instagram to be one of the most egregious battery drainers amongst mainstream apps. A former IG employee made a claim here on HN that the inefficiency was due to gh…

Meanwhile, Mercedes is still charging for full rear wheel steering in Europe after electronically nerfing cars [0] despite shipping the cars with hardware fully capable. [0] https:…

It would be nice if Nvidia did not enforce artificial driver and legal kneecaps to consumer Geforce cards for cloud usage to prop up their enterprise ones... but shareholder rights…

Guaranteed anti-features from Facebook's playbook: - Non-chronological home feed (to force-feed ads & gate-keep influence) - Nerf users' reach to force them into buying ads - Perpe…

I haven't been able to load tweets nor any content for a couple hours now. Hardly seeing that many complaints around me. Is it a partial outage?

>you've seen evidence for this, or it's your opinion? Probably alluding to the under-shipping of GPUs; stated by Lisa Su during the recent investor call[0] [0] https://www.fool.com…

> Apple will reportedly receive 20 billion USD for having Google as the default search engine. Presumably, this is why they are fighting so hard against having any meaningful compe…

The planet could use more thorns like Max Schrems & NOYB at large

AntennaPod serves me well

> Requires the HP Smart app download. > Subscription may be required; subscription may not be available in all countries > HP account required for full functionality > Get up to 5,…

Xiaomi phones and their apps especially the freaking weather app are routine offenders on my firewall. I use NoRoot Firewall (beta version), that runs a local VPN, to whitelist con…