Summary  X, formally known as Twitter forces url substitution to X.com, making users potentially vulnerable to phishing.  Twitter rolls back feature after community pushback.   Quotes Quote   “X, the social media formerly known as Twitter, has started automatically modifying links that ended in “twitter.com” to read as “x.com.” Since the modification on April 9, the platform reads any web page ending in “twitter.com” as “x.com.” Although no actual redirection happened, the website renders any link ending in the platform’s old domain to display the new one”   “The com ..read more

  Summary Gamersnexus followed up on a LinkedIn post by a former employee of EK Waterblocks and uncovered significant problems within the company: - Employee wages not paid on time - Business allowances not paid or not paid on time - Pressure from EK management to employees to sign inferior contracts (e.g. removing sales dividends)  - Suppliers not paid on time - US branch and HQ (Solvenia) fighting each other to the point where the US branch sourced some items from the supply chain instead of ordering them from HQ - excessive inventory (of some SKUs) binding capital/liquidity - EK h ..read more

Summary PS5 Pro specs have now been confirmed by The Verge, reportedly with a primary focus on enhancing ray tracing capabilities   Quotes PS5 Pro Specs pictured with comparison Quote Specifications in writing Quote The console is expected to feature an RDNA 3 GPU with 30 WGP running BVH8, capable of 33.5 TeraFLOPS of FP32 single-precision computing power, and a slightly quicker CPU running at 3.85 GHz. The PS5 Pro will also feature modifications for developers regarding system memory, with Sony increasing the memory bandwidth from 448 GB/s to 576 GB/s, enhancing efficien ..read more

Summary  As I understand it, Lamptron is mass reselling the AIDA64 software as the core component of their products, but they never actually bought the keys they are “reselling”. A discovery that is causing issues for many distributors now they know about it and maybe customers too.   Quotes Quote  “…it seems like we can use a product right and on the packaging it told us that this does not support online upgrade so what actually happens if we try that so once you check for update it surprisingly tells me warning this is not a legally purchased copy…” - Quote from YouTube ..read more

Summary  A US state government has proposed a law requiring retroactively that generative AI models have their training data sources disclosed.    Quotes Quote The Generative AI Disclosure Act "would require a notice to be submitted to the Register of Copyrights prior to the release of a new generative AI system with regard to all copyrighted works used in building or altering the training dataset for that system," Schiff said in a press release.   The bill is retroactive and would apply to all AI systems available today, as well as to all AI systems to come. It woul ..read more

Summary Apple are going to be making changes the the parts calibration servers so that if you swap parts between apple devices they can still fetch their respective calibration profiles from apples servers so long as the past is not coming from a stolen device.    My thoughts This seems like a readable tradeoff to ensure the value of stealing a phone is not increased. But still letting people with legitimate parts use these to repair other phones.    Sources https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/04/apple-to-expand-repair-options-with-support-for-used-genuine-parts ..read more

Summary As of April 10th, 2024, an FCC Ruling has been put in effect that ISP's must show accurate pricing, speeds, and data caps displayed like food labels on a cereal box. (Shown in the spoiler box below) Spoiler   Quotes Quote "Today's nationwide launch of the Broadband Consumer Labels means internet service providers are now required to display consumer-friendly labels at the point of sale," the Federal Communications Commission said. "Labels are required for all standalone home or fixed Internet service or mobile broadband plans. Providers must display the label—not simpl ..read more

Summary On April 8th, 2024 at 4PM PDT the Online play servers for the Wii U and 3DS will shut down permanently. This means that online functionality such as Online play, SpotPass, and internet rankings will all cease to function. Features like the internet browser will still work.   Quotes Quote Thank you very much for supporting our products. At 4pm PDT on April 8, 2024, online play and other functionality that uses online communication will end for Nintendo 3DS* and Wii U software. This also includes online co-operative play, internet rankings, and data distribution.   My thoug ..read more

Summary  Microsoft is now blocking changes to the default browser at a driver level. The driver cannot be removed, and if disabled will be re-enabled upon system restart.   Quotes Quote Microsoft is now using a Windows driver to prevent users from changing the configured Windows 10 and Windows 11 default browser through software or by manually modifying the Registry.   Windows users can still change their default browser through the Windows settings. However, those who utilized software to make the changes are now blocked by a driver quietly introduced to users worldwide as pa ..read more

Summary 2003 city-building simulator SimCity 4 received a game changing mod recently. After modders found ways to leverage .dll injection into the game, a glut of new modifications never thought previously possible have been developed, culminating in this, an unlock mod that enables full 3D views in the game engine (the base game is locked to a 4-axis isometric view).   Quotes Quote The latest example of its efforts arrives in the form of the 3D Camera DLL mod by Simtropolis user Memo. Much like its name suggests, this modification allows players to make much more granular changes to th ..read more